Computed, not improvised
Stems, branches, hidden stems, luck cycles and solar-time correction come from a deterministic engine. A language model is never allowed to invent a pillar.
BaZi · Four Pillars of Destiny
Four pillars, five elements, ten gods — computed by rules, never guessed by a model. Then written in plain English, with every classical reference named.
Alioth is the brightest star in the Dipper’s handle — the one the old almanacs watched to mark the turning of the seasons. A fitting name for a tool about timing.
Method
01Most AI readings blur the two. We keep them apart — the engine decides the chart, the writing only explains it.
Stems, branches, hidden stems, luck cycles and solar-time correction come from a deterministic engine. A language model is never allowed to invent a pillar.
When a line comes from a classical text, the text is named. When it is our interpretation, we say so. You can check the working.
No archaisms, no vague promises. Three to four thousand words of plain English that describe patterns and trade-offs, not fates.
Sample
02A real chart cast on this site: born 20 May 1990, 14:00, male. Yi Wood day master, weak, with almost no water to feed it.
The four pillars · 庚午 · 辛巳 · 乙酉 · 癸未
Year
庚午
Metal · Fire
Month
辛巳
Metal · Fire
Day · self
乙酉
Wood · Metal
Hour
癸未
Water · Earth
Counted from the four pillars. The longest bar marks the strongest element — here, fire.
“Your Day Master is Yi Wood — the climbing vine, not the tree. Yi does not stand on its own; it borrows a structure and grows upward along it.
On the surface you are the person others find dependable. But the chart holds eight fire against two wood, and only one water to feed it. Sensitivity that high is expensive to run: an evening that leaves everyone else energised may leave you drained for a day.”
Pricing
03One purchase, one delivery. No subscription, no account to maintain.
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The full chart, computed and explained at a glance.
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$29 one time
The whole chart read as one, in English.
With follow-up
$79 one time
Everything in Full, plus the follow-up.
Prices in US dollars. If a reading misses, tell us within seven days and we will rewrite it or refund you in full. We do not sell predictions, and we will not tell you what to do with your money, your health or your marriage.
Questions
04What the chart is, where it comes from, and what happens to your details.
No. This is a cultural interpretation tool. BaZi is a symbolic system for describing temperament and timing; we use it to talk about patterns and trade-offs. We do not predict events, and we do not claim accuracy about your future.
From a deterministic engine: solar terms, true solar time, hidden stems, ten gods, luck cycles. The same birth details always produce the same chart. The language model only writes the explanation — it never touches the calculation.
Choose “I don’t know the hour”. The hour pillar is left out and the reading says so, because an unknown hour can shift both the hour pillar and the starting age of your luck cycles. We would rather show a gap than invent one.
The free chart is computed for your session and is not stored on our server after the response. If you buy a reading, we keep the birth details and the order so we can deliver and support it. You can ask us to delete them at any time.
Because translated Chinese reads like translated Chinese. The reading is written directly in English for an English-speaking reader, with the terms explained the first time they appear.
Yes. Tell us within seven days of delivery and we will rewrite the reading or refund it in full, your choice. We would rather refund than argue.
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The chart is free and needs no account. If the pattern rings true, the reading goes deeper.
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