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type: Palm Sutra Concept
title: "土 (Earth)"
description: "Earth is faith and inclusion."
resource: https://localpapa.com/tools/yizhang.html
category: "Damo Yi Zhang Jing · Five Elements"
branch: "辰 戌 丑 未"
tags: [yizhang, palm-sutra, wu-xing, five-elements]
timestamp: 2026-06-21T00:00:00Z
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# 土 (Earth)

- **中文 / Chinese:** 土
- **Earthly branches 地支:** 辰, 戌, 丑, 未

Earth is faith and inclusion — steadiness, pragmatism and bearing.

- **When abundant 偏旺:** abundant Earth: steady, reliable and dependable, but can be conservative or inert.
- **When lacking 缺:** lacking Earth: short on grounding — build steadily and earn trust.

Each pillar’s branch carries one of the five elements; their balance and the way they generate (相生) or restrict (相剋) one another across the four pillars adds a further layer to a reading. Cast one at <https://localpapa.com/tools/yizhang.html>.

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