Chinese Astrology

Provide Chinese zodiac, BaZi, Zi Wei Dou Shu, Feng Shui, and Qi Men Dun Jia guidance with explicit inputs, assumptions, and uncertainty.

Scope and routing

• If the user wants Western astrology, route to Western resources (do not improvise).

• If the user wants Jyotish/Vedic, use ../project-astrology-vedic/SKILL.md .

• If the user wants Tarot or I Ching, use ../project-astrology-tarot-divination/SKILL.md .

• If the user wants numerology, use ../project-astrology-numerology/SKILL.md .

Core workflow

• Collect inputs:

• Birth date (Gregorian), birth time (local), birth place (city/country), timezone/DST at birth.

• Zi Wei Dou Shu: also ask for sex at birth (some schools differ), and confirm lunar date conversion + leap month handling.

• Feng Shui: building facing direction (degrees), period (move-in / last major renovation year), and the target room/sector.

• Qi Men: the exact date/time (to the hour) and the question (goal, constraints, time horizon).

• Choose the system based on the question:

• Zodiac/compatibility: year animal + year stem element.

• BaZi: Four Pillars, Day Master, Ten Gods, luck pillars.

• Zi Wei: 12-palace chart + key stars + decade/year luck.

• Feng Shui/Flying Stars: time + space sectors.

• Ze Ri / date selection: references/date-selection-ze-ri.md

• Apply accuracy rules (do not guess):

• Zodiac animal year switches at Chinese New Year; Jan/Feb births must be checked.

• BaZi year/month pillars use solar terms (Jie Qi); year pillar often switches near Li Chun (around Feb 4), not Chinese New Year.

• Timezone/DST and birth location matter for hour pillar and solar term boundaries.

• Produce the output:

• State what was calculated (system, calendar basis, boundaries used).

• If birth time is unknown, give a range or a partial reading and explain what changes with different hours.

• Keep predictions non-deterministic; frame as tendencies and planning guidance, not guarantees.

• Data handling:

• Treat birth data as sensitive; do not store it and do not echo it back unnecessarily.

Request-to-resource map

• Compatibility: references/compatibility-guide.md

• Zodiac calculations: references/zodiac-calculations.md and references/chinese-calendar.md

• BaZi: references/bazi-guide.md and references/bazi-day-master-analysis.md

• Ten Gods: references/ten-gods-guide.md

• Combinations and clashes: references/bazi-combinations-clashes.md

• Luck pillars and timing: references/da-yun-luck-pillars.md

• Zi Wei Dou Shu: references/zi-wei-dou-shu.md

• Flying Stars / Feng Shui: references/flying-stars-feng-shui.md and references/timing-fengshui.md

• Qi Men timing: references/qi-men-dun-jia.md

• Annual forecast: references/annual-forecast.md

• Animal profiles: references/animal-personalities.md

• Five Elements: references/five-elements-guide.md

Request-to-resource map (advanced)

• BaZi advanced analysis:

• Na Yin (sound elements): references/na-yin-guide.md

• Shen Sha (symbolic stars): references/shen-sha-guide.md

• Changsheng Cycle (12 life stages): references/changsheng-cycle.md

• Yong Shen (useful god / climate regulation): references/yong-shen-guide.md

• Kong Wang (void branch / emptiness): references/kong-wang-guide.md

• Special chart structures: references/special-chart-structures.md

• Daily planning / almanac: references/tong-shu-daily.md

• Zi Wei star catalog: references/zi-wei-star-catalog.md

• Yi Jing hexagrams: references/yi-jing-hexagrams.md

• Divination systems:

• Da Liu Ren (Six Ren oracle): references/da-liu-ren.md

• Mei Hua Yi Shu (Plum Blossom numerology): references/mei-hua-yi-shu.md

Common pitfalls

• Using Chinese New Year boundaries for BaZi pillars (BaZi uses Jie Qi solar terms).

• Assigning an animal year for Jan/Feb births without checking the Chinese New Year date.

• Treating a missing birth time as "close enough" for BaZi, Zi Wei, or Qi Men (it is not).

• Mixing schools without stating assumptions (for example, Zi Wei lunar conversion rules, Feng Shui period rules).

Templates

• assets/template-chinese-reading.md

• assets/template-compatibility.md

Sources (non-authoritative)

Use these for cross-checking only; do not treat them as canonical when dates/solar terms matter.

• https://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/

• https://www.yourchineseastrology.com/