Jia Wood born during the month of the Tiger are cultural icons. Charismatic, opinionated, and flamboyant, these people have style. They can't help but stand out.

First of all, Jia Wood born in the month of the Tiger is both with its own Prosperity Star. Tiger is Jia Wood day master's Prosperity Star because Tiger is Jia Wood's Officer life phase. When you are born in a season when you hold your own month command, you dictate the rules of your own life.

In bazi, if the day master is Jia Wood, then we're always watching out for Ji Earth which can combine with Jia Wood or Geng Metal which is an ax that can chop down Jia Wood. But Jia Wood born in Tiger month doesn't have to worry about that. They can face an extraordinary amount of influence and pressure without losing a sense of who they are.

That's what it means to hold your own month command. You can't help but be exactly yourself.

That's Jia Wood born in the month of the Tiger. They can only be themselves. They're not going to try and fake it. Incredibly stubborn, they're willing to risk a little danger to feel exactly like who they are. They do not compromise on the issue of identity.

In terms of what Jia Wood born in Tiger month likes, it likes Bing Fire. This is a tree during the month of February. The tree is starting to grow and it will grow in the direction of sunlight. Sure, Jia Wood in Tiger month likes water too but just a little and Gui Water in the Earthly Branches of the chart will do. Trees can be overwatered too. They really just need warmer temperatures and sunlight to grow.

Of course, Bing Fire is Jia Wood's Hurting Officer. Jia Wood born in the month of the Tiger want to be recognized—known, seen, visible. And it's not hard to find examples of Jia Wood people who were born during Tiger month who are or were very famous.

However, only Bing Fire is good for Jia Wood during Tiger month. Bing Fire is the sun and Ding Fire is a campfire—you can't warm up trees and get them to grow by starting actual fires. The trees will burn, especially if they are dry and don't have enough water.

When Jia Wood has Bing Fire, the bazi chart forms a pattern called, "木火通明." Wood and Fire shine together. Wood is relational while fire is ceremonial. The person is cultured and they become well known.

When Jia Wood has only Ding Fire, the person can still become highly visible but, if the chart also has no water, then the person runs the risk of burning themselves out. Visibility feels like a burden because you're exhausting yourself comforming to other people's expectations of you. You feel like you've become an image and can't function as a full human with needs.

This is James Dean's bazi natal chart:

己甲庚辛
巳午寅未

The first thing that you will notice about James Dean's chart is that he is Jia Wood born in the month of the Tiger. He holds his own month command. He can't help but be himself. He won't take orders from authority figures, conform to the expectations of a partner, or become someone other than himself to conform.

The second thing that you will notice about his chart is that he is surrounded by strong fire and weak metal. Metal is weak during the spring so he doesn't need to worry about the ax right next to his tree destroying him. He has enough fire to counter the metal but this fire represents a rebellious spirit. To produce more fire, he has to draw on his physical energy like a tree that uses its own branches to make a campfire just to stay warm. The issue with this situation is that the tree is becoming maimed as it tries to receive support. Wood that erupts into fire can become famous but it has a fatal flaw: it signifies early death if the chart doesn't have water. A tree that has to use its own wood to regulate its environment is a tree that lives hard and dies young. It must be rescued by water so that the tree can protect itself against accidents.

James Dean doesn't have water. His only earth is in his year pillar and it's Goat which is dry earth.

James Dean died at the age of twenty four in an auto accident. He loved to race cars. He's still a cultural icon like the afterimage of a tree that caught on fire. When he was alive, he was known as a rebellious youth.

Someone who kind of has the idea chart configuration who no one can relate to is, of course, Bernalt Arnault. Even though I despise billionaires and don't think Arnault is relatable to anyone, I'll still share his chart as an illustration:

壬甲丙己
申午寅丑

The reason why Bernalt Arnault has a nearly perfectly composed bazi natal chart is because Jia Wood in the month of the Tiger is a tree that initiates growth in the spring. On one side of Arnault's chart, it's raining because Ren Water is in the sky. On the other, Bing Fire is a shining sun. It's one of those sporadically raining and sporadically sunny days which give Jia Wood all that they need. Since his tree is wet, the Ding Fire in Horse can't burn it. Bing Fire signifies fame. Ren Water signifies wealth.

So, of course Bernalt Arnault is Jia Wood born in Tiger month and also has a perfect balance of water and fire in his chart. He's the richest man in the world, a billionaire, and he has a lot of power in the world of arts and culture. Jia Wood in the spring likes culture. His chart is also activated by his luck cycles. Arnault's chart is like a tree that is ready to grow that gets everything it wants.

Let's look at the chart of someone who might be more relatable to a normal person, whose chart is more complicated: Bertolt Brecht.

丙甲甲戊
寅辰寅戌

The first thing that you'll notice about Brecht's chart is that his day master is surrounded a lot of Friendship Spirit. Wood day master born in the spring surrounded by Friendship Spirit form a chart pattern called "Curved and Straight." They're very good at navigating complex social relationships and they're very relational. Brecht was a playwright which is someone who scripts and orchestrates movements for a lot of actors working together.

The second thing that you'll notice it that his chart has Bing Fire in the hour stem. The sun is shining. Like James Dean, Brecht is the rebellious type but he doesn't need to use his own body to express himself. He can use his words. He doesn't need to drive fast and hard in a car or get in a bull fight to express rebellion. He wrote plays and books.

But Brecht also has a little Ding Fire, even though it is trapped in his Dog year pillar. That Ding Fire can still come out to burn his tree. Fortunately, Brecht has Dragon in his day pillar and Dragon is water's storehouse. If he enters a Dragon luck pillar, which clashes with Dog and opens it up, the same luck pillar will also clash with itself and open up Dragon's water storage, giving him protection. Something protects Brecht when he is in danger of rubbing powerful people the wrong way.

When Brecht was 16, he entered a Dragon luck pillar. He was almost conscripted into the military and expelled from school because he wrote an essay mocking German propaganda. However, a priest stopped his expulsion. He became medically trained which helped him avoid military drafts througout his adult life. This is using Resource Spirit (education, mentors, religion) to protect against Child Spirit (taking risks, speaking out). If he didn't have Dragon water storage, Brecht might have been conscripted in World War I and also died young. Since he does have Dragon, that Ding Fire can't reach him and can't burn him.

Anyway, a lot of Jia Wood born during Tiger month are cultural icons. These people are artists, writers, and designers. The nature of art is that it wants to be seen just like a tree reaching towards sunlight and visibility in the spring. Art wants to be regarded, to be looked at, to be regarded and talked about. That's the personality of Jia Wood during Tiger month.

They are also risktakers because they are rebellious and want to be seen doing things. They need some water. Without it, they risk burning out. They need fire more. Without fire, they feel overshadowed by their families and they struggle to express themselves.

More than anything, they can't help but just be themselves. This is Jia Wood in its Officer phase, holding its own month command. These people set their own rules.