BaZi · Glossary
The Hour Pillar (Shi Zhu)
Deep Oracle Editorial Team · 2026-07-27 · 1 min read
The hour pillar is the birth hour's stem and branch, last of the four pillars and the one an unknown birth time omits. The full guide has its own article.
Full guide: The Hour Pillar (Shi Zhu).
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In the classical texts
Passages in the classical texts held on this site where the term occurs, transcribed from the named edition. The texts do not necessarily use the term the way it is used today.
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