I learned BaZi from my grandmother's kitchen table. 15 years later, I'm still reading charts.
I grew up watching my grandmother read BaZi charts for neighbors in a small alley in Datong, Taipei. I had no idea what she was doing -- I just noticed that everyone who walked out of her house looked a little lighter. Not because she told them everything would be fine. Because she told them: now you know, so now you can deal with it.
I didn't care about BaZi back then. I moved to the US at 18 to study graphic design, spent six years there, came back to Taipei, built a career in creative work. Life was good -- until my early 30s, when a few things fell apart at the same time. I went back to my grandmother and she read my chart. For the first time, I actually listened.
What she told me wasn't sweet. She said my chart had a kind of internal tension that would make life never quite easy. But she also said that tension was the source of my creativity and my ability to understand people in ways most people can't. I didn't feel better that day -- but I felt clearer. And clarity, it turned out, was what actually helped.
I started studying BaZi seriously after that. Five years with a master in Taipei, then years of practice on my own. I've been doing this for over 15 years now.
Here's what I believe: BaZi isn't fortune-telling. It's a system -- a really old, really sophisticated one -- that maps how you're wired and when things are likely to shift. I don't predict your future. I show you your patterns, your timing, and your options. In plain language, not astrology jargon.
Every reading I send is personally reviewed and written with your specific chart in mind. No copy-paste templates, no generic horoscopes. It takes time, but that's the whole point -- your chart is unique, so your reading should be too.
I work with my partner, two cats named Jia and Bing (甲 and 丙 -- yes, they're named after the Wood and Fire stems my chart is missing), and more tea than any one person should own.
If you've ever wondered why you keep running into the same patterns, or when the right time is to make a big move -- that's exactly what BaZi is for. And I'd love to read yours.
