Cold, Heat, Dryness, and Dampness in Bazi (寒暖燥濕)
Use 寒暖燥濕 as four chart-climate dimensions derived from season and the whole chart, not literal weather, body temperature, disease, or simple element counts.
Overview
Cold, heat, dryness, and dampness (寒暖燥濕) are four traditional dimensions for describing how seasonal qi and the chart’s elements support or obstruct circulation. Month Command and solar-term depth provide the starting climate, while Fire, Water, Metal, Wood, Earth, hidden qi, roots, and combinations modify it. The dimensions can coexist and must be graded; they are not medical states or direct measurements of a person or environment.
At a glance
- Cold
- Insufficient warming or constrained activation
- Heat
- Excess heat or inadequate cooling
- Dryness
- Insufficient moistening or overly desiccating qi
- Dampness
- Excess moisture, heaviness, or blocked transformation
- Starting evidence
- Month Command and solar-term depth
- Boundary
- Not weather, body temperature, or diagnosis
Establish the seasonal baseline first
Use the Month Command, exact solar-term position, and the adopted climate table to describe the starting tendency.
Do not reduce a whole season to one absolute label; early, middle, and late positions and local chart modifiers matter.
- Record the term depth.
- Use a versioned climate mapping.
Apply whole-chart modifiers without double counting
Evaluate stems, branches, hidden qi, roots, combinations, and circulation paths that warm, cool, moisten, or dry.
One symbol may affect more than one dimension, but its underlying force should not be counted repeatedly as independent full evidence.
- Trace each modifier once.
- Preserve source and connection.
Grade mixed conditions and identify the bottleneck
A chart can be cold and damp, hot and dry, or contain offsetting factors; report each dimension rather than forcing one label.
Name which condition currently obstructs circulation and what counterevidence limits confidence.
- Allow combined climate states.
- Publish the main obstruction and counterevidence.
Keep chart climate distinct from health and weather
These dimensions do not measure body temperature, hydration, humidity exposure, constitution, or disease.
They cannot prescribe food, herbs, climate, housing, travel, or treatment without independent qualified evidence.
- No medical or environmental diagnosis.
- No literal climate remedy.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《滴天髓》 (Dripping Heavenly Marrow)《滴天髓》寒暖燥濕論以出生節令與全局氣候偏性判斷五行是否可用，不以單一月份套固定答案A core later text on Bazi balance, seasonal strength, and relational reading.
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》月令節氣與五行休旺論支持同季節仍須比較干支根透、燥濕來源及制化A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology寒暖燥濕頁分開季節基線、盤面修正與實際可用之氣，明示其為命理氣候模型而非醫學體質判斷OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.