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庙旺利陷 · Miào Wàng Lì Xiàn
Miao Wang Li Xian (庙旺利陷) is a star's BRIGHTNESS in Zi Wei Dou Shu: the same main star runs stronger or weaker depending on which palace it sits in, graded on seven tiers — Temple (庙), Prosperous (旺), Well-placed (得地), Favorable (利), Even (平), Unplaced (不), Fallen (陷). Temple is the peak, Fallen the weakest. The first step in reading any chart is to check brightness first: in Temple a star gives its full nature; Fallen, it must work twice as hard to make it back.
A star does not have one fixed strength — it brightens or dims with the palace it sits in. These are the seven grades the same star can take.
Peak brightness. The star expresses its nature to the fullest — its good is at its best, and even a malefic becomes decisive force. Like the Sun at noon (午): blazing.
Flourishing — nearly Temple-level. The star is strong and performs well; the life area it governs runs with the wind at its back.
On firm ground. The star stands steady and works at full normal capacity — a solid, dependable upper-middle grade. Often shortened to 得 (Dé).
Advantageous. The star is workable — it can get things done, but leans on support and is less sure-footed than Well-placed.
Neutral. The star is middling — neither strong nor weak, its luck mild either way, its expression flat and even.
Off its ground. The star is out of place and its strength is curbed — more effort for less return. Also called 不得地 (out of position).
Fallen — the weakest seat. The star's nature inverts to its shadow: a benefic goes powerless, a malefic turns harsher. Like the Sun at midnight (子): light without brightness. Fallen is not 'doomed' — it means this star must work twice as hard and repair by effort.
Tier · What it does to the star
Brightness is the volume knob on a star's nature. Before you ask whether a star is 'good' or 'bad,' you ask how loud it is. A benefic that is Fallen can underperform; a malefic in Temple can become decisive, usable power.
The star gives its full, best nature. Even Qi Sha (Seven Killings) or Po Jun (Army Breaker) become decisive, pioneering muscle that achieves big things.
The star's nature inverts to its shadow and works at a discount — more effort for less. Not a verdict of doom, but a lesson to repair by effort, and a warning against piling on more malefics.
The Sun (太阳) and Moon (太阴) make brightness intuitive: it is almost literally 'is this star in its day or its night?'
Brightest in the daytime palaces (Si-Wu-Wei), in Temple at noon (午). Fallen at midnight (子) — 'the Sun at Zi has light but no brightness.' A noon Sun radiates warmth and leadership; a midnight Sun gives and gives without return.
The mirror image. Strongest in the night palaces (Hai-Zi-Chou), Fallen at noon. A full-night Moon is luminous, gentle, wealth-gathering; a daytime Moon is washed out by the Sun's glare.
Seven, strongest to weakest: Temple (庙), Prosperous (旺), Well-placed (得地), Favorable (利), Even (平), Unplaced (不), Fallen (陷). Temple is the peak, Fallen the floor. Some texts collapse this to five (庙旺利平陷) or six tiers, but seven is the most complete grading, and the mainstream chart software uses seven.
No. Fallen means the star is out of position and runs at a discount — more effort for less return — but it is not a verdict. It is a lesson you repair through effort. Many late bloomers carry a Fallen star and turn that 'making it back' into depth. A Fallen star fears extra malefics, not hard work.
Temple amplifies a malefic's raw force into usable power. Qi Sha or Po Jun in Temple is decisive, pioneering muscle that achieves big things; Fire or Bell in Temple has astonishing burst. A malefic fears being Fallen (its harsh side shows); in Temple it is 'a fierce general under orders.' So read brightness first, then judge luck.
The clearest example. The Sun rules daytime: brightest in Si-Wu-Wei (the daytime palaces), in Temple at noon (午), and Fallen at midnight (子) — 'the Sun at Zi has light but no brightness.' The Moon is the reverse: strongest in Hai-Zi-Chou (night), Fallen at noon. For Sun and Moon, brightness is almost literally 'is this star in its day or its night?'
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Reference library: 《紫微斗数全书》 · 《十八飞星策天紫微斗数》 · 《紫微斗数全集》 · 《紫微斗数捷览》 and other traditional texts
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