Bazi (八字), or the Four Pillars of Destiny, is an ancient Chinese astrological system that analyzes a person's life path, personality, and destiny based on their exact birth date and time. The Meaning of "Eight Characters" The term literally translates to "Eight Characters". A Bazi chart is built using four time dimensions: your birth Year, Month, Day, and Hour. Each of these four "pillars" contains two Chinese characters: a Heavenly Stem and an Earthly Branch. Since there are four pillars with two characters each, you get a total of eight...
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