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What Is My Day Master? How to Find Yours in BaZi

Your Day Master is the stem of your day pillar — the character that stands for you in a BaZi chart. Here's how to find yours, what each of the ten Day Masters describes, and how to use it to know yourself better.

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Journaling Prompts for Self-Reflection: 40 Questions to Know Yourself

Forty journaling prompts for self-reflection, grouped by what you want to understand — who you are, your strengths, your values, your goals, your decisions and how things went — plus a simple way to turn what you write into action.

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Is BaZi Accurate? What It Can and Can't Tell You About Yourself

There's no scientific evidence that BaZi can predict specific events — so what is it good for? Here's what it can tell you about yourself, what it can't, and five simple ways to test it against your own life.

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How to Stop Arguing with Your Partner: 7 Ways to Disagree Better

How to stop arguing with your partner about the same things: why couples repeat arguments, four habits that make them worse, seven ways to disagree better and what to do about the topics that never quite go away.

Relationships

How to Set Boundaries with Family (and Stay Close)

Practical ways to set boundaries with family without starting a feud: what a boundary is, five steps, words you can use for common situations, and how to handle pushback in a close-knit family.

Relationships

How to Say No Without Feeling Guilty: 6 Ways to Decline Kindly

How to say no without feeling guilty: why it feels hard, six ways to decline kindly and clearly, words you can use at work, with friends and with family, and what to do with the guilty feeling afterwards.

Relationships

How to Read a BaZi Chart: A Step-by-Step Guide for Self-Understanding

A plain-language walkthrough of a BaZi chart: get your Four Pillars, find your Day Master, label and count the five elements, see how they relate to you, and turn it all into questions worth asking yourself.

BaZi

How to Make Hard Decisions When You Can't Choose

Two good options and you still can't choose? Find out why you're stuck, then use seven practical ways to break the deadlock — plus what to do once you've decided.

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How to Make Big Life Decisions (Without Second-Guessing Forever)

Big life decisions rarely come with a right answer. Here's a six-step process, drawn from research on the choices people later feel good about, plus a simple worksheet to weigh your options.

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How to Make Better Decisions in Life: 7 Habits and Where to Start

Better decisions come from a few habits you can learn. Here are seven of them, plus a guide to which of our articles to read for the decision in front of you — big, stuck, unclear or hard to talk about.

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