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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Suzanne Duckett

BaZi: the under-the-radar Chinese astrology reading the A-list swears by

“When looking at a chart we are looking at hours, days, months and years like four units of time,” says Chinese medicine practitioner Katie Brindle.

“They impact us in the ways we behave, our mannerisms, and they create patterns of behaviour and even propensity for disease.” Keep your eye rolls to themselves — nowadays ‘getting your readings done’ is as integral a part of a well-rounded wellness routine as a visit to the dental hygienist. Well, it is for a certain (and increasingly large) subset of TV celebrity-turned mental health podcaster, spirituality influencer or #witchTok content creator. And while basic level wellbeing enthusiasts have astrologers — the top tier have BaZi readers.

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