Prep
The Practice of
Metaphysics
By Sherry Merchant
What’s Prep?
It’s the bare minimum you need to know if you plan on attending any of
my courses, be it in Toronto or in San Jose. Just so you don’t feel
that you are lost with “technical terms”, go over these.
Simply being familiar with the 24 mountains will make life much easier for
you. Also knowing what the stems & branches, actually look like as
opposed to little images of animals or plants, (I know some people do
the, I don’t) and takes you to a more professional level. After all if you
want to learn English, you need to know 26 alphabets, this is the
same.
I feel we all need to respect the subject that we are studying, and this is
the first step.
The next few pages will guide you through the “Building blocks” so to
speak, you may receive more subsequently.
Diagnose Understanding the Luo Shu
For now, just
remember what
this looks like and
where the
numbers appear,
the elements, the
other details
mentioned in each
box.
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Diagnose Decoding this diagram
Element
Luo Shu Number
Trigram
Early Heaven
Trigram
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Diagnose Understanding the HeTu
For now, just remember
Fire what this looks like and
South where the numbers
appear, the elements,
7 the location of the
numbers and take note
of the directions.
2
Wood Metal
East 8 3 5, 10 4 9 West
1
6
Water
North
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Diagnose Understanding the HeTu & Luo Shu Together
Fire
South
7
2
Wood Metal
East 8 3 5, 10 4 9 West
1
6
Water
North
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Numbers & the 24 mountains in Chinese pin yin
1 1 甲 Jia 子 Zi
丑 Chou
2 2 乙 Yi
寅 Yin
3 3 丙 Bing
卯 Mao
4 4 丁 Ding
辰 Chen
5 5 戊 Wu 巳 Si
6 6 己 Ji 午 Wu
未 Wei
7 7 庚 Geng
申 Shen
8 8 辛 Xin
酉 You
9 9 壬 Ren
戌 Xu
10 10 癸 Gui 亥 Hai
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Learn to recognize, and if possible write; see where each of the 24 mountains lie on this plate
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
甲 乙 丙 丁 戊 己 庚 辛 壬 癸
Jia Yi Bing Ding Wu Ji Geng Xin Ren Gui
子 丑 寅 卯 辰 巳 午 未 申 酉 戌 亥
Zi Chou Yin Mao Chen Si Wu Wei Shen You Xu Hai
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Learn to recognize, and if possible write; see where each of the 24 mountains lie on this plate
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
甲 乙 丙 丁 戊 己 庚 辛 壬 癸
Jia Yi Bing Ding Wu Ji Geng Xin Ren Gui
子 丑 寅 卯 辰 巳 午 未 申 酉 戌 亥
Zi Chou Yin Mao Chen Si Wu Wei Shen You Xu Hai
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24 Mountains
Familiarize with the directions 甲 E1
卯 E2
乙 E3
辰 SE1
巽 SE2
巳 SE 3
丙 S1
午 S2
丁 S3
未 SW1
坤 SW2
申 SW3
庚 W1
酉 W2
辛 W3
戌 NW1
乾 NW2
亥 NW3
壬 N1
子 N2
癸 N3
丑 NE1
艮 NE2
寅 NE3
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Nice to know, and have handy in case you don’t own a luo pan and need to convert from a regular compass reading
Mountain DirecDon Trigram Degrees Mountain DirecDon Trigram Degrees
壬 Ren N1 I 337.5 - 352.5 丙 Bing S1 L 157.5 - 172.5
子 Zi N2 I 352.5 - 7.5 午 Wu S2 L 172.5 - 187.5
癸 Gui N3 I 7.5 - 22.5 丁 Ding S3 L 187.5 - 202.5
丑
Chou NE1 K 22.5 - 37.5 未 Wei SW1 P 202.5 - 217.5
艮 Gen NE2 K 37.5 - 52.5 坤
Kun SW2 P 217.5 - 232.5
寅 Yin NE3 K 52.5 - 67.5 申 Shen SW3 P 232.5 - 247.5
甲 Jia E1 O 67.5 - 82.5 庚 Geng W1 J 247.5 - 262.5
卯 Mao E2 O 82.5 - 97.5 酉 Dui W2 J 262.5 - 277.5
乙 Yi E3 O 97.5 - 112.5 辛 Xin W3 J 277.5 - 292.5
辰 Chen SE1 N 112.5 - 127.5 戌 Xu NW1 M 292.5 - 307.5
巽 Xun SE2 N 127.5 - 142.5 乾 Qian NW2 M 307.5 - 322.5
巳 Si SE3 N 142.5 - 157.5 亥 Hai NW3 M 322.5 - 337.5
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The 60 Jia Zi, it appears everywhere so good to know, also observe the sequence…
甲子 乙丑 丙寅 丁卯 戊辰 己巳 庚午 辛未 壬申 癸酉
Jia Zi Yi Chou Bing Yin Ding Mao Wu Chen Ji Si Geng Wu Xin Wei Ren Shen Gui You
甲戌 乙亥 丙子 丁丑 戊寅 己卯 庚辰 辛巳 壬午 癸未
Jia Xu Yi Hai Bing Zi Ding Chou Wu Yin Ji Mao Geng Chen Xin Si Ren Wu Gui Wei
甲申 乙酉 丙戌 丁亥 戊子 己丑 庚寅 辛卯 壬辰 癸巳
Jia Shen Yi You Bing Xu Ding Hai Wu Zi Ji Chou Geng Yin Xin Mao Ren Chen Gui Si
甲午 乙未 丙申 丁酉 戊戌 己亥 庚子 辛丑 壬寅 癸卯
Jia Wu Yi Wei Bing Shen Ding You Wu Xu Ji Hai Geng Zi Xin Chou Ren Yin Gui Mao
甲辰 乙巳 丙午 丁未 戊申 己酉 庚戌 辛亥 壬子 癸丑
Jia Chen Yi Si Bing Wu Ding Wei Wu Shen Ji You Geng Xu Xin Hai Ren Zi Gui Chou
甲寅 乙卯 丙辰 丁巳 戊午 己未 庚申 辛酉 壬戌 癸亥
Jia Yin Yi Mao Bing Chen Ding Si Wu Wu Ji Wei Geng Shen Xin You Ren Xu Gui Hai
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甲子 乙丑 丙寅 丁卯 戊辰 己巳 庚午 辛未 壬申 癸酉 甲子
Jia$Zi Yi$Chou Bing$Yin Ding$Mao Wu$Chen Ji$Si Geng$Wu Xin$Wei Ren$Shen Gui$You Jia$Zi
2 21 37 41 10 34 32 6 7 53 24
P L J K M O O M P J P
P O L N N M J I I K O
Earth Biting Family Decreas Tread GStrength Constncy Litigation Officer GrProgr Returning The 60 Jia Zi, along with the 64
甲戌 乙亥 丙子 丁丑 戊寅 己卯 庚辰 辛巳 壬午 癸未
Jia$Xu Yi$Hai Bing$Zi Ding$Chou Wu$Yin Ji$Mao Geng$Chen Xin$Si Ren$Wu Gui$Wei Hexagrams, it appears
39 35 27 17 55 60 11 14 57 47
everywhere so good to know,
I L K N O I P L J N also observe the sequence…
K P O O L N M M J I
Obstruct Advncm Nourish Follow Abndnc Regulate Unity GReward Wind Trap
甲申 乙酉 丙戌 丁亥 戊子 己丑 庚寅 辛卯 壬辰 癸巳 庚寅
Jia$Shen Yi$You Bing$Xu Ding$Hai Wu$Zi Ji$Chou Geng$Yin Xin$Mao Ren$Chen Gui$Si Geng$Yin
64 33 52 16 3 25 30 61 26 43 49
L M K O I M L J K N N
I K K P O O L N M M L
NotYetAc Retreat Mountain Delight Beginn Wt-Wrong Fire Sincerity BLvstck Elimin Reform
甲午 乙未 丙申 丁酉 戊戌 己亥 庚子 辛丑 壬寅 癸卯 甲午
Jia$Wu Yi$Wei Bing$Shen Ding$You Wu$Xu Ji$Hai Geng$Zi Xin$Chou Ren$Yin Gui$Mao Jia$Wu
1 48 40 31 15 20 42 36 13 54 44
M I O N P J J P M O M
M J I K K P P L L N J
Heaven Well Relief Influence Humility Observ Increasing DmLight Fllship MMaiden Meeting
甲辰 乙巳 丙午 丁未 戊申 己酉 庚戌 辛亥 壬子 癸丑
Jia$Chen Yi$Si Bing$Wu Ding$Wei Wu$Shen Ji$You Geng$Xu Xin$Hai Ren$Zi Gui$Chou
38 5 28 18 59 56 12 8 51 22
L I N K J L M I O K
N M J J I K P P O L
Opposition Waiting GExcced Poison Dsprsg Travelling Stagnation Alliance Thunder Beauty
甲寅 乙卯 丙辰 丁巳 戊午 己未 庚申 辛酉 壬戌 癸亥 庚申
Jia$Yin Yi$Mao Bing$Chen Ding$Si Wu$Wu Ji$Wei Geng$Shen Xin$You Ren$Xu Gui$Hai Geng$Shen
63 19 58 9 50 46 4 62 45 23 29
I P N J L P K O N K I
L N N M J J I K P P I
Accompl Arrival Marsh SLvStock Cldron Rising Bliss L Exceed Gathrng Peel Water
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What’s Covered
1. If someone plans to buy or sell property...
how do they apply FS or XKDQ to increase
the chance to find a good client to buy a
property or vice versa if someone want to buy
a property that they want, what do they need
For some time now, I have been, on and off, moderating a students
to active at their home or the property so that
group on FB, as well as following several others. While I don’t mean
they can buy the property that they want or
to be judgmental here, I so so often cringe at the way Feng Shui is
find property luck
being projected, followed, and worst of all, being relied upon.
2. How to find a partner in business, or in
love.
This class aims at removing all the misconceptions, and addresses 3 How to find helpful staffs.
how one approaches a problem and provides the accurate solution. 4. Review Bazi 60 Jia Zi and the implication of
Fu Yin and Fan Yin.
5. How to set up the house so their children
So far, we have some queries that have been received from various can be successful in school or in work life.
participants, I have reproduced them alongside, verbatim. No 6. How to set up so that they can advance in
problem is too big or too small, its all about perception, to someone, their career or in their owe business.
losing their maid may be a big issue while to another it may be of no 7.Set up for health, wealth and family
consequence. harmonious.
8. How to set up to over come litigation or
avoid litigation.
Please feel free to email me with your own requests and I will see if 9 How to keep mother in-law out of your life j/
we can factor them in. k ;)
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