Worked Qimen Hour-Chart Reading: An Auditable Example
This worked example demonstrates interpretation order, not a historical prediction: assume a verified chart places the day-stem asker in Zhen 3 and the…
Overview
This worked example demonstrates interpretation order, not a historical prediction: assume a verified chart places the day-stem asker in Zhen 3 and the hour-stem matter in Qian 6, with the matter palace carrying Open Gate and Horse Star but also a void flag. The audit first preserves cast provenance and method; next it records both anchor bundles and their relation; only then does it note that the route is open, movement is relevant, and present availability is qualified by void. No unlisted pattern is added.
At a glance
- Page role
- Conditional reading rule
- Terms covered
- worked Qimen example · hour-chart walkthrough
- Verification focus
- The audit first preserves cast provenance and method; next it records both anchor bundles and their relation; only then does it note that the route is open, movement is relevant, and present availability is qualified by void. No unlisted pattern is added.
- Stop rule
- The palace placements are a teaching scenario, not a cast for a real person or date. Do not copy its conclusion to another chart; recalculate inputs, anchors, conditions, and external evidence each time.
Direct answer and scope
This worked example demonstrates interpretation order, not a historical prediction: assume a verified chart places the day-stem asker in Zhen 3 and the hour-stem matter in Qian 6, with the matter palace carrying Open Gate and Horse Star but also a void flag.
- Names and related terms: worked Qimen example
- Names and related terms: hour-chart walkthrough
How the rule is formed or checked
The audit first preserves cast provenance and method; next it records both anchor bundles and their relation; only then does it note that the route is open, movement is relevant, and present availability is qualified by void. No unlisted pattern is added.
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 bounded conclusion is: prepare the route and movement logistics, but wait for one concrete dependency to become observable before committing. Set a review milestone tied to approval, booking, or another real signal.
- 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
Reading only Open Gate and Horse would say “go now”; reading only void would say “nothing will happen.” The combined reading preserves both the available direction and the missing present condition, yielding a smaller testable action.
Common mistake and limit
The palace placements are a teaching scenario, not a cast for a real person or date. Do not copy its conclusion to another chart; recalculate inputs, anchors, conditions, and external evidence each time.
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.