Bing Fire is the third of the ten Heavenly Stems in Chinese style fortune telling. What are the Heavenly Stems and what do they show us? They don’t give any information about life or our circumstances—instead, they show us our ideas. Bing Fire is the third archetype in Chinese cosmology. It is the nurturer and the witness. If you want to check to see if Bing Fire represents your personality in Chinese astrology, find a bazi chart calculator and look for your day stem. Your day stem is the anchor of your day and represents your personality.
(I titled this article “day master” because the day stem of your chart is often translated as “day master” and this is the most common search term related to the concept. However, you can call your day stem your day destiny, your chart ruler, or simply your day stem.)
Bing Fire is the sun. Out of all of the ten stems, Bing Fire is the most yang. What does that mean?
In Chinese cosmology, there’s a concept called constant change. As soon as something grows to its pinnacle, that thing starts to decline. That’s why something that is mature has less vitality than it did in its immature form. A flower that is just starting to bud has more energy than a flower that has already bloomed. Things are more exciting when they are beginning! Both wood and fire are considered to be yang in Chinese cosmology but wood is the start of yang rising. Wood breaks through the cold and brings the spring in.
What does fire do? Fire lights up the world. It gives clarity and illumination. It also nurtures life. Plants grow because they absorb and metabolize light. Animals grow because we eat plants. That’s the cycle of energy.
All yang stems have a certain unruliness. Wood breaks through the earth and grows in its own way whether it is Yang Wood or Yin Wood because all wood has yang energy. As the most yang of all of the stems, Bing Fire is the least affected by its surroundings. The sun is literally not found on earth. That means that nothing on earth can affect the sun.
No matter what, Bing Fire people will just go their own way. They can’t help it. They might not be loud about it but they will go their own way. They can’t be influenced.
Albert Einstein was a Bing Fire day stem. He spent his life thinking about things that no one else did. Yoshihiro Togashi is a Bing Fire day stem. No matter how many fans get on his case about finishing Hunter X Hunter, Togashi will only draw manga at his own pace. No amount of hurrying him will work. Dennis Rodman is a Bing Fire day stem. Rodman is just himself—he’ll dress in gender nonconforming clothes as an athlete or vacation in North Korea if he feels like it. He doesn’t care what people think.
Bing Fire, as the sun, is known to be the most eccentric of all of the stem archetypes. They’re like aliens. The sun is literally not from our world and Bing Fire can give people the impression that they’re not from Earth. That’s what happens when you literally don’t care what other people want you to do.
The sun is the sun. The sun gives to everyone but it doesn’t take anything back in. That’s Bing Fire. Bing Fire is always sharing without a thought—they’ll share the coat off their back without giving it a thought but they will also share their unadulterated opinions without a single thought as well.
Sunlight is completely transparent and gives clarity. Bing Fire hides nothing. They reveal everything. They’re not keeping track of how much they have given and whether they have received. They’re not trying to piss you off because you said something that ticked them off yesterday. Bing Fire barely remembers what you said yesterday because they are off in their own world. They’re just sharing—when they feel like it.
As the most yang stem, Bing Fire is a little weird. Bing Fire is fire and fire is controlled by water but you can’t put the sun out with water. Fire’s resource is wood but you can’t make the sun hotter by burning wood. Bing Fire nurtures its own resource spirit instead. The energy of the sun is just so vibrant that, instead of receiving guidance from mentors and older people, Bing Fire is generously sharing their opinions back to those older than them. For someone who is always just expressing and sharing, does Bing Fire ever stop? Doesn’t Bing Fire get tired like the rest of us?
Yes, Bing Fire gets tired. The sun rises every morning but only because it goes to sleep at night. Nothing can stop the sun from rising and nothing can stop Bing Fire people from giving but nothing can stop the sun from setting either.
If Bing Fire wants to hit you up, you can’t stop them. If they ignore you, then you can’t get their attention either. The sun rises when it wants to and sets when it wants to.
Bing Fire people are very consistent. They are consistent because they are self regulating. Bing Fire is that guy who goes riding off into the sunset on a motorbike, leaving appointments they made before hanging. That guy on their motorbike isn’t always riding the bike. They sometimes rest but they only rest when they feel like it.
Bing Fire people need their own space. They need their own schedule. They need their own schedule because they have their own vision of what they’re here to do. Bing Fire isn’t going to change their routine to suit anyone else’s timetable. They are self regulating.
Dennis Rodman, who played for the Chicago Bulls, is a good example of Bing Fire energy. His day stem is Bing Fire and the rest of his chart has strong fire as well. Rodman was a star player. After he helped his team win a game, he was suddenly nowhere to be found when the mandatory press conference came around. No one could find him until he made a public appearance at a pro wrestling event. Rodman was fined for missing his contractual obligations but he actually netted more money because he made more at the wrestling event. Also, he just likes wrestling.
That’s Bing Fire energy. If Rodman wants to shoot a ball through a hoop, no one can stop him. If he wants to break his contractual obligations and do something else, no one can stop him either.
During the years of Fire Horse when Bing Fire energy is strong, a lot of Japanese people stop having babies because they are afraid to have girls with strong Bing Fire energy. Yaoya Oshichi, a young girl with strong Bing Fire energy, kept committing arson because she met the love of her life during a fire and wanted to see him again.
I think that Oshichi’s story encapsulates Bing Fire well. Fire, in Chinese medicine, is embodied by the heart. You know that feeling of wanting someone so bad that you will do anything to see them again? That feeling of love so intense that no one can stop you from thinking about your desire constantly? That deep infatuation that you fall into and suddenly you’re ready to give everything you have to the one you love? That’s Bing Fire energy.
Bing Fire people can’t be stopped when they love. They are vibrant but also as constant as a never ending crush running through your mind. They’re sincerely generous from their hearts just like an infatuated person who gives and shares to try to get their crush’s attention.
And then a crush sometimes falls away. You can’t stop that from happening either. That’s like the sun going to sleep at night. Bing Fire is that guy on a motorbike. When that guy decides to leave, you can’t stop them from leaving. Their journey is their own just like the sun’s journey belongs solely to the sun.
If Bing Fire likes you, they will give everything they have to you. If they don’t like you, then they don’t even see you. They only give out of sincerity from their hearts. They only tell the truth.
