Peach Blossom Star in BaZi: How to Find Yours
Your Peach Blossom is the Rooster if your animal is Monkey, Rat or Dragon; the Rabbit for Tiger, Horse and Dog; the Horse for Snake, Rooster and Ox; and the Rat for Pig, Rabbit and Goat. A chart "has" the star when that animal shows up among its branches, and in 30,240 charts we calculated, 38.5% do. Enter your birth date below to see yours and where it sits. It's for fun and light reference, not a verdict.
How do I find my Peach Blossom?
Peach Blossom (桃花, Tao Hua) is one of the symbolic stars. It is looked up in two steps. First, find which of four animal groups your Year Branch (your zodiac animal) or your Day Branch belongs to. Then read off that group's Peach Blossom animal. If that animal appears anywhere among your Year, Month, Day or Hour Branches, your chart has the star.
| Your animal group | Peach Blossom animal |
|---|---|
| Monkey, Rat, Dragon (申子辰) | Rooster (You 酉) |
| Tiger, Horse, Dog (寅午戌) | Rabbit (Mao 卯) |
| Snake, Rooster, Ox (巳酉丑) | Horse (Wu 午) |
| Pig, Rabbit, Goat (亥卯未) | Rat (Zi 子) |
The Peach Blossom animal is always the Rat, Rabbit, Horse or Rooster, the four animals that sit at the center of each season. Our love report uses exactly this rule, with the Day Branch and the Year Branch both as starting points.
In BaZi your zodiac animal changes at Lichun (around February 4), not at Lunar New Year. If you were born in January or early February, check which side of Lichun you fall on. The Day Branch needs no such check.
Does my chart have it?
Everything is calculated in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere. Without a birth time, only the Year, Month and Day Branches are checked.
A worked example: October 3, 1990 at noon
The pillars are 庚午 乙酉 辛丑 甲午, so the four branches are Horse 午, Rooster 酉, Ox 丑, Horse 午 (Year, Month, Day, Hour). The Year Branch, Horse, is in the Tiger–Horse–Dog group, so its Peach Blossom is the Rabbit. The Day Branch, Ox, is in the Snake–Rooster–Ox group, so its Peach Blossom is the Horse. A Horse appears in the Year and Hour pillars, so this chart carries the star twice.
How common is Peach Blossom?
We counted 30,240 charts: every other day from 1980 to 2009, six two-hour birth times, with the rule above.
| Group | Share of charts |
|---|---|
| Peach Blossom anywhere in the chart | 38.5% |
| Found from the Year Branch (zodiac animal) | 23% |
| Found from the Day Branch | 22.9% |
| Found from both | 7.4% |
| Zero / one / two / three or more Peach Blossom branches | 61.5% / 31.5% / 6.5% / 0.5% |
About four charts in ten have it, and only 7% have two or more. It is a common star, not a rare one.
Which pillar does it usually sit in?
Among charts that have the star, here is how often it lands in each pillar. A chart can have it in two places, so the shares add to more than 100%.
| Pillar | Share of charts with the star | Traditionally read as |
|---|---|---|
| Year Branch | 22% | Early life and the first impression you give |
| Month Branch | 37.5% | Charm at work and in public |
| Day Branch | 21.9% | The "spouse palace": how you appear to those close to you |
| Hour Branch | 38% | Later life and a more private charm |
The Year and Day shares are lower because a Year Branch can only hold a Peach Blossom found from the Day Branch, and the other way around: no animal is its own Peach Blossom.
Does your Day Branch change the odds?
Yes. A Rat, Rabbit, Horse or Rooster Day Branch is itself a Peach Blossom animal for one of the groups, so it only needs the right Year Branch to light up. The share of charts with the star, by Day Branch:
| Day Branch | Its Peach Blossom | Charts with the star |
|---|---|---|
| Rat (Zi 子) | Rooster | 44.2% |
| Ox (Chou 丑) | Horse | 38% |
| Tiger (Yin 寅) | Rabbit | 25.2% |
| Rabbit (Mao 卯) | Rat | 56% |
| Dragon (Chen 辰) | Rooster | 28.8% |
| Snake (Si 巳) | Horse | 36.9% |
| Horse (Wu 午) | Rabbit | 45% |
| Goat (Wei 未) | Rat | 40.1% |
| Monkey (Shen 申) | Rooster | 27.2% |
| Rooster (You 酉) | Horse | 55.1% |
| Dog (Xu 戌) | Rabbit | 26.4% |
| Pig (Hai 亥) | Rat | 38.6% |
The Rabbit (56%) and Rooster (55.1%) days are the highest, and the Tiger days (25.2%) the lowest. Of the 60 day pillars, 20 have a Rat, Rabbit, Horse or Rooster on the Day Branch.
In which years does Peach Blossom arrive?
Even a chart without the star can meet it in luck. The simplest rule is a year whose animal equals your Peach Blossom animal:
| Year | Year animal | Charts for which it is a Peach Blossom year |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Horse (Wu 午) | Snake, Rooster, Ox (Year or Day Branch) |
| 2027 | Goat (Wei 未) | None |
| 2028 | Monkey (Shen 申) | None |
| 2029 | Rooster (You 酉) | Monkey, Rat, Dragon (Year or Day Branch) |
| 2030 | Dog (Xu 戌) | None |
| 2031 | Pig (Hai 亥) | None |
| 2032 | Rat (Zi 子) | Pig, Rabbit, Goat (Year or Day Branch) |
| 2033 | Ox (Chou 丑) | None |
| 2034 | Tiger (Yin 寅) | None |
| 2035 | Rabbit (Mao 卯) | Tiger, Horse, Dog (Year or Day Branch) |
| 2036 | Dragon (Chen 辰) | None |
| 2037 | Snake (Si 巳) | None |
2026, the Year of the Fire Horse, is a Peach Blossom year for the Snake–Rooster–Ox group. 2027 and 2028 (Goat and Monkey years) are not for anyone by this simple rule, and 2029, the Rooster year, is for the Monkey–Rat–Dragon group. A full reading also weighs combinations and clashes, which the love report does for your own chart.
Is Peach Blossom good or bad?
Neither. Older texts tie it to romance and indulgence, but it is mostly read today as charm, popularity and ease with people, which helps in sales, teaching, performing and any work with an audience. Having it does not mean more relationships, and lacking it does not mean less charm. For the other things that shape a romantic chart, see Romantic Saju.
How this site calculates it
The checker uses the same lookup as our love report: the Peach Blossom animal for the Day Branch and the Year Branch is searched for among the Year, Month, Day and Hour Branches (three if the birth time is unknown). The group table comes from classics.js. The percentages came from the same engine. The year table compares each year's animal with the group's Peach Blossom animal and ignores combinations and clashes.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find my Peach Blossom star? Find the animal group of your zodiac animal or Day Branch. Monkey, Rat and Dragon give Rooster; Tiger, Horse and Dog give Rabbit; Snake, Rooster and Ox give Horse; Pig, Rabbit and Goat give Rat. If that animal appears in your chart, you have it.
How many people have Peach Blossom? In 30,240 calculated charts, 38.5% had at least one, and 7% had two or more.
Does Peach Blossom mean I will cheat? No. It is read as charm and popularity. What you do in a relationship is up to you.
Which years bring Peach Blossom? A year whose animal matches your Peach Blossom animal. For example, 2026 (Horse) for Snake, Rooster and Ox charts and 2029 (Rooster) for Monkey, Rat and Dragon charts.
Is my zodiac animal the same in BaZi and the Lunar New Year calendar? Not always. BaZi switches animals at Lichun (around February 4), so January and early February births can differ.
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