卯
Mao (卯) — the Rabbit branch
Rabbit · Wood · 2nd lunar month · 05:30–07:30
Spring shoots breaking out all at once
What this energy is
Mao is unmixed wood at its peak. Soft and sensitive, with developed senses and skilled hands.
Strengths
- Natural feel and manual skill
- Handles people gently
- Grows quickly once started
Shadows
- Mind shifts often
- A small wound hurts for long
- Friction starts from a breach of manners
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 Jia and Yi, with Yi as the main energy. It is the peak branch of the Hai-Mao-Wei Wood frame and one of the four peak (Peach Blossom) branches. The Zi-Mao punishment is called 無禮之刑, the punishment of discourtesy.
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.
- The Four Peak branches (四旺支)Zi, Wu, Mao, You
- The four branches where each phase is purest and strongest. They are read as Peach Blossom positions and connected to the pull a person exerts on others.
- Punishment of discourtesy (無禮之刑)Another name for the Zi-Mao punishment
- The friction between Zi and Mao. It is read as trouble that starts from a breach of manners, typically among people who are close.
- Peach Blossom (桃花)The star of attraction
- It attaches to the four peak branches. Not only about appearance — it is the pull carried in speech and manner, and it is read as strongest when the person is being sincere.
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