Qimen Dunjia Chart Interpretation (奇门遁甲盘解析)

Part 1: Systematic Ten-Step Process | 系统化解盘十步法

📊 Structured Analysis Framework

Qimen Dunjia chart interpretation requires strict adherence to systematic methodology. This page presents the complete ten-step process used by masters, from pre-chart preparation through comprehensive judgment.

Key Discovery: The "One Thing, One Taiji" (一物一太极) focusing method is the key to improving accuracy.

奇门遁甲解盘断局需要系统性的方法论。本页面呈现从起盘准备到综合判断的完整十步流程。

核心发现： "一物一太极"聚焦法是提升准确率的关键。

Step 1: Pre-Chart Preparation (起盘前准备)

Fundamental Principle: "No Matter, No Chart" (无事不起局)

A Qimen Dunjia chart must only be cast when there is a specific matter to predict. Random casting should be avoided.

Four Pillars Determination (四柱确定)

  1. Query the Gan-Zhi combination for Year, Month, Day, Hour
  2. Determine solar term to judge Yang Dun or Yin Dun
  3. Calculate bureau number (based on solar term and time)
  4. Use perpetual calendar or specialized software

Yin-Yang Dun Judgment (阴阳遁判断)

PeriodTypeSolar Terms
Winter Solstice → Summer SolsticeYang Dun (阳遁)冬至 → 雨水 → 谷雨 → 夏至
Summer Solstice → Winter SolsticeYin Dun (阴遁)夏至 → 白露 → 霜降 → 冬至
Critical Operation: Save a screenshot of the chart. Do NOT analyze immediately. This is a key point often overlooked by beginners. Entering the chart too early leads to confused thinking. First conduct systematic "outside the chart" organization.
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Step 2: Outside-Chart Organization (盘外梳理)

🎯 Critical Differentiator

This step separates masters from ordinary practitioners. Outside-chart organization is the key to success or failure.

Matter Organization (事情梳理)

  • Who is asking? (Identity and background of querent)
  • What are they asking? (Specific question)
  • What's the context? (Cause and effect of the matter)
  • Why ask now? (Motivation for prediction at this moment)

Spirit Assignment (用神匹配)

Before entering the chart, you must determine "which spirits match this matter."

Question TypePrimary Spirits
Wealth Fortune生门 (Life Gate), Partial Wealth Palace, Value-Use Gate
Marriage乙 (female), 庚 (male), 六合 (Hexagram), 丙/辛 (third parties)
Career开门 (Open Gate), Day Master, Value-Sign, Hour Master
Health天芮星 (Tianrui Star), 天心星 (Tianxin Star), Day/Hour Master

External Response Observation (外应观察)

External responses are the "heavenly secrets" in Qimen prediction. Special phenomena during chart casting or communicating with querent:

  • Special marks on screen (red dots, obstructions)
  • Querent's actions and expressions
  • Changes in surrounding environment

Adding external responses to the chart can achieve 100% accuracy.

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Step 3: Overall Observation (大局观察)

Do NOT rush to examine spirits. First observe the overall situation in three layers:

3.1 Hour Stem vs. Day Stem Relationship

Five Not Meetings (五不遇时)

When the Hour Stem conquers the Day Stem:

  • 甲日庚时 (Jia day, Geng hour)
  • 乙日辛时 (Yi day, Xin hour)
  • 丙日壬时 (Bing day, Ren hour)
  • 丁日癸时 (Ding day, Gui hour)
  • 戊日甲时 (Wu day, Jia hour)
  • 己日乙时 (Ji day, Yi hour)

Mnemonic: "五不遇时龙不精，号为日月损光明，时干来克日干上，甲日须知时忌庚。"

Meaning: From Day Stem to Hour Stem is the seventh position, called "Seven Kills." Indicates unfavorable factors for the person or matter being predicted.

3.2 Fu Yin and Fan Yin (伏吟与反吟)

PatternDefinitionSignificanceAdvantages/Disadvantages
Fu Yin
(伏吟)		Heaven Plate overlaps Earth Plate; Nine Stars or Eight Gates return to original palaceSlow, static, delayed, repetitive, stagnantBenefits host not guest, benefits stillness not movement. Good for collecting wealth, debt collection. Especially dangerous: 天蓬+天蓬, 死门+死门, 辛+辛, 癸+癸
Fan Yin
(反吟)		Heaven Plate and Earth Plate clash (opposite palaces)Fast, active, distant, repeatedly changingBenefits guest not host. Success/failure clear but unstable. Lost items return, travel interrupted, marriage talks fail
Ancient Formula: "反吟伏吟，泪吟吟。" (When Fan Yin or Fu Yin appears, much weeping follows—indicating misfortune.)

3.3 Four Harms Check (四害检查)

The Four Harms are core negative indicators in Qimen analysis. Energy depletion levels:

1. Gate Pressure (门迫) - 50% Energy Loss

Definition: Eight Gates conquer the palace they occupy.

Examples:

  • 惊门迫震宫 (Alarm Gate pressures Zhen Palace - Metal conquers Wood)
  • 开门迫震宫、巽宫 (Open Gate pressures Zhen/Xun)
  • 生门迫坎宫 (Life Gate pressures Kan - greatly increased wealth pressure)
  • 景门迫兑宫 (View Gate pressures Dui - blocked communication, blood disaster with White Tiger)

Note: 休门 (Rest Gate) never pressures palaces, only Fan Yin.

2. Strike-Punishment (击刑) - 50% Energy Loss

Definition: Six Yi Earthly Branches form punishment relationships with palace Earthly Branches.

Punishment Types:

  • 寅巳申 Three Punishments
  • 丑戌未 Three Punishments (Relying on Power Punishment - unique to Kun Palace)
  • 子卯 Mutual Punishment (No Courtesy Punishment)
  • 辰午酉亥 Self-Punishment

Special Note:

  • Kun Palace Relying-on-Power Punishment (甲戌己刑未): Bullying with power, matter rises and falls dramatically, marital problems likely
  • 子卯刑 : 甲子戊 falls in Zhen Palace (Zhen contains Mao)
  • Li Palace Strike-Punishment: Evil heart, strong revenge, "heart punished and wounded"
3. Void (空亡) - 80% Energy Loss

Definition: Six Jia cycle void; matter falls in void palace.

Significance: Emptiness, void, no hope, lost soul.

Six Jia Void Rules:

  • 甲子旬: 戌亥 void
  • 甲戌旬: 申酉 void
  • 甲申旬: 午未 void
  • 甲午旬: 辰巳 void
  • 甲辰旬: 寅卯 void
  • 甲寅旬: 子丑 void

Void Palace Transformation Method:

  • Dig Palace (挖宫): Person physically present = solid image; transform pre-heaven to post-heaven
  • Float Palace (飘宫): Person not physically present = void image; transform post-heaven to pre-heaven
  • After transformation: new palace info 80%, original palace info only 20%
4. Entering Tomb (入墓) - 80% Energy Loss

Definition: Heavenly Stems enter their tomb palace.

Tomb Correspondences:

  • 甲木墓在未 (Kun Palace 2)
  • 乙木墓在戌 (Qian Palace 6)
  • 丙丁火墓在戌 (Qian Palace 6)
  • 戊己土墓在戌 (Qian Palace 6)
  • 庚辛金墓在丑 (Gen Palace 8)
  • 壬癸水墓在辰 (Xun Palace 4)

⚠️ Comprehensive Harm Judgment

  • Gate Pressure + Strike-Punishment: Only 25% energy remains
  • Void or Entering Tomb: Only 20% energy remains
  • Multiple Harms Present: Matter essentially hopeless
  • Resolution Methods: Time fills void, clash tomb (entering tomb), star-shift palace-change (overall resolution)
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Step 4: Determine Spirits (确定用神)

Spirits are the "anchor points" in Qimen analysis. Choosing the wrong spirit makes the entire reading incorrect. Qimen's spirit system is far richer than Four Pillars or Liu Yao—with 64 symbols that can serve as spirits.

4.1 Basic Spirit Method: Year, Month, Day, Hour

PillarRepresents
Year Stem
(年干)		Parents, ancestors, elders; highest leadership, monarch; birth year stem-branch; overall environment and qi field
Month Stem
(月干)		Peers, siblings; middle management, colleagues; auxiliary forces
Day Stem
(日干)		Querent themselves; core subject; prediction center point; almost all predictions must examine Day Stem
Hour Stem
(时干)		Juniors, children; subordinates, grassroots; matter's development direction; approximate outcome

4.2 Eight Trigram Palace Method

Used when involving six relatives or family members:

PalaceFamily MemberBody PartNature
乾宫Father, male masterHeadFirm
坤宫Mother, female masterAbdomenYielding
震宫Eldest sonFeetMovement
巽宫Eldest daughterThighsEntering
坎宫Middle sonEarsSinking
离宫Middle daughterEyesAttachment
艮宫Youngest sonHandsStopping
兑宫Youngest daughterMouthSpeaking
Year-Life Importance: Ancient text Dunjia Yanyi emphasizes: "For using Dunjia method, without examining birth year and traveling year, cannot see profundity." When predicting major life matters (education, employment, marriage, going abroad, official fortune, wealth, illness, life/death), must also examine year-life .
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Steps 5-10: Advanced Analysis

Step 5: Spirit Vigor Analysis (用神旺衰分析)

After identifying spirits, judge their strength. Vigor analysis is the foundation of determining auspicious/inauspicious.

Key Methods:

  • Monthly Order Vigor: Prospering (旺), Strength (相), Rest (休), Imprisoned (囚), Death (死)
  • Twelve Growth Stages: Birth → Bath → Crown → Official → Emperor → Decline → Illness → Death → Tomb → Extinction → Fetus → Nourishment
Step 6: Palace Position Information Reading (宫位信息解读)

Nine Palaces represent not only directions but also rich symbolic meanings.

Key Palaces:

  • Value-Sign Palace: Rules, overall trend, general direction
  • Day Stem Palace: Self, spouse, current matter, present state
  • Hour Stem Palace: Descendants, matter outcome, platform
Step 7: Nine Stars, Eight Gates, Eight Spirits Analysis

Core level of Qimen analysis, embodying "Heaven-Earth-Human-Spirit" four-plate synthesis.

Hierarchy:

  • Nine Stars (天盘): Heaven timing, thoughts, already-manifested information
  • Eight Gates (人盘): Human harmony, human affairs, behavioral characteristics
  • Eight Spirits (神盘): Spirit assistance, invisible forces, subconscious
Step 8: Heavenly Stem Interactions Analysis

The 81 pattern combinations formed by Heaven Plate stems with Earth Plate stems.

Major Auspicious Patterns: 青龙返首 (戊+丙), 飞鸟跌穴 (丙+戊), 日月并行 (丙+乙)

Major Inauspicious Patterns: 青龙逃走 (乙+辛), 火入天罗 (丙+壬), 天网四张 (癸+癸)

Step 9: Determine Timing (断应期)

After determining auspicious/inauspicious, must determine when it manifests .

Three Major Principles:

  1. Based on spirit vigor, palace interior/exterior, Fu/Fan Yin to judge distance and speed
  2. First determine Earthly Branch, then match Heavenly Stem
  3. First use Value-Sign to determine timing, then use Value-Use
Step 10: Comprehensive Judgment & Conclusion

🎯 Three Core Secrets

  1. One Thing, One Taiji (一物一太极) - MOST CRITICAL: Firmly focus prediction on one scope. Every spirit must revolve around the same question.
  2. Combine with Reality: Cannot be theoretical only; must combine with querent's actual situation and objective environmental constraints.
  3. Palace Coordinates: Precisely locate directional items using Nine Palace Eight Trigram direction system. Can achieve 100% accuracy.
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