What is Tie Ban Shen Shu?

An old Chinese system — 'Iron Plate Divine Numbers' — attributed to Shao Yong and popular from the mid-Qing dynasty. Its core is a library of 12,000 numbered verses. Your four pillars derive hexagrams for each family palace, your birth moment is fixed to one of 96 quarter-hours, and a deterministic method selects which verses are yours. Change one input and a completely different set comes out.

Are the verses made up for me?

No — and that is the point. The 12,000-verse library is the public Lingnan edition, findable online; we never call it a secret family manuscript. Your set of roughly 33 verses (up to 47 with family zodiac signs) is selected deterministically from your own chart. The engine is forbidden from inventing verse numbers: parts your verses don't cover are honestly reported as not covered.

Do I need my exact birth time?

Yes — hour and minute. Tie Ban fixes your birth to one of 96 quarter-hours (15 minutes each); the quarter matters. If your birth time is lost, use our birth time rectification first — it recovers the hour from your dated life events.

Tie Ban Shen Shu · Deep Reading

Once your number codes are computed,
your verses are already sitting in the book —
what's been missing is someone reading them to you.

The heart of real Tie Ban Shen Shu is a library of 12,000 numbered verses. Your chart selects 33 of them — up to 47 with your family's zodiac signs filled in. Every verse has a number, and a different person's chart pulls a completely different set.

NT$1,200 ≈US$37 · one-off · no membership, no subscription

Enter your birth details and unlock →

Optional family zodiac details add the family-calibration layer and its associated verses.

Questions to explore

Bring a question about family, work or a transition

Choose one area of life you want to reflect on. The reading provides traditional context for the verses associated with your chart.

Tie Ban associates the Four Pillars with family and life themes, including parents, siblings, partnership and children. These associations are interpretive traditions, rather than a factual account of your family.

What you receive

Six chapters that read your verses one by one

Opening and the casting

An introduction to the Four Pillars, derived hexagrams and Yuan Tang position used by this method.

The quarter-hour

See the quarter-hour division used in the calculation and how the tradition interprets it.

Family-palace verses

Read the selected family-palace verses with their numbers, source lines and English explanations.

Character and career

Explore the verses' traditional character and work themes as questions for reflection.

Resources, well-being and yearly themes

Read the traditional themes in context. They do not establish medical findings or predict financial outcomes.

Strengths, tensions and reflection prompts

Consider different interpretations of the verses and choose a small, practical step to reflect on.

How the reading is prepared

From chart values to verse references

① Where the verses come from

The source collection is the public Lingnan edition, containing 12,000 verses arranged in sections. The reading uses verse numbers to connect the selected passages with the chart.

② How your verse numbers are derived

Verse references are derived from the chart. The explanation follows the selected passages and distinguishes their traditional meanings from factual claims.

③ A constructive selection approach

The reading avoids presenting threatening traditional language as a prediction of harm. Verses are discussed in context for reflection.

④ Consistent selection inputs

Use matching birth details and settings when comparing the selected verse references.

⑤ Source context matters

A verse reference lets you identify the source passage. Its application to a person's life remains an interpretation.

Read the source references and explanations together, then consider them alongside your own circumstances.

Direct unlock

Enter your birth details and unlock your deep reading

No free chart needed first. After payment the engine casts your chart, selects your verses, writes the six chapters, emails them to you and saves them in your library — usually within minutes.

Please enter your Gregorian (Western calendar) birth date — lunar dates and solar terms are converted automatically.

Hour and minute fix your quarter (96 quarters = 15 minutes each; hour is required). Don't know your birth time? Recover it with birth time rectification →

Family zodiac signs (optional)

Optional family details add the calibration layer, expanding the available selection from 33 to up to 47 verses.

Make the reading useful in daily life

Start with one chapter and note which themes fit your experience. Keep the verse reference beside your notes for context.

Use a reflection prompt to prepare a conversation or review a priority. You can use the reading directly without pasting it into another AI app.

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Before you buy

Three things, said plainly

How soon do I get it?

It is generated automatically after payment, emailed to you as soon as it is ready, and saved in your member library.

What form does it take?

An online reading in English, saved into your member library — come back to it any time.

One payment, one reading.

NT$1,200 (≈US$37) buys this deep reading outright. No membership fee, no credits, no subscription.

If anything in your reading looks wrong, contact us. We will work through it with you until it reads correctly.

Offered for self-awareness and everyday reflection; not medical, diagnostic or psychological services. See our privacy policy and terms.

Once your number codes are computed,your verses are already sitting in the book —what's been missing is someone reading them to you.