HOW TO PLOT A FOUR PILLARS CHART

STEP BY STEP PROCEDURES

(COPYRIGHT OF PETER LEUNG and NINA WILSON)

CHART (A) THE 60 JIA ZI CYCLE from 1924-2034 with MISSING BRANCHES and 12 LIFE STAGES

JIA YI

(4) Chang sheng Hai (5) Chang sheng Wu (6) Chang sheng Yin

Jia Zi Yi Chou Bing Yin Ding Mao Wu Chen Ji Si Geng Wu Xin Wei Ren Shen Gui You

1924 1984 1925 1985 1926 1986 1927 1987 1928 1988 1929 1989 1930 1990 1931 1991 1932 1992 1933 1993

Jia Xu Yi Hai Bing Zi Ding Chou Wu Yin Ji Mao Geng Chen Xin Si Ren Wu Gui Wei

1934 1994 1935 1995 1936 1996 1937 1997 1938 1998 1939 1999 1940 2000 1941 2001 1942 2002 1943 2003

Jia Shen Yi You Bing Xu Ding Hai Wu Zi Ji Chou Geng Yin Xin Mao Ren Chen Gui Si

1944 2004 1945 2005 1946 2006 1947 2007 1948 2008 1949 2009 1950 2010 1951 2011 1952 2012 1953 2013

Jia Wu Yi Wei Bing Shen Ding You Wu Xu Ji Hai Geng Zi Xin Chou Ren Yin Gui Mao

1954 2014 1955 2015 1956 2016 1957 2017 1958 2018 1959 2019 1960 2020 1961 2021 1962 2022 1963 2023

Jia Chen Yi Si Bing Wu Ding Wei Wu Shen Ji You Geng Xu Xin Hai Ren Zi Gui Chou

1964 2024 1965 2025 1966 2026 1967 2027 1968 2028 1969 2029 1970 2030 1971 2031 1972 2032 1973 2033

Jia Yin Yi Mao Bing Chen Ding Si Wu Wu Ji Wei Geng Shen Xin You Ren Xu Gui Hai

1974 2034 1975 2035 1976 2036 1977 2037 1978 2038 1979 2039 1980 2040 1981 2041 1982 2042 1983 2043

BING

DING

(7) Chang sheng You (8) WU Chang sheng Yin (9) JI Chang sheng You

GENG XIN

(0) Chang sheng Si (1) Chang sheng Zi

REN

(2) Chang sheng Shen (3) GUI Chang sheng Mao

MISSING BRANCHES

XU HAI

SHEN YOU

WU WEI

CHEN SI

YIN MAO

ZI CHOU

1) Missing branches are located with both Day Pillar and Year Pillar only. For example, if the Year or Day Pillar is JIA ZI, the missing branches will be XU and HAI. 2) Years beginning February 5 appear in blue. Years beginning February 3 appear in red. All years otherwise unmarked begin February 4. 1) The bracketed number in the first column of CHART (A) is the last digit of any given year. 2) The 12 life stages are: Chang Sheng / Mu Yu / Kuan Tai / Lin Kuan / Ti Wang / Shuai /Ping / Szu / Mu / Chueh / Tai / Yang For Yang element stems, the 12 life stages are counted forward: Zi Chou Yin Mao, etc. For Yin element stems, the 12 life stages are counted backward: Zi Hai Xu , etc. Example: JIA Chang Sheng (Hai) /Mu Yu (Zi) / Kuan Tai (Chou) / Lin Kuan (Yin), and so on. YI Chang Sheng (Wu) / Mu Yu (Si) / Kuan Tai (Chen) / Lin Kuan (Mao), and so on. Chang Sheng (Long Life) Mu Yu (Wash & Bathe) Kuan Tai (Wear a Cap Coming of Age) Lin Kuan (Prestige Position Attained) Ti Wang (Prosperous as a King Peak of Power) Shuai (Decline) Ping (Sickness) Szu (Death) Mu (Buried in a Tomb) Chueh (Extinction) Tai (Fetus) Yang (To Feed)

CHART (B) THE Y AND L VALUE for the Years 1921-2040

YEAR Y L YEAR Y L YEAR Y L YEAR Y L YEAR Y L

1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115

0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6

1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115

6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 12

1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115

12 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 18

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115

18 18 18 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 24

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115

24 24 24 25 25 25 25 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 30

CHART (C) THE M VALUE (Days Preceding Birth Month) JAN 0 FEB 31 MAR 59 APR 90 MAY 120 JUN 151 JUL 181 AUG 212 SEP 243 OCT 273 NOV 304 DEC 334

CHART (D) THE CONVERSION TABLE FOR STEMS and BRANCHES Mod Stem Branch 1 Jia Zi 2 Yi Chou 3 Bing Yin 4 Ding Mao 5 Wu Chen 6 Ji Si 7 Geng Wu 8 Xin Wei 9 Ren Shen 10 Gui You 11 Xu 12 Hai

CHART (E) The 12 LI JIE of theChinese Solar Calendar with Jie Durations and Approximate Starting Dates Month Jie Total Days Start YIN Li Chun 29 D 18 hr Feb 4/5 MAO Jing Zhe 30 D 6 hr Mar 5/6 CHEN Qing Ming 30 D 18 hr Apr 4/5 SI Li Xia 31 D 4 hr May 5/6 WU Mang Zhong 31 D 10 hr June 5/6 WEI Xiao Shu 31 D 10 hr Jul 7/8 SHEN Li Qiu 31 D 2 hr Aug 7/8 YOU Bai Lu 30 D 16 hr Sep 7/8 XU Han Lu 30 D 2 hr Oct 8/9 HAI Li Dong 29 D 16 hr Nov 7/8 ZI Da Xue 29 D 12 hr Dec 7/8 CHOU Xiao Han 29 D 12 hr Jan 5/6

CHART (F) 5 TIGERS CHASING THE MONTH after the Year Stem MONTH
YEAR JIA JI YI GENG BING XIN DING REN WU GUI YIN Feb4/5 BING WU GENG REN JIA MAO Mar5/6 DING JI XIN GUI YI CHEN Apr4/5 WU GENG REN JIA BING SI May5/6 JI XIN GUI YI DING WU Jun5/6 GENG REN JIA BING WU WEI Jul7/8 XIN GUI YI DING JI SHEN Aug7/8 REN JIA BING WU GENG YOU Sep7/8 GUI YI DING JI XIN XU Oct8/9 JIA BING WU GENG REN HAI Nov7/8 YI DING JI XIN GUI ZI Dec7/8 BING WU GENG REN JIA CHOU Jan5/6 DING JI XIN GUI YI

Note: This Chart is used for Month Stem Conversion.

CHART (G) 5 RATS CHASING THE HOUR after the Day Master HOUR
ZI DM JIA JI YI GENG BING XIN DING REN WU GUI CHOU YIN MAO CHEN SI WU WEI SHEN YOU XU HAI

2300 0059
JIA BING WU GENG REN

0100 0259
YI DING JI XIN GUI

0300 0459
BING WU GENG REN JIA

0500 0659
DING JI XIN GUI YI

0700 0859
WU GENG REN JIA BING

0900 1059
JI XIN GUI YI DING

1100 1259
GENG REN JIA BING WU

1300 1459
XIN GUI YI DING JI

1500 1659
REN JIA BING WU GENG

1700 1859
GUI YI DING JI XIN

1900 2059
JIA BING WU GENG REN

2100 2259
YI DING JI XIN GUI

Note: This Chart is used for Hour Pillar, Hour Stem and Hour Branch Conversion. The following formulas employ modulus arithmetic. Formula for Day Pillar STEM : (Y + L + M + Day of Birth) / 10 (remainder converts to Stem) Formula for Day Pillar BRANCH : ( Y + L + M + Day of Birth) / 12 (remainder converts to Branch) Note: Subtract 1 for birth dates before February 28 in any Leap Year. For Y and L values, consult CHART (B). For M value, consult CHART (C). For remainder conversion, consult CHART (D) For birth dates between January 1 and the start of the Chinese solar year (February 4 or 5 see CHART A), the prior year should be used ONLY in calculating the Year Pillar and Month Pillar. For example: January 17, 1945 birth date must use the 1944 Year Pillar Jia Shen. This birth month is actually the 12th month in the Chinese solar calendar Chou.

Instructions for Plotting a Four Pillars of Destiny Chart

Example:
June 20, 1943 6:30 a.m.

Step One: Year Pillar

To determine the Year Pillar, refer to Chart (A). The last digit of 1943 is 3; a year ending with 3 is Gui. Read across the row for Gui to find 1943 under Gui Wei.

The Year Pillar for 1943 is Gui (Year Stem) Wei (Year Branch).

Step Two: Month Pillar

a) For June 20, refer to Chart (E). The 5th month is Wu (June 5/6 to July 7/8). June 20 is between the Jie Mang Zhong and Jie Xiao Shu, within the month (Wu). The Month Branch is therefore Wu. b) Refer to Chart (F). Find the Month branch Wu, follow down the column until it intersects the row that includes the Year Stem Gui. For Month Branch (Wu) and Year Stem (Gui), Wu is the stem. The Month Pillar is Wu (Month Stem) Wu ( Month Branch).

Step Three: Day Pillar

Continuing with the example June 20/1943, 6:30 a.m: Refer to Chart (B) for Y and L values, Chart (C) for M value. 1943: (Y) = 110, (L) = 5. June: (M) = 151. Day of Birth = 20. (20 in June 20) a) Using Formula for Day Stem: {(Y) + (L) + (M) + (Day of Birth)}/10, take Mod. Result: (110 + 5 + 151 + 20)/10 = 286/10 = 28 Mod (6). (6) is the Day Stem or Day Master. Refer to Chart (D) for Stem conversion: (6) = Ji. b) Using Formula for Day Branch {(Y) + (L) + (M) + (Day of Birth)}/12, take Mod. Result: (110 + 5 + 151 + 20)/12 = 286/12 = 23 Mod (10). (10) is the Day Branch. Refer to Chart (D), for Branch conversion: (10) = You. The Day Pillar is Ji (Day Master, Day Stem) You (Day Branch).

Step Four: Hour Pillar

For 6:30 a.m. (0630 HR), refer to Chart (G). 05000659 is within the Mao Hour. Mao is the Hour Branch. Find the intersection of the Hour Brach (Mao) with the Day Stem (Ji) to obtain the Hour Stem (Ding). The Hour Pillar is Ding (Hour Stem) Mao (Hour Branch).

Summary
The 4 Pillars for June 20, 1943, 6:30 a.m.: (1) Year Pillar Gui (2) Month Pillar Wu (3) Day Pillar Ji (4) Hour Pillar Ding Wei Wu You Mao

CHART (H) DEITIES and DAY MASTER DAY MASTER BING DING Bing Ding Ding Bing Ji Wu Ji Wu Geng Xin Geng Xin Ren Gui Gui Ren Yi Jia Yi Jia

T E N D E I T I E S

PI CHIEN CHIEH TSAI SHIH SHEN SHANG KUAN PIEN TSAI CHENG TSAI CHI SHA CHENG KUAN PIEN YIN CHENG YIN

JIA Jia Yi Bing Ding Wu Ji Geng Xin Ren Gui

YI Yi Jia Ding Bing Ji Wu Xin Geng Gui Ren

WU Wu Ji Geng Xin Ren Gui Jia Yi Bing Ding

JI Ji Wu Xin Geng Gui Ren Yi Jia Ding Bing

GENG Geng Xin Ren Gui Jia Yi Bing Ding Wu Ji

XIN Xin Geng Gui Ren Yi Jia Ding Bing Ji Wu

REN Ren Gui Jia Yi Bing Ding Wu Ji Geng Xin

GUI Gui Ren Yi Jia Ding Bing Ji Wu Xin Geng

CHART (I) DEITIES and BRANCHES (HIDDEN STEMS)

BRANCH HIDDEN STEMS

JIA
CHENG YIN CHENG TSAI CHENG YIN CHENG KUAN PI CHIEN SHIH SHEN CHIEH TSAI PIEN TSAI CHIEH TSAI CHENG YIN SHIH SHEN CHI SHA SHANG KUAN CHENG TSAI SHANG KUAN CHIEH TSAI CHI SHA PIEN YIN CHENG KUAN PIEN TSAI CHENG KUAN SHANG KUAN PIEN YIN PI CHIEN

YI
PIEN YIN PIEN TSAI PIEN YIN CHI SHA CHIEH TSAI SHANG KUAN PI CHIEN CHENG TSAI PI CHIEN PIEN YIN SHANG KUAN CHENG KUAN SHIH SHEN PIEN TSAI SHIH SHEN PI CHIEN CHENG KUAN CHENG YIN CHI SHA CHENG TSAI CHI SHA SHIH SHEN CHENG YIN CHIEH TSAI

BING
CHENG KUAN SHANG KUAN CHENG KUAN CHENG TSAI PIEN YIN PI CHIEN CHENG YIN SHIH SHEN CHENG YIN CHENG KUAN PI CHIEN PIEN TSAI CHIEH TSAI SHANG KUAN CHIEH TSAI CHENG YIN PIEN TSAI CHI SHA CHENG TSAI SHIH SHEN CHENG TSAI CHIEH TSAI CHI SHA PIEN YIN

DAY MASTER and DEITIES DING WU JI GENG

CHI SHA SHIH SHEN CHI SHA PIEN TSAI CHENG YIN CHIEH TSAI PIEN YIN SHANG KUAN PIEN YIN CHI SHA CHIEH TSAI CHENG TSAI PI CHIEN SHIH SHEN PI CHIEN PIEN YIN CHENG TSAI CHENG KUAN PIEN TSAI SHANG KUAN PIEN TSAI PI CHIEN CHENG KUAN CHENG YIN CHENG TSAI CHIEH TSAI CHENG TSAI SHANG KUAN CHI SHA PIEN YIN CHENG KUAN PI CHIEN CHENG KUAN CHENG TSAI PIEN YIN SHIH SHEN CHENG YIN CHIEH TSAI CHENG YIN CHENG KUAN SHIH SHEN PIEN TSAI SHANG KUAN PI CHIEN SHANG KUAN CHENG YIN PIEN TSAI CHI SHA PIEN TSAI PI CHIEN PIEN TSAI SHIH SHEN CHENG KUAN CHENG YIN CHI SHA CHIEH TSAI CHI SHA PIEN TSAI CHENG YIN SHANG KUAN PIEN YIN PI CHIEN PIEN YIN CHI SHA SHANG KUAN CHENG TSAI SHIH SHEN CHIEH TSAI SHIH SHEN PIEN YIN CHENG TSAI CHENG KUAN SHANG KUAN CHENG YIN SHANG KUAN CHIEH TSAI PIEN TSAI CHI SHA CHENG TSAI PIEN YIN CHENG TSAI SHANG KUAN CHI SHA PI CHIEN CHENG KUAN CHENG YIN CHENG KUAN CHENG TSAI PI CHIEN SHIH SHEN CHIEH TSAI PIEN YIN CHIEH TSAI CHENG KUAN SHIH SHEN PIEN TSAI

XIN
SHIH SHEN PIEN YIN SHIH SHEN PI CHIEN CHENG TSAI CHENG KUAN PIEN TSAI CHENG YIN PIEN TSAI SHIH SHEN CHENG KUAN CHIEH TSAI CHI SHA PIEN YIN CHI SHA PIEN TSAI CHIEH TSAI SHANG KUAN PI CHIEN CHENG YIN PI CHIEN CHI SHA SHANG KUAN CHENG TSAI

REN
CHIEH TSAI CHENG KUAN CHIEH TSAI CHENG YIN SHIH SHEN PIEN TSAI SHANG KUAN CHI SHA SHANG KUAN CHIEH TSAI PIEN TSAI PIEN YIN CHENG TSAI CHENG KUAN CHENG TSAI SHANG KUAN PIEN YIN PI CHIEN CHENG YIN CHI SHA CHENG YIN CHENG TSAI PI CHIEN SHIH SHEN

GUI
PI CHIEN CHI SHA PI CHIEN PIEN YIN SHANG KUAN CHENG TSAI SHIH SHEN CHENG KUAN SHIH SHEN PI CHIEN CHENG TSAI CHENG YIN PIEN TSAI CHI SHA PIEN TSAI SHIH SHEN CHENG YIN CHIEH TSAI PIEN YIN CHENG KUAN PIEN YIN PIEN TSAI CHIEH TSAI SHANG KUAN

ZI CHOU

GUI
( 100 % )

JI
( 60 % )

GUI
( 30 % )

XIN
( 10 % )

YIN

JIA
( 60 % )

BING
( 40 % )

MAO CHEN

YI
( 100 % )

WU
( 60 % )

YI
( 30 % )

GUI
( 10 % )

SI

BING
( 60 % )

GENG
( 40 % )

WU WEI

DING
( 100 % )

JI
( 60 % )

DING
( 30 % )

YI
( 10 % )

SHEN

GENG
( 60 % )

REN
( 40 % )

YOU XU

XIN
( 100 % )

WU
( 60 % )

XIN
( 30 % )

DING
( 10 % )

HAI

REN
( 60 % )

JIA
( 40 % )

CHART (J) THE FORMAT of a FOUR PILLARS CHART PILLAR NAME DEITIES STEMS (fruits / flowers) BRANCH (roots) HIDDEN STEMS DEITIES
HOUR PILLAR DEITY of Stem Hour Stem Hour Branch Hidden Stems in Branch Deities of Hidden Stems DAY PILLAR DAY MASTER Day Stem Day Branch Hidden Stems in Branch Deities of Hidden Stems MONTH PILLAR DEITY of Stem Month Stem Month Branch Hidden Stems in Branch Deities of Hidden Stems YEAR PILLAR DEITY of Stem Year Stem Year Branch Hidden Stems in Branch Deities of Hidden Stems

Refer to Chart (H) and Chart (I) to plot the deities in the 4-pillar chart as per the format in Chart (J) 1. Find the Day Master (Day Pillar Stem) on a completed Four Pillars chart. 2. Refer to Chart H to determine the deities based on the relationship of any stem to the Day Master. Example: For a JIA DM, refer to the column under Day Master JIA for the deities in the chart. If another Jia appears anywhere in the chart (stems or hidden stems in the branches), write PI CHIEN on top of the stems or beneath the branches. If Yi appears in the chart, it will be CHIEH TSAI, and so on. 3. Chart (I) provides a ready reference for the hidden stems in each branch, as well as the deity relationship to each possible Day Master. Sample Four Pillars of Destiny Chart with Chart (J) Format June 20, 1943 at 6:30 a.m.
Hour Pillar Pien Yin Ding Mao Yi Day Pillar Day Master Ji You Xin Month Pillar Chieh Tsai Wu Wu Ding Year Pillar Pien Tsai Gui Wei Ji Ding Yi Pi Chien Pien Yin Chi Sha

Chi Sha

Shih Shen

Pien Yin

The Symbolgies and Associations of the Pillars, Stems and Branches

Year Pillar: Ancestors. Year Stem: Male ancestor, grand father Year Branch: Female ancestor, grand mother Month Pillar: Parent, siblings Month stem: Father (brother) Month Branch: Mother (sister) Day Stem: Self (DAY MASTER) Day Branch: Spouse (husband or wife) Hour Pillar: Children Hour Stem: Son Hour Branch: Daughter

Combinations
The Ten Heavenly Stems
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 Jia Yi Bing Ding Wu Ji Geng Xin Ren Gui yang wood yin wood yang fire yin fire yang earth yin earth yang metal yin metal yang water yin water

The Five Stem Combinations

Jia & Ji = Earth Yi & Geng = Metal Bing & Xin = Water Ding & Ren = Wood Wu & Gui = Fire

Note that the stem combinations are comprised of both a yin and a yang element, paired in a domination cycle with the yang element as the dominator. The combinations also occur 5 places apart (example: Jia and Ji are S1 and S6, Yi and Geng are S2 and S7 and so on). These same pairings can be found in Charts (F) and (G), so it is clear they drive the cycles of the Five Tigers and the Five Rats. Stem combinations are considered YANG, or FRUITS.

The Branch Combinations

The 12 Earthly Branches Number B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B12 Branch Zi Chou Yin Mao Chen Si Wu Wei Shen You Xu Hai Polarity yang yin yang yin yang yin yang yin yang yin yang yin Element water earth wood wood earth fire fire earth metal metal earth water Zodiac Sign Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake Horse Sheep Monkey Rooster Dog Pig

The Six Branch Combinations

Zi & Chou = Earth Yin & Hai = Wood Mao & Xu = Fire Chen & You = Metal Si & Shen = Water Wu & Wei = Fire

The Three Unities Combinations

Shen & Zi & Chen = Water Hai & Mao & Wei = Wood Yin & Wu & Xu = Fire Si & You & Chou = Metal

The Combinations
The above Three Unities combinations can form combinations as follows (note the center element is the same as the resulting element, and thus must be a part of the combination): Shen & Zi, or Zi & Chen = Water Hai & Mao, or Mao & Wei = Wood Yin & Wu, or Wu & Xu = Fire Si & You, or You & Chou = Metal

The Three Meetings, or Directional Branch Combinations

Yin & Mao & Chen = Eastern Wood Si & Wu & Wei = Southern Fire Shen & You & Xu = Western Metal Hai & Zi & Chou = Northern Water Note: The directional combinations require all three branches to be present there are no 1/2 combinations with these associations. All branch combinations are considered YIN, or ROOTS.

Stem and Branch Combinations and Transformations

Refer to the two individual documents on this subject (soon to be available in the shared files area): Stems.doc Branches.doc

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Clashes, Penalties and Damages and Break-Ups

The Six Clashes
Si & Hai Chen & Xu Mao & You Yin & Shen Chou & Wei Zi & Wu

The Six Damages (or Liu Hai the Six Harms)

Si & Yin Chen & Mao Wu & Chou Wei & Zi You & Xu Shen & Hai

The Six Break-ups

Si & Shen Chen & Chou Mao & Wu Yin & Hai Zi & You Xu & Wei

The Three Penalties and Self-Penalties

Yin & Si & Shen Wei & Xu & Chou Hai & Hai Zi & Mao Chen & Chen Wu & Wu You & You

The combinations, clashes, damages, break-ups and penalties are illustrated in the group of charts that follow.

CHARTS (K) The Combinations, Clashes, Penalties, Damages and Break-ups

THE 12 BRANCHES
S E A S T N ORT OUT H (K, 1) W E S T

THE 12 BRANCHES
S U S P R I N G MM ER (K, 2) A U T U M N ER

THE 12 BRANCHES
F W O O D I R E (K, 3) CENTER EARTH M E T A L

W I

N T

WA

T E

THE 4 DIRECTIONS
(K, 4) THE 12 BRANCHES FI RE 2 M WATER E T AL FIRE WOOD EA RTH 1 water 2 metal 3 fire 4 wood 1 4

THE 4 SEASONS
(K, 5) THE 12 BRANCHES 3 4 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 THE 4 COMBINATIONS OF 3 BRANCHES (K, 8) THE 12 BRANCHES

THE 5 ELEMENTS
(K, 6) THE 12 BRANCHES

THE 6 COMBINATIONS OF 2 BRANCHES (K, 7) THE 12 BRANCHES

THE 6 CLASHES (K, 9) THE 12 BRANCHES

THE 3 PENALTIES AND SELF PENALTIES

THE 6 DAMAGES

THE 6 BREAK-UPS

The following chart illustrates the cycle of the 12 branches, and how to use your fingers to memorize the order and relationships.

CHART ( L ) The 12 BRANCHES and Zodiac Signs with Hidden Elements and Percentages

SI
(SNAKE)

6
FIRE)

WU
(HORSE)

WEI
(GOAT)

8 SHEN
(MONKEY) (60 %)

BING (YANG
(60 %) (40 %)

DING (YIN FIRE)

(100 %)

JI (YIN EARTH)
(60 %)

GENG (YANG METAL) REN (YANG WATER)

(40 %)

GENG (YANG METAL)

DING (YIN FIRE)

(30 %)

YI (YIN WOOD)
(10 %) (TIP of Index Finger) (TIP of Middle Finger) (TIP of Ring Finger) (TIP of Little Pinky)

CHEN
(DRAGON)

5
THE 12 BRANCHES AND THE HIDDEN ELEMENTS
(IN YOUR PALM)

YOU
(ROOSTER)

10

WU (YANG EARTH)
(60 %)

XIN (YIN METAL)

(100 %)

YI (YIN WOOD)
(30 %)

GUI (YIN WATER)

(10 %) (2ND Part of Index Finger) (2ND Part of Little Pinky)

MAO
(RABBIT)

XU
(DOG) (60 %)

11

YI (YIN WOOD) (100 %)

WU (YANG EARTH)
COPYRIGHT of PETER LEUNG NOVEMBER 18/1999 TORONTO, ONT. CANADA

XIN (YIN METAL)

(30 %)

DING (YIN FIRE)

(10 %) (3RD Part of Little Pinky)

(3RD Part of Index Finger)

YIN
(TIGER)

CHOU
(OX)

ZI
(RAT)

HAI
(PIG) (60 %)

12

JIA (YANG WOOD)

(60 %)

JI (YIN EARTH)
(60 %)

GUI (YIN WATER)

(100 %)

REN (YANG WATER) JIA (YANG WOOD)

(40 %)

BING (YANG FIRE)

(40 %)

GUI (YIN WATER)

(30 %)

XIN
(10 %)

(YIN METAL)
(BASE of RING FINGER)

(BASE of INDEX FINGER)

(BASE of MIDDLE FINGER)

(BASE OF LITTLE PINKY)

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