The total comes from a lookup table
The birth date is converted to the chosen lunar year, month, day, and traditional hour. Four listed values are then added. The traditional weight units are values inside the verse system, not a measurement of the body.
Check calendar conditions first
Leap-month handling, the date boundary around the Rat hour, and the birthplace time zone can alter the inputs. A result that gives only a total without four components is hard to audit. Near a boundary, keep the second possible result visible.
Do not mix table editions
Circulating tables do not always share the same weights, ranges, or verse wording. One calculation should use a single stated edition from input to verse. Calculating with one table and choosing a nicer verse from another breaks the method.
- Edition of the weight table
- Four component values
- Verse range holding the total
- Alternative result near a boundary
Read the verse as a theme
The verses compress life into images of earlier and later phases, effort, ease, gain, and loss. They work better as folk prompts about personal rhythm than as ranks. Turn the line that catches your attention into a real question you can revisit.