Chinese Metaphysics, as the name implies, was created in ancient China thousands of years ago. It can be traced as far back to the Yellow Emperor Huang Di (2698 BC–2598 BC).
Where the CEO of today’s modern world has their advisors and committee members in running their conglomerate, the Emperors of ancient China have their Imperial Astronomers helping in running their empires. These Imperial Astronomers act as strategists to their Emperor and they analyze the stars and heaven to obtain the perfect timing and opportunities for actions.
The below is a very simplified overview.
Chinese Metaphysics or Astrology is founded on the concept of duality Yin & Yang, which is two opposing forces that also compliment each other. Through Yin and Yang interaction, we maintain balance and a state of equilibrium

- The Yin are the night, darkness, cold, hidden, introvert, passive, and gentle
- The Yang are the day, bright, warmth, visible, extrovert, active and aggressive.
From the Yin and Yang concept, we get the Five Arts of Chinese Metaphysics. The Five Arts are Destiny, Medical, Spiritual, Physiognomy, and Divination.
Divination technique Yi Jing come from the oldest Chinese classical text Book of Changes which gives way to the rest of the more famous techniques like Bazi, Feng Shui and Qi Men Dun Jia.
In relation, the Sages of old also derives the Cosmic Trinity – Heaven, Earth, Man. Each of these three elements have 1/3 influence over each of our life:
- Heaven (Tian) represents the energy of the universe
- Earth (Di) represents the energy on the ground we live
- Man (Ren) represents our free will and decisions we take as human beings


