Reading the four pillars

The Four Pillars are read right to left in the traditional Chinese convention, but in MingAI's chart we display them Hour · Day · Month · Year (left to right), matching how classical texts lay them out on the page.

What each pillar represents

Pillar	Represents	Age span
Year 年	Ancestry, social environment, the big arc	1–16 strongest
Month 月	Parents, career, the seasonal strength of the Day Master	17–32 strongest
Day 日	You (stem) and your spouse (branch)	33–48 strongest
Hour 时	Children, later-life fortune, final outcomes	49+ strongest

The age spans aren't strict — they indicate which pillar dominates in each life phase when reading Da Yun and Liu Nian.

Day Master — the anchor

The stem of the Day pillar is the Day Master. Every other element in the chart is interpreted relative to it. If your Day Master is Yang Wood (甲), everything Fire is your "Output," everything Earth is your "Wealth," everything Metal is your "Power," and so on — the Ten Gods structure.

Interactions

Below the pillars, MingAI draws a visual interaction diagram showing clashes, combinations, harms, and punishments between the pillars. These matter because they soften, amplify, or redirect the base reading. A Day Master that's technically weak may get strong support from a 半合 (half combination) with another pillar.

What to ask the AI consultant

Once you understand the pillars, click Chat to open the AI consultant. Good starter questions:

• "Is my Day Master strong or weak?"
• "Which Ten God is most prominent in my chart?"
• "What's my Useful God (用神)?"
• "How does the Day–Hour clash affect my career?"