Eastern Charting / Zi Wei Dou Shu

Zi Wei Dou Shu, a twelve-palace birth chart

Enter a solar or lunar birth date, time, and gender to arrange the twelve palaces, stars, Five Elements class, and decadal ranges.

Prepare the chart

Enter the birth details

Solar input is converted from your device time zone to Beijing time. Enter lunar dates directly in the Beijing-time calendar convention.

Date type

Year

Month

Day

Hour (0-23)

Minute

The selected time will be converted from your device time zone to Beijing time.

Times near 23:00 use the late Rat-hour convention.

Gender

Birthplace (optional)

Focus (optional)0 of 200 characters

For entertainment and self-reflection only. Calendar boundaries and school conventions can produce different charts.

Zi Wei Dou Shu guide

Explore life themes and the relationships among the twelve palaces

Zi Wei Dou Shu organizes themes across the Life and Body palaces, twelve palaces, major and supporting stars, transformations, and life periods. Use it to connect patterns in temperament, work, relationships, resources, and inner security, not to make frightening declarations about a fixed life outcome.

Suitable for

Looking across career, wealth, relationships, well-being, and other life areas through the twelve palaces.
Understanding longer-running patterns suggested by the Life Palace, Body Palace, and key stars.
A joined-up reading, rather than deterministic event claims.

How it works

1Choose Gregorian or lunar input and enter birth date, time, gender, and birthplace consistently.
2Generate the chart and begin with the Life, Body, Career, and Wealth palaces.
3Add your focus and request an AI chart overview.

What you receive

Life and Body palaces, all twelve palaces, major and supporting stars, and major-period information.
Themes for career, relationships, wealth, well-being, and related palace areas.
An AI overview that converts technical terms into present choices and tendencies.

Limits

Schools differ, especially around complex flying-star and Four Transformations conventions.
Keep Gregorian and lunar-date input conventions consistent to avoid chart drift.
A chart supports structural reflection; it is not an absolute verdict about life outcomes.

Frequently asked questions

Why distinguish Gregorian and lunar dates?+

Zi Wei calculation depends on lunar-date and hour conventions. The page can convert Gregorian input, but the input convention must match the information you have.

What is the difference between the Life Palace and Body Palace?+

The Life Palace can be read as underlying tone and first response; the Body Palace points more toward later action and sustained investment.

Is this chart for detailed flying-star analysis?+

It is currently intended for a natal overview and major-period reflection; complex school-specific flying-star work remains explicitly bounded.