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Bazi Basics Hub

A canonical starting point for reading Day Master strength, Ten Gods, Five Elements, Luck Pillars, and chart structure.

Use this hub to understand the core Bazi entities before moving into relationship or wealth scenarios.

Core Tools

Bazi Analysis

Decode your Bazi structure through Day Master strength, Ten Gods, favorable elements, and Luck Pillars for clearer manifestation, career, wealth, relationship, and timing insight.

Ziwei Dou Shu

Decode your Ziwei chart through the 12 palaces, major stars, and transformations for clearer life phase, career, wealth, relationship, and timing insight.

Huangli

Search any date in the Huangli and review auspicious activities, solar terms, hourly signals, clashes, Tai positions, and annual feng shui directions.

Core Entities

Day MasterTen GodsFive ElementsTrue Solar TimeLuck PillarsYue LingHidden StemsSexagenary Cycle

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How to Read Yue Ling in Bazi: Why the Month Command Is the First Gate of Chart Interpretation

How do you read Yue Ling in Bazi? Learn why the Month Command is the first gate of proper chart interpretation, and how it affects Day Master strength, Ten Gods, useful elements, chart structure, seasonal power, and overall judgment logic.

How to Read Annual Luck in Bazi: Why Every Year Feels Different Even Inside the Same Luck Pillar

How do you read annual luck in Bazi? Learn why each year can feel very different even inside the same ten-year Luck Pillar, how annual timing affects the natal chart and Da Yun, and how to judge what a year is actually triggering.

How to Read Health in Bazi: Why Some Charts Do Not Mean “Illness,” but a Greater Tendency Toward Certain Imbalances

How do you read health in Bazi? Learn why some charts do not point to a fixed illness but to a greater tendency toward certain imbalances, and how the Five Elements, climate adjustment, structural pressure, and timing shape health sensitivity.

How to Calculate Luck Pillar Start Age: Why Everyone Starts Da Yun at a Different Time

How do you calculate Luck Pillar start age in Bazi? Learn why some people start Da Yun at age 2 and others at age 8, how forward and backward calculation works, and why different websites may show different results.

How to Read Luck Pillars in Bazi: Why the Same Natal Chart Can Lead to Very Different Life Periods

How do you read Luck Pillars in Bazi? Learn why the same natal chart can produce very different life stages under different ten-year cycles, how Luck Pillars affect the natal chart, and how to judge whether a Da Yun supports, pressures, or reshapes the structure.

What Is Cong Ge in Bazi? True vs. Fake Follow Patterns

What is Cong Ge in Bazi? Learn the difference between follow-strong, follow-weak, and fake follow patterns, how to judge whether a chart truly qualifies, and why “weak” does not automatically mean “follow.”

How to Read a Bazi Chart? A Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide

How do you read a Bazi chart? This beginner-friendly guide explains the correct reading order: Day Master, Month Branch, roots, Ten Gods, and flow.

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What are the Ten Heavenly Stems? Learn what Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui mean in Bazi, how they relate to the Five Elements and Yin-Yang, and why they are more than a memorization chart.

Twelve Earthly Branches Explained: What Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai Really Mean

What are the Twelve Earthly Branches? Learn what Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai mean in Bazi, how they relate to the Five Elements, hidden stems, seasonality, and chart structure.

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