For Bazi analysis and sometimes flying star feng shui, hidden heavenly stems contained in earthly branches can give you deeper insight into a reading.
Here are the hidden elements found in earthly branches.
What they represent can be seen here.
| Earthly Branch | Hidden Heavenly Stems |
| E1 | H10 |
| E2 | H6, H8, H10 |
| E3 | H1, H3, H5 |
| E4 | H2 |
| E5 | H2, H5, H10 |
| E6 | H3, H5 H7 |
| E7 | H4, H6 |
| E8 | H2, H4, H6 |
| E9 | H5, H7, H9 |
| E10 | H8 |
| E11 | H4, H5, H8 |
| E12 | H1, H9 |
While people don’t usually discuss hidden elements inside heavenly stems, learners should note that each stem can often be represented be earthly branches as well. This is often only taught in advanced bazi classes. And if stems can be represented by branches, then the hidden stems can be accounted for as well.
| Heavenly Stems | Earthly Branch Representation |
| H1 | E3 |
| H2 | E4 |
| H3 | E6 |
| H4 | E7 |
| H5 | E11,E5 |
| H6 | E2,E8 |
| H7 | E9 |
| H8 | E10 |
| H9 | E12 |
| H10 | E1 |
