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Qimen Dunjia is a family of traditional Chinese calendrical-divination methods that arranges time markers, stems, gates, stars, and deities in a nine-palace…

Names and related terms
Qimen basics · Qi Men Dun Jia beginner guide

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Overview

Qimen Dunjia is a family of traditional Chinese calendrical-divination methods that arranges time markers, stems, gates, stars, and deities in a nine-palace board. A useful beginner path starts with the board’s components and declared casting method before any symbolic reading. Study in this order: cast moment and offset; solar term, Yin or Yang Dun, Yuan and bureau; earth and heaven plates; Chief Star and Gate; then palace relations, conditions, and question-specific anchors. Each layer depends on the one before it.

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Terms covered
Qimen basics · Qi Men Dun Jia beginner guide
Verification focus
Study in this order: cast moment and offset; solar term, Yin or Yang Dun, Yuan and bureau; earth and heaven plates; Chief Star and Gate; then palace relations, conditions, and question-specific anchors. Each layer depends on the one before it.
Stop rule
A reproducible traditional chart is not scientific validation of prediction. Keep calculation facts, historical claims, lineage choices, symbolic interpretations, and real-world evidence in separate columns.

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Direct answer and scope

Qimen Dunjia is a family of traditional Chinese calendrical-divination methods that arranges time markers, stems, gates, stars, and deities in a nine-palace board. A useful beginner path starts with the board’s components and declared casting method before any symbolic reading.

  • Names and related terms: Qimen basics
  • Names and related terms: Qi Men Dun Jia beginner guide

How the rule is formed or checked

Study in this order: cast moment and offset; solar term, Yin or Yang Dun, Yuan and bureau; earth and heaven plates; Chief Star and Gate; then palace relations, conditions, and question-specific anchors. Each layer depends on the one before it.

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 the hub as a curriculum, not a shortcut to good-or-bad labels. When two charts differ, compare time handling, solar-term boundary, Yuan method, plate method, center rule, and day boundary before comparing meanings.

  • 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 beginner who recognizes an Open Gate but ignores the casting method has only a symbol label. A beginner who can reproduce the bureau, locate the gate, and state its palace relation has a checkable reading path even before interpretation.

Common mistake and limit

A reproducible traditional chart is not scientific validation of prediction. Keep calculation facts, historical claims, lineage choices, symbolic interpretations, and real-world evidence in separate columns.

Sources and editorial basis

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. OpenFate Qimen hour-chart method
    OpenFate 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.

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