"Stems" and "branches" are the "ABC" of Chinese metaphysics. There are 10 stems and 12 branches. Most of us probably are familiar with "branches" because it also represents the 12 Chinese zodiac animals. But in our case here, we look for the stem of the birth year. Below is a simple method of finding out the birth year stem of your kid and the respective academic position:
For example, if your kid was born in 1991, check the table above for the row with "1", his birth year is "Xin" and his academic position is in the North. Please note that birthday before February 4 is counted as previous year. For instance, someone born in January 22, 1991 is considered born in 1990 based on the Chinese calendar.
Between the 3 methods of locating academic positions, which one is the best? According to Feng Shui people, the best would be the one based on the house sitting/facing, followed by Flying Star method and the personalized one.
It is not unusual to find your ideal location is occupied by a bathroom or kitchen or simply a missing corner. You may use the second best location and so on.
Finally, avoid a house with bathroom in southeast sector because it is the academic location based on the Bagua or 8-Trigrams. This is called "polluting Wen-chang". Your kids will have problems in school. You need to consult a Feng Shui practitioner to correct the problem.
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