Bazi Daily - 18/07/2010

Ba Gua Vs Heavenly Stems & Earthly Branches

The Theory of Yin & Yang, 5 elements, HS & EB, Ba Gua .... are all belongs to the school of Yi Jing.  They are interrelated.   

Today, I shall share with you the relationship between Ba Gua & HS vs EB.   In each of the ba gua, it contains both the HS & EB. 


Gen (艮) Gua   =     Consists of  丑，艮，寅

Zhen (震) Gua  =     Consists of 甲，卯，乙

Xun  (巽) Gua   =     Consists of 辰，巽，巳

Li (离) Gua       =      Consists of 丙，午，丁

Kun (坤) Gua    =     Consists of 未，坤，申

Dui (兑) Gua     =      Consists of 庚，酉，辛

Qian (乾) Gua    =     Consists of 戌，乾，亥

Kan (坎) Gua    =     Consists of 壬，子，癸


As when have learned, 8 trigrams represents 8 different directions.  Since each of trigram can further be divided into 3 sectors, we can conclude that there are, in total, 24 directions.   It is known as 24 mountains (二十四山) in the school of fengshui.

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