Chart guides
Read these first, then return home to chart. No guarantees. No luck-selling.
- Lichun vs lunar New Year BaZi year pillar turns at Lichun; zodiac and bone weight follow lunar New Year. Why they can differ, and how to read the chart.
- Night Zi hour Night Zi (23:00–23:59): day pillar uses the next day; the hour is still Zi. How Night Zi differs from early morning Zi.
- BaZi birth hour Twelve double-hours, Night Zi vs early Zi, and what happens without an hour. How to pick the birth hour on Gaofeng Mingli.
- Luck cycles Forward or reverse by year stem and sex; ten-year blocks; favourable / flat / harsh for that stretch only. How to read luck cycles and yearly luck.
- Ten gods Peer, rob wealth, eating god, hurting officer, wealth, officer, kill, seals—plain wording for the ten gods on Gaofeng Mingli.