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Solar terms to the second and true solar time correction. The Four Pillars, Ten Gods, Luck Pillars, and Annual Pillars are worked out step by step, citing the classics each method comes from.
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- Yuan Hai Zi Ping 《渊海子平》
- San Ming Tong Hui 《三命通会》
- Di Tian Sui 《滴天髓》
- Zi Ping Zhen Quan 《子平真诠》
- Qiong Tong Bao Jian 《穷通宝鉴》
- Ming Li Tan Yuan 《命理探原》
- Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu 《紫微斗数全书》
- Zeng Shan Bu Yi 《增删卜易》
- Huang Jin Ce 《黄金策》
Turning points
Questions you may have asked yourself
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Career · Stay or go
Should I hold on,or find a new path?
See where your Luck Pillars and Annual Pillars stand, and which years are traditionally seen as better for moving forward or for holding steady. Choose the Career topic in your reading for detail.
BaZi · Luck & Annual PillarsCalculate ChartRelationships · Marriage
Do we bring out the best,or wear each other down?
Choose the Love & Marriage topic in your reading. BaZi and Zi Wei in a Combined Reading help you reflect on your habits in relationships and the years traditionally seen as more turbulent.
BaZi · Zi Wei Combined ReadingCalculate ChartTiming · One question
Act on it now,or wait a little?
Cast a chart for the one matter in front of you. Qi Men is traditionally used to read timing and direction; Liu Yao, how a matter may unfold and when.
Qi Men · Liu YaoAvailable in the app
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Every step of the reasoning, in plain view
First see your own Four Pillars and Five Elements, then watch how the reasoning unfolds step by step and which classic it cites. In the full reading after you sign in, the chart highlights each pillar as the reading reaches it.
Sample chart
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- ① Day Master
- ② Month Command
- ③ Day Master Strength
- ④ Useful God (Favorable Element)
- ⑤ Chart Structure
- ⑥ Luck Pillars
Below is the reading of a sample chart (1990-01-01 12:00, male), not your own chart
The Day Master is Bing Fire, born in a Zi month. A Zi month is the season when Water is strong, which normally holds Bing Fire in check. But the month stem shows another Bing, the day branch is Yin Wood, and the hour pillar Jia Wu brings Wood feeding Fire, so the Day Master gets plenty of support. Taken together, the Day Master of this chart leans strong.
Classical text (untranslated)
「丙火猛烈，欺霜侮雪。……虎马犬乡，甲木若来，必当焚灭。」
— Di Tian Sui Chan Wei, Heavenly Stems
A strong Day Master welcomes draining and control. The Useful God of this chart is Water, with Metal favorable because Metal produces Water. The month command, Zi Water, is exactly the element this chart can use: a sense of measure, knowing when to hold back. Earth is unfavorable. In the year pillar Ji Si, a Hurting Officer shows on the stem: many ideas and a strong urge to express them.
Used well, that is talent; overdone, it easily clashes with rules. Next come the Luck Pillars: whether Water and Metal carry weight in the first few steps after luck starts decides how smoothly the early adult years go…
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Core features
One account, many ways to look
Charts are the same as in the app, so you can switch devices and pick up where you left off. On the web you get BaZi, Zi Wei, and Combined Reading; everything else is in the app.
- BaZiWeb · App
Four Pillars BaZi
Charts are set by solar term and true solar time, with Ten Gods, Hidden Stems, Symbolic Stars, and clashes and combinations. Day Master strength, Useful God, and Chart Structure are worked out step by step, and you can switch Luck and Annual Pillars in one tap.
- Zi WeiWeb · App
Zi Wei Dou Shu
The twelve palaces follow the San He School, layering the fourteen Major Stars, the Four Transformations, and Decade Periods and Annual layers. The trine and opposite palaces highlight as you select a palace.
- Combined ReadingWeb · App
Combined Reading by topic
BaZi and Zi Wei read together for career, wealth, love & marriage, and wellbeing, each system checking the other.
- ProfileWeb · App
Chart Profiles
Keep charts for family and friends in one account, synced between the app and the web.
- Liu YaoApp
Liu Yao divination
Hexagram setup, Six Relations, Self and Response lines, and moving lines at a glance, with judgments quoting Zeng Shan Bu Yi and Huang Jin Ce.
- Qi MenApp
Qi Men Dun Jia
Hour-based Qi Men charts with the Nine Palaces, Eight Doors, Nine Stars, and Eight Deities, for timing, direction, and when to advance or hold back.
- ForecastApp
Daily, monthly, and yearly Forecast
Today's, this month's, and this year's forecast calculated from your own chart, not a one-size-fits-all horoscope.
- Ask the Master (AI)App
AI conversations about your chart
Keep asking follow-up questions about a chart. Each chart has its own conversation thread, so you never have to repeat the background.
- Perpetual CalendarApp
Perpetual Calendar and stems and branches
Look up Gregorian and lunar dates, stems and branches, and solar terms side by side.
- GlossaryApp
Look up any term
Tap a character on the chart to see what it means and where it comes from.
Four systems
Four systems, each with its own use
BaZi and Zi Wei trace the long arc of a life; Liu Yao and Qi Men look at a single matter at a single moment.
Zi Ping BaZi
BAZI
The year, month, day, and hour of birth form the Four Pillars. The Day Stem stands for you, and the chart is read through the Five Elements and the Ten Gods. Xu Ziping of the Song dynasty made the Day Stem central; later classics such as Yuan Hai Zi Ping, San Ming Tong Hui, Zi Ping Zhen Quan, and Di Tian Sui brought the system together.
- Month Pillars change at solar term boundaries, and true solar time is calculated from the birthplace's longitude
- Day Master strength, Useful God, and Chart Structure are worked out step by step, citing the classics
- Switch Luck, Annual, and Monthly Pillars in one tap
Zi Wei Dou Shu
ZI WEI DOU SHU · SAN HE SCHOOL
Traditionally attributed to Chen Tuan. The birth year, month, day, and hour place the Life Palace and set the Five Element Bureau, and the fourteen Major Stars are laid out across twelve palaces. A vast and finely detailed system, it is traditionally used to describe personality and the many situations of a life.
- The Five Element Bureau comes from the full sixty Jia Zi Na Yin table, not a simplified formula
- The Four Transformations follow the year stem; Decade Periods run forward or backward by yin-yang and gender
- Explore the trine and opposite palaces, the Four Transformations, and overlapping period palaces layer by layer
Liu Yao Na Jia
LIU YAO
Built on the sixty-four hexagrams of the Book of Changes, with lines assigned by Jing Fang's Na Jia method. The Self and Response lines, Six Relations, Useful God, and moving lines are traditionally used to judge how a matter may turn out and when.
- Full hexagram setup with Six Relations, Self and Response lines, and moving lines
- Judgments quote the original texts of Zeng Shan Bu Yi and Huang Jin Ce
Available in the app
Qi Men Dun Jia
QI MEN DUN JIA
A chart is cast for the hour, laying out the Nine Palaces, Eight Doors, Nine Stars, and Eight Deities. Once called the art of emperors, it is traditionally used to choose the time and direction and to weigh when to advance or hold back.
- Hour-based Qi Men charts
- For timing, direction, and when to advance or hold back
Available in the app
Why trust us
Not just readings, but reasoning
01 · One algorithm
Calculated once, consistent everywhere
All calculations happen on our servers. The app, the web, and conversations all show the same chart, never separate versions.
02 · Calendar precision
Solar terms to the second, time by longitude
Solar term boundaries come from astronomical ephemerides, true solar time is calculated from the birthplace's longitude, and China's 1986–1991 daylight saving time is handled automatically.
03 · Traceable sources
Classics quoted, sources cited
Quotations from the classics name the book and chapter so you can check the original, rather than relying on unsourced rhymes from the internet.
04 · Visible reasoning
The chart follows the reading
The reasoning unfolds step by step while the chart highlights the pillars and palaces it relies on. You see not just the conclusion, but how it was reached.
05 · One chart, one thread
Remembers what you asked
Each chart has its own conversation thread. What you discussed and the experiences you confirmed carry into the next reading automatically.
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