What elements are lacking for people with a fire element depends on their specific eight characters. Those with strong fire energy are prone to lack metal and water, while those with weak fire energy tend to lack wood and fire; people born in 1979 (sheep year) have the "Heavenly Fire" element, which often lacks metal and water due to excessive earth energy draining the fire. The remedy requires completing the chain of "earth generating metal, metal generating water," like adding fuel and clearing the channel for a burning furnace.
Fire Element People: What Elements Are Lacking?
1. The Yin-Yang Fire Element: Observing Interaction with Other ElementsThe Yin-Yang Fire Element (such as Heavenly Fire or Mountain Fire) carries inherent fire energy, and deficiencies usually result from other elements being too strong. If fire is overpowered by water (e.g., excessive water weakening fire), it needs more fire to support combustion; if fire generates too much earth (earth is strong and drains fire), it needs metal to drain the earth (earth generates metal) and water to moisten (metal generates water), similar to "a furnace burning too much earth, requiring a metal shovel to loosen the soil and introduce water to cool it down."
For example, a person with the Mountain Fire element who has too much earth in their eight characters may lack metal and water, causing the fire to be buried by earth and its energy difficult to release.
2. Fire Element Based on the Day's Stem: Determining Deficiencies Based on Fire Strength
For people whose day stem is Bing Fire or Ding Fire, the strength of the fire determines the deficiency. Bing Fire, like the sun (strong fire), if surrounded by too much water (water overpowers fire), needs wood to generate fire (wood can transform water), making it likely to lack wood; Ding Fire, like a candle flame (weak fire), if surrounded by too much metal (fire overpowers metal and consumes fire), needs wood to generate fire, making it likely to lack wood and fire.
It's like "a big fire fears being drowned and needs more fuel, while a small fire fears being blown out and needs protection from wood." The strength of the fire determines the missing elements.
3. Core Judgment: Checking if the Generation-Overcoming Chain Is Smooth
The ideal state for a fire element person is a smooth cycle of "wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, water generates wood." If any link breaks, the corresponding element is lacking. If fire generates too much earth (excessive earth), the link between earth and metal may break, leading to a lack of metal; if metal generates too little water, then water is lacking. This forms a broken chain of "fire → earth → metal → water," and the remedy requires supplementing metal and water.
What Elements Are Lacking for the 1979 Sheep Year with Heavenly Fire Element and How to Remediate It?
1979 was the year of Ji Wei, with the Yin-Yang element of Heavenly Fire. Fire generates the earth of Ji and Wei, resulting in strong earth energy, like "a furnace continuously burning earth, with too much soil piling up," making it prone to lack metal (inadequate generation of metal from earth) and water (insufficient generation of water from metal). The remedy requires unblocking the chain of "earth → metal → water."1. First, Identify the Lack: Earth Overpowering Metal, Weak Metal Leading to Drought
The Heavenly Fire element has relatively strong fire energy, but continuous generation of earth leads to excessive earth, which "buries metal" (earth generates metal, but when earth is too strong, it suppresses metal), and weak metal leads to "drought of water" (insufficient generation of water from metal), similar to "soil becoming compacted and unable to grow metal, leading to no water source." Common manifestations include: a stubborn personality (strong earth), lack of decisiveness (weak metal), and rigid thinking (lack of water).
2. Core Remedy: Loosen the Earth, Generate Metal, and Introduce Water
(1) Supplement Metal: Allow Earth to Generate Metal Effectively
Environment: Place metal accessories in the west (metal direction), such as copper cranes or stainless steel decorations, like "inserting metal poles into compacted soil to loosen it"; wear white or silver clothes, use metal utensils to enhance the flow of metal energy.
Diet: Eat more white radishes, apricots, and silver ear fungus (white, metal-related foods), like "planting metal seeds in the soil."
(2) Supplement Water: Use Metal to Generate Water and Moisturize the Whole System
Environment: Place an aquarium (with four black fish) in the north (water direction), place black obsidian or sapphire jewelry, like "channeling water to irrigate the field, moisturizing metal and earth"; use blue or black curtains to enhance water energy.
Diet: Drink soy milk, eat kelp, and pears (water-related foods), like "watering dry soil."
(3) Balance Fire and Earth: Avoid Suppressing Fire or Increasing Earth
Avoid excessive red or yellow decorations (to prevent fire and earth from becoming stronger), use green plants (wood) to buffer (wood generates fire but also controls earth), such as placing a money tree (wood), like "adding wood to the furnace without adding more earth, allowing fire to generate earth in moderation."
3. Accessories and Habits: Carry "Loosening Soil and Introducing Water" Tools
Accessories: Wear a silver bracelet (metal) paired with a black obsidian bracelet (water); silver generates water, and black obsidian aids water, forming a "metal → water" flow; hang a copper gourd (copper belongs to metal) on a keychain, which collects earth energy and generates metal.
Habits: Organize items frequently (practice the orderliness of metal), get close to natural water scenes (supplement water energy), and drink warm water daily (moisturize metal and earth), like "daily loosening soil and watering, ensuring harmony among metal, water, and earth."
Q: Can people with the Heavenly Fire element in 1979 supplement fire? Would that make the fire even stronger?
A: It is not advisable to strongly supplement fire. The Heavenly Fire already has strong fire energy, and adding more fire would make the earth stronger (fire generates earth), worsening the issue of "burying metal." It's like "adding more fuel to a furnace burning earth, making the soil pile higher." Instead, supplement metal and water to allow the natural flow of fire generating earth, earth generating metal, and metal generating water, rather than directly supplementing fire.
Q: How to determine whether one is suffering from excessive earth and lacking metal?
A: Observe your body and personality: excessive earth often causes digestive issues and a heavy body; weak metal leads to dry skin and indecisiveness; lack of water causes dry mouth and slow thinking. If you experience all these symptoms, it's likely you have excessive earth and lack metal and water. You can follow the above methods to remediate it, like "judging whether a plant lacks fertilizer or water based on its yellow leaves and applying the right nutrients and water accordingly."
