Four pillars. One Day Master.
BaZi — the Chinese "Four Pillars of Destiny" — reads your birth year, month, day and hour into four pillars, each with a Heavenly Stem and an Earthly Branch. At the centre sits your Day Master, the element that runs through everything else.
- Your Four Pillars
- Your Day Master
- Five Elements at a glance
- Eight characters, explained
- Just date and time
- Free, in seconds
Cast your Four Pillars
Your Year, Month, Day and Hour pillars appear in seconds, with your Day Master identified.
What your free result shows
Your four pillars and your Day Master — free.
Your Four Pillars
Year, Month, Day and Hour — each with its own Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch.
Your Day Master
The element at the centre of your chart — Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal or Water.
Five Elements at a glance
How Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water sit across your reading.
Eight characters, explained
What each stem and branch actually means, in plain language.
Just date and time
No complex inputs — your birth date and hour is all BaZi needs.
Free, in seconds
No card, no wait — your pillars, right away.
How your chart is read
Eight characters, read in three layers.
The four pillars
Your birth year, month, day and hour are each converted into a Heavenly Stem and an Earthly Branch — eight characters in total.
Your Day Master
The stem of your Day pillar is read as "you" — the lens every other pillar is seen through.
The five elements
Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water are counted across all eight characters to see what runs strong and what runs thin.
Beyond the chart
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How it works
Enter your birth details
Full name, date of birth, and the hour and minute if you know them. A place of birth helps too.
See your four pillars
Your Year, Month, Day and Hour pillars appear instantly, with your Day Master identified.
Read your elements
See how Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water balance across your chart — or talk to an astrologer if you want it explained further.
FAQ
Quick answers.
What is BaZi?
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BaZi — literally "eight characters" — is the Chinese system of Four Pillars of Destiny. Your birth year, month, day and hour are each read as a Heavenly Stem paired with an Earthly Branch, giving eight characters in total that describe your chart.
What is a Day Master?
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The Heavenly Stem of your Day pillar. It carries one of five elements — Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal or Water — and is treated as "you": the lens the rest of your chart is read through.
What are the five elements?
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Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. Every stem and branch in your chart carries one of these, and how they balance — or don't — shapes the reading.
Do I need my exact birth time?
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It sharpens things — the Hour pillar changes every two hours — but you still get your Year, Month and Day pillars, and a first read on your Day Master, without it.
Is this the same as my Chinese zodiac animal?
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Related, but not the same. Your zodiac animal comes from your birth year's Earthly Branch alone — one part of the picture. BaZi reads all four pillars together.
Your four pillars are one chart away.
See your free Year, Month, Day and Hour pillars first — with your Day Master identified. Chat with an astrologer whenever you want it explained further.