Sample

A sample reading

This is the whole document, nothing cut. Three made-up names and a made-up birth date, run through the real engine — every verdict, every hedge.

JudgeMyName

Name Reading

Your Name Reading

for your baby

JMN-SAMPLE-EN-BABY · March 16, 2026

Sample — made-up names and birth details

Our pick

A

Jasper Miller

A clean fit

Why this one

  • Birth-chart readings — It fits better than the other names. See the appendix.

Also good: Family & people fit · Spelling & pronunciation stability · Teasing & initials risk · Nickname & monogram map · Cross-language check

The one thing to watch

Sound & flow — The combination has a wrinkle worth hearing aloud

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Say each full name as an introduction and as a call across the room.

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Also compared

  1. 2
    B
    Atticus Miller 6/8
  2. 3
    B
    Theodore Miller 6/9
Compare all names ↓

This reading is for entertainment. It isn't a certification of anything and it doesn't predict anyone's future. The charts are calculated from the birth details you enter, the same way every time; the practical checks draw on published language and statistics sources.

Compare the names

What split the names

2 checks split the names by a level. Every other check tied.

Every name side by side: overall grade first, then each check
What split the namesJasper Miller Our pickAtticus Miller Theodore Miller
Overall grade
A
A clean fit
B
A fit, with notes
B
A fit, with notes
Everyday checks
Spelling & pronunciation stability Spelled and said right on the first tryGood Good Good
Sound & flow split Caution

The combination has a wrinkle worth hearing aloud

Good

First and last name read well together

Good

First and last name read well together

Popularity & era Not checkedNot checkedCaution

Currently in the top ranks — expect classmates

Teasing & initials risk No known teasing patterns triggeredGood Good Good
Nickname & monogram map Good

Used in full — no standard short form

Good

2 established short forms

Good

3 established short forms

Cross-language check No known collisions (limited dictionary)Good Good Good
People you added
Family & people fit Gets along with all 2 people you addedGood Good Good
Birth-chart readings Traditional readings of your birth date and zodiac chart. They count toward the ranking next to the everyday checks, and they are for reflection, not prediction. Details are in the appendix.
Birth-date reading split Good
Why

Brings the Metal the Four Pillars lean on for balance

Caution
Why

Fire suits the chart, but 2 pairs of sounds in the name clash in the five-element cycle

Caution
Why

Fire suits the chart, but 2 pairs of sounds in the name clash in the five-element cycle

Zodiac chart reading Caution Caution Caution

Name by name

What the names share

  • Good for every name alike: Spelling & pronunciation stability · Teasing & initials risk · Cross-language check
  • Both chart checks came back "caution," so we held the overall grade at B. (Atticus Miller · Theodore Miller)

The reading leans toward Jasper Miller, but every name below has something to weigh. This is a tradition read for fun, not a forecast.

The narration is rule-based text; no AI was used for this reading.

A

Jasper Miller

A clean fit

Our pick

5 axes checked; nothing that would follow your child around. That's rarer than you'd think.

Meaning · Persian

treasurer; also the jasper stone

Strengths

  • Nickname & monogram map — Used in full — no standard short form

Watch-outs

  • Sound & flow — The combination has a wrinkle worth hearing aloud
  • Birth-chart readings — There’s a note on this name. See the appendix.

People you added

  • parent Hannah neutral · sounds fine
  • sibling Nora sounds fine

Not checked for this name

  • Popularity & era
In words

A concrete check: Four Pillars fit — Brings the Metal the Four Pillars lean on for balance. Before choosing: Birth chart fit — Metal sound and a Water-sign-heavy birth chart pull in different directions. Try Jasper Miller the same way before you decide.

The checks behind this

Spelling & pronunciation stability

practical

Spelled and said right on the first try

Good
  • "Jasper" reads the way it sounds and sounds the way it reads. Strangers will spell it and say it correctly on the first try — rarer than it sounds.

Sound & flow

practical

The combination has a wrinkle worth hearing aloud

Caution
  • "Jasper Miller" rhymes with itself. Rhyming first-last pairs read as a joke name on paper ("Jason Mason" effect) — some families love the ring, most regret it.
  • The cadence works: 2-syllable first name against a 2-syllable surname falls into the rhythm most English names settle into.

Teasing & initials risk

practical

No known teasing patterns triggered

Good
  • We checked initials, classic playground rhymes, nickname derivations, and full-name run-ons for "Jasper Miller" — nothing flagged.
  • Teasing culture shifts with every generation of slang; this covers patterns known today, not ones that don't exist yet.

Nickname & monogram map

practical

Used in full — no standard short form

Good
  • "Jasper" has no standard nickname in our records — it tends to be used in full. That means fewer surprises, and fewer fallback options if your child later wants a casual form.
  • Monogram: J.M. — check it on towels, backpacks, and cufflinks before committing. (The teasing axis flags monograms that spell words.)

Cross-language check

practical

No known collisions (limited dictionary)

Good
  • No known cross-language collisions for "Jasper" in our current dictionary (Spanish, Italian, French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, Russian and others).
  • Honest limit: our dictionary covers documented collisions, not every word in every language. Absence here is "nothing known", not a guarantee.
B

Atticus Miller

A fit, with notes

#2

Meaning · Latin

from Attica, the region around Athens

Strengths

  • Sound & flow — First and last name read well together
  • Nickname & monogram map — 2 established short forms

Watch-outs

  • Birth-chart readings — There’s a note on this name. See the appendix.

People you added

  • parent Hannah supportive · sounds fine
  • sibling Nora sounds fine

Not checked for this name

  • Popularity & era
In words

A concrete check: Nickname & monogram map — 2 established short forms. Before choosing: Four Pillars fit — Fire suits the chart, but 2 pairs of sounds in the name clash in the five-element cycle. Try Atticus Miller the same way before you decide.

The checks behind this

Spelling & pronunciation stability

practical

Spelled and said right on the first try

Good
  • "Atticus" reads the way it sounds and sounds the way it reads. Strangers will spell it and say it correctly on the first try — rarer than it sounds.

Sound & flow

practical

First and last name read well together

Good
  • The cadence works: 3-syllable first name against a 2-syllable surname falls into the rhythm most English names settle into.

Teasing & initials risk

practical

No known teasing patterns triggered

Good
  • We checked initials, classic playground rhymes, nickname derivations, and full-name run-ons for "Atticus Miller" — nothing flagged.
  • Teasing culture shifts with every generation of slang; this covers patterns known today, not ones that don't exist yet.

Nickname & monogram map

practical

2 established short forms

Good
  • "Atticus" comes with an established nickname set: Atti, Gus. You are choosing all of these — schools, teams, and friends will pick for you. If one of them bothers you, that matters more than the formal name.
  • Monogram: A.M. — check it on towels, backpacks, and cufflinks before committing. (The teasing axis flags monograms that spell words.)
Nickname map
FormWhere it shows up
AtticusDocuments, first days of school, being in trouble
AttiFriends, teams, family — chosen by others
GusFriends, teams, family — chosen by others

Cross-language check

practical

No known collisions (limited dictionary)

Good
  • No known cross-language collisions for "Atticus" in our current dictionary (Spanish, Italian, French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, Russian and others).
  • Honest limit: our dictionary covers documented collisions, not every word in every language. Absence here is "nothing known", not a guarantee.
B

Theodore Miller

A fit, with notes

#3

Meaning · Greek

gift of God

Strengths

  • Sound & flow — First and last name read well together
  • Nickname & monogram map — 3 established short forms

Watch-outs

  • Popularity & era — Currently in the top ranks — expect classmates
  • Birth-chart readings — There’s a note on this name. See the appendix.

People you added

  • parent Hannah supportive · sounds fine
  • sibling Nora sounds fine
In words

A concrete check: Nickname & monogram map — 3 established short forms. Before choosing: Four Pillars fit — Fire suits the chart, but 2 pairs of sounds in the name clash in the five-element cycle. Say each full name as an introduction and as a call across the room. Note which pronunciation you want to keep.

The checks behind this

Spelling & pronunciation stability

practical

Spelled and said right on the first try

Good
  • "Theodore" reads the way it sounds and sounds the way it reads. Strangers will spell it and say it correctly on the first try — rarer than it sounds.

Sound & flow

practical

First and last name read well together

Good
  • The cadence works: 2-syllable first name against a 2-syllable surname falls into the rhythm most English names settle into.

Popularity & era

practical

Currently in the top ranks — expect classmates

Caution
  • "Theodore" ranks around #10 for the 2020s. Familiar and safe — and likely to be shared with a classmate or two.
Decade-by-decade standing (SSA top-100 window; a longer bar means a higher rank). An empty bar means the name sat outside the top 100 that decade — not that it was unused.
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
91

Teasing & initials risk

practical

No known teasing patterns triggered

Good
  • We checked initials, classic playground rhymes, nickname derivations, and full-name run-ons for "Theodore Miller" — nothing flagged.
  • Teasing culture shifts with every generation of slang; this covers patterns known today, not ones that don't exist yet.

Nickname & monogram map

practical

3 established short forms

Good
  • "Theodore" comes with an established nickname set: Theo, Ted, Teddy. You are choosing all of these — schools, teams, and friends will pick for you. If one of them bothers you, that matters more than the formal name.
  • Monogram: T.M. — check it on towels, backpacks, and cufflinks before committing. (The teasing axis flags monograms that spell words.)
Nickname map
FormWhere it shows up
TheodoreDocuments, first days of school, being in trouble
TheoFriends, teams, family — chosen by others
TedFriends, teams, family — chosen by others
TeddyFriends, teams, family — chosen by others

Cross-language check

practical

No known collisions (limited dictionary)

Good
  • No known cross-language collisions for "Theodore" in our current dictionary (Spanish, Italian, French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, Russian and others).
  • Honest limit: our dictionary covers documented collisions, not every word in every language. Absence here is "nothing known", not a guarantee.

Origin and meaning follow common name references. A meaning does not decide anyone’s character or future.

Next steps

How to try the names

  1. Say each full name as an introduction and as a call across the room.
  2. Note which pronunciation you want to keep.
  3. Send the PDF to whoever is helping you decide.

If you want to tweak a name

  • · Every name — Nothing on this candidate needs fixing. If it also wins your heart, that is the whole game.

More names to explore

These are practical-check variations of your shortlist, not full birth-chart comparisons. Add them as candidates to compare their complete reading.

A near neighbor of Atticus that clears every practical check with your surname.

  • Anthony Miller
  • Andrew Miller
  • Angel Miller
  • Adrian Miller
  • Aaron Miller

Appendix

Appendix

Background for the results above: the birth chart, how each name fits it, and how everything was calculated. The traditional readings are for reflection, not prediction.

Baby's chart

Four Pillars (SajuMira engine · true solar time) · tropical birth chart (astronomy-engine)

Where the Sun, Moon and rising sign stood at the birth moment, plus the nickname we give this chart type. Labels, not predictions.
What is a chart type?

chart type

One of 16 nicknames we give a chart from four yes/no readings (day-stem polarity, element spread, birth season, bright-or-deep sky). A label, not a personality test.

Chart type

Hidden Spring

Day stem yin · elements clustered · born in a warm month · sky leans deep (earth & water). It's a nickname for this particular chart, not a personality test.

Sun

♓ Pisces

Moon

♒ Aquarius

Rising

♊ Gemini

木Wood火Fireself土Earthleast金Metal水Water
The five elements in this chart — arrows run the way each element feeds the next

How to read it: bigger circles mean more of that element in the chart. Arrows run the way elements feed each other. The dotted ring marks what the chart has least of; the green circle is the name.

♈♉♊♋♌♍♎♏♐♑♒♓FireEarthAirWater☉☾ASC
The birth chart — Sun, Moon and rising sign, with the four elements weighted

How to read it: the outer ring is the zodiac; ☉ ☾ and ASC mark the Sun, Moon and rising sign. The inner ring shows how much weight each element carries in this chart.

Show the Four Pillars and the fine print

The year, month, day and hour of birth, each written as a pair of characters (the Four Pillars). Their elements feed the pentagon above.

Four Pillars
PillarStem · Branch
Year丙午 · 병오
Month辛卯 · 신묘
Day丁亥 · 정해
Hour乙巳 · 을사

Day master: yin Fire. Least present: Earth (土).

For entertainment. Charts are computed from the birth details you entered — deterministically, the same way every time — and nothing here predicts anyone's future.

Traditional readings, name by name

Jasper Miller

Birth-date reading: GoodZodiac chart reading: Caution

Four Pillars fit — Brings the Metal the Four Pillars lean on for balance

Good

Turns the sound of each name into one of the five traditional elements and checks whether it supplies what the birth-date chart (the Four Pillars) is read as needing. A traditional naming habit, not a prediction.

  • Your day master — the heavenly stem of the birth day, 丁 — is yin Fire. In Four Pillars, that's the "self" everything else gets measured against.
  • Said out loud, the name moves ja(Metal) → spe(Metal) → mi(Water) → lle(Fire). The sound that leads is Metal.
  • Basis: the balancing element (yongsin) rather than just the scarcest one. The day master reads as on the strong side, so the chart is read as leaning on Water and Metal and Wood. Schools disagree on this call — treat it as one traditional reading.
  • This name brings Metal, one of the elements the chart is read as leaning on for balance (yongsin, 用神) — it shows up only 1 time in the chart. A traditional naming habit, not a prediction.
  • Fire controls Metal in the cycle — traditionally the "wealth" direction, meaning the name is something this chart can handle and shape.
  • In the traditional sound-element mapping, 1 pair of neighboring sounds sits on the controlling cycle. This is not a pronunciation test.
  • The birth time was corrected by 60 minutes to the sun's actual position over the birth city (true solar time), the same way the SajuMira engine does it.
ja Metal
same
spe Metal
feeds
mi Water
clashes
lle Fire

solid arrow = feeds · dashed = clashes

木Wood火Fireself土Earthleast金Metalname水Water
The five elements in this chart — arrows run the way each element feeds the next

Depends on which school you follow

Hunminjeongeum placement (lip sounds = Earth, throat sounds = Water)— Metal leads · 0 internal clashes

Common naming-practice placement (lip sounds = Water, throat sounds = Earth)— Metal leads · 1 internal clash

The two schools assign lip and throat sounds to different elements. We show both and score whichever is more conservative.

We show both rather than pick a winner. The score uses whichever is more conservative.

Birth chart fit — Metal sound and a Water-sign-heavy birth chart pull in different directions

Caution

Compares each name's sound and letter numbers with the elements that dominate the zodiac chart for the birth. A traditional lens, not a prediction.

  • The chart: Sun in ♓ Pisces, Moon in ♒ Aquarius, ♊ Gemini rising.
  • Among the chart positions that can be calculated, the weighted balance leans Water.
  • Metal and the chart's element sit on opposite ends of the temperature scale — the name adds contrast rather than an echo.
  • Add up the letters and the name's Expression number is 3 — ruled by Jupiter, a Fire number: the storyteller — expressive, playful, charming.
  • The Sun is in a Water sign while the name's number is Fire — the name lends a color the Sun doesn't already have.

Expression

3

Jupiter · Fire

Soul urge

2

Moon · Water

Personality

1

the pioneer — leads, starts things, stands on their own

♈♉♊♋♌♍♎♏♐♑♒♓Fire · nameEarthAirWater☉☾ASC
The birth chart — Sun, Moon and rising sign, with the four elements weighted

Family & people fit

Good

Each person you added against each name: how the traditional elements relate, and how the two names sound together.

  • parent Hannah: the Metal of this name mirrors their Metal day master.
  • Said next to parent Hannah: no friction — they sit well together
  • Said next to sibling Nora: no friction — they sit well together
Each name against each person you added
PersonNameChartSound
parent HannahJasperneutralfine
sibling NoraJasper—fine

Atticus Miller

Birth-date reading: CautionZodiac chart reading: Caution

Four Pillars fit — Fire suits the chart, but 2 pairs of sounds in the name clash in the five-element cycle

Caution

Turns the sound of each name into one of the five traditional elements and checks whether it supplies what the birth-date chart (the Four Pillars) is read as needing. A traditional naming habit, not a prediction.

  • Your day master — the heavenly stem of the birth day, 丁 — is yin Fire. In Four Pillars, that's the "self" everything else gets measured against.
  • Said out loud, the name moves a(Water) → tti(Fire) → cu(Wood) → mi(Earth) → lle(Fire). The sound that leads is Fire.
  • Basis: the balancing element (yongsin) rather than just the scarcest one. The day master reads as on the strong side, so the chart is read as leaning on Water and Metal and Wood. Schools disagree on this call — treat it as one traditional reading.
  • Fire is already the chart's most abundant element, so this name adds more of the same instead of balancing things out.
  • Name and day master are both Fire — traditionally, this repeats the same element rather than adding a different one.
  • In the traditional sound-element mapping, 2 pairs of neighboring sounds sit on the controlling cycle. This is not a pronunciation test.
  • The birth time was corrected by 60 minutes to the sun's actual position over the birth city (true solar time), the same way the SajuMira engine does it.
a Water
clashes
tti Fire
feeds
cu Wood
clashes
mi Earth
feeds
lle Fire

solid arrow = feeds · dashed = clashes

木Wood火Firename · self土Earthleast金Metal水Water
The five elements in this chart — arrows run the way each element feeds the next

Depends on which school you follow

Hunminjeongeum placement (lip sounds = Earth, throat sounds = Water)— Fire leads · 2 internal clashes

Common naming-practice placement (lip sounds = Water, throat sounds = Earth)— Fire leads · 1 internal clash

The two schools assign lip and throat sounds to different elements. We show both and score whichever is more conservative.

We show both rather than pick a winner. The score uses whichever is more conservative.

Birth chart fit — Fire sound and a Water-sign-heavy birth chart pull in different directions

Caution

Compares each name's sound and letter numbers with the elements that dominate the zodiac chart for the birth. A traditional lens, not a prediction.

  • The chart: Sun in ♓ Pisces, Moon in ♒ Aquarius, ♊ Gemini rising.
  • Among the chart positions that can be calculated, the weighted balance leans Water.
  • Fire and the chart's element sit on opposite ends of the temperature scale — the name adds contrast rather than an echo.
  • Add up the letters and the name's Expression number is 9 — ruled by Mars, a Fire number: the humanitarian — big heart, big picture.
  • The Sun is in a Water sign while the name's number is Fire — the name lends a color the Sun doesn't already have.

Expression

9

Mars · Fire

Soul urge

9

Mars · Fire

Personality

9

the humanitarian — big heart, big picture

♈♉♊♋♌♍♎♏♐♑♒♓Fire · nameEarthAirWater☉☾ASC
The birth chart — Sun, Moon and rising sign, with the four elements weighted

Family & people fit

Good

Each person you added against each name: how the traditional elements relate, and how the two names sound together.

  • parent Hannah: this name brings Fire, the element their own chart has least of — a small gift, in the traditional reading.
  • Said next to parent Hannah: no friction — they sit well together
  • Said next to sibling Nora: no friction — they sit well together
Each name against each person you added
PersonNameChartSound
parent HannahAtticussupportivefine
sibling NoraAtticus—fine

Theodore Miller

Birth-date reading: CautionZodiac chart reading: Caution

Four Pillars fit — Fire suits the chart, but 2 pairs of sounds in the name clash in the five-element cycle

Caution

Turns the sound of each name into one of the five traditional elements and checks whether it supplies what the birth-date chart (the Four Pillars) is read as needing. A traditional naming habit, not a prediction.

  • Your day master — the heavenly stem of the birth day, 丁 — is yin Fire. In Four Pillars, that's the "self" everything else gets measured against.
  • Said out loud, the name moves theo(Fire) → do(Fire) → re(Fire) → mi(Water) → lle(Fire). The sound that leads is Fire.
  • Basis: the balancing element (yongsin) rather than just the scarcest one. The day master reads as on the strong side, so the chart is read as leaning on Water and Metal and Wood. Schools disagree on this call — treat it as one traditional reading.
  • Fire is already the chart's most abundant element, so this name adds more of the same instead of balancing things out.
  • Name and day master are both Fire — traditionally, this repeats the same element rather than adding a different one.
  • In the traditional sound-element mapping, 2 pairs of neighboring sounds sit on the controlling cycle. This is not a pronunciation test.
  • The birth time was corrected by 60 minutes to the sun's actual position over the birth city (true solar time), the same way the SajuMira engine does it.
theo Fire
same
do Fire
same
re Fire
clashes
mi Water
clashes
lle Fire

solid arrow = feeds · dashed = clashes

木Wood火Firename · self土Earthleast金Metal水Water
The five elements in this chart — arrows run the way each element feeds the next

Depends on which school you follow

Hunminjeongeum placement (lip sounds = Earth, throat sounds = Water)— Fire leads · 0 internal clashes

Common naming-practice placement (lip sounds = Water, throat sounds = Earth)— Fire leads · 2 internal clashes

The two schools assign lip and throat sounds to different elements. We show both and score whichever is more conservative.

We show both rather than pick a winner. The score uses whichever is more conservative.

Birth chart fit — Fire sound and a Water-sign-heavy birth chart pull in different directions

Caution

Compares each name's sound and letter numbers with the elements that dominate the zodiac chart for the birth. A traditional lens, not a prediction.

  • The chart: Sun in ♓ Pisces, Moon in ♒ Aquarius, ♊ Gemini rising.
  • Among the chart positions that can be calculated, the weighted balance leans Water.
  • Fire and the chart's element sit on opposite ends of the temperature scale — the name adds contrast rather than an echo.
  • Add up the letters and the name's Expression number is 6 — ruled by Venus, an Earth number: the caretaker — home, duty, warmth.
  • The Sun is in a Water sign while the name's number is Earth — the name lends a color the Sun doesn't already have.

Expression

6

Venus · Earth

Soul urge

9

Mars · Fire

Personality

6

the caretaker — home, duty, warmth

♈♉♊♋♌♍♎♏♐♑♒♓FireEarth · nameAirWater☉☾ASC
The birth chart — Sun, Moon and rising sign, with the four elements weighted

Family & people fit

Good

Each person you added against each name: how the traditional elements relate, and how the two names sound together.

  • parent Hannah: this name brings Fire, the element their own chart has least of — a small gift, in the traditional reading.
  • Said next to parent Hannah: no friction — they sit well together
  • Said next to sibling Nora: no friction — they sit well together
Each name against each person you added
PersonNameChartSound
parent HannahTheodoresupportivefine
sibling NoraTheodore—fine

Family & people fit

Day-master relation · element complement · how the names sound side by side

Each name against each person you added
Theodore MillerJasper MillerAtticus Miller
parent Hannahsupportive · sounds fineneutral · sounds finesupportive · sounds fine
sibling Norasounds finesounds finesounds fine

How to read it: rows are the people you added, columns are the names. Green cells get along; amber cells have a note underneath.

There's no right answer to how names should go together — matched sets and deliberate contrasts are both loved. These are observations, not rules, and they only nudge the ranking a little.

About this reading

Reading no.
JMN-SAMPLE-EN-BABY
Issued
March 16, 2026
Computed by
A deterministic engine — same input, same reading, every time
Narrated by
Rule-based text (no AI)
Based on
birth datebirth timebirth city2 people added
Method, limits and the fine print
  • · Four Pillars: the year, month, day and hour pillars come from a Korean almanac (solar-term boundaries, lunar conversion). Each name's sound is mapped to an element by where it's made in the mouth, then compared with the day master and with whatever the chart has least of.
  • · Birth chart: tropical positions of the Sun through Pluto from astronomy-engine, plus the rising sign when time and city are known. The name's Pythagorean numbers are matched to the Sun and Moon elements.
  • · Family: every name against every person you added — day-master relation, element complement, and how the two names sound together.
  • · Practical checks: the same deterministic checks as our name-verification engine — spelling stability, sound flow, popularity by decade, teasing risk, how the name reads in other languages.
  • · Ranking: with a birth date, the reading and the practical checks count equally; without one, it's the practical checks alone. Ties are called ties. No decimal scores, ever.

Cancel any time before you open the reading for a full refund. Once it's open, we refund in full if we got a fact wrong — a pillar, a sign, a spelling — but not because the result wasn't what you hoped for. If we refunded disappointing results, we couldn't give you an honest one.

Birth dates are used to calculate the chart and deleted 90 days after the reading is issued. The chart itself (pillars and signs) stays in your reading; the date doesn't.

Glossary

Four Pillars
Korean saju: the year, month, day and hour of birth, each written as a pair of characters. Together they give a five-element profile.
day master
The top character of the day pillar — in saju it's the 'you' every other element is measured against.
five elements
Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water. Each feeds the next in a cycle (Wood → Fire → Earth → Metal → Water → Wood) and controls the one two steps ahead.
feeds / clashes
'Feeds' is the supportive direction of the five-element cycle; 'clashes' is the controlling direction. Neither is good or bad on its own — it describes how two elements sit together.
balancing element (yongsin)
The element a Four Pillars chart is read as needing for balance, judged from how strong the day master is. It needs a birth time, and schools differ; without a time we use the element the chart has least of.
Sun sign
The zodiac sign the Sun was in at birth — the sign most people know as "their" sign.
Moon sign
The sign the Moon was in. It changes every 2–3 days, so a birth time can matter.
rising sign
The sign coming up over the eastern horizon at the moment of birth. Needs a birth time and place; it shifts about every two hours.
Expression number
Pythagorean numerology: every letter gets a 1–9 value, you add them up and reduce to one digit (11, 22 and 33 are kept). The whole name.
Soul urge number
The same sum, vowels only. Numerology reads it as the inner pull behind the name.
chart type
One of 16 nicknames we give a chart from four yes/no readings (day-stem polarity, element spread, birth season, bright-or-deep sky). A label, not a personality test.

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