Visible or hidden
A stem that appears openly behaves differently from a hidden stem inside a branch.
Bazi Chart Lab
Ten Gods guide
Ten Gods turn element relationships into readable roles such as wealth, officer, resource, output, and peers.
Browse by symbol, then return to the full chart
These index pages collect common lookup terms, but each symbol should still be interpreted through season, strength, combinations, and timing.
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Friend
Understand Friend in BaZi Ten Gods, including chart role, practical reading cautions, and how it relates to the Day Master.
劫財Rob Wealth
Understand Rob Wealth in BaZi Ten Gods, including chart role, practical reading cautions, and how it relates to the Day Master.
食神Eating God
Understand Eating God in BaZi Ten Gods, including chart role, practical reading cautions, and how it relates to the Day Master.
傷官Hurting Officer
Understand Hurting Officer in BaZi Ten Gods, including chart role, practical reading cautions, and how it relates to the Day Master.
正財Direct Wealth
Understand Direct Wealth in BaZi Ten Gods, including chart role, practical reading cautions, and how it relates to the Day Master.
偏財Indirect Wealth
Understand Indirect Wealth in BaZi Ten Gods, including chart role, practical reading cautions, and how it relates to the Day Master.
正官Direct Officer
Understand Direct Officer in BaZi Ten Gods, including chart role, practical reading cautions, and how it relates to the Day Master.
七殺Seven Killings
Understand Seven Killings in BaZi Ten Gods, including chart role, practical reading cautions, and how it relates to the Day Master.
正印Direct Resource
Understand Direct Resource in BaZi Ten Gods, including chart role, practical reading cautions, and how it relates to the Day Master.
偏印Indirect Resource
Understand Indirect Resource in BaZi Ten Gods, including chart role, practical reading cautions, and how it relates to the Day Master.
Index method
Read Ten Gods as functions around the Day Master
Ten Gods describe roles: support, output, wealth, officer pressure, resource, peers, and competition. A role changes meaning when it is exposed, hidden, rooted, excessive, or controlled.
Supported or pressured
The same Ten God can help, drain, constrain, or clarify depending on chart strength and season.
Question fit
Career, money, study, relationship, and health questions use the same Ten God in different ways.
Reading desk
Use the chart for the question in front of you
Start with the birth data, keep the chart visible, and choose the next layer by the actual question: structure, timing, relationship, or annual context.
Build the chart
Confirm the four pillars, birth time assumptions, and Day Master before attaching meaning to symbols.
Read the pattern
Connect Day Master, Five Elements, and Ten Gods so the reading is not carried by one isolated branch or stem.
Add timing
Compare Da Yun and annual pillars only after the natal chart is clear; timing changes emphasis, not the whole method.
Compare two charts
For relationships, compare both charts, spouse palace signals, element balance, branch interactions, and timing overlap.