Learn BaZi

A complete, plain-English library on the Four Pillars of Destiny — every concept explained with real chart examples, and always with the tradition honestly framed as a cultural lens, not a verdict. If you are brand new, start with the guided tour; otherwise jump to whatever question brought you here.

Start here

• Read your own chart in 3 minutes — the guided tour, assuming nothing
• What is BaZi? — the four pillars in one page

The basics

• Your Day Master — the axis of your chart
• The Four Pillars, explained — year, month, day, hour
• The Five Elements in your chart — balance, gaps and the missing-element question
• The Five Elements (Wu Xing) — the creation and control cycles
• The Ten Heavenly Stems — one by one
• The Twelve Earthly Branches — animals, seasons and rooms
• Hidden stems — the cast inside every branch
• Na Yin — the 60 musical names

The cast and the reading

• The Ten Gods — your chart's cast of characters
• Strong, weak or balanced? — the four-look strength judgment
• Your useful god & unwanted god — reference, not rules
• Chart patterns — reading the month command
• Seasonal tuning — why a winter birth wants fire

The relationships

• Heavenly unions & clashes — the five combines, the stem clashes
• Six-combines, triple combines & meetings — branches that pull together
• Clashes, harms & punishments — branches that push apart
• Repeated & opposed pillars — when luck mirrors your chart

Time and life

• Understanding Da Yun — the ten-year chapters
• Critical years — when the calendar rings your chart
• How old are you, really? — nominal age and Qi Yun
• The Six Palaces — where family, marriage and career live

Worked example

• Chart chemistry: a 1995 chart, end to end — every layer of one real chart

Cast your chart to see these layers on your own eight characters, or browse the term table if a word needs a quick definition.