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Prerequisites:

• Wuji, Taiji, Yin and Yang
• Five Elements
• Xian Tian Ba Gua
• Hou Tian Ba Gua
• 10 Heaven Stems
• 12 Earthly Branches
• Void branches
• Combinations and Clashes
• Twelve Stages of Life
• Four Seasons and Five Elements
• 60 Melodic Elements
• Four Pillars
• Five elements and body parts
• Representations of the 8 trigrams

Basics

• 64 Hexagrams and the 8 Palaces
• The 3-coin method
• Na Jia and Na Zhi
• Six Relatives (Liu Chen)
• Six Spirits (Liu Shen) or Six Animals (Liu Shou)
• Subject (Shi) and Object (Ying)

A First Interpretation

• Questions
• Atmosphere
• Procedure �V Casting the coins, drawing the hexagram, assigning Stems and branches to the yaos, assigning the Subject and Object Lines, recording the month and day stems and branches, noting the void branches of the day
• Case Studies

Advanced Technique

• Useful Spirit (Yong Shen)
• Original Spirit (Yuan Shen)
• Annoying Spirit (Ji Shen)
• Hostile Spirit (Chou Shen)
• Progressing Spirit (Jun Shen)
• Retreating Spirit (Tui Shen)
• Flying Spirit (Fei Shen)
• Crouching Spirit (Fu Shen)
• Interaction of yaos �V combinations and clashes, generating and controlling, penalties
• The importance of the Month Branch
• Month Break
• The importance of the Day Branch
• How to handle Void Branches
• Fan Yin (Opposite Moaning) and Fu Yin (Unchanging Moaning)
• Body of Hexagram (Gua Shen)
• Divination without asking question
• Divination without specifying time frame
• Case Studies