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This resolved-input workspace starts the first lunar month at Yin. It advances to the entered month, then counts backwards by the hour-branch offset for Ming and forwards for Body, taking Zi as offset zero. Leap-month attribution and late-Zi date changes must be resolved before using the tool.
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The marker identifies a chart location. The inspector lists the resident principal stars and introduces the topic attached to that palace. It does not infer a complete character portrait, health outcome or future event from this marker alone.
Word origin · etymology
Chinese descriptive compound; specialist chronology uncertain.
身 (shēn) denotes the body or oneself; 宮 (gōng) denotes a dwelling or palace. “Body palace” translates this descriptive compound. Its first use as a Zi Wei term remains unverified.
Taiwan Ministry of Education — 身 ↗Taiwan Ministry of Education — 宮 ↗
How we know · epistemology
Attributed chart convention; distinct from empirical prediction.
Placement follows chart rules. Traditional associations with acquired effort are interpretive claims, not measurements of behavior.
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