Inner Landscape

An empowering and healing journey studying

the system of BAZI astrology.

It is an immense pleasure to invite you to join me

for this very special journey…

BAZI 八字, translating as “eight characters”, is an ancient system, influenced by the principles of astrology. In this system, our natal chart is consisting of four pillars, each composed of one heavenly stem & one earthly branch, forming a chart made of eight characters.

 A “pillar” is the unification of heavenly and earthly influence – and can be associated to either an hour, day, month, or year. Pillars are formed according to an ancient time keeping system, the ganzhi 干支.

There are 60 pillars as part of this system.

In this timekeeping system, every hour, day, month and year are associated with a pillar, helping us understand the composition and quality of the qi (life force), in a specific moment in time. Therefore, the calculation and study of a natal chart and its pillars help us understand the composition and quality of the qi (life force) of a person, as well as how different phases of our life influenced (or will influence) the chart holder.

Through the lens of the BAZI astrology system, we see how the qi is moving within the internal world — how it moves, where it moves, where it is strong, where it is stagnant, and how the strength can inform the weakness.

When we study a BAZI chart, we shed the light on its elemental composition, its energy imprint, where the life force has a tendency to get stuck, where it is strong and fluid, while also exploring the unconscious, the invisible parts awaiting to become visible and be integrated.

The BAZI astrology system gives indications on the influences of different phases of our life, our generation, our ancestors, our upbringing, our parental figures, how we relate to the feminine & the masculine, what enlivens our ambition, our sense of responsibility, our dharma & service to the world, what could be our ideal career, our sense of self (or any confusion around the sense of self), our intimate relationships, our shadow and how we relate to it, the hidden healing potential of our shadow, how clashes and harmful patterns can be transmuted into wisdom, how we process our emotions, how we relate to our secret hopes and dreams — essentially, how we can make the most of everything composing us,

and shift our way of relating to life, with the support of our creative force.

Studying BAZI can help us understanding the auspiciousness of timing, as well as reminding us that we all have specific strength available to us at any given time, potential that we can harness,

if we are willing to be receptive to it all.

It is my hope that this course and intimate journey will be empowering and healing, in many ways — helping you to develop more compassion for yourself and others, while cultivating more receptivity,

supported by community, and nature.

Course format…

  • This course is shared in a live - cohort format, on zoom (for now).

  • There are 10 sessions of 2 hours each (2 sessions per month), for a journey of about 5 months.

  • All the content + the recordings/replays of our sessions is available for you on our online platforms, for 12 months.

  • Groups are small (15 people max), to preserve the intimacy and privacy of our exploration.

  • We have a Telegram group chat to stay connected and share reflections in between sessions.

What you will learn in this course…

  • Introduction to Xuanxue 玄学 (Chinese metaphysics)

  • What is a Day Master (the shen, the life theme), how to find it, and what is its archetypal essence.

  • How to calculate and study the four pillars of destiny.

  • The archetypal essence of the ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches.

  • How to read the BAZI chart structure.

  • What are the ten gods 十神 and ten profiles.

  • What are the favorable and unfavorable elements.

  • How to read any indication of stagnant, clashing, harmful or challenging interactions in the chart.

  • How to calculate and study ming gong pillars, four extra pillars sharing additional informations about our chart, and helping us to understand how we relate to our karma.

  • How to calculate the ming gua (life trigram) and interpret its meaning.

  • How to understand the 60 pillars & 24 solars terms.

  • How to understand the symbolic stars and their profound meaning.

  • How to calculate and read the Da Yun 大运 (the great life cycles)

  • How to make sense of the elemental composition of a chart and address its imbalances.

  • The 60 archetypal hidden sounds of Nature.

  • Creative and meditative practices to connect to a chart.

  • Chart explorations together between participants.

  • How to work with tea (cha dao) to harmonize a BAZI chart.

This course is including…

  • 10 live sessions of 2 hours each (20 hours in total), shared as a cohort, on zoom.

  • the recordings of all the live sessions is available on our platform for 12 months.

  • creative & meditative practices to deepen your experience.

  • all the content shared during our sessions is available on the platform in written form, to support the recordings.

  • the chance to learn how to read your own natal chart, da yun and life transits, while being able to support others with this practice.

  • a community cohort to study BAZI with you, and stay connected with through our telegram channel.

  • small intimate group setting of 15-20 people max (live cohort format), to connect and study our charts together.

  • Access to all of our monthly Community Tea, for 12 months.

  • lifelong 20% student discount code for any BAZI readings with Jade.

  • lifelong 20% student discount code to buy tea at WAOTEA.

When can you join this course?

We are currently journeying with our Winter - Spring 2025 cohort.

Register today to ensure your place on the waitlist

for our next cohort — by filling up this form.