This is the fifth chart from my readers. Here's her details.

1. Livia
2. Female
3. 26th October 1953
4. 1.15 pm
5. Romania
6. Retired teacher.

What is her Useful god? Please try first and scroll down for my answer.















This is a strong geng day master which is being sandwiched by the water stars. Technically, a strong metal day master wants the water output stars but picture wise, the geng day master being sandwiched by the water stars can turn rusty. So, this geng day master needs the ding fire to forge it. We also need the wood stars to protect the ding fire and arbitrate the water stars from clashing the fire star when it appears. Besides, we need the trees and plants to make the fertile ground useful.especially on the gui-wei pillar. So, the primary Useful god is the ding fire and the secondary Useful god are the wood stars.

This is the 4th chart from my readers.

1. Rac555
2. Female
3. 4th May 1974
4. 5.55 am
5. Singapore
6. Manager in the Training Department in a Healthcare industry.

​Strong presence of wood and earth stars and a weak yi day master.

​What is her Useful god?

You can give it a try first and scroll down this page for my opinion.














From the technical analysis, this is a weak yi day master because wu-chen month pillar is a strong block of earth stars. So, the resource water stars are useful.

Classical method includes looking at a chart pictorially and also reading by pillars. This chart gives us a picture of many trees and plants in a mountainous environment. It will do good to have more water to make the trees and plants healthy. So, I will say that her Useful god is the ren water.



Updated on 23rd August 2016 

Hahaha. Finally, I got more participation from you all. I have just given up the idea of asking for your participation.

All bazi students are divided by the ZiPing technical method and the classical method but I believe the best is to blend both the methods. I think I'm giving free publicity to those who are still conducting bazi courses. For those who have attended any bazi course, you should know which is the method you have learnt.

Let's take a look at this case again. Whether this day master is strong or weak, we need the water stars to make the plants and the trees grow healthily. This is classical theory. So, the water stars are his Useful god. Unlike the other elements, gui and ren water are the same thing. Ren water comes from the gui water during rainfalls and gui water comes from ren water upon evaporation. I opted for ren water because the wu-chen mountain earth can contain it.

Anyway, when the water stars protrude, they must be protected by the metal stars. Otherwise, the strong earth stars will counter it. This is technical theory. So, it is bad if the water stars protrude without protection. Geng metal will be better because it can also help to shape the block of jia-yin wood. Besides, when there are many self stars, we need the officer stars to control it, especially controlling the RW star.

Another point to note is that when a Useful god is not present in the natal chart, it does not mean that it cannot be the Useful god. Remember that the Useful god can still appear in the luck pillar. A superior chart normally has strongly rooted Useful god that are also protected.

Now, for the technical people, we take the chen as the earth month and not the wood month because the yi wood are buried deeply under a strong block of earth. So, from the ZiPing criterion, this is a weak yi day master. Actually, the technical method is much easier to use. A weak day master harnesses wealth through self stars So, there are opportunities to make money but in partnership, she needs to take control because there is no metal star to control the RW star. This means she cannot be a sleeping partner or it will be disastrous. A weak day master loses money when meeting with the wealth stars. So, any risky speculation is definitely out.

This is the third chart that I have received from my readers. Below are his details.

1. Sean
2. Male
3. 13th April, 1981
4. 9.40 pm
5. Malaysia
6. Events Technical Management.

We will help him find his Useful god. This one is also quite interesting. Do give it a try. His xin day master is a strong one.



Updated on 18th August 2016 

Yes Bogie, you are right. Ren water is the Useful god. Technically speaking, a strong day master wants to have a strong output. So, the strong ren water star rooted in hai can help to balance the chart that has strong self stars. From the classical stand point, the beautiful xin needs to be polished by the ren water. On top of that, we need the ren water to clean up the ji that makes dirty the beautiful xin. This is a case where both the technical and the classical methods would do good with the same star, which is the ren water.

We shall continue to search for Useful god. This is a very interesting one.

What is his Useful god?

Remember that Useful god is the single most important star that helps to balance a chart. What is the chart's priority?



Updated on 18th August 2016 

The most important thing in this chart is to arbitrate the xin metal from countering the yi day master. Yi-you pillar is a vulnerable pillar because the xin inside you can uproot the yi. So, the most important star is the ren water because any cutting done under water is more difficult. So, the ren water can help to protect the yi day master but for this case, the placement isn't good because the ren is in the year stem and not placed in between xin and yi.

The secondary Useful god would be the gui rain water because this chart is also very hot.

This is also a weak yi day master. So, technically, the water resource stars are also very important. Unfortunately, the ren water is very weak and has no root whatsoever.

In the geng-xu luck pillar, the yin-wu-xu fire frame added more fire energy and the intense heat dried up the weak ren water and melted the metal stars. Obviously, the chart could not maintain its balance. The owner was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2006, bing-xu year and passed away shortly. I'm sure you know why bing-xu year is bad for him. There is additional fire energy with bing protruding and another fire frame of yin-wu-xu. The over strong fire energy completely destroyed the metal stars which represent his lungs.

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​I have chosen jia-zi as his hour pillar. Jia and ji combined and transformed the jia into earth star. This made the ji day master a strong one. Water stars are his wealth and hai-zi-chou forms a reservoir of his wealth. In his present ren-chen luck pillar, his favorable wealth star ren protrudes and are rooted in the water seasonal combo of hai-zi-chou. In this bing-shen year and bing-shen month, there are 2 sets of shen-zi-chen water frame which also represents his wealth. All these water seasonal combo and water frames gave him this massive inheritance.

For a strong ji day master, fire stars are negative. So, the bing-shen negative fu-yin is a sad event as he lost his father.

As for the Useful god, it has to be the output geng which is strong because of chou. Since ji-chou is a block of earth in the month pillar, chou is considered as earth month. The Useful god, geng is also well protected by the strong presence of the earth stars.

This is the 2nd chart that I received from my readers. Below are his details.

1. Draco
2. Male
3. 15th July 1990
4. 10 pm
5. Singapore
6. Student

Please try to help him find his Useful god. What is his most important star? Note that this is a strong xin day master since there is no fire star in the stems.



​Updated on 14th August 2016 

This is a strong xin day master and the chart is also hot with the si-wu-wei seasonal combo. Technically, a strong chart wants a strong output which are the water stars. So, which water star is better to regulate this hot chart?

It should be the gui water which also represents the rain. Since the gui water protrudes in the month stem, this chart is quite balance. It can be considered as a favorable chart since the Useful god, gui water is strong with its roots in hai and also protected by geng.

Another chart for you all to practice. What is the Useful god and why?



Updated on 13 August 2016    

Ji-si pillar is an unhealthy pillar because the earth is very dry and cannot grow any plant or tree. The three ji stems sitting on two si stars is a picture of a hot and dry ground. The mao below ji is a seed waiting to grow and cannot grow if there is no water. So, gui water is the medicine for this scenario. Without the gui star, the owner will have poor health.

This is the first case I received from my readers. A cai-guan-yin chart with a weak xin day master. He's born in the door of wealth since his indirect wealth star is in the month earthly branch. Below are his particulars.

1. Name        : Jason
2. Gender      : Male
3. Birthday     : 13 March 1985
4. Birth time   : 6.04 pm
5. Country      : Malaysia
6. Occupation : Counselor

 A cai-guan-yin chart is already a well balance chart. So, what else does he need?



Updated on 10 August 2016 

A cai-guan-yin chart is already a balance chart and a good quality cai-guan-yin chart should have strong resource, strong officer and strong wealth stars. In this chart, the resource earth stars are rooted. The officer fire star is strong in the mao wood month and the wealth wood stars are also rooted.

Technically speaking, his Useful god should be the resource stars. Now, should it be the ji earth or the wu earth?

From the classical theory, wu earth can protect the xin better because the dirty ji earth will contaminate the beautiful xin metal. The absent of wu earth can somewhat reduce the quality of this cai-guan-yin chart. Nevertheless, this chart is quite a favorable one because technically, it is well balance. 

Again, from the classical theory, having a ding fire in the evening hours is like holding a lighted candle when it's almost dark. This candle light can be used to paved the way for many people. So, being a counselor is just perfect. I believe Jason will do well in helping, guiding and showing people the way.

In this chart, the presence of the you-mao clash means that his father is being countered since the yi inside mao represents his father. Luckily, the you is not side by side with the mao. However, this indirect clash might caused him to live separately with his father in his younger days.

For those who have written in, please be patient.

We will continue our search for the Useful god with another case study. Feel free to give a try and please give the reason for your pick.



​Updated on 10 August 2016 

For those who have participated, I like to thank you for trying. This is a strong ren day master. From the technical reading, his favorable stars are the wood, fire and earth. In finding the Useful god, we need to identify the most important star that helps to maintain the balance of the chart. In this case, the top priority is to control and regulate the flood although it is quite cold out there. So, his Useful god is the wu earth. Since his Useful god is strongly rooted, this chart is quite superior. and in fact, the owner of this chart is a multimillionaire.

Guess when he made his money?

Obviously, at the bing-yin and ding-mao luck pillars when the positive fire wealth stars protruded. His wife is also instrumental in helping him to manage his business. His spouse palace has all the positive stars including wu earth, his Useful god.

In my previous two cases, we have seen what it meant to regulate and medicate a chart. In this third case, we shall see how to arbitrate a chart. I think this is quite easy. As you can see in the above chart, there are very strong presence of fire and metal stars. So, we need to arbitrate the attack of the fire stars on the metal stars to maintain its balance.

What is the Useful god? Anybody?

It's very obvious. It has to be the earth stars. We need the earth stars to protect the metal from the fire stars. I'm sure all of you will know that fire produces earth and earth produces metal. Both the wu and ji earth are the arbitrators.

With these three examples, I hope you are clear on the difference between needing to

1. regulate,
2. medicate or
3. arbitrate a chart in finding its Useful god.

Anybody interested to find out your Useful god in your chart?

Please write in by visiting www.bingbazi.com and click on the CONTACT and send in your particulars.

1. Name
2. Gender
3. Birth date (please spell out the month)
4. Time of birth (follow your birth certificate)
5. Country
6. Occupation.

Your chart will be posted in this blog as a case study and will be open for discussion to find your Useful god. Please do not use your real name just in case the discussions reveal too much.

Apart from these, I will be giving you more examples to practice.