Heavenly Mechanism天機 · Tian Ji
The star of thought and planning. Tradition links it with quick wits and change.
- Element
- wood
- Group
- Southern Dipper
天機屬木，南斗化善，為兄弟主。
Tian Ji belongs to wood. In the Southern Dipper it transforms into Goodness, master of the Siblings palace.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, vol. 2
無惡虐不仁之心，有靈機應變之志。
No cruel or unkind heart, and a mind quick to adapt.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, vol. 1
In plain words
Tian Ji is the good star of planning, read as clever, adaptable and kind. The book also links it with temples and quiet places. When it enters a time period, it points to change in home or work.
Sources Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, vols. 1 and 2, from an online transcription, not yet checked against a printed edition. The plain text is ours, and it leaves out the book’s harshest lines about death and about women.