Lu Cun (祿存星) Star in Zi Wei Dou Shu
Learn Lu Cun (祿存星) placement, palace evidence, reading conditions, examples, and limits without turning chart facts into fixed outcomes.
Overview
Lu Cun is a supporting star used to examine retention, consolidation, continuity of resources, and the cost of holding what has accumulated. Read Lu Cun through its actual palace, co-stars, San Fang Si Zheng, Four Transformations, and timing layer. The chart can establish placement; retention, consolidation, resource continuity, and the costs of holding or preserving remains a bounded interpretive focus, never proof of wealth, salary, inheritance, property ownership, or financial security.
At a glance
- Canonical class
- Supporting star
- Canonical identity
- Lù Cún · 祿存星
- Deterministic evidence
- Calculated palace placement and rulebook provenance
- Required context
- Palace, co-stars, triad, opposite palace, transformations, and timing
- Interpretive focus
- retention, consolidation, resource continuity, and the costs of holding or preserving
- Not established by this star
- wealth, salary, inheritance, property ownership, or financial security
Definition and scope of Lu Cun
Lu Cun is a supporting star used to examine retention, consolidation, continuity of resources, and the cost of holding what has accumulated.
Lu Cun (祿存星) is identified here by Lù Cún. Its bounded question is retention, consolidation, resource continuity, and the costs of holding or preserving, not a fixed personality verdict.
- Identity check: Lu Cun (祿存星) · Lù Cún
- Scope question: retention, consolidation, resource continuity, and the costs of holding or preserving
Chart evidence and conditions · How to read Lu Cun
Its heavenly-stem placement, hosting palace, neighboring Qing Yang and Tuo Luo, co-stars, and actual resource record show what is retained and what becomes constrained.
Deterministic placement check: iztro「紫微鬥數安星訣」第15節「定祿存、羊、陀訣」：依生年天干安祿存. After that position is reproduced, ask which palace relations actually support retention, consolidation, resource continuity, and the costs of holding or preserving; the calculation does not output wealth, salary, inheritance, property ownership, or financial security.
- Placement proof: iztro「紫微鬥數安星訣」第15節「定祿存、羊、陀訣」：依生年天干安祿存
- Evidence question: retention, consolidation, resource continuity, and the costs of holding or preserving
Worked example and near miss
In an illustrative Wealth Palace, Lu Cun with a verified emergency fund can describe preserving cash while Qing Yang nearby marks a known near-term expense.
Near miss: remove the palace or modifier named in the example but still assert wealth, salary, inheritance, property ownership, or financial security. That erases the evidence needed to connect Lu Cun (祿存星) with retention, consolidation, resource continuity, and the costs of holding or preserving.
- Example check: Lu Cun (祿存星) · retention, consolidation, resource continuity, and the costs of holding or preserving
- Rejected leap: wealth, salary, inheritance, property ownership, or financial security
School variants and interpretation limits
Lu Cun placement is rule-based, but its financial emphasis varies by school; it does not prove salary, inheritance, ownership, or security.
Historical comparison starts at 《紫微斗數全書》卷一「諸星問答論」1.9.21「問祿存星所主若何？」. Read that passage beside the declared placement rule instead of treating one classical phrase as a universal calculator setting.
- Historical locator: 《紫微斗數全書》卷一「諸星問答論」1.9.21「問祿存星所主若何？」
- Variant decision: Lu Cun placement is rule-based, but its financial emphasis varies by school; it does not prove salary, inheritance, ownership, or security.
Interpretation limits, boundary, and verification loop
This page may organize questions about retention, consolidation, resource continuity, and the costs of holding or preserving. It must stop before claiming wealth, salary, inheritance, property ownership, or financial security; that conclusion needs independent real-world evidence.
Verification loop for Lu Cun (祿存星): reproduce iztro「紫微鬥數安星訣」第15節「定祿存、羊、陀訣」：依生年天干安祿存; inspect the example's named modifier and counter-signals; record what would falsify the reading before using it.
- Allowed interpretive scope: retention, consolidation, resource continuity, and the costs of holding or preserving
- Stop rule: wealth, salary, inheritance, property ownership, or financial security
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.
- Category and guidance boundary
- Apply this only under the named calculation or school policy, and compare alternate rules before treating the result as reproducible.
- Read this cell as an interaction, not a verdict: combine its entities with co-stars, Four Transformations, palace geometry, brightness, and the active timing layer.
- 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.
Lu Cun (祿存) in Zi Wei Dou Shu
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 祿存
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-0271
- Inventory classification
- 08 固定星曜資料庫 · 十四輔星／二助星
Lu Cun in the Life Palace
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 祿存 · Context: 命宮
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-1057
- Inventory classification
- 14 輔星 × 宮位矩陣 · 二助星 × 十二宮
Lu Cun in the Siblings Palace
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 祿存 · Context: 兄弟宮
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-1058
- Inventory classification
- 14 輔星 × 宮位矩陣 · 二助星 × 十二宮
Lu Cun in the Spouse Palace
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 祿存 · Context: 夫妻宮
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-1059
- Inventory classification
- 14 輔星 × 宮位矩陣 · 二助星 × 十二宮
Lu Cun in the Children Palace
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 祿存 · Context: 子女宮
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-1060
- Inventory classification
- 14 輔星 × 宮位矩陣 · 二助星 × 十二宮
Lu Cun in the Wealth Palace
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 祿存 · Context: 財帛宮
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-1061
- Inventory classification
- 14 輔星 × 宮位矩陣 · 二助星 × 十二宮
Lu Cun in the Health Palace
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 祿存 · Context: 疾厄宮
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-1062
- Inventory classification
- 14 輔星 × 宮位矩陣 · 二助星 × 十二宮
Lu Cun in the Travel Palace
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 祿存 · Context: 遷移宮
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-1063
- Inventory classification
- 14 輔星 × 宮位矩陣 · 二助星 × 十二宮
Lu Cun in the Friends & Networks Palace
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 祿存 · Context: 僕役／交友宮
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-1064
- Inventory classification
- 14 輔星 × 宮位矩陣 · 二助星 × 十二宮
Lu Cun in the Career Palace
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 祿存 · Context: 官祿／事業宮
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-1065
- Inventory classification
- 14 輔星 × 宮位矩陣 · 二助星 × 十二宮
Lu Cun in the Property Palace
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 祿存 · Context: 田宅宮
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-1066
- Inventory classification
- 14 輔星 × 宮位矩陣 · 二助星 × 十二宮
Lu Cun in the Fortune & Inner Life Palace
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 祿存 · Context: 福德宮
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-1067
- Inventory classification
- 14 輔星 × 宮位矩陣 · 二助星 × 十二宮
Lu Cun in the Parents Palace
- Topic-specific scope
- Entity 1: 祿存 · Context: 父母宮
- Conditions and inputs
- Calculation state: Yes
- School-variant state: Sometimes
- Stable reference
- ZW-PUB-1068
- Inventory classification
- 14 輔星 × 宮位矩陣 · 二助星 × 十二宮
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」1.9.21「問祿存星所主若何？」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15節「定祿存、羊、陀訣」：依生年天干安祿存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.