Fate Hall is a free website that puts East Asian fortune traditions — BaZi (the Four Pillars of Destiny), the I Ching, Zi Wei Dou Shu and Korean folk readings — side by side with Western astrology, tarot and numerology. You enter your birth date once and see both worlds together.
Where it comes from
Fate Hall began in Korea as Myeongundang, "the hall of fate and fortune". In Korea, BaZi is known as Saju and is still part of everyday culture: people look up their Saju at the new year, before a wedding or when choosing a name. The English edition keeps that Korean point of view — the Korean lunar calendar, Tojeong Bigyeol and Yut stick readings sit next to the more familiar Chinese and Western systems — and explains them in plain English.
How it works
- Everything runs in your browser. There are no accounts, and the birth details you enter are never sent to a server. If you choose "Remember my birth details", they are kept in your browser's own storage on your device, and you can delete them at any time. See the privacy policy.
- Calendars and astronomy are calculated, not guessed. Solar terms are computed astronomically and checked minute by minute against the table of the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) for 1900–2050; the lunar calendar follows KASI; your birth time is corrected to the true solar time of your birthplace, including historical daylight saving time. Details are on the Sources & methods page.
- Every reading is shown with its reasoning. Where traditions disagree — for example on the Rat-hour rule or on time zones — Fate Hall shows the options side by side instead of hiding the choice.
What we believe
- Readings are for entertainment and reflection. They can be a good prompt for thinking about your year or a relationship, but they are not predictions, and they are never a substitute for professional advice on health, money or the law.
- Free for everyone. Fate Hall has no paid tier and no sign-up. It may show advertising to cover its costs, kept above and below the tools and never inside a reading.
- Respect for the traditions. We use the established names for each system, show the original characters, and explain where an idea comes from. We avoid fear-based wording and outdated assumptions about gender and family.
Learn the basics
If you want to understand what your chart is saying, start with the guides: the five elements, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the sixty-pair cycle and the Ten Gods.
Contact
Questions, calculation errors or ideas are welcome on the contact page.
Related guides
- The Five ElementsHow Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water feed and control one another, which stems and branches carry each element, and how to read the balance in your chart.
- Terms of UseThe plain-language terms for using Fate Hall: readings are for entertainment, no warranty, your responsibilities, our content and third-party links.