The four seasons in Chinese Metaphysics is nothing more than a metaphor. Otherwise, you cannot really use it in equatorial places. There is no other season except summer. Whichever month you are born in, it is on assumption that there is a change of season. For example, if you are born in December, we cannot possibly say you are born in winter when it is really 'summer' here in Malaysia, Singapore and India.
The other question being the Northern and Southern Hemispheres as the seasons are reversed. It is also assumed that the current applications are based on the Northern Hemisphere because of the location of China. Should not a Bing Day Master born in July in the Southern Hemisphere be regarded as born in winter? How confusing. However the Chinese has always indicated that the south is above and should not the seasons follow the Southern Hemisphere? When we do not change the season of birth based on the Hemisphere, what qualify us to change time of birth based on the country of birth, let alone daylight saving and international dateline?
These scholarly arguments are basically intellectual in nature. They may not be the natural inclination of metaphysics. Just a thought.
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