Some Laws of the Five Talisman Deduction Algorithm

For the Five Talisman Deduction, using the Five Talisman, Heavenly Ministry, Earthly Prison, Wind Lord, Thunder Duke, Rain Master, Wind and Cloud, Tang Talisman, National Seal, Heavenly Pivot, Earthly Axis, and Six Thieves, one checks the position of the Five Talisman starting from the Lu position of the day's Heavenly Stem. It proceeds in order through the Heavenly Ministry and Earthly Prison across the twelve palaces. Observing the direction where the Wind Lord arrives indicates wind; observing the direction where the Rain Master arrives indicates rain. The Lu position is the Lin Guan (Official) position. From this, it can be deduced that for Yang days, the correspondence between the Five Talisman positions and the Twelve Stages of Life is as follows: Five Talisman Lin Guan (Official) Heavenly Ministry Di Wang (Imperial Prosperity) Earthly Prison Shuai (Decline) Wind Lord Bing (Sickness) Thunder Duke Si (Death) Rain Master Mu (Grave) Wind and Cloud Jue (Extinction) Tang Talisman Tai (Conception) National Seal Yang (Nurturing) Heavenly Pivot Chang Sheng (Birth) Earthly Axis Mu Yu (Bathing) Six Thieves Guan Dai (Crowning and Girding) For Yin stems, the Twelve Stages of Life proceed in reverse, so the correspondence is: Five Talisman Lin Guan (Official) Heavenly Ministry Guan Dai (Crowning and Girding) Earthly Prison Mu Yu (Bathing) Wind Lord Chang Sheng (Birth) Thunder Duke Yang (Nurturing) Rain Master Tai (Conception) Wind and Cloud Jue (Extinction) Tang Talisman Mu (Grave) National Seal Si (Death) Heavenly Pivot Bing (Sickness) Earthly Axis Shuai (Decline) Six Thieves Di Wang (Imperial Prosperity) It can be seen that the Rain Master is in the Grave position for Yang and in the Conception position for Yin. Wind and Cloud are always in the Extinction position regardless of Yin or Yang. After finding the Extinction position, one counts forward. Taking Wind and Cloud as the center, the position to the left is Rain Master, and the next is Thunder Duke. This method can be used for predicting weather.