Bazi Learning Roadmap
Follow a practical Bazi learning path from calendar and stem-branch fundamentals through Ten Gods, strength, interactions, patterns, timing, cases, and ethics.
Overview
A durable Bazi curriculum begins with reproducible calendar and pillar calculation, then learns stems, branches, hidden stems, Day Master relationships, month command, strength, interactions, patterns, useful roles, and timing. Case studies come after the rules, not before them. Source comparison, counterexamples, uncertainty, and ethical boundaries should be practiced at every stage.
At a glance
- Stage 1
- Calendar, time, Jiazi, stems, branches, and four pillars
- Stage 2
- Hidden stems, Day Master, Ten Gods, roots, and month command
- Stage 3
- Strength, climate, combinations, clashes, and relation priority
- Stage 4
- Patterns, useful roles, and competing methods
- Stage 5
- Luck cycles, cases, source comparison, and error analysis
- Continuous practice
- Evidence, counterevidence, uncertainty, ethics, and privacy
Begin with calculation and canonical tables
Learn the ten stems, twelve branches, sixty Jiazi, solar-term months, year and day boundaries, Five Tigers, Five Rats, and time-zone handling.
Practice reproducing charts before reading meaning. Boundary cases reveal whether the method is understood or merely memorized.
- Build deterministic foundations first.
- Test adjacent dates and transition times.
Build the chart evidence layer by layer
Study hidden stems, roots, Day Master-relative Ten Gods, month command, strength, climate, and all major stem-branch relations.
Use tables and relation graphs before narrative. Learn why simultaneous evidence can support, weaken, or redirect a candidate conclusion.
- Trace every label to a rule.
- Prevent double-counting and silent erasure.
Compare structure, useful-role, and timing methods
Learn standard patterns before rare special patterns, and distinguish strength balancing, pattern, climate, mediation, and remedy approaches.
Add Luck Pillars and annual influences only after the natal baseline is stable. Use cases to test rules and counterexamples, not to reverse-engineer slogans.
- State the method for disputed judgments.
- Analyze failed cases as carefully as matching ones.
Study sources and editorial responsibility together
Read classical passages in context, compare editions and schools, and separate historical claims from modern editorial interpretation.
Protect birth data, avoid deterministic and sensitive-trait claims, and never replace medical, legal, financial, psychological, or safety evidence with a chart.
- Keep source locators with notes.
- Make uncertainty and user autonomy part of the method.
Sources and editorial basis
- Hong Kong Observatory: Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches天干、地支、六十甲子與曆法說明：學習計算的基礎序列An official modern reference for the canonical stem and branch orders, the sexagenary cycle, and calendrical use.
- 《淵海子平》 (Yuanhai Ziping)《淵海子平》日主、十神、格局與行運諸論：由符號規則進入結構與時間層A foundational Ziping reference for branch months, hidden stems, roots, and stem-branch relationships.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology學習路線頁同時納入來源比對、反例、不確定性、隱私與解讀倫理OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.