What exactly are the five elements?

There are ten heavenly ways: A, B, C, D, E, G, Xin, Man and Ghost. There are twelve branches: Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai. The combination of the two can produce sixty units, which are called sixties.

The year, month, day and hour of birth are represented by heavenly stems and earthly branches combination, which has exactly eight words, so it is called a birthday, and there are also five elements in the birthday. In the sky, A and B belong to wood, C and D belong to fire, E and E belong to soil, G and Xin belong to gold, and Ren and Gui belong to water.

Among the twelve earthly branches, Yin and Mao belong to wood, four or five belong to fire, Shen and You belong to gold, Hai and Zi belong to water, Chen, Shu and Ugly, but they don't belong to earth. In this way, according to the date of birth, we can find out what is missing in life. The ancients believed that fate could flourish only if the five elements were complete.

Extended data:

1, five-element associated nomenclature

Wood makes a fire: if the father's name is wood, the son's name should be fire;

Fire gives birth to earth: the father's name belongs to fire, then the son's name should belong to earth;

Native gold: the father's name belongs to the soil, then the child's name should belong to the gold;

Jinshengshui: the father's name belongs to gold, and the son's name should belong to water;

Aquatic wood; If the father's name belongs to water, then the child's name should belong to wood.

2. Five movements and six qi

"Six Qi" refers to the climate changes of wind, fire, heat, humidity, dryness and cold.

"Five Games" refers to the mutual development of five stages: wood, fire, earth, gold and water.

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