Stems and Branches
Four pillars and both diagrams, read the way the ICOM teaches it —
from the lunar month, with the year turning at Chinese New Year.
How it works →
The number on each branch is that pair's
place in the sixty cycle, counting from Jia Zi.
The hidden stems are a concordance from
ICOM's tables, not something derived.
Elemental weights
Show the five-element circle
Stems and branches
Stems and branches — legacy