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Zi Wei Dou Shu Course
by the American Feng Shui Institute
Zi Wei Dou Shu (紫微斗數), also known as Zi Wei Astrology, is a widely used system of fate calculation in China but is not well known in the West. It is named for Zi Wei, “the Purple Emperor,” the first star you locate when making a chart. Dou Shu means calculation.
Zi Wei Astrology was said to be created by Daoist philosopher Chen Tuan (陳搏), also known as Chen Xiyi (陳希夷), in the early Song Dynasty (died c.990). Others say the Zi Wei system is actually much older, dating back to the first century BCE.
Zi Wei Astrology has some similarities to Western astrology. It has Twelve Palaces, similar to the Twelve Houses of Western astrology, but fundamental differences exist between the two systems. In Zi Wei Astrology, the Twelve Palaces are associated with the Twelve Earthly Branches. Each palace relates to a different aspect of life (Career, Spouse, Travel, etc). These palace categories are different from the Twelve Houses of Western astrology. The stars are distributed throughout the Twelve Palaces by calculations and tables. Most stars remain in the same palace in a chart but some move to other palaces from year to year.
In this course, which is divided into 5 parts, you will find how to trace a Zi Wei Dou Shu chart, how to interpret the stars and their combinations, as well as how to calculate charts for all cycles of your life, including the decade, the current year, the current age, or even smaller cycles like the current month and day.
In my opinion, this is one of the best courses on Zi Wei Dou Shu, and even though it is publicly available for download in the American Feng Shui Institute website, I thought it would be better to share it here with you all.
You can download it either as a single PDF file:
or separately:
AS201a – Zi Wei Dou Shu 1, Beginning Class, Part 1
AS201b – Zi Wei Dou Shu 2, Beginning Class, Part 2
AS211 – Zi Wei Dou Shu 3, Intermediate Class
AS301a – Zi Wei Dou Shu 4, Advanced Class, Part 1
AS301b – Zi Wei Dou Shu 5, Advanced Class, Part 2
by the American Feng Shui Institute
Zi Wei Dou Shu (紫微斗數), also known as Zi Wei Astrology, is a widely used system of fate calculation in China but is not well known in the West. It is named for Zi Wei, “the Purple Emperor,” the first star you locate when making a chart. Dou Shu means calculation.
Zi Wei Astrology was said to be created by Daoist philosopher Chen Tuan (陳搏), also known as Chen Xiyi (陳希夷), in the early Song Dynasty (died c.990). Others say the Zi Wei system is actually much older, dating back to the first century BCE.
Zi Wei Astrology has some similarities to Western astrology. It has Twelve Palaces, similar to the Twelve Houses of Western astrology, but fundamental differences exist between the two systems. In Zi Wei Astrology, the Twelve Palaces are associated with the Twelve Earthly Branches. Each palace relates to a different aspect of life (Career, Spouse, Travel, etc). These palace categories are different from the Twelve Houses of Western astrology. The stars are distributed throughout the Twelve Palaces by calculations and tables. Most stars remain in the same palace in a chart but some move to other palaces from year to year.
In this course, which is divided into 5 parts, you will find how to trace a Zi Wei Dou Shu chart, how to interpret the stars and their combinations, as well as how to calculate charts for all cycles of your life, including the decade, the current year, the current age, or even smaller cycles like the current month and day.
In my opinion, this is one of the best courses on Zi Wei Dou Shu, and even though it is publicly available for download in the American Feng Shui Institute website, I thought it would be better to share it here with you all.
You can download it either as a single PDF file:
or separately:
AS201a – Zi Wei Dou Shu 1, Beginning Class, Part 1
AS201b – Zi Wei Dou Shu 2, Beginning Class, Part 2
AS211 – Zi Wei Dou Shu 3, Intermediate Class
AS301a – Zi Wei Dou Shu 4, Advanced Class, Part 1
AS301b – Zi Wei Dou Shu 5, Advanced Class, Part 2
