(a) Lu Cun 禄存、 Qing Yang 擎羊 and Tuo Luo 陀罗
(b) Tian Kui 天魁 and Tian Yue 天钺
(c) Si Hua 四化
(d) Tian Guan 天官 and Tian Fu 天福
For this step, you will need your Birth Year Stem.
(a) Lu Cun 禄存、 Qing Yang 擎羊 and Tuo Luo 陀罗
Example:
Pretty straighforward, Birth Year Stem being Jia 甲, thus Lu Cun 禄存 is established at Yin 寅.
Next, establish Qing Yang 擎羊 one square before Lu Cun 禄存,
in this case, the square before Yin 寅 at Mao 卯.
Then, establish Tuo Luo 陀罗 one square after Lu Cun 禄存,
in this case, the square after Yin 寅 at Chou 丑.
(b) Tian Kui 天魁 and Tian Yue 天钺
Example:
Pretty straightforward as well, Birth Year Stem being Jia 甲,
Tian Kui 天魁 is established at Chou 丑
and Tian Yue 天钺 at Wei 未.
(c) Ming Si Hua 命四化
The four Transformation Stars, or Si Hua Stars 四化 are namely -
Hua Lu 化禄, Hua Quan 化权, Hua Ke 化科 and Hua Ji 化忌.
There is a fixed set of Si Hua for each of the 12 years (from Jia 甲 Year to Gui 癸 Year). However,
there are slight variations among the various schools. Depending on what your Birth Year Stem
is, the Si Hua are 'attached' to 4 various Stars to 'transform' their attributes.
On a Natal Birth Chart, or Ming Pan 命盘, this set of Si Hua is called Ming Si Hua 命四化.
A second set of Si Hua is determined on a Decade Chart 大限流盘.
This set is called Decade Si Hua or Xian Si Hua 限四化.
A third set of Si Hua is further determined for a Current Year Chart 小限流盘.
This set is called Current Year Si Hua or Liu Nian Si Hua 流年四化
I will touch on this again later on in the site.
Example:
As the Birth Year Stem is Jia 甲,
Hua Lu 化禄 transforms Lian Zhen 廉贞,
Hua Quan 化权 transforms Po Jun 破军,
Hua Ke 化科 transforms Wu Qu 武曲,
Hua Ji 化忌 transforms Tai Yang 太阳.
(d) Tian Guan 天官 and Tian Fu 天福
Example:
Birth Year Stem being Jia 甲,
Tian Guan 天官 is established at Wei 未
and Tian Yue 天福 at You 酉.
