Julian Zhu·Oct 1Your BaZi Month Is Neither Gregorian Nor LunarMonth Pillars follow a third calendar, divided by the Sun rather than page turns or new moons.
Julian Zhu·Sep 26Why Two Chinese Almanacs Can Disagree About the Same DayThe lunar date may be fixed while the verdict is still an editorial choice inherited from a particular rulebook.
Julian Zhu·Sep 25Why Spring Starts in February on the Chinese CalendarLi Chun makes sense once you stop treating every season as a weather report and look at the Sun’s position instead.
Julian Zhu·Sep 19Why a Metal Horse Can Also Be Roadside EarthChinese year labels can apply two different Five Phase systems to the same stem-branch pair.
Julian Zhu·Sep 18The Xinhai Revolution Is Named After a Calendar CoordinateTwo characters in a famous event name show how China’s sixty-year cycle records time, and why a repeated year label does not repeat…
Julian Zhu·Sep 2Why the Chinese Calendar Repeats a Whole MonthThe moon creates the drift. A missing solar checkpoint decides where the correction belongs.
Julian Zhu·Aug 21A February Birthday Can Belong to Two Chinese YearsBaZi and the lunar zodiac use different year boundaries, and their order can reverse from one year to the next.
Julian Zhu·Aug 17Why BaZi’s Eight Characters Come in Four Linked PairsThe month stem depends on the year stem, the hour stem depends on the day stem, and position changes how the chart is read.
Julian Zhu·Aug 11What a BaZi Chart Can Tell You Without a Birth TimeThree pillars can still show structure and season, provided the missing hour stays missing.
LifehackedAI·Aug 11How BaZi Turns a Birth Month Into Seasonal ContextThe Month Pillar tracks the sun’s seasonal position, shaping how the rest of a Four Pillars chart is read.
