Si (巳, sì) is an earthly branch of the southeast (SE), spanning 142.5°–157.5°, in the fire phase.
One of the twenty-four mountains of the luopan compass, each 15 degrees wide on the 360-degree ring. The ring interleaves the twelve earthly branches, the eight non-earthly heavenly stems and the four corner trigrams; the earth stems Wu and Ji are not on the ring. Degrees are measured clockwise from north (0°).
Correspondences
- Number
- 12
- Direction
- Southeast
Sacred timing
- Phase
- Fire
Practice
- Magical Uses
- Feng shuiSite selectionCompass work
Nature and meaning
- Chinese
- 巳
- Pinyin
- Sì
- Kind
- Earthly branch
Details
- Start Degree
- 142.5
- End Degree
- 157.5
- Compass
- SE
- Keywords
- Feng shuiMountainEarthly branchFire
- Branch
- Si
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- Xun Xun (巽, xùn) is a trigram of the southeast (SE), spanning 127.5°–142.5°, in the wood phase.
- Bing Bing (丙, bǐng) is a heavenly stem of the south (S), spanning 157.5°–172.5°, in the fire phase.
- Chen Chen (辰, chén) is an earthly branch of the southeast (SE), spanning 112.5°–127.5°, in the earth phase.
- Wu Wu (午, wǔ) is an earthly branch of the south (S), spanning 172.5°–187.5°, in the fire phase.
- Yi Yi (乙, yǐ) is a heavenly stem of the east (E), spanning 97.5°–112.5°, in the wood phase.
- Ding Ding (丁, dīng) is a heavenly stem of the south (S), spanning 187.5°–202.5°, in the fire phase.
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