Structured guides from complete beginner to confident chart reader — no background required.
One article that covers the whole map: where Qimen comes from, how the nine palaces work, the four layers of a chart, and how to get your first reading. Read this first — every other article goes deeper into one of its chapters.
Read the guide →The Luoshu logic behind the 3×3 grid: why every row, column and diagonal sums to 15, and how that structure drives chart rotation. (Term definitions live in the Glossary — this is the "why".)
From the Yellow Emperor's legendary war to the Warring States period — how a military secret became a decision-making tool.
Why your city matters: how longitude and the equation of time change your chart, and why clock time isn't enough.
Doors, stars, stems, deities — the four layers decoded step by step, with a worked example chart.
Seasonal strength, context, and why the "worst" door in the chart can be exactly what your question needs.
How to find the axis of any chart — the two elements that anchor every reading.
When to change jobs, start a business, or negotiate a raise — which doors and stars to look for.
Reading partnership charts: the palaces that represent you, them, and the space between.
What happens between your question and your reading: how QimenIT computes true solar time, casts the chart, and interprets it — and where AI beats (and doesn't beat) a human master.