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point of a yea' ';
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are people living in between Heaven above us and Earth under our
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by Heavenly stems, the energy coming from our Earth is the
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underneath called The Earthly Branches.
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yang
wood, yin
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byyangearth,
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3'a'ches are commonly known as LZ animals. The origin of the Iz
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to the 12 Todiac signs in western astrology. They reflect the
::c, which is the circle of the earth rotating around the sun. Assume