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Zi Wei Dou Shu learning path

Transformation Methods and Variants

Trace Hua Lu, Hua Quan, Hua Ke, and Hua Ji from source stem to star, resident palace, timing layer, and school table.

English name
Zi Wei Dou Shu transformations
Pinyin
Zǐwēi Dǒushù Sì Huà
Simplified Chinese
紫微斗数四化
Traditional Chinese
紫微斗數四化
Also called
Si Hua system · flying transformations

Editorially reviewed: · Reviewed by OpenFate · Editorial Methodology

Overview

This hub organizes transformation methods by source stem, assignment table, target star, resident palace, and layer. The canonical Four Transformations page owns the Lu–Quan–Ke–Ji definition; this page routes readers among methods and variants.

At a glance

Labels
Lu, Quan, Ke, Ji
Driver
Source stem
Landing
Resident star palace
Variant
School table

Explore concepts

What this section covers

The golden guide defines the four labels and their source–star–palace chain.

It distinguishes birth, timing, and palace-stem layers.

Start with the canonical Four Transformations definition, then choose the natal, timing, palace-stem, or self-transformation owner that matches the chart edge in question.

  • Read one layer at a time.
  • Store exact table rows.
  • Do not combine layers until every source stem and target is labeled.

Trace before interpreting

Select a layer and source stem, apply the declared table, and locate each target star.

Keep inbound, outbound, self, and opposite relations explicit.

A complete trace records the layer, source stem, assignment-table version, target star, resident palace, direction, and date or period. Missing provenance stops the reading.

  • No borrowed-star landing.
  • No unlabeled merged graph.
  • Use the hub to follow one source–star–palace chain at a time.

Why tables matter

Published Four-Transformation tables differ materially on some Hua Ke assignments.

The selected table, source scope, and version must display beside results.

When two tables disagree, open their cited rows and identify the first different assignment. Preserve both results rather than silently choosing the more favorable one.

  • Version table data.
  • Compare the first differing row.
  • Name the school or table scope beside every variant result.

Labels are not events

Lu is not guaranteed wealth and Ji is not guaranteed disaster.

All four remain conditional symbolic categories requiring full context.

Lu, Quan, Ke, and Ji are traditional relation labels, not event guarantees. They cannot by themselves prove wealth, authority, recognition, loss, or harm.

  • No event shortcut.
  • No high-stakes decision from one edge.
  • Use current financial, legal, medical, and relationship evidence for decisions.

Sources and editorial basis

  1. iztro 紫微鬥數四化
    「紫微鬥數四化」前言、运限四化与宫位四化分类，以及「十天干四化表」的流派差异说明A public overview of Lu, Quan, Ke, and Ji, timing and palace-stem layers, and a ten-stem table that explicitly notes school differences.
  2. OpenFate Ziwei Calculation Rulebook
    app/modules/ziwei/logic/rulebook.ts:69–125 — product-configured policy and revision; proves behavior, not lineageThe product-owned calculation policy for engine version, boundaries, leap months, true solar time, placement rules, and Four Transformations. It proves configured behavior, not lineage.
  3. OpenFate Configured Four-Transformation Graph
    app/modules/ziwei/logic/sihua.ts:45–65,87–159 — ten-stem table and physical-residence flying graphOpenFate implementation truth for its configured ten-stem table and palace-to-palace flying-transformation graph. Its internal lineage label is a product policy, not independent historical proof.

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