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BaZi Basics
What the useful element (用神) means in BaZi, the main methods for choosing it — balance, regulating climate, mediating conflict and following — and how to apply it carefully.
BaZi Calculator · 2026/10/13
Methodology
A practical guide for people born between 23:00 and midnight: how the early and late Zi-hour conventions change the day pillar and Day Master, and how to decide which to use.
BaZi Calculator · 2026/10/13
I Ching Tools
An introduction to Zi Wei Dou Shu (Purple Star Astrology): the twelve palaces, the life and body palaces, the fourteen major stars, brightness, the Four Transformations and decade periods.
BaZi Calculator · 2026/10/08
I Ching Tools
How to cast a Liu Yao hexagram with three coins: line values and probabilities, moving lines, Na Jia, six relatives, shi and ying, void branches and how to read the result.
BaZi Calculator · 2026/10/07
Methodology
Why BaZi hours follow the sun, how true solar time is calculated from longitude and the equation of time, how daylight saving and historical time zones are handled, and when it changes a chart.
BaZi Calculator · 2026/10/06
BaZi Basics
How BaZi luck pillars are arranged, how the starting age is calculated from solar terms, why annual pillars begin at Li Chun, and how to read both against your chart.
BaZi Calculator · 2026/10/05