Natal transformations: which star carries lu, quan, ke and ji
This page looks up lu, quan, ke and ji from the year stem, and stops self-transformation and flying where the engine prints them. It does not invent four new major stars.
Editorial review: 2026-09-22 · Reviewed by fatequery
Natal transformations look up four stars from the year stem
A different year stem selects different stars. You look the stem up. You do not feel which star is more important. After the lookup, keep the palace in the sentence: this star carries this transformation and sits in this palace.
A different year boundary can change the stem, and the four stars change with it. The illustration’s year boundary is normal, the stem is geng, so the geng row is the one used.
Lu, quan, ke and ji each mark a mode
Lu gathers and follows the resource already at hand. Quan wants someone to decide. Ke passes through documents, reputation, or being recognised. Ji is the same matter catching, repeating, or refusing to be put down.
Those are modes of action, not four grades. Lu is not income, quan is not a job title, ke is not a diploma, and ji is not a disaster. “There is a ji” does not say which star or which palace.
The default ten-stem table
The table is this engine’s default natal set. Jia’s lu is not Yi’s lu. The illustration uses the geng row: Sun lu, Wu Qu quan, Tai Yin ke, Tian Tong ji.
Where the geng row lands: the Sun as lu in Life on chou, Wu Qu as quan in Siblings on zi, Tai Yin as ke in Life on chou, Tian Tong as ji in Spouse on hai. The annual set is another layer. It does not replace these four.
| Stem | Lu | Quan | Ke | Ji |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jia | Lian Zhen | Po Jun | Wu Qu | Sun |
| Yi | Tian Ji | Tian Liang | Zi Wei | Tai Yin |
| Bing | Tian Tong | Tian Ji | Wen Chang | Lian Zhen |
| Ding | Tai Yin | Tian Tong | Tian Ji | Ju Men |
| Wu | Tan Lang | Tai Yin | You Bi | Tian Ji |
| Ji | Wu Qu | Tan Lang | Tian Liang | Wen Qu |
| Geng | Sun | Wu Qu | Tai Yin | Tian Tong |
| Xin | Ju Men | Sun | Wen Qu | Wen Chang |
| Ren | Tian Liang | Zi Wei | Zuo Fu | Wu Qu |
| Gui | Po Jun | Ju Men | Tai Yin | Tan Lang |
Self-transformation and flying stop where the engine prints them
Self-transformation is a star carrying a further transformation inside its own palace. Flying is a line from one palace to another. Both sit one step past the natal set. A flight the engine did not print is not given an arrow by hand.
This illustration prints the natal set and does not print a separate self-transformation or a flight. The reading stops at “this star carries this transformation in this palace.” Whether a flight exists does not block the natal set that is already readable. A flown line is not a medical, legal or financial cause.
Illustration: Tian Tong as ji sits in Spouse
On the same set the year stem is geng. The full sentence is “Tian Tong in Spouse carries ji.” It is not a prediction for a named year. The natal set is also not the 2026 annual set. That layer is on the decade-and-annual page.
For what Zi Wei Dou Shu is, see what Zi Wei Dou Shu is. When the birth date, time and place are complete, open the chart page.
Common mistakes
- Saying there is a ji without the star and the palace.
- Reading the natal set as the annual set.
- Adding a flight the engine did not print.
Use it in fatequery
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Set two Zi Wei charts side by side and read the relationship the tool actually compares.
Compare two Zi Wei charts →Frequently asked questions
Is ji a disaster?
No. It marks the same matter catching and refusing to be put down. On the illustration it is Tian Tong as ji in Spouse. The sentence stays on that palace. It is not an event in a named year.
Is jia’s lu the same star as geng’s?
No. Jia’s lu is Lian Zhen. Geng’s is the Sun. The illustration’s stem is geng, so the Sun is used.
Does the annual set replace the natal set?
No. The annual set is another layer stacked on top. The 2026 annual transformations do not replace the four geng stars.
Another book’s table differs. Which one failed?
Not necessarily either. Compare which table is in use. This page prints the engine’s default table.
Sources and editorial basis
- 1. Ziwei Doushu Quanshu (received editions)
Used to cross-check palace names, star lists, and traditional wording. A received text can record a tradition; it cannot prove scientific validity or guarantee an event.
- 2. iztro Zi Wei Dou Shu engine
Supports only what the current fatequery configuration actually calculates: palace placement, major-star arrangements, and the recorded year-boundary, leap-month, and transformation settings. It does not prove that any traditional school is uniquely correct.
- 3. fatequery chart rule snapshot
Each generated report stores the engine settings that produced it. Compare those settings before treating two charts as the same calculation.