盘 Basics 基础
四柱 Sì Zhù — Four Pillars: year, month, day & hour, each written as one Stem + one Branch. Your cosmic timestamp.
天干 Tiān Gān — 10 Heavenly Stems (甲乙丙丁戊己庚辛壬癸); 地支 Dì Zhī — 12 Earthly Branches (子丑寅…亥, also the 12 双时辰 two-hour periods).
阳遁/阴遁 Yáng/Yīn Dùn — Yang cycle (winter→summer solstice) counts forward; Yin cycle (summer→winter) counts backward.
局 Jú (Bureau) — chart number 1–9; sets where the stems sit on the earth plate. This app derives it from the lunar day (月相定局).
命宫 Mìng Gōng (Life Palace) — the palace where your day stem lands on the heaven plate. That palace's god, star and gate describe you. Gold frame on the board.
九星 Nine Stars (天盘)
天蓬 Péng wisdom & risk · 天芮 Ruì learning & ailment · 天冲 Chōng action & courage · 天辅 Fǔ culture & support · 天禽 Qín command & balance · 天心 Xīn strategy & healing · 天柱 Zhù defense & speech · 天任 Rèn steadiness & endurance · 天英 Yīng brilliance & fame
八门 Eight Gates (人盘)
开 Kāi opportunity · 休 Xiū rest & negotiation · 生 Shēng growth & wealth · 伤 Shāng rivalry & injury · 杜 Dù blockage & secrecy · 景 Jǐng vision & documents · 死 Sǐ stagnation & endings · 惊 Jīng shock & disputes
八神 Eight Gods (神盘)
值符 Zhí Fú authority & protection · 螣蛇 Téng Shé entanglement & the uncanny · 太阴 Tài Yīn concealment & planning · 六合 Liù Hé harmony & partnership · 白虎 Bái Hǔ force & clashes · 玄武 Xuán Wǔ stealth & loss · 九地 Jiǔ Dì foundations & patience · 九天 Jiǔ Tiān expansion & vision
当值 Duty Pair
值符 Zhí Fú — duty chief star of this hour; 值使 Zhí Shǐ — duty envoy gate. They lead the whole chart.
暗干 Hidden Stem (宫外紫色) — 阴盘 extra stem ring: 时干加值使门宫随转. Hidden/background influence of each palace; used for concealed factors & 应期 timing.
标注 Annotations
○空 Kōng (Void) — palace of the hour's empty branches; matters there feel hollow or delayed.
马 Mǎ (Horse) — travel/movement star; change and mobility.
刑 Xíng — Six-Yi punishment (六仪击刑): friction, complications, legal trouble.
墓 Mù (Tomb) — the stem is entombed here: trapped, dormant, hard to act.
迫 Pò (Forced) — the gate destroys its palace (门迫): its effect turns harsh and rushed.
旺相休囚死/废 — vitality scale: 旺 Wàng thriving → 相 Xiàng supported → 休 Xiū resting → 囚 Qiú confined → 死/废 Sǐ/Fèi drained. Shown as 「对宫`月对令」(vs palace / vs month).
十二长生 Twelve Life Stages — a stem's life-cycle in each palace: 生 birth · 沐 bath · 冠 cap · 官 office · 旺 peak · 衰 decline · 病 sickness · 死 death · 墓 tomb · 绝 severed · 胎 conceived · 养 nurtured. Two characters shown in corner palaces (two branches).
八字 Bazi Terms
日主 Rì Zhǔ (Day Master) — your day stem, the "self" of a bazi chart. 五行 Wǔ Xíng — Five Elements 木火土金水 Wood Fire Earth Metal Water.
十神 Shí Shén (Ten Gods) — relationships of other stems to the Day Master (wealth, officer, resource…). 大运 Dà Yùn — 10-year luck pillars; 流年 Liú Nián — annual pillars.
喜用神 Xǐ Yòng Shén — favorable elements that balance your chart; 忌神 Jì Shén — unfavorable ones.