Detailed Concept
"Fire means Flaring and Ascending" (Huo Yue Yan Shang). "Yan" means hot, and "Shang" means upward. It refers to the characteristics of fire being hot, rising, and bright. It implies that things with functions of warming, rising, and brightening belong to Fire. The characteristics of Fire are warming, rising, and brightening. Fire governs Propriety (Li); its nature is urgent, its emotion is respectful, its taste is bitter, and its color is red.
Natural Correspondences
- Direction: South
- Season: Summer
- Time: Si and Wu hours
- Climate: Heat
- Heavenly Stems: Bing, Ding
- Earthly Branches: Si, Wu
- Numbers: 2, 7
- Colors: Red, Purple
Five Elements Cycle
- Generating: Wood generates Fire (Wood fuels Fire), Fire generates Earth (Ash becomes Earth)
- Controlling: Water controls Fire (Water extinguishes Fire), Fire controls Metal (Fire melts Metal)
TCM Correspondence
- Zang Organ: Heart
- Fu Organ: Small Intestine
- Sense Organ: Tongue
- Body Tissue: Blood Vessels
- Emotion: Joy
- Sound: Laughing
- Taste: Bitter
Qi Men Dun Jia Application
In Qi Men Dun Jia divination, Fire represents brightness, civilization, etiquette, documents, fire/electricity, inflammation, and heart diseases.
- Represented Figures: Officials, Cultural Figures, Beauties, Witnesses.
- Represented Forms: Pointed, Sharp, Upper.
- Auspicious/Inauspicious: When timely, it indicates humility and respect; when untimely, it implies irritability or vanity.