Our Analysis Methods

The Four Pillars

Your birth information is converted into four pillars representing Year, Month, Day, and Hour. Each pillar consists of a Heavenly Stem (天干) and an Earthly Branch (地支), which together reveal your elemental composition. The Day Pillar is considered the most important, representing your core self.

The Five Elements

From your Four Pillars, we calculate the distribution of the five elements: Wood (木), Fire (火), Earth (土), Metal (金), and Water (水). Each element represents different aspects of your personality, energy, and life path. The elements interact through cycles of generation and destruction, creating a dynamic balance.

Elemental Balance

An ideal Bazi chart has balanced elements. When certain elements are lacking or excessive, it can create imbalances in your life, affecting health, relationships, career, and overall well-being. The philosophy emphasizes that understanding these imbalances is the first step toward harmony and fulfillment.

Destiny & Free Will

Bazi reveals your inherent nature and potential, but it doesn't determine your fate. The system teaches that while your birth chart shows your tendencies and challenges, you have the power to work with your elemental composition to create a more balanced and harmonious life.

The Nine Types

The Enneagram identifies nine distinct personality types, each with its own core motivation, primary fear, and stress response. Through thoughtful questions about your motivations, fears, and behaviors, we identify which type resonates most with you. Each type has a unique worldview and way of navigating life.

Core Motivation & Fear

Each type is driven by a core motivation (what you want) and a core fear (what you avoid). Understanding these helps reveal your authentic self and areas for growth. The motivation is what you're unconsciously seeking, while the fear is what you're unconsciously avoiding.

Wings & Lines

Your Enneagram type is influenced by adjacent types (wings) and connected to other types through lines of integration and disintegration. These connections show how you move toward health (integration) or stress (disintegration), revealing the dynamic nature of personality.

Growth & Integration

The Enneagram is fundamentally a growth system. It doesn't box you into a type but shows you your patterns, blind spots, and potential. Each type has a specific path of development that leads to integration, where you access the positive qualities of other types and move toward wholeness and authenticity.

Lines of Integration

When you're healthy and growing, you move toward the positive qualities of another type. For example, Type 1 integrates to Type 7 (becoming more spontaneous and joyful), Type 4 integrates to Type 1 (becoming more principled and structured), and Type 7 integrates to Type 5 (becoming more focused and reflective).

Lines of Disintegration

Under stress, you may take on the negative qualities of another type. Understanding these patterns helps you recognize when you're under stress and choose healthier responses. For instance, Type 2 may become aggressive like Type 8, Type 5 may become scattered like Type 7, and Type 9 may become anxious like Type 6.

The Growth Journey

The Enneagram is not about fixing yourself, but about understanding your patterns and consciously choosing growth. Each type has specific practices, awareness exercises, and developmental tasks that support movement toward integration and wholeness. The goal is not to become a different type, but to become a healthier, more integrated version of your type.

Practical Applications

The Enneagram is widely used in personal development, relationships, career counseling, and spiritual growth. It helps you understand why you react the way you do, how to communicate better with others, and what practices support your unique path of development.