Qimen Center Palace Rules: Tian Qin, Tian Rui, and Kun 2
Center 5 has an earth-plate coordinate but no outer-ring direction. OpenFate’s rotating method keeps gates out of the center, escorts center landings to Kun…
Overview
Center 5 has an earth-plate coordinate but no outer-ring direction. OpenFate’s rotating method keeps gates out of the center, escorts center landings to Kun 2, and lets Tian Qin accompany Tian Rui. Apply the center rule independently to each layer at the exact step where a center landing can occur. Preserve both conceptual center identity and effective outer-palace placement when the method needs both.
At a glance
- Page role
- Reproducible calculation rule
- Terms covered
- Center 5 · Tian Qin follows Tian Rui · escort to Kun 2
- Verification focus
- Apply the center rule independently to each layer at the exact step where a center landing can occur. Preserve both conceptual center identity and effective outer-palace placement when the method needs both.
- Stop rule
- Do not infer an outcome from “center” symbolism before resolving the method. Center handling is first a geometry and data-model question, then an interpretive context.
Direct answer and scope
Center 5 has an earth-plate coordinate but no outer-ring direction. OpenFate’s rotating method keeps gates out of the center, escorts center landings to Kun 2, and lets Tian Qin accompany Tian Rui.
- Names and related terms: Center 5
- Names and related terms: Tian Qin follows Tian Rui
- Names and related terms: escort to Kun 2
How the rule is formed or checked
Apply the center rule independently to each layer at the exact step where a center landing can occur. Preserve both conceptual center identity and effective outer-palace placement when the method needs both.
Keep the cast moment, UTC offset, method version, palace, and interacting symbols visible before adopting an interpretation.
How to use this in a reading
When Tian Qin and Tian Rui share Kun 2, treat them as two stars in one palace context rather than deleting Tian Qin or pretending it has an unrelated independent landing.
- Name the visible chart fact before assigning symbolic meaning.
- Compare the asker and matter anchors with every layer in their palaces.
- Record at least one supporting condition and one counter-signal.
- End with a reversible action and an observable review point.
Worked contrast
A chart that leaves Tian Qin visibly in Center 5 and one that escorts it to Kun 2 may both reflect named methods. The error is not the visual difference; it is omitting the center rule while claiming identical methodology.
Common mistake and limit
Do not infer an outcome from “center” symbolism before resolving the method. Center handling is first a geometry and data-model question, then an interpretive context.
Sources and editorial basis
- 猪野毅「奇門遁甲の基礎的研究」Abstract and pp. 161–185: history and vocabulary; nine palaces; Three Wonders and Six Instruments; Eight Gates, Nine Stars, and deities; 排宮 and 飛宮 method distinction.A 2010 Hokkaido University research article used for historical vocabulary, the basic board structure, and the documented distinction between rotating-palace and flying-palace approaches. It does not test predictive accuracy.
- NCC-T06 奇門遁甲專業版操作手冊NCC-T06 manual setting and board-field sections: configurable plate, center, bureau, deity, and day-boundary axes; used as evidence of modern method variation only.A modern professional-software manual used to document that plate, center, bureau, deity, and day-boundary settings vary. It is evidence of configurable practice, not an independent historical authority or accuracy study.
- OpenFate Qimen hour-chart methodOpenFate docs/QIMEN_SYSTEM.md, “Professional calculation contract,” “Interpretation and evidence contract,” and “Rule-source map,” source-reviewed 2026-09-12.Product-specific reference for OpenFate’s fixed-offset civil-time, hour-Qimen, rotating-plate, Chaibu implementation and its deterministic chart fields. A source review on 2026-09-12 does not prove live deployment, other schools, or predictive validity.