In Qi Men Dun Jia we have 9 Stars, they are Heavenly Grass, Heavenly Grain, Heavenly Destructor, Heavenly Assistant, Heavenly Heart, Heavenly Pillar, Heavenly Ambassador, Heavenly Hero and Heavenly Bird. They are are actual the celestial stars that can be observed using a astromonical telescope in the night sky. Stars movements and their relationship with our Earth in our solar system, affect good and bad fortunes for Man.

Heavenly Plate is also referred as the movement of heavens. which can be found by looking at the 9 Palaces and 8 Trigrams of the Luo Shu chart. Each of the 9 Stars is thought to directly correspond with one of the 9 Palaces of the Luo Shu which we call it their “Home Palace”.

The 9 Stars Palace and the corresponding Gua

The 9 Stars always appear in same clockwise sequence. The Heavenly Grass > the Heavenly Grain > the Heavenly Destructor > the Heavenly Assistant > the Heavenly Heart > the Heavenly Pillar > and the Heavenly Ambassador > with the Heavenly Hero.

The 9 Stars can be split into auspicious and inauspicious Stars:

Each Stars also different strength depend upon the time of the reading.

Let understand more about each star next.

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Let start with the story that I have learn and the very first version of the story.

The names of the stars were given as Heavenly Emperor (Tian Huang 天皇), Purple Subtlety (Zi Wei 紫微), Greedy Wolf (Tan Lang 貪狼), Huge Door (Ju Men 巨門), Rewards Star (Lu Cun 祿存), Literary Arts (Wen Qu 文曲), Chastity (Lian Zhen 廉貞), Military Arts (Wu Qu 武曲), and Broken Soldier (Po Jun 破軍). In this version, all the stars listed can actually be viewed in the night sky. The following comparative table shows these stars together with their western names for easier reference:

According to this ancient story, the Nine Emperors of the Dao Body (Jiu Huang Dao Ti 九皇道体) are the Nine Stellar Sovereigns of the Dipper. As explained by the Seven Slips of a Cloudy Satchel (Yun Qi Ji Qian 雲笈七籤), “the Nine Stars are the numinous root of the Nine Heavens, the bright bridge of the sun and moon, and the ancestral abyss of all things.

In another version of the story, the names of the stars were instead given as Greedy Wolf (Tan Lang 貪狼), Huge Door (Ju Men 巨門), Rewards Star (Lu Cun 祿存), Literary Arts (Wen Qu 文曲), Chastity (Lian Zhen 廉貞), Military Arts (Wu Qu 武曲), Broken Soldier (Po Jun 破軍), Right Assistant (You Bi 右弼), and Left Assistant (Zuo Fu 左輔). In this particular version, only seven of the stars – namely the ones that make up the Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper – are visible in the night sky. The remaining two – namely Right Assistant and Left Assistant – are enigmatic in nature and were described in ancient Daoist texts as hidden. These are the nine stars that became the basis of the Qi Men 9 Stars and are only referenced extensively in many other Chinese Metaphysics applications including Feng Shui.
For hundreds of years, scholars of Chinese Metaphysics took the existence of the two hidden stars on good faith. However, new discoveries proved that ancient observers may have known more than their modern contemporaries. Mizar, the western name for Military Arts, in fact appears to the naked eye as a binary star with a companion star. Western astronomers named this companion star as Alcor. In 2009, two groups of independent astronomers verified that Alcor itself is a binary star. To differentiate them, astronomers named the two as Alcor A and Alcor B.

As a result of this discovery, a number of modern Chinese Metaphysics scholars have come to theorise that Alcor A and Alcor B are the Left Assistant and Right Assistant respectively. The following comparative table shows this list of stars together with their western names as well as the Qi Men 9 Stars that were derived from them:

Hope this sharing allow better understanding of the Stars Relationship.

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Dou Mu is a goddess in Chinese folk religion and Daoism. In English, her name translates to “Mother of the Great Chariot” (Great Chariot being another name for the Big Dipper). She is known by several other names such as “Primordial Sovereign of the Big Dipper (Dou Mu Yuan Jun 斗母元君) “, and the “Governor of the Pavilion of Heavenly Treasure (Tian Bao Ge 天寶閣)”. In official temple ceremonies, she is respectfully referred to as ‘Nine-Spirited Supreme Subtle Primordial Grandmother Sovereign of the Night Rays and Golden Essence of the White Jade Tortoise Platform’ (Jiu Ling Tai Miao Bai Yu Gui Tai Ye Guang Jin Jing 九靈太妙白玉龜台夜光金精祖母元君). However for convenience, she will be referred to here as Dou Mu.

Dou Mu is also a recognised figure in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, in which she is identified as Marici, a deva or bodhisattva associated with light and the sun. In this form, she is known as Molizhitian Pusa 摩利支天菩薩 in China and Marishi-ten in Japan and in Tibet as Odzer Canma (meaning “Woman Endowed with Rays of Light”).
It is said that, “as the mother of the Dipper Stars”, Dou Mu “produces the brilliant eyes of all the heavens. She, with the Dipper as her terrestrial spirit and water celestial spirit, is in charge of life.”

The Creation of the Nine Stars
The Fundamental Destiny Life-Prolonging Heart Scripture of the Great Sagely Primordial Sovereign of the Supreme, Mysterious and Numinous Big Dipper (Tai Shang Xuan Ling Dou Mu Da Sheng Yuan Jun Ben Ming Yan Sheng Xin Jing 太上玄靈斗姆大聖元君本命延生心經) describes how Dou Mu produced a total of nine perfect stars in an elaborate and esoteric process, which then became the Nine Emperors of the Dao Body:
“Seated on her precious throne, Dou Mu peacefully cultivates divine perfection, refines celestial and terrestrial spirits, concentrates Life Force Energy (Qi 氣) with an empty mind, and enters the Mystery of Mysteries.
Breathing the numinous wind, gathering the purple void energy, she has attained the mysterious and numinous Sublime Dao, and releases infinite subtle rays penetrating the Pool of Essence (Hua Chi 華池). Nine golden lotuses, as incarnations of the rays, give out greater and greater light after seven days in the pool. The light rises to the Nine-Essence Heavens (Jiu Hua Tian 九華天) and transforms into the Nine Great Treasure Pavilions.”
This celestial myth of Dou Mu gave rise to the Nine Great Emperors (Jiu Huang Da Di 九皇大帝) of the Daoist pantheon, more popularly known as Nine Emperor Gods (Jiu Wang Ye 九王爺) in Singapore and Malaysia. The Nine Emperor Gods are considered the patrons of prosperity, wealth and good health. It should be noted however that the myth does differ in other accounts, most noticeably in two of the nine stars that Dou Mu was said to have created.

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The Big Dipper is one of the most easily recognisable asterisms in the night sky, located in the northern constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear. It actually goes by many different names, among them the Plough, the Great Wagon, Saptarishi, and the Saucepan, although it will be called the Big Dipper hereafter for ease of understanding. It is particularly prominent in the northern sky in the summer, and is one of the first star patterns a budding astronomer will learn to identify.
The Big Dipper is often confused for the constellation Ursa Major itself and its name is used synonymously with the Great Bear. However, the Big Dipper itself is not a constellation. It just happens to be the most visible part of Ursa Major, which is the third largest of all 88 constellations.
The overall Ursa Major constellation is obviously far bigger than the Big Dipper, but the seven stars that mark the tail and hindquarters of the “Great Bear” are the most visible by far, thus the distinction drawn between them and the larger constellation they are part of. The seven brightest stars in Ursa Major that make up the Big Dipper are called: Alkaid (Eta Ursae Majoris), Mizar (Zeta Ursae Majoris), Alioth (Epsilon Ursae Majoris), Megrez (Delta Ursae Majoris), Phecda (Gamma Ursae Majoris), Dubhe (Alpha Ursae Majoris) and Merak (Beta Ursae Majoris). Alkaid, Mizar and Alioth mark the Big Dipper’s handle, and Megrez, Phecda, Dubhe and Merak outline the bowl. All seven are shown in the diagram below.

You may find it curious as there are obviously only seven stars in the Big Dipper – the name in Chinese, Bei Dou Qi Xing 北斗七星 after all, clearly suggests so. How can the 9 Stars be derived from this? There are many legends and stories that explain this discrepancy. The most popular ones all involve the goddess Dou Mu 斗姆.

Watch out for next posting about Dou Mu 斗姆.

Fu Yin(伏吟)

Fu Yin chart is when stem are the same or double. A Pure Fu Yin is when the Star and Door are back in their original position. So what does it mean in destiny reading as compare to forecasting vs strategic execution?

Fu Yin in forecasting generally indicates that progress will be slow and that supported actions will be limited, these affects will still, however, be couched within the reading dictated by the stems. Among the Ten Stems, there are Three Nobles and Six Crescents. The Nobles of Yi 乙, Bing 丙, and Ding 丁 as well as the stem of Wu 戊 are thought to be auspicious and, as such, when a Fu Yin formation falls on one of these stems, the impact will be to slow the progress of otherwise positive events.

When Fu Yin falls on one of the remaining stems, the effect may be to cause complete stagnation or, indeed, to slow the development of more negative events. The final judgment over the specific impact of Fu Yin will need, however, to take into consideration the overall combinations of the Stars, Doors and Deities in that particular Palace, as well as the relationships between the Five Elements and the other Palaces.

While in Destiny Reading, it is actually denote as Pure Energy that we like to see. We can see that what you appear within inside and outside is identical, your thoughts and actions are align. People will not have second thought about you as you are a straightforward person. You can access anything in your chart in a stronger and easy way.

In Strategic Execution, is is consider as a good formation as the energy will be the purest where you can perform meditation or any Qi enhancement activities of sort. At this time, it is suitable for your energy realignments and gain a whole lot of clarity.

Fan Yin(反吟)

A Fan Yin Chart is different from a Fu Yin chart where the Stars and Doors are totally opposite of the Fu Yin Chart. The stem are the mirror in the opposite direction like a reverse pattern. Take a look at the sample below.

Generally it is considered more inauspicious than Fu Yin. Usually there are uncertainties in the matter being consulted and things might change. The outcome of the divination may come quickly and decisively. Where the impact of the outcome can be substantial or even extreme. It Usually favorable to the guests and unfavorable to the host. For examples, tasks might only be partially completed, trips might be cut short. The speed of events is fast in general, for example a verdict might come swiftly and unexpectedly. Incidents or events tend to occur far away, for example, one lost something far away from home.

In forecasting, when you get Fan Yin Chart (or Gua), there will be changes in matters asked. Matters will progress but not in the ways planned and there are possibility of things becoming good to bad and vice versa. There will be a lot of uncertainties ahead and thread only if you are prepared to face and handle all the adversities.

For Destiny reading, it can mean that the person always do the wrong thing(Door) at a wrong timing(Stars). They are alway either ahead of everyone or lacking behind, resulting doing the right thing at the wrong time when Star Fan Yin or doing the wrong thing at the right time when Door are Fan Yin. They will usually have hard time explaining their focus at that wrong timing but nevertheless, the key for them is to work on the things and make sure they can always be ahead of other and not lack behind.

While in Strategic Execution, you can make use of this formation to change the stagnation situation, creating movement or progress to be really ahead of everyone else.

A Fan Yin chart can be useful and positive if you need the opposite result of the current situation, so sometimes it is not so negative as it seems, you can use fan yin charts for extreme changes.

Hope that my sharing and understanding of Fu Yin and Fan Yin Chart can help those who still learning QiMen.

Death Door represents death and ageing. It is often associated with negative energy and stagnated Qi. It can have a stifling effect and delay or halt one’s progress and growth. Thus, it is considered an inauspicious Door overall. With that said, death is an essential part of life and the Door fulfils a necessary function. All things must come to an end, nothing and no one lives forever and the Death Door marks the end of a journey. However, since death is also one half of the natural cycle of life, it also signifies the start of a new cycle. As death ends, life begins.

For all the grimness of the Death Door and its morbid connotations, it does not deserve to be feared the way it is; it helps maintain harmony in the Universe and keep things moving. The Door’s effects are far- reaching, for there is nowhere in Heaven and Earth that is safe from its influence. Its touch can be seen in the colours of autumn and the falling leaves.

If the Death Door resides with one of the 3 Nobles, it is beneficial to hunting and good for finding and seeking someone or something.

Natal Position: The Death Door is an Earth element Door. It originates in the Kun Palace in the southwest.

Representation: Kun itself represents mother, winter, convergence, darkness, concealment and death.

Strengths

As mentioned, the Death Door helps perpetuate the cycle of life and death, fulfilling a necessary function. It is beneficial for executions of punishment. It can also help one better appreciate and connect with their ancestors or carry out religious and spiritual activities. It can help avert negative energies or Sha Qi from propagating and block harmful spirits. Finally, gravediggers and graveyard maintenance are eased by the Death Door.

Weaknesses

The Death Door will hamper one’s growth and career progress and is unsuitable for matters of finance. It can cause financial loss or stagnation.

Because of the Death Door’s obvious connections with death, its effects are unhelpful to those seeking medical treatment because it can reduce the efficacy and prevent recovery. Among the general population, the Death Door drives ageing and all of the ailments associated with it.