Your In-Depth BaZi Reading
Enter your birth date to generate a personal reading across 12 aspects, written line by line,
from your core self to love, wealth, career, temperament and home.
Everything is computed in your browser. When you are not signed in, your birth details never leave it; if you sign in, only the birth details and charts you choose to save are kept on our site, and you can delete them at any time.
Before you fill in the form
The reading needs four things: your birth date (Gregorian or Chinese lunar), the hour you were born, your gender, and, if you like, a name to address you by. The hour sets the hour pillar and also shifts the age at which your luck pillars begin. If you are unsure, choose “Don’t know the hour” and the reading uses the year, month and day pillars, flagging the parts that depend on the hour. Enter the gender recorded at birth: luck pillars run forward for one and backward for the other, so a wrong choice flips every ten-year step.
An example: a woman born in Taipei at 8:30 a.m. on May 12, 1990 picks the Gregorian calendar, the 辰 Chen hour (07:00–08:59) and female. If you know the exact time, tick the true-solar-time option and enter 08:30 and Taipei; the clock time is converted to local solar time from the birthplace’s longitude. Only people born close to the boundary between two hours end up with a different hour pillar.
The reading covers twelve areas. Start with the overview, then go to the parts you care about, such as relationships, wealth or career; each section says which part of the chart it comes from. Afterwards the same birth data carries over to the luck pillar, yearly and Zi Wei tools, so there is nothing to retype.
- 1Enter details
- 2Generate
- 3Read report
FAQ
Can I generate without the hour?
Yes. Choosing “Don’t know the hour” builds a three-pillar chart; your core self, five elements, love, wealth and most aspects stay complete. The starting age is then an estimate.
Is my birth date stored?
Not unless you sign in and save it. The reading is computed entirely in your browser, and when you are not signed in your birth details are never sent to our servers. If you sign in, the birth details you save to your account and any extra charts you save are kept in our database. You can delete saved charts one at a time, and deleting your account erases all of it. See our Privacy Policy.
Can I print or save as PDF?
Yes. Below the reading you’ll find “Print / Save as PDF” and “Download PDF”, laid out for printing.