THE TWELVE EARTHLY BRANCHES
Xu: Earthly Branch
Xu is the eleventh branch and pairs with Dog.
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戌 · xū
Xu marks a later-autumn place in the wider branch sequence. It can bring questions about what to protect, preserve or responsibly close.
An example
Xu can invite a team to document the lessons it wants to carry forward.
A question to carry with you
What is worth keeping as this stage ends?
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Use your birth date to find the year animal, stem, branch, stem phase and Yin/Yang. This calculator follows Chinese New Year; it does not calculate a full Four Pillars (BaZi) chart.
Connect the ideas
Zi: Earthly Branch
Zi begins the twelve-branch sequence and pairs with Rat.
1 min readChou: Earthly Branch
Chou is the second branch and pairs with Ox.
1 min readYin: Earthly Branch
Yin is the third branch and pairs with Tiger.
1 min readMao: Earthly Branch
Mao is the fourth branch and pairs with Rabbit.
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