What Is Vermilion Bird Riding the Wind (朱雀乘風) in BaZi?
Learn the named Vermilion Bird Riding the Wind day pillars, Fire-Water balance, Shen-Zi-Chen route, support tests and OpenFate boundary.
Overview
Vermilion Bird Riding the Wind is the standard English name for 朱雀乘風. The classical passage applies the southern Vermilion Bird image to Bing and Ding Fire days that sit in named Metal-Water contexts. Bing-Zi and Ding-Hai are the leading Water-Fire balance examples; it also names Bing-Shen, Bing-Chen, Ding-You and Ding-Chou, and discusses a complete Shen-Zi-Chen Water combination. The route requires supported Fire, usable Wealth and Officer qi, and neither Fire nor Water becoming one-sided. OpenFate exposes the component facts but does not declare this composite pattern.
At a glance
- Eligible Day Stems
- Bing or Ding Fire
- Leading days
- Bing-Zi and Ding-Hai
- Additional days
- Bing-Shen, Bing-Chen, Ding-You and Ding-Chou
- Combination route
- Complete Shen-Zi-Chen Water frame
- Balance test
- Supported Fire with non-excessive Metal and Water
- Product boundary
- No OpenFate Vermilion Bird verdict
The source names two leading days and four additional supported days
Bing-Zi and Ding-Hai express the central Water-Fire balance route. The passage separately includes Bing-Shen, Bing-Chen, Ding-You and Ding-Chou when the Day Master has support and the seated Wealth or Officer relation remains usable.
A Bing or Ding Day Stem elsewhere is not sufficient. The exact Day Pillar and any claimed Shen-Zi-Chen Water frame must be present in the natal chart.
- Identify the exact named Day Pillar.
- Require all three branches before citing Shen-Zi-Chen.
Water-Fire balance is a chart condition, not a decorative phrase
The classical wording favors Fire receiving Metal and Water when Fire itself remains supported. Water and Fire must be mutually workable rather than one side becoming withered or overwhelming.
The separate Ding-Wei statement belongs to a narrow transmitted variant and contains livestock and illness claims. It should not be merged into the main day list or presented as a modern prediction.
- Audit Fire support, Water strength, Wealth, Officer and season.
- Keep the Ding-Wei variant labeled and outside the core allowlist.
OpenFate shows the balance inputs without creating the pattern
The engine calculates Day Pillars, hidden stems, Ten Gods, Three Combinations, Month Command and strength, allowing each condition to be reviewed directly.
There is no Vermilion Bird Riding the Wind detector or score. A complete Water frame or named day remains evidence, not an automatic conclusion, and no stored report is changed.
- Display exact chart components and their locations.
- Do not turn a component match into a hidden report verdict.
The Vermilion Bird image does not forecast wealth, illness or loss
Classical language connects balanced Fire and Water with distinction and attaches adverse events to a Ding-Wei variant. Those claims are historical symbolism, not validated causal evidence.
Do not promise rank or wealth and do not predict illness, injury, livestock loss, family outcomes or lifespan. Use appropriate evidence and professional advice for consequential matters.
- No rank, wealth or family guarantee.
- No medical, injury, loss or lifespan prediction.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《古今圖書集成》藝術典第608卷「朱雀乘風」：丙子丁亥水火既濟、丙申丙辰丁酉丁丑、申子辰水局、身旺有托、水火相停及丁未旁說A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology核心與延伸日柱、完整水局和火勢財官逐層顯示，丁未旁說獨立且不補缺支，未實作則不判並排除官位財富疾病傷害損失家族壽命預測OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.