Sunny National Day, Rain Next Week — What Does Bazi Say? A ‘Qi Adjusting’ Lesson for Hong Kong Readers

Every October, Hong Kong’s weather tugs at people’s hearts. This year, National Day is expected to be largely fine, followed by a low-pressure trough bringing showers, as if reminding us that the external environment is in constant flux. In Bazi culture, the Five Element structure determined by a person’s birth time already equips everyone with an inner ‘climate preference’. When the outer weather resonates with one’s inner qi-adjusting needs, we are more likely to notice subtle shifts in body, mind and emotions.

Common Misconceptions

• Misconception 1: The weather on the day you were born determines your life’s destiny. Bazi focuses on the cosmic Five Element energy field at the moment of birth, not simply whether it was sunny or rainy. A passing cloud or a gust of wind will not overturn the entire natal chart.
• Misconception 2: A person whose Bazi ‘lacks Water’ must hate rainy days. Affinity and avoidance are based on overall balance; lacking Water does not equal disliking rain. Someone with excessive Fire who desperately needs Water to adjust their qi may actually feel comfortable on a rainy day.
• Misconception 3: The weather can predict specific events for someone. The ‘climate’ in Bazi mainly concerns the overall condition of cold, warmth, dryness and dampness among the Five Elements, not micro-level weather forecasting, and certainly does not point to isolated real-world incidents.

1. Qi Adjustment — Bazi’s Built-in Thermostat

There is an extremely important concept in the Bazi system called qi adjustment. It functions like a building’s heating and cooling system, responsible for keeping the entire chart at the most comfortable temperature and humidity level.

Those born in the summer months of Si, Wu and Wei with a dry and hot predominance of Fire and Earth often urgently need Water to cool and moisten the chart; those born in the winter months of Hai, Zi and Chou with cold Metal and chilly Water usually long for Fire to warm the chart and thaw the freeze. This inner need determines a person’s subconscious preference for different types of weather.

• Qi-adjusting Useful God: Specifically refers to the key Five Element chosen to balance the overall cold, warmth, dryness and dampness. For example, Earth (Wu) born in the heat of midsummer often needs Water (Ren) to irrigate it and prevent cracking.
• Priority of Qi Adjustment: Classical texts often say ‘extreme cold likes warmth, extreme warmth likes coolness’. When interpreting a Bazi chart, the priority of the qi-adjusting Useful God sometimes even exceeds that of the conventional supporting or restraining Useful God.
• Weather Resonance: When the outer weather precisely matches one’s inner qi-adjusting needs, a person tends to feel ‘in tune with the climate’, with clear thinking and stable emotions; otherwise they may feel irritable or lethargic.

2. The Colour Temperature of Personality — Are You a ‘Constant Temperature’ or a ‘Monsoon’ Character?

The cold, warmth, dryness and dampness in a Bazi chart invisibly shape a person’s personality ‘colour temperature’. This is not a rigid label, but an observation based on Five Element tendencies.

The clear, hot early-autumn weather on Hong Kong’s National Day followed by damp rain perfectly mirrors the switch between two classic temperaments—from outward-looking to more introspective.

• Charts tend toward warm and dry (e.g. Yin-Wu-Xu triple Fire combination): Usually enthusiastic, pro active and strong in execution, but less patient, easily feeling oppress during prolonged humid rainy days; need moderate mental calmness.
• Charts tend toward cold and damp (e.g. Shen-Zi-Chen triple Water combination): Mostly calm, thoughtful and emotionally stable, but need to take care to replenish fluids and nourish the lungs during autumn dryness to prevent inner ‘aridity’.
• Balanced and harmonising type: If the natal chart naturally has Water and Fire in mutual completion or Metal and Water mutually nourishing, adaptability to weather changes is higher—like a fully automatic all-climate air-conditioner.

3. Timing and Choices — The Bazi Wisdom of ‘Ploughing When Sunny, Reading When Rainy’

Bazi emphasises heavenly timing, earthly advantage and human harmony. The climatic attributes of the yearly and monthly cycles represent the ‘heavenly timing’ we cannot control. By understanding our own qi-adjusting affinity and avoidance, we can use the wisdom of ‘going with the flow’ to make choices.

Take Hong Kong’s current weather shift as an exampel: National Day is sunny and dry, belonging to a robust Fire and Earth phase; next week’s showers turn into pervading Water and dampness. People with different affinities can make good use of different windows.

• Those who like Fire and Earth: Seise the fine weather on National Day; suitable for tasks requiring execution power and visibility, decisive decision-making and project launches.
• Those who like Metal and Water: The overcast and rainy days next week are a good time for planning, reflection and in-depth comunication, when inspiration flows easily; it’s advisable to slow down and leave more space.
• The essence of going with the flow: Not letting weather decide your life, but treating the environment’s Five Element energy field as an extra boost or buffer. Like walking with the wind at your back—saves energy without surrendering your direction.

Practical Points to Note

• Don’t turn ‘replenishing Water’ into ‘flooding’: For those whose Bazi needs Water for qi adjustment, moderately staying close to water sources and drinking enough water is beneficial, but blindly raising fish, wearing all blue or black, or lingering in the rain can upset the original delicate balance.
• Do not use the weather as an excuse: It’s only a qi-adjustment reference, not a procrastination shield. A rainy day does not obstruct every Fire-type task; you can still use indoor lighting and red accesories to fine-tune the field.
• The special nature of Hong Kong’s humid climate: The local year-round heavy dampness means even those whose Bazi likes Water should guard against dampness stagnaing and harming the spleen; it’s advisable to combine spleen-strengthening foods rather than blindly pursuing more moisure.
• During the autumn-winter transtion, avoid excessive leaking: After National Day, Metal energy gradually strengthen, Water energy begins to stir. Those whose Bazi already has excessively strong Water should reduce activities like staying up late and drinking too much water—these are ‘artificial cold-dampness’ that can weaken kidney energy.
• View qi adjustment dinamically: After the involvement of the Luck Pillar, qi-adjustment needs may change. Someone who liked Fire in early life may, once entering a Water Luck Pillar in middle age, come to enjoy rainy days; there’s no need to rigidly marker the boat to find the swoard.