卯

About

卯 (Mǎo, the Rabbit branch) is the 4th of the 12 Earthly Branches (地支) — Wood element, Spring. Hidden stems: 乙 (main). Six Harmony: 卯戌合火 (whether it fully transforms depends on chart context). Three Harmony: 亥卯未 → Wood. Clash: 卯酉沖 (cutting clash). Penalty: 子卯 (Uncivilised Penalty). Harm: 卯辰害.⁠‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​⁠

卯 is the Rabbit — mid-spring (仲春) and the double-hour 05:00–07:00: sunrise, when the day's doors open. A "peak" branch (四正), it is Wood at its purest, holding a single hidden stem, 乙. In the Wood triad 亥卯未 it is the crest — spring in full leaf, growth at its most tender and most rapid.⁠‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​⁠

Key Attributes

Element

Wood

Season

Spring

Zodiac animal

Rabbit

Hidden stems

乙 (main)

Six Harmony

卯戌合火

Three Harmony

亥卯未 → Wood

Clash

卯酉沖 (cutting clash)

Penalty

子卯 (Uncivilised Penalty)

Harm

卯辰害

In a chart, this means…

In a chart, 卯 contributes pure Yin Wood — flexible growth, undiluted. It is traditionally associated with gentleness, busyness and quiet productivity: the garden at dawn. Its actual prominence, as always, is set by the whole chart.⁠‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​⁠

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