Chapter III
Although much more information is recorded and transmitted in China compared to most
other civilizations, the real meaning of many methods is very rare to find. The system of
stems and branches is a good example of this. Today this system is used on computers
and in the form of diagrams, by many practitioners of Chinese medicine all over the world,
but very few of them know what the system really means and where it comes from.Sunday Sun Fang Hsu Mao Niao
Room Void Pleiades Bird
Monday Moon Hsin Wei Pi Chang
Heart Danger Net Drawn Bow
Tuesday Mars Wei Shih Tsui Yi
Tall House Beak Wings
Wednesday Mercury Chi Pi Shen Chen
Basket Wall Orion Board
Thursday Jupiter Chio Tou K’uei Tung
Horn Ladle Astride Well
Friday Venus K’ang Niu Lou Kuzi
Neck Ox Boy Mound Ghosts
Saturday Saturn Ti Nu Wei Liu
Base Maiden Stomach
WillowConstellations
East North West SouthRelated
PlanetsSeven Days
of the WeekFig. 3.4 Lunar Zodiac
The 28 days of the Lunar
Zodiac in relation to the 5
Palaces around the North
Star, are the 28 segments.
The Moon will rotate in each
palace during seven days.
This period is connected
with the seven days of the
week. This brings a cycle
of the seven planets during
the days of the week in the
28 constellations. Specific
influence of the sun (moon
+ 5 planets) and the 28 con-
stellations (4 x 7) each of
the 7 days of the week.