The layer that decides whether a chart runs clean or runs with friction.
The Six Lucky and Six Harmful Stars
Fourteen stars sit between the majors and the small ones. Eight are read as help — Scholar, Eloquence, Left Support, Right Support, the two Noble stars, Wealth Store and Sky Horse. Six are read as pressure: The Blade, The Spindle, Fire Star, Bell Star, The Void, The Plunder.
They are not good news and bad news. A major star sets what someone is like; these decide whether that comes out smoothly or with something in the way — and a chart with no friction at all tends to produce a life with no edge to it either.
Almost all of them work in pairs, and reading one without its partner gives half an answer. The Blade acts too fast and The Spindle will not let go; Left Support does the work and Right Support opens the door; The Void empties from inside and The Plunder takes from outside.