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Bazi Symbol Guide: Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, Five Elements, and Ten Gods
A Bazi symbol reference for heavenly stems, earthly branches, five elements, ten gods, twelve growth phases, and Na Yin basics.
Bazi Symbol Guide: Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, Five Elements, and Ten Gods
A Bazi symbol reference for heavenly stems, earthly branches, five elements, ten gods, twelve growth phases, and Na Yin basics.
Jia
Heavenly stem: yang wood. Used for day master, visible stems, elemental strength, and ten-god relationships.
Yi
Heavenly stem: yin wood. Used for day master, visible stems, elemental strength, and ten-god relationships.
Bing
Heavenly stem: yang fire. Used for day master, visible stems, elemental strength, and ten-god relationships.
Ding
Heavenly stem: yin fire. Used for day master, visible stems, elemental strength, and ten-god relationships.
Wu
Heavenly stem: yang earth. Used for day master, visible stems, elemental strength, and ten-god relationships.
Ji
Heavenly stem: yin earth. Used for day master, visible stems, elemental strength, and ten-god relationships.
Geng
Heavenly stem: yang metal. Used for day master, visible stems, elemental strength, and ten-god relationships.
Xin
Heavenly stem: yin metal. Used for day master, visible stems, elemental strength, and ten-god relationships.
Ren
Heavenly stem: yang water. Used for day master, visible stems, elemental strength, and ten-god relationships.
Gui
Heavenly stem: yin water. Used for day master, visible stems, elemental strength, and ten-god relationships.
Zi
Earthly branch: Water. Used for hidden stems, roots, combinations, clashes, harms, and timing activation.
Chou
Earthly branch: Earth. Used for hidden stems, roots, combinations, clashes, harms, and timing activation.
Yin
Earthly branch: Wood. Used for hidden stems, roots, combinations, clashes, harms, and timing activation.
Mao
Earthly branch: Wood. Used for hidden stems, roots, combinations, clashes, harms, and timing activation.
Chen
Earthly branch: Earth. Used for hidden stems, roots, combinations, clashes, harms, and timing activation.
Si
Earthly branch: Fire. Used for hidden stems, roots, combinations, clashes, harms, and timing activation.
Wu
Earthly branch: Fire. Used for hidden stems, roots, combinations, clashes, harms, and timing activation.
Wei
Earthly branch: Earth. Used for hidden stems, roots, combinations, clashes, harms, and timing activation.
Shen
Earthly branch: Metal. Used for hidden stems, roots, combinations, clashes, harms, and timing activation.
You
Earthly branch: Metal. Used for hidden stems, roots, combinations, clashes, harms, and timing activation.
Xu
Earthly branch: Earth. Used for hidden stems, roots, combinations, clashes, harms, and timing activation.
Hai
Earthly branch: Water. Used for hidden stems, roots, combinations, clashes, harms, and timing activation.
Friend
Ten God: same-element peer energy, showing selfhood, peers, competition, and independence.
Rob Wealth
Ten God: competitive peer energy, showing rivalry, resource sharing, action, and risk.
Eating God
Ten God: gentle output, showing expression, enjoyment, talent, and nourishment.
Hurting Officer
Ten God: sharp output, showing talent, rule-challenging, and expressive force.
Direct Wealth
Ten God: stable resources, income, responsibility, and manageable wealth.
Indirect Wealth
Ten God: mobile resources, opportunity, markets, networks, and risk-reward.
Direct Officer
Ten God: order and rules, responsibility, position, discipline, and social evaluation.
Seven Killings
Ten God: pressure and attack, competition, crisis, courage, and breakthrough.
Direct Resource
Ten God: stable support, learning, protection, credentials, and elder support.
Indirect Resource
Ten God: unconventional support, inspiration, niche knowledge, sensitivity, and adaptation.
Twelve Growth Phases
The twelve growth phases describe how an element rises, peaks, declines, and stores, clarifying strength, timing, and life-cycle flow.
Na Yin
Na Yin classifies the sixty stem-branch pairs by symbolic element and is best used as supporting imagery, not as a replacement for day-master strength or structure.
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A Bazi symbol reference for heavenly stems, earthly branches, five elements, ten gods, twelve growth phases, and Na Yin basics.