Stem Combinations
Stem combinations are at the heart of Qimen reading. In each palace, the heaven stem (above: change, the visitor, outside forces) sits over the earth stem (below: the fixed, the host, the original situation), and the pair forms an image. Jia never appears on the chart, so nine stems give 81 combinations.
Rows are heaven stems and columns earth stems; tap a name for its meaning. Gold is favourable, red unfavourable, and the rest depend on the door, star and spirit in the palace.
How to use them
- Start with the combination in the use god's palace: it describes the state of the matter directly.
- A favourable pair with a good door and spirit is better still; an unfavourable pair is softened by good doors, stars and spirits.
- Books sometimes give the same pair different names; common alternatives are listed under each.
This is fixed text compiled from general convention, not a reading of any individual and not a prediction. For important decisions, please consult qualified professionals.