The 12 Growth and Phases Attributes.

Chang Sheng 長 生 Growth : This indicates an exceptional level of competence and excellence in one's youth,
who will also be privileged to be born into an affluent family, with wealthy parents.

Mu Yu 沐 浴 Bath : This is a 'Killing Star', whose effects are akin to that of a baby being bathed in a bath tub.
It speaks of someone who is helplessly controlled by others. A man under the effects under the effects of
this Star is susceptible to facing failure and loneliness in life, as well as the possibility of death in the
fasmily. A woman, meanwhile, may suffer from ill fortune affecting her own family, as well as her husband's
family. Worse still, her firstborn may not survive its childhood.

Guan Dai 冠 帶 Youth/Attire : This indicates that when a person reaches his/her twenties, the time has come
to tie the knot, start a business, or attain stability in his/her career. He/she may have to work hard initially,
but will eventually succeed and become wealthy by middle age. Networking with helpful persons will play a
pivotal role in ensuring this person's success at an older age. Nevertheless, those born into affluent families
will be able to inherit when the time comes.

Lin Guan 臨 官 Officer/Coming to Age / Di Wang 蒂 旺 Prosperity Peak : These are positive indicators that
when a person reaches his/her forties or fifties, he/she will enjoy a good reputation, which is accompanied
by status, authority and wealth.

Shuai 衰 Weakening/Aging / Bing 病 Sick/Sickness / Si 死 Death : These are the harbingers of ailments,
poverty, loneliness and even death, when a person reaches his/her seventies or eighties. However, such
negative effects can be negated and neutralized with the presence of the 'Wealth Star'.

Mu 墓 Grave/Tomb : This is akin to a burial chamber or crypt where the dead are buried with their precious,
earthly possessions. It usually indicates miserly or stingy individuals.

Jue 絕 Extinction/Repose : Unfortunately, all hope is lost, with no help in sight.

Tai 胎 Conceived/Womb : Despite the fact that it is still in its infancy or flailing stages, a new development or
life brings about renewed hope.

Yang 養 Nourishing/Gestation : Once a new development or growth has stabilized, nurturing and attending
to it carefully will bring about positive changes in one's life.

The 12 Stages of Fortune reveal the kind of energy you have in each of the four Pillars of your Bazi Chart –
the strong, weak, or moderate areas in your life force.

The 12 Stages of Fortune are arrange in a natural sequence starting from Growth, Childhood, Adulthood,
Accomplishment, Maturity, Decline, Ailment, Release, Completion, Dormancy, Conception and Birth
respectively. In one’s Chart, only four of the Stages Fortune will appear that is one for each Pillar and they
will not necessarily follow the natural sequence. For example Birth or Conception or Dormancy may pop up
anywhere. The Readings relate the Stages of Fortune in each Pillar they appear.
The 12 Fortune Stages vary in force as shown in the Readings. There are 4 moderate forces, 4 strong forces
and 4 weak forces. A strong force is not necessarily a blessing. There can be too much strength and this can
become destructive. Balance is needed. If your Self Pillar shows a Weak Stage, look for helpers among the
Stages in other Pillars of your Chart.

12 Stages of Fortune Reading

1. Growth (Strong Force) - H1E12-H2E7-H3E3-H4E10-H5E3-H6E10-H7E6-H8E1-H9E9-H10EE

Year Pillar   Health and heredity are average here, though health problems may afflict some women later.
Month Pillar   This individual is not independent but does not like to take the advice of others.
Day Pillar   Indicates a very childlike quality – a person who finds it difficult to make decisions.
Hour Pillar   Relationships may be difficult at the start but improve later on as partners gain maturity.

2. Childhood (Moderate Force) - H1E1-H2E6-H3E4-H4E9-H5E4-H6E9-H7E7-H8E12-H9E10-H10E3

Year Pillar   Very good genetic inheritance indicating one who was a healthy baby and can look forward to a
long life.
Month Pillar   You might try being a support at times instead of always the star.
Day Pillar   With this moderate force, you have a good head, are creative, gentle at heart, though self-
center.
Hour Pillar   In marriage, women usually fare well, but men are often less fortunate.

3. Adulthood (Strong Force) - H1E2-H2E11-H3E5-H4E8-H5E5-H6E8-H7E8-H8E11-H9E11-H10E2

Year Pillar   A strong individual, born healthy with fine heredity.
Month Pillar   Very competitive and will never admit to being wrong.
Day Pillar   This person wants the best out of life, loves power and can handle many enterprises well.
Hour Pillar   Super strength is not always good for relationships. Sometimes these people find themselves
socially rejected because they are too intense, power hungry and often hurt others to get what they want.

4. Accomplishment (Strong Force) - H1E3-H2E4-H3E6-H4E7-H5E6-H6E7-H7E9-H8E10-H9E12-H10E1

Year Pillar   Born strong and healthy and very independent.
Month Pillar   Here is someone who will not want to do what the parents want. Such a person needs to work
hard and study while young because he or she is very proud and wants to gain success.
Day Pillar   This strong person will not go into family business but will want to create his or her own
enterprise. People in this group need to accomplish their goal in their younger years or they will not do well
later. If the person works hard in youth and prepares well, both money and achievement can be expected.
Hour Pillar   The way of life of this high-achieving individual is not good for partners in either business or
marriage.

5. Maturity (Strong Force) - H1E4-H2E3-H3E7-H4E6-H5E7-H6E6-H7E10-H8E9-H9E1-H10E12

Year Pillar   These people have a sound genetic background, are healthy babies and have few major health
problems.
Month Pillar   If parental control is lax, this strong-minded person grows up want to be his or her own boss.
Day Pillar   Very willful and independent, this person needs to be his or her own boss, otherwise it is very
hard to cope. They also tend to be snobbish and put other people down .
Hour Pillar   Women are career-oriented, very independent and proud and this may compromise
partnerships.
6. Decline (Weak Force) - H1E5-H2E2-H3E8-H4E5-H5E8-H6E5-H7E11-H8E8-H9E2-H10E11
Year Pillar   These people may be frail as infants; perhaps they were born in the wrong season.
Month Pillar   These people have a very gentle character but may show at times a strong streak of
resistance.
Day Pillar   Positive but not stubborn, these people are creative and can open up new enterprise that benefit
others.
Hour Pillar   These people can handle a family business well and their marriage is usually satisfactory.

7. Ailment (Weak Force) - H1E6-H2E1-H3E9-H4E4-H5E9-H6E4-H7E12-H8E7-H9E3-H10E10

Year Pillar   These people often suffer many ailments in childhood.
Month Pillar   May lose a lot of schooling due to health matters or may drop out of school for reasons of
health.
Day Pillar   These people tend to be worriers and may not be fortunate in marriage or in career pursuits due
to lack of physical strength or poor preparation.
Hour Pillar   The first marriage for these people often does not work out; they need a second attempt in
order to settle down.

8. Release (Weak Force) - H1E7-H2E12-H3E10-H4E3-H5E10-H6E3-H7E1-H8E6-H9E4-H10E9

Year Pillar   These people are not the healthiest, perhaps because they were born in the wrong season.
Month Pillar   These people do not like to listen to others and prefer simply to do as they please, especially if
lacking a strong parental hand.
Day Pillar   Usually these people are quiet types but they are very strong-minded and do not heed others’
advice. This often causes many problems as they often upset the applecart.
Hour Pillar   Women usually marry more than once. Men tend to marry late in life or remain bachelors..

9. Dormancy (Moderate Force) - H1E8-H2E11-H3E11-H4E2-H5E11-H6E2-H7E2-H8E5-H9E5-H10E8

Year Pillar   Indicates average good health, but one who is nonchalant about health and lifestyle.
Month Pillar   Parents are probably easygoing and so there is possibly too much easy living built into this
one’s lifestyle.
Day Pillar   May experience uncertain finances but is generally easygoing and takes life as it comes. Should
seek an equally easygoing partner in marriage.
Hour Pillar   This individual may find little help coming from the marriage partner.

10. Completion (Weak Force) - H1E9-H2E10-H3E12-H4E1-H5E12-H6E1-H7E3-H8E4-H9E6-H10E7

Year Pillar   A pattern of being an easy mark or overly indulgent in sexual matters is perhaps due to being
born in the wrong season or getting off to a bad start.
Month Pillar   These people have many ups and downs in life, perhaps due to an erratic childhood or
overindulgent parents.
Day Pillar   These are people who are easy to cheat and others take advantage of them in these and other
ways. Both men and women need to be careful of swindlers and more patient – not too impulsive in making
decisions. They need to be careful too in sexual matters and not to be over self-indulgent in these and other
activities.
Hour Pillar   These people, men and women, must be careful
of trusting any partner too much for those of both sexes tend to be easy
marks.
11. Conception (Moderate Force) - H1E10-H2E9-H3E1-H4E12-H5E1-H6E12-H7E4-H8E3-H9E7-H10E6
Year Pillar   Average health and genetic background.
Month Pillar   There may be illnesses in youth but health gets better as the person grows older.
Day Pillar   This person is usually very clever with words but is inclined to make cutting remarks for a
humorous effect.
Hour Pillar   A nonconformist, this person is often clever and is able to do many things but does not do
things of great lasting value.

12. Birth (Moderate Force) - H1E11-H2E8-H3E2-H4E11-H5E2-H6E11-H7E5-H8E2-H9E8-H10E5

Year Pillar   Moderately good health and heredity with an acceptable life span promised.
Month Pillar   This person is often someone who is adopted into a new family or is cared for by a godparent
or grandparent and so has better care than would have been offered by the natural parents.
Day Pillar   This individual benefits from a helping hand and is often given a life out of a limited situation,
making the life better though very little effort is expanded.
Hour Pillar   Accomplishment may be satisfactory if good fortune provides and with helpful partnership at
work and in marriage.

Twelve Life Stages

1.   Cháng Shēng 長生 – Birth
2.   Mù Yù 沐浴 – Bath (after birth)
3.   Guān Dài 冠帶 – Youth
4.   Lín Guān 臨官 – Graduation, official
5.   Dì Wàng 帝旺 – Prime, prosperous
6.   Shuāi 衰 – Declining
7.   Bìng 病 – Sick
8.   Sǐ 死 – Death, perish
9.   Mù 墓 – Tomb, storage
10. Jué 絕 – Totally vanished
11. Tāi 胎 – Fetus
12. Yǎng 養 – Developing
 February Tiger month is the birth place (Life Stage 1) for Fire, which will be Life Stage 11 (Embryo,
fetus – Tāi 胎) in December Rat month.
 May Snake month is the birth place for Metal, which will be Life Stage 8 (Death – Sǐ 死) in December
Rat month.
 August Monkey month is the birth place for Water, which will be Life Stage 5 (Prime – Dì Wàng 帝旺)
in December Rat month.
 November Pig month is the birth place for Wood, which will be Life Stage 2 (Bathe, wash one’s hair
– Mù Yù 沐浴) in December Rat month.
Try read the Bazi birth chart to account of all Ten Heavenly Stems – including those at weak Life Stage or
even absent – and let go of such notions as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ elements, as even such notions as Useful God
and Annoying God become just emblematic, once you understand that these can alter over time and all
elements in your Bazi can be used, or you’d be dismissing one or two organs, which would be against health
and forward progressive movement, eventually undermining your personal autonomy.