At a glance
Try it on a chart or casting record
Use one question and one clearly identified record. In a birth-chart reading, record the birthplace, the historical clock convention, the school and the selected time layer. In a six-line case, retain the actual question, casting order and moving lines. This makes later comparisons checkable.
What this does not establish
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Sources and how to check them
These are source and implementation references, not a claim that every line in a work applies to your record. Locate the relevant passage and inspect its conditions.
Fifty scoped terms
Four Pillars · 四柱 (bazi)
Year Pillar · 年柱 (bazi)
Month Pillar · 月柱 (bazi)
Day Pillar · 日柱 (bazi)
Hour Pillar · 时柱 (bazi)
Day Master · 日主 (bazi)
Ten Gods · 十神 (bazi)
Hidden Stems · 藏干 (bazi)
Exposed Stem · 透干 (bazi)
Rooted Stem · 通根 (bazi)
In seasonal command · 得令 (bazi)
Strong Day Master · 身强 (bazi)
Weak Day Master · 身弱 (bazi)
Relative phase strength · 旺衰 (bazi)
Balancing by support and restraint · 扶抑 (bazi)
Seasonal climate adjustment · 调候 (bazi)
Yong Shen (selected factor) · 用神 (bazi)
Life Palace · 命宫 (ziwei)
Siblings Palace · 兄弟宫 (ziwei)
Spouse Palace · 夫妻宫 (ziwei)
Children Palace · 子女宫 (ziwei)
Wealth Palace · 财帛宫 (ziwei)
Health Palace · 疾厄宫 (ziwei)
Travel Palace · 迁移宫 (ziwei)
Friends Palace · 交友宫 (ziwei)
Career Palace · 官禄宫 (ziwei)
Property Palace · 田宅宫 (ziwei)
Inner Life Palace · 福德宫 (ziwei)
Parents Palace · 父母宫 (ziwei)
Body Palace · 身宫 (ziwei)
Origin Palace · 来因宫 (ziwei)
Major star · 主星 (ziwei)
Auxiliary star · 辅星 (ziwei)
Ming Zhu ruler · 命主 (ziwei)
Na Jia · 纳甲 (liuyao)
Hexagram configuration · 装卦 (liuyao)
Primary Hexagram · 本卦 (liuyao)
Changed Hexagram · 变卦 (liuyao)
Moving Line · 动爻 (liuyao)
Static Line · 静爻 (liuyao)
Hexagram Judgment · 卦辞 (liuyao)
Line Statement · 爻辞 (liuyao)
Self Line · 世爻 (liuyao)
Other Line · 应爻 (liuyao)
Six Relations · 六亲 (liuyao)
Liuyao Focus Line · 用神 (liuyao)
Supporting Line · 元神 (liuyao)
Restraining Line · 忌神 (liuyao)
Adversarial Line · 仇神 (liuyao)
Draining Line · 泄神 (liuyao)
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