Casting and Reading Methods: QMDJ Topic Guide

How a chart is built decides what it can say. This guide covers the mechanics: the Chai Bu method, the differences between schools, solar terms and the 1,080 rotations, software and calculators, and the honest reason two practitioners can read the same chart differently without either one being a fraud.

Read the method articles here before you memorize symbols. Method is what separates someone who owns the system from someone reciting it.

The Guides in This Topic

Every article on this site about this subject, oldest first. The deep dives and worked practice sit in their own section below.

Deep Dives and Worked Practice

The deep-dive guides take single doors, stars, gods, and conditions apart, then train them with worked examples and common mistakes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which school should I learn, Chai Bu or another?

Learn one properly before you collect opinions about all of them. The Chai Bu method is what I teach and what most of this site’s examples use, because it is coherent, traceable, and widely practiced. The schools article in this guide explains where practitioners actually disagree and why I do not panic about it.

Do I need software to cast?

You need a correct chart, however you get it, but you should be able to cast by hand before you lean on tools. Software speeds the mechanics; it cannot weigh the reading. Use the calculator to produce charts fast, and use the method articles to keep yourself honest about what the software is doing.

Why do two masters read the same chart differently?

Partly method, partly weighting, mostly experience. Charts carry more signals than one verdict needs, and two honest readers can rank those signals differently, like two doctors reading the same scan and agreeing on the problem but not the emphasis. The schools and accuracy articles here treat this honestly, because pretending otherwise would insult you.

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