Chart components
The three wonders and six Yi, heaven and earth plates, doors, stars, spirits and the duty chief and duty door.
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Doors, Stars and Spirits: Keep the Qimen Layers Distinct
Compare the eight-door home positions, nine-star inventory and a named classical spirit list. Learn why a symbol name, its home position and its placement in a time chart are different records.
Read first: Meet the Nine Palaces Before Reading a Qimen Chart
QM-006Duty chief and duty door: track the role before the position
A three-row Yang-one example separates the star serving as duty chief from its changing palace, and tracks the duty door independently. Learn why a palace number cannot identify the star by itself.
QM-004Three Wonders, Six Instruments and Two Stem Layers
Learn the nine Qimen stem symbols and the six Yang Wood correspondences. A Yang-one example separates the earth arrangement from heaven-layer placements without turning a partial chart into a prediction.
Read first: Meet the Nine Palaces Before Reading a Qimen Chart · Rotating and Flying Qimen Plates: Check the Placement Rules