Get Chinese AstrologyChinese astrology atlas

Heavenly Stem 03 of 10 · 天干

丙

Bing 丙 Yang Fire Stem: Day Master Meaning, Years Ending in 6

Bing 丙 Yang Fire is stem 3 of 10; it heads animal years ending in 6 (1996, 2006, 2016, 2026), combines with Xin 辛 and clashes with Ren 壬. Apply the year boundary to January and February births.

bǐng

Polarity
Yang
Phase partner
丁 Ding
A summer garden of red blossoms, a kiln, pavilion and sunlit mountains
Summer · SouthThis landscape visualises the traditional seasonal and directional correspondences of Fire. Bing's yang position is supplied by the stem itself.

Traditional Day Master reading

Bing: Strong Fire that dispels frost

Bing’s Fire is expansive and readily felt. Read through the Day Master, this image suggests vivid expression, direct engagement and an impulse to bring things into the open. Its intensity gives the interpretation movement and warmth. The surrounding chart helps distinguish a clear, sustained expression from heat that builds faster than it can find a useful outlet.

What stays fixed for Bing

Sequence position
3 of 10

After 乙 Yi; before 丁 Ding.

Five Combination · 五合
辛 Xin

The reciprocal partner five positions away in the stem sequence.

Four stem clashes · 天干相沖
壬 Ren

Every Bing pillar in the cycle

  1. Position 03丙寅Example year 1986
  2. Position 13丙子Example year 1996
  3. Position 23丙戌Example year 2006
  4. Position 33丙申Example year 2016
  5. Position 43丙午Example year 2026
  6. Position 53丙辰Example year 2036

Where 丙 is carried as a hidden stem

  1. 01

    寅

    Tiger · Yin

    Wood branch

    middle

    The second stem in the branch’s interior order

  2. 02

    巳

    Snake · Si

    Fire branch

    primary

    The branch’s principal interior stem

Open the complete hidden-stem map

How Bing names all ten stem relationships

  1. 01甲JiaYang WoodIt generates the Day Master · same polarity偏印Indirect Resourcepiān yìn
  2. 02乙YiYin WoodIt generates the Day Master · different polarity正印Direct Resourcezhèng yìn
  3. 03丙BingYang FireSame phase · same polarity比肩Friendbǐ jiān
  4. 04丁DingYin FireSame phase · different polarity劫财Rob Wealthjié cái
  5. 05戊WuYang EarthDay Master generates it · same polarity食神Eating Godshí shén
  6. 06己JiYin EarthDay Master generates it · different polarity伤官Hurting Officershāng guān
  7. 07庚GengYang MetalDay Master controls it · same polarity偏财Indirect Wealthpiān cái
  8. 08辛XinYin MetalDay Master controls it · different polarity正财Direct Wealthzhèng cái
  9. 09壬RenYang WaterIt controls the Day Master · same polarity七杀Seven Killingsqī shā
  10. 10癸GuiYin WaterIt controls the Day Master · different polarity正官Direct Officerzhèng guān
Read the complete Ten Gods rule