生肖运程 · Zodiac forecasts by year

What these words mean

• Pillar: a pair of symbols: a stem written on top and a branch below it. Your year pillar is the pair for your year of birth, and your day pillar the pair for your day of birth. Four pillars make eight symbols, which is what BaZi means: "eight characters".
• Branch (地支, Earthly Branch): the bottom symbol of a pillar. There are twelve, each with an animal sign. The branch of your year pillar is your zodiac animal.
• Tai Sui (太岁): the branch of the current year, said to rule the year. How your sign stands with it sets the tone of your year.
• The Start of Spring (立春): the solar term, around February 4, when the BaZi year begins. The solar terms are 24 fixed points in the sun's yearly path.