Ming
BaZi
Four Pillars of Destiny
The Four Pillars: personality, career, wealth, relationships and the luck cycles of your years. The classic first step into Chinese metaphysics.
CLASSICAL · RIGOROUS · MODERN
Drawing on centuries of classical Chinese metaphysics
to reveal the forces shaping your life
Guanyitang grounds its algorithms in enduring classics such as San Ming Tong Hui and Ziping Zhenquan. A rigorous mathematical engine handles the intricate chart calculations, while AI supports the in-depth interpretation—helping you understand the patterns behind life’s changing currents and approach each pivotal decision with clarity and composure.
CLASSICAL DIVINATION SYSTEM
Spanning Four Pillars, Zi Wei astrology, Shi Jia Qi Men, Na Jia Liu Yao, classical fortune sticks, traditional dream divination, and related arts. Grounded in transmitted methods and built with rigorous algorithms as a multidimensional divination toolkit.
Zi
Zi Wei Dou Shu
Purple Star Astrology
Twelve palaces and fourteen major stars — a fine-grained map of every area of life.
Qi
Qi Men Dun Jia
Qi Men · Dun Jia
Three wonders, six instruments, nine palaces and eight gates. Choosing the right time and direction, judging the matter at hand.
Yao
Liu Yao
Wen Wang Gua
Toss three coins; the chart places stems, relatives, self-and-other and spirits. Ask whether one concrete thing will come off.
Mei
Plum Blossom
Mei Hua Yi Shu
Cast from this moment, no input needed. Read Subject against Object and the images — a quick answer.
Qian
Guanyin Fortune Sticks
GUANYIN · FORTUNE STICKS
Ask one clear question and draw online, or browse the poems and traditional oracle for all 100 Guanyin lots.
Meng
Dream Reading
Jie Meng · Oneiromancy
Tell the whole dream and explore it through an ongoing conversation grounded in your context and traceable Chinese sources.
Kan
Feng Shui
Feng Shui · Kan Yu
Landform and compass schools, for home and office. Directions, layout and yearly influences, answered.
Desk tools · One lookup at a time
See the whole from one detail
No full chart needed: settle the one question in front of you. Results carry straight into a deep reading.
Sol
True Solar Time
Longitude & equation of time
Convert clock time to true solar time from your birthplace's longitude and see whether the Chinese hour changes.
Convert my birth hourKua
Kua Number
Eight Mansions life gua
Find your Kua from birth year and gender, your East or West group, and the four lucky and four unlucky directions.
Find my KuaDAILY STEM-BRANCH · PERSONAL RHYTHM
Read the timing. Navigate the day with calm.
Classical methods trace the rhythms of time, while your birth chart shapes a reading of the day's favorable and adverse influences.
Bing–Wu year · Horse
Ding–You month
Lunar month 7, day 29Ding–Hai dayRoof Earth
Good for
- opening for business
- transactions
- signing agreements
- installing a signboard
- consecration
- travel
- moving home
- relocation
- setting up a bed
- moving a sacred flame
- raising roof beams
Avoid
- installing a stove
- funeral observances
- haircuts
- traveling by boat
- weddings
- burial rites
Clash and sha
Clashes with Snake (Xin–Si) · Sha: West
Auspicious directions
Joy South · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Southeast
Seasonal rhythm
Teachers' Day · First pentad
Mansion and day officer
Well · Wood · Wild Dog · Full Day Officer · Black Tortoise
Caution dayCurrent two-hour period
Chou hour · Chen hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · Xu hour · Hai hour · Zi hour
Zodiac outlook
Favorable: Tiger, Rabbit, Goat · Clashing: Snake
Public almanac
View today's full almanacSee all activities, seasonal markers, lunar mansions, and twelve two-hour periods.
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Career & studyMoney & opportunityLove & relationshipsBody & mind
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CLASSICAL SOURCES · DETERMINISTIC CHARTS
Grounded in tradition. AI never invents the rules.
Each chart is built first by deterministic software following the calendar and the rules of its own tradition. AI receives the resulting chart facts and organizes the terminology, relationships, and timing into a readable analysis. Important conclusions must point back to chart structure or computed relationships and state their real-world limits.
Classical rules come first
Calendar conversion, stems and branches, star placement, and hexagram structure are calculated by deterministic code under the rules of each system. A language model never substitutes for the chart itself.
Key conclusions are traceable
Deep readings connect their main conclusions to specific chart facts, strength relationships, or timing data, so you can see both the interpretation and why it follows.
Expert, without the obscurity
Technical terms keep their precise meaning, then are translated into modern language about work, money, relationships, and daily rhythms—without fatalistic promises.
CLASSICS & LINEAGE
Classical sources are where rule verification begins
Guanyitang does not use book titles as decoration. BaZi, Zi Wei Dou Shu, Qi Men Dun Jia, and Liu Yao each have their own textual lineage. We locate the source rule first, translate only reproducible parts into code, and document the convention used when schools disagree.
These works are important research, verification, and interpretive references. Their inclusion does not mean that every historical verdict has been adopted by the product.
San Ming Tong Hui
Wan Minying · Ming dynasty
A wide-ranging collection on the Four Pillars, NaYin, and Shensha. Our NaYin imagery entries are checked against its first volume, while competing traditions and the site’s chosen convention remain visible.
Study NaYin and the Five ElementsZiping Zhenquan
Shen Xiaozhan · Qing dynasty
A Ziping framework centered on the month command, pattern, and useful influence. We use it as a research lens for whole-chart relationships rather than turning one Ten God into an automatic good-or-bad verdict.
Create a BaZi chartZi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu
A major text in the Zi Wei tradition
A systematic reference for stars, palaces, and the Four Transformations. Our chart states the mainstream convention it follows and flags differences in star placement and transformation tables where relevant.
Read the Zi Wei introductionDun Jia Yan Yi
Cheng Daosheng · Ming dynasty
An important source for time-based Qi Men formations. Rules such as Five Not-Encountered Hours, the Three Wonders entering storage, and gate pressure are verified by chapter before becoming reproducible chart conditions.
Read the Qi Men introductionBu Shi Zheng Zong
Wang Hongxu · Qing dynasty
A Liu Yao framework built around NaJia, Six Relatives, Self and Other, monthly command, and the day stem-branch. We adopt rules only when the chart can reproduce them and the source boundary is clear.
Read the Liu Yao introductionZeng Shan Bu Yi
Wild Crane Elder · Qing dynasty
Known for worked casts and verification, it also disagrees openly with other texts. Our Liu Yao rules preserve conflicts and unresolved points instead of presenting a single historical saying as settled fact.
Compare the Liu Yao rulesFrom chart facts to a six-part reading you can act on
Your Core Pattern, Career & Talents, Wealth & Resources, Love & Relationships, Wellbeing & Health, and Current Timing all share one set of chart facts while focusing on different questions. Every section presents a central conclusion, chart evidence, timing cues, and practical next steps.
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One factual chart foundation
Calendar conversion, Four Pillars structure, the Ten Gods, elemental strength, luck cycles, and annual timing are computed first and shared by all six report sections.
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Six focused sections
Each section is generated and read independently while following shared consistency rules. Finished sections appear as soon as they are ready, so you do not wait for the whole report.
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From interpretation to action
The report explains what the chart suggests, then separates what to do now, what to consider next, and what to hold off on. Members can continue with situation-specific follow-up questions.
COMMON READING SCENARIOS
Name the question before choosing the method
Birth charts are suited to long-term patterns; event charts and hexagrams focus on one matter in the present. These paths connect real questions—such as how BaZi approaches career or how Zi Wei reads relationships—to the right tool without making you memorize terminology first.
Chinese metaphysics offers a cultural lens for reflection. It does not replace professional career, medical, legal, or financial advice.
Career choices and professional development
When weighing a new job, promotion, career change, or business, BaZi can frame long-term talents, Ten God structure, and luck cycles; the Zi Wei Career Palace adds a role-and-environment perspective.
Wealth patterns and resource timing
Direct Wealth, Indirect Wealth, and the Wealth Palace describe resource relationships within traditional astrology—not promised returns. Use them to reflect on earning style, risk preference, and timing, then test the ideas against real data.
Relationship patterns and love
To explore your own emotional patterns, partner preferences, or recurring relationship themes, compare the spouse indicator and Day Branch in BaZi with the Spouse Palace in Zi Wei. Guanyitang does not currently provide two-person compatibility verdicts.
A current decision or one specific matter
For a concrete question about signing, timing a conversation, or moving a project forward, Qi Men reads the present time-space relationship, Liu Yao follows one matter per cast, and Plum Blossom offers a fast image-based cast.
Move from chart terminology to a traceable reference
Each knowledge-base entry explains what a concept means, how it is found, which rule the site uses, and where texts or schools diverge. Understanding the chart entity before reading its interpretation helps prevent one label from becoming an oversized verdict.
BaZi · Four Pillars and Ziping
Start with stems, branches, Five Element NaYin, the Ten Gods, and luck cycles, then explore the method, sources, and limits of commonly used Shensha.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Stars and palaces
Learn the twelve palaces, fourteen major stars, the Three Directions and Four Quarters, Four Transformations, and decade and annual cycles—along with why placement conventions can differ.
Qi Men · Liu Yao · Plum Blossom
These three event-reading methods build and interpret differently: Qi Men uses nine palaces and eight gates, Liu Yao uses Self, Other, and Six Relatives, while Plum Blossom centers on Subject, Object, and hexagram imagery.
Clear answers before you begin
How is Guanyitang’s AI chart reading different from an ordinary chart website?
Many tools stop at printing a chart or displaying fixed verdicts. Guanyitang first builds the chart with deterministic software, then asks AI to create a structured reading from that same set of chart facts, bringing conclusions, supporting chart evidence, timing cues, and practical next steps together. AI does not invent the charting rules.
Where do the chart results and interpretations come from?
Each tool follows the calendar and calculation rules of its own tradition: for example, stems, branches, Ten Gods, and luck cycles in BaZi; palaces and stars in Zi Wei Dou Shu; and hexagram relationships in the divination arts. Deep readings may only use chart facts already computed on the server, while the knowledge base explains the related terms and cultural context.
How do BaZi and Zi Wei Dou Shu differ, and which should I choose?
Both begin with birth details, but they describe the chart in different languages. BaZi emphasizes stems, branches, the Five Elements, Ten Gods, and luck cycles; Zi Wei Dou Shu maps life areas through twelve palaces, stars, and the Four Transformations. For one concrete matter unfolding now, Qi Men, Liu Yao, or Plum Blossom is usually a better fit: Qi Men reads the time-space situation, Liu Yao keeps to one matter per cast, and Plum Blossom is designed for fast image-based casting.
Do I need an exact birth time? What if the recorded time is uncertain?
BaZi and Zi Wei Dou Shu both use the traditional two-hour birth period, and Zi Wei palace placement is especially sensitive to it. Enter the minute when you know it. If the time is near a period boundary, the birth took place in another time zone, or the record is uncertain, check the birth certificate, family records, and birthplace first, then compare the neighboring charts.
How accurate is an AI astrology reading, and can it replace an in-person practitioner?
No astrology reading can promise an objective accuracy rate. Guanyitang can make the calculation consistent, restrict AI to computed chart facts, and state uncertainty and real-world limits; incorrect inputs and school-specific conventions can still change the result. Software is strong at repeatable calculation and reviewable evidence, while a human conversation may understand complex context better. Neither simply replaces the other.
Are the chart tools free to use?
Basic chart tools and the Chinese metaphysics knowledge base are free. After signing in, AI deep readings and per-cell chart explanations have no total usage cap and are protected only by fair-use rate limits. Follow-up questions, the daily forecast, and other enhanced features come with membership.
How are my birth details and questions used?
Birth date, time, and place are sensitive personal data. They are used only to cast the chart, save a person when you choose to do so, and generate the reading. When AI inference is needed, the necessary birth details, chart data, and question are sent to the model provider without account identity such as your name or email. Guanyitang does not sell personal information or use it for advertising or cross-site tracking. Read the full Privacy Policy →
Can a destiny reading make decisions for me?
No. These readings are for cultural study, self-reflection, and entertainment. They offer perspectives and practical prompts, not guaranteed outcomes, and should never replace medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice.