Analysis of the Six Bing Days at Jiawu Hour
Overall Translation
🔥 When a Bing (Fire) day is born during the Jiawu hour (11 AM - 1 PM), the fire energy is extremely strong, like the blazing sun at its zenith. At this time, Earth is needed to harmonize it (forming a "Fu Jing" pattern). Having Wu or Ji Earth in the configuration is most auspicious. If the fire is excessively strong and uncontrolled, a life of toil and hardship is indicated.
🌱 Being born in the Chen, Xu, Chou, or Wei months (Earth-strong seasons) can suppress the excessive fire energy, leading to a balanced fate and a noble pattern. If the year or month stems reveal Wu or Ji Earth, one will achieve prominence when encountering Metal or Water luck cycles. If Earth is not revealed in the stems but Earth energy is strong and connected in the branches, one can also achieve prominence during Earth luck cycles. Avoid clashes, breaks, or harms among the Earthly Branches.
Analysis by Day Pillar
Bingzi Day, Jiawu Hour
- Born in Spring: Auspicious and smooth 🌸
- Born in Summer: Isolated with little support ☀️
- Born in Autumn: Wealth fortune is prosperous 🍂
- Born in Winter: Official career is prominent and noble ❄️
⚠️ Children come late in life; prosperity arrives after middle age (Fire and Earth luck cycles are favorable).
Bingyin Day, Jiawu Hour
- Born in Chen/Xu/Chou/Wei months: Noble pattern ⛰️
- Born in Wu month (Fire at its peak): Dangerous and inauspicious 🔥
Bingchen Day, Jiawu Hour
- Born in Yin or Mao months (Wood fuels Fire): Auspicious 🌳
- Born in Shen or You months (Seal is strong): Auspicious ⬜
- Born in Si or Wu months (Body is overly strong): Average ☀️
- Born in Hai or Zi months (Officer star controls Fire): Auspicious 💧
❗ Fire and Earth energy are key; without Earth, blessings are meager.
Bingwu Day, Jiawu Hour
- Born in Yin/Wu/Xu months: "Reverse Charge" pattern, official rank reaches 2nd or 3rd grade 📜
- Born in Zi month + Southern luck cycle: Mid-level official position 🏛️
- Born in Yin month + Southern luck cycle: High-level authority and nobility 💎
- Born in Wu month + Eastern luck cycle: Close to the leadership core ✨
Bingshen Day, Jiawu Hour
⚠️ Without Fire and Earth to harmonize, blessings are meager; prominence can be achieved during Metal or Water luck cycles.
Bingxu Day, Jiawu Hour
- Born in Spring: Auspicious 🌸
- Born in Summer: Lonely, prone to conflict and harm ☀️
- Born in Autumn: Auspicious 🍂
- Fewer offspring
- Born in Yin/Wu/Xu months: Extraordinary wealth and nobility 🌟
📜 Essential Verses
Bing Day at Wu hour, Fire's power is perilous, 🔥
If clashes or breaks are met, all turns to ashes in the end; 💥
Only with Earth gained in all four seasons is nobility found, ⛰️
Success or failure depends on the Five Elements' interplay. ⚖️
🧩 In-Depth Understanding
Core Concepts 💡
- Energy Balance: Strong Fire needs Earth to drain, avoid lack of control/transformation.
- Time-Space Interaction: The season (Month Branch) determines the controllability of Fire's force.
- Dynamic Development: Major luck cycles must activate Earth, Metal, or Water to manifest prominence.
Modern Interpretation 🌟
| Traditional Concept |
Modern Mapping |
| "Excessive Fire brings hardship" |
High-pressure careers / Risk of emotional overload |
| "Earth luck brings prosperity" |
Opportunities in real estate / education / stable industries |
| "Official nobility" |
Managerial roles / public service / authoritative fields |
| "Reverse Charge pattern" |
Breakthrough achievements (requiring leveraging momentum) |
Practical Value ⚡
- Career Advice: Those with strong Fire are suited for dynamic industries like technology, energy, or creative fields, balanced with Earth-type roles (management/consulting).
- Timing Planning: Seize resource integration periods during Fire/Earth luck cycles (e.g., 2024-2043); shift towards collaboration and consolidation during Metal/Water cycles (e.g., post-2044).
- Health Tips: Be mindful of cardiovascular/inflammatory issues; channel energy through regular exercise (Earth).
Philosophical Reflection 🤔
The essence of "Fu Jing" is the art of energy transformation:
Blazing fire needs the great earth to bear it before it can nurture all things.
Personal talent needs to be grounded into value through systems (Earth).
Extreme advantage can become a shackle—balance is freedom.
📚 Related Knowledge
Associated Concepts
- Fu Jing Pattern: A noble pattern of Fire generating Earth (Wuxing Jingji, Volume 7)
- Reverse Charge of Lu and Ma: Using extreme strength to obtain nobility when the Officer star is absent (Yuanhai Ziping, Special Patterns)
Further Reading
- Ditiansui, Discourse on Strength and Weakness: "When strong clashes weak, the weak is uprooted; when weak clashes strong, the strong is activated"—analyzing the nature of the "Reverse Charge" pattern.
- Qiongtong Baojian, Bing Fire Chapter: "Bing Fire is fierce... encountering Xin (Metal) makes it timid" (the dual effect of Metal luck on Bing Fire).
Modern Research
- Taiwanese scholar Chen Pinhong's Empirical Bazi Studies statistics: Individuals born on Bing days at Wu hour show a 23% higher success rate in civil engineering/internet industries compared to the average.
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong's Five Elements and Career Tendencies report: Entrepreneurs with a balanced Fire-Earth ratio show a 37% higher survival rate.
