Basic knowledge 3: the properties of zodiac codes

We have learned the properties of decimal codes, what about the zodiac codes? Well, it is a little bit more complicated than decimal codes. They may have the second and even the third properties. The first property is called the main properties; second and the third properties are called residual properties or the hidden properties.

(1) is 100 percent negative Water, has no hidden property.

(2) is negative Earth, also contains negative Water and negative Metal

(3) is positive Wood, also contains positive Fire and positive Earth

(4) is 100 percent negative Wood

(5) is positive Earth, also contains negative Wood and negative Water

(6) is positive Fire, also contains positive Metal and positive Earth

(7) is negative Fire, also contains negative Earth

(8) is negative Earth, also contains negative Wood and negative Fire

(9) is positive Metal, also contains positive Earth and positive Water

(10) is 100 percent negative Metal

(11) is positive Earth, also contains negative Metal and negative Fire

(12) is positive Negative Water, also contains Positive Wood

For example: my self code is 2, so (6) is my Rebel, it also contains Judge and Collector.

There is an easy way to remember the properties of the zodiac codes. We know that the five elements represent five aspects of nature. You may know that: Direction wise, Wood represents east, Fire represents south, Metal represents west, Water represents north and Earth represents middle. Seasons wise, Wood represents spring, Fire represents summer, Metal represents fall, Water represents winter, and Earth represents the time in between of four seasons.

Just imagine your clock face, adjust it a little bit, put (1) to the north, then (7) will be to the south, (4) to the right and (10) to the left. In a clock like that, (12)(1)(2) are the three Water codes, because they are in the north direction. (3)(4)(5) are the three Wood codes, because they are in the east, (6)(7)(8) are the three Fire codes, because they are in the south, (9)(10)(11) are the three Metal codes, because they are in the west. If you think about the 12 months, (12)(1)(2) are the winter, (3)(4)(5) are the spring, (6)(7)(8) are the summer, (9)(10)(11) are the fall.

Someone might say: wait a minute, (12)(1)(2) are not the three Water codes, the main property of (12) and (1) are Water, the main property of (2) is Earth. Well, you are right. So we have three month in every season, the last month of every season is Earth: The first property is Earth, the second property is the current season’s property, and the third property is the opposite of the next season. We call the end of season codes, (2)(5)(8)(11), the four Tombs.

The second month of every season is the season at their prime, so they usually don’t have residual property except (7), (7) contains Earth because (7) is Fire at its prime, Fire generate Earth. Furthermore, they are all negative. We call the middle of season codes, (1)(4)(7)(10), the four Roses or the four Peaks.

For the first month of every season, (12)(3)(6)(9), are all positive. The main properties are the current seasons. The second properties are the next seasons. And the third properties are Earth. (12) doesn’t contain Earth because it is Water and Wood, the combo of Water and Wood attack Earth hard, so Earth has no survival ground.

It might be an easy way to remember, but for some, you might as well learn by rote, because these are even harder to remember.

For this life code,

5	5	5	5
(7)	(7)	(7)	(7)

the front line characters are all Comrade because they are all the same as the self code; the basal characters are all Guardian because (7) is Negative Fire, would grow Positive Earth with a different charge; and (7) contains Negative Earth, so hidden characters are all Pirate.

So we have front line characters, basal characters and hidden characters. Generally, front line characters are the visible characters, your characters other people can see. Basal characters are deep down characters. Hidden characters we usually don’t consider, they are the characters even deeper down.