Minor stars, spirits, and the twelve deities
Minor stars and spirits are the detail layer after the major stars. The Doctor’s twelve spirits are a traditional mark that rotates with the palaces. Detail does not overturn the palace and the major star.
Editorial review: 2026-09-22 · Reviewed by fateshow · Editorial method
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Minor stars
Minor stars
Minor stars are the smaller names outside the majors and the six-plus-six. Schools keep different lists. A beginner reads only the ones this chart actually placed, as a scene the major star did not name.
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Spirit stars
Spirit stars
Spirit stars are extra marks beside a palace or a star. The traditional lists are dense, and the tables disagree. They sit below the palace and the major star: when they conflict, keep the palace and the major.
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Twelve spirits
The twelve spirits of the Doctor cycle
The Doctor’s twelve spirits are a traditional ring of marks that turns with the palaces. Doctor, Strongman, and Green Dragon are usual names in the set. They give a palace a tone. They are not a second set of palace names.
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What this section is for
This layer is large, and schools keep different lists. If you open a chart from here, the major stars disappear.
This site discusses only the stars the engine actually placed. A minor star absent from the live engine is not described as already placed.
What to read first
Read minor stars, then spirit stars, then the Doctor’s twelve spirits. Each page repeats the same limit: they do not replace a major star.
The twelve spirits are not another name for the twelve palaces. Palace names were learned in that section.
When you have to leave for a chart
If the engine did not mark a spirit, do not draw the circle yourself and then interpret it. A personal chart follows the report.
Do not enter this section for a conclusion while the major stars and palaces are still unread.
What this section does not say
Do not open a chart from a spirit star.
Do not treat the twelve spirits as the official palace names.
One minor star cannot flip a whole palace into the opposite conclusion.
Common mistakes
- Reciting the full minor-star list instead of reading the chart.
- Using one spirit star for a medical or legal judgment.
- Writing a star the engine did not place into a personal interpretation.
Use it in fateshow
Zi Wei chart
Cast a Zi Wei chart and read the palaces, stars, and transformations it prints.
Open tool →Frequently asked questions
Does a chart get more accurate as minor stars increase?
No. More names are only more detail. Accuracy is not something the count of stars can decide.
Should each of the twelve spirits be memorised as lucky or unlucky?
No. They give a palace a traditional tone. They do not replace its major star, and they do not judge luck alone.
How is this different from the auxiliary section?
The six lucky and six sha stars are the usual set of conditions. This section is a later layer of detail, and its evidence sits lower.
Sources and editorial basis
- 1. iztro Zi Wei Dou Shu engine
Supports only what the current fateshow configuration actually calculates: palace placement, major-star arrangements, and the recorded year-boundary, leap-month, and transformation settings. It does not prove that any traditional school is uniquely correct.
- 2. Ziwei Doushu Quanshu (received editions)
Used to cross-check palace names, star lists, and traditional wording. A received text can record a tradition; it cannot prove scientific validity or guarantee an event.
- 3. fateshow chart rule snapshot
Each generated report stores the engine settings that produced it. Compare those settings before treating two charts as the same calculation.