Rotating-Plate vs Flying-Plate Qimen
Rotating-plate methods move star, stem, gate, or deity sequences around an eight-palace ring. Flying-plate methods advance through Lo Shu palace-number order.
Overview
Rotating-plate methods move star, stem, gate, or deity sequences around an eight-palace ring. Flying-plate methods advance through Lo Shu palace-number order. The Hokkaido study documents this distinction; neither label alone specifies every other setting. To compare them, freeze moment, offset, solar term, Yuan, bureau, and source sequence, then apply only the different movement geometry. Record whether center is visited, escorted, or skipped for each layer.
At a glance
- Page role
- System-boundary comparison
- Terms covered
- rotating palace method · flying palace method
- Verification focus
- To compare them, freeze moment, offset, solar term, Yuan, bureau, and source sequence, then apply only the different movement geometry. Record whether center is visited, escorted, or skipped for each layer.
- Stop rule
- Do not market one geometry as the only authentic Qimen without evidence. Name the implementation and test it against fixtures from the same declared lineage.
Direct answer and scope
Rotating-plate methods move star, stem, gate, or deity sequences around an eight-palace ring. Flying-plate methods advance through Lo Shu palace-number order. The Hokkaido study documents this distinction; neither label alone specifies every other setting.
- Names and related terms: rotating palace method
- Names and related terms: flying palace method
How the rule is formed or checked
To compare them, freeze moment, offset, solar term, Yuan, bureau, and source sequence, then apply only the different movement geometry. Record whether center is visited, escorted, or skipped for each layer.
Keep the cast moment, UTC offset, method version, palace, and interacting symbols visible before adopting an interpretation.
How to use this in a reading
A reading must stay inside the chosen geometry. Do not take a star from a rotating chart, a gate from a flying chart, and a center rule from a third method to manufacture a preferred combination.
- 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
If both methods agree on the earth plate but distribute stars differently, the difference begins at movement geometry. If their bureaus already differ, the cause lies earlier and cannot be attributed to rotating versus flying alone.
Common mistake and limit
Do not market one geometry as the only authentic Qimen without evidence. Name the implementation and test it against fixtures from the same declared lineage.
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.