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Seasonal stage
Bracing — The Staked Sapling
A staked sapling is pruned and trained upright. As a stage in your chart or in the turning year, it tends towards stabilisation: a good window for structure, routine and training.
Classical equivalent · Earthly Branch (地支)
辰 Chen (Dragon) — Apr – early May
Function in the cycle: Stabilisation
Strengths
- Builds structure
- Accepts discipline
- Turns potential into form
Blind spots
- Resents the stake
- Rigid routines
- Trains out what made it special
The classic side · 地支 Earthly Branch
辰 Chen · The Dragon
辰 is wet spring earth — mountain rock (戊) still wound with spring’s vines (乙), holding water in its depths (癸), the tomb and treasury of Water (水庫). The only mythical animal of the twelve: ambitious, many-sided and full of stored potential that waits for the right clash (辰戌沖) to open.
The spirit animal: A golden winged dragon on rocky crags wrapped in flowering vines and waterfalls.
- Element
- Yang Earth — Moist Earth storage
- Season
- Late spring · 3rd month · 清明 to 立夏 (about 5 Apr – 5 May)
- Hours
- 07:00 – 09:00
- Direction
- East-southeast
- Family
- 四庫 storage · the Water store
藏干 Hidden elements
- 戊 WuYang Earth — mountains and boulders本氣 main qi60%
- Yin Wood — grass, vines and flowers餘氣 residual qi30%
- Yin Water — rain, mist and dew庫氣 stored10%
Relationships
- 六沖 Clash: 辰戌
- 六合 Harmony: 辰酉 → Metal
- 三合 Frame: 申子辰 → Water
Hidden-element shares are the usual teaching approximation.
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