Ren Water in All Twelve Months: Useful Gods from the Qiong Tong Bao Jian
The same Ren 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 Ren 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 | Geng Metal (Indirect Resource), Bing Fire (Indirect Wealth), Wu Earth (Seven Killings) | 100% |
| Mao month (mid-spring, ~Mar 6 – Apr 4) | Wood at its peak | Wu Earth (Seven Killings), Xin Metal (Direct Resource), Geng Metal (Indirect Resource) | 95% |
| Chen month (late spring, ~Apr 5 – May 5) | damp Earth in command | Jia Wood (Eating God), Geng Metal (Indirect Resource) | 100% |
| Si month (early summer, ~May 6 – Jun 5) | Fire rising | Ren Water (Friend), Xin Metal (Direct Resource), Geng Metal (Indirect Resource), Gui Water (Rob Wealth) | 83.2% |
| Wu month (midsummer, ~Jun 6 – Jul 6) | scorching heat | Gui Water (Rob Wealth), Geng Metal (Indirect Resource), Xin Metal (Direct Resource) | 91.8% |
| Wei month (late summer, ~Jul 7 – Aug 7) | dry Earth in command | Xin Metal (Direct Resource), Jia Wood (Eating God) | 100% |
| Shen month (early autumn, ~Aug 8 – Sep 7) | Metal emerging | Wu Earth (Seven Killings), Ding Fire (Direct Wealth) | 70.2% |
| You month (mid-autumn, ~Sep 8 – Oct 7) | Metal at its peak | Jia Wood (Eating God), Geng Metal (Indirect Resource) | 95.7% |
| Xu month (late autumn, ~Oct 8 – Nov 6) | dry Earth in command | Jia Wood (Eating God), Bing Fire (Indirect Wealth) | 36% |
| Hai month (early winter, ~Nov 7 – Dec 6) | cold setting in | Wu Earth (Seven Killings), Bing Fire (Indirect Wealth), Geng Metal (Indirect Resource) | 100% |
| Zi month (midwinter, ~Dec 7 – Jan 5) | bitter cold | Wu Earth (Seven Killings), Bing Fire (Indirect Wealth) | 71.9% |
| Chou month (late winter, ~Jan 6 – Feb 3) | frozen, damp Earth | Bing Fire (Indirect Wealth), Ding Fire (Direct Wealth), Jia Wood (Eating God) | 64% |
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 Wu Earth (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 Geng, Bing and Wu; Mao month takes Wu first, then Xin and Geng; Chen month takes Jia and Geng. |
| Summer | Si, Wu, Wei | In Si month the Water is weak, so Ren, Xin, Geng and Gui are taken to back it up and give it a source. Wu month takes Gui, Geng and Xin; Wei month takes Xin and Jia. |
| Autumn | Shen, You, Xu | Shen month takes Wu first, then Ding; You month takes Jia and Geng; Xu month takes Jia and Bing. |
| Winter | Hai, Zi, Chou | In winter Water is strong: Hai and Zi months take Wu Earth first to build a dike, with Bing Fire to warm the chart. Chou month takes Bing, Ding and Jia. |
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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Ren Water climate adjustment FAQ
What is the useful god for Ren Water born in Yin month?
The common Qiong Tong Bao Jian table lists Geng Metal, Bing Fire and Wu Earth, with Geng Metal as the first choice.
What is the useful god for Ren Water born in Zi month?
The table lists Wu Earth and Bing Fire, with Wu Earth as the first choice.
Is the Ren Water climate useful god the same as my favorable element?
Not necessarily. In our test, the first-choice climate useful god for Ren Water matched our top favorable element 22.9% of the time, and at least one of the listed useful gods was among the favorable elements 84.1% of the time. Favorable elements also depend on the strength of the whole chart and how warm or cold it already runs.