BaZi Profiling and Feng Shui Articles

A House with a Roof and Exposed Rafters or Beams

Peter Yap | Tuesday, 4 August 2026

A house with a roof and exposed rafters or beams instead of a flat finished ceiling is generally considered challenging rather than strictly bad in feng shui, depending heavily on room usage and beam placement.

Energy Flow: Without a flat ceiling to stabilize and gather qi, energy in very tall, open-roof spaces can rise too quickly and scatter, leaving people feeling ungrounded or anxious.

Mother Teresa BaZi : Life and Death Are Destined

Peter Yap | Saturday, 4 July 2026

Mother Teresa's first heart attack in 1983 (Gui Hai 癸亥 year) was not a coincidence. By analyzing her BaZi chart together with her Luck Pillars (Da Yun) and annual influences, we can clearly identify the underlying causes. Her favourable element (用神 Yong Shen) was severely damaged, with Ding Fire 丁火 being overwhelmed by excessive Water, manifesting as heart disease. The timing of the illness was also precise—it occurred exactly in the year when multiple 劫 (Rob Wealth – 劫财 Jie Cai) and 比 (Friend – 比肩 Bi Jian) influences combined to form a powerful Water configuration.

2026 Wealth Luck: Riches or Problems? A Real BaZi Example

BaZi 6-Pillar Analysis
Peter Yap | Friday, 12 June 2026

In BaZi analysis, any forecast must be based on how the annual Ten Gods 十神 interact with the Ten Gods and elements in your natal BaZi Four Pillars and your DaYun (大运 10-Year Luck Pillar). It is not enough to focus on the annual Ten Gods alone. Many BaZi enthusiasts fall into the trap of interpreting the year's energy in isolation, overlooking the critical interactions with the natal chart and DaYun. This approach is known as 6-Pillar Analysis, which combines the BaZi Four Pillars, the DaYun (10-Year Luck Pillar), and the current Year Pillar. This is the minimum level of analysis required to produce a meaningful and accurate forecast.

BaZi Analysis: When Timing Becomes Fate
Peter Yap | Monday, 1 June 2026

In BaZi, a chart's structure may remain stable for decades, yet a single moment in time can alter its balance completely. When favorable elements are removed, resources depleted, and hostile forces converge, the result can be a critical turning point in a person's life. We need to explore how timing interacts with natal destiny, illustrating how specific combinations of luck, annual influences, and daily energies can transform potential into reality—when timing becomes fate.

Winston Churchill BaZi: The Luck Pillar Behind His Rise
Peter Yap | Friday, 1 May 2026

The Hour Pillar of Bing Shen (丙申) in Winston Churchill’s BaZi natal chart is the very soul of the entire chart. Apart from this Bing Shen, none of the other twelve possible hour pillars could match the kind of powerful political structure that Churchill possessed. This Bing Shen (丙申) hour forms a crucial special structure that allows the Bing Officer star (丙官) to remain constantly present in the natal chart even Bing–Xin (丙辛) combined and transformed to become water that suppress fire his Officer star. The Officer star can be released if conditions allow. This is the key configuration that enabled him to devote his life to politics.

BaZi: When Strong Useful Gods Still Bring Misfortune
Students' BaZi Case Study | Peter Yap | Friday, 17 April 2026

In Zi Ping BaZi (Four Pillars 子平命理) astrology, a chart where the Five Elements are balanced and inclined toward Useful Ten Gods (喜用神) and harmoniously flowing is described with the saying: “When the Five Elements are in harmony, a lifetime will be free of calamity (五行和者，一世無災).” Yet, real-life cases sometimes challenge this assumption.

This case study presents a striking example of a chart that appears structurally sound — with strong and well-supported useful gods — but ultimately resulted in an unexpected and premature death. It highlights an important truth: the natal chart alone is not enough.