Parenting 親子

親子篇。論小兒關煞例 how did people read Bazi pillars chart for infant in the old days. 

新刻星平總會命海全編。十卷。明萬曆

小兒之命當論時辰為主。先論關煞次論格局。日主强財官旺。有關無煞。

日干弱財官少。常病可養。

日干弱財官多。有關有煞。又有三合聚煞。難養。

不見刑冲者。聲音響亮夜啼急性。

八字有財官。生於富貴之家。

偏官生於平常之家。傷官劫財生於貧賤之家。

偏官偏印偏財主偏生庶出。不然第三。四胎。

In ancient times, there are unique ways of reading men’s, women’s and infants’ chart.  This is due to they have their special needs and in different stages of life.  

Men’s focus in career, women’s focus in husband and family and infants focus on health etc.  We will talk about one way of ancient way of reading infants’ charts.

Infant’s charts’ focus fall on the time pillar, then we look into the officer and money star.  

There are a few status:

1) Day stem is weak and less officer and money star ~ can be sick easily.

2) Day stem is weak and a lot of officer and money stars.

3) No destruction in chart will be with loud noise.

4) Has officer and money stars in chart is born in wealthy families.

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文昌帝君 Lord Superior Wen Chang 

功能: 求讀書功名

誕日: 農曆二月初三日

文昌帝君又稱梓潼帝君,舉凡世間一切有關功仕途之事都由衪來管理,所以自古以來均受到士人學子的吹捧和愛載。

文昌星原是指北斗為(北斗之左)文昌宮內的六粒星,六星分別為上將,次將,貴相,司中,司命和司祿,六星各有職能,其中司祿星主管功名,於是人們漸漸把文昌宮演化為功名宮。

現時每逢新學年開始,仍有不少父母帶同子女到文武廟參拜文昌帝君。文昌帝君座前有一支文肇,善信到廟參拜會讓子女摸摸文筆,祈求子女學業進步,聰明伶俐。

In the last article, I wrote about the God of Literature, there is another God that parents like to worship for blessings for their kids and hope that they can get good achievements at school.  This is the Lord Superior Wen Cheng.  

According to history, the Lord of WC is responsible for all matters about students, studies and examinations results. 

Ancient books mentioned that WC was originally one of the stars in the Big Dipper star, and gradually it became very popular for blessings kids and students doing good at school and getting good results. 

At the end of August every year, before the new school year starts, a lot of parents like to bring their children to the temple of Wen Cheng to be blessed.  There is a big pen in front of the Lord Superior Wen Cheng statue and it is believed that if the kids can touch this pen, they will be blessed and being clever. 

Lord Superior Wen Chang Statue in a Tai Po Village, Hong Kong
Lord Superior Wen Chang Statue inside the temple

文魁星 God of Literature

中國民間信仰,父母為子女祈求讀書聰明,考取功名,金榜題名,以道教神衹來說,一般會崇拜文魁星。

𣁽星「屈曲相鈞,似文字之書」,故魁星之神被認為能主宰之運,尊稱「大魁夫子」或「大魁星君」。 魁有第一,為首之意。

文魁星信仰大盛於宋代,學宮都奉有文魁神像。古代對文魁星來歴有兩個說法,一指其為北斗七星中成斗形的四顆星。另一種是認為衪是北斗七星中的第一顆星。

農曆七月初七日是魁星爺生辰。學生和考生通常在這天特別祭拜魁星爺以祈求考運亨通。

祭拜魁星爺要準備:青蔥,芹菜,蒜,蘿蔔,熟蹄,包子粽子等這些供品的吉兆。

In Chinese culture and traditions, when parents want to give blessings to their children to have good achievements in their studies and examinations, they will go to worship the God of Literature.  

The origin of this God has two sayings, one said it is from the four stars from the Big Dipper stars which forms the dipper shape.  Another saying is it is the first star in the Big Dipper stars.

This belief started as early as the Sung Dynasty (960-1279 years).  At those times, a lot of school and education centers, they installed the status of the God of Literature as a blessings to all the students.  

7th of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, is the birthday of this God.  People or parents want to have the God of Literature blessings for their children, they will bring along things like; spring onions, celery, garlic, carrots, cooked pig knuckle and buns to celebrate its birthday.  

All of these food they brought have auspicious signs in Chinese language. 

One statue of the God of Literature in Yuen Long, Hong Kong.
Another statue of the God of Literature in Taipo market.
Food that people bring to worship the God of Literature
The Big Dipper

面相:諸家論耳(l l)talk about ears in detail (ll)

耳高過眉,謂之君上臣下,聰明富貴,少病長壽。貼肉者富足。

對面不見耳,問是誰家子。似此貼肉隱伏,垂珠紅潤者,財祿亨通。

厚大垂肩極貴,天年過八十方終。

色鮮瑩白,歐陽修天下名聲;耳白如霜,張齊賢忠正立朝。

輪廓分明,垂珠朝口者,主財壽。

大紅闊主官,白主名望,明潤主名遠,赤黑主貧賤。耳門如墨,二十之客。

門闊主智遠,內生毛主壽,無哭事。薄向前,主賣盡田園。薄如紙,主貧苦。薄如紙,女剋夫。耳薄無根者夭。

Continue with the last post

– ear level is higher the better, the standard is around eyebrow level, then this is considered as smart and clever person. 

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– ear is better to stick with the back of the head, so from the front view, its better cannot see the ears.

– ear shapes is better to be long, then this is a sign of longevity.

– as mentioned in the last article, the colour of the ears is better to be pale or light pinkish.  

– ear loop can be pointing down or pointing front.  When ear loops are pointing front, this is a sign for wealth and healthy.

面相:諸家論耳 talk about ears in detail (pt1)

耳為腎竅,腎衰則耳不聰,腎敗則耳輪枯黑。

耳運左七年右七年,依男左女右而行。耳不論大小,要輪廓分明,喜白過面,對面不見,輪厚廓堅,紅潤姿兒,內有長毫,風門寬大,高眉一寸,此採聽官成也。設或輪飛廓反,及低小軟弱者,此採聽官不成也。

左耳行運,為一歲至七歲。右耳行運,為八歲至十四歲。男女應一例推算,「男左女右」,殆為舊時代之邏輯。

厚而堅,聳而長者,主壽及祿。兩耳垂肩者主貴,高眉一寸者不貧。

耳能齊日分,大貴,又主壽,才智過人。

According to chinese medicine, kidney is related to the ears in terms of meridians (中醫經絡), as a result, if our kidney is healthy and strong, then our ears are in good status and healthy.

As mentioned in previous posts, left ear states 0-7 years old and right ear states 8-14 years old, it just reflects the whole young age or early age of a person.

Ears preferred colour is pink, pale, stick to the back of the brain, strong, around the level of eyebrow.

小兒額相 Kid’s face reading ~ forehead

小兒額頭要飽滿。即前額骨隆起。平正而又方闊。其峻似懸壁。其形狀如覆瓦。主孩童時聰明好學。富創造和鑑識能力。能就事物加以推因比較。處事則謹愼專注。行動力強。與人相處則圓通。對長輩尊敬及服從性強。又學習快記憶力好。並具有審美觀及幽默感。

性格則仁慈溫和。同時身體健康。一生事業多有成就並享高壽。但如額骨凸露者。主個性強硬。孩童時就喜誇大其詞及有不切實際的妄想。成長後事業多波折少收穫。老年孤單。如女性則婚姻有所不美。如額骨削陷則主小孩思維愚鈍。信心不足日後事業上稍遇挫折即感沮喪失望。個性則內心急躁執拗事業少成。

女孩而「天庭骨」秀圓而「不過高過寬。不凹不凸」為吉相。

What messages do forehead shapes deliver to us in facial reading?

Forehead belongs to the top sector of our head in facial reading and that stands for our childhood life.  Smooth forehead shows that the kid can enjoy a smooth and happy childhood life.  This also stands for if the kid is brainy or not. 

A perfect forehead shape is:

  • Round with smooth edge
  • Look from the side is mildly convex
  • Look flat from the front like a ceramics tile

A kid with the above criteria, can almost come to a conclusion that he/she is:

  • Academic person likes to learn
  • Creative and a judgmental person
  • Systemic mindset
  • kind, outgoing and a good person to make friend with
  • sense of humor 
  • good health with long lifespan
  • bright career future

If a person has a curved forehead:

  • self-centered personality
  • lives in fantasy
  • may experience rugged career path and marriage life

If a person has a straight forehead:

  • not a smart person
  • not has much self-confident
  • rather impatient

耳仔 Ears Shapes ~ first step in children face reading

聰明兒女的耳相。而堅厚貼腦為主。要輪廓分明形狀如「問話附號」般。

外耳為輪。內耳為廓。兩耳整齊端正。不要崩損形破。大小不一。或尖小高低。

色澤潤白。耳有垂珠為佳。若耳形沒有輪廓。謂之「豬耳」主事業運滯難成。又或耳形薄削之人。則名大不於利。宜文學和藝術方面發展。故耳大堅實又耳高者(齊眉)必是讀書聰明。父母緣份佳。小兒成長期得眾長輩愛錫。

左耳為父緣。右耳為母愛。耳珠為人緣。則耳仔管成長期生活質素如何。便有歲數上的運程區分。

左耳管1~7歲的健康和家庭的生活質素如何。(耳形好。幼年聰明健康。家境富裕。父母親愛濃)

右耳管8~14歲的健康和學業(耳形好。成長期健康活力。讀書學習俱佳。

如能配上出生(年月日時)的八字生扶。一生必可成就末來。

As parents, we all want to know if this child is going to have a success and smooth future life as possible.  From Chinese face reading, the ears represent from age 0-14.  

The ideal shape of ears are:

1) growing towards backward of the skull.  In other words, it is nearer to the brain instead of sticking out.  

2) Ears are in shape of a typical question mark.  

3) Do not have any extra folding and defects shape.

4) Colour in pale and white.  

5) Has decent lobe of ear.  

When we look around, we can easily find alot of people has ears shape not fitting in the above descriptions.   What can we derive from defeats ears shape?

Since ears represents young age of life, then this is related to our parents and educational period.  If ears are in good shape, we can then tell, this child is going to have a good relationship with the parents, and the student period is going to be nice and smooth with good learning ability.  

Left ears corresponds to father relationship while the right ears is to mother relationship.