Nine Star Ki
Enter your birth date to find your year and month stars.
- What it answers
- Your Nine Star Ki star.
- What you need
- Your birth date.
- What you get
- Your year and month stars, and where your star sits this year.
一白
Year star One White
Element: water. Home palace: Kan, in the north.
Year counted: 1990
Month star
四綠 Four Green
In 2026, your star sits in the centre.
One traditional method, shown for culture, not advice.
Understanding the nine stars
Each year and month has a star from One White to Nine Purple. The star of your birth year is your own star. Japan later developed this into Nine Star Ki, and the numbers come from the same Chinese tables.
See the Yearly Guides for dates, directions and the twelve signs →
How it works
- Fix the yearThe year begins at Start of Spring.
- Find the year starIt falls by one each year from the era start.
- Find the month starThe year branch sets the first month, and each month falls by one.
- Find this year’s placeYour star moves through the nine palaces year by year.
How to read it
- Know your starIt gives your element and home palace.
- See where it sits nowThe star moves each year.
- Compare with Flying StarsThat page shows the whole board.
Our method
- Stars
- Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, vol. 8, with all sixty years tested against vols. 14 to 19.
- Men and women
- This page uses the year star for everyone. The Kua Number page has a separate count for women.
- Character readings
- Not included. Modern Nine Star Ki personality notes are not in the sources we use.
Common questions
Is this the same as my Kua number?
No. Kua treats men and women differently, and Five lodges elsewhere.
Why is my star from the year before?
You were born before Start of Spring.
Is my date saved?
No.
Sources
- Qin Ding Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, vols. 8 and 14 to 19, Siku Quanshu text on Wikisource.