巳
Si (巳) — the Snake branch
Snake · Fire · 4th lunar month · 09:30–11:30
Fire biding its time in the shade
What this energy is
Si is where fire is born and where metal is produced. Quiet on the surface while the calculation runs precisely underneath.
Strengths
- Strategy and calculation ahead of time
- Holds concentration on one thing
- Persuasive and articulate
Shadows
- Read as concealing what it thinks
- Doubt slows the letting-in of people
- Sits in the triple punishment
We do not only say the pleasant things. Knowing the weak side first is what makes it manageable.
Evidence · why we read it this way
Evidence — Hidden stems Wu, Geng, Bing, with Bing as the main energy. It is the birth branch of the Si-You-Chou Metal frame. Note: Yin by sequence but Yang Fire by main hidden stem, so the label differs by school.
BaZi terms used here
- Hidden Stems (地藏干)Heavenly Stems concealed inside a branch
- Each of the twelve branches is one character on the surface but holds two or three stems inside: the residual energy first, then the middle energy, then the main energy that represents the branch. Structures are taken from the main energy of the month branch.
- Birth, Peak and Storehouse branches (生旺庫)Where energy is born, peaks, and is stored
- The three branches of a frame each play a role: born at Yin, Shen, Si, Hai; at peak at Zi, Wu, Mao, You; stored at Chen, Xu, Chou, Wei. The storehouse is also called the tomb-vault.
- Triple Punishment (三刑)Three branches tangling into friction
- Yin-Si-Shen and Chou-Xu-Wei are the two main sets. Rather than a head-on clash they tangle, appearing as disputes, surgery or litigation.
- Travelling Horse (驛馬)The star of movement and change
- It attaches to the birth branches Yin, Shen, Si and Hai. Staying in one place is hard, and the energy comes alive in travel, relocation and postings. It is read as a mobile engine rather than instability.
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