Dear Cecil,

I would be grateful if you could advise on the following:

1) how to calculateweightings and strengths (in %) of the 5 elements from the 4 pillar chart so that one knows which element is required more than the others in order to achieve a good balance?

2) When analysing the relationship of the self element with other elements in the 4 pillar chart, does one always take into account the Strength or Weakness of the self element?

eg. If self element is Strong Fire, and the Day pillar branch isWood (spouse), does this mean that the spouse is destructive to self because self element is already Strong? Or do weignorethe strength or weakness of the elements and just look at the normal relationshipcycle ie, Woodis good for fire as it produces fire here?

Many thanks for your precious time.

Dear Anon,

Anonymous wrote:
1) how to calculateweightings and strengths (in %) of the 5 elements from the 4 pillar chart so that one knows which element is required more than the others in order to achieve a good balance?

You need to consider how manyelements are present in the chart after you consider all the combinations and changes (whichis permanent which is not), the element strength weightage factor, and the total five elements available. With that, you should be able to calculate a percentage breakdown. As these are not easy to tabulate, we already provided them in oout paid ba zi reports so there is no need to waste time to calculate it manually.

So the simple way iscount all the number of elements present and total element. Then divide it so that you get a percentage. Of course, it won't be as accurate if you do not factor in the element strengthen and the combinations and clashes occuring. So if there are 4 earth out of 12 elements. It should be about 33%.

Anonymous wrote:
2) When analysing the relationship of the self element with other elements in the 4 pillar chart, does one always take into account the Strength or Weakness of the self element?

Anonymous wrote:
eg. If self element is Strong Fire, and the Day pillar branch isWood (spouse), does this mean that the spouse is destructive to self because self element is already Strong? Or do weignorethe strength or weakness of the elements and just look at the normal relationshipcycle ie, Woodis good for fire as it produces fire here?

We normally take the final element strengthen then relate the relationship pillar to that. So like you gave Strong Fire person, the day pillar is Wood. Wood will make Strong fire too strong. Therefore, it is more likely the relationship with the Spouse may not be as smooth as one hope to be.

Other factor such as horoscope of two persons to compare as well as ba zi comparison between two pillars. That will give more information about a relationship. The rest will be the human luck factor.

Hope that helps.

Warmest Regards
Robert Lee
GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Robert,

I am really delighted that you have answeredmy very first posting here which I find very useful.. Many thanks indeed for your kindness and generosity..

Warm regards,