By Janet Shin

Let's continue studying byeong and jeong fire.



● The south
● Summer
● The planet Mars
● The color red
● Circulatory system andheart
● Dynamic, energetic, passionate, enterprising, adventurous, restless
● Competitive, leadership skills, strong, single minded, loves a good laugh

Fire takes from the five cardinal virtues of wise men.

Basically people born with fire energy are polite but on the other hand, they can't bear evil. Fire will basically need wood to supplement fuel energy. It melts metal to make valuable jewelry. But if it is too strong, it does not harmonize with its surroundings. Then it will require water energy to cool it down.

Fire is divided into two, byeong fire and jeong fire as celestial stems

1) Byeong fire

Byeong people have a distinct personality. They are chivalrous, considerate and cheerful, but they also boast about themselves.

Byeong fire represents the sun in the sky.

It is yang fire and radiates the fire's character. It likes to shed light on everything and hates those who are impolite. We can see the sun anywhere we are, so byeong fire wants to have attention on itself all the time. The sun sheds light on others so it sacrifices itself for others. However it doesn't focus on one place but spreads out all over the world. Once it has no attention, it easily loses passion.

2) Jeong fire

Jeong people keep their passion inside. They are progressive and very smart. While they care for others they also play for their own sake. They have internal desire.

Jeong fire represents candlelight, blast furnaces, the moon and stars etc.
It is a yin fire. It keeps the property of diffusion internally.

Tip ― Fire restrains metal. While the major mission of byeong fire is to shed light on jewelry, raise nature and make things warm, jeong fire is the melting pot to burn and melt materials.



Here are four pillars of man to show the characteristics of a fire stem.

Byeong fire (day stem) is the owner of this saju. He is born with the energy of sun. There is a big tree (gap wood) and im water placed next to a day stem. All five elements are harmonized and circulate well to generate new elements and no single element has too much power or restricts the others.

We need to see not only the power of five elements in celestial stems but whether they are in good shape among themselves. The five elements themselves are not so important. For example, byeong fire does well with the jewelry. But if it were jeong fire, it would not be so useful as it melts jewelry. Jeong fire is used to melt metal to make weapons, knives and jewelry. Jewelry has already formed its beauty so it needs byeong fire to shine on, while jeong fire is needed for raw metal. Also, we need to see how the stems are supported by terrestrial branches, such as if they receive support when they are weak.

Anyway, this person was born into a rich family. He was educated well. He studied at a top ranked university in Korea. His father was a founder of one of the biggest furniture companies in the country. As he is the only son, he will manage the company. But there is still one thing that made his life unsatisfactory. Managing his father's company is not what he likes best. Although he has a master's degree, his skills are not suited to managing a company. He is not free from the responsibility and has to do what he does not like.

The writer is the president of the Heavenly Garden, a saju research center in Korea. She is the author of the book titled ``Learning Four Pillars." She is an acupuncture and moxibustion therapist. For more information, visit her Web site (http://blog.naver.com/janet_shin) or email to janetshin@hotmail.com.