Plum Blossom IChing Divination. Mei Hua Divination
I. Divination by the Xian Tien Method using date and
time.
This is a simple method which uses the date and time to create
the hexagram.
First step is to convert the date and time to the Chinese Lunar
Calendar.
For example, the date and time is July 07 2008 1000hrs.
Convert to Chinese calendar:
- Year Branch for 2008 is = 1 (refer to this table,
of use the Four Pillars Calculator)
- Month number = 6 (from the Chinese Calendar)
- Day number = 5 (from the Chinese Calendar)
- Hour number = 6 (see table below)
| Time (hr) |
Branch |
| 2300*-0100 |
1 Zi |
| 0100-0300 |
2 Chou |
| 0300-0500 |
3 Yin |
| 0500-0700 |
4 Mao |
| 0700-0900 |
5 Chen |
| 0900-1100 |
6 Si |
| 1100-1300 |
7 Wu |
| 1300-1500 |
8 Wei |
| 1500-1700 |
9 Shen |
| 1700-1900 |
10 You |
| 1900-2100 |
11 Xu |
| 2100-2300 |
12 Hai |
