Four Pillars of Destiny uses the Five Elements as they apply to the Year, month, day, and hour of a person's birth. These five elements are considered in their relative positions to each other, the stage of life in which they were at the time of the person's birth, and their relationship to the current time. Through these basic interactions and other aspects of the patterns of change an individual can see his personal life pattern. The complete procedure is explained in the book The Meng,The Path to Good Fortune, open to readers who are serious about lives, determining to make a difference.

The art of Four Pillars of Destiny is a handy tool to assist us to understand the mysterious elements of unforeseen events & luck in our lives.