Purple Tome

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.

Scholar文昌 · WénchāngThe star of getting it right on paper — and of minding, more than most, that it is right.Eloquence文曲 · WénqǔThe other half of intelligence: the one that persuades rather than proves.Left Support左辅 · ZuǒfǔThe help that arrives without being asked, and stays after the interesting part is over.Right Support右弼 · YòubìThe warmer helper — the one who fixes the situation by fixing how people feel about it.Noble (Yang)天魁 · TiānkuíThe visible helping hand: the person with standing who decides you are worth backing.Noble (Yin)天钺 · TiānyuèThe quiet version of the same gift — help you often only recognise afterwards.Wealth Store禄存 · LùcúnNot the star of earning a lot. The star of what stays.Sky Horse天马 · TiānmǎMotion. Whether it becomes progress depends on what it is harnessed to.The Blade擎羊 · QíngyángIt hands you an edge. An edge cuts both ways, and it does not ask which.The Spindle陀罗 · TuóluóThe same force as the Blade, turning in place instead of cutting.Fire火星 · HuǒxīngA sudden burst of heat. Very effective, and over quickly.Bell铃星 · LíngxīngThe slow burn. Nothing visible, then something that has been building for months.The Void地空 · DìkōngThe star that empties things out — including, sometimes, the things worth being emptied of.The Plunder地劫 · DìjiéThe cost that arrives from outside, on someone else's schedule.

Cast your own chart in the app and see which of these landed where.

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