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  2. Ziwei doushu - Wikipedia

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    The study of destiny (Chinese: 命學; pinyin: mìngxué), of which ziwei doushu is a part, has traditionally been closely intertwined with astronomy. Historically, gifted astronomers and astrologers were recruited as officials to work in Imperial Courts during the dynastic eras , producing astrological charts for the emperor , as his personal ...

  3. Chinese fortune telling - Wikipedia

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    Bazi (八字) – This method is undoubtedly the most popular of Chinese Fortune Telling methods, and the most accessible one. It has many variants in practice the most simple one called: "Ziping Bazi" 子平八字, invented by Master Ziping. Generally it involves taking four components of time, the hour of birth, day, month and year.

  4. Chinese astrology - Wikipedia

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    Chinese astrology has a close relation with Chinese philosophy (theory of the three harmonies: heaven, earth, and human), and uses the principles of yin and yang, wuxing (five phases), the ten Heavenly Stems, the twelve Earthly Branches, the lunisolar calendar (moon calendar and sun calendar), and the time calculation after year, month, day ...

  5. Nine Star Ki - Wikipedia

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    Nine Star Ki uses the Chinese solar calendar, with the beginning of a year falling at the midpoint between the winter solstice and the following spring equinox, which is in early February on the Gregorian calendar. [39] Therefore, the Chinese and Gregorian years and months do not exactly overlap.

  6. Chinese numerology - Wikipedia

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    In traditional Chinese history and other Chinese dialects groups like the ChaoShan people 潮汕人 (i.e. Teochew), the number 4 is considered a very lucky and auspicious number. For starters, it is an even number. There is a preference of even numbers over odd numbers. Many historical and philosophical Chinese concepts are also in groups of 4 ...

  7. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for ...

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    According to the New York Times, here's exactly how to play Strands: Find theme words to fill the board. Theme words stay highlighted in blue when found.

  8. Chinese pre-wedding customs - Wikipedia

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    The six traditional rites involved in a Chinese wedding are as follows: [2] 納采 (nacai) – formal proposal; 問名 (wenming) – "ask the name", the groom's side ask the bazi (birth time) of the prospective bride for fortune telling; 納吉 (naji) – placement of the bazi at the ancestral altar to confirm compatibility

  9. Taiyi shenshu - Wikipedia

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    While the art makes use of the 8 trigrams as well as the 64 hexagrams as a foundation. Analysis is conducted from the Taiyi Cosmic Board and the array of symbols found thereon, with special reference to the position of symbols in specific palaces. Important symbols include the Calculator, the Scholar, Taiyi and Taiyi.