12-Stage Life Cycle Of The Self Element

The Self Element is the Heavenly Stem of the Day Pillar. The Self Element is combined with the Earthly Branch of
each of the Pillars (Year, Month, Day, Hor!, and the intersection of these "ives the #ife Sta"e as de$icted in the
chart below%
Wate
r-
Metal- Earth- Fire-
Wood
-
Wate
r+
Metal
+
Earth
+
Fire+
Wood
+
12 Life
Stages
Statu
s/
Stren
gth
&abbit &at
&ooste
r
&ooste
r
Horse
Mon'e
y
Sna'e Ti"er Ti"er Pi" Birth Stron"
(
Ti"er Pi"
Mon'e
y
Mon'e
y
Sna'e
&oost
er
Horse &abbit &abbit &at Bath )ea'
*
+, Do" -oat -oat
Dra"o
n
Do" -oat
Dra"o
n
Dra"o
n
+, .ttire )ea'
/
&at
&ooste
r
Horse Horse &abbit Pi"
Mon'e
y
Sna'e Sna'e Ti"er
0omin"1
of1."e
Stron"
2
Pi"
Mon'e
y
Sna'e Sna'e Ti"er &at
&ooste
r
Horse Horse &abbit
Pros$erit
y Pea'
Stron"
3
Do" -oat
Dra"o
n
Dra"o
n
+, +, Do" -oat -oat
Dra"o
n
."ein"
.vera"
e
4
&oost
er
Horse &abbit &abbit &at Ti"er Pi"
Mon'e
y
Mon'e
y
Sna'e Sic'ness )ea'
5
Mon'e
y
Sna'e Ti"er Ti"er Pi" &abbit &at
&oost
er
&oost
er
Horse Death )ea'
6
-oat
Dra"o
n
+, +, Do"
Dra"o
n
+, Do" Do" -oat -rave
.vera"
e
7
Horse &abbit
&ooste
r
&ooste
r
&oost
er
Sna'e Ti"er Pi" Pi"
Mon'e
y
&e$ose )ea'
(
8
Sna'e Ti"er Pi" Pi"
Mon'e
y
Horse &abbit &at &at
&oost
er
0once$ti
on
)ea' (
(
Dra"o +, Do" Do" -oat -oat Dra"o +, +, Do" 9rtre )ea' (
n n *
:or e,am$le, if the Month Pillar is H/;E2, then the Self Element is H/.
<f the Year Pillar is H(8;E(, then the #ife Sta"e for the Year Pillar is H/=E(, and from the above table, it is de$icted
as >0once$tion> which is bestowed with a >)ea'> stats.
This $rocess of obtainin" the #ife Sta"e is then re$eated for each of the for $illars.