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Heavenly Stems edit
There are ten Heavenly Stems (represented by the acronyms "H" or "HS") used in the construction of the Four Pillars of Ba Zi (四柱八字), a method of Chinese Divination based on a person's date and time of birth. For example, both the acronyms "HS1" and "H1" represent the first Heavenly Stem, namely "Jia" (Yang Wood), as shown in the tables below.
S/N | Heavenly Stem (天干) |
Notation | Chinese Pinyin |
Simplified Chinese |
Yin/Yang (阴阳) |
Five Elements (五行) |
Zang/Fu (organ) |
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1 | Jia | HS1 | jiǎ | 甲 | Yang | Wood | Gall Bladder |
2 | Yi | HS2 | yǐ | 乙 | Yin | Wood | Liver |
3 | Bing | HS3 | bǐng | 丙 | Yang | Fire | Small Intestine |
4 | Ding | HS4 | dīng | 丁 | Yin | Fire | Heart |
5 | Wu | HS5 | wù | 戊 | Yang | Earth | Stomach |
6 | Ji | HS6 | jǐ | 己 | Yin | Earth | Spleen |
7 | Geng | HS7 | gēng | 庚 | Yang | Metal | Large Intestine |
8 | Xin | HS8 | xīn | 辛 | Yin | Metal | Lung |
9 | Ren | HS9 | rén | 壬 | Yang | Water | Urinary Bladder |
10 | Gui | HS10 | guǐ | 癸 | Yin | Water | Kidney |
Heavenly Stem Combinations and Clashes edit
HS | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 | H7 | H8 | H9 | H10 |
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H1 | Clash Element |
5Com Earth |
Clash Direction |
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H2 | Clash Element |
5Com Metal |
Clash Direction |
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H3 | Clash Element |
5Com Water |
Clash Direction |
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H4 | Clash Element |
5Com Wood |
Clash Direction | |||||||
H5 | Clash Element |
Clash Element |
5Com Fire | |||||||
H6 | 5Com Earth |
Clash Element |
Clash Element | |||||||
H7 | Clash Direction |
5Com Metal |
Clash Element |
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H8 | Clash Direction |
5Com Water |
Clash Element |
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H9 | Clash Direction |
5Com Wood |
Clash Element |
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H10 | Clash Direction |
5Com Fire |
Clash Element |
Notes:
- In the above table, "5Com" means the 5 Combinations of two adjacent Heavenly Stems. These combinations result in a good structure of a person's Ba Zi
- "Clash" means that the Heavenly Stems clash with each other in the Ba Zi, when they are next to each other. Clashes will result in a poor structure of a person's Ba Zi.
- If there is a Clash of two adjacent Stems, as well as a Combination with another Stem, the Clash will not occur, as Combinations take precedence over Clashes.