Misconceptions of BaZi Revisited

As a consultant, practitioner and indeed life-long student of BaZi myself, I’ve discovered common misconceptions through my study, contemplation, practice and consultations – which seem to pop up often! These pointers perhaps you know already or have come to realize yourself, but I’d like to share them with you anyway:

1) A person’s life is not fixed in stone

As practitioners, we get questioned and challenged on this point all the time. The naysayers out there (and we know there’s quite a few of these negative people out there) say “If already destined, then what’s the point of knowing?”

We study a subject like BaZi to understand the as-is and not the will-be. We come into this world with a blueprint that forms our key personality traits and surroundings. These then interact with what pops into our lives through complex universal workings (the dynamic Luck Pillars and so on).

We change our destinies by changing ourselves first and foremost. This causes our reactions to situations to change (the degree of which depends on how much personality change has been affected). Then, our actions change and as a result our destiny and path change. Even though we can’t change the Luck Pillars – which set the overall tone of our life during that period - the actual manifestation of events and outcomes can be RADICALLY different depending on what has occurred prior to that point.

Thus, in my opinion, there’s no point in using BaZi for questions like “When will I die?” or “Can you tell me whether I’ll be a single-digit multimillionaire by my “wealth pillar” aka LP 49?”. Firstly, you can meet with death even during the BEST Luck Pillar if the circumstances are “ripe” enough and secondly, what you do NOW and PRIOR to LP 49 will set the circumstances rolling as to exactly how much wealth you’ve accumulated by LP 49!

In general, the further the goal, approach and outlook, the more of one’s destiny one can carve out and indeed change.

2) BaZi should NOT be limiting

In my multifaceted lifestyle, I also often commonly come across the positive, super-motivated types (you know, the kind who are all revved-up to do ANYTHING) who refuse to believe there’s any sort of destiny forces at play. These are the ones who refuse to believe there’s a greater cosmos out there besides their own selves. Again, most of points mentioned in (1) above are relevant. Instead of perceiving it as a limitation, we really should use BaZi knowledge to EMPOWER ourselves. We use the information for an understanding of ourselves, our circumstances and also the past.

In our earthly life, we can’t change basic things like our ancestral and parental background – these are set circumstances. But having a good understanding of these really can make a huge difference. After all, family background has a profound influence on our personality. We can then examine the whys and hows and utilize such understanding to affect change for the better. These alone present a wondrous reason for wanting to “know” through BaZi!

What about the Day Master? Yes, having a thorough understanding of the Day Master helps identify our innermost, basic nature. Ms Skeptic might say “Aha! Isn’t that limiting?” But I say that even if Ms Skeptic refuses to admit it, she’ll find that after all the doing and trying, trials and tribulations and intense soul searching, she’ll find that returning to the true Ms Skeptic (as reflected by her Day Master) was pretty much what she was looking for in the first place…