Metaphysics Guide

From basics to case studies, learn how Qi Men Dun Jia and Liu Yao work so you can ask better questions.

Qi Men Dun Jia Basics: Nine Palaces, Eight Doors, Nine Stars and the Stems

A beginner-friendly guide to the Qi Men chart: nine palaces, eight doors, nine stars, and how the stems are arranged.

Hour-Based Qi Men: Setting the Cycle and Yin/Yang Dun

Learn how hour-based Qi Men sets the cycle from solar terms and day stems, and why Yang Dun moves forward while Yin Dun moves backward.

How to Choose the Useful God: Love, Career, Wealth and Health

Learning how to pick the useful god for each question is the most important step in reading a Qi Men chart.

Patterns and Timing: Fu Yin, Fan Yin, Emptiness and Travel Star

Learn to read common patterns such as Fu Yin, Fan Yin, emptiness and the travel star, and how to estimate timing.

Qi Men Dun Jia vs Liu Yao: Which One to Use

Compare Qi Men Dun Jia and Liu Yao (I Ching coin divination) so you can choose the right tool for your question.

Case Study: Reading a Job-Change Question Palace by Palace

A step-by-step example of how to read a job-change question by identifying the useful god, patterns, trend and timing.

The Eight Doors Explained: Rest, Life, Harm, Block, View, Death, Fear and Open

A door-by-door breakdown of the Eight Doors in Qi Men Dun Jia — element, fortune, symbolism, suitable questions and the role of Zhi Shi Men.

The Nine Stars Explained

A star-by-star breakdown of the Nine Stars in Qi Men Dun Jia — element, character, fortune and what each star favours or warns against.

The Eight Gods Explained

A god-by-god breakdown of the Eight Gods in Qi Men Dun Jia, and how to read them in love, career and wealth charts.

Reading Love and Relationships with Qi Men Dun Jia

A worked example showing how to choose the useful god, read palace relationships, patterns and timing for a love question in Qi Men Dun Jia.

Free Qi Men Chart Tutorial: Read Your First Chart in Three Minutes

A hands-on tutorial for casting your first free Qi Men Dun Jia chart on this site: entering your question, choosing a date and time, understanding Expert Mode, and reading the nine palaces.

Qi Men, Liu Yao or Tarot: Which Should You Use?

A comparison of Qi Men Dun Jia, Liu Yao and Tarot across question type, time horizon, precision and learning curve, with a full comparison table.

The Simple Cross Tarot Spread: A Complete Reading Guide

A position-by-position breakdown of the five-card Simple Cross spread — present, challenge, root/past, development/future and advice — plus how to weave them into one coherent answer.

How to Ask a Tarot Question: Phrasing Decides Accuracy

The same deck can yield very different levels of usefulness depending on how you phrase the question. A breakdown of good versus bad question shapes, the yes/no trap, timing questions and the limits of re-asking.

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