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Bazi Guides
Ten Gods, Five Elements, Sixty Jiazi, and Star Gods reference guides.
595 guides
Tarot Guides
Structured tarot spread guides for love, career, and daily clarity.
103 guides
I Ching Guides
64 hexagrams, core principles, and divination methods.
64 guides
Feng Shui Guides
Site selection, orientation, and form versus compass methods.
90 guides
- Diaohou Overview: Cold, Warm, Dry, Damp — Bazi's Climate Regulation System
Diaohou (climate adjustment) is Bazi's weather system — charts born in winter need fire to warm them; charts born in summer need water to cool them. This section covers diagnosis, selection method, conflict resolution, and the ten-stems month-by-month diaohou reference.
- Dynamic vs. Static in Bazi — Which Stems and Branches Are Active?
Not all stems and branches in a chart are working at the same time. Dynamic ones are 'on duty,' static ones are dormant. Learn how to tell which is which.
- Eight-Seat Balance — When Officer, Resource, Salary, and Killing Are All Present and Equal
When Officer (guan), Resource (yin), Salary (lu), and Killing (sha) all appear with balanced force, the chart has a rare full-spectrum authority structure. Learn the criteria and real-world meaning.
- Fan Ke (反克): When the Overcome Party Overpowers the Overcomer
Fan ke is reverse overcoming — when the supposed target is so much stronger it crushes the overcomer instead. Here are the five classic patterns and how to judge them.
- Five Yongshen Systems: Tiaohou, Fuyi, Tongguan, Bingyao, Geju Compared
Different schools define yongshen (Useful God) completely differently. Tiaohou yongshen fixes climate. Fuyi yongshen balances strength. Tongguan yongshen bridges conflict. Bingyao yongshen treats illness. Geju yongshen supports the pattern. One article, five definitions.
- Half Combinations: Birth-Place Half, Tomb Half, and Arch Combination Explained
When a Three-Harmony combination is missing one branch, it's a half-combination. Birth-Place half is strongest, Tomb half is weaker, Arch combination is weakest — but with hidden power. Learn the force hierarchy.
- Hidden Arch and Hidden Clamp in Bazi: What They Mean
Hidden Arch (angong) and Hidden Clamp (anjia) reveal invisible Earthly Branch combinations — two existing branches imply a missing third that operates in secret. Learn how to spot them and when they manifest.
- Hidden Stems in Earthly Branches — Hidden Without Emerging, Can They Participate in Chart Dynamics?
Hidden stems buried inside Earthly Branches work differently when not surfaced on the Heavenly Stems. Learn what hidden stems can and cannot do, and how they 'go public' during luck cycles.
- How to Combine Blind School, Ziping Pattern, and Wangshuai Methods in Practice
Three schools, one reading — but you don't use all three at once. A practical framework for deploying each school at the right stage: wangshuai for capacity, pattern for structure, blind school for event signals.
- How to Diagnose Cold, Warm, Dry, and Damp in a Bazi Chart
Cold, warm, dry, damp — each of the four imbalances has a precise diagnostic standard and its own correcting element. Cold needs si/wu fire. Damp needs wei/xu dry earth. Hot needs chou/chen wet earth. Dry needs hai/zi water.