BaZi Calculator: Four Pillars of Destiny Chart for 15 Jan 2026

Hour Pillar (时柱) – Represents your children, late life, and ambitions. The Hour Branch shows your children or descendants, while the Hour Pillar (Stem and Branch) can reflect your later-life goals and personal aspirations.

Heavenly Stem: 甲 Jia Wood – The Big Tree

Strong trees reaching for the sky, upright and enduring.

Favorable vs. Unfavorable Traits

• When Wood is favorable:
  Principled, dependable, visionary, protective of others, and willing to take the lead. Jia people have a strong moral compass and often act as pillars of stability.
• When Wood is unfavorable:
  Stubborn, overly rigid, and unwilling to compromise. Once their beliefs are challenged, they may snap under pressure instead of bending.

Earthly Branch: 子 Zi Rat

Hidden Stem (藏干)

1. 癸 (Water)

Favorable vs. Unfavorable Traits

• When Water is favorable:
  The Rat is known for intelligence, adaptability, and quick thinking. As the first of the Zodiac, it represents new beginnings, fertility, and resourcefulness. Favorably placed, the Rat brings strategic vision, charm in communication, and the ability to build networks easily. Its Water nature supports wisdom, insight, and flexibility in decision-making.
• When Water is unfavorable:
  When unfavorable, however, the Rat’s energy can manifest as overthinking, restlessness, and emotional instability. It may bring scheming behavior or excessive caution that prevents progress. In BaZi, whether the Rat’s Water influence nurtures or overwhelms depends on its balance with other elements.

Element Interaction: 甲 Jia with 子 Zi Rat

Jia 甲 sitting on Zi 子 (Gui 癸)

• Relationship:
  Water produces Wood → Supportive
• Outcome:
  Balanced

Compatibility: 子 Zi Rat

• 六合 (Six Harmonies) with Ox
• 三合 (Three Harmonies) with Rat, Dragon, Monkey
• 六冲 (Six Clashes) with Horse