Qi Men Dun Jia Knowledge Base

Systematic tutorials and hands-on charting guides

• Which School of Qi Men Dun Jia Does Qimena Use? Chai-Bu and Zhuan-Pan Explained

  Different Qi Men tools can produce different charts for the same moment — usually because they disagree on two specific method choices. This article explains the Chai-Bu (term-locked) method Qimena uses to fix the Ju number, the Zhuan-Pan (rotating-disk) method it uses to lay out the Nine Stars and Eight Gates, and why those choices matter.

• Is AI Fortune-Telling Reliable? How LLMs + Qi Men Dun Jia Actually Work

  How does AI divination actually work? This article breaks down the 'traditional charting algorithm + large language model interpretation' architecture — which steps are deterministic computation, which are probabilistic generation, and how to use AI divination tools rationally.

• Casting Qi Men Charts in the US & Canada: How to Enter a Western Longitude

  Charting Qi Men Dun Jia or BaZi from North America — what longitude do you enter? Why western longitudes are negative, how to find your longitude on Google Maps, plus a quick-reference table for New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Toronto and more.

• Choosing an Auspicious Moving Date Abroad: A Qi Men Dun Jia Walkthrough

  No Chinese almanac at the overseas bookstore? A four-step Qi Men Dun Jia date-selection method for moving house: fix the moving direction, screen for auspicious days, lock the auspicious hour, and the move-in customs that matter — all timed by local True Solar Time.

• Born Overseas: How to Find Your Correct BaZi Hour (Time Zones & True Solar Time)

  Born in the US, Canada or Australia — should your BaZi and Qi Men hour use local time or Beijing time? A three-step method: local standard time → daylight-saving correction → longitude and Equation-of-Time adjustment, with a worked Los Angeles example and the full twelve double-hour table.

• How to Cast a Qi Men Dun Jia Chart: The Nine Palaces Step by Step

  A hands-on walkthrough of the full Hour-based Qi Men casting process: setting the Four Pillars, determining the solar term and Ju number, arranging the Earth Plate, Heaven Plate stars, Human Plate gates and Deity Plate — plus what to look at first once the chart is cast.

• Qi Men Dun Jia in the Southern Hemisphere: Solar Terms and Directions for Australia & NZ

  Casting Qi Men charts from Sydney, Melbourne or Auckland — should the solar terms be flipped? How are directions read? The mainstream position: solar terms are global astronomical events, directions follow the absolute compass, True Solar Time applies as usual — plus the Australian DST trap.

• What Is Qi Men Dun Jia? A Complete Beginner's Guide

  What is Qi Men Dun Jia? This guide covers the Heaven-Earth-Human-Deity four-plate structure, the Nine Palaces grid, how an Hour-based chart is cast, and how AI tools make this ancient Chinese space-time divination accessible to beginners.

• Qi Men Focus Symbols (Yong Shen): What to Read for Career, Wealth and Love

  The focus symbol is the key that unlocks a Qi Men chart. This reference maps common questions to their symbols — Open Gate for career, Life Gate and Wu for wealth, Harmony/Yi/Geng for relationships, Star Rui for health — and explains how to judge a symbol's strength and palace.

• How Daylight Saving Time Affects Your Chart: Getting the Hour Right Under DST

  DST moves the clock forward an hour — the sun doesn't move with it. How to correctly determine the BaZi and Qi Men double-hour during daylight saving, a quick reference of DST rules (US/Europe/Australia), China's 1986–1991 DST trap, and when your charting tool handles it automatically.

• Divining From Abroad About Matters Back Home: Whose Time Zone Sets the Chart?

  You're in New York asking about a business in Shenzhen, or consulting for your parents in China — does the Qi Men chart use US time or Beijing time? The mainstream rule: the diviner's present place and moment set the chart. Plus how proxy divination works and three cross-time-zone mistakes.

• What Is True Solar Time? Why Qi Men Charts Must Use It

  True Solar Time can differ from standard clock time by up to two hours, directly changing the double-hour used in Qi Men Dun Jia and BaZi charts. Learn how it is calculated, how longitude correction works, and the common charting errors it prevents.