Learn BaZi, astrology & tarot
Clear, friendly guides to each system — and how they come together in your daily energy.
This week's solar term
Frost's DescentWaning Moon · next: Start of Winter
Frost's Descent: some things crystallize. What have you finally decided, even if you haven't said it?
What is BaZi (Four Pillars of Destiny)?
BaZi, or the Four Pillars of Destiny, is a Chinese astrology system that maps your birth year, month, day, and hour to eight characters revealing your natural strengths and rhythms.
Read →What is a BaZi Day Master?
Your Day Master is the Heavenly Stem of your birth-day pillar — the element that represents ‘you’ in a BaZi chart and the anchor everything else is read against.
Read →BaZi vs Western astrology: what's the difference?
BaZi vs Western astrology in one page: Day Master and five elements versus Sun, Moon, and rising. They start from the same birth moment and answer different questions.
Read →How your daily energy score works
Aura Path's daily energy score blends today's BaZi day-pillar against your Day Master, your favorable elements, and live astrological transits into one 0–100 read across career, love, wellness, and study.
Read →Chinese zodiac vs BaZi: why people born in the same animal year differ
Your zodiac animal is one character out of the eight in a BaZi chart. That is why everyone born in the same year shares an animal but almost nothing else — and what to read instead.
Read →Day Master vs sun sign: two symbols that both claim to be you
BaZi says your Day Master represents you. Western astrology says your sun sign does. When the two descriptions disagree, here is what each one is actually measuring.
Read →Tarot vs BaZi: which one answers the question you actually have
BaZi is fixed at birth and describes what you are. Tarot is drawn now and describes what is in front of you. Most confusion between them is really a question asked of the wrong system.
Read →For self-reflection and entertainment only — not medical, legal, or financial advice.