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Shiyi

The Chinese calendar and BaZi, worked out for where you are.

Shiyi is a web app. It casts your BaZi chart in the true solar time of where you are, and every day, “This day” reads the day against your chart: where it lands and what to watch for. When something is on your mind, seal your question and cast a hexagram; your first reading is free.

Open Shiyishiyi.linquan.app

Shiyi’s home screen: the twelve zodiac animals in oracle-bone script ring an hour dial, the current hour in vermilion and the time of day at its centre

1Free

Hours by the sun, solar terms by your place, each day by your chart.

All of this is worked out by our code in your browser by fixed rules: free, with no account, and no reading credits used.

Calendar

The lunar calendar, solar terms and pentads.Each day’s twelve double-hours, with clock times worked out in true solar time.

This day

Once you have a chart, the calendar marks each day with its theme.Open a day for what it favours and what to avoid; with a chart profile, also whether to push ahead or hold back, and which hours are good.

BaZi

Four Pillars cast in the true solar time of the birthplace, with chart structure and luck periods.An outline for each month and year, read against your chart.

Hexagrams

Write down your question, seal it and cast a hexagram.The hexagram, with the original texts of the hexagram and its lines.

2Readings

Hexagram readings and natal chart readings are written by AI from your chart and your question.

The hexagram, Four Pillars, chart structure and solar terms are worked out by our code first, then handed to the AI to write up. Each reading uses reading credits.

Hexagram reading
1 credit. Your first one on a new account is free.
Natal chart reading
2 credits. It creates your chart profile, which “This day” needs to say when to push ahead or hold back and which hours are good.
Prices
CA$6 for 6CA$20 for 25CA$30 for 45
Gift
Your first purchase, whichever pack you choose, also comes with a free natal chart reading.
Tax
Prices are in Canadian dollars and don’t include tax. In Canada, GST/HST for your province is added and shown on the payment page; no tax is added outside Canada.
Expiry
Credits never expire and can build up. There is no subscription, no automatic renewal and no automatic charge.
Payment
Payments are processed by Stripe; we never see or store your card details.
Refunds
If none of the credits from a purchase have been used (once the free natal chart reading that comes with your first purchase has been written, that purchase counts as used), you can get a full refund within 7 days: write to [email protected] and give your account’s email address. See section 6 of the Terms of Service.

3Get it

Platform
The web: it works in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, with nothing to install.
Account
The free parts need no account. To request readings or keep your charts in sync across devices, sign in with a code sent to your email; signing in for the first time creates your account.
Languages
English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

4Notes

Data
When you aren’t signed in, your charts and records stay in your browser. For a hexagram reading, the AI gets the hexagram, the time you cast it and the question you wrote; for a natal chart reading, what was worked out from your chart, such as the pillars and structure. It never gets your email address, or your birth date and birthplace as you entered them.
Disclaimer
Its content is a collection of, and reference to, traditional Chinese metaphysics, for cultural interest, entertainment and self-reflection. It is not medical, psychological, legal, financial or investment advice, and it does not foretell any certain outcome.