辰
Chen (辰) — the Dragon branch
Dragon · Earth · 3rd lunar month · 07:30–09:30
Spring clay holding water — the storehouse of everything
What this energy is
Chen is damp earth and the storehouse of Water. The vessel is large, so the scale is large and the changes are frequent.
Strengths
- Holds a great deal
- Imagination and planning
- Runs several talents at once
Shadows
- Appetite grows and work multiplies
- Wide swings
- A self-punishment position — friction with itself
We do not only say the pleasant things. Knowing the weak side first is what makes it manageable.
Evidence · why we read it this way
Evidence — Hidden stems Yi, Gui, Wu. It is the storehouse of the Shen-Zi-Chen Water frame. Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei are the mixed-energy months, so the Structure depends on which hidden stem is revealed in the stems.
BaZi terms used here
- Hidden Stems (地藏干)Heavenly Stems concealed inside a branch
- Each of the twelve branches is one character on the surface but holds two or three stems inside: the residual energy first, then the middle energy, then the main energy that represents the branch. Structures are taken from the main energy of the month branch.
- Birth, Peak and Storehouse branches (生旺庫)Where energy is born, peaks, and is stored
- The three branches of a frame each play a role: born at Yin, Shen, Si, Hai; at peak at Zi, Wu, Mao, You; stored at Chen, Xu, Chou, Wei. The storehouse is also called the tomb-vault.
- Mixed-energy months (雜氣月)Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei
- These four months hold several energies mixed together. A birth in them takes its Structure from whichever hidden stem is revealed in the heavenly stems.
- Canopy (華蓋)The star of art and inwardness
- It attaches to the storehouse branches. Strength appears in solitary immersion, and it is also read as a star of solitude.
- Revealed (透出)A hidden stem appearing in the heavenly stems
- A stem concealed inside a branch also showing at stem level. Structures are judged clear or mixed depending on whether the month branch’s main energy is revealed.
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