Bazi Mastery Module 1
I arrived at the Mastery Academy at about 9.50am and was surprised to find that the class was pretty full already. Headed over to the counter to register and pay the course fees and went off in search for a good seat.
Class started promptly at 10am. Joey had already expected us to have gone through the pre-course notes and he jumped right in…starting by going through the productive and controlling cycles of the five elements.
Throughout the day, we went through the different Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches and Hidden Stems that make up the elements of a person’s Bazi chart. I regretted not memorizing the Chinese names and characters of the stems and branches since my last Feng Shui class in August last year…it would’ve helped as I wouldn’t have to constantly refer to the tables. By the first tea break, we had covered up to the different combinations of the Earthly Branches.
After the tea break, Joey continued with clashes, harms, destruction and punishment relationships. Some of them sounds quite scary…especially when you find one or two in your own chart! By lunch time, we had gone through a few examples of how to plot a Bazi chart and we were assigned to plot the charts any two people in the class.
After lunch, we were taught the relationships between the elements and the 10 gods and finally…into the juicy stuff…putting it all together and reading a chart! I’m really impressed watching Joey interpret a Bazi chart…a true master!
I have to admit that I’m still a little blur on the interpretation bit…I suppose it takes lots of practice. Will try to take Joey’s advice of plotting 50 charts by hand (he actually has a computer program on his website that plots it automatically) before the next class!
I had been looking forward to the class for quite some time and I left feeling very excited and happy. Can’t wait for Module 2 which will take place on Feb 19-21. 3 days! What fun!!! =))
For those of you who are interested in Bazi but prefer others to do the plotting and interpretation, you can order a personalized Bazi astrology report from Dragon Gate. I’ve had one done for my career and it’s startlingly accurate!