Zi Wei Dou Shui is a star system. It has ancient origins and a map of this heavenly astrology was found in the Chinese grotto of Dunhuang, as late as 1899 - one of the oldest star maps known.
Zi Wei Dou Shu literally means "calculating the purple star," and is a birth chart based on the North star. There are fourteen major stations including including the Sun (Tai Yang) and Moon (Tai Yin) as well as the nine dipper stars The polar star (Ie Tan Lang, Ju Men, Lu Cun, Wu Qu, Lian Zhen, Po Jun, You Bi, Wen Qu and Zuo Fu) Most of the stars are considered to be mathematic points in space. (Zi Wei) is known as the emperor of heaven since it never moves and the other stars revolve around it. A chart in Zi Wei Dou Shu is similar to the ancient south Vedic charts, and may have been originally inspired by the Indian Jyotish system.
The houses used houses in the charts The houses used through very regular to the more familiar Western houses (numbers shown below), often they do not follow in the same order. The Western House system progresses according to the yearly season. The palaces below follow a typical life path for an Asian individual in the past.
Karma / Virtue ... (the inner you or self that comes before birth) - (12-Pisces)
Parents ... (your parents and their resources) - (2 - Taurus)
Ming / Self ... (developing the self) - (1-Aries)
Siblings ... (awareness of your family) - (3-Gemini)
Marriage ... (partnership is arranged early) - (7-Libra)
Children ... (children soon follow) - (5-Leo)
Money ... (money must be maintained to support a growing family) - (8-Scorpio)
Health ... (health must be maintained also) - (6-Virgo)
Travel ... (travel is often needed to expand wealth) - (9-Sagittarius)
Friends / Peers ... (networking is needed for continued growth) - (11-Aquarius)
Career ... (vocation takes a good part of the life to accomplish) - (10-Capricorn)
Property ... (wealth from family and property) - (4-Cancer)
There is also a 13th house know as the Shen or body house that coincides with one of the basic twelve - revealing an especially important area of your life.
The addition of the birth chart, there is also a 10 yr. Luck cycle, a yearly and The charts can include include 144 stars in total - the less stars can add a bit of flavor, but have a lesser significance.
Of the fourteen main archetypal stars, their names and personalities simulate the personalities of a royal court, reminiscent of the Western gods and goddesses who lived on Mount Olympus.
1) Zi Wei: "The Emperor" is considered the most important star (North star) and is the location of the pole star in an astrological chart. The house it resides in is often what you became known for in your life and is considered a leadership star. If Zi Wei is in your Ming / Self court, you are often the most accomplished one in your family.
2) Tian Ji: "The Advisor" It is a plain - spoken and an active energy that can sometimes be unstable because it brings change.
3) Tai Yang: "The Masculine or Father aspect" representation It is upright, enthusiastic, altruistic and also represented your father or husband.
Four) Wu Qu: "The General or Manager" It is calm, steadfast, duty bound and promises money where it is placed.
Five) Tian Tong: "The Lover of Life" It is childhood, leisure, has a good heart and is an area of sensitivity. It is child - like, dreamy and idealistic.
6) Lian Zhen: "The Politician or Charismatic" Lian Zhen type people may be indecisive because they like popularity, but know right from wrong, and love peach blossom.
7) Tian Fu: The Treasurer " Is a conservative and tolerant influence that is the treasury and has the ability to store things like wealth that is beneficial for success.
8) Tai Yin: "The Feminine or Mother aspect" Representations of the Moon, the changeable lunar influence and femininity. It is emotional, quiet, reserved and moody and has the power to attract opportunities where it is placed.
9) Tan Lang: "The Artist or Talented one" Is experiences, acquisitive and likes material things - and can also be spiritual in later life.
Ten) Ju Men: "The Spokesman" Is the star of thinking, communication, speech and verbal abilities.
11) Tian Xiang: "The Administrator" It is conservative, fair-minded and is often called the prime minister.
12) Tian Liang: "The Teacher or Priest" It is a high ranking person, or someone who has the power to the court it resides. It is honesty, fairness and truth.
13) Qi Sha: "The Adventurer or Soldier" Qi Sha is brave, fiery and adventurous and loves challenges or difficult situations.
14) Po Jun: "The Rebel" Representes a breaking down in order to rebuild something better, sometimes violently. This star is a powerful reformer, revolutionary or transformer similar to a Uranian or Plutonian influence.
Some of the smaller stars representative things as advisors, affairs or angelic protectors with a few trouble stars that come to test one & # 39; s progress. The older more traditional Chinese interpretations of these can be quite negative since ancient man & # 39; s survival was more tenuous in the past. I have reinterpreted many of these archetypal influences in light of modern times and psychology.
Also important are the transforming These are qual (Power), Ke (fame / name), Lu (happiness) and Ji (trouble). These transforming stars can change the meaning of the other stars quite dramatically You have a permanent set of these stars in your birth chart, and then a moving set for the 10 yr. annual and monthly cycles.
When using a personal natal chart for a client, I use both Zi Wei Dou Shu and Western astrology to do a comparison study. There is a wealth of information available from comparing these two systems that is amazing in its detailed descriptions of our life It is better to understand those tendencies, as they may we have our hidden or shadow side. If you have never had your natal astrology chart done, is not it time you found a good astrologer to reveal your life & # 39; s potentials?
