Fire Star火星 · Huo Xing
A harsh star. Tradition links it with sudden heat and quick temper.
- Element
- fire
- Group
- Southern Dipper
火星屬火，南斗助星。
Huo Xing belongs to fire, a helper star of the Southern Dipper.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, vol. 2
火星大殺將，南斗號殺神。
Huo Xing is a great killing general, called the killing spirit of the Southern Dipper.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, vol. 1
In plain words
Huo Xing is one of the four harsh stars, read as strong-willed and hard. Its one great pairing is with Tan Lang in a strong palace, which the verse reads as high command on the frontier. Even then the rise comes after middle age.
Sources Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, vols. 1 and 2, from an online transcription, not yet checked against a printed edition. The plain text is ours, and it leaves out the book’s harshest lines about death and about women.