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The Four Pillars calculate the expected result from the interaction between your energy and the environment. The result of these combined energies will influence your personality, fate, health and other aspects of your ordinary life. This report will deal primarily with the aspect of health and secondarily with the aspects of emotion and personality. The first pillar (read from right to left) represents the energy you have inherited from the year you were born, the second from your birth month or season, the third from your birthday, and the fourth from your birth time. The following astrology chart is derived from your birth date:
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The chart represents the status of your energy, emotions, health and personality when you were born. The top row lists the ten Celestial Stems and the bottom lists the twelve Horary Branches. Each Stem and Branch consists of Yin/Yang and Five Elements. There are nine Branches having minor elements (smaller amount) which are called hidden Elements. They are listed after the major element and shown in lighter font. These Stems and Branches are translated to their Five Elements equivalents (translation table is listed in reference 8). The following analysis is based on this chart.
A fundamental part of Asian philosophy is the inter-relationships among the five basic elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. There is no dominant element. Like Yin and Yang they are forever dependent upon and equal to one another. They are linked by the chain of life which brings about their very existence. Each has its own place and function. Even in the human body, these five elements maintain their reciprocal relationships. The elements rule the major organs of the body. For example, Earth element is the essential energy to nursery the stomach, spleen and pancreas (see section VII for more details). An imbalance of energy will manifest itself in terms of negative emotion and deteriorated health. This section analyzes the distribution of your energy.
This figure reflects the relative amount of each
of the
Five Elements that you possess at birth:
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Your personal element is Yang
Metal.
Your year of birth animal sign is Sheep.
You have excess amount of the Fire
element.
To maintain harmony within the body, the amount of
the Five Elements need to be in delicate balance. Each of the Five Elements
has power over another element, yet its power can be negated by the element
that has power over it.
An excess of Fire element will have an extensive effect on your Small Intestine
and Heart.
Harmony the Five Elements within the body provides
a healthy environment for organs to work properly. An energy imbalance
will put your organs in unnecessary stress and affect your health in the
long run. The next section provides a detail analysis of the energy of
each organ. Humans inherit energy from the environment
when they are born. The human body is an image of the universe in terms
of energy. Part of the energy is from planets and celestial bodies,
which comprise the ten Celestial Stems in your astrology chart. The other
part of energy is from Earth, which comprises the twelve Horary
Branches in your chart.
The combined effect of your Stems
and Branches on organs is expressed in relative amount of Five Elements.
The following chart provides an analysis of your
organs: This table states the status of each
organ when you were born. The ten organs are divided into five groups.
Each organ within a group shares the total amount of life force of the
group with the other organ. It is desirable for each group to have an equal
distribution of energy. All the parts of the body are
connected to form the whole; the parts should not be treated individually.
All organs should function in a harmonious integrated manner.
An excess of or deficiency condition of
life force in a group will cause an imbalance
of energy in each member. Imbalance of life force in a group will affect
the other groups through a chain reaction among organs. Each group has
a strong connection with a sense organ. For instance, the sense organ for
the Gall Bladder and Liver group is the eyes. Imbalance of energy in an
organ will manifest itself as sickness, emotion, change of taste and impairing
the related sense organ. All of these effects are referred to as the associated
conditions of the corresponding organ. Although no one can change your inherent energy
character within each organ, the energy can be brought closer to harmony
by changing the quality and quantity of the energy you receive through
the following methods. The first method is to have a diet which helps strengthen
your organs and energy. The second method is meditation. Assimilate and
refine your energy during meditation. The last but not the least is to
utilize the environmental energy to help you.
III The Health Chart
ORGAN NAME GROUP
STATUS
Gall Bladder
Liver
Normal
Small Intestine
Heart
very Strong
Stomach
Spleen, Pancreas
Good
Large Intestine
Lung
Normal
Bladder
Kidney
Normal

The chart indicates that your Small Intestine and Heart have an excess of energy.
They have the tendency to create an imbalance of energy among these organs.
An organ pair with excess or deficiency of energy will cause the
associated taste, emotion, virtue and sickness to become more active in
comparison with other emotion and sickness. As a result, you may like
or dislike the associated taste (for example, salty), emotion may be out
of control frequently, or the associated sickness may occur more often
as you age. The following list contains the associated conditions (taste,
emotion, virtue, sickness) and energy for the above organs. Observe these
conditions as an indication that the corresponding organ pair is in disharmony
and requires attention.
Element
Organ
Excess of energy
Deficiency of energy
Fire
Heart
Sense:
Tongue
Palpitations, thirst, mouth and tongue ulcers, mental
restlessness, heat, insomnia, red face, bitter taste, dream disturbed
sleep, incoherent speech, pain in the heart region which can
radiate to inner aspect of the left arm, feeling of oppression of chest.
Palpitations, shortness of breath on exertion, sweating, pallor,
fatigue, listlessness, dizziness, insomnia, dream-disturbed
sleep, poor memory, malar flushed face, low grade fever, feeling of heat
Fire
Small Intestine
Mental restlessness, tongue ulcers, pain in throat, abdominal
pain, thirst, scanty and dark urine, painful urination, blood in urine.
Lower abdominal twisting pain which may radiate to the back,
abdominal distention, borborygmus, flatulence, pain in
testis, dislike of abdominal pain, constipation, vomiting, diarrhea.
Abdominal discomfort, borborygmus, Scanty urination,
flatulence, and diarrhea.