Bazi Day Master Explained: How It's Determined and What It Means
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In a Bazi (八字) chart, the eight stem-branch characters are not equal — one of them is the coordinate origin the other seven are read against, and that one is the Day Master (日主, rizhu). What Is Bazi located it as the stem of the day pillar; this article goes one layer down: how the Day Master is fixed, and how the question every reader meets once the pillars are laid out — strong, or weak? — is actually answered. In three moves: fix the day stem, read its strength, then read the ten gods against that strength.