Sad case of student accident in Kelantan waterfall

 

http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/nus-student-dies-after-falling-off-gunung-stong-in-Kelantan

In this sad case, the student, age 23, Geng Wu year plunged to his death from the Kelantan water fall.

We have very little information here but we have the age, location and events' time. 

 

Kelantan is at the northern corridor from Singapore.  His Geng stem is in the north.  Both north and north east are rather weak sectors at 7PM.  If you are a Bazi exponent, you will note the clashes between the heaven stems and branches.

 

 

In addition, time stem is Ren and it is at the grave stage in South East.  Take note that Self Penalty lurks in that palace.  Furthermore we have Ji+Xin，己+辛, in the classic Qi Men text, it says, 'may encounter spirits and ghosts'.

 

This is one of those readings that you do not want to see or hope the worst is not as bad as described.

Generally precaution must be heightened in forested or jungle areas as the night dawns.

Day Master Strength first pass completed for Bazi software

The daymaster's strength determination has been completed.  For the initial pass, the 'general good and challenging' decades are colored red and black respectively.

The screen capture below has more information, would you like to have this set of pillars?

 

Next Generation Bazi software Daymaster calculation almost there

I am pleased to announce a milestone, the day master's strength determination formula has been coded into the application.

In this version, day master strength takes into considerations the biggest headache in Bazi ....  combinations! 

Most apps usually show you the plain vanilla charts and not many try to venture to determine the day master strength.

However I will include another feature to allow the users' to select the day master type.

Currently the five categories will be considered.

1. Weak
2. Strong
3. Dominant
4. Passive

For example, in this chart, day master appears to born be in season but if the natal combinations are taken care of, the chart switches to a weak category.

Bilingual Bazi software screen shots

Today I managed to integrate the English and Chinese text that explains the interactions between the pillars.  You can toggle between Chinese or English text using the language button.

This screen capture shows the English text, space is a premium, so I have to use concise shorthand and some symbols to represent the elements.  Smallest screen supported is 1280*768 DPI.

 

This is a screen capture showing the Chinese text.  This is where the utility of the Chinese language's pictorial system shines, a lot of information can be convey with minimal characters.

From the interactions, we can easily deduce the Day Master is a weak Metal.

TODO:
1. Complete the stems interactions
2. Chart day master determination e.g. strong, weak, follow, fake, transform.

New update for Si Hua Zi Wei Dou Shu software!

Version 1.1312 of the bilingual Si Hua Zi Wei Duo Shu software has been released!

The Si Hua system has an unique interpretation perspective without using a galaxy of stars.  

To learn more about the Si Hua system of Zi Wei Dou Shu in Singapore, I have provided the recommended course details below.

Course schedule in 2014 by Master Lilian Heng

http://www.zwdsacademy.com/
Weekday

6 Jan 2014
Basic Practical Course (4th Intake)
$480
Every Monday 7.30pm - 9.30pm (8 lessons)

Weekend

22 Mar 2014 - 23 Mar 2014
Basic Practical Course (5th Intake)
$480
Saturday & Sunday 9.00am - 6.00pm

26 Apr 2014 - 27 Apr 2014
Advanced Practitioner Course (5th Intake)
$580
Saturday & Sunday 9.00am - 6.00pm

24 May 2014 - 25 May 2014
Master Consultant Course (5th Intake)
$680
Saturday & Sunday 10.00am - 5.00pm

Venue:#03-67 People's Park Centre
101 Upper Cross Street
Singapore 058357

Email:
lilian.heng@zwdsacademy.com

Contact:+65 96376762

 

Fivearts.net may be gone but the apps will push on

It is with a heavy heart that as a former forum member of Fivearts.net, I have to accept the inevitable closure after 8 years of happy memories and forum surfing.

Sadly forum members will realize the immense loss after the site is down.

Anyway, I will still press on the next generation bilingual Bazi app.  Perhaps fivearts.net will be resurrected in another form soon.

If you are reading this blog and have some questions regarding the 64 Hexagram Qi Men Dun Jia, please do not be shy, hesitate no more and contact me.  The write-ups on Qi Men Dun Jia and Xuan Kong Da Gua date selection is located in the earlier sections of this blog.

Bazi is indeed the Queen of Chinese Metaphysical Studies.  Its influence is felt in almost every branch....Qi Men, Xuan Kong, San He, Zi Wei etc.

After a few days of intense development, this is a screen capture of my app.

It has the ability to save user data.  The other ribbon buttons allow you to switch the language but in this example, I show the English and Mandarin text to highlight its multi-language nature.

Most Bazi apps took the short cut and remove the interactions, but I have painstakingly computed and plot out the interactions to make things easier for blokes with short memory span.  Of course, most Bazi apps on the market have limited calendaring capabilities as they usually hard code the 24 Jie Qi for the next 20-30 years, well their developers are indeed very hardworking to hardcode the dates rather than perform computations.

I would say the Bazi app is rather much more complex app compared to my earlier Zi Wei Si Hua, 64 Hexagrams /9 palaces Qi Men Dun Jia apps.   There are days where I spent hours on a particular function and realize the gaps 5 days later, certainly heartbreaking stuff.

Nevertheless the goal is to match or exceed any Bazi apps' specifications on the market.

TODO:
1. Interactions between stems - UI intensive
2. Chart strength determination - very tricky

A useful function of my beta Bazi application

Here we have another chart that highlights the interactions feature of the Bazi app.

We note the successful combination and resultant fire element due to the app's showing the interactions in the natal chart.

From the addition information from the combinations, we can conclude that wood and water and the favourable elements of this chart.  Note the app showed the Wu-Wu earth branch self penalty for month and year.

Blending Bazi and Zi Wei ......

 

Charts preferably should be analysed using simple standard methods, avoiding the need to use obscure or complex convolutions.

 

Blending methods may be useful in some cases as it offer interesting insights.  The ends may sometimes justify the means of using different methods.

In this chart, we can see that the subject at hand does possess some natal talent, birth year Hua Lu Ju Men in Self palace...

 

Can it be unlocked despite the weakness in the Self palace?

 

Now let us use Bazi as a short cut for clues......any bazi old hands will notice the three sets of strong pillars after age 40.....
 

 

 



Confidentially note decade self has Hua Lu to decade career.

Applying Hua Lu flight again from the decade career palace, there is a Hua Lu to 2009.......

 

An excellent day for the day master to showcase her talents!

 

And the rest is history!!  Now who is going to do the Qi Men part?

Beta Bilingual Bazi application for Windows

Most modern Bazi application usually have no problems plotting the entire 100 years' worth of stems and branches and must take into consideration the 24 Jie Qi timing and cutover, that is expected of any Bazi application.

The more tricky part is the combinations.

After completing the Zi Wei and Qi Men Dun Jia apps, there is time to complete the Bazi app now.

In this beta release, the natal combinations is almost completed and debugged.

 

For example, in this chart, we have the 3 combinations but the resultant element cannot be formed due to lack of seasonal support, hence the app is smart enough to highlight the residual interaction between the year and month branch.  The low lying fruits have been picked, the next three features will be the 'horrors of horrors'.

Todo list
1. Combinations between hidden stems - drawing interactions is a killer
2. Combinations resulting from annual year, month, day and hour pillars.
3. Combinations resulting from 10 year pillar.

New feature for Zi Wei Si Hua Flying Stars software

Well most websites and books use 'zheng yue' 正月 and to deviate from this term will be hmmh, rebellious.

So I amended the labels and called it 'Lunar mth 1,'.  After some QA checks, it will be released to registered users.

If you are interested in purchasing a copy, kindly send an email to zwdsflying@yahoo.com

 

My legacy apps and launching Qi Men Dun Jia software !

I was looking through the old screen captures and this caught my attention.

It is the old Qi Men Dun Jia app for the Windows Mobile platform.  It sure looks clunky but is immensely useful on a iPaq.

As the years passed, the iPaq ages and finally one day, the screen cracked.  I bought a replacement screen and managed to extend its unnatural life span.  Alas the replacement screen died after a few weeks. A replacement must be found, Windows Phone 7 to the rescue.  Detractors may have a lot to say about Phone 7 but the Visual Studio IDE is certainly top notch.

 

 



 

 

Times flies again and the Law of Physics strikes again, the old trusty Phone 7 phone went berserk and hangs for no apparent reason......happily a nobleman loan an old Android phone and the great porting exercise begin.   After a few nights, this is what I ended up.

Finally what comes around, goes around, back to the desktop and laptop family again.

We seems to go round and round in circles ?!

Anyway, announcing the launch of Qi Men Dun Jia for Windows........

RRP:SGD190.00

Part of proceeds goes to charity.

Email zwdsflying@yahoo.com for sales enquiries.

Thank you and have a good day!
 

Qi Men Dun Jia software for the Windows platform to be launched soon

First preview of the English edition of Qi Men Dun Jia for Windows.......

1. 200 years 'Gan Zhi' calendaring 1900AD-2200AD with colors denoting the 'gan zhi' elements' nature.
2. Twenty four (24) Jie Qi timing
3. Chai Bu Ju determination
4. Auspicious and inauspicious formations summary and description.
5. Detailed explanation of the formations at each sector.
6. Stems, doors and palace interactions.

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Annual aspects added to Si Hua Zi Wei app!

It is possible to see the natal, decade and annual aspects now.

The screen capture below shows the new menu option, select the palace of interest and presto, its done.

The update will be made available for all registered users after some testing.



 



 

Yet another Qi Men Dun Jia application

This is a bilingual English/Mandarin Qi Men Dun Jia application for the Windows platform, e.g. tablets. 

It is a great tool for the non-Chinese speaking community.

The calendar support dates from 1900 to 2200, a long time for many Qi Men users.

For date selection applications, the auspicious sectors are indicated and the formations are explained clearly.

Kindly contact zwdsflying@yahoo.com for any enquiries.

Thank you.

Zi Wei Si Hua software v1.1309 is now available !

New features and bug fixes have been added to the Zi Wei Si Hua Flying Stars app!

New customers: SGD $180.

For customers who are still using the older version, kindly register by sending your dongle number to zwdsflying@yahoo.com via email to get the free update.

Hua Lu then Hua Ji
1.  The "Hua Lu then Hua Ji function" has been added, simplifying another tedious step.

Lunar calendar app
1. This applet will allow users to use lunar dates to create the Zi Wei chart

 

Lunar to Solar applet completed

Manual lunar calendar applet added. 
 

Some Zi Wei books only provide the lunar birth dates to punish the readers.

With this applet, you will be able to input the lunar calendar and the app takes care of the date conversion and plotting.

Common errors e.g. 31 or 30 days for certain months are eliminated with this approach.  The earlier calendar incarnation was canned as the UI is unfamiliar to many.

Yet another Bazi app for the masses.....

The yet to be completed Bazi app is designed to solve 4 major problems and two of them are the combinations/clashes domains.  One of them is to allow beginners to key in the dates and presto, determine the day master strength, interactions within the branches and life domains, annual and 10 year luck pillar happenings.

For example, we know combinations precede clashes, penalties, harms, break within a natal chart.  Ideally a Bazi app should show all the combinations, clashes etc, but a better approach will be to show the effect of combinations on all interactions.  This is often the missing dimension when determine the day master type. 

 

Hence the defense or idea that 3 pillars are enough or just as good as 4 pillars may break down when combinations play an important role.  It is only good enough when the hour pillar is missing or the customer wants to be difficult and withhold the hour pillar.

In this yet to be completed app, using present date time, we can see branches combine and form water frame, hence the wood day master is boosted by the water.  I have drawn the lines to help beginners visual how the branches interact with each another.

Therefore the day master is rather strong and favourable elements may be fire and earth.

The next update will expand the combinations/clashes with the annual and ten year luck pillar.  This is the main trick used by experienced old Bazi hands to deduce the happenings within the present/past luck pillars.

http://www.fivearts.net/index.php/topic,14082.msg497515/topicseen.html#msg497515

Zi Wei Si Hua software

I had some positive feedback regarding the Hua Ji/Lu flight in the production Zi Wei Si Hua Flying Stars application. 

 

The multi-level Ji/Lu flight is currently the top unique feature for the app, an interesting time saving feature.

 

SGD180.00 - part of proceeds goes to charity.

 

 

Why not another Bazi application? 

 

 

If you can guess what I am thinking from the screen capture above, drop me a comment at zwdsflying@yahoo.com

Zi Wei Software - Lunar Calendar Experimental

It is very easy to calculate the lunar calendar given a solar calendar.  The converse may not be true. 

Most Zi Wei applications in the market side step the problem by providing combo boxes, 99% got the feature wrong because they neglect to take into consideration the following

1)Intercalary month aka leap month
2)Days in a month, usually 29 or 30 but never 31.

This is my preferred method, well it is still experimental and may not make it for the 2013 Autumn Feature Pack!

In this case, you type in the solar year, month and day and the calendar will show you the entire lunar days for the month.

To denote the month, I used the Chinese character 七月 which is perhaps not a good idea because English readers will be confused.  If Roman numerals are used e.g. VII, the Chinese readers will be confused.

Ah, perhaps the combo box idea is not bad, but I need to think of a good way to show the intercalary month and yes, take care the 31 days bug.

This is the classic 'catch 22' case.  It is just as bad as democracy, favouring one locale alienates another locale.

By the way, since we are at the topic of date selection, you will notice the gender information render a 'potent limitation' for the Zi Wei system.  This implies at least in general date selection, Zi Wei system may be placed at a disadvantage because you cannot ignore the gender information.

In Mathematics or Engineering, similar situations do occur.  You will realize that it is more about using the correct tool or method to solve a problem off hand.

 

Zi Wei Si Hua software

The Zi Wei Si Hua Flying Stars software may make life simpler for users to analyse charts but to realize its full power, you may wish to consider formal courses offered by seasoned Si Hua Flying Stars masters. 

The lines may not confuse you but wait till you transpose the palaces and a simple Ji flight will be complicated by 2 layers of information. 
 
For Singapore residents, you can consider Si Hua Flying Stars Master Lilian Heng, you may click on the following URL for more information.
 
http://www.socm.sg/ConsultationLilianHeng.htm

http://www.zwdsacademy.com

Zi Wei software in action with the palaces transposed.  Note the various palace Zi Hua, birth year Zi Hua, and interactions between each palace.  While the Si Hua Flying Stars only utilize 16 stars, the dynamic aspects of their approach make this system rather tricky and subtle.

Zi Wei Duo Shu software

Just added another experimental feature to the Zi Wei Si Hua Flying Stars software.  It will make it as part of the early Autumn Feature Pack release to those who purchase app! 

Thank you for the support as part of the proceeds will be donated to charity.

It is trivial to check the Si Hua/Lu star for a stem.

Perhaps sometimes you like to delve into 2 levels Hua Lu or Hua Ji.  With this software, nth levels are possible.
 

You could do a Hua Lu followed by a Hua Ji manually....hence by popular demand and this is a relatively simple addition, let the computer do it and save you more time for analysis, only around 10 lines of code.  5 lines to take care of the color scheme, green for Lu, red for Ji.

 

The Taiwanese certainly have a nice name for it, 禄转忌.

Wait till you hear of the nice sounding '三宫交禄' aka Hua Lu's interaction in 3 palaces.

Yes, there is also a 四宫交禄.  Hua Lu's interaction in 4 palaces.
Imaginative names huh?

But this idea is not new.  It is used in Flying Palace Qi Men Dun Jia and can be found in the date/time determination concept for any Qi Men variants.

Zi Wei Duo Shu Si Hua Flying Stars software

In the Si Hua lineage, they love to study dynamic interactions between the stems, palaces and stars.  To get started, the solar date must be converted to the lunar date.  Next the chart must be plotted and that takes time as there are at least 16 stars.  Well a computer can do the first 3 phases faster than anyone now.

Once basic chart is completed, one must memorize the Si Hua formulae for the 10 stems and perform basic analysis on the interacting palaces.

To help beginners, the Si Hua stars and their respective positions are clearly indicated for each stem in each palace for the natal chart.

Zi Wei Duo Shu Si Hua Flying Stars application completed!

Ladies and gentlemen,

You simply cannot ignore Zi Wei Duo Shu in the 5 Arts universe and pretend that it never existed.

 

After 1.5 solid full moon, I have completed the bilingual Zi Wei Duo Shu Si Hua Flying Stars software and it is now on sale!  Part of the proceeds will be donated to charity.

This application is suited for Si Hua Flying Star consultants, trainers and students.  It is optimized for touch screens.

Pricing: $180.00

Minimum requirements
* OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
* Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz or better
* 1280x800, 1366x768 or better.
You really need a good screen for the 12 palaces chart
* Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista /4GB Windows 7/8
* Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space for Windows to run properly.

For example, the Hua Lu/Ji flight is one unique feature of this application, please see screen capture.

 

Stay tuned for more updates on this application's capabilities.

Kindly contact zwdsflying@yahoo.com for sales enquiries.
 

San Yuan Qi Men Dun Jia or 64 Hexagram Qi Men Dun Jia ....

As I was running out of space on my small laptop, there was no much space to include the Deities or 9 Stars plate.

For completeness, I have finally squeeze in the time and space to include the missing 2 rings on my San Yuan Qi Men or 64 Hexagram Qi Men app.

In this example, the classic 9 palace Qi Men Dun Jia and Xuan Kong Da Gua numerals are included.

Enquiries/comments for the software are warmly welcomed.

Qi Men Dun Jia app for Android - the palace view

The Qi Men Dun Jia Android edition briefly describes the various formations in each palace or sector.

For example, we see the north west and south west sectors are not useful since they have certain tricky formations.

Qi Men Dun Jia app on Android..some features

Summer solstice has arrived and according to the Chai Bu/拆补 fans, they have duly switched to the Yin Dun.

Indeed if you are a programming for the Chai Bu/拆补 platform, life is such a breeze, in less than 10 lines of code and the Ju determination is done.  Life is harder for the Zhi Run/直闰 folks who have tons of considerations to worry about. 

So what is the quick way out, drop Zhi Run/直闰 and support Chai Bu/拆补?!

Back to the Qi Men Dun Jia Android app, this is basic layout.  Some English and Chinese text are provided for those who hate to memorise information.

In this app, some obscure formations e.g. 亭亭百奸，天山门 are provided for completeness or specific applications.

Stay tuned for more screen captures of the Qi Men Android app.

 

Qi Men Dun Jia software on the Android

The best way to learn Android programming is to go and write an app.

That happens to be the best way to hate Java.

Anyway, I present one of the earliest Qi Men Dun Jia app on the world's most popular mobile platform Android.



The main advantage of Qi Men Dun Jia lies in its ability to provides some clues or hints at a moment in time while you are on the move.  Therefore it is laborious and comical to expect users to lug manuals or a laptop and ask for 10 minutes for the Windows laptop to boot up and to plot some charts.

With the advent cheap computing power, even a humble handphone has enough computing muscle to plot the Qi Men charts rapidly than you can say "Done".

Most bilingual Qi Men Dun Jia apps on the market are exclusively 直闰 or 拆补 supporters. 

Few titles are fence sitters and support both methods in determining the Ju.

Many opt for Chai Bu because the programming is easier and straightforward but not many truly understand the subtle differences between Chai Bu and Zhi Run.  Usually the Chai Bu fans will cite the Mainland Masters in debunking 'Imperial' aka Zhi Run method and proposed padding the Zhi Run Ju sequence with Chai Bu 'improvements'.

Most bilingual Qi Men apps either stop at 2017 or 2020 because they hardcode the 24 Jie Qi date and times within the app.  Here is another hint, most English Internet data sources do not provide the 24 Jie Qi date/time information beyond 2020.

Qi Men Dun Jia fans who swear by 直闰 or are 拆补 purists will be able to use this app.  The debates can go on between the two camps.  Fence sitters simply select the respective 直闰 or 拆补 to plot the Qi Men Dun Jia chart.  The true solar time is a side distraction because any group of Qi Men fan swear by it.  More screen captures will be posted at a later date.

 

The screen capture shows the classic taboo '五不遇' that is repeatedly demonized, anything bad, just blame it on '五不遇'.

 

Does it live up to its name of the No 1 bogeyman in Qi Men Dun Jia?



9 Palace + San Yuan Qi Men Dun Jia + Xuan Kong Da Gua

After a long break, its time for more work.

There is enough space on the homebrew San Yuan Qi Men Dun Jia (aka 三元奇门遁甲) and I have finally caved in to the temptation of plotting the standard 9 Palaces Qi Men Dun Jia into the inner rings.

In addition, the San Yuan Qi Men's 8 deities 八神 has been plotted as an example. Now I just need some space for the similar San Yuan Qi Men's Nine Stars plate.  A larger screen laptop will be great.  Click on the image below for better view.

Finally I was fed up with all the clicking to select and analyse Qi Men formations, so I think it will be a good idea for the computer to do the dirty work...make it pore through weeks, months or even years dates to filter specific Qi Men formations. 

Surprising when I look at the existing known Qi Men software on the market, most of them are limited to generating charts till 2017 or 2023.  Well, you have to hand it to their developers for the patience to key in all the 24 Jie Qi change over time for the next 10 years and contributing to the data bloat for their apps. 

Hack, it only one function and its less than a page......presto! A utility function that display all the Ghost Dun/鬼遁 formations for a specific time frame, say 100 years. 

There is a simple rating in the comments textbox to seek out the best Ghost Dun/鬼遁 of them all.

This certainly beats going through entire charts and tables to seek out the formation that you need.  You may need to click on the image below for better view.