What is Useful God 用神 ?

• A Useful God is the most important “Star” (One of the Stems) in a person’s Bazi Chart.

• It is the Star (Stem) that provides the vital key to balance all the elements in a Bazi Chart.

• “Used” to determine one’s overall fortune and quality of life throughout life.

Three Type of Useful God

1. MEDICATING (Fu Yi 扶抑)
Bring or restore balance to a BaZi Chart

2. REGULATING (Tiao Hou 調侯)

Maintain and preserve the growth climate in a BaZi chart

3. ARBITRATING (Tong Guan 通關)

The peacemaker between two strong elements in a BaZi Chart

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 MEDICATE (Fu Yi 扶抑)

Best Secondary Tertiary

Condition Method to use Useful God Useful God Useful God

Many Friends Controlling Direct Officer Eating God or Direct Wealth

1. Day Master and Rob Wealth or Seven Hurting Officer or Indirect
is Strong Stars in BaZi Killings Stars Stars Wealth Stars
chart

Prosperous Weakening Direct Wealth Eating God or -

Direct Resource or Indirect Hurting Officer
2. Day Master
and Indirect Wealth Stars Stars
is Prosperous
Resource Stars
in BaZi chart

Many Direct Weakening and Direct Resource Friend and Rob -

3. Day Master Officer or Seven Strengthening and Indirect Wealth Stars
is Suppressed Killings Stars in Resource Stars
Bazi chart

Prosperous Strengthening Friend and Rob Direct Resource -

Direct Wealth Wealth Stars and Indirect
4. Day Master
or Indirect Resource Stars
is Weak
Wealth Stars in
BaZi chart

Prosperous Controlling and Direct Resource Friend and Rob -

Eating God or Strengthening and Indirect Wealth Stars
5. Day Master
Hurting Officer Resource Stars
is Drained
Stars in BaZi
chart

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 REGULATING (Tiao Hou 調侯)

MONTH OF BIRTH
• Hai 亥 (Pig)
• Zi 子 (Rat)
• Chou 丑 (Ox)

BAZI CHART CONDITIONS

• A “cold” BaZi chart
• Hai 亥 (Pig), Zi 子 (Rat) Water or
Regulate Coldness with Heat Chou 丑 (Ox), Chen 辰 (Dragon)
Earth elements are strong
（寒用熱醫）
• No Fire element to “warm” up

POSSIBLE USEFUL GOD:

Si Wu Fire 巳午火

• Wu 戊
• Bing 丙
• Geng 庚
• Ding 丁
• Ji 己

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 REGULATING (Tiao Hou 調侯)

MONTH OF BIRTH
• Si 巳 (Snake)
• Wu 午 (Horse)
• Wei 未 (Goat)

BAZI CHART CONDITIONS

• A “heaty” BaZi chart
• Si 巳 (Snake), Wu 午(Horse) Fire
Regulate Heat with Coldness or Wei 未 (Goat), Xu 戌 (Dog)
Earth elements are strong
（熱用寒治）
• No Water element to regulate

POSSIBLE USEFUL GOD:

Chou Chen Earth 丑辰土

• Xin 辛
• Ji 己
• Gui 癸
• Yi 乙
• Wu 午

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 REGULATING (Tiao Hou 調侯)

MONTH OF BIRTH
• Wei 未 (Goat)
• Xu 戌 (Dog)

BAZI CHART CONDITIONS

• A “dry” BaZi chart
• Si 巳 (Snake), Wu 午 (Horse) Fire
Regulate Dryness with Dampness or Wei 未 (Goat), Xu 戌 (Dog)
Earth elements are strong
（燥用濕治）
• No Water element to moisten

POSSIBLE USEFUL GOD:

Hai Zi Water 亥子水

• Gui 癸
• Ren 壬
• Jia 甲

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 REGULATING (Tiao Hou 調侯)

MONTH OF BIRTH
• Hai 亥 (Pig)
• Zi 子 (Rat)

BAZI CHART CONDITIONS

• A “damp” BaZi chart
• Hai 亥(Pig), Zi 子(Rat) Water
Regulate Dampness with Dryness or Chou 丑(Ox), Chen 辰(Dragon)
Earth elements are strong
（濕用燥治）
• No Fire element to regulate

POSSIBLE USEFUL GOD:

Wei Xu Earth 未戌土

• Yi 乙
• Ji 己
• Ding 丁
• Xin 辛
• Wu 午

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 ARBITRATE (Tong Guan 通關)
Based on 5 Elements

WOOD
Water + Fire elements = strong
Arbitrating Useful God → WOOD
WATER + FIRE

FIRE
Wood + Earth elements = strong
Abitrating Useful God → FIRE
EARTH + WOOD

EARTH
Fire + Metal elements = strong
Abitrating Useful God → Earth
FIRE + METAL

METAL
Earth + Water elements = strong
Abitrating Useful God → Metal

WATER + EARTH

WATER
Metal + Wood elements = strong
Abitrating Useful God → Water
METAL + WOOD

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 ARBITRATE (Tong Guan 通關)
Based on The Joey Yap’s 10 Gods Arbitation Method

Wealth Resource • Wealth produces Influence produces Resource

Stars Stars
• Wealth will not counter Resource

INFLUENCE STARS

Companion Influence • Influence produces Resource produces Companion

Stars Stars
• Influence will not counter with Companion

RESOURCE STARS

Output Resource • Resource produces Companion produces Output

Stars Stars
• Resource will not counter Output

COMPANION STARS

Wealth Companion • Companion produces Output produces Wealth

Stars Stars
• Companion will not counter Wealth

OUTPUT STARS

Output Influence • Output produces Wealth produces Influence

Stars Stars
• Output will not counter Influence

WEALTH STARS

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 Why is Useful God Important?

1 It balances the elements in BaZi chart

2 It can only be used when it is present in the chart

3 It determines one’s helpful and unhelpful aspects in life

4 It tells one’s natural talents and capabilities

5 It decides one’s time of smooth progress and years laden with obstacles

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