BaZi - Weak Self Element or Follow The Leader

[myfs_126613]

Hi,
I juststarted learning BaZi and like advise on the character below, if is of Weak Self Element, or falls under Follow The Leader Category.

Hour Day Month Year
Xin -Metal Xin- Metal Xin- Metal Xin- Metal
Mao -Wood Mao -Wood Mao -Wood Hai -Water

As the Self Element Metal is weak and Wood Element is strong, does this fall under Follow The Leader Category?

Thanks!

[Robert Lee]

Dear Anon,

Anonymous wrote:
Hi,
I juststarted learning BaZi and like advise on the character below, if is of Weak Self Element, or falls under Follow The Leader Category.

Firstly, what did out free report defined your chart as?

URL: http://www.geomancy.net/reports/free-report/freerpt-element.htm

If our report defines you as a weak self, then you are a weak self. If our report defines you as a Strong self, then you are a strong self.

Frankly, a Follow The Leader chart is really nothing special at all. Not if you apply the properly five element concept properly from our website.

You see each person is defined either as a weak or strong element. This depends on whether he has more favourable elements or he has more of his unfavourable elements.

Once you have that properly defined, the next thing is to determine your five element percentage. The ideal is such that all 5 elements should have 20%. Elements you have less than 20%, some of it is good for you, while Elements you have more than 20%, means you already have enough of it.

A follow the leader type, is more because your chart is more unbalanced, so you sometimes need to go with the flow of the elements you have more in order to bring your chart in balance. Which is no different from what our website does by checking what element percentage you have and what elements you need more or less.

To better illustrate what i mean, that this five element breakdown for example:-

0 Extremely Weak Waterfficeffice" />	2 Weakest Wood	3 Weak Fire	2 Strongest Earth	5 Strong Metal
0%	9%	20%	23%	46%

Assuming this is a Strong Metal, so that means that he is strong because of too much Metal 46%, than 23% earth. So Metal should be avoided. While Earth 23% is already more than 20% so adding more won't be good.

His favourable elements would be Water/Wood/Fire. Fire (20%) already enough so adding more will only make Earth stronger and thus make this person too strong. So what the person lacks most is Water (0%) followed by Wood (9%).

Adding water will help exhaust the excess Metal, and thus bring the chart in balanced.

If using this same chart, if you are a weak Fire, that means that this person is weak because he lakes more Wood (0%) than Fire (20%).

His unfavourable element is Water and Earth, while metal is his wealth. Metal he has too much, so this element should be avoided. While Earth 23% is next element he should avoid. However, for Water though adding water weakens him, but water helps to exhaust the excess metal that destroy Wood. So adding some Water after having sufficient wood/fire is perfectly good for this person.

So you see, if you apply the five element principles properly, there is really no need to worry about whether this chart is a follow the leader or not. That principles is actually based on attemping to go wth the flow to balance the chart. So, if you apply the five element concept properly from our website, there is no need to worry about follow the leader chart which is nothing more than attempting to balance the elements properly.

Hope that helps.

Warmest Regards
Robert Lee
GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

[myfs_126613]

Hi Master Lee,

Thanks very much for your reply and enlightenment.

Have a nice day!

[Cecil Lee]

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