BaZi / Four Pillars guides
Start with the Five Phases and the stem–branch calendar, then explore Day Master strength, the Ten Gods and ten-year cycles. Check birth-time conventions before comparing two charts.
BaZi / Four Pillars
13 articles
Day Master strength: season, roots and the limits of a score
Understand strong and weak Day Masters, MingLiMR’s 40/30/30 scoring model, the 50-point switch and why missing birth time changes confidence.
Favorable elements in BaZi: Useful God, Helpful God and competing methods
Learn what yong shen and xi shen mean, compare five traditional approaches, and read MingLiMR’s balancing table and four reproducible examples.
Apparent solar time: why a birth chart may adjust your clock time
Longitude, the equation of time, historical time zones and daylight saving explained, with Taiwan city and monthly reference tables.
Birth after 11 p.m.: the Zi hour and the day-boundary question
Compare the 23:00 and midnight day-boundary schools, MingLiMR’s split Zi-hour rule, hour stems and solar-time date rollover.
“Too much Wealth, weak Day Master”: what the warning actually means
The classical capacity metaphor, MingLiMR’s four warning conditions, the 1.5 ratio and why a visible Wealth stem alone is insufficient.
Unknown birth time: what a three-pillar BaZi chart can and cannot show
Explore year, month and day pillars without inventing an hour, with limits for strength, solar-term dates, solar time, Zi Wei and cycle timing.
Relationship charts: what BaZi can compare, and why we do not give a score
Distinguish chart comparison from zodiac matchmaking, understand day-pillar and element relationships, and keep relationship decisions with the people involved.
The Ten Gods: a guide to BaZi’s ten symbolic relationships
A beginner’s guide to Companion, Output, Wealth, Authority and Resource, with the ten-stem reference table and a reproducible example.
Seven Killings in BaZi: pressure, Output control and Resource mediation
Understand Qi Sha without fatalistic claims, compare it with Direct Officer, and examine the ten-stem table and a month-branch example.
Ten-year BaZi cycles: direction, starting age and interpretation
Learn how Da Yun follows the month pillar, why direction differs, how the birth-to-solar-term interval sets the start, and what a cycle change cannot promise.
The Five Phases: generation, control and reading an element distribution
Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water explained through the two cycles, traditional correspondences, seasonal strength and a reproducible BaZi example.
Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches: the sixty-year cycle
Read the ten stems, twelve branches and their pronunciation, convert Gregorian and Taiwan ROC years, and understand the Li Chun boundary.
2027 Ding-Wei: yearly stems, monthly boundaries and Tai Sui relationships
Explore the Fire Goat year through all twelve zodiac branches, monthly solar-term boundaries and the Ten Gods for each Day Master.
The hexagram library
Explore all sixty-four figures and the sixteen published guides. Each guide separates the stable line structure, traditional themes and the limits of interpreting a specific cast.
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Explore one birth chart or compare two
A single chart shows the Four Pillars, Five Phases and ten-year cycles. Compatibility compares two charts side by side. Chart calculation is free without an account; reading options are explained on the result page.