The archetypes
The Inner Constellation reads a classical chart through 32 pictures: who you are, what moves you, and which season you are in.
Ten core essences
Your chart’s centre of gravity — one for each Heavenly Stem (天干).
Ten forces
How other energies relate to yours — one for each Ten God (十神).
Twelve seasonal stages
Where you are in the turning year — one for each Earthly Branch (地支).
Dissolving — The Bare Ground
亥
Seeding — The Waiting Seed
子
Gestating — The Snowmelt
丑
Sprouting — The First Shoot
寅
Exposing — The Tender Seedling
卯
Bracing — The Staked Sapling
辰
Reaching — The Reaching Branch
巳
Culminating — The Full Canopy
午
Ripening — The Heavy Fruit
未
Weathering — The Turning Leaf
申
Releasing — The Bare Tree
酉
Composting — The Fallen Soil
戌