星命家

xīngmìngjiā

noun

Measure Word

一位星命家 wèi

Meanings

1 astrologer
2 fortune-teller (especially Daoist, reading fate from stars)

Characters

specialist (suffix)

Examples

古代的星命家擅长根据出生时辰推算命运。

Gǔdài de xīngmìngjiā shàncháng gēnjù chūshēng shíchén tuīsuàn mìngyùn.

Ancient astrologers were skilled at calculating fate from one's birth hour.

他不相信星命家的话。

Tā bù xiāngxìn xīngmìngjiā de huà.

He doesn't believe what astrologers say.

Tips

culture

星命 specifically refers to fate-reading from celestial positions — most famously 紫微斗数 (Zǐwēi Dǒushù), the Purple Star astrology system, and the older 七政四余. Distinct from 算命先生, who often use birth-character analysis (八字) instead of stars.

Stroke Order

星 xīng

命 mìng

家 jiā