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Learn BaZi, one chapter at a time.

Short guides to the Chinese birth chart and the five elements. No jargon you have to look up: every old term comes with a plain explanation.

“Eight characters”

Start here · 01

What is BaZi?

The Chinese art of reading the moment you were born, in 8 characters. Start here if the word is new to you.

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Basics

How the chart is made, in plain words.

  1. 02How to read your chartYour 8 characters, one pair at a time, all the way to your guardian.
  2. 03What element am I?Your core element comes from your birth day, not your year animal.
  3. 04How accurate is BaZi?What the math can promise, and what reading a chart cannot.

Your chart

The pieces every reading is built from.

  1. 05The 10 core elementsFrom the tall tree to the quiet rain: the 10 versions of you.
  2. 06The forces in your chartLeader, Warrior, Creator, Rebel: how each character pulls on you.
  3. 07Does birth time matter?What your birth hour adds, and what stays the same without it.
  4. 08If you don't know your birth time6 of your 8 characters still tell you a lot.

Comparisons

BaZi beside the systems you already know.

  1. 09BaZi vs MBTIA chart worked out from your birthday, against a test you fill in.
  2. 10BaZi vs Western astrologyThe sun’s seasons against the planets’ positions.
  3. 11BaZi vs the Chinese zodiacWhy your year animal is only 1 of your 8 characters.

Love & work

Using your chart as a lens on everyday choices.

  1. 12Five elements compatibilityWho feeds you, who tames you, and what that means for two people.
  2. 13BaZi relationship guideHow two charts get along, read without fatalism.
  3. 14BaZi career guideWhat your core element and strongest force suggest about work.

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