Xingge3 volumes · 142 sections · original text with translation
The Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu, Annotated
The Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu is the most important classic of Purple Star Astrology. It is attributed to Chen Xiyi of the Song dynasty and was compiled in the Ming. Each section here gives the original Chinese, an English translation, notes and commentary. The original was proofread line by line against the Wikisource base text.
If you have your chart, the lines that describe it are marked as you read, and you can leave notes for your star spirit.
Volume 1Rhapsodies, questions on the stars, and chart patterns
The book's framework: the Tai Wei Fu and the Gu Sui Fu set out the principles of reading a chart in paired lines, the Questions and Answers on the Stars go through the stars one by one, and the volume ends with the patterns of wealth, rank and poverty.
Questions and Answers on the Stars
- What Does Zi Wei Govern?26 passages
- What Does Tian Ji Govern?9 passages
- What Does Tai Yang Govern?13 passages
- What Does Wu Qu Govern?4 passages
- What Does Tian Tong Govern?3 passages
- What Does Lian Zhen Govern?4 passages
- What Does Tian Fu Govern?6 passages
- What Does Tai Yin Govern?6 passages
- What Does Tan Lang Govern?8 passages
- What Does Ju Men Govern?5 passages
- What Does Tian Xiang Govern?6 passages
- What Does Tian Liang Govern?9 passages
- What Does Qi Sha Govern?9 passages
- What Does Po Jun Govern?5 passages
- What Does Wen Chang Govern?3 passages
- What Does Wen Qu Govern?4 passages
- What Do Wen Chang and Wen Qu Mean in the Annual Luck?4 passages
- What Does Zuo Fu Govern?1 passages
- What Does You Bi Govern?5 passages
- What Do Tian Kui and Tian Yue Govern?5 passages
- What Does Lu Cun Govern?7 passages
- What Does Tian Ma Govern?3 passages
- What Does Hua Lu Govern?1 passages
- What Does Hua Quan Govern?1 passages
- What Does Hua Ke Govern?1 passages
- What Does Hua Ji Govern?2 passages
- What Does Qing Yang Govern?2 passages
- What Does Tuo Luo Govern?1 passages
- Qing Yang and Tuo Luo: Overview6 passages
- What Does Huo Xing Govern?7 passages
- What Does Ling Xing Govern?8 passages
- Qing Yang, Tuo Luo, Huo Xing and Ling Xing: Overview4 passages
- What Do Di Kong and Di Jie Govern?2 passages
- What Do Tian Shang and Tian Shi Govern?2 passages
- What Does Tian Xing Govern?4 passages
- What Does Tian Yao Govern?4 passages
- What Do Tian Ku and Tian Xu Govern?1 passages
Volume 2Placing the stars and the twelve palaces
How to set up a chart (the Life and Body palaces, the Five Elements Bureau, the star-placing verses and diagrams), the nature of each star and its verses for the Life Palace and the luck periods, then the palaces one by one from Siblings to Parents.
Setting Up the Chart
- The Five Elements Bureau and the Sixty Na Yin7 passages
- Placing the Northern and Southern Dipper Stars2 passages
- Placing the Auspicious Stars, Tian Ma and Lu Cun10 passages
- Placing Qing Yang, Tuo Luo, Huo Xing and Ling Xing3 passages
- Placing the Four Transformations4 passages
- Placing Di Kong, Di Jie, Shang Shi, the Twelve Bo Shi Spirits and Minor Stars18 passages
- Placing the Annual Spirits, Dou Jun and Kong Wang12 passages
- Placing the Decade, Minor and Childhood Luck3 passages
- Life Master, Body Master and Notes on Chart Setup17 passages
- Star Elements and the Northern and Southern Dippers51 passages
- Setup Charts: Zi Wei, Tian Fu, Shang Shi, the Four Transformations and Brightness26 passages
The Stars' Natures
- The Nature of Zi Wei19 passages
- The Nature of Tian Ji17 passages
- The Nature of Tai Yang21 passages
- The Nature of Wu Qu19 passages
- The Nature of Tian Tong17 passages
- The Nature of Lian Zhen23 passages
- The Nature of Tian Fu17 passages
- The Nature of Tai Yin20 passages
- The Nature of Tan Lang18 passages
- The Nature of Ju Men19 passages
- The Nature of Tian Xiang18 passages
- The Nature of Tian Liang16 passages
- The Nature of Qi Sha19 passages
- The Nature of Po Jun20 passages
- The Nature of Wen Chang13 passages
- The Nature of Wen Qu15 passages
- The Nature of Zuo Fu10 passages
- The Nature of You Bi8 passages
- The Nature of Lu Cun16 passages
- The Nature of Qing Yang14 passages
- The Nature of Tuo Luo13 passages
- The Nature of Huo Xing6 passages
- The Nature of Ling Xing (with Kong Jie, Shang Shi and Tian Ma)33 passages
- The Nature of the Four Transformations42 passages
Volume 3Reading a life and its luck periods
The method of reading a life: entering a pattern, men's and women's charts, children's charts, Decade Luck, Minor Luck and the Annual Luck, and finally the wealth, rank and poverty of stars sharing a palace.
Star Combinations: Wealth, Rank, Poverty and Lifespan
- Star Combinations: Zi Wei25 passages
- Star Combinations: Tian Fu8 passages
- Star Combinations: Tian Xiang4 passages
- Star Combinations: Tian Liang12 passages
- Star Combinations: Tian Tong6 passages
- Star Combinations: Tian Ji10 passages
- Star Combinations: Tai Yang7 passages
- Star Combinations: Tai Yin (with Sun and Moon)21 passages
- Star Combinations: Wen Chang and Wen Qu22 passages
- Star Combinations: Wu Qu14 passages
- Star Combinations: Tan Lang19 passages
- Star Combinations: Lian Zhen14 passages
- Star Combinations: Ju Men19 passages
- Star Combinations: Qi Sha15 passages
- Star Combinations: Po Jun7 passages
- Star Combinations: Qing Yang and Tuo Luo15 passages
- Star Combinations: Huo Xing and Ling Xing5 passages
- Star Combinations: Kui Yue, Zuo Fu, You Bi and Lu Cun24 passages
- Star Combinations: Tian Ma, Hua Ke, Hua Quan and Hua Lu15 passages
- Star Combinations: Jie Kong, Shang Shi, and the Life, Body, Wealth and Property Palaces36 passages
Base text: the Wikisource edition of the Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu, volumes 1 to 3. Xingge charts deliberately differ from the book in a few places (where the Decade Luck starts, the direction of the life stages, the late Zi hour); the relevant passages say so.