hi,

first of all excuse me for my english. I'd like to ask a question, what is the most important, the gua element (gua 2 = earth for me) or the ba zi element ( weak fire). I like very much earth colors, my bedroom is painted yellow, do I weaken my ba zi element ?

Thank you for your answer.

Dear Anon,

Anonymous wrote:
first of all excuse me for my english. I'd like to ask a question, what is the most important, the gua element (gua 2 = earth for me) or the ba zi element ( weak fire). I like very much earth colors, my bedroom is painted yellow, do I weaken my ba zi element ?

The Gua is based on your YEAR of birth only. While Ba Zi is calculated against the date and time of birth. Therefore, the element that you should be taking yourself as should be your ba zi element. Therefore, you are a weak fire person.

A weak fire, person generally lacks either wood or fire. While Water or Earth tends to weaken your fire.Metal is your wealth but as a weak fire you are not strong enough to benefit it. So you willnot be your favourable elementsunless you have more wood/fire to strengthen your weak fire. This is the general favourable/unfavourable based on the fact that youare a weak fire.

However, a weak fire can be due to having lack more wood or fire. (for example, if a person has 20% Wood, 5% Fire, so this tells me that this person lacks more fire than wood). Alternatively, if you have too much water (50%), this may also be a cause that makes you too weak.

So often you need to know the percentage breakdown of your five element to be able to determine what elements you need more or less. Sometimes, you may be a weak fire, but if Earth is lacking in your chart, you may benefit from having some Earth when you have sufficient of wood/fire. This is what we often call the balance of the five element and how you can fine-tune the chart to your advantage. This portion is available for the paid ba zi users to fine-tune.

But where the balance of the five element percentage is not known, then you based on the basics of the five element. Weak Fire = generally needs more wood/fire. While Earth/Metal/Water should not have too much. It does not mean you should not have it at all, just that you need to make sure you do not have too much. Remember, the key is balance. The ideal is to have exactly 20% of each five element to attain perfect harmony.

The only additional point I want to add is that Earth (Yellow) is often a tacky colour to have in the house. Especially so for Bright Yellow/Bright Red. This is because most of the flying star illness/misfortune stars are often prone to activation if the room is painted in these colours. So you need to be extra careful. If these colours are to be choosen, make sure it is the light off-white colour (ie light cream/light pink if any). If you know the room sector has star 2/5 then avoid these colours to be safe.

Hope that helps.

Warmest Regards
Robert Lee
GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

thanks for your answer

I seem to have very much earth and metal in my ba zi so I will try to wear more fire and wood colors ( even if I hate green ). My bedroom has stars 1-9-8, I think yellow is not so bad isn't it ?