Climate Yongshen — The Secret of Qiong Tong Bao Jian

Climate yongshen adjusts the chart's temperature — winter needs warmth, summer needs cooling — and often overrides strength analysis.

What Climate Means

"调候" — literally "harmonize the climate" — every chart has an inborn climate fixed by birth month: hot, cold, dry, damp.

• Winter-born (亥子丑 month): chart leans cold, needs fire to warm
• Summer-born (巳午未): chart leans hot, needs water to cool
• Spring-dry-soil (辰): leans dry, needs water
• Autumn-cool (戌): leans dry, needs moistening

Climate yongshen often takes priority over support-restrain yongshen. "Climate not met, wealth and fame still incomplete" — Qiong Tong Bao Jian.

Qiong Tong Bao Jian — The Climate Classic

The Qing-dynasty 《穷通宝鉴》 by 余春台 is the canonical climate manual. It enumerates 10 day stems × 12 months = 120 climate yongshen entries — a desk reference for every master.

Examples:

• 甲 wood in 子 (winter): climate yongshen 丁 (warmth) + 庚 (axe to shape)
• 丙 fire in 午 (summer): climate yongshen 壬 (rescue) + 庚 (feeds water)
• 戊 earth in 寅 (spring): climate yongshen 丙 (warm) + 甲 (loosen) + 癸 (moisten)

So the same Day Master in different birth months has dramatically different climate needs.

Climate vs Strong/Weak — Which First?

• Extreme climate: climate first. A 丙 in 子 (peak cold) or a 壬 in 午 (peak dry) — even if weak, take fire/water first for climate, not 印 to support self
• Moderate climate: strong/weak primary. When climate yongshen is already transparent or not strictly needed, use standard support-restrain

So climate and support are layered — not either/or. Climate is the precondition; support adjusts within.

Climate Yongshen Best Transparent

Climate yongshen ideally appears in a heavenly stem ("transparent"):

• Transparent → climate is met, life flows
• Hidden only → climate awaits dayun to "fill in"
• Absent → climate unmet, chart fundamentally incomplete (Qiong Tong Bao Jian strict reading)

So in reading: check month climate → find climate yongshen → see if transparent — then proceed.

Climate in Daily Life

Climate yongshen has practical use beyond chart reading:

• Cold-leaning chart: prefer warm climates, warm colors, warm/cooked foods
• Dry-leaning chart: prefer water-adjacent living, humidifiers, lighter foods
• Damp-leaning chart: prefer sunny locations, dry environments, warmer foods

Knowing your chart's climate helps everyday harmonization with structural basis.

Next step

Read about patterns (格局) — the chart's structural identity.