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Chinese Calendar 1
Free Module 1: Principles of Feng Shui
Chapter 6: The Chinese Calendar
The Chinese Calendar System consists of the combination of:-
The Ten Heavenly Stems + The Twelve Earthly Branches
The Ten Heavenly Stems
Heavenly Stem
|
Element
|
Planet
|
Direction
|
Jia (hard wood)
|
Wood
|
Jupiter
|
East
|
Yi (soft wood)
|
Wood
|
Jupiter
|
East
|
Bing (sun fire)
|
Fire
|
Mars
|
South
|
Ding (kitchen fire)
|
Fire
|
Mars
|
South
|
Wu (mountain earth)
|
Earth
|
Saturn
|
Centre
|
Ji (sand earth)
|
Earth
|
Saturn
|
Centre
|
Geng (rough metal)
|
Metal
|
Venus
|
West
|
Xin (refined metal)
|
Metal
|
Venus
|
West
|
Ren (sea water)
|
Water
|
Mercury
|
North
|
Gui (rain water)
|
Water
|
Mercury
|
North
|
|
+
The Twelve Earthly Branches
Earthly Branch
|
Element
|
Hour of Birth
|
Direction
|
Rat
|
Water
|
11.00pm - 12.59am
|
North
|
Ox
|
Earth
|
1.00am - 2.59am
|
North-East
|
Tiger
|
Wood
|
3.00am - 4.59am
|
North-East
|
Rabbit
|
Wood
|
5.00am - 6.59am
|
East
|
Dragon
|
Earth
|
7.00am - 8.59am
|
South-East
|
Snake
|
Fire
|
9.00am - 10.59am
|
South-East
|
Horse
|
Fire
|
11.00am - 12.59pm
|
South
|
Ram
|
Earth
|
1.00pm - 2.59pm
|
South-West
|
Monkey
|
Metal
|
3.00pm - 4.59pm
|
South-West
|
Rooster
|
Metal
|
5.00pm - 6.59pm
|
West
|
Dog
|
Earth
|
7.00pm - 8.59pm
|
North-West
|
Pig
|
Water
|
9.00pm - 10.59pm
|
North-West
|
|
The Ten Heavenly Stems and the Twelve Earthly Branches combine together to form 1 Cycle of the Lunar Calendar:-
Looking at the diagram, 1 Cycle of the lunar calendar consists of 180 years.
Each cycle is divided into 3 groups: Upper, Middle and Lower. Each group comprise 3 periods. Each period is 20 years.
We are now in the Period 7 of the lower period. In eight years time in the year 2004, we will be entering PERIOD 8 in year 2004.