Fire Tiger
Bǐng Yín, yang
- Stem
- 丙 fire, yang
- Branch
- 寅 tiger
- 納音
- 爐中火 Fire in the Furnace
- Years
- 1926, 1986, 2046
Each listed year runs from its boundary to the next one, and it depends on the convention. Early dates in the calendar year can belong to the year before.
About this year
Wood feeds fire, and 丙寅 puts the fuel below the flame: 寅, the Tiger, is wood and 丙 is yang fire. The branch supports the stem in the generating cycle. 1926 and 1986 were Fire Tiger years, and 2046 is next.
Here the 納音 lines up with the stem as Fire in the Furnace, a match that holds for only sixteen of the sixty pairs. Sanming Tonghui says the energy grows gradually brighter and becomes visible through firewood. Agreement with the stem remains a product of where the pair falls in the count.
Where this text comes from
The 納音 name follows the Wikisource text of 三命通會, volume 1, the only witness we found for the full set of names. The polarity of the stems and branches and the generating and overcoming cycles follow 五行大義 volume 2.
- 三命通會 卷一 (Wikisource 三命通會/卷一, SIMPLIFIED script as stored on Wikisource)
Retrieved 2026-11-09
- 五行大義 卷二 (Wikisource 五行大義/2, traditional script)
Retrieved 2026-11-09
The English here is our own plain wording, not a translation of a single source.