Birth Element

Find your Birth Element

Choose a way to find your piece, then enter a birthday. We work out what it says in that tradition and suggest lacquer pieces in the colours that go with it. It is free, takes about half a minute, and is for reflection and for choosing something beautiful, not for prediction.

Choosing for someone else?

This is for someone else

1 · Choose a way to find your piece

Chinese traditionFive Elements (BaZi)Your day element, plus the favoured elements (喜用神) that balance your chart. Colours follow the favoured elements.Western traditionStar signYour sun sign and its element. Colours follow the sun sign.Chinese zodiacZodiac animalPick your animal, no birthday needed. Colours follow the animal's group of three.Moon phaseBirth moonThe phase of the Moon on your birthday: new, waxing, full or waning. Colours follow the phase, and mother-of-pearl pieces rank a little higher.Western traditionMoon signThe sign the Moon was in on your birthday. A birth time and place make it exact. Colours follow the sign's element.Western traditionRising signThe sign rising on the eastern horizon when you were born. Needs a birth time and a place. Colours follow the sign's element.