Birth details
Gender sets the direction of the luck pillars.
Time options
Unticked, 23:00–24:00 counts as the late Zi hour of the same day.
Four Pillars
Each column is one pillar. Start with the two big characters: the top one and the bottom one (with its animal). The Day column is you. Colours show the element:
Tap any label or value to see what it means.
Possible hour pillars 时柱
Without a birth time, here are all twelve. Tap one to try it in the chart.
You your day master, 日主
Five elements
A long bar means lots of that element; short or empty means little. The ones you lack often help you: see the Summary.
Count of the eight characters (each branch by its main element). The second number includes hidden stems.
How your pillars get on 刑冲合害
Combinations pull pillars together, so things come together. Clashes push apart and often mean change. Punishments and harms are small frictions.
Symbolic stars 神煞
Traditional lucky and unlucky “stars” that add small details. Not the main reading.
Technical details calendar, solar terms, time zone
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- BaZi (八字) means “eight characters”. Your birth year, month, day and hour each become a pillar of two characters: 4 pillars × 2 = 8.
- Every character is one of five elements, shown by its colour. Each one feeds the next: Wood fuels fire, fire leaves earth (ash), earth holds metal, metal gathers water, and water grows wood.
- The top character of your Day pillar is you (your “day master”). Its element and picture, like “the ocean”, describe your nature.
- Everything else is read by how it relates to you: what supports you, what you create, what you earn, what pushes you, and the people who stand beside you.
- Balance matters. The elements you're short of are usually the ones that help you.
- Luck changes in 10-year chapters, and every year. ✓ suits you, ~ mixed, ! demanding: more effort, not bad luck.
BaZi is a traditional way to reflect on yourself, not a prediction.
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BaZi is a traditional Chinese system. These readings describe tendencies and themes to reflect on. They are not predictions or facts about you, and shouldn't drive big decisions on their own.
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How to read a BaZi chart
- Start with the day master (the Day stem). It stands for you; everything else is read against it.
- Look at the ten gods. Each stem is a relationship to you: what supports you (Resource), what you create (Output), what you earn (Wealth), what disciplines you (Officer) and who stands beside you (Companion).
- Note where they sit. Year = roots and childhood, Month = parents and work, Day branch = your partner, Hour = children and later life.
- Check the balance. Too much or too little of an element or theme shows where life tends to feel easy or effortful.
- Add timing. Each 10-year luck pillar and each year brings new ten gods that switch different themes on, and clashes often mark change.
Now 流年 · 流月 · 流日
Every year, month and day has its own pillar, read against yours. ✓ suits you, ~ mixed, ! demanding (more effort, not bad luck). Pick any date to look ahead or back.
Months
Days
✓ favourable ~ mixed ! demanding · 冲 clashes your day branch
Luck pillars 大运
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✓ favourable ~ mixed ! demanding (by your favourable elements; see the full reading under Summary)
Years
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Compatibility 合婚
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Traditional compatibility looks at how two charts fit. Real relationships depend on the people, so read this for fun and reflection.
About
- The year changes at 立春 (Start of Spring, about 4 February) and each month at its solar term, not on the lunar calendar.
- Solar terms are worked out from the sun's position on your device and agree with published times to within a minute.
- Lunar dates are converted using the official rules (new moons and solar terms in Beijing time), for 1901–2099.
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