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six spirits
What it is
Six temperaments laid over the six lines: azure dragon, vermilion bird, hooked chen, soaring snake, white tiger, dark warrior.
What it means
They do not decide success or failure, only the texture of the thing. A white tiger is not bad luck; an azure dragon is not good luck.
Other terms in this group
- azure dragonUpright, dignified, celebratory — and also drink and desire.
- vermilion birdTalk, documents, news, argument.
- hooked chenEntanglement, delay, land, old business.
- soaring snakeTangles, false alarms, the strange, the repeating.
- white tigerForce, injury, urgency.
- dark warriorObscurity, private dealings, loss, things left unclear.