Tian Xin (天心) in Qimen Dunjia
Tian Xin represents diagnosis in the broad sense of finding the core, strategic judgment, skilled intervention, and technical resolution.
Overview
Tian Xin represents diagnosis in the broad sense of finding the core, strategic judgment, skilled intervention, and technical resolution. The nine stars form a heaven-timing layer. In OpenFate’s rotating method, eight stars rotate as a ring while Tian Qin accompanies Tian Rui when the center is escorted to Kun 2. Its home is Qian 6 and its element is Metal.
At a glance
- Page role
- Chart symbol reference
- Terms covered
- Tian Xin · Heavenly Heart · 天心
- Verification focus
- The nine stars form a heaven-timing layer. In OpenFate’s rotating method, eight stars rotate as a ring while Tian Qin accompanies Tian Rui when the center is escorted to Kun 2. Its home is Qian 6 and its element is Metal.
- Stop rule
- Tian Xin is not a medical license, diagnosis, or guarantee that an expert is correct. Use qualified review, testing, and second opinions where stakes are high.
Direct answer and scope
Tian Xin represents diagnosis in the broad sense of finding the core, strategic judgment, skilled intervention, and technical resolution.
- Names and related terms: Tian Xin
- Names and related terms: Heavenly Heart
- Names and related terms: 天心
How the rule is formed or checked
The nine stars form a heaven-timing layer. In OpenFate’s rotating method, eight stars rotate as a ring while Tian Qin accompanies Tian Rui when the center is escorted to Kun 2. Its home is Qian 6 and its element is Metal.
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 ask who or what can make a precise intervention and which evidence the decision should center on. Verify competence and fit.
- 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
Tian Xin with access and support can point to an actionable remedy; isolated or void, it may show a sound idea without the authority, data, or route to execute it.
Common mistake and limit
Tian Xin is not a medical license, diagnosis, or guarantee that an expert is correct. Use qualified review, testing, and second opinions where stakes are high.
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.