Chinese Name Analysis (Xing Ming Xue) = Change Name or New born's Name

Dear Anon, I believe you brought up a very interesting point. In my earlier message or response to a question, I did not elaborate another point that you mentioned. One of the most important reason why Pillars of Name is difficult to be applied to Christian names (for now) is because pronounciation is also taken into consideration under Pillars of Name. The sound of a Chinese character has been categorised into each of the five elements. Another reason why Pillars of Name is diffcult to be analysed for Western names is because, each Chinese characters is based on `the number' of strokes for the word. Here, Yin and Yang is also equated with e.g. Plus or Minus, even or odd…

Dear Anon, For those who are new to Pillars of Name, let me elaborate by giving an illustration. When my eldest brother was born, my grandfather consulted a Geomancer who did up his Pillars of Destiny. The Geomancer `found' that my brother's Ba Zi (Pillars of Destiny) has an imbalance as he `lacks' the water element. Here, his three character Chinese name has a Chinese name with `Water' in it. The Chinese character `Shui' (exactly the same Chinese character as the `Shui' of Feng Shui. Pillars of Name has been around for a long time as long as Pillars of Destiny and each Chinese character can be `traced' to it as Yin or Yang and a specific Five element i.e. Water, Wood, F…