Bazi, in plain English
A thousand-year charting tradition, explained the way we practice it — as a map of pattern and season, never a fortune. Start anywhere; each guide answers one real question.
the chartWhat is a Bazi chart? The Four Pillars, explained in plain EnglishA Bazi chart maps the year, month, day, and hour you were born into four pillars of elemental information. Here is how the Chinese Four Pillars system works — in plain English, without the jargon.the day masterYour Day Master: the ten elemental selves of BaziIn a Bazi chart, your Day Master is the element at the center of your pattern — one of ten elemental selves, from towering Yang Wood to hidden Yin Water. What each one means, in plain English.the seasonsLuck cycles in Bazi: why life moves in ten-year seasonsIn Bazi, luck cycles (大運, da yun) divide a life into ten-year seasons, each with its own elemental weather. What luck cycles actually are, how they are computed, and how to read yours without fatalism.missing hourDon't know your birth time? You can still read your Bazi chartNo birth time on record? Three of your four pillars — year, month, and day — don't need it. What an hour-less Bazi chart can and cannot tell you, and how honest readings handle the gap.two mapsBazi vs Western astrology: two maps of the same skyBoth start from your birth moment — then diverge completely. How Chinese Bazi and Western astrology differ in method, vocabulary, and what they claim to know, explained without taking sides.
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