Foundation primer · primer_four_pillars

What are the Four Pillars?

BaZi, also called the Four Pillars, turns the year, month, day, and hour of birth into four pairs of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. Together they provide the chart's basic coordinates. Start here before assigning a single label to a person.

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These articles are the public reading layer for this lesson. Use them to make the idea concrete before returning to your own question.

What is BaZi? A grounded guide to the Four Pillars A clear introduction to the chart's structure, the Day Master, and the questions a useful reading can actually support. How to read a BaZi chart as a beginner A calm reading order for your first chart, from the Day Master and month command to the wider pattern and current timin…