Complete Compendium of Five-Star and Three-Fate Astrology, Volume 1 (1657) - Page 10

Renwu & Guiwei: Mulberry Wood | Gengyin & Xinmao: Water of the Great Stream | Wuchen & Jisi: Earth within the Sand
Wuwu & Jiwei: Fire in the Heavens | Gengshen & Xinyou: Pomegranate Wood | Renxu & Guihai: Water of the Great Ocean

Within the ten-day cycles original: 旬 (xún). The 60-year cycle is divided into six 10-day/year "decades" or cycles. of Zi and Wu, Water is absent. In the cycles of Yin and Shen, Gold is not seen. In the cycles of Chen and Xu, all Five Elements are present. Between Zi and Wu, there are two Gold pillars; between Yin and Shen, there are two Wood pillars.

Forward Order of the Ten Heavenly Stems The Ten Heavenly Stems (Tiangan) are ancient Chinese ordinals used to track days and years, deeply tied to the Five Elements.
Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui.

Reverse Order of the Ten Heavenly Stems
Gui, Ren, Xin, Geng, Ji, Wu, Ding, Bing, Yi, Jia.

Combinations of the Ten Heavenly Stems original: 十干合 (shí gān hé). These represent "magnetic" pairings of stems used in traditional astrology to determine harmony or transformation.
Jia combines with Ji.
Yi combines with Geng.
Bing combines with Xin.
Ding combines with Ren.
Wu combines with Gui.

○ Established Rules for the Yin and Yang of the Ten Stems

Jia, Bing, Wu, Geng, and Ren belong to Yang. These are the odd-numbered stems, associated with active, expansive energy.
Yi, Ding, Ji, Xin, and Gui belong to Yin. These are the even-numbered stems, associated with receptive, internal energy.

○ Established Rules for the Five Elements of the Ten Stems

This section begins the classification of the Stems by their elemental phases (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water).

Ten Heavenly Stems: A set of ten characters (Jia, Yi, etc.) used in the Chinese calendar.
Melodic Elements: original: 納音 (Nàyīn). A system that assigns an element and a poetic descriptor to pairs of years in the sexagenary cycle.
Mulberry Wood: original: 桑柘木 (sāngzhèmù). A specific quality of the Wood element associated with the 19th and 20th years of the cycle.
Water of the Great Stream: original: 大溪水 (dàxīshuǐ).
Earth within the Sand: original: 沙中土 (shāzhōngtǔ).
Fire in the Heavens: original: 天上火 (tiānshànghuǒ).
Pomegranate Wood: original: 石榴木 (shíliúmù).
Water of the Great Ocean: original: 大海水 (dàhǎishuǐ).
Yin and Yang: The fundamental dualistic forces of the universe.
Five Elements: original: 五行 (Wǔxíng). Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.