Gui Water in All Twelve Months: Useful Gods from the Qiong Tong Bao Jian
The same Gui Water 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 Gui Water 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 | Xin Metal (Indirect Resource), Bing Fire (Direct Wealth) | 100% |
| Mao month (mid-spring, ~Mar 6 – Apr 4) | Wood at its peak | Geng Metal (Direct Resource), Xin Metal (Indirect Resource) | 85.2% |
| Chen month (late spring, ~Apr 5 – May 5) | damp Earth in command | Bing Fire (Direct Wealth), Xin Metal (Indirect Resource), Jia Wood (Hurting Officer) | 100% |
| Si month (early summer, ~May 6 – Jun 5) | Fire rising | Xin Metal (Indirect Resource) | 80.6% |
| Wu month (midsummer, ~Jun 6 – Jul 6) | scorching heat | Geng Metal (Direct Resource), Xin Metal (Indirect Resource), Ren Water (Rob Wealth), Gui Water (Friend) | 93.8% |
| Wei month (late summer, ~Jul 7 – Aug 7) | dry Earth in command | Geng Metal (Direct Resource), Xin Metal (Indirect Resource), Ren Water (Rob Wealth), Gui Water (Friend) | 97.2% |
| Shen month (early autumn, ~Aug 8 – Sep 7) | Metal emerging | Ding Fire (Indirect Wealth) | 64.8% |
| You month (mid-autumn, ~Sep 8 – Oct 7) | Metal at its peak | Xin Metal (Indirect Resource), Bing Fire (Direct Wealth) | 100% |
| Xu month (late autumn, ~Oct 8 – Nov 6) | dry Earth in command | Xin Metal (Indirect Resource), Jia Wood (Hurting Officer), Ren Water (Rob Wealth), Gui Water (Friend) | 100% |
| Hai month (early winter, ~Nov 7 – Dec 6) | cold setting in | Geng Metal (Direct Resource), Xin Metal (Indirect Resource), Wu Earth (Direct Officer), Ding Fire (Indirect Wealth) | 100% |
| Zi month (midwinter, ~Dec 7 – Jan 5) | bitter cold | Bing Fire (Direct Wealth), Xin Metal (Indirect Resource) | 100% |
| Chou month (late winter, ~Jan 6 – Feb 3) | frozen, damp Earth | Bing Fire (Direct Wealth), Ding Fire (Indirect Wealth) | 53.7% |
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 Xin Metal (4 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 | Yin month takes Xin and Bing; Mao month takes Geng and Xin; Chen month takes Bing, Xin and Jia. |
| Summer | Si, Wu, Wei | Si month takes Xin Metal alone, as the source of the Water. In Wu and Wei months the Water runs dry, so Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui are taken to produce and support it. |
| Autumn | Shen, You, Xu | Shen month takes Ding; You month takes Xin and Bing; Xu month takes Xin, Jia, Ren and Gui. |
| Winter | Hai, Zi, Chou | Hai month takes Geng, Xin, Wu and Ding. Zi and Chou months are cold and frozen, so Bing Fire comes first, with Xin and Ding assisting. |
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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Gui Water climate adjustment FAQ
What is the useful god for Gui Water born in Yin month?
The common Qiong Tong Bao Jian table lists Xin Metal and Bing Fire, with Xin Metal as the first choice.
What is the useful god for Gui Water born in Zi month?
The table lists Bing Fire and Xin Metal, with Bing Fire as the first choice.
Is the Gui Water climate useful god the same as my favorable element?
Not necessarily. In our test, the first-choice climate useful god for Gui Water matched our top favorable element 50.1% of the time, and at least one of the listed useful gods was among the favorable elements 89.6% of the time. Favorable elements also depend on the strength of the whole chart and how warm or cold it already runs.