Bing Fire in All Twelve Months: Useful Gods from the Qiong Tong Bao Jian
The same Bing Fire Day Master born in deep winter and in high summer needs completely different things. The Qiong Tong Bao Jian, a Qing-era classic on climate adjustment, goes through all twelve months for Bing Fire one by one. This page puts them in a single table, then checks how close they come to the favorable elements our engine works out from the whole chart.
Useful gods for each month
| Month | Climate | Useful gods (first choice in bold, Ten God in brackets) | At least one among our favorable elements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yin month (early spring, ~Feb 4 – Mar 5) | lingering cold | Ren Water (Seven Killings), Geng Metal (Indirect Wealth) | 64.2% |
| Mao month (mid-spring, ~Mar 6 – Apr 4) | Wood at its peak | Ren Water (Seven Killings), Ji Earth (Hurting Officer) | 66.9% |
| Chen month (late spring, ~Apr 5 – May 5) | damp Earth in command | Ren Water (Seven Killings), Jia Wood (Indirect Resource) | 98.6% |
| Si month (early summer, ~May 6 – Jun 5) | Fire rising | Ren Water (Seven Killings), Gui Water (Direct Officer), Geng Metal (Indirect Wealth) | 50% |
| Wu month (midsummer, ~Jun 6 – Jul 6) | scorching heat | Ren Water (Seven Killings), Geng Metal (Indirect Wealth) | 55.1% |
| Wei month (late summer, ~Jul 7 – Aug 7) | dry Earth in command | Ren Water (Seven Killings), Geng Metal (Indirect Wealth) | 41.3% |
| Shen month (early autumn, ~Aug 8 – Sep 7) | Metal emerging | Ren Water (Seven Killings), Wu Earth (Eating God) | 16.8% |
| You month (mid-autumn, ~Sep 8 – Oct 7) | Metal at its peak | Ren Water (Seven Killings), Gui Water (Direct Officer) | 10.7% |
| Xu month (late autumn, ~Oct 8 – Nov 6) | dry Earth in command | Jia Wood (Indirect Resource), Ren Water (Seven Killings) | 95% |
| Hai month (early winter, ~Nov 7 – Dec 6) | cold setting in | Jia Wood (Indirect Resource), Wu Earth (Eating God), Geng Metal (Indirect Wealth), Ren Water (Seven Killings) | 100% |
| Zi month (midwinter, ~Dec 7 – Jan 5) | bitter cold | Ren Water (Seven Killings), Wu Earth (Eating God), Ji Earth (Hurting Officer) | 48.5% |
| Chou month (late winter, ~Jan 6 – Feb 3) | frozen, damp Earth | Ren Water (Seven Killings), Jia Wood (Indirect Resource) | 100% |
Useful gods follow the commonly circulated table of the Qiong Tong Bao Jian, listed roughly in order of priority. The original text often chooses differently depending on the rest of the chart; the table gathers all those cases into one list. Across the twelve months, the most frequent first choice is Ren Water (10 months). Month dates are approximate and shift by a day or two each year with the solar terms.
The four seasons at a glance
| Season | Months | What the table emphasizes |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | Yin, Mao, Chen | In spring Wood is strong and feeds the Fire, so Ren Water leads: assisted by Geng Metal in Yin month, Ji Earth in Mao month and Jia Wood in Chen month. |
| Summer | Si, Wu, Wei | In summer the Fire blazes and Ren Water matters most, assisted by Gui and Geng in Si month, and in Wu and Wei months by Geng Metal, the source that produces the Water. |
| Autumn | Shen, You, Xu | In Shen and You months Ren Water still comes first. In Xu month heavy Earth dims the Fire, so Jia Wood comes first to loosen the soil. |
| Winter | Hai, Zi, Chou | Hai month takes Jia first, then Wu, Geng and Ren; Zi month takes Ren first, then Wu and Ji; Chou month takes Ren and Jia. In ten of the twelve months, Bing Fire's first choice is Ren Water. |
How we counted: our engine cast one chart for every day from 1960 to 2005, with the birth hour drawn at random from a fixed seed, 16,802 charts in all, and compared the Qiong Tong Bao Jian's useful gods for that Day Master and month with the favorable elements our engine worked out.
Find your climate useful gods
Enter your date of birth to find your Day Master and birth month, see which useful gods the Qiong Tong Bao Jian lists for them, and check each one against the favorable elements our engine works out from your whole chart. Everything is calculated in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Uses your Gregorian birth date. The month follows the solar terms, not the calendar month: Yin month begins at Start of Spring, Mao month at Awakening of Insects, and so on (see how the month pillar works).
A straight word: the Qiong Tong Bao Jian is a good map, but it is not your location
The Qiong Tong Bao Jian lists useful gods by Day Master and birth month, which tells you what people born in that month usually need. Two people born in the same month can still hold very different amounts of Fire and Water. In our own test, the book's first choice matched the top favorable element our engine worked out from the whole chart only 35.3% of the time; at least one of the listed useful gods was among the favorable elements 85.2% of the time. Use it for a sense of direction, and read the whole chart in the end. Everything on this site is for reference and entertainment.
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Bing Fire climate adjustment FAQ
What is the useful god for Bing Fire born in Yin month?
The common Qiong Tong Bao Jian table lists Ren Water and Geng Metal, with Ren Water as the first choice.
What is the useful god for Bing Fire born in Zi month?
The table lists Ren Water, Wu Earth and Ji Earth, with Ren Water as the first choice.
Is the Bing Fire climate useful god the same as my favorable element?
Not necessarily. In our test, the first-choice climate useful god for Bing Fire matched our top favorable element 14.6% of the time, and at least one of the listed useful gods was among the favorable elements 62.0% of the time. Favorable elements also depend on the strength of the whole chart and how warm or cold it already runs.