Start of Autumn — Born Hour

Start of Autumn opens Shen month: metal climate begins though 'autumn heat' often lasts.

Overview

Li Qiu (立秋) is the Jie at 135° opening Shen (申). Month command becomes metal-influenced after summer fire.

Pentads: 凉风至、白露降、寒蝉鸣. Folk 'autumn tiger' (秋老虎) names lingering heat after the node.

Customs: 贴秋膘 (eating richer food), 啃秋 (eating melon), harvest thanksgiving in some regions.

Month Pillar Wei → Shen at the exact instant; Shen hides Geng metal, Ren water, Wu earth.

Kind Jie · node

Opens 申 month.

Culture Custom

Autumn tiger is weather slang; charts do not import it as a luck layer.

Three pentads: cool wind; white dew; cold cicadas.

Classical: autumn means drawing in.

Month command: Shen (申) opens; metal begins.

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Find Start of Autumn 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.

Start of Autumn is a calendrical node and cultural festival, not a weather guarantee or personal luck verdict.