How to find your Ba Zi chart and personal Kua number with an online calculator
How to find your Ba Zi chart and personal Kua number with an online calculator
What is Ba Zi chart?
Ba Zi chart is the Chinese natal chart according to your birth date and time. It is also called the Four Pillar chart, and is the basis of all Chinese metaphysics. You do not need the info for many styles of the Feng Shui, but it is good to know your own Ba Zi since Feng Shui is human being interacting with environment. Each person will interact differently in different space. It helps to know each occupant's Ba Zi chart to get a more accurate reading of Feng Shui.
Ba Zi is typically used as a Chinese fortune telling tool. It requires a lot of knowledge and experience to interpret a chart and predict future. For Feng Shui application, it is less complicated. Especially with the help of an online calculator, you can plot your Ba Zi or Four Pillar chart very easily.
What is Kua number?
The Kua number, or Gua number is your personal number that can also be calculated through an online Feng Shui or Kua number calculator by inputting your birth data. Kua number is the basis of the Eight Mansion school Feng Shui. It can also be used in many other ways.
How to find your chart with the online calculator
The easy way to plot your Ba Zi chart and Kua number without complicated calculation is to use an online Ba Zi or Four Pillar calculator, and Kua (Gua) number calculator. You can search google or use the 3 websites I found though google. Each site has different format and presenting of information, but the basic info is the same.
Links to the online calculator
4 Pillar calculator:
(1) https://www.wofs.com/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=6
(2) http://efengshui.org/calculators/four-pillars/8
(3) https://www.prokerala.com/feng-shui/bazi-calculator.php
Kua number calculator:
(1) https://www.wofs.com/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=4
(2) http://efengshui.org/calculators/kua-number/1
(3) https://www.prokerala.com/feng-shui/bazi-calculator.php
Birth hour?
A word about the birth hour - The Chinese timing system divides a day into 12 two hour segments. So if you are not sure about the exact birth hour, but within the same 2 hour segment (eg. 1-3 am, 3-5 am....), the result should be the same. If you don't know the hour, you still can plot the chart but the hour pillar will be missing.