Instructor: Jennifer Ng

Prerequisites:

This course is open to the general public.

This course is one of the electives an IAA Diploma Program student can choose to take to graduate. It can be taken in any order after the completion of NAT-7. If you are not an IAA Diploma Program student, you can access this course with no homework, no final exam, no credit.

This is the second of two courses offered in Chinese Astrology.

Course Objectives: By the end of this course, students will be able to use their knowledge and understanding of Four Pillars (Ba’Zi) system to recognize special case Ba’Zi natal charts, delineate synastry, calculate Ming Shu (Fate Calculation), and incorporate elements of Zi Wei Dou Shu as part of the Ming Shu."

Classes are held weekly.

Class Meeting 1: DAY MASTER; ELEMENTAL SIGNIFICATIONS: Identifying Human Relationships in Four Pillars

Class Meeting 2: 3 Types of LUCK; FATE CALCULATION (MING SHU) of LIFE

Class Meeting 3: REVIEW of BASICS (Relationships); Intro to synastry using Four Pillar (applying Lessons 2-6) in relationships; Celebrity Relationship Examples

Class Meeting 4: Mystery synastry using Four Pillars: Intro to Zi Wei Dou Shu part 1

Class Meeting 5: Intro to Zi Wei Dou Shu part 2

Class Meeting 6:

Integrate 4 Pillars with Purple Star Zhou Wei Dou Szu to form an overall Ming She picture; Questions

Class Meeting 7: Review and Final Exam