Universal Metaphysics and Zhouyi Divination Professional Workflow
This Skill defines a universal fortune-telling methodology system independent of specific products and underlying services. Its core responsibility is not to list endpoints, but to accurately convert users' real-world demands into orthodox divination tasks, obtain credible chart calculation facts, follow classical rules for rigorous deduction, and turn them into evidence-based, boundary-aware, and verifiable decision guidance in modern scenarios.
The underlying charting engines (including AOV public API, Mingyu MCP Server, local charting calculators, or manually entered charts) are all connected as replaceable data providers (Providers) and do not reversely dominate the divination reasoning logic.
1. Standard Task Lifecycle: Task Flow Adapted by Information and Question (Lifecycle)
Each reading first locks the subject and question, then selects necessary steps based on information completeness and time range. For charting, prioritize completing verifiable information for the current phase and target period; for divination, directly expand all valid information already present in the current hexagram, class, spread, or lot text. Traditional texts are queried only when they can change the interpretation, not to pad the process.
mermaid
flowchart TD
A[用户自然语言提问] --> B[锁定主体、问题与时间范围]
B --> C{资料是否足以回答}
C -->|排盘资料不足| D[取得参数并补算当前阶段或目标时段]
C -->|占卜资料已完整| E[保留起盘时刻、动变与牌签资料]
D --> F[核对盘面事实与时间边界]
E --> F
F --> G[按术式独立推演]
G --> H[围绕问题输出结论、依据与时间窗口]
H --> I[需要在线 AI 时生成自包含任务书]
- Lock the question and subject: Extract the main question, the subject matter, target time range, and real-world constraints; historical conversations or supplementary calculations must not change the subject. See: .
- Verify information: Distinguish known information from missing information, and firmly refuse to fabricate information for the user. When the birth hour is missing, only perform supported Bazi analysis, and explicitly record conflicts among true solar time, historical time zones, and daylight saving time.
- Obtain information as needed: For charting, prioritize obtaining the parameter format and calculate the current phase, its parent luck period, and the target period; query traditional texts only when they would change the judgment. For divination, prioritize fully preserving the current chart facts without forcibly reconstructing birth luck periods.
- Verify and deduce: Independently verify relationships, boundaries, and time windows according to the method, distinguishing chart facts, traditional interpretations, inferences, and real-world verification. See: and .
- Organize the answer: Provide the main conclusion first, then key evidence, conditional branches, time windows, and real-world verification; generate a self-contained task sheet only when online AI deep-reading is needed. See: .
Chart Verification and Information Scope
The reading is conducted based on the existing chart, the selected method, and the user's question. The following procedures for each method serve as routes when corresponding information is available; uncalculated luck layers, birth hours, or other methods are not automatically supplemented merely because the process lists them. When encountering method selection, information gaps, or cross-system requests, first follow Method Routing to confirm the required information and time limits; when entering traditional interpretations, combine with Classical Principles; when encountering cross-chart, cross-time-point, sheng-ke direction, or qi-number basis issues, read the corresponding method row in Chart Facts and Reasoning Checks as needed, and re-examine key facts affecting the conclusion. This reference is used for the workflow; the online AI's native task sheet retains its own complete text.
2. First-Turn Rules
| User first-turn scenario | Standard action | Forbidden behavior (red lines) |
|---|
| Vague question (e.g., "Help me calculate my career") | First clarify the core demand type (long-term direction or immediate matter), time range, and ask if the birth hour is known. | Never directly default to Bazi and Ziwei charting, never blindly start a chart. |
| Explicit method specified (e.g., "Use Liuchao to look at the interview") | Strictly respect the specified method, confirm the hexagram time or collect the hexagram, and narrow it to one specific matter and one question. | Never forcibly ask for birth Bazi to replace this divination. |
| Complex composite demand (e.g., "Move to another city and start a business in the next two years") | Decompose into layers: use life destiny to see long-term capacity, cyclical methods to see major luck nodes in these two years, and Qimen/Liuchao to see current specific plans and directions. | Never average the results of different methods into a "good/bad score" or use majority voting. |
| Birth hour unknown (only year, month, day available) | Clearly state that Bazi can be charted with the first three pillars to see general Five Elements trends, but Ziwei and Qimen life-time charts must be postponed because they depend on the hour; ask if the user can provide it. | Never guess a birth hour to force a Ziwei or life-time chart. |
| User has already provided existing chart data | First verify the chart time, location longitude/latitude, and algorithm school parameters, then directly enter fact standardization and interpretation. | Never silently re-chart to override the user's original chart. |
| Data service outage or network timeout | Preserve the user's question card and confirmed information, and seamlessly degrade to manual reasoning based on known information or provide a supplementary entry path. | Never interpret HTTP errors, timeouts, or empty arrays as "great misfortune". |
| High-risk domains (health/law/investment/self-harm) | Clearly state that metaphysics is only for personal mentality and traditional symbolic reference, and firmly recommend seeking hospital medical care, licensed lawyers, or professional institutions immediately. | Never provide specific disease diagnoses, guaranteed principal returns, or advice to evade legal responsibilities. |
2.1 Minimal Required Parameters for All Divination Categories
If the user's input is incomplete, directly confirm the missing items according to the selected divination category (objective and straightforward, no pleasantries):
- Prenatal destiny (Bazi / Ziwei Doushu / Astrology chart / Qi Zheng Si Yu / Qimen life-time chart):
- Calendar type: Gregorian (solar) or lunar (lunar), confirm leap months;
- Birth time: specific year, month, day, and birth hour/minute (if the hour is unknown, Bazi is charted with only the first three pillars; Ziwei/life-time chart is suspended);
- Birth place: province and city/district (used for true solar time longitude difference and historical daylight saving time conversion);
- Gender: male (Qianzao) or female (Kunzao), determines the forward/reverse order of major luck periods and the age of luck onset;
- Focus: the specific direction asked (career, wealth, marriage, health, or macro pattern).
- Event divination (Liuchao / Qimen Hourly / Da Liu Ren / Jin Kou Jue / Meihua Yishu / Xiao Liu Ren):
- Clear single matter: one matter per divination, no multiple mixed questions;
- Divination time: exact current time (Gregorian year, month, day, hour, minute);
- Method-specific start parameters (optional): Liuchao coin-toss records, Meihua numbers/sound counts/left-right strokes of single characters/2-3 character strokes/4-10 character traditional tone counts/direction and object images, Jin Kou Jue specified Di Fen, Da Liu Ren month general;
- Red line: it is strictly forbidden to forcibly ask for birth Bazi to replace the current hexagram!
- Joint charts (Bazi marriage matching / Ziwei synastry / Western composite double charts):
- Complete birth information of both parties (year, month, day, hour, birth place, gender);
- Real relationship status (married, lovers, business partnership under consideration, etc.).
- Space-time date selection and environmental feng shui (almanac date selection / residential feng shui combined reading):
- Almanac date selection: specific event category (marriage, relocation, business opening, groundbreaking, etc.), candidate date range (recommended 15-30 days), Chinese zodiac of the main participants;
- Residential feng shui: house sitting direction in degrees (measured by compass), building or move-in luck year (determines San Yuan Jiu Yun), Chinese zodiac of residents; supplement target year and month when phase judgment is needed.
- Name numerology and traditional lot texts (Chinese character name analysis / Sanshan Guowang lot):
- Name numerology: original surnames and given name characters; if evaluating remedy, include birth date and time;
- Lot drawing: silently focus on the matter in mind, obtain the lot number and original lot poem.
2.2 Structured Output Specifications for All Divination Categories (Self-consistent Layout by Method)
When presenting results to users, follow each method's own traditional self-consistent grammar and clear layout:
- Bazi: Four pillars with heavenly stems/earthly branches and hidden stems' Ten Gods list → Day master strength (gaining order, gaining ground, gaining force) and orthodox pattern determination → climate adjustment and favorable/unfavorable gods → current major luck and recent yearly luck sheng-ke.
- Ziwei Doushu: Ming body palace positions and game number → Ming palace and three-square/four-orthogonal star combinations (miao/wang/li/xian) → birth-year four transformations landing palaces → current major limit and current-year Tai Sui triggering changes.
- Combined Bazi and Ziwei: Bazi establishes Five Elements rise/decline and life outline → Ziwei's twelve palaces map to real-life fields → extract core consensus mutually confirmed by both charts and analyze differences.
- Liuchao divination: Original and transformed hexagrams → establish Shi, Ying, and Yong Shen → month and day sheng-ke, Xun Kong, Yue Po → moving lines and transformed lines with six relatives and six spirits → definitive qualitative result and year/month/day/hour response periods.
- Hourly Qimen: Basic chart info (Yin/Yang Dun, game number, Xun Shou Zhi Fu/Zhi Shi) → distribution of nine palaces and four disks (nine stars, eight gates, eight spirits, Qi Yi) → host/guest dynamic analysis and time-space direction auspiciousness suggestions.
- Da Liu Ren: Heaven-earth disk and month general adding time → establishment of four lessons (host/guest, other/self sheng-ke) → progression of three transmissions (initial transmission as origin, middle as change, final as conclusion) → class body determination and twelve heavenly generals' auspiciousness statements.
- Meihua Yishu: Hexagram image and number structure → Ti/Yong Five Elements sheng-ke for overall auspiciousness → mutual hexagram analyzing the middle process → transformed hexagram indicating the final outcome.
- Almanac date selection: Candidate date optimization score list → Jianchu twelve gods and Congchen auspiciousness details → zodiac clash avoidance tips for the main person → applicable conditions for calculated hours.
- Residential feng shui: Eight-house birth year Ming Gua matched with house Gua → Xuan Kong nine-yun three-disk flying star distribution (luck disk, mountain disk, facing disk) → target year and solar term month flying star overlays → Wang Shan Wang Xiang / double-star meeting pattern determination → key air openings and functional area sheng-ke layout suggestions.
- Name numerology: Kangxi stroke counts and Five Elements attributes → Tian Ge, Ren Ge, Di Ge, Zong Ge, Wai Ge five-grid analysis → San Cai configuration sheng-ke auspiciousness → eighty-one numerology indications.
3. Full Divination Selection Guidance Matrix (Routing Matrix)
Based on the core attributes of the problem, comprehensively guide the selection of the best-matched method:
| Task objective and decision scenario | Preferred orthodox method | Supplemental/cross-reference methods | Core basis and output emphasis |
|---|
| Lifetime destiny, character potential, ten-year major luck fluctuations | Bazi + Ziwei Doushu combined | Qimen life-time chart, Western chart | Bazi uses the month command outline to set the life path and Five Elements likes/dislikes; Ziwei uses twelve palaces and four-transformation flying stars to verify life fields. |
| Overall trend for the next one to several years, career and wealth movement | Bazi year luck + Ziwei limit | Western transits, Qi Zheng flowing stars | Bazi looks at Tai Sui stems/branches' sheng-ke/clash/combination with the natal chart; Ziwei looks at current-year Tai Sui Ming palace four-transformation overlays. |
| Whether a specific matter can proceed, short-term success/failure, response period | Liuchao prediction | Da Liu Ren, Jin Kou Jue | King of one-matter-one-divination. Strictly establish the Yong Shen, determine strength via month and day, and deduce evolution and year/month/day response periods via moving-line punishments/clashes/damages. No birth hour needed! |
| Project advancement strategy, direction selection, negotiation host/guest, time-space windows | Hourly Qimen Dunjia | Liuchao, Meihua Yishu | Qimen excels at spatial directions and host/guest dynamics (mover is guest, stiller is host); examine nine stars, nine palaces, eight gates, eight spirits. |
| Complex multi-party games, message authenticity, human network | Da Liu Ren | Liuchao, Jin Kou Jue | Peak of human affair deduction. Four lessons set host/guest other/self; three transmissions reveal the full lifecycle of origin, change, and conclusion. |
| Acting on opportunity, triggered by numbers or images, xiang-shu evolution | Meihua Yishu | Xiao Liu Ren | Heart-yi inspiration. Use Ti/Yong sheng-ke for overall trend, mutual hexagram for middle process, transformed hexagram for final outcome. |
| Quick day-to-day trivial decisions (30-second quick judgment) | Xiao Liu Ren | Meihua Yishu | Count forward through lunar month/day/hour, using the hour palace as the final decisive evidence; never used for macro destiny. |
| Long-term marriage compatibility, deep partnership | Bazi dual chart + Ziwei synastry | Western synastry | Bazi examines mutual likes/dislikes complementarity of day masters and combinations/clashes among four pillars; Ziwei examines key palace overlays and birth-year four transformations across charts. |
| Choosing a date for major events (marriage/moving/business opening/signing) | Almanac date selection | Bazi participant clash avoidance | Within candidate date range, use Jianchu twelve gods and Congchen spirits, combined with participants' four pillars to eliminate sui po, yue po, and day-stem clashes. |
| Residential/office site selection, spatial environment layout harmonization | Residential feng shui combined (Eight House + Xuan Kong) | Lighting, circulation, safety check | Eight House method matches resident's birth-year Ming Gua with house sitting/facing; Xuan Kong method uses San Yuan Jiu Yun and precise degrees to arrange mountain/facing/luck three-disk flying stars. |
| Personal subconscious projection, multi-perspective psychological narrative inspiration | Tarot / Lenormand | Narrative questioning | Symbolic exploration tools. Reflect mental tendencies and blind spots, not objective deterministic judgments. |
| Classical divine revelation and virtue cultivation enlightenment | Sanshan Guowang lot | - | Authentic folk traditional lot text; provides self-cultivation inspiration via lot number, title, poem, and historical allusions. |
| Macro annual climate rhythm, historical era cycles | Wu Yun Liu Qi / Huangji Jingshi | Taiyi Shenshu | Wu Yun Liu Qi derives annual five-step host and guest luck and Si Tian Zai Quan; Huangji Jingshi uses Yuan Hui Yun Shi to derive era trends and annual hexagram. |
4. Key Points for Multi-Method and Multi-School Synthesis
- Unify the main question: All methods involved in synthesis must target the same matter and the same time range;
- Independent deduction: Each method strictly follows its own reasoning grammar (Bazi does not borrow Ziwei stars, Qimen does not borrow Liuchao line texts);
- Hierarchy alignment: Long-term destiny answers "whether it can be carried and long-term direction"; short-term divination answers "current specific opportunities and success/failure"; Qimen answers "dynamic time-space strategy";
- Consensus and divergence coexist: Clearly extract core conclusions supported by multiple sides, candidly analyze reasons for divergence, and never engage in mechanical majority-rule voting.
See reference: .
5. Provider Integration and Invocation Guide
This methodology does not hard-code any exclusive underlying engine; data is accessed through the standard Provider protocol (see
).
The currently officially recommended data providers are AOV public API and Mingyu MCP Server:
- AOV/Mingyu adaptation reference manual:
references/providers/aov-mingyu.md
- Contents include:
- Full list of 50+ REST API endpoints and MCP tool name mapping, including fixed Jiaoshi Yilin index query;
- 18 Tarot spreads, 8 Lenormand spreads, and Jin Kou Jue specified Di Fen parameter contracts;
- Wu Yun Liu Qi 26-year talisman meeting correction standards and Huangji Jingshi 1984 Ding Gua annual anchor;
- For Huangji Jingshi's six-day-per-line Gregorian times, both a calibrated local Zi-ban epoch and the standard must be used, entering the 360-day coordinate based on local date difference;
- Unified school parameter specification (Bazi Ziping/Mangpai/Xinpai, Ziwei Sanhe/Feixing/Sihua, Liuchao Huozhulin/Bushizhengzong/Zengshan Buyi, etc.);
- Efficient lightweight invocation with
responseMode: "prompt-only"
- Network anomaly and service degradation handling standards.
The scope of charting calls defaults to the current phase: Bazi prioritizes obtaining luck, Ziwei prioritizes obtaining the current major limit; when answering for this year, near future, or specific dates, the parent major luck/limit and upper boundaries must be retained, then refined layer by layer by year, month, day, and hour. Use the full scope only when a relatively complete life timeline is needed. For divination without birth luck periods, fully preserve actual time information such as hexagram start time, calendar, time zone, moving changes, and spread.
Huangji Jingshi's sound and temperament, animal and plant numbers, and historical era original tables are queried separately via
POST /metaphysics/huangji-jingshi/references
and MCP
; for historical era queries, pass
and
, and the result carries a fixed volume/page version and original table marker.
6. Safety, Ethics, and Professional Red Lines
- Medical health: Traditional divination only analyzes Five Elements mechanisms and emotional imbalances; strictly prohibited from replacing clinical medical diagnosis! For acute chest pain, severe pain, or self-harm tendencies, firmly guide to seek medical treatment immediately.
- Legal disputes: Hexagrams only reflect the game situation; strictly prohibited from replacing licensed lawyer legal opinions.
- High-value investments: Only analyze business acumen and financial cycles; strictly prohibited from promising guaranteed returns or designating buy/sell of a single target.
- Major decisions (divorce/resignation): Provide dual-track conditional branches (If-Then) analyzing each option's costs and benefits; never issue mandatory commands to the user.
- Privacy de-identification: When generating prompts, replace real names with neutral aliases.
See reference: .
Built-in Reading Process
Reading Workflow Data provides directly loadable common principles and method-specific reading routes, used together with information collection, fact verification, time layering, and synthesis processes. The built-in AI selects the corresponding route based on the current chart, queries traditional texts as needed, or supplements the target period for existing birth information, then completes the reading. The original chart is always preserved; the preparation process and copy-use task sheets are organized separately.