司天、在泉、四间气纪步，各主六十日八十七刻半。客行天令。居于主气之上，故有温凉、寒暑、朦
暝、明晦、风雨、霜雪、电雹、雷霆不同之化。其春温、夏暑、秋凉、冬寒，岂能全为运与气所夺？则当
其时，自有微甚之变矣。布此六十年客气旁通，列于主位之下者，使知其气之所在也。
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太阳（客）厥阴（客）少阴（客）太阴（客）少阳（客）阳明（客）
厥阴（初之气 寒气切烈霜雪冰雨 大风发荣雨生毛虫 热气伤人时气流行 风雨凝阴不散 瘟疫至 清风雾霜蒙昧）
厥阴（客）少阴（客）太阴（客）少阳（僭客逆）阳明（客）太阳（客）少阴（二之气 为风温雨雨生毛虫
天下疵疫以正得位 时雨 大热早行疫疠乃行 凉风不时 寒雨间热）
少阴（客）太阴（客）少阳（客）阳明（客）太阳（客）厥阴（客）少阳（三之气 大暑炎光 雷雨电雹
大暑炎光草萎河干 凉风间发 寒气间至热争冰雹 热雨大作雨生羽虫）
太阴（客）少阳（客）阳明（客）太阳（客）厥阴（客）少阴（客）太阴（四之气 大雨沾注雾雨雷电 炎
热
沸腾 清风雾露 寒雨害物 风雨催拉雨生偎虫 山泽浮云豪雨溽湿）
少阳（客）阳明（客）太阳（客）厥阴（客）少阴（客）太阴（客）阳明（五之气 温风乃至
万物乃荣 大凉燥疾 早寒 凉风大作雨生介虫 秋气温热热病时行 时雨沉阴）
阳明（客）太阳（客）厥阴（客）少阴（客）太阴（客）少阳（客）太阳（终之气
燥寒劲切 大寒凝冽 寒风飘扬雨生鳞虫 蛰虫出见流水不冰 凝阴寒雪地气湿 冬温蛰虫流水不冰）
The Si Tian (Heavenly Ruler), Zai Quan (Earthly Ruler), and the four intermediate Qi (Intermediate Energies) each govern a period of sixty days and eighty-seven and a half ke (ancient time units). The Ke Qi (Guest Qi) operates according to the mandates of Heaven. Residing above the Zhu Qi (Host Qi), it gives rise to transformations of varying natures, such as warmth and coolness, cold and heat, obscurity and clarity, wind and rain, frost and snow, lightning and hail, and thunder. Could the spring warmth, summer heat, autumn coolness, and winter cold be entirely usurped by the Da Yun (Great Movement) and Qi? Thus, at those times, there would naturally be variations in intensity, whether slight or severe. This diagram illustrating the lateral connection of Guest Qi over sixty years is listed below the Host positions to indicate where the Qi resides.
Tai Yang (Guest Qi) Jue Yin (Guest Qi) Shao Yin (Guest Qi) Tai Yin (Guest Qi) Shao Yang (Guest Qi) Yang Ming (Guest Qi)
Jue Yin (First Phase: Cold Qi is fierce, with frost, snow, ice, and rain; strong winds cause plants to sprout, and rain generates hairy insects; hot Qi harms people, epidemic Qi circulates; wind and rain condense Yin Qi which does not dissipate; plague arrives; clear wind, fog, frost, and obscurity.)
Jue Yin (Guest Qi) Shao Yin (Guest Qi) Tai Yin (Guest Qi) Shao Yang (Usurping Guest Reversal) Yang Ming (Guest Qi) Tai Yang (Guest Qi) Shao Yin (Second Phase: Wind-warmth, rain generates hairy insects; epidemics occur throughout the world, righteous Qi attains its position; frequent rain; intense heat, epidemic febrile diseases circulate early; cool wind arrives irregularly; cold rain interspersed with heat.)
Shao Yin (Guest Qi) Tai Yin (Guest Qi) Shao Yang (Guest Qi) Yang Ming (Guest Qi) Tai Yang (Guest Qi) Jue Yin (Guest Qi) Shao Yang (Third Phase: Great heat and scorching light; thunderstorms, lightning, and hail; great heat and scorching light cause grass to wither and rivers to dry up; cool wind arises intermittently; cold Qi arrives intermittently, heat contention leads to hail; heavy rain falls greatly, generating feathered insects.)
Tai Yin (Guest Qi) Shao Yang (Guest Qi) Yang Ming (Guest Qi) Tai Yang (Guest Qi) Jue Yin (Guest Qi) Shao Yin (Guest Qi) Tai Yin (Fourth Phase: Heavy rain pours down, foggy rain, lightning, and thunder; heat boils; clear wind, fog, and dew; cold rain damages crops; wind and rain cause destruction, generating creeping insects; clouds float over mountains and marshes, torrential rain brings humid dampness.)
Shao Yang (Guest Qi) Yang Ming (Guest Qi) Tai Yang (Guest Qi) Jue Yin (Guest Qi) Shao Yin (Guest Qi) Tai Yin (Guest Qi) Yang Ming (Fifth Phase: Warm winds arrive; all things flourish; great coolness and dryness; early cold; strong cool winds arise, generating shelled insects; autumn temperature is warm and hot, febrile diseases circulate; frequent rain, deep gloom.)
Yang Ming (Guest Qi) Tai Yang (Guest Qi) Jue Yin (Guest Qi) Shao Yin (Guest Qi) Tai Yin (Guest Qi) Shao Yang (Guest Qi) Tai Yang (Sixth Phase/End Phase: Dry and cold are piercing; severe cold freezes solid; cold winds blow, generating scaled insects; hibernating insects emerge, seeing flowing water that does not freeze; condensed Yin and cold, snowy ground with moist Earth Qi; winter warmth, hibernating insects appear, flowing water does not freeze.)