NINEHOUND / 九狗万象
The stories behind the symbols.
Traditions, famous lives and ideas worth exploring. These articles are currently available in Chinese.
Golden Week travel: what does an auspicious day mean?
A Chinese-language guide to almanac conventions, divination questions and practical travel choices for Golden Week.
What are the Eight Characters? Three places to start
A plain-language introduction to the Four Pillars, Day Master and seasonal context. Full article in Chinese.
How to frame a useful I Ching question
Examples of focused questions about a decision, its context and a useful time horizon. Full article in Chinese.
Zeng Guofan: a winter Fire chart and the work of discipline
A chart reading based on the birth date and Hai-hour entry in Zeng Guofan’s chronology, with its limits stated. Full article in Chinese.
Qianlong: reading three pillars without inventing an hour
A reading of Qianlong’s first three pillars, keeping the unverified hour visibly open. Full article in Chinese.
The Han diviner who turned the question on his visitors
Sima Jizhu’s encounter with two officials in the Records of the Grand Historian. Full article in Chinese.
Confucius and the book he kept reading
The story of Confucius repeatedly reading the Changes, and a practical way to read beyond a lucky or unlucky label. Full article in Chinese.
Taylor Swift: one birthday, conflicting rising signs
A Chinese-language celebrity chart study with attributed birth data and original commentary.
Jackie Chan: three pillars, craft and disciplined practice
A Chinese-language celebrity chart study with attributed birth data and original commentary.
Angelina Jolie: Sun, Moon and Ascendant in context
A Chinese-language celebrity chart study with attributed birth data and original commentary.
Lady Gaga: Aries Sun and Scorpio Moon
A Chinese-language celebrity chart study with attributed birth data and original commentary.
Qi Men Dun Jia: reading the nine-palace structure
An introductory Chinese-language guide to a divination tradition, with reading examples and sources.
Da Liu Ren: four lessons and three transmissions
An introductory Chinese-language guide to a divination tradition, with reading examples and sources.
Plum Blossom Divination: numbers, images and relationships
An introductory Chinese-language guide to a divination tradition, with reading examples and sources.
Zi Wei Dou Shu: a first look at the twelve palaces
An introductory Chinese-language guide to a divination tradition, with reading examples and sources.
Reading tarot: the card, its position and the question
An introductory Chinese-language guide to a divination tradition, with reading examples and sources.
Western astrology: Sun, Moon and rising sign
An introductory Chinese-language guide to a divination tradition, with reading examples and sources.
Traditional dream interpretation: start with the whole story
An introductory Chinese-language guide to a divination tradition, with reading examples and sources.
Reading Takashima Ekidan: from a line to a situation
An introductory Chinese-language guide to a divination tradition, with reading examples and sources.