A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

There is a saying that goes: “A picture is worth a thousand words!” This quote was coined by Henrik Ibsen in a work of journalism. It means that a photo or image can convey a lot of meaning and emotions that are involved when people see/read it, surpassing what has already been written. Something like that!

So, what is the connection of this phrase to studying Chinese Metaphysics? There is a Chinese proverb that says 百闻不如一见 (bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn) or “seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times”. This has the same meaning as the phrase coined by Henrik Ibsen, where a PICTURE or image is very important in our daily life and in learning something.

In the study of Chinese Metaphysics, whatever it is, whether it’s Ziwei Doushu, Bazi, Face Reading, or even TCM, they often use images to convey the meaning of the object used in analysis. For example, in Ziwei Doushu, a Ziwei star is depicted as an Emperor. The keyword “Emperor” can imply many things – an Emperor has high authority, high self-esteem, likes to give orders, and so on. Therefore, when a ZWDS reader sees a person’s life sector being governed by this star, it automatically reflects these qualities. Similarly, when learning Bazi, there is something called the Pictorial aspect, where the Day Master that has a certain heavenly stem is also depicted in an object. For example, the wood element Jia is symbolized as a tree that represents growth energy. This implies that the character of the Day Master is someone who is sturdy, unwavering in their convictions like a tree, with a rigid personality like a tree trunk, and grows slowly but surely in their life journey, just like the fruit and leaves of a tree that require a process to develop and multiply.

That’s why in learning Chinese Metaphysics, the right brain is equally important as the left brain. While the left brain emphasizes facts and logic, in practice, the right brain plays a crucial role in receiving information, imagining information, and using intuition in reading a ZWDS chart. And it’s not just in learning the art of Ziwei Doushu, but other branches of Chinese Metaphysics as well. That’s why there’s a saying in Chinese Metaphysics that there are three main basic components that must be mastered in studying Destiny Analysis, namely:

Qi (气): to learn energy patterns.

Shu (数): to calculate when an event will occur.

Xiang (象): to be able to capture the intended image.

And if someone can have a strong foundation in these three things, it will certainly affect their accuracy level in reading a ZWDS chart or other studies. What do you think?…