KNOWLEDGE / CULTURAL MAPS
Learn the lenses before you explore.
From Bazi to Tarot, learn what each lens looks at, then choose the one that fits your question.
ONE ENTRY, SEVERAL LENSES
Birth & timing
Start with birth context, seasons and structure to understand what each traditional lens observes.
KNOWLEDGE / 大运
Dayun: reading longer chapters of a life
Learn what Dayun, the Chinese ten-year cycle lens, is designed to describe and how to use it without treating life as predetermined.
Read the guideKNOWLEDGE / 流年
Liunian: a yearly lens for reflection
Learn how Liunian, the annual Chinese cultural reference, can help organize a year without making fixed predictions.
Read the guideKNOWLEDGE / 五行
Five Elements: a language of relationships and balance
Understand the Five Elements framework and how Mingora turns elemental patterns into grounded reflection prompts.
Read the guideKNOWLEDGE / 神煞
Shen Sha: symbolic markers, not verdicts
Learn how Shen Sha markers are used in traditional Chinese chart reading and why they should remain secondary cultural references.
Read the guideKNOWLEDGE / 紫微斗数
Zi Wei Dou Shu: a palace map of life areas
Learn the basic logic of Zi Wei Dou Shu and how its twelve-palace structure can support reflective self-observation.
Read the guideKNOWLEDGE / 西方占星
Western astrology: planets, signs and houses as reflection tools
Learn the basic building blocks of Western astrology and how Mingora keeps a birth chart grounded in self-reflection.
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Situations & decisions
These methods are better read beside a real question, a changing situation or a choice in front of you.
KNOWLEDGE / 梅花易数
Meihua Yishu: meaning through image and situation
Learn how Meihua Yishu works with image, number and situation as a concise Chinese cultural reflection method.
Read the guideKNOWLEDGE / 奇门遁甲
Qimen Dunjia: a map of timing, position and movement
Learn the basic language of Qimen Dunjia and how its situation map can support practical reflection on timing and choice.
Read the guideKNOWLEDGE / 大六壬
Daliuren: reading a situation through layered relationships
Learn the core idea of Daliuren and how its layered structure can be used as a careful cultural lens for a question.
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Relationships & psychology
Bring cultural perspectives back to real relationships and behavior without turning a label into a verdict.
KEEP EXPLORING
Relationship patterns
Look at communication, emotion and rhythm where two people meet.
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Modern personality lenses
Notice recurring behavior patterns in language you can use in daily life.
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INFP + ENTJ: communication and friction
Start with communication rhythm, different needs and repair after friction.
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ENTP + ISFP: different rhythms
Look at where curiosity, attention and quiet meet in a relationship.
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INFP + INFJ: needs and boundaries
Make implied needs, boundaries and reassurance easier to name.
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ENTP + INFP: curiosity and boundaries
Notice how exploration, expression and boundaries meet in a relationship.
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INTP + INFP: ideas and sensitivity
Notice how analysis, feeling and expression meet in a relationship.
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INTJ + INFP: structure and values
Look at how plans, values and different kinds of certainty meet.
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ENTJ + ENFP: direction and possibility
Notice how direction, possibility and decision rhythm work together.
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ENFJ + ISFJ: care and communication
Notice how care, responsibility and response become understandable.
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Symbols & dreams
Symbols can open a line of association and help bring a dream back to the life you are living.
For entertainment, self-reflection and personal exploration only. Not medical, financial, legal or professional advice.