Annual Movement and Warm-Disease Correspondence Table
Year-branch
| Year (CE) | Year movement | Disease-prone qi-movement | Climate and pathology | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruling-Heaven | At-the-Spring | Qi-movement | Host qi | Guest qi | |||
| Chen | 1976 1988 2000 2012 | Taiyang cold-water | Taiyin damp-earth | First qi Great Cold to Awakening of Insects 1.23–3.21 | Jueyin wind-wood | Shaoyang minister-fire | Last year's shaoyin sovereign-fire at-the-spring now shifts; minister-fire and sovereign-fire cross. The climate, abnormally warm and changeable, favors epidemic and warm-disease. |
| Xu | 1970 1982 1994 2006 | ||||||
| Mao | 1975 1987 1999 2011 | Yangming dry-metal | Shaoyin sovereign-fire | Second qi Spring Equinox to Beginning of Summer 3.21–5.21 | Shaoyin sovereign-fire | Shaoyang minister-fire | Yang-heat grows stronger, bringing on acute crises; people often die suddenly of disease. |
| You | 1969 1981 1993 2005 | Final qi Light Snow to Lesser Cold 11.23–1.23 | Taiyang cold-water | Shaoyin sovereign-fire | The winter climate turns warm; warm-disease prone. | ||
| Yin | 1974 1986 1998 2010 | Shaoyang minister-fire | Jueyin wind-wood | First qi Great Cold to Awakening of Insects 1.23–3.21 | Jueyin wind-wood | Shaoyin sovereign-fire | The climate, abnormally warm and changeable, favors warm-disease. |
| Shen | 1968 1980 1992 2004 | ||||||
| Chou | 1973 1985 1997 2009 | Taiyin damp-earth | Taiyang cold-water | Second qi Spring Equinox to Beginning of Summer 3.21–5.21 | Shaoyin sovereign-fire | Shaoyin sovereign-fire | Fire-heat at its height; the climate is hotter, and great warm-epidemics may occur — no region near or far is spared. |
| Wei | 1967 1979 1991 2003 | ||||||
| Zi | 1972 1984 1996 2008 | Shaoyin sovereign-fire | Yangming dry-metal | Fifth qi Autumn Equinox to Beginning of Winter 8.23–11.23 | Yangming dry-metal | Shaoyang minister-fire | Dry-hot climate; warm-disease prone. |
| Wu | 1978 1990 2002 2014 | ||||||
| Si | 1977 1989 2001 2013 | Jueyin wind-wood | Shaoyang minister-fire | Final qi Light Snow to Lesser Cold 11.23–1.23 | Taiyang cold-water | Shaoyang minister-fire | At winter the climate turns warm; warm-disease and epidemic prone. |
| Hai | 1971 1983 1995 2007 |