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Here how the statistics looks like (for Bill Gates):

As a matter of fact, I Ching and I Ching Astrology was created for Kings (superior persons), that is, managers. Thus, many advises given in I Ching are reflecting how you should behave and be inwardly to establish proper relationships with people. It is interesting that there are many of such people-oriented advises, attached to lines of Daily Hexagrams.

Here are few examples of such comments to a Daliy Hexagram:

Do not indulge in pretence or in airs. Superior persons may proceed, if they are careful.
Daily Hexagram 14. Ta Yu. Great Possessing. (line 3)

You may be trying to use too much strength for your position.
Daily Hexagram 34. Ta Chuang. The Power of the Great. (line 3)

Try to be well balanced. Do not try to influence others by words alone. Support words with strength.
Daily Hexagram 43. Kuai. Resoluteness. (line 3)

So, if you are working with people I Ching astrology may be especially useful for you.

From now on Four Pillars Of Wisdom looks much more user friendly than before.

1. Tons of new material is added which explains theoretical and practical aspects of reading and interpreting of your prediction as well as I Ching ideas;
2. The material is added in the form of very comfortable drop-down hints;
3. A guide for reading I Ching Horoscope is added. It is very useful for I Ching Astrology newbies.
4. Many annoying bugs are fixed.

Four Pillars of Wisdom changed significantly and became more usable. Please don’t hesitate to download and install new version!

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In all sincerity,
Oleg Galkin
(creator of Four Pillars of Wisdom)

It turned out, that reseller commission (VAT) is fixed and consumes about 50% of the product revenue so it doesn’t make any sense to sell it for $5.99.

The price of the product is adjusted. The new price for one year of product usage on 2 computers is $9.99.

Dear Friends, I’m sorry for possible inconvenience, and I hope to see a feedback from you about everything regarding Four Pillars of Wisdom and I Ching Astrology!

In all sincerity,
Oleg Galkin

Don’t panic!

Here is a small guidance for reading your I Ching Horoscope. Using this algorithm you will focus on the right things at the right time when analyzing your divination.

1. Begin from “Hexagrams” section on the “Horoscope Summary” page

Start analyzing your divination from “Birthday Hexagrams” section in “Horoscope Summary” page. Both of your birthday hexagrams – Pre-Heaven and Later Heaven Hexagram are given here. Notice which years of life are governed by each line of a hexagram.

Note: Do not forget about bubble help, which appears if you point your mouse cursor at any small question mark  () which are scattered on all pages. Also, do not forget about button on the upper right corner of the program which can display the help describing basic principles of hexagram analysis.

2. Open Pre- or Later Heaven Hexagram page

Depending on your age, go to Pre- or Later Heaven Hexagram page. Read a description of your birthday hexagram. This is the main description of forces that influence your life. On this step it is important to understand the principles of hexagram analysis so don’t disregard reading of bubble help. Shortly, you should consider:

• The action of a hexagram is from the bottom to the top;
• Even though the hexagrams are formed in the sixth stage of the evolution of Yin and Yang, they are most frequently considered as being made up two trigrams;
• The bottom trigram symbolize generally the inner aspect of the hexagram action, and the top trigram symbolize the outer aspect of hexagram action;
• In a trigram, the top line represents heaven, the middle line, man, and the bottom line, earth
• In the hexagram, lines 1 and 2 represent earth; lines 3 and 4, man; and lines 5 and 6, heaven;
• Lines 2 and 5 are generally the most favorable. Lines 2 and 5 are in the middle (most balanced) position of the bottom trigram and the top trigram;
• Lines 2, 3, 4 and 5 represent the principal action of the hexagram in most cases;
• The ruler of a hexagram is usually line 5, or else a single Yang or Yin amongst five of the opposite polarity;
• Line 1 reflecting the basis of action or considerations before the activity can commence;
• Line 6 representing a decline after the peak of activity or the result of the overabundance of action;
• There is correspondence between lines 1 and 4; lines 2 and 5; and lines 3 and 6. The correspondence is favorable if the upper of the two lines is a Yang and the lower a Yin;
• The hexagram can be considered as the ’cause’ and the controlling line the resultant ‘effect’.

Treat each line of birthday hexagram like a path which you can follow in your life. From this point of view, hexagram can provide you an understanding in which direction you should improve yourself to achieve the best and harmonious position. Understand a hexagram like a situation which develops with the lapse of time and each line as a stage in this development.

3. Go to the “Omens” section on the “Horoscope Summary” page

Look through the “Omens” section on the “Horoscope Summary” page. Point to a question mark near an omen to see its description. Omens are pretty important, they exert influence on general level of auspiciousness.

4. Analyze your Yearly and Daily Hexagrams

Read a description of a hexagram for the current year. It can provide you an understanding how you can behave to be successful this year.

Daily advices from the Daily Hexagrams page may seem pretty odd. All advices are abstract. Try to imagine for what situations this advice will be suitable today.

5. Go to the “Yearly Hexagram Statistics” section on on “Horoscope Summary” page

Here you can see your life-lessons. The graph shows how many times each hexagram occurs as Yearly Hexagram. Usually several hexagrams occur more often than the others. You can read a description for any hexagram from your statistic if you’ll click on the small button (List of all hexagrams).

I’m glad to inform you that from now on there is only one subscription plan – yearly subscription.

Now you can buy a license for one year of Pillars usage on 2 computers for just $5.99

Moreover, new version (1.0.2010.818) of Pillars is released which includes several improvements of usability. New screen tips are added which explain how to analyze hexagrams. The display of birthday (Pre- and Later Heaven) hexagrams is improved.

Please, enjoy the product!

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From now on Four Pillars of Wisdom has illustrations to many hexagrams!

I’m very fascinated by I Ching Cards which examples you could see on Astrology of I Ching page. I Ching Cards (or I Ching Tarot) are very nice illustrations to hexagrams. They can help you to remember and analyse hexagrams acting like “catalyst” for your imagination and intuition.

And now we have little beautiful advertisement in the program – some of the images of I Ching Cards from various decks are included in Pillars of Wisdom.

All images are provided as the advertisement of following I Ching decks, all necessary buy links are present.

• 13 images from amazing deck –  ”I Ching Holitzka” by Klaus Holitzka;
• 13 images from “The I Ching Pack” by Anthony Clark and Richard Gill;
• 13 images from “The I-Ching Tarot: The Facts of Nature Are the Basis of All Knowledge” by Cheung Kwong Yin;
• 5 images from “I Ching Tarot: Game Of Divination And Discovery” by Kwan Lau.

Yearly Hexagram for Brad Pitt with I Ching Card

Also, many bugs are fixed in this Pillars release, so I encourage you to try it as fast as you can

Remember, that 15 day trial is included!

In all sincerity,
Oleg Galkin
(The author of Four Pillars of Wisdom)

Its either good luck — I’m the last to get it
Bad luck — I’m the first
When it’s good, ain’t nothin’ better
When it’s bad, ain’t nothin’ worse

Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Good Luck, Bad Luck”

Four Pillars of Wisdom can tell you which years can be unfavorable in your life. Just go to Yearly Hexagrams section.

Yearly Hexagrams for Barak Obama. Favorable years are marked - "O" and unfavorable years are marked - "*".

In the table with Yearly Hexagrams favorable years are marked – “O” and unfavorable years are marked – “*”. Let’s talk about how the program determines unfavorable years.

If a hexagram for some year is the “opposite” or the “reverse” hexagram of either Pre- or Later Heaven Hexagram, this year is considered to be unfavorable.

The “opposite” hexagram is that hexagram in which every Yang line is replaced by Yin line, and vice versa – every Yin by Yang.

Example of Pre-heaven hexagram and its opposite hexagram:

Natal (Pre-heaven or Later Heaven) hexagram - 14 (Great Posessing).

The opposite hexagram - 8 (Pi. Uniting)

The reverse hexagram is that obtained by turning the natal hexagram upside-down, for example:

Natal (Pre-heaven or Later Heaven) Hexagram. 19. Lin. Approach.

The reverse (upside-down) hexagram 20. Kuan. Contemplation.

Years marked as unfavorable aren’t fated to be unfavorable! Remember, that each man has free will and each man is the builder of his own destiny.

How many times you had a situation when you wanted to read commentaries to a particular hexagram which, for example, often occured in your Yearly Hexagram Statistics? Before this update you have had to search it in the web or elsewhere.

From now on all Pillars users have the ability to do I Ching readings more comfortably. You can display a list of all I Ching hexagrams and read commentaries to any hexagram which you are interested in.

List of all hexagrams in Four Pillars of Wisdom

Other updates:

• Text to various hexagrams is corrected;
• Bugs related to a horoscope deletion are fixed;
• Text in the header of the installer is fixed;
• Minor bugs are fixed;
• Free trial is removed from Monthly Subscription and added to Yearly Subscription.

Please note that free trial is removed from Monthly Subscription and added to Yearly Subscription, so all users who recently downloaded installer but not yet activated free trial should download and install latest version of the program!

In all sincerity,
Oleg Galkin
(The author of Four Pillars of Wisdom)