Nine Star Ki
The Lo Shu square, the nine stars and yearly cycles.
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Level 1Units: 5
Level 1 · Unit 1
Origins and the Lo Shu square
Where Nine Star Ki comes from, how it travelled from China to Japan and the West, and the Lo Shu magic square.
- Nine stars from China
- Japan and the West
- The Lo Shu square
- Patterns in the square
- Checkpoint: Origins and the Lo Shu
Level 1 · Unit 2
The nine stars
The names, colours and elements of the nine stars, with their trigrams and directions.
- Stars 1 to 3
- Stars 4 to 6
- Stars 7 to 9
- Trigrams and directions
- Checkpoint: The nine stars
Level 1 · Unit 3
Your year star
When the Nine Star Ki year begins, how the year star counts down, and how to calculate it.
- When the year begins
- Counting down
- Born 1900 to 1999
- Born 2000 onwards
- Checkpoint: Your year star
Level 1 · Unit 4
Seasons and the trigram family
How the eight outer stars follow the seasons around the Lo Shu, how trigram lines are built, and the traditional family roles and qualities of the trigrams.
- Stars and seasons
- Reading trigram lines
- The trigram family
- Trigram qualities
- Checkpoint: Seasons and the trigram family
Level 1 · Unit 5
Year stars in practice
Exact Lìchūn dates, one rule that works for any year, spotting years that share a star, and turning a year star into a short profile.
- Lìchūn up close
- One rule for every year
- Same-star years
- From number to profile
- Checkpoint: Year stars in practice
Level 2Units: 5
Level 2 · Unit 1
Month stars and flying stars
Solar months, the month (character) star, and how the nine stars fly through the Lo Shu each year.
- Solar months
- The month star table
- Your character star
- The flight path
- Checkpoint: Month and flying stars
Level 2 · Unit 2
Directions, timing and compatibility
Where each star sits in a year chart, how stars move over time, element compatibility and the tradition of favourable directions.
- Reading a year chart
- Timing: stars through the years
- Element compatibility
- Favourable directions
- Checkpoint: Directions and compatibility
Level 2 · Unit 3
The energetic star
The third Nine Star Ki number: what it is, how to find it with a flying chart or a quick sum, and the patterns it follows.
- A third number
- Finding it with a chart
- The shortcut
- Patterns and January birthdays
- Checkpoint: The energetic star
Level 2 · Unit 4
Twenty-year periods
The longer cycle of Flying Star feng shui: three eras and nine 20-year periods, Period 9 (2024 to 2043), period charts, and layering them with year and month charts.
- Three eras, nine periods
- Period 9
- The period chart
- Layering the charts
- Checkpoint: Twenty-year periods
Level 2 · Unit 5
Case studies
Worked profiles of invented people: all three numbers, where their stars fly in coming years and months, comparisons, and directions by the element rule.
- Building a profile
- A star through the years
- Comparing two profiles
- Directions for a profile
- Checkpoint: Case studies