LiuYao, MeiHua, BaZi, ZiWei, QiMen — five arts, each with its own roots and its own use. This page is the table of contents: survey the five, then pick one to go deep.
Three coins, six tosses, one hexagram. Reads a single concrete question through the six relations and six spirits. The most direct of the five for timing and outcome.
Enter →Cast a hexagram from whatever is at hand; read the body-and-use relation for the answer. From Shao Yong's Meihua Yishu — light, agile, fits casual questions.
Enter →Reads a life from the four pillars of birth — year, month, day, hour. From the Tang–Song Yuanhai Ziping; emphasises the ten-year luck pillars and the year-by-year flow.
Enter →Twelve palaces, fourteen major stars, four transformations. From Ziwei Doushu; reads wealth, status, family, and career through the palaces.
Enter →Nine palaces, eight gates, nine stars, eight spirits. Cast for a moment in time; used for decision, timing, and direction. Once a military art, now consulted for strategy.
Enter →| 六爻 | 梅花 | 八字 | 紫微 | 奇门 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input Required | 三 钱 六 掷 (three coins, six tosses) | 随 机 起 数 (any random number) | 需 准 确 时 辰 (exact birth hour) | 需 准 确 时 辰 (exact birth hour) | 当 下 时 辰 即 可 (just the current hour) |
| Cast Speed | 快 (fast) | 最 快 (fastest) | 中 等 (medium) | 稍 长 (slower) | 中 等 (medium) |
| Best For | 具 体 一 事 · 应 期 (one concrete question, with timing) | 零 散 问 事 · 即 兴 (casual, on-the-fly) | 一 生 格 局 · 大 运 (lifetime, ten-year cycles) | 十 二 宫 · 富 贵 贫 贱 (the twelve palaces) | 决 策 · 择 时 · 方 位 (decisions, timing, direction) |
| Classical Era | 西 汉 始 (Western Han onward) | 宋 (Song) | 唐 宋 (Tang–Song) | 宋 元 (Song–Yuan) | 周 秦 至 唐 (Zhou through Tang) |
| Novice-Friendly | ★★★★★ | ★★★★ | ★★★ | ★★ | ★ |
A novice's guide, not a final word.
For a lifetime portrait, start with BaZi and read ZiWei alongside. For the question on your mind right now, LiuYao or MeiHua are most direct. For choosing the right time and direction, QiMen. The five cross-check each other — no need to choose only one forever.
Read it all and still undecided? Let the guided start pick for you, by what you want to ask.
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