Zi Wei Dou Shu
紫微
In simple terms
an Eastern star astrology that sets up twelve palaces from your birth year, month, day and hour and places stars in them to read each area of life. Instead of constellations, it draws a map of destiny through the symbolism of stars.
At a glance
A little deeper
Zi Wei Dou Shu places stars — the Purple Star and many others — across twelve palaces (Life, Wealth, Spouse and so on), reading personality, wealth, relationships and career palace by palace. If Saju reads through the energies of the five elements, Zi Wei Dou Shu maps life through a symbolic system of stars.
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Related terms
the most central of the twelve palaces, showing a person’s innate character and the broad direction of life — a seat much like the Day Master in Saju.
the palaces that divide life into twelve areas — Life (self), Wealth, Spouse, Career and more — each palace responsible for one part of life.
the single map completed by placing all the stars across the twelve palaces for your moment of birth — the lifelong base board on which Zi Wei interpretation rests.
a way of reading a palace together with the three palaces that face and triangulate it — the key being to read not one palace alone but its web of relationships.