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.
Editorial review: 2026-09-22 · Reviewed by fateshow · Editorial method
A minor star adds a scene
The fourteen majors say how the palace starts. A minor star, in the traditional reading, adds a smaller scene: paperwork, a road, one extra condition in a crowd. There are many of them, and the placement verses do not agree. A star the engine did not print is absent from this chart.
One minor star does not reverse the palace
If the tone fights the major star, keep the palace and the major, and leave the minor as a supplement. A major that says “hold this slowly,” plus a minor that says “one round of documents,” is an extra step. It is not “this was moving the whole time.” Reciting the full list instead of the chart counts stars that were never placed.
One star on the chart, dozens on a table
Illustration: suppose the chart prints Tian Ma in Travel. You can say the going-out cell has an extra “on the road” condition. If Tian Liang is the major there, the sentence is Tian Liang in Travel, with the care happening more often on a journey. Minor stars that were not printed stay out of the sentence. The illustration shows the reading order. It is not a real trip.
Common mistakes
- Filling every palace from a minor-star table of unclear origin.
- Letting one minor star flip the major star’s conclusion.
- Taking the lucky or unlucky label on the minor star as the outcome of the matter.
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Cast a Zi Wei chart and read the palaces, stars, and transformations it prints.
Open tool →Frequently asked questions
Another book lists a star my chart does not show. Why?
School lists differ, and the engine places only the set in its configuration. If it is not printed, do not copy it in from the book.
Do I need every minor star before I can read?
No. Start with the fourteen majors, the six lucky and six sha stars, and the palaces. Add a minor star only when it is on the chart.
Is Tian Ma a major star?
It is not one of the fourteen. It is usually read as an auxiliary or minor star of movement and roads. Use the palace where your chart placed it.
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.