Comparative methods
Compare structures, methods and terms: what can be set side by side, and what cannot be swapped.
3 articles
ST-001
BaZi and Zi Wei: compare the reasoning, not the labels
A method for reading two Chinese chart traditions side by side without inventing one-to-one equivalents or counting agreement as proof.
ST-003Why similar terms do not transfer between systems
Combine, clash and star in BaZi, Zi Wei Dou Shu and Western astrology: what each calculates, when it holds and what it does in a reading.
ST-002Twelve palaces, twelve houses: compare the questions, not the labels
A method for comparing Zi Wei and Western astrology without treating Spouse as identical to the seventh house or star names as equivalent bodies.
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