Q: Dear Karin, I've read through your book with great interest. I'm already analyzing me and my family's charts. It's very exciting. You mention "the balance element" on page 180. This seems like "the magic cure" to balance oneself. I was wondering if you could lift the veil for how this is found? A: Dear… Continue reading The Balance Element
Author: Chinese Wisdom Traditions
Practice exercise 7, #3 Johnny Yang MingGong
Q: Hi Karin! It was all going so swimmingly (if you can swim through something glacierly slow!), but I stuck totally on the Ming Gong Branch 7 November 1966, 22:11 Month branch: Xu = 11 Hour branch: Hai = 12 Isn't after JieQi, so don't add 1 32 - (11 + 12) = 9 =… Continue reading Practice exercise 7, #3 Johnny Yang MingGong
Practice Exercise 3, q 6
Q: I getting the answer 53, BingChen, for question 6? A: Thank you for writing! Don't forget to use the Early Zi (23:00--23:59) method in this example - use the previous day in your calculation.
Correction! YP exception, when R = 0
Q: From an amazon.com review: In the instructions it states that when the remainder equals 0, the yearly pillar = (birth year / 60) -3, and on the next page, “simply subtract 3 from the quotient (birth year divided by 60) … But in sample exercise 2 the author goes with the formula YP = R… Continue reading Correction! YP exception, when R = 0
Practice Exercise 4, q. 6 & 7
Q: I am loving your new book and I love how engaging it is, having the exercises to go through as you learn. So on that note, I am working on Practice Exercise 4, and finished all 13 dates no problems except for numbers 6 and 7 ... Both of these examples are people born in the Zi hour.… Continue reading Practice Exercise 4, q. 6 & 7
Calculating the BaZi 