This is a 3-days seminar covering essential 4P methods and shortcuts.

If you can afford only one 4-Pillars seminar, this is it.

This 3-days seminar is designed for people who can’t afford endless 4P modules in order to do 4P readings, but want to know enough to get by.

This is the first comprehensive 4P seminar available in English that is jam-packed with essential materials, new techniques and shortcuts.  It is the equivalent of 2- 3 seminars offered by some schools.  No wonder this is my "best-selling" live seminar AND correspondence course.

The followings are what students comment about this course:

"This course has 3 times the materials at 1/3 of the price (charged by another teacher)"

"It is without a doubt the most thourough investigation and presentation of the information that I believe is out there. I have studied 4P with several teachers and I have to tell you yours is the most comprehensive I have seen. It is quite impressive the amount of research that you must have done to so thouroughly understand the information. Even the most minute nuances are covered. "

"Thank you so much Ken! I've learnt a lot from your 4P course with so many secrets I don't think I can find anywhere, and even if I did, it would have been in fragments. I'm close to completing my summary tables of the chart and all that is left is to fill in the details, which take a bit longer but I'm having fun. Again, thanks Ken!!!!"

If you have taken Ken Lai’s seminars, you know that his manuals are full of concise, useful and rare materials in easy to understand table formats.  This seminar has over 100 tables that is condensed from 4- 500 pages of normal texts.  Contrary to the almost 70% “fill-in-the blanks” manuals of some schools, most of Ken’s manual pages are filled from top to bottom in to save some trees and student’s note-writing time.

The manual has almost 300 pages printed in newspaper-sized font.  You will refer to it all the time.

Unlike Feng Shui, 4-Pillars can be self-taught once the students are provided with the essential tools and methodology.  You can always do 4P case studies yourself without paying for additional classes or modules.

Ken’s seminars are conducted in a relax atmosphere with many visual aids and laughs.  He is known to be student-friendly and generous in answering questions and sharing information with students. 

Ken was grown up in Hong Kong.  Before teaching FS and 4P, he had taught Sociology in the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.  He is also a network engineer and software publisher.

SEMINAR OBJECTIVES:

Primary: One-shot 4-Pillars seminar that provides essential tools for students who do not want to take endless 4P modules.

Secondary: To provide a solid foundation for further studies of 4P either through self-study or attending other seminars.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Feng Shui practitioners
• 4P enthusiasts
• Current 4P students who still have problems handling 4P audits

REQUIREMENTS:  Since this class covers tremendous amount of materials, you are required to prepare for the seminar by studying the PDF file that we will send you after your registration is confirmed.  You will have learned the basic background materials before coming to class.  If you know the 24 mountains in Feng Shui, you already know half of the background materials.

REPEATER:  Student can repeat the same class at 50% discount.

NEW!!  Video-correspondence version with 12  hours of video is available now!   This almost DOUBLES the content of the original course!

INOTE:  Course contents are subject to change without notice.

MANUAL OUTLINES

FUNDAMENTALS

CHAPTER 1:  HEAVENLY STEMS AND EARTHLY BRANCHES

CHAPTER 2:  60 JIA ZI CALENDAR SYSTEM & 4-PILLARS CHART CONSTRUCTION

CHAPTER 3: HOW TO CONSTRUCT A 4P CHART USING A 10K CALENDAR

CHAPTER 4: 4P TERMINOLOGY

HEAVENLY STEMS (HS)
EARTHLY BRANCHES (EB)

CHAPTER 5: LIKES & DISLIKES OF 10 STEMS

CHAPTER 6: 12 LIFE STAGES

CHAPTER 7: 10 TRANSFORMATION STARS

CHAPTER 8: 10 TRANSFORMATION STARS: ADVANCED INTERPRETATIONS

MAJOR TOPICS

CHAPTER 9: STEMS INTERACTIONS

• NURTURING OF STEMS
• STEMS: CONTROLLING “ke” OR SUBDUING INTERACTIONS
• CIRCULAR CONTROLLING INTERACTION (hui-ke 回克)
• BI-DIRECTIONAL CONTROL (jia-ke夾克)
• RESTRICTING OF STEMS (zhi, 制)
• STEM TRANSFORMATIONS (gan-hui干化)
• CONDITIONS FOR HEAVENLY STEMS TRANSFORMATIONS

CHAPTER 10:  BRANCH INTERACTIONS

• TYPES OF BRANCH INTERACTIONS: COMBINATIONS
• CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFORMATION TAKING PLACE
• SIX COMBINATIONS地支六合
• HIDDEN COMBINATIONS地支暗合
• PREDICTIONS BASED ON BRANCH INTERACTIONS
• COMBINATIONS OF MULTIPLE ELEMENTS INTO ONE ELEMENT
• COMBINATIONS OF 2 ELEMENTS INTO 1 ELEMENT
• PREDICTIONS BASED ON BRANCH INTERACTIONS

CLASHES BETWEEN BRANCHES

Earthly branches six-clashes (地支六冲)
• Chen辰clashes xu戌 and chou丑 clashes wei未
“Zi-wu-mao-you” 子午卯酉 4 cardinal clashes
"Yin-shen-si-hai” 寅申巳亥 4 sub-cardinal clashes
Formation clashes formation

MAJOR FORMATIONS

SUPPORTIVE FORMATIONS (GONG-JU拱局)
• HIDDEN FORMATIONS (AN-JU暗局)

CHAPTER 11:  DAY-MASTER STRENGTH

• DETERMINING SEASONAL STRENGTH OF A DAY MASTER
• DM STRENGTH CALCULATION: 5-ELEMENT BALANCING APPROACH
• SCORING TABLE FOR HEAVENLY STEMS
• SCORING TABLE FOR EARTHLY BRANCHES

CHAPTER 12:  STANDARD PROFILE

• Seasonal adjustment method
• Support-suppress method
• Intermediary method
• Sickness and medicine method

CHAPTER 13:  NON-STANDARD PROFILE

• Extreme strong profiles 专旺格
• Follow the strong profile從强格
• Extreme weak 從弱格
• Qi-transformation 化氣格

CHAPTER 14:  FAVORABLE ELEMENT (USEFUL GOD)

CHAPTER 15:  PILLARS: DISCUSSIONS ON YEAR, MONTH, DAY & HOUR PILLARS

CHAPTER 16:  VOID AND DEATH PILLAR AND BRANCHES

• VOID AND DEATH IN PILLARS
• VOID AND DEATH WITH 10 TRANSFORMATION STARS
• 10-YEAR LUCK OR ANNUAL LUCK ENCOUNTERS VOID
• HOW TO NEUTRALIZE VOID AND DEATH

CHAPTER 17:  LUCK PILLARS

CHAPTER 18:  LUCK PILLAR STRENGTH

CHAPTER 19:  EFFECTS OF LUCK PILLARS ON YEAR, MONTH, DAY AND HOUR PILLARS

CHAPTER 20:  ANNUAL AND 10-YEAR LUCK SECRETS

• DAY AND 10YL FU-YIN (same pillars)
• DAY AND ANNAUL LUCK PILLAR FU-YIN (same pillars)
• ANNUAL LUCK AND 10YL FU-YIN (same luck pillars)
• YEAR PILLAR AND ANNUAL LUCK PILLAR FU-YIN (same pillars)
• MONTH PILLAR COMBINES WITH LUCK PILLAR
• MONTH PILLAR COMBINES WITH ANNUAL LUCK PILLAR
• DAY PILLAR COMBINES WITH ANNUAL LUCK PILLAR
• DAY BRANCH COMBINES WITH ANNUAL LUCK PILLAR
• DM’s STEM CLASHES ANNUAL LUCK PILLAR
• ANNUAL LUCK PILLAR CLASHES DM
• CONQUERING GRAND DUKE (clashing GD)
• ANNUAL AND DAY STEMS ARE IDENTICAL, BUT STEMS PENALIZE EACH OTHER
• ANNUAL AND 10YL PILLARS NURTURING EACH OTHER
• YEAR PILLAR BRANCH COMBINES WITH ANNUAL LUCK BRANCH
• ANNUAL LUCK PILLAR CLASHING 3-PENALTIES AND 6-HARMS

CHAPTER 21:  FAMILY MEMBERS

• HOW TO ANALYZE ANCESTORS OR GRANDPARENTS
• HOW TO ANALYZE PARENTS
• HOW TO ANALYZE SPOUSE
• HOW TO ANALYZE CHILDREN
• HOW TO ANALYZE SIBLINGS AND FRIENDS

CHAPTER 22:  CAREER LUCKS

CHAPTER 23:  WEALTH LUCK AND SIZE

• HOW TO READ A RICH PERSON'S CHART
• HOW TO READ A POOR PERSON'S CHART

CHAPTER 24:  HEALTH AND SICKNESS

• INTERNAL ORGANS AND 5 ELEMENT RELATIONSHIPS
• RULES FOR PREDICTING SICKNESS

CHAPTER 25:  ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES

CHAPTER 26:  GETTING MARRIED: WHEN?

• MALE: MARRIAGE LUCK
• FEMALE: MARRIAGE LUCK
• FEMALE CHART WITH GOOD HUSBAND LUCK

CHAPTER 27:  SPOUSE PALACE

CHAPTER 28:  PEACH BLOSSOM OR NEGATIVE ROMANCE

CHAPTER 29:  PERSONALITY

• 12 LUCK CYCLES—PERSONALITY MANIFESTATIONS
• NA YIN 12 LUCK CYCLES—PERSONALITY DESCRIPTIONS
• 10 TRANSFORMATION STARS AND PERSONALITY

REFERENCE TABLES

CHAPTER 30:  BRANCH HIDDEN ELEMENTS, CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFORMATION, CLASHES & COMBINATIONS BETWEEN STEMS AND BRANCHES

• HIDDEN ELEMENTS & REPRESENTATIONS OF EARTH BRANCHES
• MONTHS THAT TRANSFORMATIONS CAN TAKE PLACE
• QUICK CHECK FOR HEAVENLY STEMS COMBINATIONS AND CLASHES
• QUICK LOOK-UP OF EARTHLY BRANCHES’ CLASHES AND COMBINATIONS
• RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 12 EARTHLY BRANCHES

CHAPTER 31:  BASIC 60 JIA-ZI INFO

• 60 JIA ZI VOID TABLE
• 60 JIA ZI STEM FAN-YIN (“TIAN-KE-DI-CHONG”) TABLE
• 60 JIA ZI STEMS AND BRANCHES NOURISHING/ CONTROLLING RELATIONSHIP
• GRADING PILLARS INTO 3 GRADES

CHAPTER 32:  60 JIA-ZI CLASHES, CONTROLLING & COMBINATION RELATIONSHIP

CHAPTER 33:  4P CHART PROFILES

• “STRONG AND WEAK METHOD"
• STRONG DAY-MASTER COMBINATIONS
• 4P PROFILES: JIAN LU (wealth 建祿) and YUE REN (month-knife月刃)
• WEAK DAY-MASTER COMBINATIONS
• REGULAR 4P CHART PROFILE SPEED-CHECK
• EXTREME -STRONG DAY-MASTER COMBINATIONS
• EXTREME -WEAK DAY-MASTER COMBINATIONS

CHAPTER 34:  FAVORABLE ELEMENT SELECTION

• REGULAR 4P PROFILE- FAVORABLE ELEMENT SELECTION
• SPECIAL 4P PROFILE: EXTREME STRONG PROFILE 专旺格
• SPECIAL 4P PROFILE: EXTREME WEAK PROFILE從弱格
• SPECIAL 4P PROFILE: QI TRANSFROMATION化氣格

CHAPTER 35:  SHEN-SHA (DEITIES)

• SHEN-SHA BASED ON THE STEM OF DAY PILLAR
• SHEN-SHA BASED ON THE BRANCH OF DAY PILLAR
• SHEN-SHA BASED ON THE BRANCH OF MONTH PILLAR
• SHEN-SHA BASED ON THE BRANCH OF YEAR PILLAR
• NOBLEMAN SHEN-SHA BASED ON THE STEM OF DAY PILLAR
• ONE PAGE CHEAT SHEET FOR 4P CHART CALCULATION

CHAPTER 36:  HOW TO USE THE CHEAT SHEET FOR 4P CHART CONSTRUCTION

CHAPTER 37:  STEPS IN DOING A 4P READING- with sample

CHAPTER 38:  DATE-SELECTION METHODS

CHAPTER 39:  ESSENTIAL CHINESE CHARACTERS For Feng Shui and 4 Pillars

CHEAT-SHEET FOR STEMS & BRANCHES

TIME ZONE MAP FOR THE WORLD

SNEAK PREVIEW--  Here are more specific details!

This 4P class and manual has been developed from both English and  Chinese sources (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China) and even Japan.  Their strengths and weaknesses have been analyzed and Ken has created a unique way of teaching 4P. It is as easy as checking up tables with minimal brain work requirement.

If you have taken other 4P classes before, this course will add to your skills. It is designed to make it easier on you to review a chart.  You will learn a few rarely seen techniques, such as how to predict the luck of a day-master with only the data of just the DM and nothing else.

For the total beginners, Ken has condensed tons of material into tabular forms to contrast the differences and made learning and understanding of concepts a snap.

Ken has created checklist tables for you to check the "favorable elements" (yong shen or useful god) and "unfavorable elements" ("annoying god".  Ken has even created a "positional analysis table" for you to describe the family relationship and temperament of the day-master WITHOUT thinking and with accuracy of 50% or more for the less experienced and those with an extensive knowledge as well.  The accuracy rate of a "good" master is about 70%.

If you are inclined, Ken has created mathematical formula for you to calculate the strength of elements and whether "seasonal adjustment" is needed. All you need to know is multiplication, addition and subtraction though.

Have problem interpreting the relationship between pillars?  Ken has created tables to do the leg-work for you.

Have problem understanding the clashes and combinations between transformation stars like Zheng-cai (wealth) and the likes?  Ken has created a detail analyses for you too.

Have problem making predictions of what have happened and will happen?  Ken has a simple and easy formula for you.

How do you tell if a 4P chart is average, below average and above average?  A quick and easy chart has been created just for that.

How do you judge the quality of a pillar, including annual and 10-year luck pillars? Another chart with detailed analyses of all 60 possible pillars is part of the manual.

4P is essentially the analysis of clash, combination, penalty and controlling relationships. How do you quickly list out ALL possible clash/ combo/ penalty/ controlling relationship in a flash?  Of course, there is a table for that too.  These are only some of the useful   features offered in the class. There are too many to list.