Ji Earth in All Twelve Months: Climate Favorable Elements 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.
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 (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% |
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 Bing Fire (7 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) | 「正月己土，田園猶凍，蓋因臘氣未除，餘寒未退，故丙為尊。」 | The fields are still frozen in early spring, so Bing Fire comes first; the common table also lists Geng and Jia. |
| Mao month (mid-spring, ~Mar 6 – Apr 4) | 「二月己土，陽氣漸升，雖禾稼未成，萬物出土，田園未展，先取甲木疏之，忌合。次取癸水潤之。」 | Everything is sprouting in mid-spring: Jia Wood first to loosen the soil, then Gui Water to moisten it. |
| Chen month (late spring, ~Apr 5 – May 5) | 「三月己土，正栽培禾稼之時，先丙後癸，土暖而潤，隨用甲疏」 | Late spring is planting time: Bing Fire first, then Gui Water, then Jia Wood to loosen the soil. |
| Si month (early summer, ~May 6 – Jun 5) | 「三夏己土，雜氣才官，禾稼在田，最喜甘沛，取癸為要，次用丙火。」 | Crops are in the field in summer: Gui Water (rain) matters most, then Bing Fire. |
| Wu month (midsummer, ~Jun 6 – Jul 6) | 「三夏己土，雜氣才官，禾稼在田，最喜甘沛，取癸為要，次用丙火。」 | The original treats the three summer months together: without Gui Water it is a parched field, without Bing Fire a sunless one. |
| Wei month (late summer, ~Jul 7 – Aug 7) | 「三夏己土，雜氣才官，禾稼在田，最喜甘沛，取癸為要，次用丙火。」 | The original treats the three summer months together: Gui Water first, then Bing Fire. |
| Shen month (early autumn, ~Aug 8 – Sep 7) | 「三秋己土，萬物收藏之際，外虛內實，寒氣漸升，須丙火溫之，癸水潤之」 | Cold rises in autumn: Bing Fire to warm and Gui Water to moisten. |
| You month (mid-autumn, ~Sep 8 – Oct 7) | 「三秋己土，萬物收藏之際，外虛內實，寒氣漸升，須丙火溫之，癸水潤之」 | The original treats the three autumn months together: Bing Fire controls Metal and Gui Water drains it, restoring the Earth. |
| Xu month (late autumn, ~Oct 8 – Nov 6) | 「九月土盛，宜甲木疏之，餘皆酌用。」 | Earth is abundant in late autumn: Jia Wood to loosen it, with Bing Fire and Gui Water as needed. |
| Hai month (early winter, ~Nov 7 – Dec 6) | 「三冬己土，濕泥寒凍，非丙暖不生，取丙為尊，甲木參酌。戊土癸水不用。惟初冬壬旺，取戊制之。」 | Winter mud is frozen: Bing Fire first, with Jia Wood as needed; Ren Water is strong in early winter, so Wu Earth is also taken to control it. |
| Zi month (midwinter, ~Dec 7 – Jan 5) | 「三冬己土，濕泥寒凍，非丙暖不生，取丙為尊，甲木參酌。」 | The original treats the three winter months together: nothing grows without Bing Fire's warmth; Bing first, Jia Wood as needed. |
| Chou month (late winter, ~Jan 6 – Feb 3) | 「三冬己土，濕泥寒凍，非丙暖不生，取丙為尊，甲木參酌。」 | The original treats the three winter months together: Bing Fire first, Jia Wood as needed. |
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 | 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 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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Ji Earth climate adjustment FAQ
What is the climate favorable element 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 climate favorable element 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 favorable element the same as my favorable element?
Not necessarily. In our engine simulation, the first-choice climate favorable element for Ji Earth matched our top favorable element 44.5% of the time, and at least one of the listed climate favorable elements 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.