Pixiu & five-element bracelets
Five-element bracelets match beads to your Bazi chart. Pixiu bracelets add a wealth charm.
Pick your beads
Find your element
In Bazi tradition, a chart shows which elements run strong or weak. Many people wear a color to support the weak one.
Match the color
Wood is green, fire red, earth yellow or brown, metal white or gold, water black or blue.
Wear the pixiu
By popular custom, its head points toward the fingers, and owners don't let others handle it.
What your chart lacks, you wear.
What to look for
These bracelets are a tradition and a reminder. They can't promise wealth or love, and are no basis for medical, legal or money decisions. Avoid real cinnabar beads, which contain mercury.
Pixiu & five-element bracelets
Hand-picked pieces are on the way.
Good to know
What does a pixiu bracelet do?
It is a wealth charm in Chinese folk belief, with nothing guaranteed. People wear one as a reminder to guard what they earn, since the pixiu is said to keep what it swallows.
How do I find my element for a five-element bracelet?
From a Bazi chart, worked out from your birth date and hour. Your zodiac animal alone can't tell you. Many people then pick the element their chart runs short of.
Which wrist do you wear a pixiu bracelet on?
The left wrist, by popular custom, because left is said to take in and right to give out. It is a habit, not a rule, so wear it where it feels right.
