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BaZi and the five elements, in plain language
Short guides to the ideas behind a BaZi reading: what your day master is, how the five elements work, and what the Ten Gods mean.
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- What is my Chinese element? The birth-year answer, and the one BaZi gives.
- What is my day master? The element of the day you were born, and the ten kinds there are.
- The five elements, explained Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water, and the two cycles that tie them together.
- The Ten Gods, in plain English The ten shaping forces, and how they change the way a day master shows up.
- 2027, the Year of the Fire Goat When the year begins and what its two elements are.
About BaZi
BaZi ("eight characters") is a Chinese way of reading a person from the moment they were born. Your birth year, month, day and hour each give two characters, one of the ten heavenly stems and one of the twelve earthly branches, and each character belongs to one of the five elements. The chart is the mix those eight characters make.
Fusola reads your chart and writes it up in plain language, with a free reading to start. More about Fusola.
Find your day master
Your free reading works out your day master and shaping force from your birthday and shows the five elements in your chart. It takes about two minutes.
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