Ba Zi
Glossary · Last updated: 2026-07-26
Ba Zi (八字, Eight Characters) builds a chart from four pillars: birth year, month, day, and hour. Each pillar has a heavenly stem and earthly branch.
Your Sheng Xiao year animal is only the year branch. Ba Zi adds day master strength, element balance, and luck pillars in full practice.
On this site
Our dedicated Ba Zi page walks through Four Pillars at a high level. The Chinese zodiac card stays with the simpler birth-year animal.
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Main reading and tools
These are the main reading and calculator pages. Use them for a daily note, a birth-sign tool, or a pair check.
- Today's Horoscope hubAll twelve Western sun-sign daily pages, plus links into the seven-tradition reader.
- Horoscope & Zodiac CompatibilityTwo birth dates for Western, Chinese, and Vedic folk pairing, plus every sun-sign hub.
- Zodiac Sign CalculatorWestern sun sign from birth date, with element, modality, and ruler.
- Vedic Rising Sign CalculatorLagna estimate when you have birth date, time, and place.
- Vedic Moon Sign CalculatorJanma Rashi and nakshatra when birth time and city are available.