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Know your Ba Zi chart. Master your timing.
“Cut through fate.” — precision Ba Zi readings from Singapore.
Ba Zi (八字) maps the four pillars of your birth moment into a working chart of strengths, cycles and timing. We read it the way a master butcher works — following the natural grain, no guesswork, no theatrics.
The Four Pillars
One birth moment, four pillars, one working map
Your year, month, day and hour of birth each carry a heavenly stem and an earthly branch — eight characters in all. Read together, they describe how you are built and when to move.
年YearAncestry, first impressions, the world you entered
月MonthCareer climate, parents, your season of birth
日DayThe Day Master — you, and the marriage palace
時HourAmbition, children, the later chapters
The App
Your chart, read — free, in the app
The Butcher Boy app plots your four pillars to the exact solar-term minute, writes a five-part reading from your actual chart, and gives you an AI companion that answers from your computed pillars — never a guess. Five questions a day, free.
Open the app No sign-up to plot. Your birth details stay in your browser.
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Readings
A reading is a working session, not a performance.
One hour. Your chart on the table, your next twelve months mapped against it, and a written summary you keep.
“A good cook changes his chopper once a year — because he cuts. A poor cook changes it once a month — because he hacks.”
The Library
Browse the reference shelves
Zodiac Years Chart 1930–2035
The 12 Zodiac Animals
What Is My Zodiac? (Tool)
Ten Gods Master Table
Hidden Stems Chart
Hour Stem Table (Five Rats)
Month Stem Table (Five Tigers)
Compatibility Calculator
Compatibility Guide
Symbolic Stars (Shen Sha)
Na Yin Table
Glossary
2026 Chinese Zodiac
2026 Monthly Pillars
How to Read a Chart
The Ten Day Masters
The Five Arts
Beyond Ba Zi: the arts of Chinese metaphysics
Ba Zi is one art among several. Explore the wider field — the birth-chart arts, the divination boards, and the arts of form.
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