Ba Zi (Four Pillars)6 min read
What Is Bazi (Four Pillars)? How Is It Different from Zodiac?
Birth date and time chart—not horror-story fortune telling
Bazi is a time coordinate of your birth moment in stem-branch language, then five-element balance is analyzed.
Key takeaways
- Needs accurate birth year, month, day, hour; month pillars use solar terms, not lunar day 1.
- Chinese zodiac is only the year branch—too little for full analysis.
- Bazi shows tendencies and timing—reference, not fixed fate.
Sources & references
Key points are summarized from the works and public references below, reflecting mainstream feng shui, fate-chart, and divination teachings for beginners—not personal invention. Apply ideas with judgment.
- ReferenceBa Zi (Wikipedia)
Four Pillars overview
- ClassicYuan Hai Zi Ping
Foundational Ziping Bazi text
- ClassicCompendium of Three Lives
Ming-era Bazi reference