Journal

How to sit with a chart

Short notes on reading your own four pillars without turning them into a sentence about yourself.

A golden arc over misted mountains under a night sky
The arc

01Start with the day

The day stem is the person looking. Read that first. Then the day branch, the ground under the feet. Then the month, the climate of the childhood house. Then the year, the larger weather. The hour last, if you have it: the room you work in, the night mind.

02Do not fill the gaps

If a phase is missing, leave it missing. If the hour is unknown, leave it unknown. A guessed hour is a different person.

A loud year does not mean you are chosen. A quiet year does not mean you are refused.

03The year is weather

Put this year's letters next to the picture and see where they press. Then do the work that is actually in front of you. That is the third thirty percent.

04Credits

The drawing of the four pillars is free. Credits are for returning questions, two-chart notes and a written PDF later. They expire twelve months after a real purchase. They never buy a call.

05The Western sky

We mention a tropical sun sign in the margin. If it argues with the pillars, keep the pillars. This site is Four Pillars first.

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