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- 破軍Po Jun得
天姚 天廚 蜚廉
戊寅95–104
The Chinese horoscope of your exact birth hour.
Your year animal is only the start. From your birth date, time and place we work out true solar time and draw your 12-palace Zi Wei Dou Shu chart. Free, with the life overview included.
Not just your animal: the whole sky of your birth hour
Everyday Chinese horoscopes look only at the year. Zi Wei Dou Shu uses year, month, day and hour to place over a hundred stars in twelve palaces — life, career, wealth, love, health and more. This is what a real chart looks like.
Sample chart: 3 March 1990, 08:30, London, female
Career官祿
- empty palace
- 地劫
天喜 咸池 八座 天德
己卯85–94
Friends交友
- 廉貞Lian Zhen利
- 天府Tian Fu廟
鳳閣 寡宿 天傷 年解
庚辰75–84
Travel遷移
- 太陰Tai Yin陷Ke
- 左輔
- 火星
天才 天月 破碎
辛巳65–74
Health疾厄
- 貪狼Tan Lang旺
- 文昌
封誥 天福 截空 天使
壬午55–64
Wealth財帛身
- 天同Tian Tong不Ji
- 巨門Ju Men不
- 天鉞
- 地空
- 鈴星
- 陀羅
- 天空
副截
癸未45–54
Children子女
- 武曲Wu Qu得Quan
- 天相Tian Xiang廟
- 文曲
- 祿存
- 天馬
解神 天巫 孤辰
甲申35–44
Partner夫妻
- 太陽Tai Yang平Lu
- 天梁Tian Liang得
- 右弼
- 擎羊
紅鸞
乙酉25–34
Siblings兄弟
- 七殺Qi Sha廟
龍池 台輔 華蓋 旬空 天刑
丙戌15–24
Life命宮命
- 天機Tian Ji平
三台 恩光 天官 月德 劫煞 副旬
丁亥5–14
Parents父母
- 紫微Zi Wei平
陰煞 天哭 天虛
戊子115–124
Spirit福德
- empty palace
- 天魁
天貴 天壽 龍德 大耗
己丑105–114
Female
03.03.1990 · 08:30 · London
庚午year
戊寅month
丁卯day
甲辰hour
Lunar date: day 7 of month 2, 庚午 year
- Element pattern
- Earth 5 土五局
- Life Master
- Ju Men 巨門
- Body Master
- Huo Xing 火星
LuprosperityQuanpowerKefameJiobstacle
What does “Zi Wei Dou Shu” mean?
The name itself is a sky map: an emperor star, two star groups and a method for reckoning fate.
- 紫zǐ
Purple. In China, the colour of the emperor and the heavenly palace.
- 微wēi
Subtle, hidden: barely visible, yet decisive.
- 斗dǒu
The Dipper: the stars of the Northern and Southern Dipper. The stars in the chart belong to these two groups.
- 數shù
Number, reckoning: fate calculated from the moment of birth.
In Chinese tradition Zi Wei is the “emperor star”, associated with the Pole Star: the whole sky turns around it. The celestial enclosure around it, the “Purple Enclosure”, gave its name to Beijing’s Forbidden City (紫禁城, literally “the Purple Forbidden City”): the emperor’s palace on earth as a mirror of the palace in the sky. In the West the system is known as “Purple Star Astrology”.
Meet your star and your animal
The 14 main stars
Questions
What does “Zi Wei” mean?
“Subtle purple”: 紫 is imperial purple and 微 means subtle, hidden. It is the “emperor star”, associated with the Pole Star around which the sky turns; Beijing’s Forbidden City takes its name from its celestial enclosure. Dou (斗) are the Dipper stars and Shu (數) means reckoning.
What if I do not know my exact birth time?
The hour decides your Life Palace, so it matters a lot. Check your birth certificate. If you only know a window, use its middle and watch for the "hour boundary" note.
Why true solar time?
The Chinese hour follows the real position of the sun where you were born, not the clock. We correct for longitude, the time zone and daylight saving in force on that date, and the equation of time.
Who writes the reading?
An open-source engine generates it by rule from the classical Zi Wei Dou Shu texts, so the same chart always gives the same text. Translation is automatic. This is traditional astrology for entertainment and self-reflection.
Do you keep my data?
Your name and birth place are processed only in your browser. The server only receives the chart key (date, Chinese hour, sex) to fetch the reading.
Can I get a refund?
It is digital content delivered at once, so the law lets you waive withdrawal. Even so, if the reading does not load or contains an error, we refund you.
Which years are covered?
Births from 1950 to 2026.