Zǐwēi dǒushù gēnjù chūshēng de nián, yuè, rì, shí páichū mìngpán.
Zi Wei Dou Shu draws up a birth chart from the year, month, day and hour of birth.
Tips
mistakes
斗 is dǒu here, the Dipper, as in 北斗, not dòu "to fight". 紫微, the Purple Star, is the chief star of the chart.
culture
Tradition credits it to the Daoist 陈抟 of the early Song. With 八字, read from the year, month, day and hour of birth, it is one of the two main ways of reading fate from the moment of birth.
