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Seasonal stage
Sprouting — The First Shoot
The first shoot breaks through thawing soil. As a stage in your chart or in the turning year, it tends towards emergence: a good window for first moves and announcing intentions.
Classical equivalent · Earthly Branch (地支)
寅 Yin (Tiger) — Feb – early Mar
Function in the cycle: Emergence
Strengths
- Bold first moves
- Fresh energy
- Breaks through resistance
Blind spots
- Rushes ahead unprotected
- Impatient with detail
- Underestimates cold snaps
The classic side · 地支 Earthly Branch
寅 Yin · The Tiger
寅 opens the year: 立春, the start of spring, and the first month of the Chinese calendar. Great trees (甲) wake, the sun (丙) is born here (Fire’s 長生), and the mountain (戊) still holds them up. Courage, initiative, leadership and the urge to begin.
The spirit animal: A green tiger of light walking out of a forest of great trees at sunrise.
- Element
- Yang Wood — Growing spring energy
- Season
- Early spring · 1st month · 立春 to 驚蟄 (about 4 Feb – 5 Mar)
- Hours
- 03:00 – 05:00
- Direction
- East-northeast
- Family
- 四生 birth · 驛馬 travelling horse
藏干 Hidden elements
- 甲 JiaYang Wood — tall trees本氣 main qi60%
- 丙 BingYang Fire — the sun中氣 middle qi30%
- 戊 WuYang Earth — mountains and boulders餘氣 residual qi10%
Relationships
- 六沖 Clash: 寅申
- 六合 Harmony: 寅亥 → Wood
- 三合 Frame: 寅午戌 → Fire
Hidden-element shares are the usual teaching approximation.
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