The Horse branch is number 7 of the twelve: yang Fire, the animal Horse, the 5th month (beginning at Grain in Ear), the hour 11:00–13:00, direction South, season Summer. Below are the structural facts — hidden stems, six-harmony, clash, harm, punishment, trine and meeting — plus which of the twelve stages each of the ten stems occupies on this branch. All of it is computed and checkable; none of it is a personality verdict.
This page is generated from the engine v0.14.0, not hand-written; structural facts reconcile against the methodology page.
| Branch | 午 Wu (Horse) · position 7 of 12 |
|---|---|
| Polarity | yang (odd position — consistent with the stem pairs in the sixty-cycle) |
| Element | Fire 火 |
| Animal | Horse 马 |
| Month | 5th month · begins at Grain in Ear (芒种) |
| Hour | 11:00–13:00 |
| Direction | South (南) |
| Season | Summer |
| Hidden stems | 丁 Ding Yin Fire (main, Fire); 己 Ji Yin Earth (middle, Earth) |
Branch relations are fixed tables — combination, clash, harm, punishment, trine and meeting each have a defined membership. This site computes them from those tables and does not add the popular "once combined, everything improves" clause.
| Six harmony | 未 Wei (Goat) — combines into Earth |
|---|---|
| Six clash | 子 Zi (Rat) |
| Six harm | 丑 Chou (Ox) |
| Punishment | Self-punishment (one of Chen, Wu, You, Hai) |
| Three harmony | Fire trine: 寅 Yin (Tiger) 午 Wu (Horse) 戌 Xu (Dog) |
| Meeting | South Fire meeting: 巳 Si (Snake) 午 Wu (Horse) 未 Wei (Goat) |
The twelve stages describe how strong a stem is on a given branch. Yang stems run forward, yin stems run backward, so each of the ten stems lands on exactly one stage per branch. The ten rows below are computed; the stage names link to their full definitions.
| Stem | Stage on this branch | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 甲 Jia Yang Wood (yang Wood) | Death | 8 of 12 |
| 乙 Yi Yin Wood (yin Wood) | Birth | 1 of 12 |
| 丙 Bing Yang Fire (yang Fire) | Prosperity | 5 of 12 |
| 丁 Ding Yin Fire (yin Fire) | Official Post | 4 of 12 |
| 戊 Wu Yang Earth (yang Earth) | Prosperity | 5 of 12 |
| 己 Ji Yin Earth (yin Earth) | Official Post | 4 of 12 |
| 庚 Geng Yang Metal (yang Metal) | Bathing | 2 of 12 |
| 辛 Xin Yin Metal (yin Metal) | Illness | 7 of 12 |
| 壬 Ren Yang Water (yang Water) | Conception | 11 of 12 |
| 癸 Gui Yin Water (yin Water) | Extinction | 10 of 12 |
Each branch appears in five of the sixty pillars (a yang branch only pairs with yang stems, a yin branch only with yin stems). Every pillar has its own page:
Every enumerable component of ba zi has its own page here. Each page is computed by the same engine and can be checked item by item — none of it is a personality table.