MANTICARTS / STUDY PATH
Fate systems: structure and interpretation
Compare Four Pillars, Ziwei and astral materials through separate records of inputs, rules, interpretation and evidence.
Study sequence
Fate-calculation materials often begin with time data, proceed through arrangement and classification, and arrive at interpretation. A common comparison form can list input fields, time standard, assigned objects, procedural order and output. Each entry still requires evidence from its own text.
Stem-branch organization in Four Pillars, palace-star assignments in Ziwei and astronomical conditions in Qizheng-Siyu should not be merged simply because they discuss lives. Compare their questions, then inputs and models, before examining how interpretations connect with life narratives.
This path uses fictional inputs to teach research methods, not personal fate judgments. Case evaluation needs prior records, deadlines, counterexamples and missing observations so that retrospective narratives do not replace prospective claims.
CURRICULUM
Four connected units
- 01
Five Phases and correspondences
Mark relational direction and assignment sources.
OUTPUTMapping table
- 02
Calendars and solar terms
Preserve time precision and boundaries in the input.
OUTPUTFictional input card
- 03
Image-number and interpretation
Separate chart output from interpretive premises.
OUTPUTLayered interpretation
- 04
A case-and-evidence lab
Define scoring before inspecting exercise outcomes.
OUTPUTAll-outcome case table
CAPSTONE
Bring the work together
Compare analogous rules in two specified editions, documenting field differences, inference chains and limits without collecting sensitive personal data.
Portfolio methodCONNECTED DOSSIERS
Explore the specialist dossiers
四柱子平命理
Birth year, month, day and hour are each expressed as a stem-branch pillar; the day stem anchors analysis of ten relations, phases, patterns, seasonal adjustment, major cycles and years.
紫微斗数
A natal chart assigns life and body palaces from lunar birth data and places symbolic stars, auxiliaries and four transformations across twelve palaces to interpret themes and periods.
七政四余与五星星命
A natal system using the Sun, Moon, five visible planets and four auxiliary points with twelve houses, lunar lodges, degrees and time-lord techniques.
演禽术
A system pairing the twenty-eight lunar lodges with animal symbols, birth data and dates, combined with the five phases for nativities, selection or topical divination.
铁板神数
A family of methods encoding birth stems-branches, minute divisions, Hetu-Luoshu hexagram numbers and kin data to retrieve numbered life statements, known for calibrating the birth time.
邵子神数与条文神数谱系
A textual family mapping birth data, hexagram numbers, phonology or keys to numbered life statements rather than one fully unified algorithmic school.
Open self-study path · 2026-10-24. Exercises are editorial material; references appear in each unit. Images are thematic illustrations. Study records are separate from formal assessment and credential procedures.