Tool

What it does

get_bazi_chart

Calculates the Four Pillars (BaZi) chart for a birth date, an optional birth time and the birthplace time zone.

get_zodiac_year

Returns the Chinese zodiac year for a birth date or a calendar year: the animal, Heavenly Stem, element, yin or yang, the Chinese New Year dates that open and close the year and the Li Chun date.

check_animal_compatibility

Compares two Chinese zodiac animals, or the animals of two birth years, and names their relationship: Six Harmony, Three Harmony, clash, harm, break, punishment or neutral.

count_five_elements

Counts Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water across the visible characters of the Four Pillars chart for a birth date, with an optional birth time and UTC offset.

get_kua_number

Returns the feng shui Kua number for a birth date and calculation table: its trigram, element, East or West group, and the four favourable and four unfavourable directions.

cast_i_ching

Reads an I Ching hexagram from six line values, bottom line first: 6 is a changing Yin line, 7 a Yang line, 8 a Yin line and 9 a changing Yang line.

get_zi_wei_chart

Builds a Zi Wei Dou Shu chart for a birth date, a birth time and a traditional calculation table.

get_flying_stars

Returns the annual Flying Stars chart for a year: the star in each of the nine palaces, the centre star and the moment Li Chun begins the year.