Chinese Astrology: Qi Men Dun Jia

Qi Men Dun Jia

PART TWO

2-1. The Arrangement of San Qi and Liu Yi in Nine Palaces
San Qi and Liu Yi, nine in total, will fall into nine palaces in a succession. They are , , , , , , , , . Among them , , , , , , each has one Jia general or one of five Jia commanders hiding under it– they are Jia-Zi, Jia-Xu, Jia-Shen, Jia-Wu, Jia Chen and Jia-Yin. When Jia-Zi falls into one palace (for example, No. 4 palace) in a Yang Dun Ju, we call it is a No. 4 Yang Du Ju.

2-2. Ju

Ju means situation. In Dunjia method, there are cyclic numbers on year, month, day and hour of Dunjia calendar. For example, Ju number of the date February 2, 1996 is 9, Yang Dun Ju. It means  falls in the No. 9 palace.To know one day is Yang Dun Ju or Yin Dun Ju and the Ju number people can look for the Dunjia calender. That is very important.

2-3. Yin Dun and Yang Dun

There are two ways of heavenly Qi’s moving, Yin Dun and Yang Dun. Both are concerned with moving of Earth around the sun.

	Yin Dun is a period from summer solstice to next winter solstice. When during the Yin Dun period, Yin energy is born and increasing its power day by day.
	Yang Dun is a period from winter solstice to next summer solstice. During the Yang Dun period, Yang energy is increasing.

This circulation of energy concerned with time can be comprehend as revolution of earth like following:

Ju Shu ( situation numbers ) consists of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. It goes descendantly under Yin Dun period, and ascendantly under Yang Dun period like following:

 = 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

 = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

2 – 4. General Pattern for Earthly Disk

	Jia-Zi	Jia-Xu	Jia-Shen	Jia-Wu	Jia-Chen	Jia-Yin	Star Wonder	Moon Wonder	Sun Wonder
Liu Yi
Yang Dun	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Yin Dun	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

NOTES: Here the numbers above mean the number in the nine palaces.There are altogether 18 Jus, one Ju every five days.There are nine Yang Dun Jus and nine Yin Dun Jus.

2 – 5. Heavenly Disk
The aboved knowledge talked about the Earthly Disk and how to arrange the Liu Yi and Three Wonders in nine palaces and that is not enough. In ancient China, people held all things have to accept influence from heaven, earth and artificial aspect. Heavenly Disk represents the influence coming from above. There are altogether nine stars, each stands for a different influence, here we call them as Zhi Fu. Please read the following chart:

Eight Trigram
Palace Number	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Zhi Fu	Tian Peng	Tian Rui	Tian Cong	Tian Fu	Tian Qin	Tian Xin	Tian Zhu	Tian Ren	Tian Ying

The following gives the explanation as to nine stars:

1. Tian Peng (): water element, corresponding to Kan trigram, has close connection to the appearace of theft. So, it is an inauspicious star. When Tian Peng falls in one palace, people should construct dam, or defence facilities or strengthen the stronghold in order to prevent something happening. It is not good to travel far or do business because the theft may happen.
2. Tian Rui (): earth element, Yin, has close connection with epidemic. So, sometimes we call it as a disease star. When Tian Rui stays in one palace, people should receive teachings or admonishment, make friends, stay in the original place, abstain from arm force deployment, no marriage, no quarrel, no travel far, no new construction, etc.
3. Tian Cong (): wood element, yang, has close connection with kind donation, doing kind deeds, or agricultural activities. It is an auspicious star. When Tian Cong dwells in one palace, it is good for military action, battle or fights. Beside these all is inauspicious.
4. Tian Fu (): wood element, yang, has close connection with cultrual education. It is a very ausoicious star. Whe Tian Fu dwells in one palace, it is auspicious for travel, business, marriage, construction, especially study progress, social status ascendence and culture and education development.
5. Tian Qin (): earth element, yang, auspicious for all things because it dwells in the central earth palace which can gives rise to all.
6. Tian Xin (): metal element, yin, has close connection with leadership capability, scheming, desease treatment and military deployment. t is an auspicious star.
7. Tian Zhu (): metal element, yin, has close connection with killings, strange things, mysterious matters, damage. It is an inauspicious star. When Tian Zhu falls in one palace, people should strengthen their garrison, train their forces, prepare for the bad. It is not good for travel far, do business, otherwise loss, injury, unfortunate things will happen.
8. Tian Ren (): earth element, yang, an auspicious star. When Tian Ren dwells in one palace, it is good for offering teaching to general people, pacificate people, crack down upon insurgence or mobsters. Also good for business, marriage, social status.
9. Tian Ying (): fire element, yin, has close connection with outragous behavior, heated situation, fire and blood. It is a neutral star. When Tian Ying dwells in one palace it is good for planing, dropping a visit to high officials, but it is bad if people want fortune, social status possession, marriage or travel.

2-6. Human Disk
Human disk means the eight Gates which summarize all possible influence from human beings.

Num.	Gate	Direction	Summary
8	(birth)	northeast	To generate energy for action of the day. It is an agent of Gen-Trigram, and also represents Chou-branch and Yin-branch. Generally speaking, This gate is useful for any purpose, especially for health.
3	(injury)	east	To be injured or scratch something easily by mistake, because of hurry to the work or remainder of yesterday’s tiredness. It is an agent of Zhen-Trigram, and also represents Mao-Branch. This gate is useful for hospitalization with operations.
4	(clumsy)	southeast	Start working of the day, but not smoothly done for complete. It is an agent of Sun-Trigram, and also represents Chen-branch and Si-branch. This gate is not useful for any purposes. This gate is only useful for running away, or arresting robbers.
9	(prospect)	south	The most active time in a day. It is an agent of Li, and also represents Wu-branch. This gate is useful for any purposes.
5, 2	(slacken)	southwest	Sleepy for satisfaction from eating. It is an agent of Kun-Trigram, and also represents Wei-branch and Shen-branch. This gate should not be used except burial.
7	(surprise)	west	It’s nearly the time to finish the work. As concentrations get declined, people are easily surprised at unexpected happenings. It is an agent of Dui-Trigram, and also represents You-branch. This gate is not useful for any purposes.
6	(relax)	northwest	Return home after work of the day. It’s time to go to bed. It is an agent of Chain-Trigram, and also represents Xu-branch and Hai-branch. This gate is useful for any purposes. Kai denotes all things are prosperous, metal elements,
1	(rest)	north	People are in sleep. It is an agent of Kan-Trigram, and also represents Zi-branch. This gate is useful for any purposes.

2 – 7. Guard Disk
There are altogether 8 Guards used in Dunjia, which summarize the possible influence from mysterious aspect or celestial powers. We call them Zhi Shi . In Yang Dun Ju the eight Guards will line up in the following sequance::

The eight Guards will line up in the following sequence in Yin Dun Ju:

The following gives the explanation as to each of the Guard:

1. Zhi Fu (): earth element, central position, the commander of all other Guards. When it falls in one palace, all evil things will flee without any trace.
2. Teng She (): fire element, south, hypocratic and crafty Guard. Stands for hypocratic characters, acrimony speech. Responsible for strange, hypocratic and dreadful things.
3. Tai Yin (): metal element, west, the sheltering Guard. Of obscure and invisible attributes. Where Tai Yin comes upon it is suitable for planning, scheming, plotting, etc. and for taking shelter and hide the military forces.
4. Liu He (): wood element, east, the protection Guard. Its character is unclouded and amiable. Where it falls upon it is suitable for marriage arrangement, discussing business, negotiation, etc.
5. Bai Hu (): metal element, west, atrocious Guard. Apt to killing in most of situation, Responsible for arm forces deployment, killings, epidemics, traffic accidents. Under it there hids Gou Chen.
6. Xuan Wu ():water element, north, crafty sycophant or thief. Prefer to stealing and clandestine love affairs. Responsible for thieft, going into exile, quarrel. Under it there hides the Zhu Que.
7. Jiu Di (): earth element, central position, the common mother of all things. Its charater is tame, quiet, pliable. Where it comes upon it is suitable for planting, dwelling, stationing arm forces.
8. Jiu Tian (): metal element, positioned high up as like the heaven. Valiant Guard. Very strong character and prefer to taking action. Where it comes upon it is suitable for deploying arm forces, battle, travel.

PART THREE

3 – 1. How to Set Up One Ju?
On August 20, 2000 one person dropped a visit. The time is 4:10PM.

A. The First Step:

People should learn such basic methods used for finding the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch and that is very important for the Dunjia divination. Here people should look for a Chinese lunar calender to find the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch of August 20, 2000. The result is: Xin-Si () year, Bing-Shen () month, Yi-Mou () day.

Then we should get to know the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch of the time 4:10PM. It is Jia-Shen () .

So, we get the result of Xin-Si () year, Bing-Shen () month, Yi-Mou () and Jia-Shen () time.

.The Second Step:

By looking over the twenty-four solar terms we know it is the term of Beginning of Autumn. Beginning of Autumn is divided into three durations: upper period, middle period and lower period, each lasting 5 days. August 20, 2000 is within the middle period and the beginning mark of the middle period is August 19, 2000, it is Jia-Yin () day. For all the three periods, we should use 2,5 and 8 Ju, Yin Dun. Accordingly we know August 20, 2000 is number 5 Yin Dun Ju.

C. The Third Step:

Now we should proceed to arrange San Qi and Liu Yi in the nine palaces. Yin Dun Ju we should choose the number sequence of 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 when we arrange San Qi and Liu Yi. Because it is number 5 Yin Dun Ju we should first place Jia-Zi (), the general, in the number 5 palace. Jia-Zi is hiding under Wu detachment, therefore we just write down Wu () in the number 5 palace. Then Ji () in number 4 palace, Geng () in number 3 palace, Xin () in number 2 palace, Ren () in number 1 palace, Gui () in number 9 palace, Ding () in number 8 palace, Bing () in number 7 palace, Yi () in number 6 palace. Please see the following figure which shows the Earthly Disk.

D. The Fourth Step
We should learn how to find the Zhi Fu () and Zhi Shi (), then arrange all Heavenly stars and eight Gates in the nine palace.

It is Jia-Shen time. Jian Shen itself is the beginning time for one time period and so we don’t need to waste any time. The beginning time of Jia-Shen hides under Geng detachment in number 3 palace. Corresponding to number 3 it is nothing but Tian-Chong () Star which is the Zhi Fu (). Corresponding to number 3 it is Injury Gate () which is the Zhi Shi () .

E. The Fifth Step

Now we should arrange Heavenly stars in their regular sequence: Tian-Peng (), Tian-Ren (), Tian- Chong (), Tian-Fu (), Tian-Ying (), Tian- Rui () and Tian-Qin ()–they are always together–Tian-Zhu (), Tian-Xin () . They always line up in a clockwise sequence. Because it is Jia-Shen time which hides under the Liu Yi Geng () we should bring Geng with Tian-Chong (). Please see the figure which show how the Heavenly Stars arrange.

F. The Sixth Step
Now we should learn how to arrange eight Gates in nine palaces.

We know the Zhi-Fu () is Injury Gate () who dwells in number 3 palace. The regular sequence of eight Gates is as follows: Xiu (), Sheng (), Shang (), Du (), Jing (), Shi (), Jing (), Kai (). Then please see the following figure:

G: The Seventh Step
This step we should arrange eight Guards in nine palaces. Here we should know Zhi-Shi () always follow the Zhi-Fu () to find its starting point, then line up the regular

sequence clockwise in Yang Dun Ju and counterclockwise in Yin Dun Ju. Zhi-Fu () is Injury Gate () who dwells in number 3 palace, so the starting point of eight Guards sequence will fall into number 3 palace, it is Zhi-Fu (). Because it is a Yin Dun Ju we should line up eight Guards counterclockwise as follows: Zhi-Fu (), Teng-She(), Tai-Yin (), Liu He (), Bai-Hu (), Xuan-Wu (), Jiu-di (), Jiu-tian (). Please see the arrangement results in the following figure:

Till now we finish setting up one Ju based upon the time, day, month and year when the people come upon for one time of divination. Yes, there are other variety of Ju settings but here we generally adopt the most popular time-school Dunjia. Then people should learn how to analyze such Ju. Please click Next Page below for more inforamtion.

 PART FOUR
4 – 1. How to Analyze One Ju.
People should know the emblematic meaning of each sign used in one Ju and their interaction results. In one palace there stay Earthly disk, Heavenly disk, Human disk and eight Guards which summarize the possible influence that can have effects upon one situation. In ancient China, people hold the viewpoints that human beings are one part of the nature without any division. It is a complete entity. They also hold that the whole nature has its own pulse that beat continuously as like a human being. Ancient Chinese doctore can know the problem hidden in the body by feeling the pulse. Yet, how to feel the pulse of the nuture? And is it possible to do that?

Dunjia methods provide one tool for feeling the pulse of the nuture and from it some people can know something hidden in it. In fact, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches provide the very basic foundation for this to become true. The pulse of nature can show up with assorted presentation forms when tainted with different color and that is why Dunjia can offer so much useful tips when people want to know so many different things.

So, for the proper analysis of one Ju we have to know the meaning of each element staying in the nine palaces.

4 – 2. Eight Trigrams and Their Emblematic Meanings;
Chien Trigram ():

• sky, sun, ice, hailstone and all that represents the behavior of heaven, sky, crown, etc.
• president, father, the highest position, leader, old men, celebrities, goverment officials, male, senior, etc.
• capital, big cities, places located high, impotant places, etc
• northwest, high place
• autumn, September, October, Beginning of winter, Xu-, Hai- in year, month, day and time in Chinese lunar calendar.
• 1, 6, 4, 9
• horse, elephant, lion, etc.
• gold, jade, round objects, glass, fruits, cap, etc
• head, right thigh, lung, bone, penis
• white, red, brown
• peppery taste

Kun Trigram ()

• earth, cloudy day, foggy day, or all things that have the similar character of earth (tame, quiet, carry one all, noiseless, etc.)
• princess,the first wife, the general people, mother, grandmother, old women,rural people, hypocrite, big belly, stingy people, the female, etc.
• wildness, wild field, rural area, plain, etc.
• southwest, north, lower position, the lowest lay.
• June and July in Chinese lunar calendar, Wei- and Shen- in year, month, day and time in the lunar calendar system, Chen-, Xu-, Chou-, Wei- in year, month, day and time in lunar calendar system.
• 2, 8, 5, 10
• ox, female horse, cat, animals
• cement, brick, clothes, soft things, things in earth, beef, food, pot, etc.
• belly, right shoulder, spleen, stomach, muscle, female genital organ, etc.
• yellow, black
• sweet tast

There are very long pages for other six trigrams and people can find them in other websites.

4 – 3. Heavenly Stems and Their Emblematic Meanings:

Jia ()

• wood, yang, east, bladder, head, sour, green, square, proud, hauty, become mainstay when it is its prime time, become useless when it is not its time for prime, become useless when incur much restriction, become homeless when it primes too much.

Yi ()

• wood, yin, east, liver, nack, shoulder, pale green, sour sweet, tender. Becomes prosperous when its time come up, becomes withered when it is not its time for prime, capable to become a ridge beam but could not last long, tame, doctor, female, wife, etc.

Bing ()

• fire, yang, south, small intestines, heart, chest, tongue, pale red, bitter taste, tame but adhere to own plan and ideas, Becomes astrocious and ruthless when its time is coming upon, becomes distressful when it is not its time for prime. Virgin, the third person in a marriage.

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4 – 4. Earthly Branches and Their Emblematic Meanings:

Zi ()

• water, yang, north, pond, small river, women, theft, swallow, sweet potato, bat, snail, duckweed, etc. Stands for clever things and fortune when encountering fortune God and stands for obscene things or events when encountering evil God.

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5. The Relationship and Interaction when Elements in Heavenly Disk Meets Elements in Earthly Disk

5 – 1 Jia-Zi-Xu () in Heavenly Disk come upon to meet San Qi and Liu Yi in Earthly Disk.

1. Jia-Zi-Wu () comes upon Jia-Zi-Wu () in Earthly Disk. All things are unprosperous, the road is obstructed. Suitable for defence.
2. Jia-Zi-Wu () comes upon Yi () in Earthly Disk. Jia and Yi are wood, located in the east. Two dragons meet and all is prosperous.
3. Jia-Zi-Wu () comes upon Bing () in Earthly Disk. Jia is green dragon, wood element, suitable for gendering Bing fire.The dragon turns its head and it means good for the things people planned.
4. Jia-Zi-Wu () comes upon Ding () in Earthly Disk. Jia is green dragon, wood element, suitable for gendering Bing fire. It is suitable for paying a visit to big men in high position, good time for pursuring fame and fortune, but is easy to incur disputes when it is tomb time.

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