From local statistics, a baby is born in Singapore every 15 minutes on average (Based on the figure of 35,000 babies being born in year 2004; this information was taken from the Singapore Statistic Dept website). Thus, based on the fact that a Shi Chen (the Chinese equivalent of an hour) is actually made up of two conventional hours, we can calculate that around 8 newborns arrive into this world every Shi Chen. This implies that there is an average of 8 persons who share the same Bazhi (a form of Chinese horoscope) in Singapore. Using the President of Singapore as a medium of illustration, we can deduce that there are 7 individuals out there that have the same Bazhi as he does. But why is it that only him alone became the President? According to the study of Bazhi, whether a person takes on a high official post is already decided at birth, in other words, predestined. In our case here on the other hand, the accuracy is only one out of eight or 12.5% since only one of the eight can become our President. We can apply the mathematics to other renowned individuals like billionaires, celebrities, etc. but the result will be the same. With a low accuracy of only 12.5%, can the study of Bazhi really be taken seriously? And what can we say about the other 87.5%?
Also, based on the logical deduction above, can we say that the 12.5% accuracy will be greatly reduced if the country we talking about has a higher birthrate? Which actually in turn will mean more people are born in the country on the same day and time and thus sharing the same Bazhi.
In conclusion, we have to realize that any form of astrology has its limitations. They can only be used as a guide and not of an absolute nature. There are many other factors at play here.
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Kinryu (aka Alvin Chua)
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