LESSON W06 / 18 OF 36
Workshop: using the teaching example when your chart lacks a combination
When your own chart lacks a combination, practise on the teaching example instead of forcing it.
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.
A lesson describes a combination my chart doesn't have. Is something wrong with my chart?
Fictional birth data · teaching example · not a real person's chart · 2026-10-12
In plain words
Each chart has only fourteen major stars and twelve palaces, so some combinations will be missing from yours. Some charts have no empty palace; some have no palace with two stars. Then practise on the example, rather than claiming your chart has what it does not.
What the text says
The text places the palaces by Volume 2 and describes the stars in Volume 1; the example is computed by the same rules from fictional birth data.
Compare with your own chart
Find whether your chart has an empty palace. If not, the app says so; then look at the example's Siblings and Children palaces instead.
An everyday example
If a lesson uses a pair absent from your chart, do not alter birth data or move stars. Switch to a clearly labelled fictional teaching chart and keep it separate from your own.
Use a labelled teaching example when the required configuration is absent.
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
一 命宮、二兄弟、三妻妾、四子女、五財帛、六疾厄、七遷移、八奴僕、九官祿、十田宅、十一福德、十二父母
First the Life Palace, second Siblings, third Wife and Concubine, fourth Children, fifth Wealth, sixth Illness, seventh Travel, eighth Servants, ninth Office, tenth Property, eleventh Blessing, twelfth Parents.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, Volume 2, "Placing the Twelve Palaces"; traditionally attributed in received editions
Classical texts provide cultural context. Everyday examples and exercises are written by this project.
YOUR STUDY / W06