Rest Gate (休門) in Qimen Dunjia
The Rest Gate describes pause, recovery, accommodation, and a lower-friction way of proceeding rather than simple inactivity.
Overview
The Rest Gate describes pause, recovery, accommodation, and a lower-friction way of proceeding rather than simple inactivity. The eight gates form the human-action layer. A rotating-plate chart moves them around the eight outer palaces; no gate occupies the center. Its home position is Kan 1 in the north and its element is Water.
At a glance
- Page role
- Chart symbol reference
- Terms covered
- Rest Gate · Xiu Men · 休門
- Verification focus
- The eight gates form the human-action layer. A rotating-plate chart moves them around the eight outer palaces; no gate occupies the center. Its home position is Kan 1 in the north and its element is Water.
- Stop rule
- Do not label every Rest Gate auspicious or advise indefinite waiting. A useful reading names the cost of pausing, the evidence that would end the pause, and the real deadline.
Direct answer and scope
The Rest Gate describes pause, recovery, accommodation, and a lower-friction way of proceeding rather than simple inactivity.
- Names and related terms: Rest Gate
- Names and related terms: Xiu Men
- Names and related terms: 休門
How the rule is formed or checked
The eight gates form the human-action layer. A rotating-plate chart moves them around the eight outer palaces; no gate occupies the center. Its home position is Kan 1 in the north and its element is Water.
Keep the cast moment, UTC offset, method version, palace, and interacting symbols visible before adopting an interpretation.
How to use this in a reading
Use it to examine whether a pause, quiet meeting, recovery step, or conciliatory approach fits the question. Then compare its palace, vigor, gate-palace relation, and the asker and matter anchors.
- 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
Rest Gate in a supported palace can favor deliberate recovery; the same gate under strain or tied to a fast deadline can describe delay. The gate name stays the same while the operational reading changes.
Common mistake and limit
Do not label every Rest Gate auspicious or advise indefinite waiting. A useful reading names the cost of pausing, the evidence that would end the pause, and the real deadline.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《煙波釣叟歌》Wikisource lines 112–220: nine palaces, 陰陽遁, 三元, 值符/值使, 三奇六儀, 伏吟/反吟, gates, stars, vigor, 擊刑, 入墓, and selected patterns.A public-domain classical verse used only for the rule passages it actually states, including nine palaces, Yin and Yang Dun, Three Wonders and Six Instruments, Chief Star and Gate, gate and star sequences, vigor, and selected conditions. Legendary origin verses are not presented as verified history.
- 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.
- 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.