Divination Guides
Here's a plain-language walkthrough of each of the eleven traditions used in this site's combined reading — where each one comes from, what information it uses, its basic terminology, and how this site calculates it. Come back here any time you want to look up a term that showed up in your reading.
Four Pillars of Destiny (BaZi)
How the Year, Month, Day and Hour Pillars are built, what your Day Master and Five Element balance mean, and how this site calculates your daily reading.
Western Astrology
How the 12 zodiac signs came to be, the different roles played by your Sun sign, Moon sign and Ascendant, and how transits and aspects shape your day-to-day fortune.
Name Analysis (Kumazaki Method)
How the five grids of the Kumazaki method of name analysis are calculated, what the 1–81 numerology table means, how stroke-counting conventions differ between schools, and how this site implements it.
Nine Star Ki
How to work out your Birth Star and Month Star in Nine Star Ki, what each of the nine stars means, how the yearly, monthly and daily charts work, and how lucky and unlucky directions are judged.
Zi Wei Dou Shu
How the Zi Wei Dou Shu natal chart is structured, what the 12 palaces and 14 main stars mean, how the Life Palace is found, why the lunar calendar is used, and how this site calculates it.
Sanmei-gaku
The origins of Sanmei-gaku, what the Ten Main Stars and Body Star Chart represent, the six kinds of Tenchusatsu (Void) periods and how to navigate them, and how this site calculates it all.
Numerology
The origins of numerology, how the Life Path and Destiny Numbers are calculated, how Master Numbers are handled, and how the Personal Day Number reads your day-to-day fortune.
Sukuyo Astrology
The origins of the Sukuyokyo text, how the 27 lunar mansions are determined, what the ten relationships — Destiny, Prosperity, Affinity, Friendship, Collapse, Success, Danger, Peace, Karma and Gestation — mean, and how daily fortune is judged.
Mayan Calendar (Tzolk'in)
How the Mayan sacred calendar Tzolk'in works, how your KIN number is calculated, what the 20 glyphs and 13 tones mean, and how this site calculates your daily reading.
Vedic Astrology
The key difference between Vedic and Western astrology, what the ayanamsa (precession correction) means, the 12 Rashis and 27 Nakshatras, and how daily fortune is judged through Tarabala.
Tibetan Astrology
The origins of Tibetan astrology, how the animal-year and element pairing works, what the Mewa (magic-square number) and Parkha (trigram) mean, and why the calculation differs by gender.
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