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3. Ten Heavenly Stems:

☆☆Do you know what sort of magnetic field or magnetism your original destiny source deity carries?☆☆

Day Pillar Heavenly Stem is ‘Destiny Main’, ‘Day Main’, or ‘original destiny source deity’; inclusive of Ten Heavenly Stems as: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Gheng, Xin, Zen, Guei. It’s quite important to understand your own magnetism of original destiny source deity. It’s much more significant than knowing your constellation.

Unfortunately, due to the fact that BaZi destiny reading has in the past always been kept secret from the general public, very few people have learned how to do it. As a result, very few people know what their ‘destiny mains’ or ‘original destiny source deities’ are. However, the ’12-animal zodiac’ has become well known throughout Chinese society. Almost invariably, as soon as a child is born, the parents will start telling her what her animal sign is. Actually, the zodiac is only a tiny portion of BaZi. It only stands for the ‘year branch’ in the parents’ mansions! It’s probably because it’s easy to remember in what year the child is born, that’s why the ‘zodiac’ has become so firmly embedded in Chinese culture.

I personally think that it really is just a matter of promotion. If the ’12-animal zodiac’ can be spread so far and wide, I don’t see why the ‘destiny mains’ or ‘original destiny source deities’ cannot be informed to or spread amongst the general public. In terms of BaZi, the destiny main is considered far more important then the zodiac. That is why I feel that to know each person’s own ‘destiny main’, which is the heavenly stem of one’s birth day, should really be one of the most important step of learning or promoting BaZi.

【Decoding one’s sub character through the ‘original destiny source deity’】 is the first and foremost priority in BaZi!

The [Original destiny source deity], also known as the ‘day source’, ‘destiny main’ or ‘source deity’, is the core of four pillars BaZi. It is determined by the birth day. If you try to read a BaZi and there is confusion or a mistake with the birth hour, you can still attempt to make some predictions. However, if there’s a mistake with regard to the birth day, you might as well give up!

Since the [original destiny source deity] is also called the day main, it represents a person’s most intrinsic and fundamental ‘quality and nature’. Psychologically speaking, it is the so-called ‘sub character’ or the ‘subconscious mind-set’; scientifically speaking, it is the person’s basic ‘magnetic field or magnetism’.

First of all, find out in the following chapters what your ‘original destiny source deity’ is. What kind of intrinsic character or magnetism do you have? Remember that the heavenly stems are represented by these ten characters: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Kuei.

The ‘original destiny source deity’ is defined by the above ten heavenly stems, which in turn represent ten different fundamental characters or qualities: (It’s the same as the horoscope which uses twelve different star signs to represent twelve different characters.)

[Jia]: Yang wood, big tree

Symbolizing the will to grow, develop and strive; its signs being a big tree or a pillar.

[Yi]: Yin wood, grass

Symbolizing the spirit of changeability, compliance and tact; its signs being the flower, grass or a sapling.

[Bing]: Yang fire, the sun

Symbolizing the will to be passionate, cavalier and intense; its signs being the sun or a blazing fire.

[Ding]: Yin fire, the lamp

Symbolizing the spirit of being warm, caring and negotiability; its signs being the lamp or torch.

[Wu]: Yang earth, the rock

Symbolizing the will to be unchangeable, firm and somber; its signs being the rock or high mountain.

[Ji]: Yin earth, topsoil

Symbolizing acceptance, cultivation and reservation; its signs being a garden or soil.

[Geng]: Yang metal, the knife and sword

Symbolizing the will to be a chevalier, sharp and radical; its signs being iron, knife or sword.

[Xin]: Yin metal, jewelry

Symbolizing the spirit of being genteel, glamorous or worldly; its signs being gold, silver, pearls or jade.

[Ren]: Yang water, the ocean

Symbolizing the will to be talented, wayward and free; its signs being the big river or the ocean.

[Kuei]: Yin water, drizzle

Symbolizing the spirit of being romantic, frail and reserved; its signs being dew or sleet.