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In Chinese astrology, wood is included in the 10 heavenly stems (the five elements in their yin and yang forms), which combine with the 12 earthly branches (or Chinese signs of the zodiac), to form a 60 year cycle. Yang wood year (e.g. 1974). Yin wood year(e.g. 1975). Wood governs the Chinese zodiac signs Tiger and Rabbit. [citation needed]
However, this analogy is misleading. The four elements are concerned with form, substance and quantity, whereas wuxing are "primarily concerned with process, change, and quality". [12] For example, the wuxing element "Wood" is more accurately thought of as the "vital essence" of trees rather than the physical substance wood. [13]
During the Han period, the familiar elements of traditional Chinese culture—the yin-yang philosophy, the theory and technology of the five elements , the concepts of heaven and earth, and Taoist, Buddhist and Confucian morality—were brought together to formalize the philosophical principles of Chinese medicine and divination, astrology and ...
The daughter trigrams all have a single ⚋ yīn line in their formation. The Yin trigrams correspond to even numbers, 0,2,4,6. Their ordering is from bottom line, mid line, top line. Wǔxíng (五行) Five Phases. The trigrams are related to the five phases of the Wu Xing. The phases are: Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal.
As I Ching and Feng Shui described, Earth is the center to which all movements tend to go to or come from, even if temporarily, that is to say, as with all of the elements or phases it can polarize with any of the other movements-elements: Fire, Water, Wood and Metal. These four types of Earth are Earth-of-water (Wet/Cold Earth), Earth-of-Fire ...
The trigram assigned to a branch (as shown below) is used as a starting point for a yang or yin sequence of elements, depending on the yin or yang value of the trigram. For example, ☳ is a yang trigram, so the line elements of the hexagram made by doubling it (number 51) are water, wood, earth, fire, metal, and earth, corresponding to the ...
The Wood element conjures images of sky-high trees and grounded roots, encapsulating the themes of seasonal renewal and steadfast strength. As Hayes describes, "Like an immovable trunk, it ...
Ziwei doushu, sometimes translated into English as purple star astrology, is a form of fortune-telling in Chinese culture.The study of destiny (Chinese: 命學; pinyin: mìngxué) is one of the five arts of Chinese metaphysics.