Qimen Stem-Pair Patterns: Heaven Over Earth Order
A stem-pair pattern is an ordered pair: heaven-plate stem over earth-plate stem in one palace. Reversing the two stems creates another pattern, so a lookup…
Overview
A stem-pair pattern is an ordered pair: heaven-plate stem over earth-plate stem in one palace. Reversing the two stems creates another pattern, so a lookup key must preserve layer and order. After both plates are finalized, form one ordered key per palace and match only a declared pattern table. Preserve unmatched pairs as ordinary data instead of forcing every combination into a named phrase.
At a glance
- Page role
- Conditional reading rule
- Terms covered
- heaven stem over earth stem · Qimen stem response
- Verification focus
- After both plates are finalized, form one ordered key per palace and match only a declared pattern table. Preserve unmatched pairs as ordinary data instead of forcing every combination into a named phrase.
- Stop rule
- A long pattern catalogue is not an accuracy measure. Add no pattern without an exact formula, named lineage, localized label, source locator, and positive and negative calculation fixtures.
Direct answer and scope
A stem-pair pattern is an ordered pair: heaven-plate stem over earth-plate stem in one palace. Reversing the two stems creates another pattern, so a lookup key must preserve layer and order.
- Names and related terms: heaven stem over earth stem
- Names and related terms: Qimen stem response
How the rule is formed or checked
After both plates are finalized, form one ordered key per palace and match only a declared pattern table. Preserve unmatched pairs as ordinary data instead of forcing every combination into a named phrase.
Keep the cast moment, UTC offset, method version, palace, and interacting symbols visible before adopting an interpretation.
How to use this in a reading
Treat a supported pattern as one modifier inside the palace bundle. Explain the exact operational theme it adds, then seek repetition in gate, star, deity, relation, or direct evidence.
- 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
Heaven Bing over earth Wu and heaven Wu over earth Bing contain the same characters but have different keys. A system that sorts the pair alphabetically destroys the classical order and can return the wrong label.
Common mistake and limit
A long pattern catalogue is not an accuracy measure. Add no pattern without an exact formula, named lineage, localized label, source locator, and positive and negative calculation fixtures.
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.
- 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.