Using bazi to understand yourself

Bazi is consisted of 4 pillars, each pillar is further divided into two rows, the upper row is made of Heavenly Stem (Tian Gan 天干) while the lower row is consisted of Earthly Branch (Di Zhi 地支).

An example of how a set of bazi looks like, will be as follows :

qqqqDay
qqqMaster
己 甲 戊 庚
qJi Jia Wu Geng (Tian Gan 天干)
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丑 子 寅 午
Chou Ziq Yin Wu (Di Zhi 地支)

Time Day Month Year


Bazi is read from right to left, the first pillar (on the right) is known as the Year Pillar 庚午 Geng Wu. The second pillar is known as Month Pillar 戊寅 Wu Yin. Third pillar is known as Day Pillar 甲子 Jia Zi, in this Day Pillar, the Heavenly Stem is also known as Day Master 甲 Jia. The last pillar is known as the Time Pillar 己丑 Ji Chou.

To form a set of bazi, you need a person's date of birth and time. In addition to that you also need to refer to the Wan Nian Li 万年历(Thousand Years Calender) in order to form the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch. There is another option, which you can use computer softwares to compute a set of bazi without referring to Wan Nian Li (Thousand Years Calender).

In bazi, to find out which element you are belong to, all you have to do is to look at your day master in the day pillar. A person can belong to any of the five elements; Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal or Water. In the above example, the day master shows 甲 Jia which means that this person belongs to Wood element.

With this information, 甲 Jia Wood. A bazi master with have some insights of that person's characters and well-being! With the complete set of bazi, a bazi master is able to tell a person's luck cycle and etc. Sometimes, a good bazi master can even tell you what you did in the past by observing your bazi!