Daily Fortune (今日运势)
Today’s energy, mapped to directions
Overview
Daily Fortune reads the feng-shui weather of a single day. askTIAN combines the day’s annual and daily Flying Stars with traditional Chinese almanac (Tong Shu 通書) data — the day’s stem-branch, auspicious and inauspicious activities, and clashing zodiac — then maps those influences onto compass directions. The output tells you which directions are favoured today, which to avoid, and which activities the almanac blesses or warns against, from signing contracts to travel. It is the lightweight, recurring companion to askTIAN’s structural engines: not a permanent audit of a space, but a quick daily orientation for timing actions and choosing where to sit, work or set out.
Origin & history
It rests on two time-keeping strands of the tradition. The Flying Stars (Xuan Kong 玄空) method, matured in the Qing dynasty through Shen Zhureng, assigns shifting numerical stars not only to construction periods but to each year, month and day. The activity guidance comes from the Tong Shu (通書) almanac lineage, rooted in the imperial calendar and the Huangli, which for centuries listed each day’s auspicious deeds, clashes and the daily stem-branch of the sexagenary cycle.
Choosing an auspicious day — date selection (Ze Ri 擇日) — is among feng-shui’s oldest functions, once the province of court astronomers and almanac-makers who published the yearly Tong Shu read in every household. Daily star calculation refined this into shifting directional luck. askTIAN’s API synthesis computes the day’s flying stars and parses almanac rules together, delivering as a single daily feed what once meant cross-referencing a printed almanac against a star chart by hand.
How it works
Given a date and optionally the user’s location or zodiac sign, the engine computes the day’s governing flying stars, places them across the eight directions, and pulls the Tong Shu attributes — stem-branch, lucky and unlucky activities, the day’s clash and conflict animal. It blends star quality with almanac sentiment per direction to rate each one and to assemble do and avoid lists. The askTIAN API returns the day’s auspicious and inauspicious directions, recommended and discouraged activities, the clash zodiac, and a 0–100 day score.
Good for
- Picking favourable directions to face or travel each day
- Timing contracts, launches or important meetings
- Knowing which activities the almanac blesses today
- Avoiding the day’s clashing or conflict direction
- A daily widget or push-notification feed
- Light recurring guidance between full audits
Use cases
Morning direction check
Open the day to see which compass directions are auspicious and orient your desk or commute accordingly.
Choosing a signing day
Cross-reference the almanac’s blessed activities to confirm whether today suits a contract or opening.
Travel and meetings
Spot the day’s conflict direction and clash zodiac before booking a trip or a negotiation.
App daily feed
Surface a per-user fortune card with do and avoid guidance refreshed every day.
Key terms
- Tong Shu 通書
- The traditional Chinese almanac listing each day’s auspicious and inauspicious activities, clashes and stem-branch.
- Daily Flying Star
- The numerical star governing a given day, placed across the directions to gauge shifting daily luck.
- Clash 沖
- The day’s opposing zodiac and direction, traditionally avoided for major undertakings.
- Stem-Branch 干支
- The sexagenary cycle pairing that names each day and colours its elemental character.
API
The askTIAN Daily Fortune API returns the day’s auspicious and inauspicious directions, recommended and discouraged activities, the clash zodiac, and a 0–100 day score.
Endpoint: POST /trpc/fengshui.dailyFortune — 8 TIAN Points. See the API documentation and Playground.