Ji Earth in All Twelve Months: Useful Gods from the Qiong Tong Bao Jian
The same Ji Earth 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 Ji Earth 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 (Direct Resource), Geng Metal (Hurting Officer), Jia Wood (Direct Officer) | 100% |
| Mao month (mid-spring, ~Mar 6 – Apr 4) | Wood at its peak | Jia Wood (Direct Officer), Gui Water (Indirect Wealth), Bing Fire (Direct Resource) | 100% |
| Chen month (late spring, ~Apr 5 – May 5) | damp Earth in command | Bing Fire (Direct Resource), Gui Water (Indirect Wealth), Jia Wood (Direct Officer) | 100% |
| Si month (early summer, ~May 6 – Jun 5) | Fire rising | Gui Water (Indirect Wealth), Bing Fire (Direct Resource) | 100% |
| Wu month (midsummer, ~Jun 6 – Jul 6) | scorching heat | Gui Water (Indirect Wealth), Bing Fire (Direct Resource) | 100% |
| Wei month (late summer, ~Jul 7 – Aug 7) | dry Earth in command | Gui Water (Indirect Wealth), Bing Fire (Direct Resource) | 100% |
| Shen month (early autumn, ~Aug 8 – Sep 7) | Metal emerging | Bing Fire (Direct Resource), Gui Water (Indirect Wealth) | 100% |
| You month (mid-autumn, ~Sep 8 – Oct 7) | Metal at its peak | Bing Fire (Direct Resource), Gui Water (Indirect Wealth) | 100% |
| Xu month (late autumn, ~Oct 8 – Nov 6) | dry Earth in command | Jia Wood (Direct Officer), Bing Fire (Direct Resource), Gui Water (Indirect Wealth) | 100% |
| Hai month (early winter, ~Nov 7 – Dec 6) | cold setting in | Bing Fire (Direct Resource), Jia Wood (Direct Officer), Wu Earth (Rob Wealth) | 97.8% |
| Zi month (midwinter, ~Dec 7 – Jan 5) | bitter cold | Bing Fire (Direct Resource), Jia Wood (Direct Officer), Wu Earth (Rob Wealth) | 97.8% |
| Chou month (late winter, ~Jan 6 – Feb 3) | frozen, damp Earth | Bing Fire (Direct Resource), Jia Wood (Direct Officer), Wu Earth (Rob Wealth) | 92.7% |
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 Bing Fire (7 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 Bing first to warm the chart, then Geng and Jia; Mao month takes Jia first, then Gui and Bing; Chen month takes Bing first, then Gui and Jia. |
| Summer | Si, Wu, Wei | In summer the fields are dry: in all three months, Si, Wu and Wei, Gui Water comes first, with Bing Fire assisting. |
| Autumn | Shen, You, Xu | Shen and You months take Bing first, then Gui. In Xu month Jia comes first to loosen the soil, then Bing and Gui. |
| Winter | Hai, Zi, Chou | Winter is cold and damp: all three months, Hai, Zi and Chou, take Bing, Jia and Wu. |
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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Ji Earth climate adjustment FAQ
What is the useful god for Ji Earth born in Yin month?
The common Qiong Tong Bao Jian table lists Bing Fire, Geng Metal and Jia Wood, with Bing Fire as the first choice.
What is the useful god for Ji Earth born in Zi month?
The table lists Bing Fire, Jia Wood and Wu Earth, with Bing Fire as the first choice.
Is the Ji Earth climate useful god the same as my favorable element?
Not necessarily. In our test, the first-choice climate useful god for Ji Earth matched our top favorable element 44.1% of the time, and at least one of the listed useful gods was among the favorable elements 99.0% of the time. Favorable elements also depend on the strength of the whole chart and how warm or cold it already runs.