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Supporting Stars in Zi Wei Dou Shu

Learn fourteen supporting stars through placement rules, palace evidence, combinations, worked examples, and explicit interpretation limits.

English name
Zi Wei Dou Shu supporting stars
Pinyin
fǔ xīng
Simplified Chinese
辅星
Traditional Chinese
輔星
Also called
supporting stars · auxiliary stars · minor stars · 補助星 · 보조성

Editorially reviewed: · Reviewed by OpenFate · Editorial Methodology

Overview

Supporting stars modify how a palace and its major stars operate; they do not replace the major-star structure. Use this cluster to verify each star’s deterministic placement and then interpret it through palace, relational, transformation, and timing evidence.

At a glance

Canonical scope
Fourteen individually owned supporting-star entities
Placement inputs
Month, hour, Heavenly Stem, Earthly Branch, or linked-star rules
Reading role
Qualify a palace and its major-star network
Boundary
No supporting star guarantees a trait, helper, harm, or event

Explore concepts

What belongs in this cluster

This cluster owns Zuo Fu, You Bi, Wen Chang, Wen Qu, Lu Cun, Tian Ma, Qing Yang, Tuo Luo, Huo Xing, Ling Xing, Tian Kui, Tian Yue, Di Kong, and Di Jie as canonical star entities.

Each star has one page under its native name and pinyin. Descriptive archetypes remain explanatory copy, never competing URLs or alternate canonical entities.

  • Use the named star page for its definition.
  • Use the major-star hub for the chart’s fourteen primary stars.

Verify placement before meaning

Supporting stars are placed through different deterministic inputs: birth month, birth hour, year stem, year branch, or a position linked to another star. The rule and calculation provenance must be visible.

A calculated position is a chart fact. Whether it describes support, pressure, mobility, expression, retention, or interruption is an interpretation that still needs its palace network.

  • Record the placement formula and selected rulebook.
  • Confirm the star’s exact palace in the generated chart.

Read modifiers in context

Begin with the focal palace and resident major stars. Then add the supporting star, San Fang Si Zheng, Four Transformations, brightness where applicable, and the relevant timing layer.

Pairs such as Fu-Bi, Chang-Qu, Kui-Yue, Yang-Tuo, Huo-Ling, and Kong-Jie can sharpen a question, but pair names do not erase the distinct placement and function of each member.

  • Major structure first; modifier second.
  • Keep co-presence, opposition, and timing explicit.

Variants, safety, and closed loop

Schools can differ in placement variants, brightness tables, transformation assignments, and the weight given to paired stars. Compare declared rules before comparing conclusions.

Use the chart tool to verify presence, open the exact star page for its bounded reading, and return to related palace and method pages. No star is medical, legal, financial, or fatalistic proof.

  • Name the school or rule variant when it matters.
  • Reject guaranteed helpers, harms, diagnoses, and life events.

Sources and editorial basis

  1. 《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：昌曲、輔弼、魁鉞、祿馬、羊陀、火鈴與空劫各問答A searchable transcription of the transmitted three-volume text, used for named rules, palace chapters, and historical star descriptions—not as scientific validation.
  2. 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.

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