Conflicts & Resolutions
Peaceful Allies, Heavenly Mergers and Clashes between the twelve animal signs, and how to use them in love, family and business.
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Who, Where & When
A 60-Year Cycle, also named the sexagenary cycle or the stem-branch cycle, the Chinese 60-year calendar cycle is based on the combinations of a cycle of 10 Heavenly Stems & 12 Earthly Branches.
The Peaceful Allies
Animal signs that create a peaceful union or have friendly relationships with each other. When it comes to personal or business relationships, these combinations are the best options for creating harmony.
If you have a partnership with the enemy, for example, but need extra help with signing a contract, find a “Peaceful Ally” to help you. There are 6 different “Peaceful Allies” combinations:
Rat + OxTiger + PigDragon + RoosterHorse + SheepMonkey + SnakeDog + RabbitThe Heavenly Merger
It is also often called “Three Combines” or “three animals in combined relationships”. These are combinations of animal signs & the effect of their union. They are “Trinities of allies”.
When they come together, all general energies between people change to the resulting combination. These are, sort of, “unshakable unions”. They also transform energy into the resulting element. What does it mean? It means when Monkey, Rat & Dragon come together, they create the Energy of Water, for example. There are 4 types of “Heavenly Mergers”:
Water MergerMonkey + Rat + DragonWood MergerPig + Rabbit + SheepMetal MergerSnake + Rooster + OxFire MergerTiger + Horse + DogClashes
Animal signs that create explosive unions or have antagonistic relationships with each other. When it comes to personal or business relationships, these combinations are the worst options for creating harmony.
They are, however, “perfect war” combinations. If you need to win the war, enlist a “Peaceful Ally” on your side or create a “Heavenly Merger”. There are 6 different “Clashes” combinations:
Rat × HorseOx × SheepTiger × MonkeyRabbit × RoosterDragon × DogSnake × PigSymbolic Stars · Shen Sha
To read & learn more about each of the Flying Stars Elemental Qualities, please visit us on Elementals.
Symbolic stars or Shen Sha are often called “good or evil spirits”. I call them the cheat codes of the good or bad luck possibilities. There are over 100 various possibilities of the symbolic stars, but most people only pay attention to & analyze the major & most common domestic life stars. One of the rarest & most positive stars, for example, is “Three Extraordinary Nobleman” San Qi Gui Ren 人中三奇贵人. The most common stars people use in daily life are:
Nobleman © ↗Peach Blossom © ↗General Star © ↗Golden Carriage © ↗Academic Star © ↗Lonely Phoenix © ↗Traveling Horse/Carriage © ↗Daily Luck I Ching Oracle
No matter what the answer is, never ask the oracle any question more than once a day (24 hours). Your outcome will not change from the first answer.
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Clashes & Penalties Chart
See every clash, penalty, merger and peaceful ally of the twelve Earthly Branches in the chart below.