The 12 datesdateselementmonth in Chinese calendarRemember it byYin ywood1yard stickMao mwood2measureChen cnsoil3crop fieldSi efire4energyWu wfire5fire WorkWei wasoil6wayShen smetal7steelYou yometal8toyotaXu shsoil9shake (earthquake)Hai hwater10hydrogenZi twater11teaOx csoil12crop fieldBondages (Liu HeSix Combinations)t bounds to c. They become soil.Zi - Oxy bounds to h. They become wood.Yin - Haim bounds to sh. They become fire.Mao - Xucnbounds to yo. They become metal.Chen- Youe bounds tos. They become water.Si - Shenw bounds to wa. They become soil.Wu - WeiStrikes (Clashes)t and w strike. Zi - Wum and yo strike. Mao - Youc and wa strike. Ox - Weicn and sh strike. Chen - Xuy and s strike. Yin - Shen e and h strike.Si - HaiSix RelationssipsFumu Parents --- line creates phase of palace hexagram it belongs toXiongdi Brothers --- Line is the same as "Zisun Descendants --- line phase is created by phase of palace hexagramQi Cai Wife and Wealth --- Palace phase suppress line phase.Guan Gui Officials and Ghost. --- Line phase supresses the phase of palace hexagram.WWBG Hidden HexagramComparing the a hexagram with its palace hexagram six relationships. If the hexagram is missing a relationship from the palace hexagram, the missing line in the palace H is the hidden spirit (fu shen).That same line in the test hexagram is the flying spirit (fei shen)