Chinese fortune-telling "Eight Words"

"Eight words" is one type of chinese fortune-telling.  "Eight words" comes from everyone's birth date.  means year, month, day and hour.  In Chinese, they use two words to represent year, month, day and hour each.  Therefore, 2 x 4=8 words. 


According to 8 words, we can infer a basic bymbol which imply our invisible character born from natual.
There are 10 symbols that we can belong to.

甲木 Hard wood- Big Tree, symbolize the will of prograssing, developing and striving.

乙木 Soft wood-Grass, symbolize the spirit of changeable, submissive and tactful

丙火 Hard fire- Sun, symbolize the will of passionate, liberal and fierce.

丁火 Soft fire- Light, symbolize the spirit of warm, careful and harmonization.

戊土 Hard soil-Rock, symbolize the will of persistant, stable and heavy.

巳土 Soft soil- Soil, symbolize the spirit of modest...










庚金 Hard metal- Sword, symbloize the will of sharp, aggrasive and loyalty to friends.














辛金 Soft metal- Jewel, symbolize the spirit of glamour, material...













壬水 Hard water- Sea, symbolize the will of talented, liberal and free.











癸水 Soft water- Rain, symbolize the spirit of romantic, weak and conservative.