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Classical Metaphysics Reference Library

中華命理參考全書

3,329+ pages across 9 systems and 61 clusters. Free, classical, practitioner-grade reference across BaZi, Zi Wei Dou Shu, I Ching, Feng Shui, Chinese Zodiac, Date Selection, and Hellenistic / Western Astrology — all of Master Sean Chan's open reference work in one place.

八字

BaZiFour Pillars of Destiny

The foundational system of classical Chinese astrology. Ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earthly Branches form four pillars (year, month, day, hour); the Day Master is the lens through which the rest of the chart is read.

14 clusters · 798 pages · BaZi system overview → · View complete index of all BaZi pages →

天干
10 Day Masters

Yang/Yin × Wood/Fire/Earth/Metal/Water — the chart’s core lens.

10 pages
日主與季節
Day Master × Season

Each Day Master read against each of the four seasons — Useful God context.

40 pages
日主合婚
Day Master Compatibility

Every Day Master read against every other Day Master in relationship and partnership context.

100 pages
十神
10 Ten Gods

Companion, Direct Officer, Hurting Officer, and the seven other classical relations to the Day Master.

11 pages
神煞
10 Auxiliary Stars

Heavenly Nobleman, Peach Blossom, Robbery Killings, Academic Star, and 6 more shen sha.

24 pages
年柱
Year Pillars 1900–2030

Year-by-year reference with Lichun timing, Heavenly Stem, Earthly Branch, and zodiac.

131 pages
地支
12 Earthly Branches

Rat through Pig — seasons, hours, hidden stems, classical attributes.

12 pages
六十甲子
60 Jiazi Cycle

All 60 stem-branch pairings used as year, month, day, and hour pillars.

60 pages
納音
30 Nayin Elements

Classical poetic Five-Phase classification — Sea Gold, Furnace Fire, Beam Wood, etc.

30 pages
二十四節氣
24 Solar Terms

The 24 solar terms of the Chinese solar calendar — 12 jie sectional terms (marking BaZi month-pillar transitions) + 12 qi mid-terms. Strong cross-linking with QMDJ dun periods.

25 pages
沖合刑害
Branch Clashes & Combinations

The 5 classical interaction patterns of the 12 BaZi earthly branches — clashes (沖), trines (三合), hexes (六合), penalties (相刑), harms (相害). 26 configurations across 5 sub-hubs.

32 pages
日主十神
Day Master × Ten God Matrix

100 classical configurations of BaZi Day Masters meeting Ten Gods — 10 Day Masters × 10 Ten Gods. The relational lens that determines a chart’s life-pattern register.

101 pages
日主行業
Day Master × Industry Matrix

120 classical configurations of BaZi Day Masters reading against 12 commercial industries — 10 Day Masters × 12 industries (Finance, Law, Manufacturing, Tech, Marketing, Creative, Real Estate, Construction, Healthcare, Education, F&B, Logistics). First-input career-fit reference; chart-aware reading also requires Day Master strength in season, Useful God, and shen sha.

121 pages
日主神煞
Day Master × Auxiliary Star Matrix

100 classical configurations of BaZi Day Masters meeting the 10 commonly-watched shen sha (神煞) auxiliary stars — Heavenly Nobleman, Prosperity Star, Heavenly Virtue, Peach Blossom, Flying Horse, Academic Star, Canopy Star, Robbery Killings, Dominant Authority, Heavenly Joy. Baseline register reference; full reading requires pillar placement + Ten God modulation + chart strength + luck pillar.

101 pages
紫微斗數

Zi Wei Dou ShuPurple Star Astrology

Consolidated by Chen Xiyi (c. 871–989). Organises every chart around 14 Main Stars across 12 palaces, with the Four Transformations (四化) as the predictive mechanism. One of the most analytically rigorous astrology traditions in continuous practice.

6 clusters · 505 pages · Zi Wei Dou Shu system overview → · View complete index of all Zi Wei Dou Shu pages →

易經

I ChingBook of Changes

The classical divination system anchored in 64 hexagrams (六十四卦) built from the 8 trigrams (八卦). Yarrow-stalk and three-coin methods, with reference layers across line statements, judgement, and inverse / complementary hexagrams.

3 clusters · 333 pages · I Ching system overview → · View complete index of all I Ching pages →

風水

Feng ShuiEight Mansions & Xuan Kong Flying Star

Classical Eight Mansions (八宅) for personal-direction reading and Xuan Kong Flying Star (玄空飛星) for annual chart and home structural reading. Layout, orientation, palette, and activity-allocation guidance only — no object remedies.

11 clusters · 832 pages · Feng Shui system overview → · View complete index of all Feng Shui pages →

風水房舍向
Room × Direction Matrix

12 rooms read against 8 directions — 96-cell matrix plus 12 room hubs and 8 direction hubs. Layout-discipline only, no object remedies.

116 pages
床向與卦命
Bed Direction × Kua

Sleep orientation reading: 8 bed-head directions × 9 Kuas, classified by Eight Mansions doctrine.

73 pages
2027年風水 2027
Annual Feng Shui 2027

Year of the Sheep (丁未). Star 9 Purple Fire in centre — the “double 9” year. Sectors, sha, Kuas, life areas, monthly calendar, zodiacs.

67 pages
2028年風水 2028
Annual Feng Shui 2028

Year of the Monkey (戊申). Star 8 White Earth in centre — the “double 8 wealth” year. Five Yellow + TaiSui both in SW.

67 pages
2029年風水 2029
Annual Feng Shui 2029

Year of the Rooster (己酉). Star 7 Red Metal in centre — the “robbery / sword” year register. Five Yellow + Year Breaker + San Sha all stacked in E (the most sha-loaded sector of the year).

67 pages
迷信
Feng Shui Myths Debunked

Twenty common feng shui claims and retail products examined against classical doctrine. Pi Xiu, bagua mirrors, crystals, salt water cures, mirror facing bed, coffin position — honestly read.

21 pages
常見問題
Common Layout Problems Solved

Twenty-eight common feng shui layout issues with practical fixes — L-shaped house, missing corner, bed under window, beam over bed, toilet in centre, stove facing front door, and more.

29 pages
新加坡組屋公寓風水
Singapore HDB & Condo Feng Shui

Classical 阳宅三要 (Yang Zhai San Yao) and 八宅 (Eight Mansions) reference for Singapore HDB and condominium feng shui — 64 door × master pairings + 40 property-type / facing-direction templated configurations + the developer-design templating thesis.

108 pages
灶位風水
Stove × Direction

Classical 阳宅三要 stove × door reference under 八宅 (Eight Mansions) doctrine. 64 stove × door pairings + 8 stove octant references + master hub. The third essential of the yang dwelling, governing health, wealth, and household-livelihood register.

73 pages
二十四山八宅
24 Mountains × Personal Kua

192 classical mountain-kua configurations under Eight Mansions doctrine — 24 mountains (the 15° compass wedges) × 8 personal kuas (the trigram-based East/West Life Group system). Each cell describes how a property facing on a specific mountain reads for a person of a specific kua.

201 pages
玄空九運
玄空 9 Periods

Classical reference for the 玄空飛星 (Xuan Kong Flying Star) nine 20-year periods spanning 1864–2043. Each period’s ruling star, element, classical register, and how Period-X buildings are read in current Period 9 (2024–2043).

10 pages
生肖

Chinese ZodiacTwelve Earthly Branches in Annual Astrology

The twelve zodiac signs anchored to the Earthly Branch system. Annual zodiac forecasts and pairwise compatibility — honestly read, with chart-specific qualifiers and explicit demolition of the “OFFENDING TAI SUI! Buy this!” retail apparatus.

3 clusters · 104 pages · Chinese Zodiac system overview → · View complete index of all Chinese Zodiac pages →

擇日

Auspicious Date Selection擇日 · Date Selection

Classical Tong Shu (通書) almanac methodology: 28 Mansions (二十八宿), Yi-Jian-Po-Cheng cycle, shen sha taboo flags, solar terms, lunar phases. For chart-specific date selection, book a consultation.

8 clusters · 250 pages · Auspicious Date Selection system overview → · View complete index of all Auspicious Date Selection pages →

奇門遁甲

Qi Men Dun Jia奇門遁甲 · The Mysterious Gates Hiding Stems

One of the Three Styles (三式) of classical Chinese metaphysics. Originally a military strategy system; today QMDJ is widely used for timing decisions — when to act for a specific purpose. 9 Stars + 8 Gates + 8 Spirits + 9 Palaces + 9 Stems plus Gate×Palace and Star×Palace matrices, applications, and classical formations.

12 clusters · 312 pages · Qi Men Dun Jia system overview → · View complete index of all Qi Men Dun Jia pages →

奇門遁甲樞紐
Master Hub & Sub-hubs

Master hub plus sub-hubs for the 9 Stars, 8 Gates, 8 Spirits, and 9 Palaces.

5 pages
九星
9 Stars (九星)

Heavenly stars: 天蓬 / 天任 / 天衝 / 天輔 / 天英 / 天芮 / 天柱 / 天心 / 天禽.

9 pages
八門
8 Gates (八門)

Modes of action: 休 / 生 / 傷 / 杜 / 景 / 死 / 驚 / 開.

8 pages
八神
8 Spirits (八神)

Interpretive lenses: 直符 / 螣蛇 / 太陰 / 六合 / 白虎 / 玄武 / 九地 / 九天.

8 pages
九宮
9 Palaces (九宮)

Luo Shu directional palaces — 8 directions plus the centre palace.

9 pages
三奇六儀
9 Stems (三奇六儀)

The Three Wonders (乙 / 丙 / 丁) and Six Yi (戊 / 己 / 庚 / 辛 / 壬 / 癸).

9 pages
門宮配置
Gate × Palace Matrix

Every gate read at every palace — 8 gates × 9 palaces = 72 combinations.

72 pages
星宮配置
Star × Palace Matrix

Every star read at every palace — 9 stars × 9 palaces = 81 combinations.

81 pages
神宮配置
Spirit × Palace Matrix

Every spirit read at every palace — 8 spirits × 9 palaces = 72 combinations.

72 pages
十八遁局
18 Dun Periods

The temporal axis of QMDJ — 9 yang dun (陽遁) + 9 yin dun (陰遁) configurations spanning the year by solar terms.

19 pages
應用
Application Purposes

10 common consultation purposes — wealth, career, marriage, legal, travel, medical, fertility, business, exams, competition.

10 pages
格局
Classical Formations

Named component combinations recognised by classical doctrine — 三奇得使, 玉女守門, the six 遁 evasions, 五不遇時, etc.

10 pages
命名

Auspicious NamingChinese Name Selection

Classical Chinese name selection — surname etymology, dialect variants for the Singapore / Asian diaspora, clan history, and the categories of consideration when pairing a given name with a surname under classical naming doctrine. Reference only; chart-aware name selection requires consultation.

1 cluster · 101 pages · Auspicious Naming system overview → · View complete index of all Auspicious Naming pages →

西洋占星學

Hellenistic / Western AstrologyClassical Hellenistic Natal Astrology

Classical Hellenistic and Western natal astrology — the seven traditional planets across the twelve tropical signs, read in the classical lineage with whole-sign houses, traditional dignities (domicile, exaltation, triplicity, term, face), sect, and time-lord systems (profections, zodiacal releasing, firdaria). Doctrinal sources: Vettius Valens, Dorotheus, Ptolemy, Firmicus Maternus, with modern revival via Project Hindsight, Brennan, and George.

3 clusters · 94 pages · Hellenistic / Western Astrology system overview → · View complete index of all Hellenistic / Western Astrology pages →

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