Chapter 1 of 6 ยท The Gateway
OX
็
ยท
ไธ
The Ox belongs to Chou ไธ, the 2nd of the Twelve Earthly Branches. In Lun Heng's Wu Shi, Chou is explicitly paired with the Ox and Chou is grouped with Earth. This historical calendrical identity is kept separate from the modern personality and archetype layers that appear later in the SAGE reading.
Branch:
Chou
ไธ
Element:
Earth
ๅ
Polarity:
Yin
Position:
2 of 12
Traditional record, cultural interpretation and modern reflection
are intentionally separated.