Patrick Sia

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Qimen NS Vocation Finder Your interests, your birth palace, your NS vocation

For Singapore males serving National Service and pre-enlistees about to choose their NS vocation interests.

Pick what you enjoy, then explore your character through Qimen to see which NS vocations suit you.

This page is for your consideration only. It is not advice or a recommendation.

Part 1

Your interests

Pick every area you enjoy. You can choose more than one.

Part 2

Read your birth palace

Your Day Stem palace reflects the character you showed early in life.

Unsure at any step? Consult Patrick Sia.

1Download M.Qimen and set it up

Install the free M.Qimen app. Open its Settings and match the choices below.

AndroidGoogle Play ↗ iPhone / iPadApp Store ↗
LanguageEnglish
SystemChaiBu
Display optionGate / Star
Display optionPartner / B Tortoise
Chart modeHour Qimen (Rotate)
Time zoneSingapore (GMT +8)
See Patrick's full setup guide ↗

2Open the chart for your birthday

In M.Qimen, set the date to your birth date and the time to your birth time minus 55 minutes.

The 55-minute adjustment caters for Singapore's historical time change. Singapore moved its clocks forward to GMT +8 in 1982, so births from 1982 onwards take off 55 minutes. Born before 1982? Ask Patrick for the right adjustment.

Fill in both boxes to see the date and time to enter in M.Qimen.

3Find your palace

Look at the Day pillar at the top of the chart. Its first character is your Day Stem.

Find the palace where your Day Stem is the bottom stem, the one to the right of the Star. That palace is you.

Inside one palace (example)
马空
九天Deity
开门庚
天心丁
Star · bottom stem = you
The nine palaces
巽 4SE离 9S坤 2SW 震 3E中 5Centre兑 7W 艮 8NE坎 1N乾 6NW

Opposite palaces: 1↔9 · 2↔8 · 3↔7 · 4↔6

  • Empty palace: if your palace shows the empty mark, move to the opposite palace and read that one instead. For example, an empty Palace 3 means you read Palace 7.
  • Day Stem is Jia? Jia never shows on the chart; it hides under another stem. Use your Day pillar to find it: 甲子→戊 · 甲戌→己 · 甲申→庚 · 甲午→辛 · 甲辰→壬 · 甲寅→癸. How to find the hidden Jia ↗
4Select what is in your palace

If you moved to the opposite palace, choose the deity, star, door and horse from that palace. Your Day Stem stays the same.

Your Day Stem Your own stem

Deity Top of the palace

Star Bottom left

Door Shown as “Gate” in M.Qimen

Horse Is the horse mark in the palace?

See my answer ↓

For guidance only. This reading uses one palace (stem, deity, star, door, horse) to describe character. A full consultation reads the whole chart.

Indicating interest in OneNS does not guarantee a posting. Medical suitability, skills and operational needs also decide where you serve.

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