五行 · visible chart characters
Five elements calculator
Count the Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water carried by the visible stems and branches of a Four Pillars chart, then read how every phase stands to the Day Master at the centre of that chart.
Birth moment → six or eight visible characters
Count what the chart visibly carries
Without a birth time, the year, month and day pillars supply six characters. Add the time for the hour pillar and a complete eight-character count.
Your visible phase register opens here
Enter a birth date, and optionally a time, to count the phases carried by each visible stem and branch.
From visible count to chart structure
Read the inventory before adding the deeper layers
Each calculated pillar contributes one stem phase and one branch phase. The Day Master supplies their relational reference; hidden stems and seasonal weighting follow as their own chart layers.
- 01
Calculate the pillars
Li Chun and the solar terms locate the year and month; the cycle locates day and optional hour.
- 02
Count both characters
Every visible stem and branch contributes its fixed phase to the five-row register.
- 03
Open the deeper layers
Use the linked phase and hidden-stem records to continue beyond raw frequency.
Five different relationships to the Day Master
The same number can play a different structural role
Phase relation is fixed by the generating and controlling cycles, but its interpretation still depends on the chart around it.
- 01木 Wood
Spring · East
Full Wood record → - 02火 Fire
Summer · South
Full Fire record → - 03土 Earth
The turn of each season · Centre
Full Earth record → - 04金 Metal
Autumn · West
Full Metal record → - 05水 Water
Winter · North
Full Water record →