Minor and adjective stars
Fourteen minor stars and thirty-eight adjective stars: categories, sources and how far they can be read.
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Di Jie (地劫): Starting from the Pig Palace Like Di Kong, but Walking Forward
Di Jie and Di Kong start from the same Pig palace and look only at the birth hour, yet walk in opposite directions. The twelve landings, their mirror relation, and why Di Jie jumps two palaces per hour against Life.
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ZW-AUX-13Di Kong (地空): Counting Back from the Pig Palace, the Star the Book Calls Tian Kong
Di Kong is placed by birth hour alone: the Rat hour sits on the Pig palace and each later hour steps one palace back. The twelve landings, the two Tian Kongs, and why its gap to the Life palace depends only on the month.
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ZW-AUX-09Huo Xing (火星): Year Group Sets the Start, the Birth Hour Counts the Steps
Huo Xing needs two inputs: the year-branch group fixes the start palace, the birth hour sets the count. A 4x12 table, the Miao/Xian pairing, the hour it meets Qing Yang and the Body Ruler homonym show how to read it.
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ZW-AUX-10Ling Xing (铃星): Three Groups Start at the Dog, and the Gap to Huo Xing Varies
Ling Xing uses the verse of Huo Xing, yet three groups start it at the Dog. A ring, a placement table, the four Huo-Ling gaps and the flank conditions explain its pattern and how the book names the pair.
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ZW-AUX-05Lu Cun (禄存): Ten Year Stems on Eight Branches, With Qing Yang and Tuo Luo Beside It
Lu Cun follows the birth-year stem: ten stems land on eight branches, never Dragon, Dog, Ox or Goat. A ten-row table, its Qing Yang and Tuo Luo neighbors, the BaZi Emolument Star it matches, the year boundary and Boshi.
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ZW-AUX-07Qing Yang (擎羊): The Star One Step After Lu Cun, With Only Eight Landing Points
Qing Yang is placed by the birth-year stem alone: find Lu Cun, then step one branch on. A ring, an eight-row table, the Miao/Xian pairing and the Yang-Tuo flanking example show where it can and cannot land.
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ZW-AUX-11Tian Kui (天魁): A Pair From the Birth-Year Stem, and Which Life Palaces See Both
Tian Kui and Tian Yue are placed as a pair from the birth-year stem, ten stems giving five pairs. A ring, the verse against the assignment, who sees both and the yearly pair show the pattern.
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ZW-AUX-06Tian Ma (天马): Four Palaces by Year Branch, With Its Shared-Palace Names
Tian Ma follows the birth-year branch: twelve branches land on only Tiger, Monkey, Snake and Pig, opposite each trine's first. A branch ring, the book's shared-palace names, and the Lu Cun and Tuo Luo years.
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ZW-AUX-12Tian Yue (天钺): The Heavenly Nobleman Table, and Two Versions of the Fire Line
The Tian Yue table is exactly the BaZi Heavenly Nobleman table, read by year stem in Ziwei and day stem in BaZi. A comparison, the two stems, the Fire-line variants and the flank of Life show how to read it.
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ZW-AUX-08Tuo Luo (陀罗): The Star Before Lu Cun, and Why a Natal and a Yearly One Can Overlap
Tuo Luo goes on the branch before Lu Cun, never on Rat, Horse, Rabbit or Rooster. A comparison, the "Ji" naming puzzle, the Tuo-Lu-Yang triple and the juan 3 overlap example explain its pattern and the yearly overlap.
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ZW-AUX-03Wen Chang (文昌): Placed by Birth Hour From the Dog Position, and the Late Rat Hour
Wen Chang follows the birth hour: the Rat hour goes on Dog and each later hour steps one palace back. An hour table, the late Rat hour and its day count, the Body Ruler table, and the track shared with You Bi.
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ZW-AUX-04Wen Qu (文曲): Placed by Birth Hour From the Dragon Position, With Its Twelve-Palace Grades
Wen Qu uses the same birth hour as Wen Chang but starts at the Dragon branch and moves forward. A twelve-palace grade ring checked against the book table, how the pair relate, its Life Ruler role and the Ji and Ke years.
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ZW-AUX-02You Bi (右弼): Counted Back From the Dog Position, and Its Four Relations to Zuo Fu
You Bi uses the same lunar month as Zuo Fu, but starts at the Dog branch and counts the other way. A twelve-month table of the pair, a check of the Quan Shu example on flanking the Life palace, and one chart written up.
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ZW-AUX-01Zuo Fu (左辅): Placed by Lunar Birth Month, From the Dragon Position
Zuo Fu depends on one input, the lunar birth month: month one goes on the Dragon branch and each later month moves one step. A twelve-month map, palace names, the leap-month cutoff and the Santai count.
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