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Guides

• The Six Branch Combinations: Zi-Chou to Wu-Wei

  The Six Branch Combinations (地支六合) pair each Earthly Branch with its opposite across the zodiac wheel: Zi-Chou into Earth, Yin-Hai into Wood, Mao-Xu into Fire, Chen-You into Metal, Si-Shen into Water, Wu-Wei into Fire/Sun. This guide explains the six named unions, the three conditions for transformation, and when combination binds versus when it changes the element.

• The Three Harmony Frames: Shen-Zi-Chen and the Chain of Creation

  The Three Harmony Frames (地支三合) form when three branches align across the zodiac to produce a complete element: Shen-Zi-Chen into Water, Hai-Mao-Wei into Wood, Yin-Wu-Xu into Fire, Si-You-Chou into Metal. This guide covers the Long Birth (长生) → Emperor Peak (帝旺) → Grave Storage (墓库) chain, half-frames (半合), and the critical distinction between sanhe and sanhui.

• Chen Earth: The Dragon's Reservoir — Wet Soil, Water Vault, and the Most Changeable Branch

  Chen Earth is the fifth earthly branch — spring dragon hiding 戊乙癸, the only branch that is simultaneously wet earth, water reservoir, and carrier of wood's remaining qi. This guide covers Chen's identity as the 水库 (water storage), the explosive 辰戌冲 (water vault vs fire vault clash), the 申子辰三合水局, and how Chen's changefulness shapes flexibility, strategy, and destiny in Bazi.

• Mao Wood: The Peach Blossom Branch — Pure Yi Wood at Full Bloom

  Mao Wood is the fourth earthly branch — a yin branch hiding pure 乙 wood. This guide covers Mao as the 四正桃花 (Four-Cardinal Peach Blossom), its帝旺 position as wood's peak, the transformative 卯戌合 merger into fire, the marriage-crisis 卯酉冲 clash, and how Mao shapes grace, diplomacy, and destiny in Bazi.

• Si Fire: The Chameleon Flame — Hidden Metal, Suppressed Heat, and the Snake's Strategy

  Si Fire is the sixth earthly branch — the Snake, first month of summer, hiding 丙戊庚 (fire + earth + metal), the only branch that carries metal inside fire. This guide covers Si's unique fire-to-metal transformation via 巳酉丑三合金, the dangerous 寅巳刑 (ungrateful punishment), the love-hate 巳申合, and how Si shapes strategic patience, hidden power, and destiny in Bazi.