Frost's Descent — Born Hour

Frost's Descent: late autumn earth deepening; frost lore appears in Xu month.

Overview

Shuang Jiang (霜降) is Xu month's Zhong Qi at 210°. Frost imagery marks late autumn — climate-dependent, node fixed.

Pentads: 豺乃祭兽、草木黄落、蜇虫咸俯. In many north regions first frost is near this window.

Customs: eating persimmons (吃柿子), '进补' for winter in folk diets, 贴秋膘 echoes.

Still Xu month — Zhong Qi deepens, never switches branch.

Kind Zhong Qi · mid-point

Deepens 戌 month.

Culture Custom

霜降吃柿子 is a widely cited folk habit in northern China — fruit season lore, not nutrition protocol.

Three pentads: jackals offer beasts; leaves fall; insects hunker.

Classical: qi turns stern; dew becomes frost.

Month command: Xu mid-point; late autumn storage.

Solar Terms hub wiki

Month command wiki

Find Frost's Descent in the almanac or chart engine output for your birth year and compare the instant with true solar time.

Jie nodes can move the Month Pillar; Zhong Qi deepen the same month without switching branch.

Frost's Descent is a calendrical node and cultural festival, not a weather guarantee or personal luck verdict.