MoZhu Learn: BaZi, Chinese Almanac & Naming Guides

2026 is a Bing Wu (Fire Horse) year. Learn its stem, branch and Na Yin, why the BaZi year starts at Lichun, and why your zodiac sign alone can't describe a year. For cultural reference only.

The Useful God is key to reading a BaZi chart. Learn the support-and-restrain, climate-adjustment and bridging methods, how Zi Ping Zhen Quan and Di Tian Sui differ, and why readers disagree.

What are the ten-year luck pillars and annual pillars in a BaZi chart? Learn forward and reverse ordering, how the starting age is calculated, and how natal chart, luck pillar and year work together.

Tai Sui began as an imaginary counterpart of Jupiter used to count years. Learn its astronomical origin, the folk idea of 'offending Tai Sui', how Wang Chong questioned it, and how it relates to BaZi.

Work out any year's stem-branch from the Gregorian year with a simple formula, learn why BaZi changes the year at Lichun rather than Chinese New Year, and see a table of recent years.

Before casting a free Four Pillars chart, gather your birth date, time and place. Then learn what the pillars, Day Master, hidden stems, Ten Gods, Na Yin, luck pillars and symbolic stars mean.

The Day Master is the day-pillar stem that represents you in a Four Pillars chart. Learn why Ziping centered on the day, the traditional images of the ten stems, and how strength is judged.

Learn how a birth moment becomes four stem-branch pillars: the Lichun year boundary, solar-term months with the Five Tigers rule, the day cycle, and hour stems with the Five Rats rule.

The Ten Gods (Companion, Rob Wealth, Eating God, Hurting Officer, Wealth, Officer, Seven Killings, Resource) describe how each character relates to your Day Master. Learn the rules with a worked example.

Many BaZi calculators ask for your birthplace to convert clock time to true solar time. Learn the difference between standard, mean and true solar time, the equation of time, and when it changes your hour pillar.

How do people use the Chinese almanac (Huangli) to choose a moving date? Learn the terms for relocating and moving in, the Twelve Officers, day deities and clash notes, and how to fit tradition into modern plans.

What do 'yellow path' (huangdao) and 'black path' (heidao) days mean in the Chinese almanac? Learn the twelve day deities, how they rotate, how to check today, and common misunderstandings.

Where do the almanac's 'favorable' and 'unfavorable' lists come from, and how do you read a Huangli page? Learn the stem-branch day, Twelve Officers, day deity, clash note and key traditional terms.

How do Chinese lunar dates match the Gregorian calendar, why does Chinese New Year move each year, and where do leap months come from? Learn the rules for new moons, long and short months, and Beijing time.

All 130 days in 2027 the Chinese almanac lists as suitable for weddings, by month, plus how traditional date selection reads it. Cultural reference.

How the Chinese almanac assigns Establish, Remove, Full and the other Twelve Day Officers: month branch, solar terms and the repeat day.

The Celtic Cross is tarot's best-known ten-card spread. Learn its history with A. E. Waite, how to lay it out, the meaning of each position, and a step-by-step reading order. For cultural reference only.

Confused by your love tarot reading? The question is often the problem. Learn which questions work, how to reframe them, and how to use one-card, three-card, five-card and Celtic Cross love spreads.

The three-card Past–Present–Future spread is the easiest way to start tarot. Learn how to lay it out, what each position means, a four-step reading method, popular variations and beginner mistakes.

2027 is a Ding Wei (Fire Goat) year. Learn its stem, branch, Na Yin and start date, and how traditional stem-branch rules describe each zodiac sign's relationship to Wei. For cultural reference only.

In the 2027 Ding Wei year, which zodiac signs does tradition link to Tai Sui? Learn where Tai Sui comes from and how the same-year, clash, punishment, harm and break rules work. For cultural reference only.

Why are Rat and Ox said to match while Tiger and Monkey clash? Learn how zodiac compatibility comes from the twelve earthly branches — three harmonies, six harmonies, clashes, harms and punishments.