Placing the Fourteen Supporting Stars: A Source-Reviewed Guide
Learn Placing the Fourteen Supporting Stars with sourced evidence, reproducible steps, an example, variants, and clear limits.
Overview
Placing the Fourteen Supporting Stars covers one defined scope: The placement-rule families for fourteen canonical supporting stars without pretending that all supporting stars share one formula. This page shows what evidence can be checked, how to repeat the method, and how a correct example differs from a near miss. Its limit is explicit: A supporting-star placement does not guarantee help, harm, talent, wealth, or an event and cannot replace the major-star and palace structure.
At a glance
- Direct scope
- The placement-rule families for fourteen canonical supporting stars without pretending that all supporting stars share one formula.
- Evidence to verify
- For each supporting star, retain its specific input family—month, hour, year stem, year branch, or linked-star position—plus formula, rule version, and final branch.
- Reading or calculation method
- Group stars by input rule, calculate each group once from normalized inputs, validate unique identities, and expose per-star provenance in the output.
- Worked example
- Month-based Fu-Bi, hour-based Chang-Qu and Kong-Jie, and stem- or branch-based stars are calculated in separate audited groups.
- Variant to record
- Some catalogues classify the fourteen-star set differently or use placement variants; the pack follows the named rulebook and labels alternatives.
- Limits and safety
- A supporting-star placement does not guarantee help, harm, talent, wealth, or an event and cannot replace the major-star and palace structure. A text can document a historical rule, and a calculator can document a computed field. Neither one proves a fixed personality, a future event, or scientific predictive validity.
Definition and Meaning
Placing the Fourteen Supporting Stars has one defined scope on this page: The placement-rule families for fourteen canonical supporting stars without pretending that all supporting stars share one formula.
A supported reading of Placing the Fourteen Supporting Stars needs this page-specific evidence: For each supporting star, retain its specific input family—month, hour, year stem, year branch, or linked-star position—plus formula, rule version, and final branch.
- Before interpreting Placing the Fourteen Supporting Stars, complete this verification: Record the input, source edition, rule version, and output needed for Placing the Fourteen Supporting Stars.
Calculation Evidence and Reading Method
Apply the Placing the Fourteen Supporting Stars evidence through this reproducible method: Group stars by input rule, calculate each group once from normalized inputs, validate unique identities, and expose per-star provenance in the output.
The source boundary for Placing the Fourteen Supporting Stars determines what may be claimed: Name the source, exact chapter or section, edition or rule version, and access date. Keep transmitted doctrine, modern implementation policy, and scientific timekeeping evidence in separate columns.
Worked Example and Near Miss
The bounded example applies those conditions without extending the claim: Month-based Fu-Bi, hour-based Chang-Qu and Kong-Jie, and stem- or branch-based stars are calculated in separate audited groups.
The nearest overreach drops or changes a required condition: All supporting stars are placed from the birth year because the implementation collapses several independent rule families.
School Variants and Scope Differences
Keep this documented variant separate when comparing results: Some catalogues classify the fourteen-star set differently or use placement variants; the pack follows the named rulebook and labels alternatives.
Limits, Boundaries, and Safe Use
The Placing the Fourteen Supporting Stars interpretation stops at this stated limit: A supporting-star placement does not guarantee help, harm, talent, wealth, or an event and cannot replace the major-star and palace structure.
Consequential decisions remain outside the Placing the Fourteen Supporting Stars chart reading: A text can document a historical rule, and a calculator can document a computed field. Neither one proves a fixed personality, a future event, or scientific predictive validity. Use the result as a transparent study or calculation aid. Consequential medical, legal, financial, safety, or relationship decisions require current real-world evidence and qualified advice.
- Use the Placing the Fourteen Supporting Stars result to choose one observable, reversible next step rather than predicting an outcome.
Complete topic index
Every workbook topic assigned to this canonical page appears at a stable anchor. Each entry records scope, inputs, flags, and alias ownership as an auditable reference—not a standalone interpretation. Duplicate backlog rows resolve to the same anchor instead of creating duplicate URLs.
- Conditions and inputs
- Missing-input rule: if a listed input or verified chart value is unavailable, stop at the definition; do not infer, calculate, or predict the missing value.
- Calculation flag: yes. Reproduce the required inputs and versioned rule before interpretation.
- School-variant flag: sometimes. Check whether the page’s named rule or school condition applies before using this component.
- Calculation flag: no. This atom does not assert a computed result; use the page definition and verified chart data only.
- School-variant flag: no. The workbook does not mark this atom as variant-specific; do not assume universal agreement beyond the cited page sources.
- Category and guidance boundary
- Apply this only under the named calculation or school policy, and compare alternate rules before treating the result as reproducible.
- Use this record through the page definition, conditions, worked example, near miss, variants, and limits.
- Source inheritance
- Complete topic index does not assert an atom-specific citation. It inherits this canonical page’s bibliography and locator notes as page-level context only; verify the relevant cited passage before relying on a claim.
Zi Wei Setup Rule 13: 安輔弼、昌曲、空劫訣
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 安輔弼、昌曲、空劫訣 · Context: 出生月、出生時辰
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-0078
- Inventory classification
- 03 安星與排盤算法 · 四十九安星／排限規則
Zi Wei Setup Rule 14: 安魁鉞訣
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 安魁鉞訣 · Context: 生年天干
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-0079
- Inventory classification
- 03 安星與排盤算法 · 四十九安星／排限規則
Zi Wei Setup Rule 15: 定祿存、羊、陀訣
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 定祿存、羊、陀訣 · Context: 生年天干
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-0080
- Inventory classification
- 03 安星與排盤算法 · 四十九安星／排限規則
Zi Wei Setup Rule 16: 安天馬訣
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 安天馬訣 · Context: 生年地支
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-0081
- Inventory classification
- 03 安星與排盤算法 · 四十九安星／排限規則
Zi Wei Setup Rule 17: 安火鈴訣
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 安火鈴訣 · Context: 生年地支、出生時辰
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-0082
- Inventory classification
- 03 安星與排盤算法 · 四十九安星／排限規則
Role of the Fourteen Auxiliary Stars
- Topic-specific scope
- Named inputs: none recorded.
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: No
- School-variant state: No
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-0231
- Inventory classification
- 07 星曜系統總論 · 分類與組合原則
The Six Auspicious Auxiliary Stars
- Topic-specific scope
- Named inputs: none recorded.
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: No
- School-variant state: No
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-0232
- Inventory classification
- 07 星曜系統總論 · 分類與組合原則
The Six Challenging Auxiliary Stars
- Topic-specific scope
- Named inputs: none recorded.
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: No
- School-variant state: No
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-0233
- Inventory classification
- 07 星曜系統總論 · 分類與組合原則
Sources and editorial basis
- 《紫微斗數全書》 (Ziwei Doushu Quanshu)《紫微斗數全書》卷一「諸星問答論」1.9.15–1.9.33之輔弼、昌曲、魁鉞、祿馬、羊陀、火鈴、空劫A searchable transcription of the transmitted three-volume text, used for named rules, palace chapters, and historical star descriptions—not as scientific validation.
- iztro 紫微鬥數安星訣iztro「紫微鬥數安星訣」第13–17節「安輔弼、昌曲、空劫訣」至「安火鈴訣」A public rule catalogue for placing the Life and Body Palaces, the twelve roles, Zi Wei, major-star systems, and Four Transformations, with explicit variant notes.