Chinese Astrology • BaZi • Self-Reflection
Chinese Astrology & BaZi Glossary
Plain-English definitions for BaZi, Four Pillars, Eight Characters, Day Master, Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, Five Elements, yin, yang, and related terms.
- BaZi
- “Eight Characters,” referring to the stem-and-branch pairs of four pillars.
- Four Pillars
- Year, month, day, and hour pillars used in BaZi.
- Day Master
- The Heavenly Stem of the day pillar, commonly used as an interpretive reference point.
- Heavenly Stems
- Ten stem symbols used with the Earthly Branches.
- Earthly Branches
- Twelve branch symbols associated with the zodiac animals and calendrical cycles.
- Five Elements
- Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.
- Yin/Yang
- Complementary polarities used throughout Chinese cosmological systems.
- Chinese zodiac
- The twelve-animal cycle most commonly associated with birth years.
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Editorial note: Astrology is a traditional belief/self-reflection framework and is not scientifically established as a reliable way to predict personal outcomes.