Huo Xing in Zi Wei Dou Shu: Explosive energy, haste and suddenness
Huo Xing is a Sha star with a hasty, fierce and sudden nature: it comes fast and goes fast, and both moods and events have an explosive quality.
What Huo Xing is
Huo Xing also stands for explosive power; the classics say Huo Xing with Tan Lang brings sudden opportunities. Used well, it is a burst of speed no one else can match.
- Strong explosive power
- Quick temper that comes and goes
- Sudden turns of events
How Huo Xing is placed
Huo Xing is placed by the birth-year branch and the birth hour: find which three-harmony group your birth-year branch belongs to, take its starting point for the Zi hour, then count forward to your birth hour.
| Birth-year branch | Huo Xing Zi hour starts at | Ling Xing Zi hour starts at |
|---|---|---|
| Yin, Wu, Xu | Chou | Mao |
| Shen, Zi, Chen | Yin | Xu |
| Si, You, Chou | Mao | Xu |
| Hai, Mao, Wei | You | Xu |
The table was worked back from real charts cast by this site’s engine, the same rules as the chart tool. Zi Wei changes years at Chinese New Year, and births after 23:00 count as the Zi hour of the next day.
Huo Xing and Ling Xing
Huo Xing and Ling Xing never share a palace. In our sample, about 2.0% of people have the Life Palace flanked by Huo Xing and Ling Xing, one on each side.
Further reading: Ling Xing, the six auspicious and six Sha stars.
Huo Xing in the twelve palaces
| Palace | Huo Xing in this palace |
|---|---|
| Life Palace | Hasty and quick to act; moods flare up fast and pass fast. |
| Siblings Palace | You and your peers argue at the drop of a hat, and make up just as fast. |
| Spouse Palace | Passionate in love and quick to quarrel; talk once you have cooled down. |
| Children Palace | Quick to get impatient with the next generation; take a deep breath before you speak. |
| Wealth Palace | Money arrives suddenly and goes just as fast. |
| Travel Palace | Things change fast away from home; have a plan B. |
| Friends Palace | Relationships rise and fall quickly. |
| Career Palace | Suited to work that needs sprints and bursts of energy. |
| Property Palace | Living arrangements change suddenly. |
| Mind Palace | Big mood swings and impatience. |
| Parents Palace | Quick to get heated with elders. |
| Health Palace | Not covered: this site does not do health readings. |
What the data says
How we counted: this site’s engine cast one Zi Wei chart for every day from 1960 to 2005 (birth hour drawn by a fixed-seed random sample), 16,802 charts in all. These figures describe how chart structures are distributed; they do not measure anyone’s good or bad fortune.
Advice
When you feel the heat rising, step away for ten minutes.
The other auspicious and Sha stars
A straight word: a Sha star is a quality, not a verdict
The six Sha stars show where qualities such as drive, delay, haste or emptiness land. This site does not adopt the negative verdicts of the classics and does not read the Health Palace. Many people’s strengths and breakthroughs are ground out precisely in the palace of a Sha star. Everything here is for reference and entertainment and is not investment or financial advice.
Where is Huo Xing in your chart?
Enter your date and time of birth to cast your chart, then tap any palace to see its minor and Sha stars.
Huo Xing: FAQ
How is Huo Xing different from Ling Xing?
Huo Xing is an open flame: impatience written on the face, quick to come and quick to go. Ling Xing is a hidden fire that smoulders inside and is slower to let go. Together they are the Huo-Ling pair.
How common is Huo Xing in the Life Palace?
In our sample of 16,802 charts, about 8.3% of people have Huo Xing in the Life Palace, and about 33.3% have it somewhere in the Life Palace’s group.
How do I find my Huo Xing?
Huo Xing is placed by the birth-year branch and the hour; the full table is on this page. You can also cast your chart with our free Zi Wei tool.