What Is BaZi (Eight Characters)?
Your birth year, month, day, and hour form four pillars and eight characters: your personal chart.
BaZi, also called the Four Pillars of Destiny, is one of the most structured systems in Chinese metaphysics. Each pillar is a pair of Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch, adding up to eight characters total. That's where the name "BaZi" (literally "eight characters") comes from.
The key tool is the Ten Gods: ten relationship types like Direct Officer, Indirect Wealth, and Eating God that show trends in career, wealth, relationships, and health.
Don't know your exact birth time? No problem. A three-pillar reading (year, month, day) still gives you useful daily insights.