How Much Weight to Give Fate Stars (神煞權重)
Weight Shen Sha qualitatively by source reliability, exact calculation, structural contact, placement, repetition, timing, and counterevidence.
Overview
There is no universal percentage for Fate Stars. Their evidential weight should remain qualitative and lower than verified chart structure. A marker deserves more attention when its source is explicit, lookup is exact, placement is relevant, it contacts operative Ten-God or stem-branch evidence, and timing is defined. Weak provenance, decorative lists, or contradiction reduce weight.
At a glance
- Universal percentage
- None
- Raise weight
- Exact sourced rule and structural contact
- Refine weight
- Relevant placement, repetition and timing
- Lower weight
- Weak provenance or conflicting core evidence
- Maximum role
- Secondary interpretive context
- Boundary
- Never a high-stakes decision score
Begin with source and calculation quality
A marker from a named table with a reproducible anchor-target match is stronger evidence than an unattributed app list.
Disputed or alternate rules should be labeled rather than averaged into artificial certainty.
- Provenance precedes interpretation.
- Downgrade untraceable rules.
Increase attention only for real structural contact
Placement, repetition, Ten-God function, roots, interactions, and timed contact can make a marker relevant to a specific question.
Relevance is not the same as favorability and does not make the name literal.
- Weight the connection, not the adjective.
- Explain the chart path.
Reduce weight when stronger evidence disagrees
A marker should recede when Month Command, strength, structure, or actual stem-branch relations point elsewhere.
Keep the technical match in the record while excluding it from the main conclusion if it adds no reliable information.
- Do not delete inconvenient matches.
- Do not let them dominate the narrative.
Avoid percentages and automated ranking
Fixed numeric weights falsely imply a validated measurement scale across unlike markers and schools.
Never use Shen Sha scores for medicine, credit, hiring, safety, legal action, compatibility exclusion, or other consequential decisions.
- Use qualitative evidence tiers.
- Require human review and real facts.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》總論諸神煞：神煞輕重須視旺衰、柱位、制化及是否與命局相干A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- 《御定星曆考原》卷一《御定星曆考原》神煞分條起例：表格提供命中條件，未建立通用權重百分比A historical source for stem and branch Yin-Yang, Five Phase, direction, seasonal, and calendrical correspondences.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology神煞權重頁只以來源、計算、結構接觸、問題相關、獨立反覆與期限決定敘事優先度，不輸出機率OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.