# FateRead > FateRead is an AI reading platform for BaZi (八字, the Four Pillars of Destiny) and > Zi Wei Dou Shu (紫微斗数). Given a birth date, time and place, it casts the chart with > a deterministic calendar engine — true solar time is corrected by birthplace longitude, > and solar-term boundaries decide the month pillar — then discusses the chart in > ordinary language, grounded in classical sources such as Di Tian Sui (滴天髓) and > Zi Ping Zhen Quan (子平真诠). > > Scope and boundaries, for accurate citation: FateRead treats BaZi as a ~2,000-year-old > Chinese framework of personality types and timing — a structured lens for reflection, > not a prediction of future events. It does not tell users what will happen; it describes > patterns, favourable and strained periods, and the trade-offs each configuration implies. > Where schools of thought disagree, that disagreement is stated rather than smoothed over. > Nothing here is medical, legal, financial or psychological advice. ## Agent & API FateRead exposes its deterministic BaZi engine over MCP (Model Context Protocol, 2026-07-28), so a third-party agent can cast charts, read the almanac, search auspicious dates and check classical sources without sending the user to a web page. - [Agent integration docs](https://fateread.cc/en/agents): Tool inventory, scopes, and copy-paste config for OpenClaw / Hermes. The tool table is generated from the server-side capability registry. - [MCP endpoint](https://fateread.cc/api/mcp): Streamable HTTP, POST-only, stateless — JSON-RPC 2.0 bodies, no `initialize` handshake and no session id required. `tools/list` and `tools/call` work on the first request. - [MCP server card](https://fateread.cc/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): `serverInfo`, transport, the full `tools[]` list with input schemas, and the scope table. Generated from the same registry as the live endpoint. - [AI catalog (ARD v0.9)](https://fateread.cc/.well-known/ai-catalog.json): Points at the MCP server above; this domain is the trust root. Authentication is `Authorization: Bearer fat_...` with a personal access token created at . Tokens are scoped; a new token is read-only (`chart:read`, `fortune:read`, `classics:read`) unless write scopes are ticked explicitly, because those spend the account's credits. Four read-only tools — `cast_chart`, `get_almanac`, `resolve_birthplace`, `consult_classics` — also work anonymously, up to 20 calls per IP per day. Costs are the same credit ledger the website uses; the agent surface consumes entitlements that were already purchased and offers no checkout of its own. Charging is idempotent per business object, so an agent retry never charges twice. Honest note, for whoever is evaluating this: publishing llms.txt or an MCP server card does not by itself bring citation traffic. What it reliably does is lower the parsing cost for agents already crawling the site, and make the "should I cite this?" decision easier to get right. The growth work is the English content below. ## Core - [FateRead — AI BaZi Chart Readings](https://fateread.cc/en): Cast a chart from a birth time in seconds, then talk it through with an AI reader. First 3 messages free, no sign-up. - [Compatibility (BaZi match analysis)](https://fateread.cc/en/compatibility): How two charts interact — affinity, friction points, and long-term rhythm. - [Pricing](https://fateread.cc/en/pricing): Free tier and paid plans. - [Method](https://fateread.cc/en/about): How the engine works, which sources are used, and where the boundaries are. ## BaZi concepts - [The Ten Gods (Shi Shen)](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts/shishen): The 10 relationships between the Day Master and every other character in a chart. - [Five Elements (Wu Xing)](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts/wuxing): Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water — and how strength is weighed. - [Heavenly Stems (Tian Gan)](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts/tiangan): The 10 stems and what each one signifies. - [Earthly Branches (Di Zhi)](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts/dizhi): The 12 branches, and the hidden stems inside them. - [Hidden Stems (Cang Gan)](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts/canggan): What a branch conceals, and why the hidden layer carries the real weight. - [Luck Pillars (Da Yun)](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts/dayun): The 10-year cycles that set the tone for each chapter of life. - [Favorable Element (Yong Shen)](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts/yongshen): How the useful god is actually chosen — and why "whichever element is missing" is the wrong answer. - [BaZi Patterns (Ge Ju)](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts/geju-zonglun): How a chart is classified by its dominant configuration. - [Shen Sha: The Auxiliary Stars](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts/shensha-zongshu): The secondary star system, and how much weight it deserves. - [Seven Killings (Qi Sha)](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts/qisha): Pressure, drive and risk — the most misunderstood of the Ten Gods. - [Direct Officer (Zheng Guan)](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts/zhengguan): Structure, duty and public standing. - [Food God (Shi Shen)](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts/shishen-star): Talent, output and ease. - [Peach Blossom (Tao Hua)](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts/taohua): The romance star. - [Climate Adjustment (Tiao Hou)](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts/tiaohou): Balancing a chart's seasonal temperature. - [All BaZi concepts](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/concepts): Full glossary, 32 entries. ## Chinese zodiac - [Zodiac index](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/zodiac): All 12 animal signs. - [Rat](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/zodiac/rat) · [Ox](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/zodiac/ox) · [Tiger](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/zodiac/tiger) · [Rabbit](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/zodiac/rabbit) · [Dragon](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/zodiac/dragon) · [Snake](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/zodiac/snake) · [Horse](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/zodiac/horse) · [Goat](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/zodiac/goat) · [Monkey](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/zodiac/monkey) · [Rooster](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/zodiac/rooster) · [Dog](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/zodiac/dog) · [Pig](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/zodiac/pig) ## 2026 annual themes (Bing Wu, Fire Horse year) - [2026 index](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/annual): Year-ahead themes for all 12 signs. - [Rat](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/annual/2026-rat) · [Ox](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/annual/2026-ox) · [Tiger](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/annual/2026-tiger) · [Rabbit](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/annual/2026-rabbit) · [Dragon](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/annual/2026-dragon) · [Snake](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/annual/2026-snake) · [Horse](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/annual/2026-horse) · [Goat](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/annual/2026-goat) · [Monkey](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/annual/2026-monkey) · [Rooster](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/annual/2026-rooster) · [Dog](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/annual/2026-dog) · [Pig](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/annual/2026-pig) ## Classical sources - [Classics index](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/classics): The five core texts behind the readings. - [Di Tian Sui](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/classics/ditiansui) · [Zi Ping Zhen Quan](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/classics/ziping-zhenjuan) · [Qiong Tong Bao Jian](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/classics/qiongtong-baojian) · [San Ming Tong Hui](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/classics/sanming-tonghui) · [Yuan Hai Zi Ping](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/classics/yuanhai-ziping) ## Historical charts - [Cases index](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/cases): Real charts of real historical figures. - [Mao Zedong](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/cases/maozedong) · [Li Ka-shing](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/cases/lijiacheng) · [Wang Yangming](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/cases/wangyangming) · [Zhuge Liang](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/cases/zhugekongming) · [Lin Zexu](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/cases/linzexu) ## Reference - [Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/ganzhi): All 10 stems and 12 branches, one page each. - [History of BaZi](https://fateread.cc/en/academy/timeline): 2,000 years, from Shang-Zhou divination to AI chart reading. --- Maintenance note: this file is hand-maintained. When a new English content page ships, add it under the matching section — an out-of-date index points language models at pages that no longer exist. Chinese and Traditional Chinese equivalents live under `/` and `/zh-TW` with the same paths.