🦋The Four Converted Stars

💰 To Wealth

For example, if the To Wealth Star appears in the Wealth Palace, the person is likely to earn more money. If it is in the Health Palace (which represents the body), the person may gain weight.

If the Thinker Star is converted to Wealth in the Life Palace, it can make the person more intelligent, clever, and talkative. As a result, the person may be able to earn more money through their intellect. They may also attract more friends of the opposite sex.

However, for some stars, being converted to Wealth may not be entirely beneficial. For instance, the Child Star represents enjoyment. People influenced by the Child Star tend to love having fun and enjoying life. When the Child Star is converted to Wealth, the person may overindulge in pleasures and neglect important responsibilities. The converted To Wealth Child Star can lead to procrastination and distraction from life’s essential goals.

🗡️ To Authority

When a star is converted to authority, the person has a strong desire to be in control of their own life. They become more competitive, assertive, hardworking, and willing to take more risks for greater rewards.

When the To Authority Star is in the Life Palace, especially in the Career Palace, the person is often a company manager or a business owner. However, a strong desire for control can sometimes lead to negative consequences. It could make the person more arrogant and manipulative, thus creating challenges in interpersonal relationships.

For example, the Polaris Star symbolizes the king. A polaris person is a natural leader, and always wants to be in control. If it is converted to authority, the person may possess too much power; therefore, abuse their power and become tyrannical, making them difficult to be around.

The Elder Star has the personality of a village chief or a group leader whose role is to protect the young and help those in need. When converted to authority, the person becomes more assertive, which can lead them to seek control over every aspect of their environment and expect others to do as they say. As a result, Elder Stars can sometimes be lonely because they often distance themselves from those who don't share their beliefs, or they are avoided by others because of their manipulative nature.

🛡️ To Brightness

When a star is converted to brightness, the person becomes more cautious and protective, likes cleanliness, and avoids anything illegal. They prefer stability and are unwilling to take risks for quick gains. Such individuals also tend to excel academically.

In addition, the To Brightness Star can increase a person's public exposure. Depending on the star combination, the individual may become either famous or infamous. Since the To Brightness Star is an auspicious star, the person is more often famous than infamous.

The To Brightness Star is also known as the "lucky person" star because, during a Major Fortune or an Annual Fortune, it has the power to alleviate difficulties. For instance, it can reduce marriage-related problems or help the person find the right doctor during a major health crisis. It can also lessen the effects of the To Darkness Star.

Since the To Brightness Star represents exposure, if a person is involved in a hidden extramarital relationship, it is likely to be revealed when this star is encountered. Similarly, if the person is engaged in illegal activities, the To Brightness Star will likely expose their actions.

🐌 To Darkness

The To Darkness Star represents obstacles, delays, lingering situations, and uncertainty. It causes a person to be stubborn and unyielding. The To Darkness Star also diminishes the positive qualities of a star. For example, the Greedy Wolf Star typically exhibits good social skills and has many friends of the opposite sex. However, if the Greedy Wolf Star is converted to Darkness, the person may experience more arguments with friends and have fewer friends of the opposite sex.

The Thinker Star represents the mind, the nervous system, and the limbs of the human body. If it is converted to Darkness, the person may have difficulty concentrating on one subject, struggle with direction (often getting lost while driving), and experience frequent delays.

The palace in which the converted star is located on the Life Chart represents the life challenges the person faces and the obstacles they must confront and overcome. For example, if the To Darkness Star is in the Spouse Palace, the partner's behavior or way of doing things may be unexpected after marriage. Additionally, the To Darkness Star in the Spouse Palace charges the Career Palace, indicating that the person may lose their job after marriage.

🦋 Converted Star Types

🦋Converted Stars are derived for the 10 Heaven Stems

• 🌿Birth-Year Converted Stars: Birth-Year Converted Stars are used to evaluate a person's life. They are derived from the person's birth year stem.
• 🌿Major Converted Stars: Major Converted Stars are used for "Major Fortunes." Each Major Fortune spans 10 years. They are derived from the "Palace Stems."
• 🌿Year Converted Stars: Year Converted Stars are used for the current year's fortune or the fortune for a particular year. Each year has a different set of converted stars, and they are derived from the stem of the year being observed.
• 🌿Monthly Converted Stars: Monthly Converted Stars are used for monthly fortunes. They are derived from the stem of the month being observed.
• 🌿Daily Converted Stars: Daily Converted Stars are used for daily fortunes. They are derived from the day stem of the day being observed.
• 🌿Shi-Chen Converted Stars: One Shi-Chen is 2 hours long. There are 12 Shi-Chens in a day. Shi-Chen Converted Stars are used for Shi-Chen fortunes. They are derived from the Shi-Chen stem of observation.
• 🌿Note: Monthly, daily, and Shi-Chen converted stars are not used by most Doushu astrologers.

🦋 Flying Stars (Flying Convert Stars)

Flying Converted Stars are derived from palace stems.

• 🌿Fly-Out Stars: When a palace stem converts stars in other palaces, the converted stars are called Fly-Out Stars. A Fly-Out Star is the cause of an event.
• 🌿Charging a Palace: Charging a palace occurs when the To-darkness Star or the To-Authority Star exerts its energy to its opposite palace. Only the To Darness Star and the To Authority can charge a palace, and the palace that is being charged usually has negative effects.
• 🌿Charged Place: The palace that is being charged by the To Darkness Star has greater damage than the palace that is being charged by the To Authority Star. The Authority Star only causes half of the damage of the To Darkness Star.
• 🌿Fly-In Stars: When a star in a palace is converted by the palace stem from another palace, the converted star is called a Fly-In Star. A Fly-In Star is the result of a Fly-Out Star.
• 🌿Fly-In Charge: When a fly-in star is the To Darkness Star or the To Authority  Star, it is called fly-in charge, because its opposite palace is being charged by the fly-in star.
• 🌿Self Charged: If the Fly-Out Star is the To-darkness Star or the To-Authority Star, and the palace it flies to is its opposite palace, the opposite palace will bounce back the force of the Fly-Out Star. This result is called Self-Charged. The effects caused by Self-Charged stars are greater than those caused by Fly-In Stars.

🦋 Self Converted Stars

• 🌿 Self-Converted Stars: When a star is converted by its own palace stem (the palace stem in the same palace as the star), the star is called Self-Converted Star.
• 🌿 The Self Converted Stars are referred as:🏰💰Self-Wealth, 🏰🗡️Self-Authority, 🏰🛡️Self-Brightness, 🏰🐌Self-darkness.
• 🌿Effects: The effects of the self-converted stars are different from the Birth Year Converted Start of the same stars.

🦋 Derivation of Converted Stars

In the Chinese calendar system, Heaven Stems are units for recording time. There are a total of 10 Heaven Stems, from H1 to H10. Certain Heaven Stems cause specific stars to convert. When a star is converted, it acquires certain characteristics.

For example, the Heaven Stem "H1" will cause the Wild Star to convert to Wealth, the Warrior Star to Authority, the Gold Star to Brightness, and the Sun Star to Darkness.

Different branches of Doushu Astrology convert stars differently. The following chart indicates the differences among various Doushu Astrology branches. Note: the differences only occur for the H5, H7, and H9 Heaven Stems. The PAVC-converted stars are the most widely used and are generally accepted by most Doushu astrologers.

• 🌿 PABC:Doushu Astrology Book Complete Published in 1504 (Mostly used by Taiwan Doushu astrologers)
• 🌿 PAVC:Doushu Astrology Volume Complete Published in the late Qin Dynasty
• 🌿 Qin-Tian-Men:Heaven-Admiration-Branch
• 🌿 Min-Pai:Min-Branch
• 🌿 Zhon-Gzhou-Pai:Zhon-Gzhou-Branch, Mater Lu-Bin-Zhao
• 🌿 Zhon-Gzhou-Pai:Zhon-Gzhou-Branch, Master Wang-Ting-Zhi (Mostly used by Hong Kong Doushu astrologers)
• 🌿 Bei-Pai:North-Branch(Not widely used)
• 🌿 Heven Stems in Chinese Manderin:甲Jiǎ, 乙yǐ, 丙bǐng, 丁dīng, 戊wù, 己jǐ, 庚gēng, 辛xīn, 壬rén, 癸guǐ
• 🌿H#:Heven Stem Number; from h1 to h10
• 🌿YE#:Year Ending Number; For example, YE6 is when a person's birthday is on or after the Chinese New Year's Day of 1996, 2006, or 2016. The Heaven Stem for the year is (丙bing, h3), and during the year, the Child Star is converted to wealth, the Thinker Star is converted to authority, the Literature Star is converted to brightness, and the Wild Star is converted to darkness.