The Wenbu library

From the meaning of a symbol to the limits of a calculation. Clear guides for a more thoughtful reading.

A practical introduction to the four pillars, Day Master, hidden stems and Ten Gods, with a clear distinction between calculation and interpretation.

Understand the five elements without confusing visible counts, seasonal strength and favorable-element interpretation.

Why daylight saving, longitude and the late-Zi convention can change a chart, and how to make the calculation reproducible.

A clear guide to 6, 7, 8 and 9, bottom-to-top line order, changing lines and the difference between a cast and an interpretation.

Learn the 78-card structure, reversals and a simple three-card spread, then turn a reading into a useful reflection practice.

An introduction to the palace structure, major and supporting stars, empty palaces and the conventions that affect a Zi Wei chart.

Yes, with an incomplete chart and explicit uncertainty. Learn what an unknown hour changes and why a guessed noon is not a full birth chart.

Separate calculation, interpretation and personal association, and avoid confusing fluent language with evidence of predictive accuracy.

Understand Lunar New Year, the beginning-of-spring solar term and why births in January or February need a clear year-boundary convention.

Compare stems and branches with planetary charts, including inputs, calculation conventions and the limits of interpreting precise data.

Choose a tool by the question you have, the information you want to share and the symbolic system you want to learn.