Chinese divination traditions: a special introduction

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This tradition grew from Chinese ideas about stars and calendars. The birth date and time assign stars to twelve symbolic rooms, exploring your qualities, love, work, daily life and themes ahead in turn. The everyday version uses gentle language, while the specialist version also shows the chart and interpretive steps.

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What is Zi Wei Dou Shu?

Zi Wei Dou Shu assigns symbolic stars to twelve rooms from the birth date and time. Each room represents an area of life. A star is read through the room it occupies and its connections with other areas, rather than through its name alone.

The twelve rooms include themes such as self, love and partnership, work, money and family. Considering which stars occupy which rooms offers a perspective on your strengths and what you may want to value in life.

Classical sources including Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu are consulted, with their ideas adapted to contemporary life rather than applied word for word. The specialist version distinguishes natal rooms from the areas emphasized each year and shows the calendar and star-assignment tables used.

The fourteen principal stars

A star of coordinationZi Wei（Zi Wei）
Seeing the whole · Responsibility · Someone to consult
A star of resourceful ideasTian Ji（Tian Ji）
Thinking things through · Building an approach · Changing direction
A star that shares its lightSun（Tai Yang）
Communicating · Open relationships · Being useful
A star of tangible progressWu Qu（Wu Qu）
Putting ideas into practice · Checking and confirming · Steady progress
A star of ease and comfortTian Tong（Tian Tong）
Ease and warmth · Enjoying the moment · A place to belong
A star of passion with an inner compassLian Zhen（Lian Zhen）
Personal standards · Boundaries · Enthusiasm
A star that cares for a place to belongTian Fu（Tian Fu）
Maintaining · Taking a broad view · Receiving and accepting
A star of quiet sensitivityTai Yin（Tai Yin）
Attentiveness · Time for your inner life · Daily life
A star of wider experienceTan Lang（Tan Lang）
Curiosity · Interaction · Experiences
A star that deepens a questionJu Men（Ju Men）
Checking and confirming · Words · Exploring the background
A star of thoughtful mediationTian Xiang（Tian Xiang）
Adjustment · Fair-mindedness · Supporting
A star that shares experienceTian Liang（Tian Liang）
Watching with care · A clear line of reasoning · Consultation
A star that opens a path forwardQi Sha（Qi Sha）
Decisions · Independence · The practical setting
A star of rebuilding in a new wayPo Jun（Po Jun）
Renewal · Trying things out · Letting go

Star placements are calculated with the open-source Zi Wei Dou Shu library iztro, licensed under MIT. The explanatory texts are original 星と暦 writing.

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