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A shared name does not make two concepts equivalent. Each definition keeps its tradition and links to its reading context.
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- BaZiseasonal state
A traditional BaZi category relative to the prevailing seasonal phase, not a personal outcome.
Read the explanation · The Month Command: Seasonal Context Is Not an Extra Vote ↗- BaZiDay Master strength
A conditional BaZi interpretation of support, output and control around the Day Master.
Read the explanation · Strong and Weak Day Masters: A Conditional Relationship ↗- BaZiselection framework
The method and definitions within which a useful role is selected.
Read the explanation · Favourable, Useful and Unfavourable: Terms Need a Method ↗- BaZisequence versus starting time
Separate the ordered luck pillars from the interval-based calculation of when they begin.
Read the explanation · How luck pillars are ordered and when they begin ↗- Western astrologySocial planets
Jupiter and Saturn in a common modern astrological grouping; the label is not a sociability score.
Read the explanation · “Outer planets” means different things in different books ↗- Zi Wei Dou Shumajor-star placement group
A grouping by placement sequence: six stars anchored on Zi Wei and eight on Tian Fu, distinct from Dipper classifications.
Read the explanation · The fourteen major stars: learn the roster and its structure ↗- Qimen Dunjianine-palace base grid
The eight surrounding positions and centre used as chart coordinates, distinct from stars or doors placed for a particular setup.
Read the explanation · Meet the Nine Palaces Before Reading a Qimen Chart ↗- Career task comparison
Matching an interpretive prompt to a specific deliverable, demonstrated work and actual role requirements without treating symbolism as certification.
Read the explanation · Career readings: compare claims with the work ↗- BaZiMonth-opening solar term
In the usual BaZi convention, twelve alternating solar terms mark month boundaries, beginning with Start of Spring. Not all 24 solar terms open a new month.
Read the explanation · Why BaZi months follow solar-term boundaries ↗- BaZiPrincipal solar term
One of the twelve solar terms alternating with month-opening terms, such as Spring Equinox. These do not normally mark a BaZi month change.
Read the explanation · Why BaZi months follow solar-term boundaries ↗- BaZiMonth Pillar
The stem–branch pair for the BaZi birth month. Its branch follows solar-term boundaries and its stem follows the year stem; it is not simply the lunar month number.
Read the explanation · Why BaZi months follow solar-term boundaries ↗- Zi Wei Dou ShuBody Palace
A Zi Wei marker placed within one of the twelve palaces. It is neither a thirteenth palace nor a dedicated label for physical health.
Read the explanation · Life and Body palaces: two placements, not two lives ↗- Western astrologyHouse system
A method for dividing a Western chart into houses. Different methods can change cusps and house placements, so comparisons need named settings.
Read the explanation · House systems: change the boundaries, not the planets ↗- BaZiRooting
In BaZi, a stem finds support of its own element among the hidden stems of a branch. The presence and effectiveness of a root are separate questions.
Read the explanation · Roots, exposed stems and seasonal support in BaZi ↗- BaZiStem emergence
A stem hidden in a branch also appears in the visible stem layer. This is a structural link, not a strength verdict on its own.
Read the explanation · Roots, exposed stems and seasonal support in BaZi ↗- Zi Wei Dou ShuPalace
One of twelve positions organising life topics in Zi Wei Dou Shu. A palace is read with its stars and relationships to other palaces.
Read the explanation · The twelve Zi Wei palaces: a map of questions ↗- Zi Wei Dou ShuLife Palace
A central starting point for a Zi Wei reading of personal tendencies. It does not replace the other eleven palaces.
Read the explanation · What is Zi Wei Dou Shu? A first guide to palaces and stars ↗- Western astrologyHouse
One of twelve chart divisions used for areas of life in Western astrology. Boundaries depend on birth data and house system; these are not Zi Wei palaces.
Read the explanation · How to read a birth chart without mixing up its parts ↗- Western astrologyZodiac sign
One of twelve zodiac divisions used to qualify how a planet expresses itself. A sign and a house answer different questions.
Read the explanation · How to read a birth chart without mixing up its parts ↗- Western astrologyAspect
An angular relationship measured between chart positions. Interpretation also needs conventions such as the permitted orb.
Read the explanation · How to read a birth chart without mixing up its parts ↗- Western astrologyAscendant
The zodiac point rising at the eastern horizon for the birth time and place. It is a calculated angle, not a planet.
Read the explanation · Sun, Moon and rising: what the “Big Three” leaves out ↗- BaZiGenerating cycle
In the Wood–Fire–Earth–Metal–Water order, each element generates the next, as Wood generates Fire. It names a direction of support, not a favourable verdict.
Read the explanation · Five Elements cycles: learn the relationships, not just the order ↗- BaZiControlling cycle
The restraint between elements one step apart in the generating order, as Wood controls Earth. It describes a direction of restraint, not automatically harm.
Read the explanation · Five Elements cycles: learn the relationships, not just the order ↗- BaZiSixty stem–branch pairs
The cycle formed when stems and branches advance together one step at a time. Yang stems meet only Yang branches and Yin stems only Yin branches, giving 60 pairs rather than 120.
Read the explanation · What the ten stems and twelve branches each do ↗- Zi Wei Dou ShuThree sides and four directions
The four palaces read together with any palace: itself, its opposite and its two trine partners (i, i+4, i+6, i+8 in palace order). It sets reading scope, not a verdict.
Read the explanation · Three sides, four directions: the four palaces read together ↗- Zi Wei Dou ShuOpposite palace
In Zi Wei Dou Shu, the palace six places away, as Travel is from Life. It belongs to the three-sides-four-directions set and is not the same as an astrological opposition.
Read the explanation · Three sides, four directions: the four palaces read together ↗- Zi Wei Dou ShuCareer Palace
The main Zi Wei entry point for questions about work. Its reading set is Career, Life, Wealth and the opposite Partner palace; it cannot by itself name a job or an income.
Read the explanation · Which palaces does a Zi Wei career reading connect? ↗- Western astrologyMidheaven
The point where the local meridian, on its upper side, crosses the ecliptic; its opposite is the IC. It is a zodiac degree, not the zenith directly overhead.
Read the explanation · Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven and IC: two axes, four points ↗