LESSON W02 / 05 OF 36
Workshop: comparing two charts' Life, Body and empty palaces
Put your chart beside the teaching example and compare only visible facts: the Life Palace, the Body Palace and the empty palaces.
Original app lesson · free on the web
This lesson has been self-reviewed and is awaiting final sign-off. The classical passages have been checked word by word; the plain-language text and the exercises are written by this project.
With two charts side by side, how do you compare without ranking them?
Fictional birth data · teaching example · not a real person's chart · 2026-10-12
In plain words
When comparing two charts, compare only what you can see: the branch of the Life Palace, the palace holding the Body Palace, and which palaces have no major star. No better or worse, no ranking, no saying one chart beats the other. Two charts differ only because the birth details differ.
What the text says
The Tai Wei Fu says the stars are spread over twelve enclosures: every chart has the same twelve cells. Because the cells are the same, two charts have common positions to compare.
How to practise
First write three lines of facts about the example, then three about your own chart, then set them side by side and see what matches and what differs. One fact per line, such as: the Life Palace is at Xu.
Compare with your own chart
Open the Chart tab and write your three lines: the Life Palace branch, the palace holding the Body Palace, and the palaces with no major star.
An everyday example
Two friends having different Life palaces does not rank their charts. Fix the comparison first: positions and major-star counts, not success or desirability.
Compare matching fields in both charts without ranking the people.
CHECK YOURSELF
Now, try it yourself.
Answer both questions correctly to complete the lesson. The original explanation appears after each answer.
FIND IT IN THE CHART
Find it on a chart.
Say which palaces on your chart have no major star.
Open my chart ↗Classical sources
其星分布一十二垣，數定乎三十六位
The stars are spread over twelve enclosures, and the count is fixed at thirty-six positions.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, Volume 1, "Tai Wei Fu"; traditionally attributed in received editions
Classical texts provide cultural context. Everyday examples and exercises are written by this project.
YOUR STUDY / W02