Learn: complete guide
Step-by-step guides to reading a BaZi chart, from finding the Day Master to luck pillars and checking a chart for errors.
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- What are the Four Pillars of Destiny?An introduction to BaZi and its building blocks.
- How to read a BaZi chartA walkthrough of the calculator output.
- How to Find Your Day MasterA step-by-step guide to finding your BaZi Day Master, checking the day boundary and understanding what the ten Day Masters mean.
- How to Judge Day Master Strength: Step-by-Step GuideA practical method for judging whether a BaZi Day Master is strong or weak: season, roots, helpers and combinations.
- How to Read the Ten Gods in ContextHow to interpret BaZi Ten Gods by position, strength and combination rather than by keyword lists.
- Finding the Useful Element (Yong Shen)How BaZi schools choose the useful element (用神): strength-based, climate-based and structure-based methods compared.
- Reading Luck Pillars Step by StepA practical sequence for reading BaZi luck pillars against the natal chart, from starting age to annual pillars.
- Combinations and Clashes ExplainedA clear guide to BaZi stem combinations, branch combinations, three harmony, clashes, harms and punishments.
- What to Do If You Don't Know Your Birth TimeHow to use BaZi without an exact birth time: what stays reliable, how to narrow the hour and what to avoid.
- How to Check a BaZi Chart for ErrorsA checklist for verifying a BaZi chart: year and month boundaries, time zones, daylight saving, Zi hour and true solar time.