BaZi · Glossary
Hour Branch in BaZi
Deep Oracle Editorial Team · 2026-08-11 · 1 min read
Hour Branch is a BaZi hour-pillar branch term. It supplies the branch support and hidden-stem context for hour-pillar readings.
Reading Role
Use it to place the term in the correct pillar, stem, branch, hidden-stem, or timing layer before drawing interpretation.
Example
In a chart fragment, this term changes what gets read first: location, support, season, or direction of element flow. That keeps the reading from collapsing into a single label.
Limit
Do not invent an hour branch when the birth hour is unknown.
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