Cross-System · Glossary
Heavenly Stems
The 10 cyclical characters (甲乙丙丁戊己庚辛壬癸) used in Chinese metaphysics.
What this means
Each stem is associated with a specific element and polarity: Jia/Yi (Wood), Bing/Ding (Fire), Wu/Ji (Earth), Geng/Xin (Metal), Ren/Gui (Water). They form the top row of each Ba Zi pillar.
In practice
In KAXANTA, heavenly stems is one of the concepts KAXANTA cross-references when synthesising your reading. It runs through all nine wisdom traditions so you can see how the same question reads through multiple lenses.
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