Destiny analysis grounded in
an ancient Chinese science

The Foundation of the System

八字 — The Eight Characters of Destiny

The Chinese term 八字 (BāZì) literally means “eight characters.” Every person is born in a specific year, month, day and hour — each of these four parameters is recorded with two characters (天干, the “Heavenly Stem,” and 地支, the “Earthly Branch”). In total: eight characters that make up the birth chart.

At the core of the chart is the 日主 (Rì Zhǔ), the Day Master. It is one of the ten Heavenly Stems of the Day Pillar: it represents you — your nature and your resources. All seven remaining characters are interpreted relative to the Day Master.

The Five Elements

五行 — Wu Xing: The Cycle of Generation and Destruction

At the heart of BaZi lie the 五行 (Wǔ Xíng) — the Five Elements: Wood (木), Fire (火), Earth (土), Metal (金) and Water (水). These are not physical elements — they are archetypes of movement, transformation and the interplay of energies.

The elements form two cycles. The Generating Cycle (相生 Xiāng Shēng): Wood feeds Fire → Fire creates Earth (ash) → Earth gives rise to Metal → Metal gathers Water (condensation) → Water nourishes Wood. The Controlling Cycle (相克 Xiāng Kè): Wood loosens Earth → Earth dams Water → Water extinguishes Fire → Fire melts Metal → Metal chops Wood.

Our system automatically calculates the percentage weight of each element in the chart, identifies the dominant and the missing ones. The Useful God (用神 Yòng Shén) — the element that supports the chart — is published only after separate method verification, so it is not part of the readings yet.

The System of Relationships

十神 — The Ten Heavenly Gods

Each of the seven remaining characters in the chart (aside from the Day Master) defines a 十神 (Shí Shén) — one of the Ten Gods: an archetypal mode of interaction with the Day Master's element. This is the key to understanding career, love, health and resources.

Chart Dynamics

Interactions Among the Earthly Branches

The twelve Earthly Branches (地支 Dì Zhī) mark the year, month, day and hour; each branch is symbolized by one of the 12 animals of the Chinese calendar. They not only mark time — they also enter into dynamic interactions with one another, forming the chart's hidden forces.

The Timeline

大運 and 流年 — Luck Pillars and Annual Pillars

BaZi views life as a continuous succession of energetic phases. 大運 (Dà Yùn) — the Luck Pillars: every ten years, destiny comes under the influence of a new Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch. The cycles are calculated individually, based on the chart's polarity and direction of movement.

流年 (Liú Nián) — the Year in Review — the annual pillar that acts on everyone at once. Its interaction with a person's own pillars and the current Luck Pillar determines the quality of that specific year for that specific person.

The system also works with 小運 (Xiǎo Yùn) — the Minor Cycles (one year each) for a detailed analysis of transitional periods, and with 流月 (Liú Yuè) — the Solar Month when choosing a favorable moment for important decisions.

Our Approach

How Our Analysis Works

Method & Sources

Our Method and Sources

Every text on Bazi Cards — readings, articles and Oracle answers — is original: it is written by our own team and is not copied or translated from any book.

We work in Classical Zi Ping BaZi (子平八字), the school that goes back to Xu Ziping (徐子平, 10th century): a chart is read from the Day Master and the balance of the five elements around it. To judge the climate of a chart — whether it is too cold, hot, dry or damp for its season — we use the seasonal balance method of 《窮通寶鑑》 (Qióng Tōng Bǎo Jiàn).

Classical foundations

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  《淵海子平》 Yuān Hǎi Zǐ Píng Song dynasty; traditionally attributed to Xu Dasheng (徐大升) — the classic record of Xu Ziping's method
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  《子平真詮》 Zǐ Píng Zhēn Quán Shen Xiaozhan (沈孝瞻), Qing dynasty, 18th century — the doctrine of chart structures (格局) and of choosing the Useful God
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  《滴天髓》 Dī Tiān Suǐ Classical verses on the flow of qi and the strength of the Day Master; the commentary is traditionally attributed to Liu Bowen (劉基, Ming dynasty)
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  《窮通寶鑑》 Qióng Tōng Bǎo Jiàn Qing dynasty, edited by Yu Chuntai (余春台) — seasonal balance (調候): what each Day Master needs in each month

Transparency

What We Don't Promise

BaZi is a tool for self-knowledge and navigation, not a prediction of a fixed future. The system describes tendencies and potentials, not hard events. The quality of the calculation is limited by the precision of the birth time (±15 minutes can change the Hour Pillar), the accuracy of historical data, and the depth of interpretation.

We do not practice magic, religion or pseudoscience. BaZi is a mathematically formalized system of correlations between time and human patterns, passed down through generations of Chinese scholars and masters.