Bazi · the Four Pillars of Destiny

Which of the ten elements are you?

Bazi reads the moment you were born. Find out which of the ten types you are, free, then unlock your full 20-page reading.

Don't know your birth time? You can still get your reading. Your type and your year ahead don't depend on it. Find it later and we'll update your reading free.

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Why "Four Pillars"

Your life, held up by four pillars

Bazi means "eight characters". The moment you were born is written as four pillars: your birth year, month, day and hour. Each pillar holds two characters, and each one describes a different part of your life.

Year pillarYour roots

Family background, early life, and how the wider world sees you.

Month pillarYour season

The environment you grew up in, and how you work and build a career.

Day pillarYou

Your core nature, your type, and your closest relationships.

Hour pillarYour inner world

Your ideas and hopes, your children, and later life.

Your reading starts with the day pillar, which sets your type. Then it reads all eight characters together for your balance, your strengths and the themes of each decade. No birth time? Your reading uses the other three pillars, and you can add the fourth later, free.

What is Bazi?

What is Bazi?

Bazi (八字, "eight characters") is a Chinese tradition that describes your nature from the moment you were born.

Your birth year, month, day and hour each become a "pillar" of two characters: eight in all.

Read together, they describe your strengths, your rhythms and the themes of each decade of your life.

Hour戊辰
Day己卯
Month己卯
Year庚午
Why it costs so little

A reading that used to cost hundreds

Traditionally, a Bazi reading meant finding a master and paying hundreds of dollars for a consultation.

Most of a master's skill goes into two things: calculating your chart precisely, and knowing how to read it. Both take years to learn.

We have built that calculation into our own engine: true solar time for your birthplace, solar-term months, the Bazi new year, your ten-year cycles. And we have turned the classical way of reading a chart into a clear, thorough written reading.

That is how we can give you a full 20-page reading for a fraction of the traditional price.

Traditional consultationOften hundreds of dollars
Your Four Pillars Lab readingUS$4.99

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The ten types

The ten types

Everyone is one of ten types, set by the day you were born.

The OakUpright, principled, grows steadily upward
The VineAdaptable, connected, always finds a way
The SunWarm, generous, lights up a room
The CandleFocused, perceptive, a guide for others
The MountainSolid, dependable, the one people lean on
The GardenerPatient, practical, makes things grow
The BladeDecisive, brave, cuts straight to the point
The JewelRefined, discerning, with high standards
The OceanBig-picture, restless, explores widely
The RainIntuitive, gentle, quietly influential
What's in your reading

What's in your reading

  • You in one page: your type, strengths and watch-outs
  • Your balance of five qualities, and how to bring in what you lack
  • Work, relationships and money, with practical tips
  • Your life in decades, and the one you are in now
  • Your year ahead
  • Your chart in traditional form, for the curious
Why our charts are accurate

Why our charts are accurate

Bazi uses the sun's time, not the clock. Someone born at 9:30 am in Singapore was born at 8:15 am by the sun, a different hour pillar. We correct for your birthplace, historical time zones, solar-term months and the Bazi new year on 4 February.

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Questions

Questions

Is a person writing my reading?

Your chart is calculated by our engine using the classical method. The written reading is produced with AI assistance from your chart, following our style guide. It is not written by a human master.

I don't know my birth time.

You can still get your reading. Your type, decades and year ahead do not depend on it. If you find your time later, we will update your reading free.

What if I am not happy?

Email us within 7 days for a full refund, no questions asked.

What do you do with my birth details?

We use them only to make your reading. We never sell your data.