Four Pillars · Five Elements

Ba Zi & Five Elements

The eight stem-branch characters of your birth hour, day, month and year map out your five elements. Discover your Day Master, and which element you’re lacking or have too much of.

Full nameRequired

Your name is how heaven and earth know you. Your card and reading are written for this name, so it can’t be left blank.

Date of birth

Time of birth

A birth time makes the results more precise. Don’t know it? That’s fine — we’ll skip the parts that need it.

Place of birth (nearest city)

The year and month pillars follow the solar terms (the new year begins at Start of Spring), and the late Zi hour (11 p.m.–midnight) counts toward the next day. The element map counts the 8 stem-branch characters without hidden stems — for reflection and entertainment.