What is Qi Meng Dun jia?

5/20/2018 What is Qi Meng Dun jia?

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By Hu Xuezhi

Part 1

What is Dunjia?

Why Dunjia be Used for Divination?Basic BackgroundPart 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 1

What is Dunjia?

Qi Men Dun Jia (or Qimendunjia) is one of the three most powerful oracles--Tai Yee, Liu Renand Qi Men---to know both good luck and bad luck in aspects of time and space(direction). TaiYee is used to divine the big events that happen with contries, such as earthquake, big

hurricanes, massacre, natural disasters, etc. Qi Men is generally used for military action andtake what strategic methods in ever-changing battle field. Liu Ren is mostly used for divining thegeneral daily events which means it is close to our daily life.

Qi means mysterious or strange in usual, but here, it means valuable or holy. Men means agate, and Dun means hidden or escaped (to make hidden), and Jia is the first one of ten stems,which is considered as the most sacred in this method.

All the three oracles use very special chart to divine and give conclusion. Yes, all of them cannotdo without Heavenly stems, earthly branches, Ho drawing, Luo Drawing, Eight Trigrams,Emblematic elements and divine number, etc.

Dunjia can be divided into Year School Dunjia, Month School Dunjia, Day School Dunjia andTime School Dunjia in terms of the time. In terms of reasoning methods it should be divided intoLine-Up Palace Dunjia and Jump-in-Palace Dunjia.

Here we introduce Time School Dunjia, Line-Up Palace Dunjia.

People may ask when the Dunjia came into presence and why it existed. Nowadays manypeople believe Dunjia originated from milatary force arrangements in the battle field and suchstatements gained wide approval in the scholar circle.

In the very old book The Song from Old Fishing Man carried the following story:

XuanYuan Emperor fought a fierce battle with Shi You without results for many years. In adream he dreamed Heaven gave him an oracle and XuanYuan paid respect in a sacrificeplatform and practiced such arts latter and got a final success soon after. He ordered maliataryman Feng Hou to write down the arts in words and that was the beginning of Dunjia.

Also, it was Spring and Warring Times when the so many states fought endless battles tooccupy territory and there was enough demand for application of such arts.


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Also the book Arts of War carried similar words concerning the theory of Dunjia. Yet, mostpeople don't understand the meaning exactly till now.

In Three-Dynasty Times the famous military counsellor Zhu Ge Liang applied Eight TrigramArrangement in the battle field and won many times of success.

In Dun Jia(or Dunjia) theory, we use a kind of direction chart called Pan, which is drawed as asquare divided into nine blocks( 3 x 3. eight directions and centre ). In each directional block,one of the eight gates is positioned. We put away Jia(because of its holiness) and use othernine stems to put them into Dun Jia Pan chart at first, and after several process of making, Jiacomes into the Pan chart from one of the eight gates. And that's why this method is called QiMen Dun Jia.

Later due to the wide application of Dunjia this divination approach gradually broke its ownboundary and gained application in disease diagnosis, business desicion, agricultural divination,etc.

Why Dunjia be Used for Divination?

Any divination approaches, whatever forms they assume, are models set up to imitate the socialsociety, the nature and the universe, etc. Dunjia is a mathematic and physical model set up byincorporating heaven aspect, earth aspect, human aspect and unexpected aspect, the timeelements and space elements. There are basic nine Yang Dun Ju and nine Yin Dun Ju whichprovide us a dynamic unified model to imitate all transformations and changes for universalthings. Therefore it can be used to divine the society, nature, individual life time or all whichstays out of human's reasoning ability. By calculation we know there are altogether 216,000 Jusand ancient Chinese people hope that 216,000 Jus can imitate most part of situation in thispractical world.

This is one of the most typical characteristics of Dunjia. In ancient age, those who won usingDunjia tried to keep it as top-secret, and suppressed Dunjia-masters to prevent from Dunjia-secret leaking to the enemies of the governors.

Many Dunjia-masters were arrested, but they'd never made the secret of Dunjia clear.

Basic Background

1. Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams

1-1. Hevenly Stems

Most people are familair with Heavenly Stems, there are Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin,

Ren and Gui. For Western people, they may feel difficult to understand the meaning andremember them. In fact, ten Heavenly Stems have close connection with the movements of sun.It was heard that Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches were created by Da Nao, a verymysterious figure in ancient China.The following lists the general meaning of ten HeavenlyStems:

Jia: Bud - the sign of growth

Yi: Sprout - the spread of growth, bursting forth from Earth


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Bing: Concentrated growth like fire in the houseDing: Maturity, solidity, Heavens kiss.

Wu; Flourishing and nuturing

Ji: Full bloom

Geng: Harvesting and abundance. Fullness leading to changesXin: Dead heading, reformationRen: Sustenance, supporting life

Gui: Regenerating roots and preparation for spring

In terms of Five Elements attributes, ten Heavenly Stems fall in to the following category:

ChineseCharacter

Pin Yin

Five Element

Attributes

Yin Yang

Attributes

Jia(HS01) wood yangYi(HS02) wood yinBing(HS03)

fire

yang

Ding(HS04)

fire

yin

Wu(HS05)

earth

yang

Ji(HS06) earth yinGeng(HS07) metal yangXin(HS08)

metal

yin

Ren(HS09)

water

yang

Gui(HS10)

water

yin

1-2. Earthly Branches

Earthly Branches have close connection with the movements of moon. They are described as

follows:

Zi: Young shoot of a plant

Chou: Young plant supported by stick

Yin: Celebration of spring and New Year

Mao: Life springing forthChen: Pregnant and timidSi: 7 months pregnant with fully formed embryo

Wu: Summer solstice

Wei: Big tree with solid branches

Shen:ExpansionYou: Harvest, celebration

Xu: Clearing and preparation

Hai: Conception, mating of yin and yang

In terms of Five Elements attributes, ten Earthly Branches fall in to the following category:

Zi(EB01)

water

yang

Chou(EB02)

earth

yin

Yin(EB03)

wood

yang


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Mao(EB04) wood yinChen(EB05)

earth

yang

Si(EB06)

fire

yin

Wu(EB07)

fire

yang

Wei(EB08) earth yinShen(EB09) metal yangYou(EB10)

metal

yin

Xu(EB11)

earth

yang

Hai(EB12)

water

yin

1-3. Orientation Attributes for Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches

Orientation

Season

Heavenly Stems

Earthly Branches

East SpringJia, Yi Yin, MouSouth Summer Bing, Ding Si, WuCenter

End of each four seasons

Wu, Ji

Chen, Xu, Chou, Wei

West

Autumn

Geng, Xin

Shen, You

North

Winter

Ren, Gui

Hai, Zi

1-4. The application of ten Heavenly Stems in Dunjia

Besides the time meaning represented by the ten Heavenly Stems, each Heavenly Stem hashidden meaning which denotes the personalized military force. Jia denotes the general whooften hides in the military force arrangements. Just on account of this it is called Dunjia--Dunmeans hidden in Chinese, Jia indicates the first Heavenly Stem Jia. Yi, Bing and Ding are oftencalled Three Wonders. In fact, they are three important assistant commanders close to thegeneral. In modern military framework, they are similiar to the headquater, political departmentand logistic department. Sometimes we can understand them as the following below: Yi is the

idea man, Bing is the general's bodyguard, and Ding is the logistic officer.

Sometimes we can regard the three as the arm forces often appearing suddenly.

Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui are six detachments (We call Liu Yi), each holding up flag ofdifferent color.Wu, earth element, yang, holds up a just-yellow flagJi, earth element, yin, holds up a deputy-yellow flagGeng, metal element, yang, holds up a just-white flag

Xin, metal element, yin, holds up a deputy-white flag

Ren, water element, yang, holds up a just-black flagGui, water element, yin, holds up a deputy-black flag.

In the sixty Stems and Branches system, Heavenly Stems will repeat six times while the EarthlyBranches repeat 5 times, forming sixty combinations as follow below:

Jia-Zi Jia-Xu Jia-Shen Jia-WuJia-Chen Jia-YinYi-Chou

Yi-Hai

Yi-You

Yi-Wei

Yi-Si

Yi-Mou

Bing-Yin

Bing-Zi

Bing-Xu

Bing-Shen

Bing-Wu

Bing-Chen

Ding-Mou

Ding-Chou

Ding-Hai

Ding-You

Ding-Wei

Ding-Si


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Wu-Chen Wu-YinWu-Zi Wu-XuWu-Shen Wu(HS05)-Wu(EB07)Ji-Si

Ji-Mou

Ji-Chou

Ji-Hai

Ji-You

Ji-Wei

Geng-Wu

Geng-Chen

Geng-Yin

Geng-Zi

Geng-Xu

Geng-Shen

Xin-Wei

Xin-Si

Xin-Mou

Xin-Chou

Xin-Hai

Xin-You

Ren-Shen Ren-Wu Ren-Chen Ren-Yin Ren-ZiRen-XuGui-You Gui-Wei Gui-Si Gui-Mou Gui-Chou Gui-Hai

So, ancient Chinese people regard sixty years as one cycle. In one cycle Jia should appear sixtimes, they are Jia-Zi, Jia-Xu, Jia-Shen, Jia-Wu, Jia-Chen and Jia-Yin. In them the Jia-Zi is thegeneral, the other five are commenders. The six military officers should hide themselves eachunder a different flag and they should not change anyway.Jia-Zi hides under the just-yellow flag holding up by Wu

Jia-Xu hides under the deputy-yellow flag holding up by Ji

Jia-Shen hides under the just-white flag holding up by GengJia-Wu hides under the deputy-white flag holding up by XinJia-Chen hides under the just-black flag holding up by Ren

Jia-Yin hides under the deputy-black flag holding up by Gui

1-5. Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams.Nine Palaces derive from Luo Drawings. To fill in the numbers we can get the following chartimitating Luo Drawing:

4,

9,

2,

3, 5, 7,8, 1, 6,For the easy memory, we often recite them as: 9 up on the head and 1 down under my feet, left3 and right 7, 4 and 2 on my shoulder, 8 and 6 are my feet. Correspondingly, the congenitalEight Trigrams occupy diferent palaces.

1-6. San QiSan Qi means three high-valued wonderful commanders or enforcements and consists of (sunwonder), (Moon wonder) and (star wonder).

1-7 Liu YiWu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui are six detachments (We call Liu Yi), each holding up flag ofdifferent color, under which six Jia-Zi, Jia-Xu, Jia-Shen, Jia-Wu, Jia-Chen and Jia-Yin hide them.Wu, earth element, yang, holds up a just-yellow flagJi, earth element, yin, holds up a deputy-yellow flagGeng, metal element, yang, holds up a just-white flag

Xin, metal element, yin, holds up a deputy-white flag

Ren, water element, yang, holds up a just-black flag

Gui, water element, yin, holds up a deputy-black flag.

It consists of , , , and .


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PART TWO

2-1. The Arrangement of San Qi and Liu Yi in Nine PalacesSan Qi and Liu Yi, nine in total, will fall into nine palaces in a succession. They are , , , , , , , , .Among them , , , , , , each has one Jia general or one of five Jia commanders hiding under it--they are Jia-Zi, Jia-Xu, Jia-Shen, Jia-Wu, Jia Chen and Jia-Yin. When Jia-Zi falls into onepalace (for example, No. 4 palace) in a Yang Dun Ju, we call it is a No. 4 Yang Du Ju.

2-2. Ju

Ju means situation. In Dunjia method, there are cyclic numbers on year, month, day and hour ofDunjia calendar. For example, Ju number of the date February 2, 1996 is 9, Yang Dun Ju. Itmeans JiaZi falls in the No. 9 palace.To know one day is Yang Dun Ju or Yin Dun Ju and the Junumber people can look for the Dunjia calender. That is very important.

2-3. Yin Dun and Yang Dun

There are two ways of heavenly Qi's moving, Yin Dun and Yang Dun. Both are concerned withmoving of Earth around the sun.

Yin Dun Yin Dun is a period from summer solstice to next winter solstice. When during theYin Dun period, Yin energy is born and increasing its power day by day.Yang Dun

Yang Dun is a period from winter solstice to next summer solstice. During theYang Dun period, Yang energy is increasing.

This circulation of energy concerned with time can be comprehend as revolution of earth likefollowing:

Ju Shu ( situation numbers ) consists of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. It goes descendantly underYin Dun period, and ascendantly under Yang Dun period like following:

Yang Dun = 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Yin Dun = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

2 - 4. General Pattern for Earthly Disk

Jia-Zi

Jia-Xu

Jia-Shen

Jia-Wu

Jia-Chen

Jia-Yin

Star Wonder

Moon Wonder

Sun Wonder

Liu YiYang Dun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Yin Dun

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

NOTES: Here the numbers above mean the number in the nine palaces.There are altogether 18Jus, one Ju every five days.There are nine Yang Dun Jus and nine Yin Dun Jus.

2 - 5. Heavenly Disk


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The aboved knowledge talked about the Earthly Disk and how to arrange the Liu Yi and ThreeWonders in nine palaces and that is not enough. In ancient China, people held all things have toaccept influence from heaven, earth and artificial aspect. Heavenly Disk represents theinfluence coming from above. There are altogether nine stars, each stands for a differentinfluence, here we call them as Zhi FuZhi Fu. Please read the following chart:

Eight

Trigram

Palace

Number 123

4

5

678

9

Zhi Fu

TianPeng

Tian

Rui

Tian Cong

Tian

Fu

TianQin

Tian

Xin

Tian

Zhu

TianRen

Tian

Ying

The following gives the explanation as to nine stars:


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Tian Peng (): water element, corresponding to Kan trigram, has close connection to theappearace of theft. So, it is an inauspicious star. When Tian Peng falls in one palace, peopleshould construct dam, or defence facilities or strengthen the stronghold in order to preventsomething happening. It is not good to travel far or do business because the theft may happen.

Tian Rui (): earth element, Yin, has close connection with epidemic. So, sometimes we call it asa disease star. When Tian Rui stays in one palace, people should receive teachings oradmonishment, make friends, stay in the original place, abstain from arm force deployment, nomarriage, no quarrel, no travel far, no new construction, etc.

Tian Cong (): wood element, yang, has close connection with kind donation, doing kind deeds,or agricultural activities. It is an auspicious star. When Tian Cong dwells in one palace, it is goodfor military action, battle or fights. Beside these all is inauspicious.Tian Fu (): wood element, yang, has close connection with cultrual education. It is a veryausoicious star. Whe Tian Fu dwells in one palace, it is auspicious for travel, business,marriage, construction, especially study progress, social status ascendence and culture andeducation development.Tian Qin (): earth element, yang, auspicious for all things because it dwells in the central earthpalace which can gives rise to all.

Tian Xin (): metal element, yin, has close connection with leadership capability, scheming,desease treatment and military deployment. t is an auspicious star.

Tian Zhu (): metal element, yin, has close connection with killings, strange things, mysteriousmatters, damage. It is an inauspicious star. When Tian Zhu falls in one palace, people shouldstrengthen their garrison, train their forces, prepare for the bad. It is not good for travel far, dobusiness, otherwise loss, injury, unfortunate things will happen.

Tian Ren (): earth element, yang, an auspicious star. When Tian Ren dwells in one palace, it isgood for offering teaching to general people, pacificate people, crack down upon insurgence ormobsters. Also good for business, marriage, social status.Tian Ying (): fire element, yin, has close connection with outragous behavior, heated situation,fire and blood. It is a neutral star. When Tian Ying dwells in one palace it is good for planing,dropping a visit to high officials, but it is bad if people want fortune, social status possession,

marriage or travel.2-6. Human Disk

Human disk means the eight Gates which summarize all possible influence from human beings.

Num.

Gate

Direction

Summary8 Shen(birth)

northeast

To generate energy for action of the day. It is an agent of Gen-Trigram, and also representsChou-branch and Yin-branch. Generally speaking, This gate is useful for any purpose,especially for health.3 Shang

(injury)

east

To be injured or scratch something easily by mistake, because of hurry to the work or remainderof yesterday's tiredness. It is an agent of Zhen-Trigram, and also represents Mao-Branch. Thisgate is useful for hospitalization with operations.4 Du(clumsy)

southeast


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Start working of the day, but not smoothly done for complete. It is an agent of Sun-Trigram, andalso represents Chen-branch and Si-branch. This gate is not useful for any purposes. This gateis only useful for running away, or arresting robbers.

9

Jing

(prospect) southThe most active time in a day. It is an agent of Li, and also represents Wu-branch. This gate isuseful for any purposes.

5, 2

Si

(slacken)

southwest

Sleepy for satisfaction from eating. It is an agent of Kun-Trigram, and also represents Wei-branch and Shen-branch. This gate should not be used except burial.7

Jing

(surprise)

west

It's nearly the time to finish the work. As concentrations get declined, people are easily surprisedat unexpected happenings. It is an agent of Dui-Trigram, and also represents You-branch. Thisgate is not useful for any purposes.6

Kai

(relax)

northwest

Return home after work of the day. It's time to go to bed. It is an agent of Chain-Trigram, andalso represents Xu-branch and Hai-branch. This gate is useful for any purposes. Kai denotes allthings are prosperous, metal elements,1

Xiu

(rest)

north

People are in sleep. It is an agent of Kan-Trigram, and also represents Zi-branch. This gate isuseful for any purposes.

2 - 7. Guard Disk

There are altogether 8 Guards used in Dunjia, which summarize the possible influence from

mysterious aspect or celestial powers. We call them Zhi Shi Zhi Shi. In Yang Dun Ju the eightGuards will line up in the following sequance::

Zhi Fu

Teng She

Tai Yin

Liu Ge

Gou Chen

Zhu Que

Jiu De

Jiu Tian

The eight Guards will line up in the following sequence in Yin Dun Ju:

Zhi Fu

Teng She

Tai Yin

Gou Chen

Zhu Que

Jiu De

Jiu Tian

The following gives the explanation as to each of the Guard:

Zhi Fu (): earth element, central position, the commander of all other Guards. When it falls inone palace, all evil things will flee without any trace.Teng She (): fire element, south, hypocratic and crafty Guard. Stands for hypocratic characters,acrimony speech. Responsible for strange, hypocratic and dreadful things.


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Tai Yin (): metal element, west, the sheltering Guard. Of obscure and invisible attributes. WhereTai Yin comes upon it is suitable for planning, scheming, plotting, etc. and for taking shelter andhide the military forces.

Liu He (): wood element, east, the protection Guard. Its character is unclouded and amiable.Where it falls upon it is suitable for marriage arrangement, discussing business, negotiation, etc.Bai Hu (): metal element, west, atrocious Guard. Apt to killing in most of situation, Responsiblefor arm forces deployment, killings, epidemics, traffic accidents. Under it there hids Gou Chen.

Xuan Wu ():water element, north, crafty sycophant or thief. Prefer to stealing and clandestinelove affairs. Responsible for thieft, going into exile, quarrel. Under it there hides the Zhu Que.

Jiu Di (): earth element, central position, the common mother of all things. Its charater is tame,quiet, pliable. Where it comes upon it is suitable for planting, dwelling, stationing arm forces.Jiu Tian (): metal element, positioned high up as like the heaven. Valiant Guard. Very strongcharacter and prefer to taking action. Where it comes upon it is suitable for deploying armforces, battle, travel.

PART THREE

3 - 1. How to Set Up One Ju?

On August 20, 2000 one person dropped a visit. The time is 4:10PM.

A. The First Step:

People should learn such basic methods used for finding the Heavenly Stem and EarthlyBranch and that is very important for the Dunjia divination. Here people should look for aChinese lunar calender to find the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch of August 20, 2000. Theresult is: Xin-Si () year, Bing-Shen () month, Yi-Mou () day.

Then we should get to know the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch of the time 4:10PM. It is

Jia-Shen () .

So, we get the result of Xin-Si () year, Bing-Shen () month, Yi-Mou () and Jia-Shen () time.

.The Second Step:

By looking over the twenty-four solar terms we know it is the term of Beginning of Autumn.Beginning of Autumn is divided into three durations: upper period, middle period and lowerperiod, each lasting 5 days. August 20, 2000 is within the middle period and the beginning markof the middle period is August 19, 2000, it is Jia-Yin () day. For all the three periods, we shoulduse 2,5 and 8 Ju, Yin Dun. Accordingly we know August 20, 2000 is number 5 Yin Dun Ju.

C. The Third Step:

Now we should proceed to arrange San Qi and Liu Yi in the nine palaces. Yin Dun Ju we shouldchoose the number sequence of 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 when we arrange San Qi and Liu Yi. Becauseit is number 5 Yin Dun Ju we should first place Jia-Zi (), the general, in the number 5 palace.Jia-Zi is hiding under Wu detachment, therefore we just write down Wu () in the number 5palace. Then Ji () in number 4 palace, Geng () in number 3 palace, Xin () in number 2 palace,


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Ren () in number 1 palace, Gui () in number 9 palace, Ding () in number 8 palace, Bing () innumber 7 palace, Yi () in number 6 palace. Please see the following figure which shows theEarthly Disk.

D. The Fourth StepWe should learn how to find the Zhi Fu () and Zhi Shi (), then arrange all Heavenly stars andeight Gates in the nine palace.It is Jia-Shen time. Jian Shen itself is the beginning time for one time period and so we don'tneed to waste any time. The beginning time of Jia-Shen hides under Geng detachment innumber 3 palace. Corresponding to number 3 it is nothing but Tian-Chong () Star which is theZhi Fu (). Corresponding to number 3 it is Injury Gate () which is the Zhi Shi () .

E. The Fifth Step

Now we should arrange Heavenly stars in their regular sequence: Tian-Peng (), Tian-Ren (),Tian- Chong (), Tian-Fu (), Tian-Ying (), Tian- Rui () and Tian-Qin ()--they are always together--

Tian-Zhu (), Tian-Xin () . They always line up in a clockwise sequence. Because it is Jia-Shentime which hides under the Liu Yi Geng () we should bring Geng with Tian-Chong (). Please seethe figure which show how the Heavenly Stars arrange.

F. The Sixth Step

Now we should learn how to arrange eight Gates in nine palaces.We know the Zhi-Fu () is Injury Gate () who dwells in number 3 palace. The regular sequence ofeight Gates is as follows: Xiu (), Sheng (), Shang (), Du (), Jing (), Shi (), Jing (), Kai (). Thenplease see the following figure:

G: The Seventh Step

This step we should arrange eight Guards in nine palaces. Here we should know Zhi-Shi ()always follow the Zhi-Fu () to find its starting point, then line up the regular sequence clockwisein Yang Dun Ju and counterclockwise in Yin Dun Ju. Zhi-Fu () is Injury Gate () who dwells innumber 3 palace, so the starting point of eight Guards sequence will fall into number 3 palace, itis Zhi-Fu (). Because it is a Yin Dun Ju we should line up eight Guards counterclockwise asfollows: Zhi-Fu (Zhi Fu), Teng-She(Teng She), Tai-Yin (Tai Yin), Liu He (Liu Ge), Bai-Hu (GouChen), Xuan-Wu (Zhu Que), Jiu-di (Jiu De), Jiu-tian (Jiu Tian). Please see the arrangementresults in the following figure:

Till now we finish setting up one Ju based upon the time, day, month and year when the peoplecome upon for one time of divination. Yes, there are other variety of Ju settings but here wegenerally adopt the most popular time-school Dunjia. Then people should learn how to analyzesuch Ju. Please click Next Page below for more inforamtion.

PART FOUR


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4 - 1. How to Analyze One Ju.People should know the emblematic meaning of each sign used in one Ju and their interactionresults. In one palace there stay Earthly disk, Heavenly disk, Human disk and eight Guardswhich summarize the possible influence that can have effects upon one situation. In ancientChina, people hold the viewpoints that human beings are one part of the nature without anydivision. It is a complete entity. They also hold that the whole nature has its own pulse that beatcontinuously as like a human being. Ancient Chinese doctore can know the problem hidden inthe body by feeling the pulse. Yet, how to feel the pulse of the nuture? And is it possible to dothat?

Dunjia methods provide one tool for feeling the pulse of the nuture and from it some people canknow something hidden in it. In fact, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches provide the verybasic foundation for this to become true. The pulse of nature can show up with assortedpresentation forms when tainted with different color and that is why Dunjia can offer so muchuseful tips when people want to know so many different things.

So, for the proper analysis of one Ju we have to know the meaning of each element staying in

the nine palaces.

4 - 2. Eight Trigrams and Their Emblematic Meanings;Chien Trigram ():

sky, sun, ice, hailstone and all that represents the behavior of heaven, sky, crown, etc.

president, father, the highest position, leader, old men, celebrities, goverment officials, male,senior, etc.capital, big cities, places located high, impotant places, etcnorthwest, high place

autumn, September, October, Beginning of winter, Xu-, Hai- in year, month, day and time inChinese lunar calendar.

1, 6, 4, 9horse, elephant, lion, etc.

gold, jade, round objects, glass, fruits, cap, etc

head, right thigh, lung, bone, penis

white, red, brown

peppery tasteKun Trigram ()

earth, cloudy day, foggy day, or all things that have the similar character of earth (tame, quiet,carry one all, noiseless, etc.)

princess,the first wife, the general people, mother, grandmother, old women,rural people,hypocrite, big belly, stingy people, the female, etc.

wildness, wild field, rural area, plain, etc.

southwest, north, lower position, the lowest lay.

June and July in Chinese lunar calendar, Wei- and Shen- in year, month, day and time in thelunar calendar system, Chen-, Xu-, Chou-, Wei- in year, month, day and time in lunar calendarsystem.2, 8, 5, 10

ox, female horse, cat, animals

cement, brick, clothes, soft things, things in earth, beef, food, pot, etc.


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belly, right shoulder, spleen, stomach, muscle, female genital organ, etc.yellow, black

sweet tast

There are very long pages for other six trigrams and people can find them in other websites.

4 - 3. Heavenly Stems and Their Emblematic Meanings:

Jia ()

wood, yang, east, bladder, head, sour, green, square, proud, hauty, become mainstay when it isits prime time, become useless when it is not its time for prime, become useless when incurmuch restriction, become homeless when it primes too much.

Yi ()

wood, yin, east, liver, nack, shoulder, pale green, sour sweet, tender. Becomes prosperouswhen its time come up, becomes withered when it is not its time for prime, capable to become aridge beam but could not last long, tame, doctor, female, wife, etc.

Bing ()

fire, yang, south, small intestines, heart, chest, tongue, pale red, bitter taste, tame but adhere toown plan and ideas, Becomes astrocious and ruthless when its time is coming upon, becomesdistressful when it is not its time for prime. Virgin, the third person in a marriage.

Please browse other websites to know more about the explanation.

4 - 4. Earthly Branches and Their Emblematic Meanings:

Zi ()

water, yang, north, pond, small river, women, theft, swallow, sweet potato, bat, snail, duckweed,

etc. Stands for clever things and fortune when encountering fortune God and stands forobscene things or events when encountering evil God.Please browse other websites to know more about the explanation.

5. The Relationship and Interaction when Elements in Heavenly Disk Meets Elements in EarthlyDisk

5 - 1 Jia-Zi-Xu () in Heavenly Disk come upon to meet San Qi and Liu Yi in Earthly Disk.

Jia-Zi-Wu () comes upon Jia-Zi-Wu () in Earthly Disk. All things are unprosperous, the road isobstructed. Suitable for defence.Jia-Zi-Wu () comes upon Yi () in Earthly Disk. Jia and Yi are wood, located in the east. Two

dragons meet and all is prosperous.

Jia-Zi-Wu () comes upon Bing () in Earthly Disk. Jia is green dragon, wood element, suitable forgendering Bing fire.

The dragon turns its head and it means good for the things people planned.

Jia-Zi-Wu () comes upon Ding () in Earthly Disk. Jia is green dragon, wood element, suitable forgendering Bing fire. It is suitable for paying a visit to big men in high position, good time forpursuring fame and fortune, but is easy to incur disputes when it is tomb time.


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What is Dunjia?

Qi Men Dun Jia (or Qimendunjia) is one of the three most powerful divination methods, the othertwo being --Tai Yee and Liu Ren. These divination methods are used to discern both good andbad luck in relation to time and space (direction). Tai Yee is used to divine events that affectsocieties, such as earthquake, weather effects like hurricanes, massacres, natural disasters,etc. Qi Men is generally used for military action but, can be applied to competitive environmentsin making the right strategic decision in ever-changing situations. Liu Ren is mostly used fordivining general daily events that affect our own daily lives.

Qi usually means mysterious or strange, but in this context it means valuable or holy. Menmeans a gate, and Dun means hidden or escaped (to make hidden). Jia is the first of the tenHeavenly stems and is considered the most sacred in this method.

These three oracles use very special charts to divine and give conclusions. They all useHeavenly stems, Earthly branches, He Tu, Luo Shu, Eight Trigrams, Emblematic elements anddivine number, etc. and most of these principles are explained below.

Dunjia can be divided into Year School Dunjia, Month School Dunjia, Day School Dunjia andTime School Dunjia in terms of time. In terms of reasoning methods it should be divided intoLine-Up Palace Dunjia and Jump-in-Palace Dunjia.

Here we introduce Time School and Line-Up Palace Dunjia

Qi Men Dun Jia battle formationsPeople may ask when, how and why Dunjia came into practice.Nowadays many people believe Dunjia originated from military arrangements on the battle fieldand such statements have gained wide approval in scholarly circles. In the ancient book "TheSong from Old Fishing Man" carried the following story: Emperor XuanYuan fought a fiercebattle with Shi You for many years. In a dream he dreamt Heaven gave him an oracle and

XuanYuan then paid his respects upon a sacrificial platform and practised such arts which soonbrought success. He ordered his military man Feng Hou to write down these arts and this wasthe beginning of Dunjia.

The popularity of this method spread far and wide from the late Spring And Autumn To TheWarring States period - a time when many states fought endless battles to expand theirterritories. Also Sun Zi's book The Art of War carried similar information concerning the theory ofDunjia. Yet, most people didn't understand the exact meaning until now.

In Three-Kingdom Times the famous military counsellor Zhu Ge Liang applied Eight Trigram orBa Gua Arrangement on the battle field and won huge success. As a result, the book the "ThreeKingdoms" is necessary reading for intelligence experts and politicians around the world.

Southeast Gate

South Gate

Southwest Gate

East gate

Pan - pictures used for illustration purposes only.

West GateNortheast Gate North Gate Northwest GateIn Dun Jia (or Dunjia) theory, we use a kind of direction chart called Pan, this is drawn as asquare and then divided into nine blocks ( 3 x 3. eight directions plus the centre ).


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In each directional block, one of the eight gates is positioned. We put away Jia (because of itsholiness) and use the other nine stems to put them into Dun Jia Pan chart at first, and afterseveral process of making, Jia comes into the Pan chart from one of the eight gates. And that'swhy this method is called Qi Men Dun Jia. Later due to the wide application of Dunjia thisdivination approach gradually broke its own boundary and gained application in healthdiagnosis, business decisions, agricultural divination, etc.

Why is Dunjia used for Divination?

Any divination process, whatever forms they assume, are models set up to imitate the socialsociety, nature and the universe, etc. Dunjia is a mathematical and physical model set up toincorporate Heavenly, Earth, Human and unexpected aspects, as well as time and space ordirectional elements.

There are nine basic Yang Dun Ju and nine Yin Dun Ju which produce a dynamic unified modelto imitate all transformations and changes experienced in life. Therefore it can be used to divinefor society, nature, individual life time or all which is unknown to Man. By calculation we knowthere are altogether 216,000 Jus and ancient Chinese people hoped that 216,000 Jus can cover

most situations in this practical world.

One of the most typical characteristics of Dunjia was that in ancient times, those who usedDunjia tried to keep it top-secret, they subsequently suppressed Dunjia-masters to preventDunjia- secrets leaking to the enemies of the governors. Many Dunjia-masters were arrested,but they'd never made the secret of Dunjia clear. That is until now.

How to calculate the chart

1. Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams- Basic Background

1-1. Heavenly Stems

Most people are familiar with the Heavenly Stems, which are Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng,Xin, Ren and Gui. For Western people, may find it difficult to understand the meaning and toremember them. In fact, ten Heavenly Stems have close connection with the movements of sun.It was heard that Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches were created by Da Nao, a verymysterious figure in ancient China. The following list has the general meaning of the TenHeavenly Stems:

Stems

Definition

Number / Element

Jia:

Bud - the sign of growth

S1 / Wood yang

Yi: Sprout - the spread of growth, bursting forth from Earth S2 / Wood yinBing Concentrated growth like fire in the house S3 / Fire yang

Ding

Maturity, solidity, Heavens kiss.

S4 / Fire yin

Wu

Flourishing and nurturing

S5 / Earth yang

Ji:

Full bloom

S6 / Earth yin

Geng Harvesting and abundance. Fullness leading to changes S7 / Metal yangXin Dead heading, reformation S8 / Metal yinRen

Sustenance, supporting life

S9 / Water yang

Gui:

Regenerating roots and preparation for spring

S10 / Water yin

1-2. Earthly Branches


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Earthly Branches have close connection with the movements of moon. They are described asfollows

AnimalDefinition ElementRat - Zi Young shoot of a plant B1 / Water yangOx - Chou:

Young plant supported by stick

B2 / Earth yin

Tiger - Yin

Celebration of spring and New Year

B3 / Wood yang

Rabbit - Mao

Life springing forth

B4 / Wood yin

Dragon - Chen Pregnant and timid B5 / Earth yangSnake - Si: 7 months pregnant with fully formed embryoB6 / Fire yinHorse - Wu

Summer solstice

B7 / Fire yang

Sheep - Wei

Big tree with solid branches

B8 / Earth yin

Monkey - Shen

Expansion

B9 / Metal yang

Rooster - You Harvest, celebration B10 / Metal yinDog - Xu Clearing and preparation B11 / Earth yangPig - Hai

Conception, mating of yin and yang

B12 / Water yin

1-3. Orientation for the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches

Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Directions / Season of influenceJia, Yi Yin, Mou East / SpringBing, Ding Si, Wu

South / Summer

Wu, Ji Chen, Xu, Chou, Wei

Centre /End of each four seasons

Geng, Xin Shen, You

West / Autumn

Ren, Gui Hai, Zi North / Winter1-4. Application of the ten Heavenly Stems in Dunjia

Besides the time meaning represented by the ten Heavenly Stems, each Heavenly Stem hashidden meanings, which denote military forces, operations or officers. So, Jia denotes the

general who often hides in the military force arrangements. On account of this, this system iscalled Dunjia - -Dun means hidden in Chinese, Jia indicates the first Heavenly Stem Jia. Yi, Bingand Ding are often called Three Wonders. In fact, they are three important assistantcommanders close to the general. In a modern military framework, they are similar to theheadquarters, policy department and logistical department. Sometimes we can understand themas the following: Yi is the idea man, Bing is the general's bodyguard, and Ding is the logisticofficer.

Sometimes we can regard these three as reinforcements that often appear suddenly.

Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui are six detachments (We call Liu Yi), each holding up flag of adifferent colour.

Wu, earth element, yang, holds up a just yellow flagJi, earth element, yin, holds up a deputy yellow flagGeng, metal element, yang, holds up a just white flag

Xin, metal element, yin, holds up a deputy white flagRen, water element, yang, holds up a just black flagGui, water element, yin, holds up a deputy black flag.


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In the sixty Stems and Branches system, Heavenly Stems repeat six times while the EarthlyBranches repeat only 5 times, this forms a combination of sixty as shown below:

Jia-Zi

Jia-Xu

Jia-Shen

Jia-Wu

Jia-Chen

Jia-Yin

Yi-Chou Yi-Hai Yi You Yi Wei Yi Si Yi MaoBing Yin Bing ZiBing Xu Bing Shen Bing Wu Bing ChenDing Mao

Ding Chou

Ding Hai

Ding You

Ding Wei

Ding Si

Wu Chen

Wu Yin

Wu Zi

Wu Xu

Wu Shen

Wu (S5) Wu (B7)

Ji Si

Ji Mao

Ji Chou

Ji Hai

Ji You

Ji Wei

Geng Wu Geng Chen Geng Yin Geng Zi Geng Xu Geng ShenXin Wei Xin Si Xin Mao Xin Chou Xin HaiXin YouRen Shen

Ren Wu

Ren Chen

Ren Yin

Ren Zi

Ren Xu

Gui You

Gui Wei

Gui Si

Gui Mao

Gui Chou

Gui Hai

So, ancient Chinese people regard sixty years as one cycle. In one cycle Jia should appear sixtimes, they are Jia-Zi, Jia-Xu, Jia-Shen, Jia-Wu, Jia-Chen and Jia-Yin. In them the Jia-Zi is thegeneral, the other five are commanders. The six military officers should hide themselves eachunder a different flag and they should not change in any way.

Jia-Zi hides under the just yellow flag supported by Wu

Jia-Xu hides under the deputy yellow flag supported by Ji

Jia-Shen hides under the just white flag supported by GengJia-Wu hides under the deputy white flag supported by XinJia-Chen hides under the just black flag supported by RenJia-Yin hides under the deputy black flag supported by Gui

1-5. Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams

The Nine Palaces is the Luo Shu chart shown below.

4, 9, 2,

3, 5, 7,8, 1, 6,

For easy memory, we often recite them as: 9 up on the head and 1 down under my feet, left 3and right 7, 4 and 2 on my shoulder, 8 and 6 are my feet. Correspondingly, the congenital EightTrigrams occupy different palaces.

1-6. San Qi

San Qi means three high-valued wonderful commanders or enforcers, they consist of Sunwonder), (Moon wonder) and (Star wonder).

1-7 Liu Yi

Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui are six detachments (We call Liu Yi), each holding up flag ofdifferent colour, under which six Jia-Zi, Jia-Xu, Jia-Shen, Jia-Wu, Jia-Chen and Jia-Yin hidethem.Wu, earth element, yang, holds up a just yellow flagJi, earth element, yin, holds up a deputy yellow flagGeng, metal element, yang, holds up a just white flag


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Xin, metal element, yin, holds up a deputy white flagRen, water element, yang, holds up a just black flag

Gui, water element, yin, holds up a deputy black flag.

It consists of Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui

The Arrangement of San Qi and Liu Yi in Nine Palaces 2 - 1.

San Qi and Liu Yi, nine in total, will fall into nine palaces in a succession. They are Wu, Ji,Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui, Ding, Bing and Yi. Among them Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui have oneJia general or one of the five Jia commanders hiding under it-- they are Jia-Zi, Jia-Xu, Jia-Shen,Jia-Wu, Jia Chen and Jia-Yin. When Jia-Zi falls into one palace (for example, No. 4 palace) in aYang Dun Ju, we call it is a No. 4 Yang Du Ju.

2 - 2. Ju

Ju means situation. A Dunjia calendar, has cyclical numbers for the year, month, day and hour.

For example, the Ju number for February 2, 1996 was 9. This is the Yang Dun Ju and at thistime it falls in the No. 9 palace. It is essential that people consult the Dunjia calendar to knowwhether a day is either a Yang Dun Ju or Yin Dun Ju and what the Ju number is for this period.

2 - 3. Yin Dun and Yang Dun

There are two motions of heavenly Qi, namely Yin Dun and Yang Dun. Both are concerned withthe movement of the Earth around the sun. The Yin Dun period is from the summer solstice tothe winter solstice and this is when Yin qi is born and becomes stronger day by day. Yang Dunis a period from the winter solstice to the next summer solstice and this is when Yang energyincreases.

This circulation of energy concerned with time can be understood as the revolution of earth likefollowing:

Ju Shu ( situation numbers ) consists of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. The cyclical numbersdescend during Yin Dun period, like following:

= 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

These ascend during the Yang Dun period

= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

2 - 4. General Pattern for Earthly Disk

Jia-Zi

Jia-Xu

Jia-Shen

Jia-Wu

Jia-Chen

Jia-Yin

Star Wonder

Moon Wonder

Sun WonderLiu Yi Wu Ji Geng Xin Ren Gui Jia Yi BingYang Dun

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Yin Dun

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1


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NOTES: Here the above numbers are placed in the nine palaces. There are 18 Jus in total, oneJu for every five days. There are nine Yang Dun Jus and nine Yin Dun Jus.

2 - 5. Heavenly Disk

The Earthly Disk referred to above with the arrangement of Liu Yi and Three Wonders in ninepalaces, is not enough as this only concerns matter, which is changed by astral influences overtime. In ancient China, people held that all things are changed by Heaven, earth and the effectof man. The Heavenly Disk therefore represents this influence coming from above, via theelectromagnetic spectrum. There are altogether nine stars, each represents a differentinfluence, here we call them Zhi Fu. Please read the following chart:

Eight Trigram

Kan

KunZhenXun

Qian

DuiGenLi

Palace Number

1

234

5

6

78

9

Zhi Fu

Tian Peng

Tian RuiTian CongTian Fu

Tian Qin

Tian Xin

Tian ZhuTian Ren

Tian Ying

Please see below for an explanation of these nine stars:

Tian Peng; has the water yang element, corresponding to the Kan Trigram, this star indicatestheft. So, it is an inauspicious star. When Tian Peng falls in one palace, people should constructdam, or defence facilities and strengthen their stronghold in order to prevent loss or misfortune.It is not good to travel far, or do business because this symbol indicates loss.


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Tian Rui: earth element, indicates sickness. So, sometimes we call it the "disease star". WhenTian Rui stays in one palace, people should receive teachings or admonishment, make friends,stay home, abstain from military deployment, postpone marriage, refrain from quarrels, longdistance travel, new construction, etc.

Tian Cong: wood element, yang, indicates charity and donations, doing kind deeds, oragricultural activities. It is an auspicious star. When Tian Cong dwells in one palace, it is goodfor military action, battles or legal issues. For all else it is inauspicious.

Tian Fu: wood element, yang, has close connection with cultural education. It is a veryauspicious star. When Tian Fu dwells in one palace, it is auspicious for travel, business,marriage, construction, especially study progress, increasing social status, cultural andeducational development.Tian Qin: earth element, yang, auspicious for all things because it dwells in the central earthpalace which can give rise to all.

Tian Xin: metal element, yin, relates to leadership capability, scheming, medical treatment andmilitary deployment. t is an auspicious star.Tian Zhu: metal element, yin, indicates death, strange occurrence, mysterious matters, damage.It is an inauspicious star. When Tian Zhu falls in one palace, people should strengthen their

garrison, train their forces, prepare for the worst. It is not good to travel far, do business,otherwise loss, injury or unfortunate things will happen.

Tian Ren: earth element, yang, an auspicious star. When Tian Ren dwells in one palace, it isgood for beneficence and studying, settling disputes, legal enforcement's especially injustice's.Also good for business, marriages and social status.

Tian Ying: fire element, yin, indicates outrageous behaviour, heated situations, fire and blood. Itis a neutral star. When Tian Ying dwells in one palace it is good for planing, visiting high officials,but it is unlucky for wealth, social status improvement, marriage or travel.2 - 6. Human Disk

Human disk means the eight Gates which summarise all possible influence from human beings.

Number

Gate

Direction

Summary8 Sheng (birth) Northeast To generate energy for action of the day. It is an agent of

Gen-Trigram, and also represents Chou-(B2) and Yin-(B3). Generally speaking, This gate isuseful for any purpose, especially for health.

3

Shang (injury)

East

To be injured or scratch something unnecessarily due to hastinessin finishing a task or, as a residue of yesterday's tiredness. It is an agent of Zhen-Trigram, andalso represents Mao-(B4). This gate is useful for hospitalisation and operations.4

Du(clumsy)

Southeast

Accidents and mishaps with nothing running smoothly. It is anagent of Xun-Trigram, and also represents Chen (B5) and Si-(B6). This gate is unlucky, but it isuseful for escaping or arresting robbers.9 Jing (prospect) South The most active time in a day. It is an agent of Li, and also

represents Wu (B7). This gate is useful for any purposes.

5, 2

Si (slacken)

Southwest

lethargy. It is an agent of Kun-Trigram, and also representsWei (B8) and Shen-(B9). This gate should not be used except for burial.

7 Jing (surprise)West It's nearly the time to finish work. As concentration dwindles,people are easily surprised at unexpected happenings. It is an agent of Dui-Trigram, and alsorepresents You-(B9). This gate is not useful for any purposes.

6

Kai (relax)

Northwest

Returning home after work and it's time to go to bed. It isan agent of Qian-Trigram, and also represents Xu-(B10) and Hai-(B11). This gate is useful for


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any purposes. Kai denotes all things are prosperous, especially those concerning metalelements.

1

Xiu (rest)

North

People are asleep. It is an agent of Kan-Trigram, and alsorepresents Zi- (B12). This gate is useful for any purposes

2 - 7. Guard Disk

There are altogether 8 Guards used in Dunjia, which summarise the possible influence bymysterious aspect or celestial powers. We call them Zhi Shi . In Yang Dun Ju the eight Guardswill line up in the following sequence::

Zhi Fu Teng She Tai YinLiu HeBai HuXuan Wu Jiu Di Jiu TianThe eight Guards will line up in the following sequence in Yin Dun Ju:

Zhi Fu

Teng She

Tai Yin

Liu He

Bai Hu

Xuan Wu

Jiu Di

Jiu Tian

The following gives an explanation as to the influence of each Guard:

Zhi Fu: earth element, central position, the commander of all other Guards. When it falls in one

palace, all evil things will flee without any trace.

Teng She: fire element, south, Hippocratic and crafty Guard. Stands for hypocritical charactersand acrimony.. Responsible for strange, hypocritical and dreadful things.Tai Yin: metal element, west, the sheltering Guard. Of obscure and invisible attributes. WhereTai Yin comes upon it is suitable for planning, scheming, plotting, etc. and for taking shelterespecially for military forces.

Liu He: wood element, east, the protection Guard. Its character is unclouded and amiable.Where it falls upon it is suitable for marriage arrangement, discussing business, negotiation, etc.Bai Hu: metal element, west, atrocious Guard. Apt to killing in most situations, Responsible forarmed forces deployment, killings, epidemics, traffic accidents. Under it there hides Gou Chen.

Xuan Wu: water element, north, crafty sycophant or thief. Prefers stealing and clandestine loveaffairs. Responsible for theft, going into exile, quarrel. Under it there hides the Zhu Que.

Jiu Di: earth element, central position, the common mother of all things. Its character is tame,quiet, pliable. Where it comes upon is suitable for planting, dwelling, stationing arm forces.Jiu Tian: metal element, positioned high up as like the heaven. Valiant Guard. Very strongcharacter and prefers taking action. Where it comes upon it is suitable for deploying arm forces,battle and travel.

3 - 1. How to Set Up One Ju?

On 20th August 2000 a person dropped in for a reading. The time was 4:10PM.

A. The First Step:

To use this method you must learn the basic methods used for finding the Heavenly Stem and

Earthly Branch for a particular day as this is essential for Dunjia divination. You should consult aChinese lunar calendar to find the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch for 20th August 2000.The result will be: Xin-Si (Metal Snake) year, Bing-Shen (Fire Monkey) month, Yi-Mou (WoodRabbit) day. Then we should get to know the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch of the time4:10PM. It is Jia-Shen (Wood Monkey) .

Hour

Day

Month

Year

Jia (Wood yang)

Yi (Wood yin)

Bing (Fire yang)

Geng (Metal yang)


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Shen (Monkey) Mao (Rabbit) Shen (Monkey) Chen (Dragon)So, we get the result of Xin-Si (Metal Snake) year, Bing-Shen (Fire Monkey) month, Yi-Mou(Wood Rabbit) day and Jia-Shen (Wood Monkey) hour.

B. The Second Step:

Before progressing to this step, you must become familiar with what is knows as the 24 solarterms or seasons, of the Chinese calendar, as this is an ancient way of plotting how naturechanges throughout a year. However, the process of global warming has modified these datessomewhat, so you should therefore consult a Chinese calendar before proceeding with thismethod.

In Chinese

In English

Duration

1. Li Chun

Beginning of spring

4 Feb - 18 Feb

2. Yu Shui Rain water 19 Feb - 4 Mar3. Jing Zhe The movements of insects 5 Mar - 20 mar4. Chun Fen

Spring equinox

21 Mar - 4 Apr

5. Qing Ming

Serene clarity

5 Apr - 19 Apr

6. Gu Yu

Grain rain

20 Apr - 4 May

7. Li Xia Beginning of summer5 May - 20 May8. Xiao Man Surfeit21 May - 5 Jun9. Mang Chong

Grain in ear

6 Jun - 20 Jun

10. Xia Zhi

The summer solstice

21 Jun - 6 July

11. Xiao Shu

Little heat

7 July - 22 July

12. Da Shu Great heat 23 July - 6 Aug13. Li Qiu Beginning of autumn 7 Aug - 22 Aug14. Chu Shu

Heat ceasing

23 Aug - 6 Sep

15. Bai Lu

White dew

7 Sep - 21 Sep

16. Qiu Fen

Autumn equinox

22 Sep - 7 Oct

17. Han Lu

Cold dew

8 Oct - 22 Oct18. Shuang Jiang Frost descends 23 Oct - 6 Nov

19. Li Dong

Beginning of winter

7 Nov -21 Nov

20. Xiao Xue

Little snow

22 Nov - 6 Dec

21. Da Xue

Great snow

7 Dec - 21 Dec

22. Dong Zhi Winter solstice22 Dec - 4 Jan23. Xiao Han Little cold 5 Jan - 19 Jan24. Da Han

Great cold

20 Jan - 3 Feb

By looking over the twenty-four solar terms we know that this date falls in the term of Li Chun"Beginning of Autumn". Beginning of Autumn is divided into three duration's: upper period,middle period and lower period, each lasting 5 days. August 20, 2000 is within the middle periodand the beginning mark of the middle period is August 19, 2000, this was a Jia-Yin day. For

these three periods, we should use the cyclical numbers of 2,5 and 8 Ju, Yin Dun. Accordinglywe know August 20, 2000 is number 5 Yin Dun Ju.

C. The Third Step:

Now we should proceed to arrange San Qi and Liu Yi in the nine palaces. As this date fallswithin the Yin Dun Ju we should choose the number sequence of 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 when wearrange San Qi and Liu Yi. Because it is number 5 Yin Dun Ju we should first place Jia-Zi, the


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general, in the number 5 palace. Jia-Zi is hiding under Wu detachment, therefore we just writedown Wu in the number 5 palace. Then Ji in number 4 palace, Geng in number 3 palace, Xin innumber 2 palace, Ren in number 1 palace, Gui in number 9 palace, Ding in number 8 palace,Bing in number 7 palace, Yi in number 6 palace. Please see the following figure which showsthe Earthly Disk.

4

Ji

3

Gui

2

Xin3

Geng

5

Wu7

Bing

8

Ding

1

Ren6

Yi

D. The Fourth Step:

You next need to learn how to find the Zhi Fu and Zhi Shi, then arrange all Heavenly stars andeight Gates in the nine palace.It is the Jia-Shen Hour. Jia Shen itself is the beginning of one time period and so we don't needto waste any time discovering Which Jia this time comes under.. The beginning time of Jia-ShenHides under Geng detachment in number 3 palace. The Zhi Fu corresponding to number 3 isnothing the Tian-Cong Star. The Gate corresponding to number 3 is the Injury Gate this is the

Zhi Shi .

E. The Fifth Step:

Now we should arrange the Heavenly stars in their regular sequence which is: Tian-Peng , Tian-Ren, Tian- Chong, Tian-Fu, Tian-Ying, Tian- Rui and Tian-Qin --are always together in the samepalace--Tian-Zhu, Tian-Xin . They always line up in a clockwise sequence. Because it is Jia-


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Shen time which hides under the Liu Yi Geng we should place Tian-Chong at Geng). Please seebelow how the Heavenly Stars are arranged.

Ji

4 Ji

Tian Fu

Gui

9 Gui

Tian Ying

Xin

2 Xin

5 Wu

Tian Rui Tian Qin

Geng

3 Geng

Tian Chong

Wu

5

Wu

Bing

7 Bing

Tian Zhu

Ding

8 Ding

Tian Ren

Ren

1 Ren

Tian Peng


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Yi

6 Yi

Tian Xin

F. The Sixth Step:

Now we should learn how to arrange eight Gates in nine palaces.We know the Zhi-Fu is Injury Gate which dwells in number 3 palace. The regular sequence ofeight Gates is as follows: Xiu, Sheng, Shang, Du, Jing, Si, Jing, Kai. Then please see thefollowing illustration:

Ji

4 Ji

Tian Fu

Clumsy gate (du)

Gui

9 Gui

Tian Ying

Prospect gate (jing)

Xin

2 Xin

5 Wu

Tian Rui Tian Qin

Death gate (si)

Geng

3 Geng

Tian Chong

Injury gate (shang)

Wu

5


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Wu

Bing

7 Bing

Tian Zhu

Surprise gate (jing)

Ding

8 Ding

Tian Ren

Birth gate (sheng)

Ren

1 Ren

Tian Peng

Rest gate (xiu)

Yi

6 Yi

Tian Xin

Relax gate (kai)

G: The Seventh Step

In this step we arrange the eight Guards in the nine palaces. Here we should know Zhi-Shialways follows Zhi-Fu to find its starting point. We then follow the regular sequence eitherclockwise in Yang Dun Ju or counterclockwise in Yin Dun Ju. Zhi-Fu is Injury Gate which dwells

in number 3 palace. So the starting point for the eight Guards sequence will fall into number 3palace, it is Zhi-Fu. Because it is a Yin Dun Ju we should line up the eight Guardscounterclockwise as follows: Zhi-Fu, Teng-She, Tai-Yin Liu He, Bai-Hu, Xuan-Wu, Jiu-di, Jiu-tian. Please see the arrangement below:

Ji

4 Ji


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Tian Fu

Clumsy gate (du)

Jjiu Tian

Gui

9 Gui

Tian Ying

Prospect gate (jing)

Jjiu Di

Xin

2 Xin5 WuTian Rui Tian Qin

Death gate (si)

Xuan Wu

Geng

3 Geng

Tian Chong

Injury gate (shang)

Zhi Fu

Wu

5

Wu

Bing

7 Bing

Tian Zhu


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Surprise gate (jing)

Bai Hu

Ding

8 Ding

Tian Ren

Birth gate (sheng)

Teng She

Ren

1 Ren

Tian Peng

Rest gate (xiu)

Tai Yin

Yi

6 Yi

Tian Xin

Relax gate (kai)

Liu He

We have just finished setting up one Ju based upon the time, day, month and year when theperson arrived for divination. There are other arrangements of Ju settings but here we generallyadopt the most popular time-school Dunjia. Next you have to analyze such Ju.

Analysis

To understand the results from the reading people should know the layered meaning of each

sign used in one Ju and the results of their interaction, we list a couple of examples of thisbelow. In each palace there are also the Earthly, Heavenly and Human disks with the EightGuards, which summarize the possible influence that can affect a situation. In ancient China,people held the viewpoint that human beings are an integral part of nature. With mankindNature is a complete entity. They also held that nature has its own pulse which beatscontinuously, just like a human being. Similarly ancient Chinese doctore could diagnose aproblem hidden in the body just by feeling the pulse. Yet, how do we feel the pulse of nature?And is it possible to do that?


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Dunjia methods provide one tool for feeling the pulse of nature and from this we can discoversomething hidden in it. In fact, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches provide the very basicfoundation for this to become true. The pulse of nature can show up in so many different waysand that is why Dunjia can offer so many useful tips when people wish to know so manydifferent things.

So, for the proper analysis of one Ju we have to know the meaning of each element residing inthe nine palaces. This will be covered in a new correspondence course soon to be published,depending on your interest in this system. So if you would like to take this course please registeryour interest now by emailing Alan and we will forward details to you when the course is ready.

Pure Trigrams and Their Emblematic Meanings;

Qian Trigram:

Represents sky, sun, ice, hailstone and all that represents the behavior of heaven, sky, crown,

etc.president, father, the highest position, leader, old men, celebrities, goverment officials, male,senior, etc.capital, big cities, places located high, impotant places, etcNorthwest, high place.

Autumn, September, October, Beginning of winter, Xu (B11), Hai (B12)- in year, month, day andtime in Chinese lunar calendar.

1, 6, 4, 9horse, elephant, lion, etc.gold, jade, round objects, glass, fruits, cap, etc

head, right thigh, lung, bone, penis.

white, red, brown

peppery tasteKun Trigram

earth, cloudy day, foggy day, or all things that have the similar character of earth (tame, quiet,carry one all, noiseless, etc.)

princess, the first wife, the general people, mother, grandmother, old women, rural people,hypocrite, big belly, stingy people, the female, etc.wildness, wild field, rural area, plain, etc

southwest, north, lower position, the lowest layer.

June and July in Chinese lunar calendar, Wei-(B8) and Shen (B9)- in year, month, day and timein the lunar calendar system, Chen-, Xu-, Chou-, Wei- in year, month, day and time in lunarcalendar system.

2, 8, 5, 10

ox, female horse, cat, animals

cement, brick, clothes, soft things, things in earth, beef, food, pot, etc.

belly, right shoulder, spleen, stomach, muscle, female genital organ, etc.yellow, blacksweet tast4 - 3. Heavenly Stems and Their Emblematic Meanings:


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Jia

wood, yang, east, bladder, head, sour, green, square, proud, hauty, become mainstay when it isits prime time, become useless when it is not its time for prime, become useless when incurmuch restriction, become homeless when it is past its prime.Yi

wood, yin, east, liver, back, shoulder, pale green, sour sweet, tender. Becomes prosperouswhen iwhen timely, becomes withered when it is untimely, capable to become a ridge beam butcould not last long, tame, doctor, female, wife, etc.Bing

fire, yang, south, small intestines, heart, chest, tongue, pale red, bitter taste, tame but adhere toown plan and ideas, Becomes astrocious and ruthless when its time is coming upon, becomesdistressful when it is not its time for prime. Virgin, the third person in a marriage.Please browse other websites to know more about the explanation.4 - 4. Earthly Branches and Their Emblematic Meanings:

Zi

water, yang, north, pond, small river, women, theft, swallow, sweet potato, bat, snail, duckweed,etc. Stands for clever things and fortune when encountering fortune aspect and stands forobscene things or events when encountering evil aspect.Please browse other websites to discover more explanations.

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