Bazi Daily - 01/02/2011

五言独步

乙木生居酉，莫逢金巳丑。

富贵坎离宫，贫穷申酉守。

In the event where Yi Wood DM born in the month of You Metal (酉), it would be disastrous to have Si Fire & Chou Earth be present simultaneously either in the natal chart or Luck Cycle. The author of this ancient text felt that Fire is needed to control the detrimental impact of metal to the Yi Wood.

Personally, to me, the Fire in such an event can only do more harm to the Yi Wood DM than help.

Water & Wood, instead are needed.


 

 

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

- Fran Leibowitz

Bazi Daily - 31/01/2011

Functions of Lungs (Metal)

Functions of the Large Intestine



The Large Intestines main function is to receive food and fluids from the Small Intestine, re-absorb some of the fluids then excrete the remainder as feces.

Many functions attributed to the Small Intestine in Western bio-medicine are attributed to the Spleen in Chinese medicine.

The Spleen controls the transformation/transportation of food and fluids throughout the digestive system, including Small and Large Intestine.

Hence signs such as diarrhea, abdominal distention and discomfort usually listed as Spleen imbalance (Deficient Spleen Qi or Yang).

Everything you now do is something you have chosen to do.

Some people don't want to believe that.

But if you're over age twenty-one, your life is what you're making of it.

To change your life, you need to change your priorities.

- John C. Maxwell

Bazi Daily - 30/01/2011

Functions of Lungs (Metal)

Controls Skin and Hair

Lung nourishes skin and hair by spreading Fluids to skin. Impaired Lung function can result in malnourished body hair and skin. Lungs influence Wei Qi, which circulates in skin.


Opens into the Nose

Nose is the opening of the Lungs. Lungs govern sense of smell.


Houses the Po (Corporeal Soul)

Corporeal soul attached to body. Closely linked to breathing. Directly affected by sadness/grief which constrain its movement and affect breathing.


Lungs Govern Voice

Strength, tone and clarity of voice depend on Lung Qi (in health: like a bell). Weak Lung Qi = low voice.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

- Robert Louis Stevenson



Bazi Daily - 29/01/2011

Functions of Lungs (Metal)

Controls Channels and Blood Vessels

Because govern Qi, which is essential to Heart to aid in Blood circulation. The Lungs and Heart are very closely linked (via Zong Qi). Lungs control circulation of Qi not only in Blood Vessels but in the channels.

Weak Lung Qi results in Qi being unable to push the Blood to nourish various areas. Hence, e.g. cold limbs, especially cold hands.

 

Regulates Water Passages



1. Lungs receive refined fluids from Spleen, reduce them to fine mist and "spray" them throughout Exterior under the skin (part of dispersing function). Fluids should be evenly spread and pores should be regulated: otherwise, fluids may accumulate: edema.


2. Lungs are "upper origin of Water". Direct fluids down to Kidney and Bladder. Kidneys receive fluids and vaporize them, then send back up to Lung.

 

Most people can look back over the years and

identify a time and place at which their lives changed significantly.

Whether by accident or design, these are the moments when,

because of a readiness within us and a collaboration with events occurring around us,

we are forced to seriously reappraise ourselves and

the conditions under which we live and to make certain choices that

will affect the rest of our lives.

- Frederick F. Flack

Bazi Daily - 28/01/2011

Functions of Lungs (Metal)

Controls Dispersing and Descending


Dispersing Function

Lung spreads Wei Qi (defensive Qi - 卫气) and Body Fluids all over body to area between skin and muscles (The Lungs are related to skin).

This ensures that Wei Qi equally distributed under skin to warm skin and muscles and protect body from exogenous pathogens (Symptoms of a "cold" = impairment of dispersing function: exterior Wind Cold obstructs skin, blocks pores and Qi circulation: Qi cannot be dispersed).

Lung spreads Body Fluids (Jin Ye 津液) to skin in form of "mist" to moisten skin and regulate opening and closing of pores and sweating. In health, normal pore function and normal amount of sweating.



Descending Function

Lungs are uppermost Organ ("Lid of the Yin Organs"). Therefore their Qi descends to communicate with Kidney (which "holds down" the Qi).

Lungs also direct Body Fluids downward to Kidneys/Bladder. Impairment of descending function: Qi accumulates in chest (cough, asthma, stuffy chest, or accumulation of fluids; upper body edema).



 

The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and

out of the striving for a goal.

- Alfred Adler



Bazi Daily - 27/01/2011

Functions of Lungs (Metal)

Governs Qi and Respiration



The first way that the Lungs govern Qi is by taking in air or Pure Qi and exhaling used, impure, or Dirty Qi. This constant exchange in the cycles of breathing maintain the correct function of all body's physiological processes that need Qi.


The Lungs are also responsible for the actual formation of Qi.   Food Qi (Gu Qi 谷气) is taken by the Spleen and directed to the Lungs where it combines with inhaled air (with help from Yuan Qi  [元气] of Kidneys) to form Zong Qi (宗气), which is also called Qi of the Chest or Gathering Qi.

The Zong Qi regulates involuntary movement of Heart and Lungs in turn is nourished by the Qi of the Heart and Lung. The Lungs then spread this Qi all over the body


Simultaneously formed: "Upright" or "normal" Qi (Zhen Qi) which is divided into Ying and Wei parts.


Lungs open to the Exterior, hence are called the "Tender Organ" because they are vulnerable to attack by exogenous pathogens.


Think for a moment, which configurations of bazi chart can lead to a person out of breathe easily ?
  

They're basically moments in which you're in touch with the meaning of life,

when your relationship to the rest of the universe makes sense.

- Barbara De Angelis

Bazi Daily - 26/01/2011

From today onwards, we shall continue our sharing on the topic of Health.   We shall examine the physiological functions and impact of our Lungs. 

Functions of the Lungs



The Lungs are called the "Lid of the Yin Organs"


1. Rule Qi and Respiration


2. Control the Channels and Blood Vessels (with the Heart)


3. Control dispersing and descending


4. Regulate and move the Water Passages


5. Control skin, sweat glands and body hair (the "Exterior")


6. Open into the nose


7. House the Po (corporeal soul - 魄)


8. Govern the voice

What good to us is a long life if it is difficult and barren of joys,

and if it is so full of misery that we can only welcome death as a deliverer?

- Sigmund Freud

Bazi Daily - 25/01/2011

Below is the case that I have just read recently in one of seminars :-

己    戊    壬    庚        Female (Year 1970)
未    子    午    戌

41
戊
寅

She suffered from Stomach Cancer in the year of 2004.   It was 'recovered' after the treatment.  However, it was being relapsed in the year of 2010.

Please work backward & explain the reason (from the perspective of bazi) attributed to such as illness?

Bazi Daily - 24/01/2011

Dear readers & followers,

My sincere apologies for the stoppage of updating the blog daily over the past few days.  I shall resume the posting for todays onwards.

火忌西方酉，金沉怕水伤。

木神休见午，水到卯中伤。

 The above required firm understanding of the Theory of 12 Natural Stages of Heavenly Stems.

The Death Stage for Fire, Metal, Wood & Water are You Metal (酉金), Zi Water (子水), Wu Fire (午火) & Mao Wood (卯木) respectively.

How does it work?

For instance, if fire is the favorable element to the weak Fire Person. In the absence of fire in the natal chart, we would (naturally) like to see it during the 10-year or Annual Luck Cycle. However, if the Fire is sitting above the You Metal (that is 丁酉), the supporting energy is insignificant as it is in the Death Stage.

We termed it “自坐死地” in Chinese. That is, the Ding fire is sitting above the Death Stages by itself.


 
 

The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins.

- Heywood Broun

Temporary Closer of Bazi Daily

Hi, all the Readers!

Due to my own busy work schedule, I am not able to update the Bazi Daily temporarily.  The Bazu Daily shall resume on 24 Jan 2011.  Meanwhile, you may want to re-visit the previous postings :)

Bazi Daily - 13/01/2011

Below is, yet, another case where the health is poor


壬 甲 甲 庚       Male

申 申 申 戌


Any comments?

Bazi Daily - 12/01/2011

Just audited a company fengshui recently.  During the life analysis session with some of the Senior Managers, (deep within my heart) I felt the geniune dilemma face by the human beings.  

Economically & Technologically, we are much better now than in the past.  However, in term of quality of life, perhaps we are worst.   

Of 5 Senior Positions, 3 have medical problems.  Of which, 2 are severe :(

Any comments on the below chart : -

乙    丁    甲    庚       Female (Year 1950)
巳    酉    申    寅
  
58   48
戊    己
寅    卯
  

The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.

- Mark Twain

Bazi Daily - 10/01/2011

甲乙生居卯，金多反吉祥。

Wood person born in the month of Mao (ie yin wood) is considered to be strong. It would be good to have metal in the chart to counteract the strong wood energy.

Similarly, we can apply the same concept to the other DM.

For instance :

癸　甲　乙　X　
X　 X　卯　申　　　

The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.

 Mark Twain

Bazi Daily - 09/01/2011

The Spleen

Controls the Raising of Qi



1. Spleen has Lifting effect along midline of body that ensures that Organs in proper place.

When raising function impaired, Spleen Qi "sinks": prolapse can occur of uterus, Bladder, Stomach, Kidney, or hemorrhoids).

 2. Spleen raises pure Food Qi to Lung and Heart.


Spleen Houses Thought

Is residence of I (Yi). Influences our capacity for thinking, studying, concentration, memorizing, etc.

Weak Spleen Qi; thinking dull, poor concentration, poor memory, etc. Excessive studying, mental work etc., weaken Spleen.

You have to pay the price. You will find that everything in life exacts a price,

and you will have to decide whether the price is worth the prize.

- Sam Nunn



Bazi Daily - 08/01/2011

The Spleen

Controls the Muscles and Four Limbs



Food Qi eventually goes to nourish all tissues in the body, transported throughout body by Spleen. Particularly directed to the muscles.

Weak Spleen Q  =   fatigue, muscles weak or even atrophied.

Tonify Spleen in fatigue.



Opens to the Mouth and Manifests in the Lips

When food enters mouth, chewing prepares food for transformation and transportation.

Therefore Spleen related to mouth.

Normal Spleen Qi  =  good sense of taste and moist pink lips.


 
 
 

Living gives you a better understanding of life.

I would hope that my characters have become

deeper and more rounded personalities.

Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight

into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.

- Alan Dean Foster

Bazi Daily - 07/01/2011

The Spleen

Spleen Controls Blood



1. Keeps Blood in Vessels

If Spleen Qi healthy, Blood circulates normally (see also Liver) and stays in vessels. Deficient Spleen Qi or Deficient Spleen Yang, Blood may spill from vessels = hemorrhages, subcutaneous bleeding, etc. (petechiae, purpura) Also, especially lower body hemorrhage, e.g. metrorrhagia can be caused by Xu Spleen Qi.



2. Important role in Blood formation.

(Food Qi extracted by Spleen sent to Lung and to Heart to form Blood with assistance of Yuan Qi from Kidney). To tonify Blood, always tonify Spleen.


 
 

Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose.

- Lynn Davies

Bazi Daily - 06/01/2011

The Spleen (脾)

The Spleens Governs Transformation and Transportation



1. Transformation/transportation of Gu Qi (Food Qi)

Spleen is central Organ in production of Qi.  Stomach "rots and ripens" ingested food and drink, and prepares the way for the Spleen which separates and extracts the GU Qi (food Qi) and refined essence from the digestate.

Food Qi goes upward to the Lungs in the Upper Burner（上焦）. Food Qi combines with air to form Zong Qi （宗气）and goes to the Heart to form Blood. Flavors are distributed to the various organs, sweet to the Spleen, salty to Kidney, bitter to Heart, sour to Liver, pungent to Lung.



2. Transformation/transportation of Fluids

Spleen also separates usable from unusable fluids ingested. Pure "clear" part goes upwards to the Lungs for distribution to the skin. "Turbid" part goes to Intestines for further separation.


In health, transforming and transporting function of Qi ensures good digestion, good appetite, normal absorption, regular bowel movements.

Impaired function, poor appetite, bad digestion, abdominal distention, loose stools.

When transformation/transportation of fluids impaired, fluids can accumulate to form Dampness and then Phlegm.

"The Spleen likes Dryness and hates Dampness". Its transformation and transportation function can be impaired by Damp e.g. Damp-forming foods like salads, dairy, etc.

Spleen Yang, essential to the process, impaired by excessive consumption of cold liquids (esp. ice water, ice cream, etc.) Conversely, Deficient Qi or Yang of Spleen can CAUSE internal Dampness.


 
 

I believe in cultivating opposite, but complementary views of life, and

I believe in meeting life's challenges with contradictory strategies.

I believe in reckoning with the ultimate meaninglessness of our existence,

even as we fall in love with the miracle of being alive.

I believe in working passionately to make our lives count while

never losing sight of our insignificance.

I believe in caring deeply and being beyond caring.

It is by encompassing these opposites, by being involved and vulnerable, but simultaneously transcendent and detached, that our lives are graced by resilience and joy.

- Fritz Williams

(The perfect description of the Concept of Yin & Yang)

Bazi Daily - 05/01/2011

From today onwards, we shall touch on the subject of Spleen.

The Spleen

Functions of the Spleen


The Spleen is central Organ in production of Qi.


Called the "Foundation of Postnatal existence (后天之本)".   Extracts Food Qi (Gu Qi) from food and liquids taken into Stomach. Food Qi is basis for formation of Qi and Blood.


1. Governs transformation and transportation
2. Controls the Blood
3. Controls the muscles and the four limbs
4. Opens into the mouth and manifests in the lips
5. Controls the raising of Qi, the "raising of the pure"
6. The Spleen houses thought



 

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly,

acutely miserable, racked with sorrow,

but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

- Agatha Christie

Bazi Daily - 04/01/2010

冬天水木泛，名利总虚浮。

What can you associate with the below mentioned scenario?

 “In the winter season where the Water is cold & strong, causing the Wood to float unsteadily.”



According to this text, the fame and wealth attained is not real. It is like to strong current floating here and there.


 
 
 

Spirituality can be severed from both vicious sectarianism and thoughtless banalities.

Spirituality, I have come to see, is nothing less than the thoughtful love of life. 

 

- Robert C. Solomon

Bazi Daily- 03/01/2011

Any comments on the below chart :-


丙　　庚　　壬　　丁        Male Chart
子　　子　　子　　亥

59　49　39　29　19　9
丙　丁　戊　己　庚　辛
午　未　申　酉　戌　亥


DM was born in the first day of Jan 2008 (0001 hr, 01 Jan 2008). 

It was special in TWO aspects :- 

- the 2nd baby born in the year of 2008 (I am referring to Singapore) ; and 
- the health.

Comments his potential health issues. 

Life is what you make of it. Always has been, always will be.

- Grandma Moses

Bazi Daily - 02/01/2011

Function of Heart (Part 03)

Opens to the Tongue (the offshoot of the heart)

The Heart has a large influence on the color, form, and features of the tongue, and is represented in the tip of the tongue. The normal tongue is a pale red color, and the sense of taste is normal.


Controls Sweating

Body Fluids and blood share a common origin and are interdependent. Because the Heart governs Blood and there is a mutually sustaining relationship between blood and fluids, sweat is related to the heart.

There are only two ways to live your life.

One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as though everything is a miracle.

- Albert Einstein