Jia Wood in All Twelve Months: Climate Favorable Elements 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.
Climate favorable elements for each month
| Month | Climate | Climate favorable elements (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) | 100% |
| Si month (early summer, ~May 6 – Jun 5) | Fire rising | Gui Water (Direct Resource), Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Geng Metal (Seven Killings) | 100% |
| 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 | Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Geng Metal (Seven Killings), Gui Water (Direct Resource) | 100% |
| Shen month (early autumn, ~Aug 8 – Sep 7) | Metal emerging | Geng Metal (Seven Killings), Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Ren Water (Indirect Resource) | 100% |
| You month (mid-autumn, ~Sep 8 – Oct 7) | Metal at its peak | Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Bing Fire (Eating God), Geng Metal (Seven Killings) | 61.4% |
| 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) | 72.4% |
| Chou month (late winter, ~Jan 6 – Feb 3) | frozen, damp Earth | Ding Fire (Hurting Officer), Geng Metal (Seven Killings), Bing Fire (Eating God) | 43.4% |
Climate favorable elements 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 (5 months). Month dates are approximate and shift by a day or two each year with the solar terms.
What the original text says
| Month | Original text (Chinese) | In plain words |
|---|---|---|
| Yin month (early spring, ~Feb 4 – Mar 5) | 「正月甲木，初春尚有餘寒，得丙癸逢，富貴雙全。」 | Early spring is still cold: Bing Fire warms the chart first, then Gui Water feeds the roots. |
| Mao month (mid-spring, ~Mar 6 – Apr 4) | 「總之正二月甲木，有庚戊者上命。如有丁透，大富大貴之命也。」 | Wood peaks in mid-spring and needs Geng Metal to prune it into timber; when Ding Fire shows, Wood and Fire shine together. |
| Chen month (late spring, ~Apr 5 – May 5) | 「三月甲木，木氣相竭。先取庚金，次用壬水。」 | Wood's energy is running out in late spring: Geng Metal to shape it first, then Ren Water to nourish it. |
| Si month (early summer, ~May 6 – Jun 5) | 「四月甲木退氣，丙火司權，先癸後丁。」 | Fire rules in early summer and Wood retreats: Gui Water for the roots first, then Ding Fire to release its talent. |
| Wu month (midsummer, ~Jun 6 – Jul 6) | 「五六月甲木，木性虛焦，一理共推。五月先癸後丁庚金次之。」 | Wood is parched in midsummer: Gui Water first, Ding Fire next, with Geng Metal in support. |
| Wei month (late summer, ~Jul 7 – Aug 7) | 「六月三伏生寒，丁火退氣。先丁後庚，無癸亦可。」 | Late summer turns cool and Ding Fire retreats: Ding Fire first, Geng Metal second, and Gui Water can be absent. |
| Shen month (early autumn, ~Aug 8 – Sep 7) | 「七月甲木，丁火為尊，庚金次之，庚金不可少。」 | Metal is strong in early autumn: Ding Fire forges Geng Metal so that Geng can carve Jia Wood into a tool. |
| You month (mid-autumn, ~Sep 8 – Oct 7) | 「八月甲木，木囚金旺。丁火為先，次用丙火，庚金再次。」 | Metal peaks in mid-autumn and Wood is under attack: Ding Fire first to control Metal, then Bing Fire and Geng Metal. |
| Xu month (late autumn, ~Oct 8 – Nov 6) | 「九月甲木，木星凋零，獨愛丁火，壬癸滋扶」 | Wood has withered by late autumn: Ding Fire matters most, with Ren and Gui Water for nourishment. |
| Hai month (early winter, ~Nov 7 – Dec 6) | 「十月甲木，庚丁為要，丙火次之。忌壬水泛身，須戊土制之。」 | Water is strong in early winter: Geng Metal and Ding Fire are the key, Bing Fire warms, and Wu Earth holds back flooding Ren Water. |
| Zi month (midwinter, ~Dec 7 – Jan 5) | 「十一月甲木，木性生寒，丁先庚後，丙火佐之。」 | Wood is cold in midwinter: Ding Fire first, Geng Metal second, with Bing Fire helping against the cold. |
| Chou month (late winter, ~Jan 6 – Feb 3) | 「十二月甲木，天寒氣凍，木性極寒，無生發之象，先用庚劈甲，方引丁火始得木火有通明之象，故丁次之。」 | Deep winter is frozen: Geng Metal must split Jia Wood before Ding Fire can catch, so Ding comes second. |
Quotations follow the edition on Chinese Wikisource and were checked sentence by sentence against a second circulating edition; where the two differ the passage is skipped with an ellipsis, and variant characters are written in their standard forms. Where the book discusses several months together, the same sentence is repeated. The plain-words column is our own summary, not the book's wording; where the table above lists more climate favorable elements than the book's summary for that month, it is flagged there.
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 Si and Wu months the Wood is parched: Gui Water first to moisten the roots, Ding Fire next, with Geng Metal in support. In Wei month the weather turns cool, so Ding Fire comes first and Geng Metal second, and Gui Water can be absent. |
| Autumn | Shen, You, Xu | In Shen month Geng Metal is the climate favorable element, with Ding Fire needed to restrain the Metal. In You month Metal is at its peak, so Ding Fire comes first, then Bing Fire and Geng 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 climate favorable elements for that Day Master and month with the favorable elements our engine worked out.
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A straight word: the Qiong Tong Bao Jian is a good map, but it is not your location
The Qiong Tong Bao Jian lists climate favorable elements 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 35.0% of the time; at least one of the listed climate favorable elements was among the favorable elements 84.8% 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 climate favorable element 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 climate favorable element 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 favorable element the same as my favorable element?
Not necessarily. In our engine simulation, the first-choice climate favorable element for Jia Wood matched our top favorable element 22.3% of the time, and at least one of the listed climate favorable elements was among the favorable elements 84.3% of the time. Favorable elements also depend on the strength of the whole chart and how warm or cold it already runs.