Analysis of the principle of fortune telling

Fortune-telling is a slightly mysterious metaphysics, based on the Book of Changes and the system of Yin-Yang and Five Elements. Zhouyi originated from Fuxi Bagua, and Fuxi Bagua originated from He Tu Luo Shu. The Book of Changes says, "Rivers paint, Luo writes, and sages write." We can see the development trend of China's culture from calling for Tam characters to symbols of eight diagrams to interpreting eight diagrams, which is a way of thinking that naturally follows laws and enriches people's experience. The theoretical basis of fortune telling is "Yin-Yang and Five Elements", which is the core of China's classical philosophy and an ancient and simple materialistic philosophy. Yin and Yang refer to two opposing and interrelated forces in everything in the world. The five elements are composed of five basic substances: wood, fire, earth, gold and water, which emphasize the overall concept; The combination of Yin-Yang theory and Five Elements theory constitutes the framework of China's traditional thinking. According to the natural principle of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, it is transformed into the sexual and personnel principle of Ten Gods, forming a complete fortune-telling calculation system.

Prediction is to find out the law of things according to some known conditions, and calculate the development trend of things according to its law. In everything, there are both "fixed numbers" (regularity) and "variables" (irregularity). Predicting a thing's "destiny" can be measured, but its "variable" is unpredictable. Why are "variables" unpredictable? It is not difficult to understand the law of "butterfly effect". There are both fixed numbers and variables. This is the way of heaven and earth. Man is predestined by heaven, and so is reason. The theoretical source of all kinds of knowledge is the Book of Changes. What is the Book of Changes? First, "change", a chaotic phenomenon, a small change can affect the development of things (butterfly effect); Everything in the universe is changeable, changing all the time, and so is personnel. The second is "Jane", one yin and one yang, all-encompassing; Every day, there are land, men and women, ups and downs, and before and after, all of which are complementary and unified. The third is "not easy". Although things in the world are complicated and changeable, there is one thing that will never change, and that is the law; Heaven and earth run, the four seasons rotate, cold and summer alternate, Leng Xia is hot in winter, the monthly profit and loss, the sun is biased, and the extremes will be reversed. This is the law.

The development of everything has "fixed number" and "variable", and the fixed number has laws to follow, while the variable has no laws to follow; Fixed number contains variables, and variables also contain fixed numbers, and the overall situation of both fixed numbers and variables remains unchanged. Most Yi scholars in ancient and modern times do not distinguish between definite numbers and variables, which confuses this concept. "Fixed number" (law) can predict its development trajectory according to the regularity of things, while "change" (irregularity) cannot be accurately predicted because of impermanence and too many variable factors.

Although everything is complicated and changeable, it also has eternal laws. Since there is a regular side, we can calculate its development track and trend according to these things combined with some known factors in Yi Li.

Take the four pillars and eight characters as an example, there are many factors that affect people's fate, such as eight characters, geomantic omen, social environment, background of the times, people's subjective consciousness and so on. People with the same four pillars and eight characters have different feng shui, social environment, background of the times and subjective consciousness, but their fate is also different. Measuring four pillars and eight characters is just one of many factors that affect people's fate. This fate can reflect the main line of their life destiny trajectory, which is only the main line of destiny trajectory, not the whole fate. Therefore, even if the measurement of four pillars and eight characters is correct, people's specific fate cannot be predicted completely and accurately, because four pillars and eight characters are only one of the main factors that affect people's destiny, and there are many other variable variables that affect people's destiny. In the investigation, those magicians told you for sure what something very specific would look like, which was a lie. Have you seen the weather forecast? With the development of modern science and technology, it is still impossible to accurately detect that it will rain in a certain place on a certain day, because the situation has been changing. When broadcasting the weather forecast, it can only tell you that it will rain in some areas on a certain day (in some areas, this range can be large or small). Besides, it is actually uncertain whether it will rain. There are signs of rain in the forecast, which only shows that it may rain and there will be no shortage.

Recognizing these clearly, it is not difficult to understand why people born at the same time in the same year (such as twins) have different fates, and sometimes there are unpredictable reasons because of variable factors. In addition, the imperfection of forecasting theory system also determines the accuracy of forecasting. Of course, in addition to these objective factors, there are also the level of forecasters. Due to the limitation of knowledge and cognitive ability, few people really understand, and most of them seem to understand.