Qi Zheng Si Yu — planetary astrology and the twenty-eight lunar lodges
七政四餘 qīzhèng sìyú is the classical form of Chinese horoscopic astrology, founded on the actual movement of the celestial bodies. It carries the paths of the seven governors — the Sun, the Moon and the five planets — and of the four remainders (the two lunar nodes, the lunar apogee and 紫氣 zǐqì) through the twenty-eight lodges 宿 xiù.
Cast the chart to map the physical sky and observe its correspondences with a birth or with the moment observed.
How this is computedpalace of the life: the great fire 卯 mǎo · 大火 dàhuǒ
the seven
| body | lodge, and degrees past its star | palace, and degrees into it | running |
|---|---|---|---|
| the sun 太陽 tàiyáng | 軫 zhěn 6.96° | 壽星 shòuxīng 18.06° | direct 順 shùn |
| the moon 太陰 tàiyīn | 角 jiǎo 2.26° | 壽星 shòuxīng 26.47° | direct 順 shùn |
| Mercury 水星 shuǐxīng | 亢 kàng 8.18° | 大火 dàhuǒ 13.04° | direct 順 shùn |
| Venus 金星 jīnxīng | 亢 kàng 2.35° | 大火 dàhuǒ 7.21° | retrograde 逆 nì |
| Mars 火星 huǒxīng | 鬼 guǐ 1.51° | 鶉火 chúnhuǒ 7.62° | direct 順 shùn |
| Jupiter 木星 mùxīng | 柳 liǔ 10.69° | 鶉火 chúnhuǒ 21.37° | direct 順 shùn |
| Saturn 土星 tǔxīng | 壁 bì 1.23° | 降婁 jiànglóu 10.77° | retrograde 逆 nì |
| the eclipse head 羅睺 luóhóu | 柳 liǔ 16.49° | 鶉火 chúnhuǒ 27.17° | retrograde 逆 nì |
| the eclipse tail 計都 jìdū | 虛 xū 3.39° | 玄枵 xuánxiāo 27.17° | retrograde 逆 nì |
| the lunar apogee 月孛 yuèbèi | 箕 jī 1.34° | 星紀 xīngjì 2.98° | direct 順 shùn |
| the purple vapour 紫氣 zǐqì | 鶉尾 chúnwěi | direct 順 shùn |
the twelve palaces
| palace | palace of | standing there |
|---|---|---|
| the great fire 大火 dàhuǒ | the life 命宮 mìnggōng | 水星 shuǐxīng · 金星 jīnxīng |
| the split wood 析木 xīmù | wealth 財帛宮 cáibógōng | |
| the star record 星紀 xīngjì | siblings 兄弟宮 xiōngdìgōng | 月孛 yuèbèi |
| the dark emptiness 玄枵 xuánxiāo | land and house 田宅宮 tiánzháigōng | 計都 jìdū |
| the gathering 娵訾 jūzī | children 男女宮 nánnǚgōng | |
| the descending bond 降婁 jiànglóu | servants 奴僕宮 núpúgōng | 土星 tǔxīng |
| the great beam 大梁 dàliáng | husband and wife 夫妻宮 fūqīgōng | |
| the deep truth 實沈 shíchén | illness and hardship 疾厄宮 jíègōng | |
| the quail head 鶉首 chúnshǒu | removal 遷移宮 qiānyígōng | |
| the quail fire 鶉火 chúnhuǒ | office and salary 官祿宮 guānlùgōng | 火星 huǒxīng · 木星 mùxīng · 羅睺 luóhóu |
| the quail tail 鶉尾 chúnwěi | fortune and virtue 福德宮 fúdégōng | 紫氣 zǐqì |
| the star of long life 壽星 shòuxīng | countenance 相貌宮 xiàngmàogōng | 太陽 tàiyáng · 太陰 tàiyīn |
The calendar
- term
- 寒露 hánlù cold dew
- month opened at
- 寒露 hánlù cold dew
- lunar
- 2026 · 9/2
The page of the almanac 曆注 lìzhù
- Day officer
- 成 chéng complete · 戊午
- Lodge of the day
- 星日 xīng the star
- God of the day
- 天刑 tiānxíng the celestial punishment 凶
- Virtues of the month
- 天德 Yang Fire天德合 Yin Metal月德 Yang Fire月德合 Yin Metal
- The day carries
- 三合 the threefold union 吉天倉 the granary of heaven 吉要安 the needful ease 吉
- Year gods 丙午
- 太歲 Horse歲破 Rat大將軍 Rabbit太陰 Dragon黃幡 Dog豹尾 Dragon喪門 Monkey弔客 Dragon白虎 Tiger病符 Snake死符 Pig大煞 Horse劫煞 Pig災煞 Rat歲煞 Ox大耗 Rat小耗 Pig歲枝德 Pig歲德 Yang Fire歲德合 Yin Metal破敗五鬼 southwest奏書 southeast博士 northwest力士 southwest蠶室 northeast金神 Tiger, Rabbit, Horse, Goat, Rat, Ox
four, the fourth being 紫氣 zǐqì, which is placed to a palace and to no degree: its rate is one work’s and its position is carried from a single board of 1886, so the palace it stands in is the whole of what can be said
the lodges begin at their determinative stars, placed at this instant; no table of 宿度 xiùdù and no epoch enters
Schools followed
- The year of the pillars begins
- at 立春 lìchūn, where the solar year turns
- The day begins
- at the hour of the Rat 子時 zǐshí, 23:00
- Whether 紫氣 zǐqì enters
- four remainders: one lodge a year 一年一宿 yīniányīxiù
- Which node is 羅睺 luóhóu
- the descending node: the astrologers’ law