BaZi without birth time: reading three pillars
BaZi without birth time still gives three pillars and the day master. Choose the right input, keep the hour open and record candidate times.
Fortune telling guides: BaZi, tarot and more
Five traditions, each with its own chart and its own vocabulary. Pick the system you want to learn, see how its chart is built, then try the free tool that goes with it.
BaZi
An introduction to the year, month, day and hour pillars in BaZi, the birth information they use, and the limits of this traditional interpretive framework.
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BaZi compatibility: what two charts can show
BaZi compatibility starts with what is compared: year branches, day masters or whole charts. Prepare both records and question any match score.
BaZi ten gods: how each name is worked out
The BaZi ten gods name how another stem relates to your day master: element direction plus yin or yang. See all ten names and how Jia reads Bing and Geng.
Day master element: how the five elements relate
Your day master element comes from your day stem. Read Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water as arrows around it, with Jia Wood and Bing Fire as examples.
BaZi month pillar: season and your day master
The BaZi month pillar changes at solar terms, not on the lunar month. See how its branch sets your day master's season, using Jia Wood in Mao and You.
Strong vs weak day master: what BaZi checks
Strong vs weak day master is not decided by a count or percentage. See how BaZi weighs season, roots and support or restraint, with two Jia Wood examples.
Da Liu Ren
Da Liu Ren reads a concrete question through the heaven-earth plates, four lessons, three transmissions, and twelve generals of a sealed moment.
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What is Da Liu Ren and how do you start?
What is Da Liu Ren? A plain guide to the classical Chinese method: where it comes from, what one chart holds and how to cast your first one free.
Three transmissions in Da Liu Ren: how they form
The three transmissions of Da Liu Ren come from the four lessons. See the nine methods, how Zei Ke picks the first, and one plate worked through.
Da Liu Ren month general and how the plate turns
The Da Liu Ren month general changes at each middle solar term. A twelve-row table, the exact change moment, and the example chart turned onto its hour.
Da Liu Ren lesson patterns and how to spot each
Da Liu Ren lesson patterns, or lesson types, name how the first transmission was taken. All twelve, how to spot each, and one day that shows seven.
How to read a Da Liu Ren chart, layer by layer
How to read a Da Liu Ren chart in the order it was cast: the moment, the plates, the four lessons, the three transmissions and the generals they ride.
Da Liu Ren four lessons: how they are laid out
The Da Liu Ren four lessons come from the day stem's lodging palace and the day branch on the turned plate. One real moment, worked step by step.
Tarot
Tarot maps the roles, tensions, and possible movement surrounding a present question through a fixed symbolic card spread.
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Three card tarot spread: past, present, future
A three-card tarot spread gives each card a role: past, present and future. Learn how to set the question, read each card, and connect all three honestly.
Meihua
Meihua Yishu reads the relationship between the asker, the situation, and the direction of change through a primary and changing hexagram.
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How to cast a Meihua Yishu hexagram from numbers
How to cast a Meihua Yishu hexagram from three numbers: which number sets each trigram, how the moving line is chosen, and how to check the result.
Zi Wei Dou Shu
Zi Wei Dou Shu organizes a natal chart into twelve palaces to examine life areas, major stars, and changing periods as a connected system.
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Zi Wei Dou Shu twelve palaces: how to read them
The Zi Wei Dou Shu twelve palaces are the labeled areas of a chart. Learn the twelve names, find your Life palace, and tell palaces from stars.