Dear cecil,
What is Zi Wei Dou Shu? Somebody told me it is higher form of pillar of destiny and that it is better at predicting the life of a person. Is this true. Thanks.

Dear Anon,
"Zi Wei Dou Shu" is called " Chinese Astrology ".
For those who are not aware, I have another website at http://www.lovesigns.net which is based on the 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs.
You can actually check your Chinese Astrology sign at the above website.
In a nutshell, you can broadly classify Chinese Astrology (Zi Wei Dou Shu) as the `parallel' with English Astrology where there are 12 symbols e.g. Cancer, Gemini etc...
It is therefore not a higher form of pillars but rather based on astrology (another field of Chinese culture).
In fact, one cannot say that one form of Chinese practise is higher or lower than the other because one must bear in mind that each Chinese `tool' has its specific purpose.
Let me illustrate:
Most of us are very familiar with the Shapes and Form School of Feng Shui as we can really `see' or visualise for ourselves.
Alone it is not enough to tell us more. We need other tools such as Eight House to find a personal best direction; Flying Star to find the "horoscope" of the house; Pillars of Destiny has many many modules.
Overall, one should understand that similar to things we buy, we cannot simply use one tool and apply it to everything.
Even today, when we buy something, such a television, the purpose is that it provide us with tv shows. An oven cannot be general purpose and includes a telephone etc..
Here u see that even household goods are `specialised'. many household goods like a telephone, dvd/cd player are not combined together. But, we have to buy a good hi fi set, a good tv set, a good PC etc...
In Chinese culture, this is also the same. One cannot expect that one module of Pillars can cover everything or by looking at the Shapes and Form, this is it. No need to look further.
In true traditional Chinese practise, to have a complete `picture' of a person, we should also include Face Reading, Hands reading etc...
The more modules covered, we can then obtain a better `map' of ourselves.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 10/7/99 2:09:33 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
What is Zi Wei Dou Shu?
Somebody told me it is higher
form of pillar of destiny and
that it is better at
predicting the life of a
person. Is this true. Thanks.