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A room of Fire · 火
BaZi
In BaZi (八字, the Four Pillars), your day master is the element that stands for you. A Fire day master is read through the season it was born into and the phases around it that feed, drain, forge, or cool it.
Fire is strong in summer, the months of 巳午未 (sì wǔ wèi), when the season is already Fire, and weak in winter, when cold smothers it. A strong Fire wants draining or checking; a weak Fire wants feeding and shelter.
The classical model reads Fire against the other four phases: Wood fuels it, Earth drains it, Water controls it, and Metal is what Fire acts upon and, in the wealth reading, what it forges. Hot summer Fire in particular is often said to want a little Water to cool it, 调候 (tiáo hòu), the temperature adjustment, the exact mirror of cold Water wanting Fire.
Where Fire sits