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Line 7: Mapping the branches to twelve traditional animal deities results in the well-known "Chinese zodiac", assigning each year to a given animal. For example, Saturday, February 10, 2024 CE (in the common Gregorian calendar) began the lunisolar Year of the Dragon. The stems do not have a one-to-one mapping like that of the branches to animals; however, the five ~~_pairs_~~<i>pairs</i> of consecutive stems are each associated with one of the traditional <i>wǔxíng</i> elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water). Further, one of the two years within each element is assigned to <i>yin</i>, the other to <i>yang</i>. Thus, the Chinese year beginning in 2024 CE is also the yang year of Wood. Since 12 is an even number, the association between animals and yin/yang aspect doesn't change; consecutive Years of the Dragon will cycle through the five elements, but will always be yang.

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