Frost’s Descent, 23 October to 6 November
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Fire Phase

Fire is the fullness of the cycle: summer, high noon, expansion. The 24 Breaths carry it from Lixia (立夏) to the solstice of Xiazhi (夏至). The tradition attaches to it the Spirit (神 Shen), red and light bitterness: the high season of the year as of the living.

Prunus persica, engraved plate by Wu Qijun, 1848
Plate: Wu Qijun, 1848
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