Wu (午, wǔ) is a yang earthly branch of fire, in the south, in summer.
The branch's precise direction is one of the twelve 30-degree sectors of the 24-mountain ring; `direction` gives the nearest of the corpus's eight compass points, and the two differ by design. The month is a solar month delimited by a jie solar term, not a lunar month. The branch cycle starts at Zi (11th month) while the Chinese year starts at Yin (1st month), so the numbering of months and branches is offset.
Correspondences
- Number
- 7
- Direction
- South
Sacred timing
- Phase
- Fire
- Season
- Summer
Nature and meaning
- Pinyin
- Wǔ
- Chinese
- 午
Details
- Animal
- Horse
- Animal Chinese
- 馬
- Polarity
- Yang
- Mountain Direction
- South
- Degrees
- 180
- Hours
- 11:00-13:00
- Month
- 5th month (Jun 5 - Jul 7)
- Keywords
- NoonSolstice monthYang firePeak yangVisibility
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- Si Si (巳, sì) is a yin earthly branch of fire, in the southeast, in summer.
- Wei Wei (未, wèi) is a yin earthly branch of earth, in the southwest, in summer.
- Chen Chen (辰, chén) is a yang earthly branch of earth, in the southeast, in spring.
- Shen Shen (申, shēn) is a yang earthly branch of metal, in the west, in autumn.
- Mao Mao (卯, mǎo) is a yin earthly branch of wood, in the east, in spring.
- You You (酉, yǒu) is a yin earthly branch of metal, in the west, in autumn.
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