Jia Wood in All Twelve Months: Useful Gods from the Qiong Tong Bao Jian
The same Jia Wood 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 Jia Wood 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 | Bing Fire (Eating God), Gui Water (Direct Resource) | 100% |
| Mao month (mid-spring, ~Mar 6 – Apr 4) | Wood at its peak | Geng Metal (Seven Killings), Bing Fire (Eating God), Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Wu Earth (Indirect Wealth), Ji Earth (Direct Wealth) | 61.2% |
| Chen month (late spring, ~Apr 5 – May 5) | damp Earth in command | Geng Metal (Seven Killings), Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Ren Water (Indirect Resource) | 99.3% |
| Si month (early summer, ~May 6 – Jun 5) | Fire rising | Gui Water (Direct Resource), Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Geng Metal (Seven Killings) | 98.6% |
| Wu month (midsummer, ~Jun 6 – Jul 6) | scorching heat | Gui Water (Direct Resource), Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Geng Metal (Seven Killings) | 100% |
| Wei month (late summer, ~Jul 7 – Aug 7) | dry Earth in command | Gui Water (Direct Resource), Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Geng Metal (Seven Killings) | 100% |
| Shen month (early autumn, ~Aug 8 – Sep 7) | Metal emerging | Geng Metal (Seven Killings), Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Ren Water (Indirect Resource) | 98.6% |
| You month (mid-autumn, ~Sep 8 – Oct 7) | Metal at its peak | Geng Metal (Seven Killings), Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Bing Fire (Eating God) | 62.1% |
| Xu month (late autumn, ~Oct 8 – Nov 6) | dry Earth in command | Geng Metal (Seven Killings), Jia Wood (Friend), Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Ren Water (Indirect Resource), Gui Water (Direct Resource) | 100% |
| Hai month (early winter, ~Nov 7 – Dec 6) | cold setting in | Geng Metal (Seven Killings), Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Bing Fire (Eating God), Wu Earth (Indirect Wealth) | 69.1% |
| Zi month (midwinter, ~Dec 7 – Jan 5) | bitter cold | Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Geng Metal (Seven Killings), Bing Fire (Eating God) | 70.1% |
| Chou month (late winter, ~Jan 6 – Feb 3) | frozen, damp Earth | Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Geng Metal (Seven Killings), Bing Fire (Eating God) | 42.6% |
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 Geng Metal (6 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 Yin month the cold has not yet lifted, so Bing Fire comes first to warm the chart and Gui Water to nourish the roots. In Mao and Chen months Wood is at its height, so Geng Metal comes first to prune it, with Ding Fire to let its talent show. |
| Summer | Si, Wu, Wei | In summer the Wood is parched: Gui Water first to moisten the roots, Ding Fire next, then Geng Metal to produce Water and trim the branches. |
| Autumn | Shen, You, Xu | In autumn Metal is strong and cuts Wood. Geng Metal is still the useful god, but Ding Fire is needed to restrain the Metal. In Xu month the Earth is dry, and Geng, Jia, Ding, Ren and Gui are all weighed. |
| Winter | Hai, Zi, Chou | In winter the Water is cold and the Wood frozen. Hai month takes Geng Metal first, Zi and Chou months take Ding Fire first, with Bing Fire assisting to warm the chart. |
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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Jia Wood climate adjustment FAQ
What is the useful god for Jia Wood born in Yin month?
The common Qiong Tong Bao Jian table lists Bing Fire and Gui Water, with Bing Fire as the first choice.
What is the useful god for Jia Wood born in Zi month?
The table lists Ding Fire, Geng Metal and Bing Fire, with Ding Fire as the first choice.
Is the Jia Wood climate useful god the same as my favorable element?
Not necessarily. In our test, the first-choice climate useful god for Jia Wood matched our top favorable element 26.2% of the time, and at least one of the listed useful gods was among the favorable elements 83.8% of the time. Favorable elements also depend on the strength of the whole chart and how warm or cold it already runs.