Xingge
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About

A classical chart, read in plain modern language

Zi Wei Dou Shu, also called Purple Star Astrology, has been practised for several hundred years. From the year, month, day and hour of birth, it places more than a hundred stars into twelve palaces, and uses them to describe a person's character, how they work, and how life tends to shift over the decades.

Xingge does two things: we draw the chart the way the classical texts describe, and we explain it in plain modern language.

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Three things we hold to

  1. 01We follow the Quan ShuCharts and readings are based on the Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, and every reading line is checked against the original text.
  2. 02Then and now, kept apartWe say what the classics say, as written. Then, separately, what that tends to mean today.
  3. 03Stars you can rememberEach main star, plus the Empty Palace, has a modern persona, such as The Emperor for Zi Wei. The persona helps you remember; the star keeps its classical meaning.

One line, read two ways

The classics say
Qi Sha in the Parents Palace brings early friction: leaving the family home early and standing alone.
Today, it usually means

You leave home early to stand on your own, and see little of your parents.

From the Xingge reading library: Qi Sha in the Parents Palace.

A hand-drawn twelve-palace chart grid with a few gold stars in its cellsA hand-drawn twelve-palace chart grid with a few gold stars in its cells

How we read a chart

The classical language can be harsh. We don't hide those lines, and we don't hand them to you as verdicts either.

We explain why the old texts read a placement that way, then how it is more likely to show up in your life now, and what you can do with it.

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What we don't do

  • Predict death
  • Diagnose illness
  • Give investment advice
  • Sell through fear

A chart shows tendencies. The choices are yours.

For people everywhere

Many people are born outside Taiwan, and outside Asia. Wherever you were born and whichever language you read, you should be able to understand your own chart.

  • Birth time converted to local time, with daylight saving removed
  • True solar time if you want it
  • Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and English
A watercolor world map with gold constellation lines linking placesA watercolor world map with gold constellation lines linking places

Who makes Xingge

Xingge is made by a small team with backgrounds in three fields.

LinguisticsReading the classical text closely and putting it into plain Chinese and English without changing what it says.
Computer science and AIGetting the chart itself right, including birthplace, daylight saving and true solar time, and keeping our AI-written books and answers grounded in a reading library we checked line by line.
PsychologyHow things are said: readings are written as tendencies and choices, without fear or fatalism.

Xingge is run by Intellizab LLC, a Wyoming company. Questions and suggestions are welcome at [email protected].

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