Bazi Daily - 17/07/2010

As promised, today I shall translate the poem describing the 8 trigrams "-

乾 乾三连（Read as 'Qian San Lian'）
      Qian Gua is formed by 3 straight & continuous lines

坤 坤六断（Read as 'Kun Liu Duan'）
      Kun Gua is formed by 6 broken & discontinued lines

震 震仰盂（Read as 'Zhen Yang Yu'）
      The shape of the Zhen Gua resembles an upward facing container

艮 艮覆碗（Read as 'Gen Fu Wan'）
      The shape of the Gen Gua resembes a downward facing bowl or cup

离 离中虚（Read as 'Li Zhong Xu'）
      The centre line (i.e. Yao) of the Li Gua is a Empty or broken line

坎 坎中满（Read as 'Kan Zhong Man'）
      The centre line (i.e. Yao) of the Kan Gua is a Fully straighten line 

兑 兑上缺（Read as 'Dui Shang Que'）
      There is a deficiency (i.e. broken line) at the top of Dui Gua

巽 巽下断 （Read as 'Xun Xia Duan'）
      The bottom line of Xun Gua is a broken one.

To be very frank, the chinese poem is still the best :)

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