What does the Japanese branch in the four pillars mean?
Four pillars and eight characters are the years, months, days and hours expressed by heavenly stems and earthly branches. One column is dry and one branch is supported; Four pillars have four branches in four days, a total of eight characters, so four pillars are called four pillars and eight characters. The combination of cadres and branches, the ground branch has criminal harm.
For example, 201April-June-1April-20: 30.
Eight characters: Wu Jia, Wu Geng, Chen Bing and Wu Xu.
Among these four pillars: the sun branch: "Chen"; Time branch: "Ge". Chen Xuchong rushed to the other side.
Earth branch collision: there are also sub-noon collisions; Mao-you are in conflict; Xiang Chong was born in the shade; Rudder-Xianghai Zhuang; Chen-urge each other;
Ugly-no conflict.
Good luck.