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.
KNOWLEDGE / 八字
Bazi: a map of time, balance and temperament
Learn what Bazi, or the Four Pillars, observes and how Mingora uses it as a Chinese cultural lens for self-reflection.
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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.
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Liunian: a yearly lens for reflection
Learn how Liunian, the annual Chinese cultural reference, can help organize a year without making fixed predictions.
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Five Elements: a language of relationships and balance
Understand the Five Elements framework and how Mingora turns elemental patterns into grounded reflection prompts.
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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.
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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.
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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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Liuyao: a question-based reading of change
Learn how Liuyao uses a six-line hexagram to frame a specific question and reflect on changing conditions.
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Meihua Yishu: meaning through image and situation
Learn how Meihua Yishu works with image, number and situation as a concise Chinese cultural reflection method.
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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.
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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.
Read the guideKNOWLEDGE / 塔罗
Tarot: images that help a question become visible
Learn how Tarot uses symbolic images and spreads as a reflective practice rather than a fixed prediction.
Read the guideFor entertainment, self-reflection and personal exploration only. Not medical, financial, legal or professional advice.