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Principles Behind the Song of the Yearly
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The ‘Song of the Big Yearly
Cycle’ is a memory tool used by people in the
past to quickly construct a Bazhai diagram. The
real mechanism behind the permutations is of
changing yao in the Bagua (Bian Gua).
The Bagua are made up of three yao,
representing different combinations of yin and
yang forces.
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Zhen Gua
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Xun Gua
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Li Gua
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Kun Gua
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Dui Gua
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Qian Gua
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Kan Gua
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Gen Gua
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A broken line (- -) signifies yin
energy, and a solid line (---) indicates yang
energy.
Changing a yao of the original Gua simply means
changing a yin yao into yang, or the yang yao
into yin. Thus creating a new Gua. When
constructing a Bazhai Diagram the original Gua
would be either the Zhai Gua of the house or the
Ming Gua of the person.
The pattern of changing yao to construct the
Bazhai Diagrams is as follows:
Changes
Made to Original Gua
Bazhai
‘Star’ Derived
1) Change Upper Yao
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Sheng Qi (Wood)
2) Change Middle Yao
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Jue Ming (Metal)
3) Change First Yao
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Huo Hai (Earth)
4) Change Middle and Upper Yao
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Wu Gui (Fire)
5) Change First and Upper Yao
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Liu Sha (Water)
6) Change First and Middle Yao
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Tian Yi (Earth)
7) Change all three Yao
> Yun Nian (Metal)
8) The three Yao don’t change
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Fu Wei (Wood)
The particular yin/yang changes of the
three yao of the original Gua determine the
auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of each of
the eight stars in the Bazhai Diagram.
How
to Create Bazhai ‘Stars’ from Original Gua
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Original Gua
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Change Upper Yao
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Change Middle Yao
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Change First Yao
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Change Middle and Upper Yao
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Change First and Upper Yao
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Change First and Middle Yao
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Change all three Yao
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Three Yao stay the same
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Sheng Qi
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Jue Ming
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Huo Hai
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Wu Gui
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Liu Sha
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Tian Yi
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Yan Nian
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Fu Wei
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