A person’s horoscope is composed of eight characters: four heavenly stems and four earthly branches. Each heavenly stem and each earthly branch has corresponding attributes of the five elements. Therefore, to see whether there are any missing elements in a person's horoscope, we need to analyze whether there is anything lacking in the five elements corresponding to the four heavenly stems and the four earthly branches that make up the horoscope. For example, the four heavenly stems and the four earthly branches do not contain the five elements of fire, which means that there is a lack of fire in the horoscope or in the destiny.
The following explains the attributes of the five elements of heavenly stems and earthly branches: A and B are wood, representing the east, C, Ding, fire, Wu, the south, Ji, earth, Geng in the center, Xin, gold, and Ren, representing the west. , Gui is water, and represents the five elements of the earthly branches in the north (List 1). It is not so easy to see, because there are often one, two, or at most three heavenly stems hidden in the earthly branches. The heavenly stems hidden in such earthly branches are also called "Zhizang Renyuan" takes the meaning of "the heavenly stems are the heavenly element, the earthly branches are the earthly element, and humans are between heaven and earth", so it is called the human element. From the above, it means that an earthly branch is often a mixture of several five elements. Let’s talk about the topic of the earthly branches hiding the stems, that is, to see which heavenly stems are hidden in each earthly branch and which five elements are hidden. Yin Zhong hides: A, B, Wumao Zhong Zhong: Yi Chen Zhong hides: Wu, B, Guisi Zhong hides: C, Geng, Wu Wu Zhong hides: D, Ji Wei Zhong hides: Ji, Ding, Yi Shen Zhong hides : Geng, Ren, Wuyou Zhongzhi: Xinxu Zhongzhi: Wu, Xin, Dinghai Zhongzhi: Ren, Jiazi Zhongzhi: Guichou Zhongzhi: Ji, Gui, Xin (List 2) Note: In the list of earthly branches and Tibetan stems above , the first heavenly stem that is hidden is also called the "original Qi" of the earthly branches. Simply put, it is the five elements that play a dominant role. It is said that the original Qi and the five elements account for the largest proportion among the earthly branches. For example, there are three heavenly stems A, C, and E in Yin. If Yin's strength is 100 points, then the strength ratio of A, C, and E is approximately: 60:25:15, with A accounting for the larger proportion. , so A is called Yin's "original energy".
The truth is clear. Let’s look at an example to make it clear: Suppose a child’s horoscope is: Wuzi Jiazi Xin Chou Ji Chou In fact, this person was born in: Wuzi year, Jiazi month, Xin Chou day "Xin" represents the child himself. This child's five elements belong to gold, because Xin belongs to gold. Let’s take a look at the five elements of the four heavenly stems: Wu, Jia, Xin, and Ji. Looking at Table 1, we can see that they belong to earth, wood, metal, and earth respectively. Let’s look at the four earthly branches: Zi, Zi, Chou, Chou. Check the second list: there is only Gui in Zi. Check the first list. Gui is water, so Zi belongs to water. Hidden in the ugliness are: Ji, Xin and Gui, respectively earth, metal and water. Taking a comprehensive look at the four heavenly stems and earthly branches above, we can find that the five elements of fire are missing among these stems and branches! So this horoscope and five elements lack fire!