What is the eight characters?

The eight characters refer to Xin, Mao, Ding, You, Geng, Wu, C and Zi.

Constellation is the calendar date of a person's birth, which plays an important role in the folk beliefs of the Han nationality. The stems and branches of a year form a column of years, the stems and branches of a month form a column of months, the stems and branches of a day form a column of days, and the stems and branches of a year form a column of times. A total of four pillars, four stems and four branches, a total of eight words, so it is also called four pillars and eight characters.

The prediction model of four-column increase in transportation and flow year is called split level; The four-column sun-moon method belongs to the four-column complete prediction technology and method. Fortune-tellers believe that a person's fate can be calculated from birthdates; In the past, it was also used for fortune-telling in marriage.

The function of "eight characters"

Birthday is the most important basis for the ancients to calculate a person's life fortune. Before experiencing major events, the ancients always used birthdays to calculate and find the best time. Some people think that it is a feudal superstition to measure luck by birth date, which is totally undesirable, but it is not.

Using the date of birth to calculate a person's fortune actually takes advantage of the influence of external things on internal things. The ancients used to say that destiny cannot be done. In fact, fate is hidden in the date of birth, which has been doomed since the day we were born. When we understand the hidden mystery in the birth, we can find the missing parts in the birth, check the missing parts and fill in the blanks, so as to achieve the goal of prosperity.