Madeshed / BaZi
BaZi, explained plainly
Four Pillars of Destiny without the mysticism, the sales pitch, or the vague reassurance. What each part of a Chinese birth chart actually means, where the common calculators go wrong, and what the system can and cannot tell you.
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Fundamentals
What is a day master in BaZi?
The single character every other part of the chart is read against — plus all ten heavenly stems, and why "strong" doesn't mean "good."
Accuracy
True solar time: why your chart is probably wrong
Clock time is a railway convention. A city-by-city table of how far off your hour pillar can be, and the three corrections that fix it.
Applied
Your BaZi trading persona
What each day master element looks like as a trading temperament — the edge it carries and the trap it falls into.
Coming next
Yong shen: your favorable elementsHow element strength decides which forces help you and which work against you
The ten gods, without the jargonWealth, output, resource, authority — what the relationships actually describe
Reading a chart without a birth timeWhat survives, what doesn't, and when it matters
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Birth date and city. True solar time correction included.
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Not investment advice. Madeshed's charts, scores, and readings are decision-support and self-review tools. They describe temperament and timing, not expected returns. They do not predict markets or recommend specific assets. Every decision and outcome is your own responsibility.