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AS301b – Zi Wei Dou Shu 5, Advanced Class, Part 2

Table of Contents

Introduction........................................................................................................................ 1
Reading a Chart............................................................................................................... 1
1. The meaning of each star ................................................................................ 1
2. The rating and ‘weight’ of the star.................................................................. 1
3. Which stars are affected by the transforming stars......................................... 2
4. The palace category where the stars are located ............................................. 3
5. The other stars in the same palace .................................................................. 3
6. The other palaces in relationship .................................................................... 3
7. The time period you are analyzing.................................................................. 4
Discussing the Reading with Clients .............................................................................. 6
The Charts and Case Studies........................................................................................... 7
How to Read a Lifetime Chart........................................................................................... 8
Case 1: Is the ming troublesome or powerful? ............................................................... 9
Reading the Large Cycle.................................................................................................. 12
Case 2: Teenage wasteland ........................................................................................... 13
Case 3: Bodhisattva....................................................................................................... 19
Reading the Small Cycle .................................................................................................. 22
Case 4: A singer ............................................................................................................ 24
Case 5: Trouble with men and a medical emergency ................................................... 30
Case 6: Heart-broken .................................................................................................... 37
Case 7: An unusual marriage ........................................................................................ 43
Case 8: The father’s trouble, sick wife, buying property.............................................. 47
Case 9: Cancer .............................................................................................................. 52
Reading the Monthly Chart ............................................................................................. 56
Case 9: Cancer, continued............................................................................................. 57
Case 10: A chart to win the lottery ............................................................................... 61
Conclusion........................................................................................................................ 68
Appendix 1: Summary of How to Read a Chart ............................................................. 69
Summary of Changes over Time .................................................................................. 69
Interpretation................................................................................................................. 70
Appendix 2: Useful Tables for Reading a Chart ............................................................. 71

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Introduction
Congratulations! You have learned the various aspects that make up a Zi Wei Dou
Shu reading. You can see, a reading is quite complex and you need to look at all these
aspects together. Because of this it takes a lot of practice at interpretation to be able to put it
all together. This class will help you to do that.
First we will give an overview of how to read a chart. Some of this is summarized
from the previous classes, and some is new.
Then we will provide ten example charts and case studies and go over this process
step by step. We recommend that you print out the charts so that you can look at them at the
same time you read the analysis.

Reading a Chart
When reading a chart, we need to examine:
1. The meaning of each star
2. The rating and ‘weight’ of the star
3. Which stars are affected by the transforming stars
4. The palace category where the stars are located
5. The other stars in the same palace
6. The other palaces in relationship (opposing and in the three combinations
relationship)
7. The time period you are analyzing
Each of these seven factors affects the interpretation.

1. The meaning of each star

Each star has a meaning. The significance of each Major Star is found in the Zi Wei
Dou Shu Beginning Class, Part 2. The interpretation of the minor stars is found in the Zi Wei
Dou Shu Intermediate Class. The significance of the current year stars is found in the Zi Wei
Dou Shu Advanced Class, Part 1. This description of each star gives you the basic idea, but
the meaning of a star is modified by the other six factors below. You cannot read each star
individually, as there are ‘chemical interactions.’ Remember, each palace is like a pot of soup,
and all the flavors mix as the soup simmers.

2. The rating and ‘weight’ of the star

We only have ratings for the Fourteen Major Stars. If a star has a high rating, it
brings out the more beneficial aspects of the star. If it has a low rating, the more difficult
aspects predominate. Therefore, we need to factor in the rating.
In addition, the rating of two stars in particular, 3 Tai Yang (the sun) and 8 Tai Yin
(the moon), can influence the chart as a whole. If both are bright (high rated), it adds some
benefit to the chart as a whole. If both are dark (low rated), they are said to be in reverse
positions or ‘reversed.’ This has an adverse effect on the chart as a whole. It is harder to get
help from people (both males and females, as these stars can represent the parents, spouse,
children, etc.).

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In addition to the rating, check the season and time of birth. The strength of Tai Yang
is increased for people born in the summer or daytime. The strength of Tai Yin is increased
for people born in the winter, nighttime, or the beginning of the lunar month.
The minor stars do not have ratings, but we still need to factor in their ‘weight.’
Remember the concept of putting the stars in a palace on a scale? Some stars only have a
small effect on a chart. Others can really tip the scale. You cannot put an exact weight on
each star, and some are only significant in certain palaces, but here is an approximation:

Most Heavy:
The Fourteen Major Stars and the Four Transforming Stars.

Very Heavy:
15 Wen Chang, 16 Wen Qu
17 Di Jie, 18 Di Kong
21 Huo Xing, 22 Ling Xing
23 Zuo Fu, 24 You Bi
36 Lu Cun, 37 Qing Yang, 38 Tuo Luo

Somewhat Heavy or Heavy Only in Certain Palaces:

25 Tian Xing, 26 Tian Yao
28 Jie Shen
31 Yin Sha
54 Hong Luan, 55 Tian Xi
56 Gu Chen, 57 Gua Su

Don’t take the suggested weights too literally. Develop your own experience to find out
how powerful the different stars are.

3. Which stars are affected by the transforming stars

The Four Transforming Stars have a very strong affect on the chart. They can
dramatically affect the value of a star and tend to overshadow the rating. A good star with a
good rating will not be able to help when it is transformed by Hua Ji, and it may cause harm
instead. A low rated star transformed by Hua Lu may bring a lot of benefit. You will see that
the transforming stars are one of the most important aspects of a Zi Wei Dou Shu reading as
you study the charts below.
We also need to pay attention to which transforming stars affect each time period and
when a transforming star is doubled or tripled. This will be discussed below.

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4. The palace category where the stars are located
Why do we look at certain palaces for each question? Regardless of the nature of the
question, the ming is always essential because it represents the individual him- or herself. In
addition to ming:
To understand material wealth, look at money and property.
To understand career, look at career and money.
To understand love issues, look at karma and spouse.
To understand family, look at parents, children, siblings, and spouse.
Besides this, you must apply the meaning of the star to the palace it is in. For example,
8 Tai Yin in parents refers to the mother. It is the wife in spouse. It may be the sister in
siblings. In money, it means wealth (as long as it is happy) because yin also means
accumulation. In illness, it may mean a hidden disease because yin is something on the inside,
not on the outside.
Some stars have little meaning in a certain place. 56 Gu Chen and 57 Gua Su are
sleep alone stars. They have a lot of meaning in ming, spouse, or parents palace. They have
little meaning in money, except they bring some negative weight.

5. The other stars in the same palace

Remember, most palaces have good and bad stars mixed. Weigh them on the scale to
see which is greater. Taste the soup to see how they combine. Try to see how stars in the
same palace interact. For example, 21 Huo Xing usually means that bad things happen
suddenly. But if it is in money or ming with 9 Tan Lang, it can mean winning the lottery or
some other type of ‘easy money.’ This is like a chemical reaction, so reading each star
individually will not give you the real picture.
Often the low weighted stars will not have a dramatic effect unless a few similar ones
gang up. When two or more stars that have similar meaning are in the same palace, their
effect is multiplied. One peach blossom star makes a person attractive. Two peach blossom
stars mean it is an important part of who they are. Three or more will be out of balance. You
can apply the same idea to consuming stars, lonely stars, money stars, etc.

6. The other palaces in relationship

Opposing palaces and palaces in the three combinations relationship have a dramatic
effect on each other. They can really intensify the good or the bad. This is especially true
when reading the Four Transforming Stars. It is also true when paired stars, such as 17 Di
Kong and 18 Di Jie, appear in relationship.

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What does this mean? If you are examining the wu palace, it means you also need to look at:
wu, the same palace
zi, the opposite palace
yin or xu, the palaces in the three combinations relationship
Perhaps you could think of this like a family: if the teenage son or daughter is out of
control, often family therapy is the recommended. The problem may be manifesting in one
person (the child) but may actually be rooted in another area (the parents’ relationship, for
example). Like this, if someone is having financial issues (money palace), you may find the
root of it in career or ming (three combinations relationship) or even in karma (opposite). Or
the problem may be due to a combination involving all of these palaces.

7. The time period you are analyzing

There are four layers in a chart. While the following diagram is not to scale, is should
illustrate this point:
m o n t h
small cycle

large cycle
lifetime

Why do you look at a particular layer of the chart? How do you choose the lifetime
chart, Large or Small Cycle, current year, or monthly chart?
Lifetime: who is the person?
Large Cycle: what phase is he or she in?
Small Cycle: what will happen this year? This is especially focused on the effect of
the current age of the person.
Current Year chart: what will happen this year? This is especially focused on the
effect of the current year on the person.
Monthly chart: gives more detail for critical situations.

Remember to look at one layer of the chart at a time. If you are looking at the
person’s Large Cycle spouse palace in zi, it is not significant that it is also the person’s
lifetime money palace.

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Each time period can see its own Transforming Stars and the Transforming Stars from
any larger cycles. This was discussed in detail in the Zi Wei Dou Shu Advanced Class, Part 1.
So which transforming stars do we look at for each time period?
When reading the lifetime chart, only look at the lifetime Transforming Stars.
When reading the Large Cycle, only look at the lifetime and Large Cycle Transforming
Stars.
When reading the Small Cycle, only look at the lifetime, Large Cycle, and current year
Transforming Stars.
When reading the monthly chart, look at all layers of the Transforming Stars.

It is significant when more than one of the same Transforming Star is aligned with one
palace. Doubling or tripling of the transforming stars is significant, whether they are in the
same or a related palace. Most important is the effect of multiple Hua Lu’s or Hua Ji’s. Two
of the same transforming star doubles the impact. Three makes a fake situation, so it seems
that the transforming star will have a strong effect but in the end, it comes to nothing
significant. This was discussed in detail in the Zi Wei Dou Shu Advanced Class, Part 1.
Remember, if you are looking at Transforming Stars from different time periods, they
only see each other in the palaces from the smallest time period involved. So if a Large Cycle
Hua Ji meets a Small Cycle Hua Ji, there is no double Ji in the lifetime or Large Cycle Chart.
It only appears in the Small Cycle chart. It can also be seen from the monthly chart because
that time period is even smaller.

There are two other aspects of the Transforming Stars we must consider:
If a Transforming Star is resident in a palace and another Transforming Stars comes in,
it activates or stirs up the pre-existing star. For example: If 2 Tian Ji transformed by 47
Hua Ke is in the lifetime chart, it brings fame. If Hua Ji comes into a relationship with
this palace for ten years or for one year, the fame will increase (although in this case,
bad mixes with good. Perhaps it is notoriety instead of fame). This is why a double Lu
or Ji is very powerful – the second one not only adds to the first, but it also activates the
first one.
All Four Transforming Stars in one palace or reflected in or in three combinations
relationship is extremely good. It brings tremendous opportunity. The Transforming
Stars can be from different time periods (but then the effect will only occur in the
smallest time period involved). If there are more than one of each of the Transforming
Stars, it is fake. The person will see the money but cannot get it for themselves.
Actually, it may still be a very powerful chart, but it is certainly less good when too
many of them meet up.

The Transforming Stars are extremely important and you frequently need to refer to
the table with their location when doing a reading. If you cannot memorize the table, you
should bookmark it or make a copy of it and keep it in a convenient place. A laminated copy
on your desk will be very useful.
In addition, the table of the palace categories is used frequently, whenever a person
changes time periods. We have included these tables in Appendix 2 of this class for your
convenience.

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Especially remember these points when reading a chart:
Look for time periods when palace categories overlap: lifetime and small cycle, large
cycle and small cycle, current year and small cycle, etc. When the ming from two time
periods is in the same palace, everything in the chart becomes more intense.
Look for time periods with the same stems, as all transforming stars will double
Look for other doubling or tripling of transforming stars, in the same palace or in
relationship (opposite, three combinations)
Look for palaces where stars of the same nature gather: peach blossom stars, emptiness
stars, wealth stars, bleeding stars, etc.
Look for palaces where all good stars or all bad stars gather, for example, 21 Huo Xing,
37 Qing Yang, 48 Hua Ji
Look to see if the sun (3 Tai Yang) and moon (8 Tai Yin) are bright or dark. (Bright
means a high rating. Dark means a low rating.)

Discussing the Reading with Clients

In reading a chart, you cannot always take into account every star in every palace.
There is just too much information in a chart. You don’t need to tell a client about every
aspect of their life, past, present, and future. Often you will choose to focus a reading on their
areas of interest.
You need to tell people the truth, but there is an art to telling the truth in a way that
benefits the client and does not harm him or her.
We all have flaws or defects in our character. If they show up in a chart, it is very hard
to change because it is hard-wired into the person. We must be non-judgmental and find soft
ways to discuss it. You can let people know how to improve without making them feel bad
about themselves. Remember, they were already dealt their hand in life. You cannot change
the cards they were dealt, but you can help them see how to play their cards better.
You must also be careful when you see a problem in some area of a person’s life. Let’s
say a newlywed comes to see you. If you tell them their spouse stars are bad and that they
cannot have a happy marriage or that they will get divorced, it can easily make them
depressed. It will ruin any good times that they may have. Instead warn them that all
marriages have rough spots. Theirs is no exception. They must try to understand that all
arguments have two sides. They must learn to compromise with their spouse. You can give
more precise guidance based on the stars in their ming and spouse palaces.
You must always try to inspire your clients and give them hope. If they are having a
crisis in one area of life and you cannot see any resolution, look for another area that is good
and ask them to focus on that. For example, if spouse stars are bad but career stars are good,
tell them that they will feel more satisfied if they put extra effort into their career.
Do not try to explain all the stars to your client. They came for a reading, not to learn
the technical details of Zi Wei Dou Shu. Find ways to describe what you see without going
into excessive detail about the stars, the palace categories, the relationship of various palaces,
etc.
With practice, you will find discussing the reading with your clients a little easier. In the
case studies below, we make suggestions for how to discuss the reading with the client.

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The Charts and Case Studies
The case studies below follow in order, from more simple to more complicated. Each
one teaches certain principles, so please go through them in the order of presentation the first
time you read them.
We suggest you print out the case studies and look at the chart at the same time you
read the description.
The example charts we show in this class do not include every star, as looking at a
full chart can overwhelm a neophyte. Eventually you will learn which stars are more
important in the context of the palace category.
A practical suggestion for your own readings: when you make a lifetime chart, make
copies from it each time you want to work on a different time period. Otherwise, the chart
becomes confusing with too much information.
In this class you will see that each time we study a different time period of a chart, we
include a fresh chart. It is easier to see the details clearly this way. You will not need to do
this as you become more skilled, but it helps in the beginning.

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How to Read a Lifetime Chart
No matter what question the client has, you always look at the lifetime chart first.
This will tell you who the person is. If it is the correct chart, there is not a lot the client can
hide; whatever they show on the exterior, we can see their relationship with their spouse or
their inner state of mind.
It is important to start from this baseline. The lifetime chart has a lot of ‘gravity.’ It
always pulls the client back towards it. When affected by gravity, you can move from side to
side without too much difficulty, but you cannot jump out of it for very long. It is the same
idea with the lifetime chart.
It is best if you look at a chart systematically:
1. Look at the ming.
What is the branch or grouping of its palace? (zi, chou, yin, etc.; four directions, four
corners, four earths)
What Major Stars (1-14) are there? How are they rated? If there are no Major Stars in a
palace, the Major Stars from the opposite palace are reflected in.
What additional stars (15-89) are there, especially the Four Transforming Stars (45-48)?
2. Look at travel (opposite), career, and money (in the three combinations relationship).
These, together with ming, are called the Four Principal Palaces.
Look at the same factors as for ming.
Look at how these palaces affect ming and each other. You must train yourself to look at
the chart comprehensively or globally, not palace by palace.
3. Look at shen, the body palace.
What palace category does it coincide with? This is a significant area of the chart.
Look at the same factors as for ming, but apply them to the person at a later age.
Sometimes they also pertain to the physical body or health issues.
4. Look at karma and spouse to see how happy they will be with their life.
5. If they have other areas of interest, look there, too: children, parents, illness, etc.
6. Look at the lifetime Transforming Stars (but ignore the Transforming Stars from all other
time periods).
Where is 48 Hua Ji? This is likely to be a difficult area.
Where is 47 Hua Lu? This is likely to be a more satisfying area.
Does any one palace see all four Transforming Stars?
8. Do you see a palace where a lot of good stars or a lot of bad stars collect?
9. When looking at the lifetime layer of the chart, only examine stars 1-89. Ignore the palace
categories for the Large and Small Cycles, the current year, and the month. Ignore the
Transforming Stars for the other time periods. Ignore the current year stars.
10. Look at the ming ruler and the shen ruler for a hidden potential.

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Let’s look one special lifetime chart. We will look at other lifetime charts in the later sections
of this class because even when we add the Large and Small Cycles, we must always start
with the baseline of the lifetime chart.

Case 1: Is the ming troublesome or powerful?

Ming Parents Karma Property
2 Tian Ji 3 JI 1 Zi Wei 1 14 Po Jun 5
24 You Bi KE
36 Lu Cun
si wu wei shen
Siblings MLR Career Shen
13 Qi Sha 2 female
July 26, 1988, Yin Hour
chen (13th day of the 6th lunar month, you
Spouse Wu Chen Year) Friends
3 Tai Yang 1 6 Lian Zhen 1
12 Tian Liang 1 Lifetime Chart 7 Tian Fu 2
mao xu
Children Money Illness Travel
4 Wu Qu 4 5 Tian Tong 5 9 Tan Lang 2 LU 8 Tai Yin 1 QUAN
11 Tian Xiang 1 10 Ju Men 2
yin chou zi hai

The most important thing is to look at a chart globally or comprehensively. It takes

time to develop this ability. You can make big mistakes if you forget to do this. Here is an
example.
This is the lifetime chart of MLR. Since she was born in a wu stem year, 2 Tian Ji is
transformed by 48 Hua Ji. This is located in her ming in si, so at first this appears like the
chart of a very unstable person. While this person is still quite young, it did not seem to fit
her, as she had good grades in school, a good relationship with her family, and lots of athletic
achievement. Emotionally, she is relatively calm and stable for a teenager. The chart didn’t
seem to fit. This means that either the birth time is wrong or the interpretation is missing
something. In this case, there was no doubt about the birth time.
Remember, if all Four Transforming Stars see each other, it is a very special chart.
She has 48 Hua Ji and 47 Hua Ke in ming. While 45 Hua Lu is not placed in a related palace,
36 Lu Cun has the same qi. It is also in her ming. In the opposite palace (hai, travel), she has
47 Hua Quan. This adds up to one palace (ming, in si) seeing one of each of the Four
Transforming Stars.
All four transforming stars in one palace or reflected in or in three combinations
relationship is very good. This person could become very rich or make some great
achievement. This combination brings tremendous opportunity.
Note that we saw a similar chart in Test 1 of the Zi Wei Dou Shu Intermediate Class.
However, in that chart the combination only affected the money palace, so the effects would
only pertain to money. Here, since it is in her ming, it pertains to her whole life. It could
bring its effects to money, career, or some other aspect.

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Also note that MLR still has 48 Hua Ji in ming. To make great achievement, there
will be struggle. Not every risk will pay off. But if you add the weight of the three good
transforming stars on one side of the scale, and the weight of one Hua Ji on the other side, it
is obvious which is greater.
An interesting thing: Sometime after MLR received her Zi Wei Dou Shu reading, she
got a tarot card reading. The tarot reader told her, “In life, you will often have choices. If you
take the easy choice, you will fail. If you take the more difficult path, you will receive double
the reward.” This is probably a good way to look at her ming. If she takes the easy path
(represented by Lu Cun, Hua Ke, and Hua Quan), she will fail (Hua Ji). If she takes the
difficult path (Hua Ji), she will receive double the reward (Lu Cun, Hua Ke, and Hua Quan).
Let’s see if we can make some more specific predictions from this chart. The Major
Star in ming (si) is 2 Tian Ji, so she is smart and quick and likes to study a lot of different
things. The busy nature of Tian Ji is increased by its location in a corner palace.
Shen, the body palace, is in career (you), so career will be important to her. It has no
major stars, so 3 Tai Yang 1 and 12 Tian Liang 1 are reflected in from mao. Both have high
ratings, so career will be successful. Tai Yang represents disseminating information or things.
Tian Liang often represents public service. Perhaps she is suitable for working in a non-profit
organization that disseminates information or aid. Of course, there are many other
possibilities.
The money palace has 5 Tian Tong with a low rating and 10 Ju Men. Perhaps she
makes money using speech (Ju Men). Maybe she teaches or lectures. Tian Tong means
money comes in when she needs it, but not a lot, especially with the low rating. These stars
do not show a rich person, so the big achievement (from her combination of transforming
stars) may affect her career more than her money.
However, the travel palace (hai) has 8 Tai Yin 1 transformed by 46 Hua Quan. Tai
Yin is a star that can represent money, and it is very bright in the travel palace. If she wants
to make money, it is more likely she can do so on business trips or by moving far away.
One thing to note in a chart… Where is the sun (3 Tai Yang) and where is the moon
(8 Tai Yin)? In this chart, the sun is in mao, which signifies the time of dawn. The sun is in a
good position: it is rising and getting stronger. The moon is in hai, the time just before
midnight. It is also very bright. This adds some overall benefit to the chart beyond the
specific palace categories where these stars are found. If the chart was the opposite (180° off,
with 1 Zi Wei in zi), the sun and moon would both be dark, and the overall chart would be
less good.
MLR’s illness palace is in zi. It has 9 Tan Lang with a good rating and transformed
by 45 Hua Lu, so she should be relatively healthy all her life.
The spouse palace (mao) has 3 Tai Yang 1 and 12 Tian Liang 1, both with a high
rating. Tan Lang in the spouse palace can cause lots of trouble for females (as you will see in
upcoming case studies), but here it is bright. Both stars have a high rating, so she can have a
happy marriage. However, one symptom of Tian Liang is an engagement broken right before
the wedding, or the couple divorces and re-marries each other later.
The karma palace (wei) has 5 Tian Tong 5 and 10 Ju Men 2 reflected in from chou.
This is one of the least beneficial palaces in her chart. Tian Tong is easily heart-broken,
especially with a low rating, and Ju Men may have dark thoughts.
The other poor palace is property (shen) with 14 Po Jun 5.

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To summarize this chart, MLR can have very high achievement, probably in career. A
career in public service, one that involves speaking, lecturing, or teaching is suitable.
However, material aspects (such as money and property) are not strong. If she wants to make
more money, she should involve travel in her career. She can have a happy marriage,
although she may be deeply hurt by a cancelled engagement. She should try to work on
developing brighter emotions and looking on the positive side of things.
How Do We Discuss the Reading with the Client?
Since MLR is still a teenager, she has her whole life ahead of her. We need to be sure
to motivate her. Since this chart shows great achievement, we do not want to let her feel that
it is inevitable and let her become lazy. Remember, there are five influences for success or
failure (fate, luck, fengshui, good works for others, and hard work). She still needs to do
good work for others and work hard to achieve her goals. Otherwise, she will not reach the
height of her potential. I think the tarot reader said it very well: In her life, she will often
have choices. If she takes the easy choice, she may fail. If she takes the more difficult path,
she will receive double the reward.
We can also try to guide her toward satisfaction through her career and through
helping others, since it is likely that her material gain will not be as strong. We can advise her
to choose career based on what she finds interesting or satisfying, not on what will bring her
the most material gain. If she wants great material gain, she is swimming upstream. If she
wants career achievement, she is going with the flow.
In love, she should know that everyone has disappointments, and she will too.
However, it is likely that she will end up with a happy marriage to a good person, even if
there are ups and downs on the way.
When she has dark thoughts (whether because of love or for other reasons), she
should throw herself into her career, as she will find satisfaction there. In addition, it would
be good for her to have some kind of spiritual practice, meditation or self-help technique to
develop more optimistic thought.
All Four Transforming Stars in Other Time Periods
Transforming stars from different time periods can also add up in a person’s chart to
make one palace see all four. If so, the effects will take place during the shortest time period
involved. For example, if it is a mix of transforming stars from the lifetime chart, the ten-year
period, and the current year, then the person may have a big good event during that year, but
not at other times during the ten-year period. Of course, if they make a lot of money in one
year, they may be able to save it beyond that time, but the windfall will occur in the year
when this configuration of stars occurs.
But seeing more than four (one of each) reduces the power; their achievement will not
be as spectacular. Perhaps they see the money around them but cannot get it for themselves.
However, we also learned that when a transforming star arrives in a palace where another
transforming star is already located, it activates the preexisting transforming star. So in
MLR’s chart, the si palace (and also the opposite palace, hai, which also sees all four
transforming stars) will be very active palaces throughout her life.
Since we have all four transforming stars lined up in the lifetime chart above, MLR
may be able to have continued or repeated success, but during many time periods, other
transforming stars will come in to reduce the power. It also depends which palaces are
affected during different time periods. If this combination is found in the current age friends
palace, then her friends will receive the benefit instead.

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Reading the Large Cycle
The Large Cycle is read for longer ‘phases’ of life, for trends that endure for ten years
or so. Since the Large Cycle covers ten year periods, it does not give a lot of detail about
specific events, but sometimes you can see a marriage, a divorce, a chronic or serious illness,
etc.

Every Ten Years (changing on the lunar birthday):

The Large Cycle palace categories rotate one palace clockwise or counterclockwise,
depending on yin or yang, male or female.
The Four Transforming Stars (45 Hua Lu, 46 Hua Quan, 47 Hua Ke and 48 Hua Ji)
change, depending on the stem of the Large Cycle ming palace.
Look at the Large Cycle (ten-year) ming and the other Large Cycle palace categories,
including the lifetime and Large Cycle Transforming Stars. Look at stars 1-89.
Do not look at the palace categories for the Small Cycle, the current year, or the month.
Do not look on the Transforming Stars for these periods either.
When examining the Large Cycle layer of the chart, do not look at the lifetime palace
categories. In other words, it is not significant whether the Large Cycle ming is in the
same palace as the lifetime spouse, career, or property etc. However, the Large Cycle
reading always takes the lifetime reading as its baseline or background. In a sense, you
could say that the Large Cycle varies up or down, left or right from the lifetime reading.

We give two example readings here, but you will see more examples as we progress,
because the Small Cycle must always be read in the context of the Large Cycle and the
lifetime chart.

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Case 2: Teenage wasteland
RR had very rough teenage years, filled with rebellion, alcohol, drugs, and sex. She
was quite unhappy. This occurred in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, which was a national
time of turmoil in the U.S., a time when many experimented with drugs and ‘free love.’ This
may account for some of her behavior, but let’s see what the chart has to say.
RR was rebellious in high school, using recreational drugs and sexually active,
although she always did well in school. When RR graduated high school at Chinese age 19,
she was expected to go to college, but instead ran off to live with her boyfriend in a
communal lifestyle. She wound up in a lot of trouble, emotionally and with her health.
When RR was 22, she abruptly cleaned up her life, stopped using drugs and alcohol,
and went back to school. Since that time, she has been a productive member of society.
Here is her chart for the Large Cycle of 12-21:

Karma Property 12 Quan Career Friends

Property Career Friends Travel
11 Tian Xiang 3 12 Tian Liang 1 6 Lian Zhen 1 16 Wen Qu
26 Tian Yao 15 Wen Chang 13 Qi Sha 2 23 Zuo Fu
29 Tian Wu 24 You Bi 18 Di Kong 56 Gu Chen
31 Yin Sha 21 Huo Xing
41 Tian Guan 61 Fei Lian
51 Tian Kong 63 Tian Cai
58 Xian Chi 65 Xun Kong
65 Xun Kong
72 Fei Lian
ding wu ji geng
si wu wei shen
P Karma Illness T
a 10 Ju Men 3 QUAN RR, female 62 Po Sui r
r a
e 57 Gua Su 75 Da Hao v
n June 15, 1953, Chen Hour e
t bing (5th day of the 5th lunar month, xin l
s chen Gui Si Year) you
Parents Money Shen I
Ke 1 Zi Wei 2 Chart for Age 12-21 5 Tian Tong 3 l
l
9 Tan Lang 3 JI 54 Hong Luan n
M 17 Di Jie e
i 69 Xiao Hao s
n s
g yi ren
12-21 mao xu
Ming Siblings Spouse Children
Lu 2 Tian Ji 2 7 Tian Fu 1 3 Tai Yang 5 4 Wu Qu 3
Ji 8 Tai Yin 4 KE 25 Tian Xing 28 Jie Shen 14 Po Jun 3 LU
22 Ling Xing 37 Qing Yang 36 Lu Cun 38 Tuo Luo
43 Jie Lu 44 Kong Wang 49 Ming Ma
50 Hua Gai 53 Tian Xu
52 Tian Ku
jia yi jia gui
yin chou zi hai
Siblings Spouse Children Money

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Analysis of RR’s Lifetime Chart
First let’s look at the lifetime chart to see the pre-heaven factors in this situation. But
since this situation is something that changed dramatically at certain times, the pre-heaven
(lifetime) chart is not the only cause; however it is always considered the root.
RR’s ming is in yin, a corner. This means movement and activity. The major stars are
2 Tian Ji 2 and 8 Tai Yin 4 transformed by 47 Hua Ke. Tian Ji is active and smart, but
unstable from excessive movement. Tai Yin, the moon is dark (because it is in a palace that
is analogous to early morning), so it represents moodiness, the dark side, mystery. Tian Ji
and Tai Yin together mean an attractive female, often better as a mistress than as a wife;
pretty, too smart for her own good, and too active to be satisfied staying home). Hua Ke adds
some vanity. She is smart and pretty but unstable and vain. 22 Ling Xing adds to the dark
side: irritable, quick-tempered, stubborn.
RR’s karma palace (chen) has 10 Ju Men with 47 Hua Quan. Ju Men, the dark star,
means there is not much light in her inner life. It also means hidden things, so she does not
readily reveal her dark thoughts to others. Hua Quan gives it power. Perhaps she is
pessimistic, cynical, and has dark hidden thoughts. But she is not sentimental or overly
emotional the way she might be if other stars such as 5 Tian Tong were in karma (as in Case
1, above). Hua Quan also makes her more willful than emotional. 57 Gua Su is the sleep
alone star that most affects a female, so even when she is in a relationship, she feels lonely.
Note also that this palace (chen) is Heaven Net, making it is hard for her to break out of this
way of thinking.
RR’s spouse palace is in zi. It has 3 Tai Yang, the sun, but zi represents the midnight
hour or the winter solstice, the time when the sun is the weakest. Her spouse will never be
much help to her. It also has 28 Jie Shen, which easily dissolves marriages. This, coupled
with Tian Ji in ming, make divorce a high probability in her life. 36 Lu Cun helps in that it
decreases the possibility that her spouse will hurt her physically. But it doesn’t necessarily
mean her spouse will bring her money. Here, it is probable that he likes money and may not
share it with her. Here, the sun is like a black hole, absorbing rather than giving off light.
Note that in this chart, both the sun (3 Tai Yang) and moon (8 Tai Yin) are ‘reverse.’
Both of them are dark. Overall, this chart has much less light than the previous one. The light
is improved somewhat because she was born in the morning and in the summer. This helps
the sun. She was also born near the beginning of the lunar month. This is the time the moon
is increasing in strength, so it brightens the moon. The sun and the moon still are somewhat
dark, but not as dark as the ratings imply.
RR’s lifetime career and money palaces are not bad. She gets good grades in school,
being smart (Tian Ji) and having good career stars. The money palace has Tian Tong 3. Like
the previous case, she will never be rich, but money will come when she needs it.
Since we want to discuss RR’s teenage years, we should also look at her parents
palace (mao). We already know her relationship with her mother will probably be poor
because she has a dark 8 Tai Yin in her ming. In parents, she has 1 Zi Wei 2 and 9 Tan Lang
3 transformed by 48 Hua Ji. Zi Wei is the emperor and so there is poor communication; the
parents tell her what to do without listening to her input. Tan Lang is also not favorable in the
parent’s palace, and the Hua Ji means that it is one of the big trouble-spots in her life. The
other stars, 17 Di Jie and 69 Xiao Hao, also show a lack of attention or support from her
parents.

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45 Hua Lu is in RR’s children palace, which will be a blessing later in life. Since she
has no children during her teenage years, it does little to help at the time that concerns us.
Note that in the lifetime analysis, we did not look at any of the information from the
outside border of the chart: the Large Cycle palace categories and transforming stars. These
only become relevant when we look at the Large Cycle.

Analysis of the 12-21 Time Period

The teenage years are difficult for many people, but for some, they are almost
unbearable.
The Large Cycle ming for 12-21 is in mao. Therefore, the transforming stars are
placed based on yi, mao’s palace stem.
The 12-21 ming (mao) now has 1 Zi Wei transformed by the Large Cycle Hua Ke, so
the emperor has a name but no power. This adds vanity to the emperor, but emperors (and
teenagers) don’t like to be powerless. Ming also has 9 Tan Lang transformed by the lifetime
Hua Ji. Tan Lang is peach blossom, and the Hua Ji makes it harmful or out of control. Here
we have a girl who won’t be told what to do (as the emperor), but is doing a lot of harmful
things related to peach blossom (alcohol, drugs, sex). The mao palace where ming is located
also adds to the peach blossom. 17 Di Jie and 69 Xiao Hao show that this behavior wears her
down, but teenagers usually don’t pay attention to warnings.
The travel palace, opposite in you, has no major stars, so the same main stars in ming
are reflected to travel. In addition she is facing 62 Po Sui and 75 Da Hao, further wearing her
down. (We say facing, because travel is always facing ming. You always see it in front of
you.) When she leaves home (travels) at Chinese age 19, she will not find life any easier.
During this ten year period, the career (wei) and money (hai) palaces are not bad, but
since Hua Ji is already in ming (related by the three combinations), any benefit is reduced.
This ten year period is also turbulent because when Tan Lang is in ming, Qi Sha and Po Jun
are in the three combinations relationship. These three always signify a turbulent and
unstable time.
RR never had good communication with her parents. Now the parents palace is in
chen, with 10 Ju Men transformed by a lifetime Hua Quan. Ju Men signifies arguments or
talking too much and Hua Quan gives it power. The parents forcefully tell her what to do, but
she is the emperor and doesn’t listen.
Her karma palace (si) is governed by 11 Tian Xiang, which is a follower. She will
follow the influences of her friends, of the times (the 1960s), of her lifetime karma palace
(dark), and the Small Cycle karma palaces as they change each year. Therefore, her mind and
emotions will be unstable. They will change direction with the wind.
RR’s spouse palace (chou) has 7 Tian Fu 1. This looks good until you notice 25 Tian
Xing (punishment), 37 Qing Yang (the knife), 43 Jie Lu (severed path), 50 Hua Gai (lonely),
and 52 Tian Ku (something to cry about). The weight of all these bad minor stars
overwhelms the weight of the one good major star. Relationships during this time will not
turn out well.
In sum, this girl is headstrong and willful, ready to live a wild life, and easily
influenced by people around her. She will argue with her parents and depend on relationships
with men, but these relationships will not be good for her. This is a hard ten years.

Parents Karma 15 Ke Property 6 Ji Career

Property Career Friends Travel
11 Tian Xiang 3 12 Tian Liang 1 6 Lian Zhen 1 16 Wen Qu
26 Tian Yao 15 Wen Chang 13 Qi Sha 2 23 Zuo Fu
29 Tian Wu 24 You Bi 18 Di Kong 56 Gu Chen
31 Yin Sha 21 Huo Xing
41 Tian Guan 61 Fei Lian
51 Tian Kong 63 Tian Cai
58 Xian Chi 65 Xun Kong
65 Xun Kong
72 Fei Lian
ding wu ji geng
si wu wei shen
M Karma Illness F
i 10 Ju Men 3 QUAN RR, female 62 Po Sui r
n i
g 57 Gua Su 75 Da Hao e
June 15, 1953, Chen Hour (Gui Si Year) n
bing xin d
22-31 chen Chart for Age 22-31 you s
S Parents Money Shen
i 1 Zi Wei 2 5 Tian Tong 3 Lu
b T
l 9 Tan Lang 3 JI 54 Hong Luan
17 Di Jie r
i a
n 69 Xiao Hao v
g yi ren e
s mao xu l
Ming Siblings Spouse Children
Quan 2 Tian Ji 2 7 Tian Fu 1 3 Tai Yang 5 4 Wu Qu 3
8 Tai Yin 4 KE 25 Tian Xing 28 Jie Shen 14 Po Jun 3 LU
22 Ling Xing 37 Qing Yang 36 Lu Cun 38 Tuo Luo
43 Jie Lu 44 Kong Wang 49 Ming Ma
50 Hua Gai 53 Tian Xu
52 Tian Ku
jia yi jia gui
yin chou zi hai
Spouse Children Money Illness

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Analysis of the 22-31 Time Period
When RR was 22, she abruptly changed her life. She stopped drinking alcohol and
using drugs – less than a year after her Large Cycle changed. During the new time period,
she went back to school, began a career, and left the harmful behavior patterns behind. This
was a major change, and the timing precisely matches the change of the Large Cycle. Let’s
see why.
The Large Cycle ming has moved to the chen palace. The earth palaces, and
especially Heaven Net (chen) and Earth Net (Xu) can put a damper on peach blossom. There
are no peach blossom stars in ming, and in fact, 57 Gua Su, a sleep alone star, is there. There
is no longer a Hua Ji in ming. Instead the Large Cycle Hua Lu is opposite in xu. The career
palace (shen) also has 2 Tian Ji Hua Quan and 8 Tai Yin Hua Ke reflected in from yin. The
three good transforming stars shine on her Large Cycle ming.
Career (shen) has 2 Tian Ji Hua Quan and 8 Tai Yin Hua Ke reflected in from yin, so
now Tian Ji (quick, smart, active) has power in her career palace. 16 Wen Qu adds education
and creativity and 23 Zuo Fu means that she has a helper: someone helps her in establishing a
career.
In the money palace (zi), 3 Tai Yang has a low rating, but 28 Jie Shen dissolves
financial problems and 36 Lu Cun brings money in. This combination, while not perfect, is
better in the money palace than it is in spouse (her lifetime category for the zi palace). Now
Lu Cun relates to her own money, not her spouse’s.
The karma palace in wu has good and bad stars mixed, but the good outweighs the
bad.
The spouse palace (yin) shows instability with 2 Tian Ji and some difficulty with 22
Ling Xing, but it is still an improvement from the previous ten years.
The bad stars have to go somewhere. We find the lifetime Hua Ji in mao is now in her
siblings palace. The siblings have trouble, but not RR herself. The Large Cycle Hua Ji is in
property, in wei. RR rents and does not own property, so if she has problems in this regard,
she can always move.
These two Hua Jis are in the three combinations relationship with hai, her illness
palace, so she may have residual health problems from her earlier poor lifestyle. However,
the hai palace also has a Hua Lu, so the illness is not likely to be grave.
Overall we can see a great difference between the two ten year periods. When the
Large Cycle ming changed, it was like a black cloud lifted.

One final thing to keep in mind: while the Large Cycle that showed the big trouble for
RR’s during her teenage years, this is a difficult time for many people anyway. If the
problem stars had come later in life when RR was more mature, she might have been able to
handle some of the problems better.

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How Do We Discuss the Reading with the Client?
This chart was first done many years later when RR was already an adult and well
past this stage of life. Therefore, it is easy to talk frankly about the chart, since it is not a
current issue. But what if someone comes to you with this type of chart when they are in the
middle of all the turmoil? The answer depends on whether the client is RR herself, or the
parents of RR.
If someone is in a difficult situation, one good technique is to look for light at the end
of the tunnel. Of course, you can look at the chart year by year to make predictions, but in
this case, the Large Cycle seemed to have a big effect. The closer you are to the end of a
Large Cycle, the more important it is to check the next cycle. When you check the future ten-
year period, be sure to factor in the new set of Transforming Stars. In this case, it is clear that
things will be better after she turns Chinese 22. Whether you talk to RR or her parents, you
can tell them that life will greatly improve at that time. Often, the worst of a Large Cycle
comes in its last year, so remind them that the darkest hour is just before the dawn.
What follows is based on RR’s chart between the ages of 12-21.
If you are talking to the parents, you might want to tell them that you see a lot of
difficulty in communication (10 Ju Men Hua Quan in the 12-21 parents palace). They need to
change their style of communication or say less. They may be correct in what they are trying
to tell her, but she cannot hear it and it pushes her farther away. If they cannot change the
way they communicate with her, perhaps they can find a counselor or some other adult to
befriend her and influence her toward better behavior.
You might also counsel the parents that RR is not trying to be bad or misbehave. It is
really not under her control at this moment; the stars for ages 12-21 and her hormones are
pushing her in a bad direction.
Since her karma palace in si contains 11 Tian Xiang, it is easy to influence her.
Perhaps they can find a better environment to put her in; that will help reduce the problems.
But this may not be possible once she has turned Chinese 19 and left home.
If you are talking to RR directly, it is more difficult, as she is not likely to want to
take advice. She can be influenced by the behavior of those around her, but not by advice in
words. Advice will probably remind her too much of her parents telling her what to do.
Nevertheless, you can remind her that brighter times are coming and that her behavior will
damage her body and does not help to stabilize her emotions. Perhaps if she made an effort to
slow down, she might feel better.

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Case 3: Bodhisattva
Money 2 Ke Children Spouse Siblings
Karma Property Career Friends
2 Tian Ji 3 Quan 1 Zi Wei 1 14 Po Jun 5
36 Lu Cun
si wu wei shen
I Parents PP Travel M
l 13 Qi Sha 2 female i
l March 20, 1946, Zi Hour n
n (17th day of the 2nd lunar month, g
e Bing Xu Year)
s ding
s chen Chart for 63-72 Years of Age 63-72 you
T Ming Shen Illness P
r 3 Tai Yang 1 Note: “March 20, 1946, Zi Hour” 6 Lian Zhen 1 Ji a
a 12 Tian Liang 1 includes the time from 11 pm on 7 Tian Fu 2 r
v March 19th through 1 am on 15 Wen Chang Ke e
e March 20th. n
l t
mao xu s
Siblings Spouse Children Money
4 Wu Qu 4 5 Tian Tong 5 Lu 9 Tan Lang 2 8 Tai Yin 1 Lu
11 Tian Xiang 1 10 Ju Men 2 17 Di Jie
18 Di Kong
40 Tian Yue
51 Tian Kong
55 Tian Xi
56 Gu Chen
yin chou zi hai
Friends Career 5 Quan, 10 Ji Property Karma

PP is now (2006) Chinese 61 years old. PP has been a student of metaphysics all her life. She
has run a metaphysical book store and written a book on universal spiritual truths. When you
meet her, you notice she has a calm warm nature. She is wondering what the upcoming years
will bring, so we need to look at her next Large Cycle. That is why the above chart is
prepared for 63-72 years of age.

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Analysis of PP’s Lifetime Chart
PP’s lifetime ming is in the mao palace along with the shen (body) palace. Both major
stars, 3 Tai Yang and 12 Tian Liang, have excellent ratings. Tian Liang represents an older
person, so her later years will be her best time. Tian Liang always finds problems in the
beginning and then fixes them, so the later time is always better than the beginning.
3 Tai Yang 1 is also in ming. The sun is bright so she is warm and generous, radiating
outward like the sun. It can also give her some assertiveness or drive to meet her goals.
However, even with a high rating, it is possible that Tai Yang represents difficulties with the
men in her life. However, the high rating means these problems will not be too severe.
Ming and shen are together, so she has a lot of self-interest. This could be selfishness,
but in her case it represents personal growth.
In the spouse palace (chou), we can see the nature of the problems Tai Yang in ming
might bring problems with men. 5 Tian Tong 5 with Hua Lu represents a lazy spouse who
does not want to work. He is accustomed to being lucky and getting things through
serendipity rather than by his own labor. 10 Ju Men means he likes to talk a lot and may
argue if she wants him to work harder; however Tian Tong means that he is generally
agreeable. There is no danger that he will hurt her physically.
2 Tian Ji in karma (si) can move too much and cause instability or agitation, but in
this case, it is with 46 Hua Quan which gives it power. Tian Ji is usually interested in the
secrets of the universe. In addition she has 36 Lu Cun and other good stars in her karma
palace. If you want to see them all, you can make a chart for her birth date. This karma
palace contributes to her interest in metaphysics and positive thinking.
To look for problem areas, look for the location of 48 Hua Ji. It is in the illness palace
(xu). It transforms Lian Zhen, so it could signify bleeding, insomnia, the heart, or heat
conditions.
We should also look for other palaces where difficult stars collect. The money palace
in hai has 8 Tai Yin with a high rating. This is good, but look at the minor stars. 17 Di Jie, 18
Di Kong, and 51 Tian Kong gather. All these are emptiness stars, and when they are in the
same palace, they are potent. These are not just bad stars, they are all bad stars with a similar
meaning, so they really gang up. She does have two other good stars (40 Tian Yue and 55
Tian Xi) to support Tai Yin, so it probably does not signify deep poverty, but there is
definitely financial struggle.
You should train yourself to notice the positions of 3 Tai Yang (the sun) and 8 Tai
Yin (the moon) when reading a chart. In PP’s case, both are bright; the sun is in the daytime
palaces and the moon is in the nighttime palaces. This brings some overall benefit to the
chart.
In sum, PP is warm and bright and has a desire to fix things, including her self, and
her life will improve with age (ming and shen). Her husband will be nice, but will not help
her a lot. Money will be tight; it is easier for her to spend than to save, even if she wants to
save. However, her inner life (karma) will generally be optimistic (Lu Cun), active and
seeking (Tian Ji). This is certainly not a chart that shows tragedy, but it is not a fabulous
chart either.
Note that in the lifetime analysis, we did not look at any of the information from the
outside border of the chart: the Large Cycle palace categories and transforming stars. These
only become relevant when we look at the Large Cycle.

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Analysis of the 63-72 Time Period
The ten-year ming (you) for 63 to 72 years of age has 3 Tai Yang and 12 Tian Liang
reflected into it, the same stars in her lifetime ming (mao). In the three combinations
relationship with ming, there are many transforming stars: the lifetime 46 Hua Quan (si), 45
Hua Lu (chou), and 36 Lu Cun (si); and the ten-year 47 Hua Ke (si), 46 Hua Quan (chou),
and 48 Hua Ji (chou). This is a double Hua Quan and a double Hua Lu, with a single Hua Ke
and Hua Ji. While she has too many transforming stars to precisely make one of each of the
Four Transforming Stars, this is still a very powerful period of time. All of the good stars
easily overwhelm any problems presented by the one Hua Ji. Here, the one Hua Ji may
represent the struggle that pays off with a large achievement.
Now let’s look at the Large Cycle karma palace in hai. 8 Tai Yin (the moon) is bright
and has a ten-year 45 Hua Lu. Tai Yin loves the spiritual and metaphysical. The minor stars
include 17 Di Jie and 18 Di Kong, which can make a person very spiritual or religious when
in karma because the material world seems empty of meaning. These together are so strong
that a person might become a monk or a nun at this time. 51 Tian Kong adds to it: both
heaven (Tian Kong) and earth (Di Kong) are empty to her. 56 Gu Chen is a star that
represents loneliness or celibacy and also adds to her renunciation of the world. 40 Tian Yue
represents someone helping, perhaps a spiritual teacher or some other kind of supporter. 55
Tian Xi is something to celebrate.
This combination in karma is not considered good for a younger person who is trying
to make a family and live in the material world. PP’s earlier life was a little difficult since 12
Tian Liang (lifetime ming) sees difficulty first and can only solve it later. The hai palace,
filled with emptiness, is also the lifetime money palace. While Tai Yin is a good money star,
there are too many consuming stars here to give her an easy life financially.
But since PP is older now, she is represented by a powerful 12 Tian Liang in its prime;
she can achieve what she wants at this age. PP has followed a spiritual path for a long time.
This could be the time she finds the ‘answer to life.’ She can become very wise. And since
Tian Liang is a star that likes to help, she may be willing to help others along the path, too.
This is the chart of a person who makes high spiritual achievement, renouncing the material
things in life and working to reduce the suffering of others. It is a very powerful chart in this
time period.
How Do We Discuss the Reading with the Client?
There is not too much difficulty presenting this information to this client as she has
gone past the difficulties presented by her chart. Discussing it would be more difficult if she
were young. It is hard to tell someone that their husband will not want to work and finances
will generally be very tight (of course, we wouldn’t say it so directly). But PP has already
passed through this and the best is yet to come.
Not everyone would want a chart like this, but since PP has followed a spiritual path
for most of her life, she is excited that she will be able to make great achievement in the
upcoming time period. Our job is to let her know that greatness is possible so that she will
have the confidence and motivation to proceed along her path. She should not doubt herself.

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Reading the Small Cycle
Each additional layer of the chart brings increasing complexity. Reading the Small
Cycle and the current year now enables us to see a lot of detail in events, but we are no
longer looking at the personality or long term trends.
This is usually the most practical layer of the chart to inspect. It doesn’t overwhelm
you with detail like the monthly charts, but it does describe upcoming events so you can
prepare for them. It is also useful in making decisions.
Appended Sentences, Section 2, Chapter 1 of the Yijing says that there are four kinds
of events in life: those that cause good fortune, misfortune, regret, or repentance. All of these
are born in movement.1 If your chart shows misfortune, it is better to restrain movement: stay
still, don’t make any big changes: job, marriage, move your residence, etc. If you stay still,
there is less exposure to risk at a time when risk will bring more harm than good. If your
chart shows good fortune, it is the time to take risks because the rewards will probably come.
You can apply this to the various palace categories: if the money palace has bad stars,
but the spouse palace is good, you can get married, but should be careful with your spending
and investments.
Sometimes standing still is the best thing. The more you try to run away from a
problem, the bigger a target you become. If a rabbit stays hidden in the bushes, the hunter
will not see it. When the rabbit runs, it is an easy target.
This brings us to another question. Is there any remedy for problems seen in an
astrology chart? There is nothing that can negate what is in the chart, but there are things that
can reduce the impact. Remember, fate (ming) is primary, and luck (these time periods) is
secondary. Unfortunately, you have no control over them once you are born.
However, the other three influences in life, fengshui, doing good for others, and hard
work can moderate fate and luck to a degree. These are things you have some control over.
If you know fengshui, remedy problems in your environment. If you don’t know
fengshui, hire a reputable consultant and apply the suggested remedies.
Do good works for other without exposing yourself to rewards. Donate money,
volunteer time, be kind, help someone for no reason, give blood. Make some effort. If your
chart shows money loss, give to a charity until it hurts. That way, you make the money loss
happen, but you control how and when it happens. In addition, you gain some karmic credit
for your deed.
All achievement takes hard work. To overcome a difficult time period, hard work
may be necessary. But hard work is not the same as making big changes. So if the time has
difficult stars, it is appropriate to work hard to achieve as much as you can, but it is often not
appropriate to change jobs, change your spouse, or change your location.

1
吉凶悔吝，生乎動者也。《易經·系辭下傳·第一章》

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When bad stars show up, sometimes you can make them occur in a controlled way.
This is better than waiting for them to surprise you in an uncontrolled fashion. Below are a
few suggestions of this type:
If your job shows lots of frustration, take on an extra project there. The frustration
will happen due to the additional work load, but your boss will be pleased with you.
If your chart shows bleeding, then give blood or schedule elective surgery.
If your property palace shows chaos or frustration, move, remodel, or clean your
house thoroughly.
You can be creative and come up with a way for the star to manifest, so that it fulfills
whatever the bad star signifies. In this way, sometimes you can ‘cancel’ its effects.

Here is a summary of what to look at in a Small Cycle chart:

Every Year on Chinese Lunar New Year:
The Four Transforming Stars (45 Hua Lu, 46 Hua Quan, 47 Hua Ke, and 48 Hua Ji)
change, depending on the stem of the current year.
The current year palace categories changes, depending on the branch of the current year.
The current year ming is always in the palace with the same branch as the current year.
The Current Year Stars and the Current Year General Stars (90 through 113) change,
depending on the branch of the current year.

Every Year on the Lunar Birthday:

Small Cycle (current age) palace categories rotate clockwise or counterclockwise,
depending on male or female (or possibly depending on yin or yang, male or female).

To examine the Small Cycle chart:

Look at the Small Cycle (current age) ming and other Small Cycle palace categories,
including the lifetime, Large Cycle and current year Transforming Stars. Look at stars 1-
113.
Look at the current year chart. Look at the relationship between the current year chart and
the Small Cycle (current age) chart. However, the current year chart is considered
secondary to the current age chart.

Note that if someone’s birthday is near Chinese lunar New Year, their chart remains
consistent for most of the year. But if someone’s birthday is in August, for example, then
aspects of their chart change every six months: at lunar New Years and on their birthday.
As far as the question of whether or not to use yin and yang, male and female for the
Small Cycle: perhaps you should star out the traditional way, just using male (clockwise) and
female (counterclockwise). If a chart seems accurate for the lifetime and Large Cycle, but
inaccurate for the Small Cycle, then consider applying yin and yang, male and female.
Eventually you will come to your own conclusion. In the cases below, sometimes we have
used one approach, and sometimes we have used the other. Try to keep an open mind about it.
There is an art to reading a chart. It is not pure science.
We have several case studies to illustrate interpretation of the small cycle layer of the
chart. We still need to start with the lifetime layer (who are they?) and the Large Cycle (what
phase are they in?) before we can examine the Small Cycle (what will happen to them this
year?).

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Case 4: A singer
CS is a singer, trying to become star. Here is her lifetime chart.

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Analysis of the Starlet’s Lifetime Chart
CS is a singer married to a movie star. Let’s start with her lifetime chart.
First we look at ming (in zi palace). She has 2 Tian Ji 1 with 26 Tian Yao. This
combination in ming, shen, or even parents means someone who is very pretty. The zi palace
also adds some peach blossom. However, Tian Ji is unstable and easily divorced.
8 Tai Yin with a low rating is in her career palace (chen), so her career may not be
very successful. However, 5 Tian Tong is in her money palace (shen), so money should come
easily. The money palace also has 12 Tian Liang, so CS may inherit or receive money from
an older person. She also has 25 Tian Xing (Heaven’s Punishment) in money. Soon we will
see that her spouse palace is quite bad. If her husband is older (Tian Liang) and gives her
money, he may also beat her (Tian Xing).
Shen, the body palace, is in karma (yin). This means she loves feelings and will
follow her heart. It has no major stars, so 5 Tian Tong and 12 Tian Liang are reflected in
from the opposite palace (shen). 5 Tian Tong often signifies disaster in love. Its heart is
easily broken. 12 Tian Liang wants to fix things, so she falls in love with a man who needs
‘fixing,’ but is hurt when things don’t go her way. 54 Hong Luan means she is pretty and
adds peach blossom.
The spouse palace is in xu. 3 Tai Yang has a 5 rating, yet Hua Quan gives it extra
power. A dark Tai Yang has the image of a man hurting a woman. It is strong (Hua Quan)
but not generous; powerful, but has no brightness for her. All the other stars are bad,
especially 37 Qing Yang, the knife. Her husband holds the knife over her.
Notice that in this chart, the sun (Tai Yang) and the moon (Tai Yin) are in reverse
positions, so there is less light in her life overall. In addition, she was born in the winter, in
the early morning before sunrise, so Tai Yang is very unhappy.
If the lifetime spouse palace is bad, you should look at each ten-year period until you
find one with good stars in the spouse palace (be sure to calculate the transforming stars). To
get a good marriage, the person should wait until that time to wed. Unfortunately, this
woman didn’t wait. Let’s see what happened.

geng 15-24 xin geng ji

yin chou zi hai
Parents Ming Siblings Spouse

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Analysis of the Singer’s Chart at Age 15-24
The singer’s first marriage took place in the 15-24 year time period, so the Large
Cycle ming is in chou. It is a xin chou palace and she was born in a xin year, so all the
transforming stars are doubled at this time. Whenever this happens, the good is extra good
(double Hua Lu) and the bad is extra bad (double Hua Ji).
15 Wen Chang is transformed by a double Hua Ji in you (the Large Cycle money
palace), in the three combinations relationship with her Large Cycle ming. Of course this
affects her money directly, but it also affects her whole life because of its relationship with
ming.
The ten-year spouse palace is in hai. It has no major stars, so 6 Lian Zhen and 9 Tan
Lang (both with a 5 rating) are reflected in. These two are considered a very bad combination,
especially in spouse, because it is double peach blossom. It is very easy for the spouse to
have affairs. 24 You Bi in spouse also signifies an affair. The rest of the stars in spouse are
also harmful (22 Ling Xing, 27 Yue Ma, 29 Tian Wu, and 49 Ming Ma). In fact, the two
horses are here: 27 Yue Ma and 49 Ming Ma. They both represent activity. However, a
spouse, a marriage, the home should be a calm place, a refuge. These stars may bring benefit
in money because they make it active and moving, but are problematic in spouse.
Her Large cycle karma palace is in mao, with 7 Tian Fu. Tian Fu is a star that tries to
accommodate the situation, so she will tolerate her husband’s bad behavior.
It would be better if she did not marry yet, as the Large Cycle spouse palace is quite
bad. However, she did get married during this time, and the relationship ended with violence
in the last year of this ten-year period.

Property Career Friends Travel

Friends Travel Illness Money
6 Lian Zhen 5 (Lu) 10 Ju Men 2 LU 11 Tian Xiang 4 5 Tian Tong 2 Ji
9 Tan Lang 5 12 Tian Liang 5
Wen Qu KE 25 Tian Xing
38 Tuo Luo
gui jia yi bing
(illness) si (money) wu (children) wei (spouse) shen
K Career CS Children I
Ke 8 Tai Yin 4 female 4 Wu Qu 2 (Ke) Quan
a January 17, 1962, Chou Hour 13 Qi Sha 4 l
r (12th day of the 12th lunar month, 15 Wen Chang JI l
m Xin Chou Year) 36 Lu Cun n
a e
ren Chart for 34 years of age ding s
(travel) chen 1994 Chart, a Jia Xu Year (siblings) you s
P Property Spouse
a 7 Tian Fu 3 3 Tai Yang 5 QUAN (Ji) Lu
r 18 Di Kong M
e 37 Qing Yang o
n 57 Gua Su n
t d
s xin wu a
(friends) mao (age 34 ming) xu y
Karma Shen Parents Ming Siblings
54 Hong Luan 1 Zi Wei 1 2 Tian Ji 1 22 Ling Xing
14 Po Jun 2 (Quan) 26 Tian Yao 24 You Bi
27 Yue Ma
29 Tian Wu
49 Ming Ma
25-34 geng xin geng ji
(career) yin (property) chou (karma) zi (parents) hai
Ming Siblings Spouse Children

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Analysis of the Singer’s Chart at Age 34
Her second marriage took place in the 25-34 year time period, so the Large Cycle
ming is in yin. It is a geng yin palace, so all the transforming stars are calculated based on
geng. 5 Tian Tong is transformed by 48 Hua Ji for ten years in shen and is reflected into her
ming. 5 Tian Tong transformed by Hua Ji and combined with Hong Luan indicates bleeding.
(Look up Tian Tong Hua Ji in the Intermediate Zi Wei Dou Shu Class.) She may have a
problem with bleeding during these ten years.
Her ten-year spouse palace is in zi. It contains 2 Tian Ji, which is unstable, and is in
the three combinations relationship with 5 Tian Tong Hua Ji in shen.
If a ten-year period is bad, the last year is often the most critical. Now we look at
1994, a jia xu year, and the last year of this ten year period. (Actually the events took place in
1995 in the Western calendar, but before Chinese New Year.) In 1994, after her birthday, but
before 1995 in the Chinese calendar, her Chinese age was 34.
She is 34, so her Small Cycle ming is in xu, with 3 Tai Yang transformed by 48 Hua
Ji. 37 Qing Yang (the knife) is also in this palace. It appears that she is holding the knife, but
remember that in her lifetime chart, the knife is in her husband’s hands.
In addition, this is a xu year, so her ming and the current year’s ming are in the same
palace. This doubles the danger from bad stars. At this time, her husband stabbed her to death
with a knife.
This is an extreme chart, but an unhappy 3 Tai Yang that is holding the knife (Qing
Yang) can be very dangerous to a woman.

How Do We Discuss the Reading with the Client?

This chart was made after she died, so there was no opportunity to talk to CS. In any
case, she probably would not listen because her shen gong (the body palace) is in karma, so
she will follow her heart, not her head. The lifetime karma stars tell you she wants to find
someone who needs fixing (Tian Liang) and will love him deeply (Tian Tong).
Then a dark Tai Yang in ming or spouse of a woman’s chart makes it easy for men to
hurt her. These men (her spouses) are powerful (Hua Quan) and hold the knife (Qing Yang).
This is a very bad combination. This is the image of spousal abuse.
We can only tell her that men are likely to harm her. She should not marry until she is
older. She should try and pick a better caliber of men. However, it is unlikely that she will
choose to follow this advice. This is a sad case.

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Case 5: Trouble with men and a medical emergency
Property Career Friends Travel
1 Zi Wei 2 KE
13 Qi Sha 3
15 Wen Chang (Ke)
xin ren gui jia
(career) si (friends) wu (travel) wei (illness) shen
Karma DN Illness
2 Tian Ji 1 LU (Quan) female 6 Lian Zhen 3 (Ji)
12 Tian Liang 2 QUAN July 8, 1935, Si Hour 14 Po Jun 5
(8th day of the 6th lunar month, 62 Po Sui
Yi Hai Year) 72 Fei Lian
geng yi
(property) chen yin female (money) you
Parents Money
11 Tian Xiang 5 DN in her first year
36 Lu Cun 1936 Chart, a Bing Zi Year
ji bing
(karma) mao (children) xu
Ming Siblings Spouse Children
3 Tai Yang 2 4 Wu Qu 1 5 Tian Tong 2 (Lu) 7 Tian Fu 2
10 Ju Men 1 9 Tan Lang 1 8 Tai Yin 1 JI
21 Huo Xing 28 Jie Shen
25 Tian Xing 75 Da Hao
38 Tuo Luo
56 Gu Chen
77 Guan Fu
84 Bing
wu ji wu ding
(parents) yin (age 1 ming) chou (siblings) zi (spouse) hai

There are two things that are interesting to analyze in DN’s chart:
• How do you think the males in her life will do?
• How was DN’s health after her birthday in 1996 (62 years old)?
We will answer the first question now, and the second question later.

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Analysis of DN’s Chart in Her First Year
DN’s lifetime ming is in yin. It has 3 Tai Yang with 10 Ju Men. Even though the
rating is good, Tai Yang (the sun) does not like being with Ju Men (a dark star). It dims Tai
Yang’s light. In addition, there are many sha stars in this palace, including 21 Huo Xing (bad
things happen fast, one of the four sha), 25 Tian Xing (punishment), 38 Tuo Luo (another of
the four sha), and 56 Gu Chen (sleep alone).
Tai Yang in ming always has a tendency to bring problems with males. So we expect
that males will be a problem in DN’s life.
• DN has had four husbands: lifetime spouse (zi) has 5 Tian Tong and 8 Tai Yin
transformed by 48 Hua Ji. It also has 75 Da Hao (the big consumer) and 28 Jie Shen
(dissolves marriages). This show great difficulty with her spouse, although it doesn’t
show danger of him harming her: there is no knife (37 Qing Yang) and there are no
aggressive stars. Both Tian Tong and Tai Yin are relatively soft stars.
• Since the problematic Tai Yang is in ming, it is not just the spouse that will cause
problems. DN’s father died when she was eight months old. In Chinese thought, she
was counted as one year old at the time. The current age ming for age 1 is in chou.
This was 1936, a bing zi year, so 6 Lian Zhen is transformed by Hua Ji (in you); this
Hua Ji is in the three combinations relationship with her age 1 ming. It is the Small
Cycle money palace. She is too young to be making her own money, so this shows
something hurts the family finances (death of the father) and also affects her ming for
this age. The ming in chou also puts her Small Cycle parents palace in yin, with the
unhappy Tai Yang affecting the father directly. In addition, since it was a zi year, the
current year ming is in zi, which has 8 Tai Yin transformed by the lifetime Hua Ji.
• DN’s step brother was killed in an accident on the way to the father’s funeral. The
Small Cycle siblings palace in zi has Tai Yin transformed by Hua Ji.
• Her grandfather died 6 weeks later. For this you would also look in the parent’s
palace.
• Beyond this, her uncle died of an aneurysm, her first son was put up for adoption, and
her second son had brain damage from encephalitis. These events happened at various
times in her life.
You can see, Tai Yang in the ming or spouse palace can be very hard on a woman when it
sees a lot of bad stars. We have looked at whether the sun and moon are bright in other charts.
Here, both 8 Tai Yin (the moon) and Tai Yang (the sun) have a good rating but they cannot
help her because Tai Yin is transformed by the lifetime Hua Ji and Tai Yang is with a dark
star (Ju Men) and sha.

Spouse Siblings Ming Parents

Property Career Friends Travel
1 Zi Wei 2 KE
13 Qi Sha 3
15 Wen Chang (Ke)
xin ren 55 – 64 gui jia
(friends) si (travel) wu (illness) wei (money) shen
C Karma DN Illness K
h 2 Tian Ji 1 LU (Quan) female 6 Lian Zhen 3 a
i 12 Tian Liang 2 July 8, 1935, Si Hour (Ji) Lu
l QUAN (8th day of the 6th lunar month, 14 Po Jun 5 r
d Yi Hai Year) 62 Po Sui m
r 72 Fei Lian a
e geng yin female yi
n (career) chen (children) you
M Parents Chart for 62 years of age Money P
o 11 Tian Xiang 5 using counterclockwise for females r
n 36 Lu Cun 1996 Chart, a Bing Zi Year o
e p
y e
r
ji bing t
(property) mao (spouse) xu y
Ming Siblings Spouse Children
3 Tai Yang 2 4 Wu Qu 1 5 Tian Tong 2 7 Tian Fu 2
Quan 10 Ju Men 1 9 Tan Lang 1 (Lu)
21 Huo Xing 8 Tai Yin 1 JI
25 Tian Xing 28 Jie Shen
38 Tuo Luo 75 Da Hao
56 Gu Chen
77 Guan Fu
84 Bing
wu ji wu ding
(karma) yin (parents) chou (age 62 ming) zi (siblings) hai
Illness Travel 9 Ji Friends 8 Ke Career

How was DN’s health after her birthday in 1996 (62 years old)?

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Analysis of DN’s Chart at 62 Years of Age
DN’s Large Cycle ming for 55-64 is in the gui wei palace so 9 Tan Lang transformed
by Hua Ji (chou) is reflected into her Large Cycle ming. We can expect problems during this
ten-year period, but we don’t know what kind of problems yet. Tan Lang Hua Ji often means
problems from peach blossom. At her age, this is certainly possible, but is less likely than
when she was young.
DN’s Large Cycle illness palace is in yin: the same palace that caused many problems
when she was young. 3 Tai Yang can signify blood disease and 10 Ju Men, being a dark star,
can mean a hidden illness. There are also many sha stars in this palace. In addition, the Large
Cycle illness palace is in the three combinations relationship with wu, which has 8 Tai Yin
Hua Ji reflected in from zi.
1996 was a bing zi year, so 48 Hua Ji transforms 6 Lian Zhen in the you palace. Note
that the earlier chart was for a bing zi year, too, sixty years earlier. (However, those events
applied to the bing zi year before her birthday, so she was age 1. The events here are for the
bing zi year after her birthday in July, so she is age 62.)
Since it is a zi year, the current year ming is in zi, which has 8 Tai Yin transformed
by the lifetime Hua Ji, another sign of problems this year.
In the first part of the Advanced Zi Wei Dou Shu Class, we brought up the issue of
whether yin or yang, male or female should be applied to the Small Cycle. As a female, DN’s
age should go counterclockwise, which would put her age 62 ming in zi. But DN is a yin
female. If we use yin or yang male or female, DN would go clockwise so her age 62 ming
would be in the yin palace.
Let’s look at the traditional way: males clockwise, females counterclockwise for the
Small Cycle. DN’s age 62 ming is in zi, the same as the current year ming. When two mings
overlap, every other palace is also repeated, so the good is double good and the bad is double
bad. While 5 Tian Tong has the current year Hua Lu, 8 Tai Yin has the lifetime Hua Ji in
both mings (zi). Tai Yin signifies a female (DN) and something hidden. The Hua Ji makes it
a hidden problem. Good and bad are mixed, and the intensity is doubled due to the doubling
of the current year and current age ming.
The current year Hua Ji transforms 6 Lian Zhen in you, which is the current age and
the current year children palace, but nothing bad happened to her children at that time.
The Large Cycle Hua Ji transforms 9 Tan Lang (in chou) and is reflected into her
current year and current age illness palace in wei. DN did suffer a big health problem at this
time, so this chart is possible. But before we tell you exactly what it was, let’s re-do the chart
using yin or yang, male or female for the Small Cycle. The reason we question if females
counterclockwise is correct for this chart is because:
the current year Hua Ji is not involved and this was a very serious problem
the current year Hua Ji affected her children palace, but nothing bad happened there
9 Tan Lang Hua Ji in illness is not a very precise description of what happened

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Spouse Siblings Ming Parents
Property Career Friends Travel
1 Zi Wei 2 KE
13 Qi Sha 3
15 Wen Chang (Ke)
xin ren 55 – 64 gui jia
(property) si (career) wu (friends) wei (travel) shen
C Karma DN Illness K
h 2 Tian Ji 1 LU (Quan) female 6 Lian Zhen 3 a
i 12 Tian Liang 2 July 8, 1935, Si Hour (Ji) Lu
l QUAN (8th day of the 6th lunar month, 14 Po Jun 5 r
d Yi Hai Year) 62 Po Sui m
r 72 Fei Lian a
e geng yin female yi
n (karma) chen (illness) you
M Parents Chart for 62 years of age Money P
o 11 Tian Xiang 5 using yin or yang, male or female r
n 36 Lu Cun 1996 Chart, a Bing Zi Year o
e p
y e
r
ji bing t
(parents) mao (friends) xu y
Ming Siblings Spouse Children
3 Tai Yang 2 4 Wu Qu 1 5 Tian Tong 2 7 Tian Fu 2
Quan 10 Ju Men 1 9 Tan Lang 1 (Lu)
21 Huo Xing 8 Tai Yin 1 JI
25 Tian Xing 28 Jie Shen
38 Tuo Luo 75 Da Hao
56 Gu Chen
77 Guan Fu
84 Bing ji
wu (siblings) wu ding
(age 62 ming) yin chou (spouse) zi (children) hai
Illness Travel 9 Ji Friends 8 Ke Career

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This is a case where the evidence points to using yin or yang, male or female. Let’s
examine her chart with her age 62 ming in the yin palace. We already know that the Tai
Yang Ju Men in yin can cause DN problems. The problems are intensified because DN’s
Small Cycle ming coincides with her lifetime ming in yin. So all the palaces, including
illness, have a double dose of the same stars. When two time periods overlap in this way, the
good is double good and the bad is double bad.
This chart places her illness palace in you for the age of 62. 6 Lian Zhen is
transformed by the current year Hua Ji. This combination means bleeding. 14 Po Jun and 62
Po Sui both mean breaking. 72 Fei Lian adds some sha.
Besides the current year Hua Ji in illness (you), the Large Cycle Hua Ji is in the three
combinations relationship in chou, making a double Hua Ji for the illness palace.
DN had a brain aneurysm on January 6, 1997 (which was still 1996 in the Chinese
calendar). An aneurysm means a blood vessel has a weak wall. It balloons out and if not
repaired, eventually pops. This causes bleeding in the brain. It is most often fatal. These stars
really describe an aneurysm well: breaking and bleeding.
As discussed above, the current year ming is in zi, with 8 Tai Yin Hua Ji. Tai Yin is a
female (DN) and something hidden. The Hua Ji makes it a hidden problem (the aneurysm).
The current year’s illness palace is in wei, which has 9 Tan Lang Hua Ji reflected in.
DN survived the aneurism however. This is unusual. Why did she survive? The ten-
year Hua Lu is on 14 Po Jun in the Small Cycle 62 illness palace (you) and 36 Lu Cun is
opposite in mao. She has a double Lu in illness. These two lucky stars couldn’t prevent the
event, but did save her life.
While both ways of calculating the Small Cycle show problems for DN’s health at
this time, the yin or yang, male or female chart has a better description of what happened.

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How Do We Discuss the Reading with the Client?
This chart was first read after DN had the aneurysm. She still had some minor
problems: her speech was a little slurred and her thinking was a little slow, but overall, she
was very lucky to be alive and in fairly good shape.
Let’s say we were reading the chart for 1996 before it happened. What would we tell
her?
6 Lian Zhen in the Small Cycle illness palace can be very problematic. It can mean a
sexually transmitted disease, but this is probably not the case at her age. It could also mean
bleeding or burns. With breaking stars, a car accident might come to mind. We can also
check the travel palace for bad stars. We should probably warn her of the possibility, and
recommend that she always wears her seat belt, keep her car in good repair, and drive
carefully. You could also check month by month to see when the danger is most intense.
However, there are other reasons for bleeding and breaking. Remember, we saw some
images of a hidden illness throughout her chart (for example in the Large Cycle illness
palace). When there are bad stars in the illness palace, always recommend that the client get a
checkup from the doctor, and go in quickly for even mild complaints. It is much easier to fix
a problem when it is found early. In DN’s case, the doctor may not have found the problem
in a checkup because an aneurysm in the brain is not easily detected. But these are still the
best recommendations.
We must be careful not to scare her too much, but we should try to motivate her.
Since there is also 36 Lu Cun and 45 Hua Lu affecting the palace, the prognosis is not as bad.
I would say, “I see health issues for you this year. It could relate to the blood, bleeding or
burns. Please take every precaution when driving or doing anything where an accident could
cause bleeding or fire, especially driving. However, why don’t you go for a checkup with
your doctor just to rule out a medical problem. Also, if any health issues come up, get them
checked right away, as early detection of a problem means an early cure.”

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Case 6: Heart-broken
Money Children Spouse Siblings
10 Ju Men 3 6 Lian Zhen 3 LU 12 Tian Liang 2 13 Qi Sha 1
11 Tian Xiang 2 15 Wen Chang 18 Di Kong
16 Wen Qu 43 Jie Lu
25 Tian Xing 49 Ming Ma
56 Gu Chen
72 Fei Lian
87 Jue
ji geng xin ren
si wu wei shen
Illness MR Ming
9 Tan Lang 1 female 5 Tian Tong 3
21 Huo Xing December 1, 1954, Mao Hour
57 Gua Su (7th day of the 11th lunar month,
79 Mu Yu Jia Wu Year)
wu gui
chen Lifetime Chart you
Travel Shen Parents
8 Tai Yin 5 4 Wu Qu 1 KE
37 Qing Yang
58 Xian Chi
ding jia
mao xu
Friends Career Property Karma
1 Zi Wei 1 2 Tian Ji 5 14 Po Jun 1 QUAN 3 Tai Yang 5 JI
7 Tian Fu 1
bing ding bing yi
yin chou zi hai

MR is a married female with a 9 year old son. The couple has divorced and remarried each
other. For the past seven years or so, her husband was having an affair. He claims that his
religion allows him to have more than one wife (even if this is true, it is illegal in the U.S.).
She couldn’t stand it and a few months ago she told him he had to choose. The husband
moved out, but she remains heart-broken. Is there hope for the marriage? Can things change?
If so, when? Why can’t she get over it?

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Analysis of MR’s Lifetime Chart:
MR’s lifetime ming is in you. It has 5 Tian Tong. Tian Tong falls deeply in love, is
very emotional, and is easily hurt. Tian Tong can be a little naïve and believes the best about
others.
Opposite ming, in travel (mao), she has 37 Qing Yang. She is always facing the knife.
It is always right in front of her, and she has no control over it because she is not ‘holding’
the knife. (The knife is said to be held by the person or thing represented by the palace
category. In this case, since the knife is in the opposite palace, it is in front of her, pointed at
her, wherever she goes.) In addition, the travel palace has 8 Tai Yin with a rating of 5. So the
person holding the knife is likely to be female (the other woman, the outside woman as travel
is what is outside of the home).
Her karma palace is in hai. It has 3 Tai Yang Hua Ji with a low rating. This shows
that there will be emotional damage, and it will come from a male.
Notice that this is another chart where the sun and moon are ‘reversed,’ so there is
little light in her chart.
MR’s spouse palace is in wei. With 12 Tian Liang, you would suspect that the spouse
is a little older and that he likes to tell her what to do and how to run her life. Tian Liang is
also a star that often divorces and remarries the same person. This has already happened to
MR.
The spouse palace also has 14 Wen Chang and 15 Wen Qu, both of which bring
peach blossom. He may be very creative, literate, talented, or educated, but there is much
attraction with the opposite sex. These two stars make it very likely that the spouse will have
affairs. 25 Tian Xing is also there. This star represents punishment. When it is with peach
blossom stars in spouse, the spouse cheats but always gets caught.
Now we have a portrait of a woman with a cheating husband, so they divorce and
remarry. He still cheats and gets caught. She is programmed to love deeply and is easily hurt
by a man. This is a sad chart.
One good thing in her life is her son; the children palace (wu) has 45 Hua Lu.
Let’s see how the chart looks at the time she asked for a consultation (1997). Perhaps
the Large and Small Cycles can help her out.

Siblings Ming Parents Karma

Money Children Spouse Siblings
10 Ju Men 3 (Ji) 6 Lian Zhen 3 12 Tian Liang 2 13 Qi Sha 1
LU 15 Wen Chang 18 Di Kong
11 Tian Xiang 2 16 Wen Qu 43 Jie Lu
25 Tian Xing 49 Ming Ma
56 Gu Chen
72 Fei Lian
87 Jue
ji 34-43 geng xin ren
(illness) si (money) wu (children) wei (spouse) shen
S Illness MR Ming P
p 9 Tan Lang 1 female 5 Tian Tong 3 Ji r
o 21 Huo Xing December 1, 1954, Mao Hour (Quan) o
u 57 Gua Su (7th day of the 11th lunar month, p
s 79 Mu Yu Jia Wu Year) e
e r
wu Chart for 43 years of age gui t
(travel) chen 1997 Chart, a Ding Chou Year (siblings) you y
C Travel Shen Parents C
Ke 8 Tai Yin 5 4 Wu Qu 1 KE Quan
h (Lu) a
i 37 Qing Yang r
l 58 Xian Chi e
d e
r r
e ding jia
n (friends) mao (age 43 ming) xu
Friends Career Property Karma
1 Zi Wei 1 2 Tian Ji 5 (Ke) 14 Po Jun 1 3 Tai Yang 5 JI Lu
7 Tian Fu 1 QUAN
bing ding bing yi
(career) yin (property) chou (karma) zi (parents) hai
Money Illness Travel Friends

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Analysis of MR’s Chart at 43 Years of Age
MR’s Large Cycle ming in wu doesn’t look so bad. She has 6 Lian Zhen transformed
by Hua Lu, and 11 Tian Xiang. But there are also a couple of sha stars there: 22 Ling Xing
and 31 Yin Sha. It is not horrible, but not ideal either.
13 Qi Sha is in her Large Cycle karma (shen). Qi Sha is always dissatisfied. In
addition, she has stars of emptiness (18 Di Kong, 43 Jie Lu) and loneliness (56 Gu Chen).
This is the karma palace of a lonely and unhappy person.
The Large Cycle spouse is in chen. It has 9 Tan Lang (the strongest peach blossom
star), 79 Mu Yu (more peach blossom), 21 Huo Xing (bad temper), and 57 Gua Su (sleep
alone). He has lots of peach blossom, doesn’t want to sleep with her, and is irritable if she
asks him for more attention.
If we look at 1997 and age 43, the Small Cycle ming (xu palace) has 4 Wu Qu,
always a lonely star. It has other benefits, such as working hard, but this does not help her
marriage. Karma (zi) has 14 Po Jun, which is breaking. Spouse (shen) has 13 Qi Sha and a lot
of other stars that are rough for marriage.
We can also look at the current year palaces for 1997. It was a chou year, so chou is
the ming for 1997. This contains 2 Tian Ji with the worst rating: instability and change. The
current year Hua Ji is in the three combinations relationship with it in si.
The 1997 spouse (hai) has 3 Tai Yang 5 Hua Ji, although the ten-year Hua Lu
improves it a little. Still 3 Tai Yang 5 Hua Ji is about the worst thing you could have in a
woman’s spouse palace.
The 1997 karma (mao) has Tai Yin 5, so she is depressed. It has 37 Qing Yang,
meaning there is a knife in her heart. The current Hua Lu protects against the worst of the
depression, but when you look at the chart as a whole, you know she is not happy.

This chart is depressing. We should see if the future looks any brighter for her. If so,
we can give her hope and ask her to hold on until the stars change. She is in the last year of
this ten-year period, which often is the worst year if the Large Cycle is difficult. Let’s see
how the next ten-year period looks.

Ming Parents Karma 12 Ke, 16 Ji Property

Money Children Spouse Siblings
10 Ju Men 3 6 Lian Zhen 3 LU 12 Tian Liang 2 13 Qi Sha 1
11 Tian Xiang 2 15 Wen Chang 18 Di Kong
16 Wen Qu 43 Jie Lu
25 Tian Xing 49 Ming Ma
56 Gu Chen
72 Fei Lian
87 Jue
ji geng xin ren
44-53 si wu wei shen
S Illness MR Ming C
Quan 9 Tan Lang 1 female 5 Tian Tong 3 a
i 21 Huo Xing December 1, 1954, Mao Hour r
b 57 Gua Su (7th day of the 11th lunar month, e
l 79 Mu Yu Jia Wu Year) e
i r
n Chart for 44-53 years of age
g wu gui
s chen you
S Travel Shen Parents F
p 8 Tai Yin 5 4 Wu Qu 1 KE Lu
o 37 Qing Yang r
u 58 Xian Chi i
s e
e n
ding jia d
mao xu s
Friends Career Property Karma
1 Zi Wei 1 2 Tian Ji 5 14 Po Jun 1 QUAN 3 Tai Yang 5 JI
7 Tian Fu 1
bing ding bing yi
yin chou zi hai
Children Money Illness Travel

Analysis of MR’s Chart in the Upcoming Large Cycle

In this Large Cycle, MR’s ming is in the ji si palace, so 16 Wen Qu is transformed by
Hua Ji. It is in karma (wei); she is still not feeling peaceful.
The spouse palace will be in mao. It has a little less peach blossom, although it still
has 58 Xian Chi, but now the spouse is holding the knife (37 Qing Yang). In addition, the
Major Star (8 Tai Yin) has a low rating.
The lifetime Hua Ji is in hai, transforming 5 Tai Yang. While this is the Large Cycle
travel palace, it opposes ming and is in the three combinations relationship with spouse and
karma. Since karma has the Large Cycle Hua Ji, it means these three palaces all have a built
in double Hua Ji for ten years.
MR’s Large Cycle ming is in si. It has 10 Ju Men, so arguments and divorce come
easily and Tai Yang Hua Ji is opposite.
In summary, the next ten-year period will still be extremely bitter for her.

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How Do We Discuss the Reading with the Client?
To be honest, this was very difficult for me (Lorraine Wilcox). I couldn’t tell her
what she wanted to hear. I couldn’t tell her the situation with her spouse would improve or
that she would feel better soon.
But if all the bad stars gang up in certain palaces, then the good stars must be
somewhere else. Let’s cross out the bad palaces and look at what is left. The highlighted
palaces show lots bad stars inside or in relationship.
Ming Parents Karma 12 Ke, 16 Ji Property
Money Children Spouse Siblings
10 Ju Men 3 6 Lian Zhen 3 LU 12 Tian Liang 2 13 Qi Sha 1
11 Tian Xiang 2 15 Wen Chang 18 Di Kong
16 Wen Qu 43 Jie Lu
25 Tian Xing 49 Ming Ma
56 Gu Chen
72 Fei Lian
87 Jue
ji geng xin ren
44-53 si wu wei shen
S Illness MR Ming C
Quan 9 Tan Lang 1 female 5 Tian Tong 3 a
i 21 Huo Xing December 1, 1954, Mao Hour r
b 57 Gua Su (7th day of the 11th lunar month, e
l 79 Mu Yu Jia Wu Year) e
i r
n Chart for 44-53 years of age
g wu gui
s chen you
S Travel Shen Parents F
p 8 Tai Yin 5 4 Wu Qu 1 KE Lu
o 37 Qing Yang r
u 58 Xian Chi i
s e
e n
ding jia d
mao xu s
Friends Career Property Karma
1 Zi Wei 1 2 Tian Ji 5 14 Po Jun 1 QUAN 3 Tai Yang 5 JI
7 Tian Fu 1
bing ding bing yi
yin chou zi hai
Children Money Illness Travel
Hai, mao, and wei have a double Hua Ji in relationship. Si and chou have Hua Ji
opposite. In addition, many of these palaces have low-rated stars and sha stars inside. Besides
this, the shen branch palace has many bad minor stars weighing it down, and the major star,
13 Qi Sha, although with a good rating, is not usually an easy star. Therefore, in this Large
Cycle, ming, karma, travel, money, spouse, and property show difficulty.
But wu (parents), you (career), xu (friends), zi (illness), yin (children), and chen
(siblings) mostly have good or easy stars. Note that the chen palace is not good as spouse
because it has too much peach blossom, but the peach blossom stars will not cause problems
for her in siblings. So we can direct her to focus on these areas, especially on her son or her
career. These areas can help give her a reason to live.

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Case 7: An unusual marriage
Ming 10 Lu Parents Karma Property
Property Career Friends Travel
10 Ju Men 3 (Ji) 6 Lian Zhen 3 12 Tian Liang 2 13 Qi Sha 1
11 Tian Xiang 2 QUAN

35-44 xin ren gui jia

(spouse) si (siblings) wu (age 43 ming) wei (parents) shen
S Karma VK Illness C
i 9 Tan Lang 1 female 5 Tian Tong 3 a
Ke 16 Wen Qu February 1, 1955, Zi Hour (Quan) r
b 23 Zuo Fu (9th day of the 1st lunar month, e
l 37 Qing Yang Yi Wei Year) e
i 57 Gua Su r
n Chart for Age 43,
g geng 1997, Ding Chou Year yi
s (children) chen (karma) you
S Parents Note: “February 1, 1955, Zi Hour” Money F
p 8 Tai Yin 5 JI includes the time from 11 pm on 4 Wu Qu 1 r
o (Lu) January 31st through 1 am on 15 Wen Chang Ji i
u 36 Lu Cun February 1st. e
s n
e ji bing d
(money) mao (property) xu s
Ming Shen Siblings Spouse Children
1 Zi Wei 1 KE 2 Tian Ji 5 LU 14 Po Jun 1 3 Tai Yang 5 Quan
7 Tian Fu 1 (Ke) 40 Tian Yue 17 Di Jie
58 Xian Chi 18 Di Kong
wu ji wu ding
(illness) yin (travel) chou (friends) zi (career) hai
Children Money Illness Travel

This is a relatively mundane type of chart. There are no big tragedies, no grand
achievements. The questions she asks are routine. Analysis of a chart like this is not very
exciting, but most people do not have exciting charts, so you will come across this type of
reading frequently.

This year, she is having a lot of trouble with her spouse. Why?
She wants to have children. Do you think it is likely?
Will her career improve in the next Large Cycle?

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Analysis of VK’s Chart at Age 43
This year, she is having a lot of trouble with her spouse. Why? Always start with the
root, the lifetime chart. Look at VK’s lifetime spouse palace in zi. 14 Po Jun means an
‘unusual’ situation. In the old days, there were many more rules about what is acceptable in a
marriage. In many places today, people are much freer about this. Nevertheless, sometimes
you see something a little unusual in a chart with Po Jun in the spouse palace. In 1989, her
first husband left her. VK was okay with it, as she didn’t love him.
Another man had been renting a room in their house. Even though their religion
frowned upon it, he stayed after her husband left. Eventually, they got married. She also has
40 Tian Yue (a helper star), not generally good in the spouse palace. 58 Xian Chi is a peach
blossom star. So this is the image of an unusual marriage involving peach blossom with a
‘helper.’
The event described above was at the beginning of the current ten-year period. The
Large Cycle spouse is in mao with 8 Tai Yin 5 Hua Ji. This is bad but 36 Lu Cun helps. Still
her spouse luck is not good in this Large Cycle. Note that Tai Yin 5 transformed by Hua Ji in
spouse is not as dangerous for a female as an unhappy Tai Yang because Tai Yang represents
a male (her spouse) and is more aggressive (yang) than Tai Yin.
Perhaps the reason she was not devastated at the end of her first marriage and now
when her second marriage is in trouble is because her Large Cycle ming has Hua Lu
transforming 10 Ju Men. (The Hua Ji there is for the current year, not the Large Cycle, so the
Large Cycle ming doesn’t see it.) The Large Cycle karma palace (wei) is also strong. Her
ming is good, so she feels pretty good despite the marital problems.
In addition, if you look at her lifetime Ming in yin, she is represented by two very
strong stars: 1 Zi Wei transformed by Hua Ke and 7 Tian Fu 1. She is the empress. She is
strong and has her treasury in the same palace. Ming and Shen are in the same palace, so she
cares more about herself than her spouse. There are no visible Hua Ji’s in relationship with
her lifetime ming or her Large Cycle ming. She is fairly strong, so things can go wrong
around her, but she will not become overly emotional about it. This is quite different than the
previous case with the heart-broken MR.
This year, the spouse is in si with 10 Ju Men Hua Ji, so there are big arguments and
divorce is possible. Will it get better if they survive until next year? Next year, spouse will be
in the chen palace with Tan Lang transformed by Hua Lu. This palace also contains 16 Wen
Qu (peach blossom), 23 Zuo Fu (helper, bad in spouse), 37 Qing Yang (the knife), and 57
Gua Su (sleep alone). It doesn’t look good. The following year, she starts a new Large Cycle.
VK wants to have children. Do you think it is likely? VK has one step-son but no
other children. She is 43, so biologically, the chances are already reduced quite a bit. We
don’t need to look too hard in the chart. Her lifetime children palace has a dark 3 Tai Yang
with 17 Di Jie and 18 Di Kong (double emptiness). The lifetime Hua Ji is in the three
combinations relationship in mao, transforming a dark 8 Tai Yin. Her lifetime prospects for
having children are not good.
The Large Cycle children palace in yin and the Small Cycle children palace in chen
are not horrible; there is sha mixed with good stars. But her age combined with the lifetime
children palace make it unlikely that she can have her own biological children.
VK’s chart is not one of tragedy, however, the dark sun and moon, combined with
Hua Ji, 17 Di Jie, and 18 Di Kong in the three combinations relationship make the lifetime
children, parents, and friends palaces quite weak.

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She asks: Will her career improve in the next Large Cycle? This Large Cycle is
almost over. Career and money have been okay for this ten years. Let’s look at the next
Large Cycle:

Siblings Ming Parents 12 Lu Karma

Property Career Friends Travel
10 Ju Men 3 6 Lian Zhen 3 12 Tian Liang 2 QUAN 13 Qi Sha 1
11 Tian Xiang 2

xin 45-54 ren gui jia

si wu wei shen
S Karma VK Illness P
p 9 Tan Lang 1 female 5 Tian Tong 3 r
o 16 Wen Qu February 1, 1955, Zi Hour o
u Ke 23 Zuo Fu (9th day of the 1st lunar month, p
s 37 Qing Yang Yi Wei Year) e
e 57 Gua Su r
Chart for Age 45-54 t
geng yi y
chen you
C Parents Money C
h 8 Tai Yin 5 JI 4 Wu Qu 1 Ji
i 36 Lu Cun 15 Wen Chang a
l r
d e
r e
e ji bing r
n mao xu
Ming Shen Siblings Spouse Children
Quan 1 Zi Wei 1 KE 2 Tian Ji 5 LU 14 Po Jun 1 3 Tai Yang 5
7 Tian Fu 1 40 Tian Yue 17 Di Jie
58 Xian Chi 18 Di Kong
wu ji wu ding
yin chou zi hai
Money Illness Travel Friends

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Will her career improve in the next Large Cycle? The Large Cycle for 45-54 years of
age has ming in ren wu. 4 Wu Qu transformed by the Large Cycle Hua Ji is in career in xu.
She will work hard but without much reward. The money palace (yin) has 1 Zi Wei
transformed by the lifetime Hua Ke and the Large Cycle Hua Quan. Career will be difficult,
but somehow money is not as bad. Perhaps she has investments or inheritance (Zi Wei and
Tian Fu). Perhaps she dislikes her job but the money is still okay. Nevertheless, since Hua Ji
is in xu, it will have an adverse affect on money (yin) because of the three combinations
relationship.
We can still check to see about children, even though 45 is fairly old to begin a family.
However, the children palace is in mao, which has a dark 8 Tai Yin transformed by the
lifetime Hua Ji. The prognosis is not good.
The spouse palace for this ten years is in chen with Tan Lang (the strongest peach
blossom star). This palace also contains 16 Wen Qu (peach blossom), 23 Zuo Fu transformed
by Hua Ke (helper, bad in spouse), 37 Qing Yang (the knife), and 57 Gua Su (sleep alone). If
she stays married or gets married during this time, the spouse is likely to be looking for peach
blossom.

How Do We Discuss the Reading with the Client?

There is little good news to give VK, although nothing is desperately wrong either.
She is a strong practical person (shen in ming, strong stars in ming), so she will be able to
deal with her situation. Still, it is important to give her the reading in a gentle way.
For the marriage, we can say there will be arguments this year. If she decides to stay
with him until next year, there will be fewer arguments, but his ‘social life’ may cause
friction between them.
Next year her career and money look better than this year. However, in the following
ten years, we can tell her that she will work very hard and have frustrations in her career. The
financial rewards will be more likely to come from investment (or possibly inheritance) than
her unsatisfying career.
As for children, perhaps the best thing is to ask if she has any interest in adoption.
We should look for the good areas in her chart so she leaves feeling optimistic. In the
next ten years, her illness palace (chou) has a double Hua Lu, so she will be healthy.
She will also probably enjoy being told she is represented by the emperor star (1 Zi
Wei) who has his treasury (7 Tian Fu) so she is always strong and in charge. (Actually, since
the emperor is transformed by Hua Ke, the emperor has a name but may only be a figurehead.
We don’t have to say this part.)

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Case 8: The father’s trouble, sick wife, buying property
Money Children Spouse Siblings
Money Children Spouse Siblings
6 Lian Zhen 5 10 Ju Men 2 11 Tian Xiang 5 Tian Tong 2
Quan 9 Tan Lang 5 4 12 Tian Liang 5 LU Ke
(Quan) (Ke)
29 Tian Wu 23 Zuo Fu KE
54 Hong Luan
72 Fei Lian
87 Jue
yi bing ding wu
(illness) si (money) wu (children) wei (spouse) shen
I Illness WRS Ming M
l 8 Tai Yin 4 male 4 Wu Qu 2 JI (Lu) Lu
l July 6, 1922, You Hour 13 Qi Sha 4 i
n (12th day of the 5th lunar month, n
e Ren Xu Year) g
s jia 5-14 ji
s (travel) chen Chart for Age 7, (siblings) you
T Travel Shen 1929, Ji Si Year Parents P
r 7 Tian Fu 3 3 Tai Yang 5 a
a 21 Huo Xing r
v 38 Tuo Luo e
e n
l gui geng t
(friends) mao (age 7 ming) xu s
Friends Career Property Karma
1 Zi Wei 1 2 Tian Ji 1
QUAN
14 Po Jun 2
15 Wen Chang
16 Wen Qu (Ji)
ren gui ren xin
(career) yin (property) chou (karma) zi (parents) hai
Friends Career 16 Ji Property Karma

WRS now owns a ranch where he breeds race horses. But first let’s examine
something in his childhood.
Later we will look at his reasons for the consultation: his wife has cancer, and he also
wants to know if it is a good time for him to invest in some more property.

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Analysis of WRS’s Chart at 7 Years of Age
WRS’s lifetime ming and the ming for his first Large Cycle (5-14) are in you. Any
time palaces double up, it will be intense: good will be double-good and bad will be double-
bad.
This places his lifetime and Large Cycle parents palace in xu, too. It has a dark 3 Tai
Yang with other sha stars. (This is another chart where the sun and moon are reversed.) This
is not good for the father. He may have a distant relationship or the father may die when he is
young, but there will be some difficulty involving his father.
Since the Large Cycle ming is in ji you, 16 Wen Qu (in chou) is transformed by Hua
Ji. This is in the three combinations relationship with his Large Cycle ming (you). The Large
Cycle ming already has 4 Wu Qu transformed by the lifetime Hua Ji, so for ten years WRS
has a double Hua Ji affecting his ming.
In 1929, WRS was 7 years old. It was a ji si year. Since the stem of the year is ji, just
like the stem of his Large Cycle ming, all the transforming stars are doubled. Now, 16 Wen
Qu has a double Hua Ji (chou) affecting the current age and current year layers of his chart.
Only one Hua Ji affects Wen Qu when you look at the ten-year level, because the current
year Hua Ji is too small. But when you look at the year level, you can see both.
WRS’s current age ming (age 7) is in xu with an unhappy Tai Yang and sha. This is
once again bad for the father. It has a similar effect, whether in ming or parents.
In addition, the chou palace is WRS’s age 7 property palace. He has a double Hua Ji
transforming Wen Qu in property. 15 Wen Chang or 16 Wen Qu transformed by Hua Ji in
property can mean a death in the family.
In 1929, the stock market crashed, beginning the Great Depression. Many people lost
their money and their property, and some were so distraught, they committed suicide. WRS’s
father was among them.

Whenever layers of a chart double up and whenever the transforming stars double up,
things are intensely good or intensely bad. Here is a good example of that principle.

Parents Karma Property Career

Money Children Spouse Siblings
Lu 6 Lian Zhen 5 10 Ju Men 2 (Ji) 11 Tian Xiang 4 5 Tian Tong 2 (Quan)
9 Tan Lang 5 12 Tian Liang 5 LU
29 Tian Wu 23 Zuo Fu KE
54 Hong Luan
72 Fei Lian
87 Jue
yi bing ding wu
(spouse) si (siblings) wu (age 76 ming) wei (parents) shen
M Illness WRS Ming F
i 8 Tai Yin 4 (Lu) male 4 Wu Qu 2 JI Ke
n July 6, 1922, You Hour 13 Qi Sha 4 r
g (12th day of the 5th lunar month, i
Ren Xu Year) e
n
75-84 jia Chart for Age 76, ji d
(children) chen 1997, Ding Chou Year (karma) you s
S Travel Shen Parents T
i 7 Tian Fu 3 3 Tai Yang 5 Ji
b 21 Huo Xing r
l 38 Tuo Luo a
i v
n e
g gui geng l
s (money) mao (property) xu
Friends Career Property Karma
18 Di Kong 1 Zi Wei 1 QUAN 2 Tian Ji 1 (Ke)
44 Kong Wang 14 Po Jun 2
69 Xiao Hao 15 Wen Chang
84 Bing 16 Wen Qu
ren gui ren xin
(illness) yin (travel) chou (friends) zi (career) hai
Spouse Children 14 Quan Money Illness

The next case will be WRS’s wife. She just found out she has cancer. Is there any
information about it in WRS’s chart?
In addition, WRS wants to buy some property. He wants to know if the chart shows it
being a good time to buy property.
We will examine these two issues. However, there is nothing dramatic in WRS’s
chart regarding these issues. This type of reading is a little tedious and boring. You will find
most readings this way.

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Analysis of WRS’s Chart at 76 Years of Age
WRS’s wife just found out she has cancer. Is there any information about it in WRS’s
chart?
WRS’s Large Cycle ming is in chen. It has 8 Tai Yin with a low rating. That points to
problems with his wife, since Tai Yin represents a significant woman in his life. The current
year Hua Lu for 1997 cannot help when we look at the Large Cycle level. It is too small.
Across from the Large Cycle ming (in travel, xu) is 3 Tai Yang 5 Hua Ji with sha
stars 21 Huo Xing and 38 Tuo Luo. This shows that WRS faces trouble during this ten year
period. It may be due to his wife, since Tai Yin is in ming. We say he ‘faces trouble’ because
ming always faces the travel palace.
The spouse palace for this ten year period is in yin. 5 Tian Tong and 12 Tian Liang
are reflected in. Tian Liang helps give long life, and it is assisted by Hua Lu. This gives the
impression that the wife should survive this ten-year period. It also means a difficult time in
the beginning, but the problems can be solved (Tian Liang Hua Lu). Since WRS is at the
beginning of this ten-year period, he is now in the more difficult part. But on the down side,
the spouse palace (yin) is in the three combinations relationship with xu, which has Hua Ji. In
addition, all the minor stars in the spouse palace are difficult: 18 Di Kong, 44 Kong Wang,
69 Xiao Hao, and 84 Bing.
The karma palace for this ten year period is in the wu palace and has Ju Men, which
tends to show dark thoughts.
So far, I would say the wife will survive the ten year period (she did), but it is not an
easy time for her.
The Small Cycle ming for age 76 is in wei. It has 11 Tian Xiang with a low rating and
57 Gua Su, a sleep alone star. This is not ideal, but it is far from horrible. In fact, there is no
big problem in the opposite or the three combinations palaces.
1997 was a ding chou year, so Ju Men in wu has 48 Hua Ji. This doesn’t seem to have
much to do with WRS’s wife, as it is the age 76 siblings palace.
The age 76 spouse palace is in si. It has 6 Lian Zhen and 9 Tan Lang, both with low
ratings. The ten year Hua Lu helps to make up for that, but there are also many difficult stars:
29 Tian Wu, 54 Hong Luan, 72 Fei Lian, and 87 Jue. Hong Luan is good for young people,
but bad for older people. Hong Luan and Lian Zhen both can mean blood disease or bleeding.
This may be related to the cancer.
WRS’s age 76 karma has 4 Wu Qu Hua Ji and 13 Qi Sha. Not good stars, but they
may simply reflect his worry at this time. The Hua Ji is in the three combinations relationship
with spouse, but it is only one Hua Ji, and the lifetime Hua Ji is generally the weakest.
To conclude, it looks like a difficult time for the wife, but there are no extreme
combinations of bad stars manifesting in the chart at this time. Of course, for more details,
we will look in the wife’s own chart in the next case study.
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WRS wants to buy some property. He wants to know if the chart shows it being a
good thing to do at this time. There is no need to look at his lifetime property stars as they
won’t tell us anything about timing. They are the same this year, ten years in the past, and ten
years in the future.
The Large Cycle ming is in chen. It has 8 Tai Yin with a low rating. In xu, opposite
his Large Cycle ming, there is a Hua Ji and other bad stars. So WRS himself is not in a strong
position and he is facing sha.
The Large Cycle property palace is in wei. It has Tian Xiang with a low rating. The
Large Cycle money in zi is okay.
The conclusion for the Large Cycle is that it is okay to buy property, but it is not
really a great time.
The property palace for age 76 is in xu and has 3 Tai Yang 5 transformed by Hua Ji,
21 Huo Xing and 38 Tuo Luo (two of the four sha plus Hua Ji). This is really bad for buying
property this year. It is better if he doesn’t buy property now.
We will check his wife to see if her property stars are any better. If so, and if she is
healthy enough, she should be the one who works on purchasing it.

How Do We Discuss the Reading with the Client?

What we tell WRS depends in part on what we see in MJS’s chart. But based on his
chart alone, we need to emphasize the encouraging news. It seems like his wife will get
through this period of time, although it is difficult for her. He should try to be optimistic and
he should also try to encourage her and keep her spirits up.
As for the property issue, that will be discussed below. However, we can tell him that
purchasing property at this time does not look wise. It is better if he has an agent in his
company or another family member take over the active role in making the purchase.

Property Career Friends 23 Ke Travel

Children Spouse Siblings Ming
Ji 4 Wu Qu 3 3 Tai Yang 1 7 Tian Fu 1 2 Tian Ji 3 KE
14 Po Jun 4 36 Lu Cun 23 Zuo Fu (Ke)
38 Tuo Luo 24 You Bi 8 Tai Yin 3 LU
49 Ming Ma 37 Qing Yang (Lu)
56 Gu Chen 31 Yin Sha
61 Fei Lian
62 Po Sui
yi bing ding wu
(karma) si (property) wu (career) wei (friends) shen
K Money MJS Parents I
a 5 Tian Tong 3 QUAN female 1 Zi Wei 3 Quan
r (Quan) May 28, 1927, You Hour 9 Tan Lang 3 l
m (28th day of the 4th lunar l
a month, n
Ding Mao Year) e
jia ji s
(parents) chen Chart for Age 71, (travel) you s
P Illness 1997, Ding Chou Year Karma M
a (after her birthday) 10 Ju Men 2 JI (Ji) o
r 28 Jie Shen n
e Yin Female 65 Xun Kong e
n y
t gui First month of a Zi Year is: geng
s (age 71 ming) mao Wu. (illness) xu
Travel Shen Friends Career Property
6 Lian Zhen 2 12 Tian Liang 11 Tian Xiang 3
13 Qi Sha 1
65-74 ren gui ren shen
(siblings) yin (spouse) chou (children) zi (money) hai
Ming Siblings Spouse 12 Lu Children

MJS is WRS’s wife (the previous case).

One thing you can immediately notice about this chart is that she must have been
beautiful when she was young. This is because 2 Tian Ji and 8 Tai Yin together in ming or
shen is someone who loves to dress up and put on make up. Here, it is in her ming (shen) and
reflected into her shen gong (yin). It is further enhanced by Hua Lu and Hua Ke. In fact, she
was a beauty queen when she was young.
Now, in August of 1997, MJS is 71 years old. She has just found out she has cancer.
What is her prognosis? Will she recover? Make predictions for her health now and in the near
future.
In addition, her husband wants to buy property, but his property stars are not very
good now. Is it better if MJS is the one to make the purchase (assuming she is healthy
enough to do so)?

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Analysis of MJS’s Chart at 71 Years of Age
Note that the birth year stem is the same as the current year stem (ding), so all the
transforming stars are doubled.
As for the property question, MJS’s Large Cycle property palace is in si. It has the
Large Cycle Hua Ji and other bad stars. Her Large Cycle money palace (xu) has 10 Ju Men
Hua Ji. While her Large Cycle ming (in yin) has the lifetime Hua Lu reflected in from shen,
it is not enough to overcome the bad stars in money and property. This ten year period is not
good for her to buy property.
However, even in rainy season, there are some sunny days. Let’s see how the current
year looks.
MJS’s age 71 ming is in mao, so property is in wu. This palace has 3 Tai Yang with
the highest rating and 36 Lu Cun. Opposite property in zi, she has her Large Cycle Hua Lu. If
you look at the three combinations relationship, you see many transforming stars in the yin
(reflected from shen) and xu palaces. The property palace sees
• 36 Lu Cun in wu (property palace)
• double Hua Lu reflected into yin (three combinations)
• double Hua Ke reflected into yin (three combinations)
• double Hua Ji in xu (three combinations)
• Large Cycle Hua Lu in zi (opposite)
If you total this, you have a double Hua Ke, double Hua Ji, and four Hua Lu’s. The
four Hua Lu’s become ‘fake.’ This palace is really active with all the transformation, but it is
not really good as the fake Hua Lu’s cannot help. The double Hua Ji is stronger.
Let’s compare the husband and wife’s property stars:

Property WRS MJS

Large Cycle not good Hua Ji
Current Age Hua Ji plus sha double Hua Ji, fake Hua Lu

Neither chart is good for purchasing property at this time. It is best if someone else
acts as their agent. Their adult daughter lives nearby. Perhaps she can do it for them (if her
chart is better).
*^*
The cancer: 1997 was a ding chou year, so 10 Ju Men is transformed by Hua Ji in the xu
palace. MJS was 71 at the time, so her Small Cycle ming is in the mao palace. No Hua Ji and
few bad stars are visible from her ming. In fact, Hua Quan (strength, power) is opposite and
reflected in with 1 Zi Wei and 9 Tan Lang, giving her ming some strength to resist disease.
The Small Cycle illness palace is in xu with Ju Men and a double Hua Ji. Ju Men
represents dark and hidden things. In this case, it has the image of her cancer. Ju Men also
has another image in regard to health: being healed by an unlicensed doctor. If she doesn’t
have a good prognosis with conventional medicine, she should try alternative methods.
The Small Cycle 71 illness palace also has 28 Jie Shen, which resolves problems
(dissolves cancer?), and 65 Xun Kong which, when located in the illness palace, can reduce
the power of the disease.
Let’s see what happens with the transforming stars after the next Chinese lunar New
Year (January 28, 1998).

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Property Career Friends 23 Ke Travel
Children Spouse Siblings Ming
Ji 4 Wu Qu 3 3 Tai Yang 1 7 Tian Fu 1 2 Tian Ji 3 KE (Ji)
14 Po Jun 4 36 Lu Cun 23 Zuo Fu 8 Tai Yin 3 LU (Quan)
38 Tuo Luo 24 You Bi (Ke) 31 Yin Sha
49 Ming Ma 37 Qing Yang
56 Gu Chen
61 Fei Lian
62 Po Sui
yi bing ding wu
(karma) si
(property) wu (career) wei (friends) shen
K Money MJS Parents I
a 5 Tian Tong 3 QUAN female 1 Zi Wei 3 Quan
r May 28, 1927, You Hour 9 Tan Lang 3 (Lu) l
m (28th day of the 4th lunar month, l
a Ding Mao Year) n
e
jia Chart for Age 71, ji s
(parents) chen 1998, Wu Yin Year (travel) you s
P Illness (before her birthday) Karma M
a 10 Ju Men 2 JI o
r Yin Female 28 Jie Shen n
e 65 Xun Kong e
n First month of a Zi Year is: Wu. y
t gui geng
s (age 71 ming) mao (illness) xu
Travel Shen Friends Career Property
6 Lian Zhen 2 12 Tian Liang 11 Tian Xiang 3
13 Qi Sha 1
65-74 ren gui ren shen
(siblings) yin (spouse) chou (children) zi (money) hai
Ming Siblings Spouse 12 Lu Children

The current year Hua Ji leaves the Small Cycle illness palace (xu) on the next
Chinese New Year (1998, a wu yin year), in five more months (it is now early August). The
lifetime Hua Ji will still be in the illness palace transforming 10 Ju Men.
The current year Hua Ji will go to 2 Tian Ji in shen. Unfortunately, it is reflected into
the yin palace, in the three combinations relationship with xu, the illness palace; there are
still two Hua Ji’s affecting the illness palace.

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Then in May of the upcoming year (1998), her palace categories will all move on her
72nd birthday. This will take her illness palace out of xu and into you. If she can make it until
her next birthday, the danger will mostly be over.
4 Wu Qu Hua Ji (si) will be in the three combinations relationship, but Wu Qu is less
likely to represent a hidden disease like cancer than Ju Men, and the illness palace itself has
the current year Hua Lu to help it.

Property Career Friends 23 Ke Travel

Children Spouse Siblings Ming
Ji 4 Wu Qu 3 3 Tai Yang 1 7 Tian Fu 1 2 Tian Ji 3 KE (Ji)
14 Po Jun 4 36 Lu Cun 23 Zuo Fu 8 Tai Yin 3 LU (Quan)
38 Tuo Luo 24 You Bi (Ke) 31 Yin Sha
49 Ming Ma 37 Qing Yang
56 Gu Chen
61 Fei Lian
62 Po Sui
yi bing ding wu
(property) si (career) wu (friends) wei (travel) shen
K Money MJS Parents I
a 5 Tian Tong 3 female 1 Zi Wei 3 Quan
r QUAN May 28, 1927, You Hour 9 Tan Lang 3 (Lu) l
m (28th day of the 4th lunar month, l
a Ding Mao Year) n
e
jia Chart for Age 72, ji s
(karma) chen 1998, Wu Yin Year (illness) you s
P Illness (after her birthday) Karma M
a 10 Ju Men 2 JI o
r Yin Female 28 Jie Shen n
e 65 Xun Kong e
n First month of a Zi Year is: Wu. y
t gui geng
s (parents) mao (money) xu
Travel Shen Friends Career Property
6 Lian Zhen 2 12 Tian Liang 11 Tian Xiang 3
13 Qi Sha 1
65-74 ren gui ren shen
(age 72 ming) yin (siblings) chou (spouse) zi (children) hai
Ming Siblings Spouse 12 Lu Children

With something serious like cancer, you can check the chart month by month. So, after some
comments about reading the monthly chart, we will continue with MJS’s chart.

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Reading the Monthly Chart
Every Chinese Lunar Month:
• The monthly ming changes, depending on the results of the calculation written in the
center of the chart and whether yin or yang, male or female.
• If you like, you can also add the Four Transforming Stars based on the stem of the
month.
• Look at the monthly ming, and give monthly interpretations using all stars from all
time periods.

You will not need to read the monthly chart all the time. The level of analysis will
depend on the amount of detail you need to know.
When there is big crisis or big opportunity, it may be important to look at smaller
periods of time. Think of this like the weather report. If you are in a season when it is sunny
every day or when there is mild rain every day, you don’t need to check the weather report.
You know how to dress and what to expect. If it is rainy season, you know to keep an
umbrella in your car just in case. However, when there is a special event coming up or if it is
hurricane season, you tend to check the weather report more often.
The monthly chart is like this. If the prediction for the year is moderately good or
moderately bad, things happen naturally, and you can go with the flow. However, if
something special is coming up (a job change, a marriage, the birth of a child) or if the
annual prediction is more extreme (a double Hua Ji in a significant palace) or if life is
presenting you with a big problem (serious disease, separation with your spouse, big money
loss), then it might be important to check the ‘weather’ more often. In this case, looking
month by month may be beneficial.
Remember, you have had changes in your chart all your life, but you are just learning
astrology now. Since the chart tends to repeat certain patterns over time, you have probably
experienced most of the minor difficulties already and gotten through them. Sometimes
consulting the chart too often makes people fret when they might be happy otherwise.
Live your life. If nothing big is on the near horizon, it is better to spend your time
reading the 《易經》 Yijing, 《道德經》 Daode Jing, or 《莊子》 Zhuangzi than obsessing
with the minor details of your chart.
Of course since you are just learning, you may want to play with it for a few months
to get familiar with how to do it and what it can tell you. If you like, make monthly charts for
the next six months and see what you can see. But after that, it is better to live your life and
only check when you need a ‘weather report.’

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Case 9: Cancer, continued
With something serious like cancer, you can check the chart month by month. MJS
was diagnosed with cancer on August 4th, 1997 and had an operation on August 6th. This was
the 7th lunar month, a wu shen month (August 3rd – September 1st, 1997). The transforming
stars are calculated based on the stem of the current month.
The monthly ming is in chou. 2 Tian Ji (in shen) is transformed by the current month
Hua Ji. This is in her illness palace for the month. It also contains 8 Tai Yin and 31 Yin Sha,
which can signify hidden (yin) diseases. The wei palace, which is opposite the monthly ming,
has Qing Yang, so she is facing the knife (an operation).
It is interesting to note that an astrology chart seems to indicate when the person finds
out about a trouble, even if it has been brewing under the surface for some time. It is likely
that her cancer did not suddenly spring up this month, but since she found out about it now, it
shows in her chart now.

Property Career Friends 23 Ke Travel

Children Spouse Siblings Ming
Ji 4 Wu Qu 3 3 Tai Yang 1 7 Tian Fu 1 2 Tian Ji 3 KE (Ke)
14 Po Jun 4 36 Lu Cun 23 Zuo Fu mo. Ji
38 Tuo Luo 24 You Bi mo. Ke 8 Tai Yin 3 LU (Lu)
49 Ming Ma 37 Qing Yang mo. quan
56 Gu Chen 31 Yin Sha
61 Fei Lian
62 Po Sui 7th Month Illness
yi bing ding wu
(karma) si (property) wu (career) wei (friends) shen
K Money MJS Parents I
a 5 Tian Tong 3 female 1 Zi Wei 3 Quan
r QUAN (Quan) May 28, 1927, You Hour 9 Tan Lang 3 mo. Lu l
m (28th day of the 4th lunar month, l
a Ding Mao Year) n
e
jia Chart for Age 71, ji s
(parents) chen 1997, Ding Chou Year (travel) you s
P Illness Karma M
a Yin Female 10 Ju Men 2 JI (Ji) o
r 28 Jie Shen n
e First month of a Zi Year is: Wu. 65 Xun Kong e
n y
t gui Chart for 7th month, wu shen geng
rd st
s (age 71 ming) mao August 3 – September 1 , 1997 (illness) xu
Travel Shen Friends Career Property
6 Lian Zhen 2 12 Tian Liang 11 Tian Xiang 3
13 Qi Sha 1
ren 7th mo. ming gui ren shen
65-74 (siblings) yin (spouse) chou (children) zi (money) hai
Ming Siblings Spouse 12 Lu Children

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Next month (the 8th lunar month, ji you), her ming is in the yin palace. Wen Qu will be
transformed by Hua Ji (in chou). This is in the three combinations relationship with her
monthly illness palace (you). Si has the Large Cycle Hua Ji, also in the three combinations
relationship with her monthly illness palace. This makes a double Hua Ji in the illness palace.
At least the month Hua Lu is also in the three combinations relationship in si. Her illness
palace (in you) does not have difficult stars, but with the double Hua Ji, she is still in danger.
We can continue looking month by month until she is out of danger.

Property Career Friends 23 Ke Travel

Children Spouse Siblings Ming
Ji 4 Wu Qu 3 mo. Lu 3 Tai Yang 1 7 Tian Fu 1 2 Tian Ji 3 KE (Ke)
14 Po Jun 4 36 Lu Cun 23 Zuo Fu 8 Tai Yin 3 LU (Lu)
38 Tuo Luo 24 You Bi 31 Yin Sha
49 Ming Ma 37 Qing Yang
56 Gu Chen
61 Fei Lian
62 Po Sui
yi bing ding wu
(karma) si (property) wu (career) wei (friends) shen
K Money MJS Parents I
a 5 Tian Tong 3 female 1 Zi Wei 3 Quan
r QUAN (Quan) May 28, 1927, You Hour 9 Tan Lang 3 mo. Quan l
m (28th day of the 4th lunar month, l
a Ding Mao Year) 8th month illness n
e
jia Chart for Age 71, ji s
(parents) chen 1997, Ding Chou Year (travel) you s
P Illness Karma M
a Yin Female 10 Ju Men 2 JI (Ji) o
r 28 Jie Shen n
e First month of a Zi Year is: Wu. 65 Xun Kong e
n y
th
t gui Chart for 8 month, ji you geng
nd st
s (age 71 ming) mao September 2 – October 1 , 1997 (illness) xu
Travel Shen Friends Career Property
6 Lian Zhen 2 12 Tian Liang mo. Ke 11 Tian Xiang 3
13 Qi Sha 1
15 Wen Chang
16 Wen Qu mo. Ji
8th month ming ren gui ren shen
65-74 (siblings) yin (spouse) chou (children) zi (money) hai
Ming Siblings Spouse 12 Lu Children

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The ninth lunar month has MJS’s ming in mao, and illness in xu. Her current year and
current month palaces overlap, doubling the impact of everything. The xu palace has 10 Ju
Men transformed by double Hua Ji, very bad. However, opposite it in chen, the current
month Hua Ji transform 5 Tian Tong. Now it is a triple Hua Ji, a fake. Something scary will
happen, but she will get through it. She may have a close call this month, but in the end she is
safe.
You can continue following the case month by month if you like, but this should give
you the idea how to do it.

Property Career Friends 23 Ke Travel

Children Spouse Siblings Ming
Ji 4 Wu Qu 3 mo. Quan 3 Tai Yang 1 mo. 7 Tian Fu 1 2 Tian Ji 3 KE (Ke) mo.
14 Po Jun 4 Lu 23 Zuo Fu Ke
38 Tuo Luo 36 Lu Cun 24 You Bi 8 Tai Yin 3 LU (Lu)
49 Ming Ma 37 Qing 31 Yin Sha
56 Gu Chen Yang
61 Fei Lian
62 Po Sui
yi bing ding wu
(karma) si (property) wu (career) wei (friends) shen
K Money MJS Parents I
a 5 Tian Tong 3 female 1 Zi Wei 3 Quan
r QUAN (Quan) mo. May 28, 1927, You Hour 9 Tan Lang 3 l
m Ji (28th day of the 4th lunar month, l
a Ding Mao Year) n
e
jia Chart for Age 71, ji s
(parents) chen 1997, Ding Chou Year (travel) you s
P Illness Karma M
a Yin Female 10 Ju Men 2 JI (Ji) o
r 28 Jie Shen n
e First month of a Zi Year is: Wu. 65 Xun Kong e
n 9th month illness y
t 9th month ming gui Chart for 9th month, geng xu geng
s (age 71 ming) mao October 2nd – October 30th, 1997 (illness) xu
Travel Shen Friends Career Property
6 Lian Zhen 2 12 Tian 11 Tian Xiang 3
13 Qi Sha 1 Liang
15 Wen Chang
16 Wen Qu
ren gui ren shen
65-74 (siblings) yin (spouse) chou (children) zi (money) hai
Ming Siblings Spouse 12 Lu Children

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To summarize, each month so far has some critical stars affecting the illness palace.
The 9th lunar month will contain a health scare, but it will turn out okay. Indeed, things will
be difficult until her next birthday. If she can survive that long, the danger seems to have
passed.
Remember that besides the cancer causing problems, the health palace may also
reflect the discomforts of cancer treatment. For example, if she gets chemotherapy, she may
feel very sick for a number of months. It is possible the bad stars reflect this.
At this time, you are not skilled enough to make life and death predictions. We can
see something very serious, but we cannot predict if she will survive it or not. As you gain
more experience, perhaps you can get a feel for this type of prediction.

How Do We Discuss the Reading with the Client?

It was not clear to me at the time whether MJS would survive or not (she did).
However, we should not express this kind of doubt to the client, as it can devastate their
moral.
Therefore, we need to tell her that yes we see health trouble in her chart, and she will
probably have difficulty for some months, but that the situation will improve a lot in by her
next birthday. She needs to stay strong to get through. If she is not happy with her doctor’s
care, she should consider alternative medicine (because of Ju Men). Or, she could follow
both paths at the same time.

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Case 10: A chart to win the lottery
Ming Parents Karma Property
Spouse Siblings Ming Parents
12 Tian Liang 5 13 Qi Sha 2 6 Lian Zhen 1 (Ji)
16 Wen Qu 37 Qing Yang 56 Gu Chen
36 Lu Cun
26-35 ding wu 11th mo. ji geng
1st mo. (friends) si 12 mo. (travel) wu
th
(illness) wei 10th mo. (money) shen
S Children MM female Karma Shen C
i 1 Zi Wei 5 August 26, 1978, Chou Hour 15 Wen Chang (Ke) a
b 11 Tian Xiang 2 (23rd day of the 7th lunar month, 54 Hong Luan r
l 22 Ling Xing Wu Wu Year) e
i 24 You Bi KE e
n 38 Tuo Luo Element Type: Fire 6 r
g bing YYMF: yang female xin
s 2nd mo. (career) chen (children) you
9th mo.
Money Chart for Age 29 Property F
Ke 2 Tian Ji 2 JI (Quan) Current year: 2006 (Bing Xu) 14 Po Jun 2 r
Ji 10 Ju Men 1 18 Di Kong i
S 25 Tian Xing First month of a zi year is: wei 23 Zuo Fu e
p 41 Tian Guan n
o 42 Tian Fu Months noted for 2006 in chart. d
u 55 Tian Xi s
s 64 Tian Shou
e yi ren
3rd mo. (property) mao 8th mo. (spouse) xu
Illness Travel Friends Career
9 Tan Lang 3 LU 3 Tai Yang 5 4 Wu Qu 2 5 Tian Tong 1 (Lu) Quan
21 Huo Xing 8 Tai Yin 1 QUAN 7 Tian Fu 1
27 Yue Ma 17 Di Jie
28 Jie Shen 52 Tian Ku
31 Yin Sha 53 Tian Xu
35 Tian Gui
61 Fei Lian
jia yi 6th mo. jia gui
4th mo. (karma) yin 5 th
mo. (parents) chou (age 29 ming) zi 7th mo. (siblings) hai
Children Money 8 Lu Illness Travel

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Sometimes a monthly chart can be examined for opportunity. In this way, the client
can time an activity to receive the maximum benefit. MM’s chart has a special configuration
in the yin palace. If you look in the Zi Wei Dou Shu Intermediate Class, you will find it says
for 49 Ming Ma with 36 Lu Cun: “You make a lot of money. The further you travel, the more
you make.” This is because Ming Ma represents a horse, which gallops far. Lu Cun
represents the money. This chart has 27 Yue Ma instead of Ming Ma but it is basically the
same type of star. In addition, this palace does not contain Lu Cun, but instead has Hua Lu,
which is also the same type of qi.
Beyond this, the yin palace contains 9 Tan Lang with 21 Huo Xing. The Intermediate
Class says: “You can make money but it comes fast and goes fast. Know when to quit.” Tan
Lang transformed by Hua Lu gives us: “Money from gambling, lottery, stock market etc.”
In sum, this palace contains stars that can make a lot of money from gambling, lottery,
the stock market etc. A large amount can come in suddenly. It will be even larger if somehow
it is related to traveling. The only downside is that once the winnings come in, you have to
stop any risky gambling or investments, or else you can easily lose it again. In other words,
don’t be greedy. Be satisfied with whatever the winnings are.
Since this palace is part of MM’s lifetime chart, this kind of person can have repeated
success as the various time cycles pass through this palace. If we want to use it, then we can
work out the chart month by month to find the best time.
However, there are limitations to how much she can win. Will MM become a
millionaire? She cannot unless her lifetime and Large Cycle money stars allow it. She has
Hua Ji in her lifetime money palace (mao), so her capacity to be rich over the long run is
limited. Still, her chart allows her to have some amount of winnings repeatedly at the proper
times.
Fortunately, MM is not the serious gambling type, so she can use this configuration
wisely. If she were a gambler at heart, she might get greedy and lose it all.
This year (2006), the shen palace, opposite yin, has the current year Hua Ji, so we
should advise her not to invest too much money in pursuit of this goal. Other years will have
better results when there are better transforming stars in relationship. Still, she can try this
year, as long as she does not risk a large amount of money.
We will now discuss how to analyze this chart month by month. Yin is the target
palace. We want months when yin is the ming, career, travel, or money palace. Of these,
career is least important because this type of lottery or investment money has nothing to do
with her career. However, the career palace is in the three combinations relationship with
ming and money so it may be effective. Travel is also good, because the travel palace has a
very strong effect on ming, and because with the 27 Yue Ma and 45 Hua Lu combination, the
farther you go away, the more money you bring in. For this reason, we should advise her to
buy a lottery ticket or enter a contest when she is far from home, not in her neighborhood.

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In MM’s chart, the first month of a zi year is in wei. Since currently (2006), it is a xu
year, and xu is the 11th branch, we count clockwise eleven palaces from wei to find the first
month of a xu year. This lands us in the si palace, so in the first month of 2006, MM’s ming
is in si.
MM is a yang female, so the second month will be one palace counterclockwise from
si, and the other months will continue clockwise as follows:
Ming Parents Karma Property
Spouse Siblings Ming Parents
12 Tian Liang 5 13 Qi Sha 2 6 Lian Zhen 1 (Ji)
16 Wen Qu 37 Qing Yang 56 Gu Chen
36 Lu Cun 11th mo. of Xu
1st mo. of Xu Year th
12 mo. of Xu Yr Yr 10th mo. of Xu Yr
26-35 ding wu ji geng
(friends) si (travel) wu (illness) wei (money) shen
S Children MM female Karma Shen C
i 1 Zi Wei 5 August 26, 1978, Chou Hour 15 Wen Chang a
b 11 Tian Xiang 2 (23rd day of the 7th lunar month, (Ke) r
l 22 Ling Xing Wu Wu Year) 54 Hong Luan e
i 24 You Bi KE e
n 38 Tuo Luo Element Type: Fire 6 r
g 2nd mo. of Xu Year YYMF: yang female 9th mo. of Xu Year
s bing xin
(career) chen Current year: 2006 (Bing Xu) (children) you
Money Property F
Ke 2 Tian Ji 2 JI First month of a zi year is: wei 14 Po Jun 2 r
Ji (Quan) 18 Di Kong i
S 10 Ju Men 1 23 Zuo Fu e
p n
o d
u 3rd mo. of Xu Year 8th mo. of Xu Year s
s yi ren
e (property) mao (spouse) xu
Illness Travel Friends Career
9 Tan Lang 3 LU 3 Tai Yang 5 4 Wu Qu 2 5 Tian Tong 1 (Lu) Quan
21 Huo Xing 8 Tai Yin 1 7 Tian Fu 1
27 Yue Ma QUAN
4th mo. of Xu Year 5th mo. of Xu Yr 6th mo. of Xu Yr 7th mo. of Xu Year
jia yi (age 29 jia gui
(karma) yin (parents) chou ming) zi (siblings) hai
Children Money 8 Lu Illness Travel

Then determine which months place a significant palace in yin. Look up the dates and
the stem of the months to calculate the monthly transforming stars:
Yin Palace Month of 2006 Dates in Western Calendar Stem Branch
th
ming 4 April 28 – May 26, 2006 gui si
career 8th September 22 – October 21, 2006 ding you
travel 10th November 21 – December 19, 2006 ji hai
money 12th January 19 – February 17, 2007 xin chou

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Now we can draw up a chart for each of these four months and see which one is best,
based on the Four Transforming Stars. Of course, if she only spends a small amount on
lottery tickets, she can do it each of these months with no big loss if it doesn’t work. If she
wants to invest a lot, she needs to be more cautious, especially with the current year Hua Ji
opposite in shen.
She can also use this timing to plan a trip where she has an opportunity, since the
stars say the further she travels, the more money she can make. Maybe she wants to go to the
casinos in Las Vegas one of these months.

Ming Parents Karma Property

Spouse Siblings Ming Parents
12 Tian Liang 5 13 Qi Sha 2 6 Lian Zhen 1 (Ji)
16 Wen Qu 37 Qing Yang 56 Gu Chen
36 Lu Cun 4th mo. Career 4th mo. Travel
26-35 ding wu ji geng
(career) si (friends) wu (travel) wei (illness) shen
S Children MM female Karma Shen C
i 1 Zi Wei 5 August 26, 1978, Chou Hour 15 Wen Chang a
b 11 Tian Xiang 2 (23rd day of the 7th lunar month, (Ke) r
l 22 Ling Xing Wu Wu Year) 54 Hong Luan e
i 24 You Bi KE e
n 38 Tuo Luo Element Type: Fire 6 r
g bing YYMF: yang female xin
s (property) chen (money) you
Money Current year: 2006 (Bing Xu) Property F
Ke 2 Tian Ji 2 JI (Quan) 14 Po Jun 2 Mo. Lu r
Ji 10 Ju Men 1 Mo. Quan First month of a zi year is: wei 18 Di Kong i
S 23 Zuo Fu e
p Fourth Month 4th mo. Money n
o 4/28-5/26 2006 gui si month d
u s
s yi ren
e (karma) mao (children) xu
Illness Travel Friends Career
9 Tan Lang 3 LU 3 Tai Yang 5 4 Wu Qu 2 5 Tian Tong 1 Quan
Month Ji 8 Tai Yin 1 QUAN 7 Tian Fu 1 (Lu)
21 Huo Xing Month Ke
27 Yue Ma
4th mo. Ming
jia yi jia gui
(parents) yin (age 28 ming) chou (siblings) zi (spouse) hai
Children Money 8 Lu Illness Travel

In the 4th month of 2006, MM’s ming is in yin. Here we end up with the current month Hua
Ji in the monthly ming (yin) with the current year Hua Ji opposite. This is not a good month
to try.

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Ming Parents Karma Property
Spouse Siblings Ming Parents
12 Tian Liang 5 13 Qi Sha 2 6 Lian Zhen 1 (Ji)
16 Wen Qu 37 Qing Yang 56 Gu Chen
36 Lu Cun 8th month Money
8th month 26-35 ding wu ji geng
(friends) si (travel) wu (illness) wei (money) shen
S Children MM female Karma Shen C
i 1 Zi Wei 5 August 26, 1978, Chou Hour 15 Wen Chang (Ke) a
b 11 Tian Xiang 2 (23rd day of the 7th lunar month, 54 Hong Luan r
l 22 Ling Xing Wu Wu Year) e
i 24 You Bi KE e
n 38 Tuo Luo Element Type: Fire 6 r
g 8th month Travel YYMF: yang female
s bing xin
(career) chen Current year: 2006 (Bing Xu) (children) you
Money Property F
Ke 2 Tian Ji 2 JI (Quan) First month of a zi year is: wei 14 Po Jun 2 r
Month Ke 18 Di Kong i
Ji 10 Ju Men 1 Month Ji 8th Month 23 Zuo Fu e
S 9/22-10/21 2006 n
p ding you month d
o 8th month Ming s
u
s yi ren
e (property) mao (spouse) xu
Illness Travel Friends Career
9 Tan Lang 3 LU 3 Tai Yang 5 4 Wu Qu 2 5 Tian Tong 1 (Lu) Quan
21 Huo Xing 8 Tai Yin 1 7 Tian Fu 1 Month Quan
27 Yue Ma QUAN Month Lu

8th month Career

jia yi (age 29 jia gui
(karma) yin (parents) chou ming) zi (siblings) hai
Children Money 8 Lu Illness Travel

In the 8th month of 2006, MM’s ming is in xu. This month, none of the Hua Ji’s affect
the monthly ming or the yin palace where the target stars are except the current year Hua Ji in
shen, but that will be there every month this year.
None of the good current month transforming stars affects the yin palace either.
Here, the target palace is the monthly career palace. While it is in the three
combinations relationship with ming, perhaps this is not as good as if the yin palace held
ming, travel, or money.
If MM’s career related to investment of money, this month might be more powerful
for her.

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Ming Parents Karma Property
Spouse Siblings Ming Parents
12 Tian Liang 5 mo. Ke 13 Qi Sha 2 6 Lian Zhen 1
16 Wen Qu month Ji 37 Qing Yang (Ji)
36 Lu Cun 56 Gu Chen
10th mo. Ming
26-35 ding wu ji geng
(friends) si (travel) wu (illness) wei (money) shen
S Children MM female Karma Shen C
i 1 Zi Wei 5 August 26, 1978, Chou Hour 15 Wen Chang a
b 11 Tian Xiang 2 (23rd day of the 7th lunar month, (Ke) r
l 22 Ling Xing Wu Wu Year) 54 Hong Luan e
i 24 You Bi KE e
n 38 Tuo Luo Element Type: Fire 6 r
g 10th mo. Money YYMF: yang female
s bing xin
(career) chen Current year: 2006 (Bing Xu) (children) you
Money Property F
Ke 2 Tian Ji 2 JI (Quan) First month of a zi year is: wei 14 Po Jun 2 r
Ji 10 Ju Men 1 18 Di Kong i
S 10th Month 23 Zuo Fu e
p 11/21-12/19 2006 n
o ji hai month d
u s
s yi ren
e (property) mao (spouse) xu
Illness Travel Friends Career
9 Tan Lang 3 LU month 3 Tai Yang 5 4 Wu Qu 2 month 5 Tian Tong 1 Quan
Quan 8 Tai Yin 1 Lu (Lu)
21 Huo Xing QUAN 7 Tian Fu 1
27 Yue Ma

10th mo. Travel 10th mo. Career

jia yi jia gui

(karma) yin (parents) chou (age 29 ming) zi (siblings) hai
Children Money 8 Lu Illness Travel

In the 10th month of 2006, MM’s ming is in shen. Now the yin palace (the target
palace) is travel. Since these stars give more benefit if you use them while traveling, being in
the travel palace is good. The yin palace is also made stronger this month because Hua Quan
transforms 9 Tan Lang.
However, the monthly ming, in shen, has the current year Hua Ji. The suggestion for
this month is to buy a lottery ticket while traveling, but not to spend too much since Hua Ji is
in ming. If MM knows fengshui and day selection, she can also use those to help her.

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Ming Parents Karma Property
Spouse Siblings Ming Parents
12 Tian Liang 5 13 Qi Sha 2 6 Lian Zhen 1 (Ji)
16 Wen Qu month 37 Qing Yang 56 Gu Chen
Ke 12th mo. Ming
36 Lu Cun
26-35 ding wu ji geng
(friends) si (travel) wu (illness) wei (money) shen
S Children MM female Karma Shen C
i 1 Zi Wei 5 August 26, 1978, Chou Hour 15 Wen Chang (Ke) a
b 11 Tian Xiang 2 (23rd day of the 7th lunar month, month Ji r
l 22 Ling Xing Wu Wu Year) 54 Hong Luan e
i 24 You Bi KE e
n 38 Tuo Luo Element Type: Fire 6 r
g bing YYMF: yang female xin
s (career) chen (children) you
Money Current year: 2006 (Bing Xu) Property F
Ke 2 Tian Ji 2 JI 14 Po Jun 2 r
Ji (Quan) First month of a zi year is: wei 18 Di Kong i
S 10 Ju Men 1 23 Zuo Fu e
p month Lu 12th Month n
o 1/19-2/17 2007 12th mo. Career d
u xin chou month s
s yi ren
e (property) mao (spouse) xu
Illness Travel Friends Career
9 Tan Lang 3 LU 3 Tai Yang 5 4 Wu Qu 2 5 Tian Tong 1 (Lu) Quan
21 Huo Xing month Quan 7 Tian Fu 1
27 Yue Ma 8 Tai Yin 1 QUAN
12th mo. Travel
th
12 mo. Money
jia yi jia gui
(karma) yin (parents) chou (age 29 ming) zi (siblings) hai
Children Money 8 Lu Illness Travel
In the 12th month of 2006, MM’s ming is in wu. The target palace, yin, is the money
palace. No monthly transforming stars affect ming or money. In fact, now the current year
Hua Ji in shen has no affect on ming, although it is still opposite yin. Perhaps because the
Hua Ji is less powerful (not affecting ming), this is the best month of 2006 for MM to try for
sudden winnings.
Palace Month Outcome
ming 4th double Hua Ji affects ming
career 8th career palace less relevant, Hua Ji opposite in shen but not affecting ming
travel 10th travel palace is good and Hua Quan helps, Hua Ji opposite in ming
money 12th money palace is good, Hua Ji opposite in shen but not affecting ming
If MM knows fengshui and day selection, she can also use those to help her.
In other years, her luck may be even better, as the current year Hua Ji in shen will be
in other palaces.

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Conclusion
You can see, a reading can give a lot of detail, but is also very complicated. It takes
patience and practice. It takes time to develop skill. It is an art.
Get very familiar with your own chart and be brutally honest with yourself. Use your
own chart to guide you in how to improve yourself, but have compassion for yourself when
you mess up, as you were programmed to behave in certain ways.
Let your clients (whether they pay you or not) be your teachers. They will give you
feedback, and whether your predictions were right or wrong, you will learn from them.
Read and reread the class materials and case studies. Each time you go over the
material again, you will have new insights.
I (Lorraine Wilcox) have been using Zi Wei Dou Shu for more than ten years, and
every so often, I find myself at a new level in reading a chart. Suddenly I can see something
more clearly. This comes from playing with Zi Wei Dou Shu frequently. It will happen to
you too if you persist.
If you put it down and don’t read any charts for a long time, it is hard to pick it back
up again. You forget things.
If a reading seems overwhelming, simplify a little. Start with fewer stars, the more
important ones:
Most Heavy: The Fourteen Major Stars and the Four Transforming Stars.
Very Heavy: 15 Wen Chang, 16 Wen Qu, 17 Di Jie, 18 Di Kong, 21 Huo Xing, 22
Ling Xing, 23 Zuo Fu, 24 You Bi, 36 Lu Cun, 37 Qing Yang, 38 Tuo Luo
Somewhat Heavy or Heavy Only in Certain Palaces: 25 Tian Xing, 26 Tian Yao,
28 Jie Shen, 31 Yin Sha, 54 Hong Luan, 55 Tian Xi, 56 Gu Chen, 57 Gua Su
Or determine which stars you yourself find most influential.
You can also start out just reading the lifetime chart to understand personality. When
you are comfortable with that, add in the Large and Small Cycles. Later you can play with
the month charts.
You also should experiment with yin or yang, male or female for the Small Cycle.
You probably wish that we told you to do it one way or the other. But this is part of the art.
Choose one way of doing it and follow that for a while, but if the Small Cycle chart doesn’t
seem to describe the situation, the redo the chart the other way. It is better to find what works
than to rely on a theory. If you are not sure which is better in a particular chart, find an event
in their life that was very intense. Calculate the chart both ways and see which is more
accurate. It is easier to tell this way then to look at a year when their life is less intense.
Finally, don’t forget there five influences on our lives.
命 ming: fate, destiny. The lifetime chart.
運 yun: luck. The Large Cycle and the Small Cycle.
風水 fengshui: the environment.
陰德 yinde: practicing virtue without advertising it.
讀書 dushu: education and effort.
The first two cannot be changed, but the last three can. Whether a chart is good or bad,
making changes in the last three can improve life a lot.
We hope you have enjoyed this class. Thanks you for your hard work.

Summary of Changes over Time

Every Ten Years (changing on the lunar birthday):
Large Cycle palace categories rotate one palace clockwise or counterclockwise,
depending on yin or yang, male or female.
The Four Transforming Stars (45 Hua Lu, 46 Hua Quan, 47 Hua Ke and 48 Hua Ji)
change, depending on the stem of the Large Cycle ming.

Every Year on Chinese Lunar New Year:

The Four Transforming Stars (45 Hua Lu, 46 Hua Quan, 47 Hua Ke, and 48 Hua Ji)
change, depending on the stem of the current year.
The current year palace categories changes, depending on the branch of the current year.
The Current Year Stars and the Current Year General Stars (90 through 113) change,
depending on the branch of the current year.

Every Year on the Lunar Birthday:

Small Cycle (current age) palace categories rotate clockwise or counterclockwise,
depending on male or female (or possibly depending on yin or yang, male or female).

Every Chinese Lunar Month:

The monthly ming changes, depending on the results of the calculation written in the
center of the chart and whether yin or yang, male or female.
If you like, you can also add the Four Transforming Stars based on the stem of the month.

Note that if someone’s birthday is near Chinese lunar New Year, their chart remains
consistent for a year at a time. But if someone’s birthday is in August, for example, then
aspects of their chart change every six months: at the lunar New Year, and on their birthday.

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Interpretation
Lifetime:
1. What is the palace branch of ming gong? (zi, chou, yin, etc.; four directions, four corners,
four earths).

2. What are the Major Stars in ming? Look at stars 1-14.

3. What are the rest of the stars in ming? Look at stars 15-89.

4. What is opposite ming? What is in the three combinations relationship with ming?

5. What is the ming ruler, or potential of ming?

6. Follow steps 1-5 with shen gong.

7. Interpret the other eleven palace categories for lifetime, including the lifetime
Transforming Stars. Look at stars 1-89.

Time Periods:
8. Look at the Large Cycle (ten-year) ming and the other Large Cycle palace categories,
including the lifetime and Large Cycle Transforming Stars. Look at stars 1-89.

9. Look at the Small Cycle (current age) ming and other Small Cycle palace categories,
including the lifetime, Large Cycle and current year Transforming Stars. Look at stars 1-
113.

10. Look at the current year chart. Look at the relationship between the current year chart
and the Small Cycle (current age) chart.

11. Look at monthly ming, and give monthly interpretations using all stars from all time
periods.

You will not need to use all of this all the time. The level of analysis will depend on the
amount of detail you need to know.

The Four Transforming Stars

45 46 47 48
化祿化權化科化忌
Hua Lu Hua Quan Hua Ke Hua Ji
Stem
Jia 6 Lian Zhen 14 Po Jun 4 Wu Qu 3 Tai Yang
Yi 2 Tian Ji 12 Tian Liang 1 Zi Wei 8 Tai Yin
Bing 5 Tian Tong 2 Tian Ji 15 Wen Chang 6 Lian Zhen
Ding 8 Tai Yin 5 Tian Tong 2 Tian Ji 10 Ju Men
Wu 9 Tan Lang 8 Tai Yin 24 You Bi 2 Tian Ji
Ji 4 Wu Qu 9 Tan Lang 12 Tian Liang 16 Wen Qu
Geng 3 Tai Yang 4 Wu Qu 8 Tai Yin 5 Tian Tong
Xin 10 Ju Men 3 Tai Yang 16 Wen Qu 15 Wen Chang
Ren 12 Tian Liang 1 Zi Wei 23 Zuo Fu 4 Wu Qu
Gui 14 Po Jun 10 Ju Men 8 Tai Yin 9 Tan Lang

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Friends Travel Illness Money
95 Xiao Hao 96 Da Hao 97 Long De 98 Bai Hu
107 Jie Sha 108 Zai Sha 109 Tian Sha 110 Zhi Bei
si wu wei shen
Career Children
94 Guan Fu Current Year: Zi 99 Tian De
106 Hua Gai 46 Hua 111 Xian Chi
Stem 45 Hua Lu 47 Hua Ke 48 Hua Ji
Quan
chen Jia 6 Lian Zhen 14 Po Jun 4 Wu Qu 3 Tai Yang you
Property Bing 5 Tian Tong 2 Tian Ji 15 Wen Chang 6 Lian Zhen Spouse
93 Guan Suo Wu 9 Tan Lang 8 Tai Yin 24 You Bi 2 Tian Ji 100 Diao Ke
Geng 3 Tai Yang 4 Wu Qu 8 Tai Yin 5 Tian Tong
105 Xi Shen 112 Yue Sha
mao Ren 12 Tian Liang 1 Zi Wei 23 Zuo Fu 4 Wu Qu xu
Karma Parents Ming Siblings
92 Sang Men 91 Hui Qi 90 Sui Jian 101 Bing Fu
104 Sui Yi 103 Pan An 102 Jiang Xing 113 Wang Shen
yin chou zi hai

Career Friends Travel Illness

94 Guan Fu 95 Xiao Hao 96 Da Hao 97 Long De
110 Zhi Bei 111 Xian Chi 112 Yue Sha 113 Wang Shen
si wu wei shen
Property Money
93 Guan Suo Current Year: Chou 98 Bai Hu
109 Tian Sha Stem 45 Hua Lu 46 Hua Quan 47 Hua Ke 48 Hua Ji 102 Jiang Xing
chen Yi 2 Tian Ji 12 Tian Liang 1 Zi Wei 8 Tai Yin you
Karma Ding 8 Tai Yin 5 Tian Tong 2 Tian Ji 10 Ju Men Children
92 Sang Men Ji 4 Wu Qu 9 Tan Lang 12 Tian Liang 16 Wen Qu 99 Tian De
Xin 10 Ju Men 3 Tai Yang 16 Wen Qu 15 Wen Chang
108 Zai Sha 103 Pan An
mao Gui 14 Po Jun 10 Ju Men 8 Tai Yin 9 Tan Lang xu
Parents Ming Siblings Spouse
91 Hui Qi 90 Sui Jian 101 Bing Fu 100 Diao Ke
107 Jie Sha 106 Hua Gai 105 Xi Shen 104 Sui Yi
yin chou zi hai

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Property Career Friends Travel
93 Guan Suo 94 Guan Fu 95 Xiao Hao 96 Da Hao
113 Wang Shen 102 Jiang Xing 103 Pan An 104 Sui Yi
si wu wei shen
Karma Illness
92 Sang Men Current Year: Yin 97 Long De
112 Yue Sha Stem 45 Hua Lu 46 Hua Quan 47 Hua Ke 48 Hua Ji 105 Xi Shen
chen Jia 6 Lian Zhen 14 Po Jun 4 Wu Qu 3 Tai Yang you
Parents Bing 5 Tian Tong 2 Tian Ji 15 Wen Chang 6 Lian Zhen Money
91 Hui Qi Wu 9 Tan Lang 8 Tai Yin 24 You Bi 2 Tian Ji 98 Bai Hu
Geng 3 Tai Yang 4 Wu Qu 8 Tai Yin 5 Tian Tong
111 Xian Chi 106 Hua Gai
mao Ren 12 Tian Liang 1 Zi Wei 23 Zuo Fu 4 Wu Qu xu
Ming Siblings Spouse Children
90 Sui Jian 101 Bing Fu 100 Diao Ke 99 Tian De
110 Zhi Bei 109 Tian Sha 108 Zai Sha 107 Jie Sha
yin chou zi hai

Karma Property Career Friends

92 Sang Men 93 Guan Suo 94 Guan Fu 95 Xiao Hao
104 Sui Yi 105 Xi Shen 106 Hua Gai 107 Jie Sha
si wu wei shen
Parents Travel
91 Hui Qi Current Year: Mao 96 Da Hao
103 Pan An Stem 45 Hua Lu 46 Hua Quan 47 Hua Ke 48 Hua Ji 108 Zai Sha
chen Yi 2 Tian Ji 12 Tian Liang 1 Zi Wei 8 Tai Yin you
Ming Ding 8 Tai Yin 5 Tian Tong 2 Tian Ji 10 Ju Men Illness
90 Sui Jian Ji 4 Wu Qu 9 Tan Lang 12 Tian Liang 16 Wen Qu 97 Long De
Xin 10 Ju Men 3 Tai Yang 16 Wen Qu 15 Wen Chang
102 Jiang Xing 109 Tian Sha
mao Gui 14 Po Jun 10 Ju Men 8 Tai Yin 9 Tan Lang xu
Siblings Spouse Children Money
101 Bing Fu 100 Diao Ke 99 Tian De 98 Bai Hu
113 Wang Shen 112 Yue Sha 111 Xian Chi 110 Zhi Bei
yin chou zi hai

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Parents Karma Property Career
91 Hui Qi 92 Sang Men 93 Guan Suo 94 Guan Fu
107 Jie Sha 108 Zai Sha 109 Tian Sha 110 Zhi Bei
si wu wei shen
Ming Friends
90 Sui Jian Current Year: Chen 95 Xiao Hao
106 Hua Gai Stem 45 Hua Lu 46 Hua Quan 47 Hua Ke 48 Hua Ji 111 Xian Chi
chen Jia 6 Lian Zhen 14 Po Jun 4 Wu Qu 3 Tai Yang you
Siblings Bing 5 Tian Tong 2 Tian Ji 15 Wen Chang 6 Lian Zhen Travel
101 Bing Fu Wu 9 Tan Lang 8 Tai Yin 24 You Bi 2 Tian Ji 96 Da Hao
Geng 3 Tai Yang 4 Wu Qu 8 Tai Yin 5 Tian Tong
105 Xi Shen 112 Yue Sha
mao Ren 12 Tian Liang 1 Zi Wei 23 Zuo Fu 4 Wu Qu xu
Spouse Children Money Illness
100 Diao Ke 99 Tian De 98 Bai Hu 97 Long De
104 Sui Yi 103 Pan An 102 Jiang Xing 113 Wang Shen
yin chou zi hai

Ming Parents Karma Property

90 Sui Jian 91 Hui Qi 92 Sang Men 93 Guan Suo
110 Zhi Bei 111 Xian Chi 112 Yue Sha 113 Wang Shen
si wu wei shen
Siblings Career
101 Bing Fu Current Year: Si 94 Guan Fu
109 Tian Sha Stem 45 Hua Lu 46 Hua Quan 47 Hua Ke 48 Hua Ji 102 Jiang Xing
chen Yi 2 Tian Ji 12 Tian Liang 1 Zi Wei 8 Tai Yin you
Spouse Ding 8 Tai Yin 5 Tian Tong 2 Tian Ji 10 Ju Men Friends
100 Diao Ke Ji 4 Wu Qu 9 Tan Lang 12 Tian Liang 16 Wen Qu 95 Xiao Hao
Xin 10 Ju Men 3 Tai Yang 16 Wen Qu 15 Wen Chang
108 Zai Sha 103 Pan An
mao Gui 14 Po Jun 10 Ju Men 8 Tai Yin 9 Tan Lang xu
Children Money Illness Travel
99 Tian De 98 Bai Hu 97 Long De 96 Da Hao
107 Jie Sha 106 Hua Gai 105 Xi Shen 104 Sui Yi
yin chou zi hai

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Siblings Ming Parents Karma
101 Bing Fu 90 Sui Jian 91 Hui Qi 92 Sang
113 Wang 102 Jiang Xing 103 Pan An Men
Shen wu wei 104 Sui Yi
si shen
Spouse Property
100 Diao Ke Current Year: Wu 93 Guan Suo
112 Yue Sha 46 Hua
Stem 45 Hua Lu 47 Hua Ke 48 Hua Ji 105 Xi Shen
Quan
chen Jia 6 Lian Zhen 14 Po Jun 4 Wu Qu 3 Tai Yang you
Children 15 Wen
Bing 5 Tian Tong 2 Tian Ji 6 Lian Zhen Career
99 Tian De Chang 94 Guan Fu
Wu 9 Tan Lang 8 Tai Yin 24 You Bi 2 Tian Ji
111 Xian Chi 106 Hua Gai
5 Tian
mao Geng 3 Tai Yang 4 Wu Qu 8 Tai Yin xu
Tong
12 Tian
Ren 1 Zi Wei 23 Zuo Fu 4 Wu Qu
Liang
Money Illness Travel Friends
98 Bai Hu 97 Long De 96 Da Hao 95 Xiao Hao
110 Zhi Bei 109 Tian Sha 108 Zai Sha 107 Jie Sha
yin chou zi hai

Spouse Siblings Ming Parents

100 Diao Ke 101 Bing Fu 90 Sui Jian 91 Hui Qi
104 Sui Yi 105 Xi Shen 106 Hua Gai 107 Jie Sha
si wu wei shen
Children Karma
99 Tian De Current Year: Wei 92 Sang Men
103 Pan An Stem 45 Hua Lu 46 Hua Quan 47 Hua Ke 48 Hua Ji 108 Zai Sha
chen Yi 2 Tian Ji 12 Tian Liang 1 Zi Wei 8 Tai Yin you
Money Ding 8 Tai Yin 5 Tian Tong 2 Tian Ji 10 Ju Men Property
98 Bai Hu Ji 4 Wu Qu 9 Tan Lang 12 Tian Liang 16 Wen Qu 93 Guan Suo
Xin 10 Ju Men 3 Tai Yang 16 Wen Qu 15 Wen Chang
102 Jiang Xing 109 Tian Sha
mao Gui 14 Po Jun 10 Ju Men 8 Tai Yin 9 Tan Lang xu
Illness Travel Friends Career
97 Long De 96 Da Hao 95 Xiao Hao 94 Guan Fu
113 Wang Shen 112 Yue Sha 111 Xian Chi 110 Zhi Bei
yin chou zi hai

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Children Spouse Siblings Ming
99 Tian De 100 Diao Ke 101 Bing Fu 90 Sui Jian
107 Jie Sha 108 Zai Sha 109 Tian Sha 110 Zhi Bei
si wu wei shen
Money Parents
98 Bai Hu Current Year: Shen 91 Hui Qi
106 Hua Gai Stem 45 Hua Lu 46 Hua Quan 47 Hua Ke 48 Hua Ji 111 Xian Chi
chen Jia 6 Lian Zhen 14 Po Jun 4 Wu Qu 3 Tai Yang you
Illness Bing 5 Tian Tong 2 Tian Ji 15 Wen Chang 6 Lian Zhen Karma
97 Long De Wu 9 Tan Lang 8 Tai Yin 24 You Bi 2 Tian Ji 92 Sang Men
Geng 3 Tai Yang 4 Wu Qu 8 Tai Yin 5 Tian Tong
105 Xi Shen 112 Yue Sha
mao Ren 12 Tian Liang 1 Zi Wei 23 Zuo Fu 4 Wu Qu xu
Travel Friends Career Property
96 Da Hao 95 Xiao Hao 94 Guan Fu 93 Guan Suo
104 Sui Yi 103 Pan An 102 Jiang Xing 113 Wang Shen
yin chou zi hai

Money Children Spouse Siblings

98 Bai Hu 99 Tian De 100 Diao Ke 101 Bing Fu
110 Zhi Bei 111 Xian Chi 112 Yue Sha 113 Wang Shen
si wu wei shen
Illness Ming
97 Long De Current Year: You 90 Sui Jian
109 Tian Sha Stem 45 Hua Lu 46 Hua Quan 47 Hua Ke 48 Hua Ji 102 Jiang Xing
chen Yi 2 Tian Ji 12 Tian Liang 1 Zi Wei 8 Tai Yin you
Travel Ding 8 Tai Yin 5 Tian Tong 2 Tian Ji 10 Ju Men Parents
96 Da Hao Ji 4 Wu Qu 9 Tan Lang 12 Tian Liang 16 Wen Qu 91 Hui Qi
Xin 10 Ju Men 3 Tai Yang 16 Wen Qu 15 Wen Chang
108 Zai Sha 103 Pan An
mao Gui 14 Po Jun 10 Ju Men 8 Tai Yin 9 Tan Lang xu
Friends Career Property Karma
95 Xiao Hao 94 Guan Fu 93 Guan Suo 92 Sang Men
107 Jie Sha 106 Hua Gai 105 Xi Shen 104 Sui Yi
yin chou zi hai

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Illness Money Children Spouse
97 Long De 98 Bai Hu 99 Tian De 100 Dian Ke
113 Wang Shen 102 Jiang Xing 103 Pan An 104 Sui Yi
si wu wei shen
Travel Siblings
96 Da Hao Current Year: Xu 101 Bing Fu
112 Yue Sha Stem 45 Hua Lu 46 Hua Quan 47 Hua Ke 48 Hua Ji 105 Xi Shen
chen Jia 6 Lian Zhen 14 Po Jun 4 Wu Qu 3 Tai Yang you
Friends Bing 5 Tian Tong 2 Tian Ji 15 Wen Chang 6 Lian Zhen Ming
95 Xiao Hao Wu 9 Tan Lang 8 Tai Yin 24 You Bi 2 Tian Ji 90 Sui Jian
Geng 3 Tai Yang 4 Wu Qu 8 Tai Yin 5 Tian Tong
111 Xian Chi 106 Hua Gai
mao Ren 12 Tian Liang 1 Zi Wei 23 Zuo Fu 4 Wu Qu xu
Career Property Karma Parents
94 Guan Fu 93 Guan Suo 92 Sang Men 91 Hui Qi
110 Zhi Bei 109 Tian Sha 108 Zai Sha 107 Jie Sha
yin chou zi hai

Travel Illness Money Children

96 Da Hao 97 Long De 98 Bai Hu 99 Tian De
104 Sui Yi 105 Xi Shen 106 Hua Gai 107 Jie Sha
si wu wei shen
Friends Spouse
95 Xiao Hao Current Year: Hai 100 Diao Ke
103 Pan An Stem 45 Hua Lu 46 Hua Quan 47 Hua Ke 48 Hua Ji 108 Zai Sha
chen Yi 2 Tian Ji 12 Tian Liang 1 Zi Wei 8 Tai Yin you
Career Ding 8 Tai Yin 5 Tian Tong 2 Tian Ji 10 Ju Men Siblings
94 Guan Fu Ji 4 Wu Qu 9 Tan Lang 12 Tian Liang 16 Wen Qu 101 Bing Fu
Xin 10 Ju Men 3 Tai Yang 16 Wen Qu 15 Wen Chang
102 Jiang Xing 109 Tian Sha
mao Gui 14 Po Jun 10 Ju Men 8 Tai Yin 9 Tan Lang xu
Property Karma Parents Ming
93 Guan Suo 92 Sang Men 91 Hui Qi 90 Sui Jian
113 Wang Shen 112 Yue Sha 111 Xian Chi 110 Zhi Bei
yin chou zi hai

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The 113 Stars
1 Zi Wei 紫微 39 Tian Kui 天魁 77 Guan Fu 官府
2 Tian Ji 天機 40 Tian Yue 天鉞 78 Chang Sheng 長生
3 Tai Yang 太陽 41 Tian Guan 天官 79 Mu Yu 沐浴
4 Wu Qu 武曲 42 Tian Fu 天褔 80 Guan Dai 冠帶
5 Tian Tong 天同 43 Jie Lu 截路 81 Lin Guan 臨官
6 Lian Zhen 廉貞 44 Kong Wang 空亡 82 Di Wang 帝旺
7 Tian Fu 天府 45 Hua Lu 化祿 83 Shuai 衰
8 Tai Yin 太陰 46 Hua Quan 化權 84 Bing 病
9 Tan Lang 貪狼 47 Hua Ke 化科 85 Si 死
10 Ju Men 巨門 48 Hua Ji 化忌 86 Mu 墓
11 Tian Xiang 天相 49 Ming Ma 命馬 87 Jue 絕
12 Tian Liang 天梁 50 Hua Gai 華蓋 88 Tai 胎
13 Qi Sha 七殺 51 Tian Kong 天空 89 Yang 養
14 Po Jun 破軍 52 Tian Ku 天哭 Current Year Stars
15 Wen Chang 文昌 53 Tian Xu 天虛 90 Sui Jian 歲建
16 Wen Qu 文曲 54 Hong Luan 紅鸞 91 Hui Qi 晦氣
17 Di Jie 地劫 55 Tian Xi 天喜 92 Sang Men 喪門
18 Di Kong 地空 56 Gu Chen 孤辰 93 Guan Suo 貫索
19 Tai Fu 台輔 57 Gua Su 寡宿 94 Guan Fu 官府
20 Feng Gao 封誥 58 Xian Chi 咸池 95 Xiao Hao 小耗
21 Huo Xing 火星 59 Long Chi 龍池 96 Da Hao 大耗
22 Ling Xing 鈴星 60 Feng Ge 鳳閣 97 Long De 龍德
23 Zuo Fu 左輔 61 Fei Lian 蜚廉 98 Bai Hu 白虎
24 You Bi 右弼 62 Po Sui 破碎 99 Tian De 天德
25 Tian Xing 天刑 63 Tian Cai 天才 100 Diao Ke 弔客
26 Tian Yao 天姚 64 Tian Shou 天壽 101 Bing Fu 病符
27 Yue Ma 月馬 65 Xun Kong 旬空 102 Jiang Xing 將星
28 Jie Shen 解神 66 Bo Shi 博士 103 Pan An 攀鞍
29 Tian Wu 天巫 67 Li Shi 力士 104 Sui Yi 歲驛
30 Tian Yue 天月 68 Qing Long 青龍 105 Xi Shen 息神
31 Yin Sha 陰煞 69 Xiao Hao 小耗 106 Hua Gai 華蓋
32 San Tai 三台 70 Jiang Jun 將軍 107 Jie Sha 劫煞
33 Ba Zou 八座 71 Zou Shu 奏書 108 Zai Sha 災煞
34 En Guang 恩光 72 Fei Lian 飛廉 109 Tian Sha 天煞
35 Tian Gui 天貴 73 Xi Shen 喜神 110 Zhi Bei 指背
36 Lu Cun 祿存 74 Bing Fu 病符 111 Xian Chi 咸池
37 Qing Yang 擎羊 75 Da Hao 大耗 112 Yue Sha 月煞
38 Tuo Luo 陀羅 76 Fu Bing 伏兵 113 Wang Shen 亡神

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The 113 Stars in Alphabetical Order by Pinyin
33 Ba Zou 八座 28 Jie Shen 解神 51 Tian Kong 天空
98 Bai Hu 白虎 10 Ju Men 巨門 52 Tian Ku 天哭
84 Bing 病 87 Jue 絕 39 Tian Kui 天魁
74 Bing Fu 病符 44 Kong Wang 空亡 12 Tian Liang 天梁
101 Bing Fu 病符 67 Li Shi 力士 109 Tian Sha 天煞
66 Bo Shi 博士 6 Lian Zhen 廉貞 64 Tian Shou 天壽
78 Chang Sheng 長生 81 Lin Guan 臨官 5 Tian Tong 天同
75 Da Hao 大耗 22 Ling Xing 鈴星 29 Tian Wu 天巫
96 Da Hao 大耗 59 Long Chi 龍池 55 Tian Xi 天喜
17 Di Jie 地劫 97 Long De 龍德 11 Tian Xiang 天相
18 Di Kong 地空 36 Lu Cun 祿存 25 Tian Xing 天刑
82 Di Wang 帝旺 49 Ming Ma 命馬 53 Tian Xu 天虛
100 Diao Ke 弔客 86 Mu 墓 26 Tian Yao 天姚
34 En Guang 恩光 79 Mu Yu 沐浴 30 Tian Yue 天月
61 Fei Lian 蜚廉 103 Pan An 攀鞍 40 Tian Yue 天鉞
72 Fei Lian 飛廉 14 Po Jun 破軍 38 Tuo Luo 陀羅
20 Feng Gao 封誥 62 Po Sui 破碎 113 Wang Shen 亡神
60 Feng Ge 鳳閣 13 Qi Sha 七殺 15 Wen Chang 文昌
76 Fu Bing 伏兵 68 Qing Long 青龍 16 Wen Qu 文曲
56 Gu Chen 孤辰 37 Qing Yang 擎羊 4 Wu Qu 武曲
57 Gua Su 寡宿 32 San Tai 三台 73 Xi Shen 喜神
80 Guan Dai 冠帶 92 Sang Men 喪門 105 Xi Shen 息神
77 Guan Fu 官府 83 Shuai 衰 58 Xian Chi 咸池
94 Guan Fu 官府 85 Si 死 111 Xian Chi 咸池
93 Guan Suo 貫索 90 Sui Jian 歲建 69 Xiao Hao 小耗
54 Hong Luan 紅鸞 104 Sui Yi 歲驛 95 Xiao Hao 小耗
50 Hua Gai 華蓋 88 Tai 胎 65 Xun Kong 旬空
106 Hua Gai 華蓋 19 Tai Fu 台輔 89 Yang 養
48 Hua Ji 化忌 3 Tai Yang 太陽 31 Yin Sha 陰煞
47 Hua Ke 化科 8 Tai Yin 太陰 24 You Bi 右弼
45 Hua Lu 化祿 9 Tan Lang 貪狼 27 Yue Ma 月馬
46 Hua Quan 化權 63 Tian Cai 天才 112 Yue Sha 月煞
91 Hui Qi 晦氣 99 Tian De 天德 108 Zai Sha 災煞
21 Huo Xing 火星 7 Tian Fu 天府 110 Zhi Bei 指背
70 Jiang Jun 將軍 42 Tian Fu 天褔 1 Zi Wei 紫微
102 Jiang Xing 將星 41 Tian Guan 天官 71 Zou Shu 奏書
43 Jie Lu 截路 35 Tian Gui 天貴 23 Zuo Fu 左輔
107 Jie Sha 劫煞 2 Tian Ji 天機

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1. The meaning of each star

2. The rating and ‘weight’ of the star

Somewhat Heavy or Heavy Only in Certain Palaces:

3. Which stars are affected by the transforming stars

5. The other stars in the same palace

6. The other palaces in relationship

7. The time period you are analyzing

Discussing the Reading with Clients

Case 1: Is the ming troublesome or powerful?

The most important thing is to look at a chart globally or comprehensively. It takes

Every Ten Years (changing on the lunar birthday):

Karma Property 12 Quan Career Friends

Analysis of the 12-21 Time Period

Parents Karma 15 Ke Property 6 Ji Career

Here is a summary of what to look at in a Small Cycle chart:

Every Year on the Lunar Birthday:

To examine the Small Cycle chart:

Friends Travel Illness Money

Career Friends 10 Lu Travel Illness

geng 15-24 xin geng ji

Property Career Friends Travel

How Do We Discuss the Reading with the Client?

Spouse Siblings Ming Parents

Siblings Ming Parents Karma

Ming Parents Karma 12 Ke, 16 Ji Property

Analysis of MR’s Chart in the Upcoming Large Cycle

35-44 xin ren gui jia

Siblings Ming Parents 12 Lu Karma

xin 45-54 ren gui jia

How Do We Discuss the Reading with the Client?

Parents Karma Property Career

How Do We Discuss the Reading with the Client?

Property Career Friends 23 Ke Travel

MJS is WRS’s wife (the previous case).

Property WRS MJS

Property Career Friends 23 Ke Travel

Property Career Friends 23 Ke Travel

Property Career Friends 23 Ke Travel

Property Career Friends 23 Ke Travel

How Do We Discuss the Reading with the Client?

Ming Parents Karma Property

8th month Career

10th mo. Travel 10th mo. Career

jia yi jia gui

Summary of Changes over Time

Every Year on Chinese Lunar New Year:

Every Year on the Lunar Birthday:

Every Chinese Lunar Month:

2. What are the Major Stars in ming? Look at stars 1-14.

5. What is the ming ruler, or potential of ming?

6. Follow steps 1-5 with shen gong.

The Twelve Palace Categories

The Four Transforming Stars

Career Friends Travel Illness

Karma Property Career Friends

Ming Parents Karma Property

Spouse Siblings Ming Parents

Money Children Spouse Siblings

Travel Illness Money Children

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