Birth-year Si Hua is lifelong ground (the body); palace-stem flying is event flow (the function). It answers which domain a matter pulls toward, making the static twelve palaces move.
What This Question Is Really Asking
Beginners stop at birth-year Si Hua and cannot read cross-palace questions like why a work move shifts money and home too—the dynamic flying line is missing.
The Underlying Logic
Each of the twelve palaces carries a stem, which produces Lu/Quan/Ke/Ji per the ten-stem Si Hua table.
It reads as palace A's stem transforms a star into palace B: the matter of A acts on B in the mode of Lu, Quan, Ke or Ji.
Lu is smooth resource flow, Quan control and drive, Ke reputation and steadiness, Ji blockage, preoccupation and the knot to handle.
Read flyings in pairs and chains, especially Lu-Ji flow; a single fly is over-read, while a chain reveals the full cause and course.
A Step-by-Step Way to Read It
- Confirm each palace's stem (chart software usually labels it)
- Choose the question and start at its palace (e.g. Wealth for money)
- Per the stem's Si Hua table, find where Lu/Quan/Ke/Ji fly
- Read each: Lu resources, Quan control, Ke reputation, Ji the lesson
- Link the landings into a chain to see affected domains and the knot
- Fly the decade palace stems too, checking whether ten-year dynamics echo the natal
Three Common Mistakes
Mistake 1: Confusing palace-stem flying with birth-year Si Hua
Mistake 2: Concluding from one fly without a chain
Mistake 3: Ignoring the source palace's matter and misapplying the meanings
Back to Your Own Chart
Palace-stem flying is the chart's connect-the-dots. Learning how a matter flows between palaces moves you from static labels to genuine dynamic reasoning.
Reading Order
- Cast the natal chart first and locate the palaces and major stars tied to palace-stem flying transformations before judging anything
- Open the triple-direction of those palaces and count the auspicious, malefic and assistant stars separately
- Check where the natal Four Transformations land to set the chart's baseline tone
- Read the decade-limit transformations to see whether the palace-stem flying transformations line is activated in this stage
- Then read the annual transformations and the year's palace to pin down this year's trigger and timing
- Layer natal, decade and year before concluding, then decide how to act rather than labeling good or bad