Ding Fire in All Twelve Months: Useful Gods from the Qiong Tong Bao Jian
The same Ding 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 Ding 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 | Jia Wood (Direct Resource), Geng Metal (Direct Wealth) | 100% |
| Mao month (mid-spring, ~Mar 6 – Apr 4) | Wood at its peak | Geng Metal (Direct Wealth), Jia Wood (Direct Resource) | 100% |
| Chen month (late spring, ~Apr 5 – May 5) | damp Earth in command | Jia Wood (Direct Resource), Geng Metal (Direct Wealth) | 100% |
| Si month (early summer, ~May 6 – Jun 5) | Fire rising | Jia Wood (Direct Resource), Geng Metal (Direct Wealth) | 100% |
| Wu month (midsummer, ~Jun 6 – Jul 6) | scorching heat | Ren Water (Direct Officer), Geng Metal (Direct Wealth), Gui Water (Seven Killings) | 70.6% |
| Wei month (late summer, ~Jul 7 – Aug 7) | dry Earth in command | Jia Wood (Direct Resource), Ren Water (Direct Officer), Geng Metal (Direct Wealth) | 100% |
| Shen month (early autumn, ~Aug 8 – Sep 7) | Metal emerging | Jia Wood (Direct Resource), Geng Metal (Direct Wealth), Bing Fire (Rob Wealth), Wu Earth (Hurting Officer) | 100% |
| You month (mid-autumn, ~Sep 8 – Oct 7) | Metal at its peak | Jia Wood (Direct Resource), Geng Metal (Direct Wealth), Bing Fire (Rob Wealth), Wu Earth (Hurting Officer) | 100% |
| Xu month (late autumn, ~Oct 8 – Nov 6) | dry Earth in command | Jia Wood (Direct Resource), Geng Metal (Direct Wealth), Wu Earth (Hurting Officer) | 100% |
| Hai month (early winter, ~Nov 7 – Dec 6) | cold setting in | Jia Wood (Direct Resource), Geng Metal (Direct Wealth) | 100% |
| Zi month (midwinter, ~Dec 7 – Jan 5) | bitter cold | Jia Wood (Direct Resource), Geng Metal (Direct Wealth) | 100% |
| Chou month (late winter, ~Jan 6 – Feb 3) | frozen, damp Earth | Jia Wood (Direct Resource), Geng Metal (Direct Wealth) | 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 Jia Wood (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 the key is Jia Wood to kindle Ding and Geng Metal to split the Jia; in Mao month Geng comes before Jia. |
| Summer | Si, Wu, Wei | Si month takes Jia and Geng. In Wu month the Fire is at its height, so Ren Water comes first, assisted by Geng and Gui. Wei month takes Jia, Ren and Geng. |
| Autumn | Shen, You, Xu | In autumn Jia and Geng lead, assisted by Bing and Wu in Shen and You months; Xu month takes Jia, Geng and Wu. |
| Winter | Hai, Zi, Chou | Winter is cold: Jia Wood feeds the Fire and Geng Metal splits the Jia. In ten of the twelve months, Ding Fire's first choice is Jia Wood. |
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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Ding Fire climate adjustment FAQ
What is the useful god for Ding Fire born in Yin month?
The common Qiong Tong Bao Jian table lists Jia Wood and Geng Metal, with Jia Wood as the first choice.
What is the useful god for Ding Fire born in Zi month?
The table lists Jia Wood and Geng Metal, with Jia Wood as the first choice.
Is the Ding Fire climate useful god the same as my favorable element?
Not necessarily. In our test, the first-choice climate useful god for Ding Fire matched our top favorable element 62.6% of the time, and at least one of the listed useful gods was among the favorable elements 97.5% of the time. Favorable elements also depend on the strength of the whole chart and how warm or cold it already runs.