Yi Wood in All Twelve Months: Useful Gods from the Qiong Tong Bao Jian
The same Yi 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 Yi 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 (Hurting Officer), Gui Water (Indirect Resource) | 100% |
| Mao month (mid-spring, ~Mar 6 – Apr 4) | Wood at its peak | Bing Fire (Hurting Officer), Gui Water (Indirect Resource) | 100% |
| Chen month (late spring, ~Apr 5 – May 5) | damp Earth in command | Gui Water (Indirect Resource), Bing Fire (Hurting Officer), Wu Earth (Direct Wealth) | 100% |
| Si month (early summer, ~May 6 – Jun 5) | Fire rising | Gui Water (Indirect Resource) | 96.5% |
| Wu month (midsummer, ~Jun 6 – Jul 6) | scorching heat | Gui Water (Indirect Resource), Bing Fire (Hurting Officer) | 100% |
| Wei month (late summer, ~Jul 7 – Aug 7) | dry Earth in command | Gui Water (Indirect Resource), Bing Fire (Hurting Officer) | 100% |
| Shen month (early autumn, ~Aug 8 – Sep 7) | Metal emerging | Bing Fire (Hurting Officer), Gui Water (Indirect Resource), Ji Earth (Indirect Wealth) | 100% |
| You month (mid-autumn, ~Sep 8 – Oct 7) | Metal at its peak | Gui Water (Indirect Resource), Bing Fire (Hurting Officer), Ding Fire (Eating God) | 100% |
| Xu month (late autumn, ~Oct 8 – Nov 6) | dry Earth in command | Gui Water (Indirect Resource), Xin Metal (Seven Killings) | 99.3% |
| Hai month (early winter, ~Nov 7 – Dec 6) | cold setting in | Bing Fire (Hurting Officer), Wu Earth (Direct Wealth) | 67.9% |
| Zi month (midwinter, ~Dec 7 – Jan 5) | bitter cold | Bing Fire (Hurting Officer) | 69.3% |
| Chou month (late winter, ~Jan 6 – Feb 3) | frozen, damp Earth | Bing Fire (Hurting Officer) | 45.6% |
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 Bing Fire (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 and Mao months Bing Fire comes first, with Gui Water assisting. In Chen month Gui comes first, then Bing, with Wu Earth in support. |
| Summer | Si, Wu, Wei | Si month takes Gui Water alone. In Wu and Wei months Gui Water still comes first, with Bing Fire assisting. |
| Autumn | Shen, You, Xu | Shen month uses Bing, Gui and Ji together. You month takes Gui first, then Bing and Ding. Xu month takes Gui Water and Xin Metal. |
| Winter | Hai, Zi, Chou | Winter is cold and frozen. Hai month takes Bing and Wu; Zi and Chou months take Bing Fire alone, 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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Yi Wood climate adjustment FAQ
What is the useful god for Yi 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 Yi Wood born in Zi month?
The table lists Bing Fire, with Bing Fire as the first choice.
Is the Yi Wood climate useful god the same as my favorable element?
Not necessarily. In our test, the first-choice climate useful god for Yi Wood matched our top favorable element 53.9% of the time, and at least one of the listed useful gods was among the favorable elements 90.2% of the time. Favorable elements also depend on the strength of the whole chart and how warm or cold it already runs.