12 life stages are akso being incorporatef into one popular fortune telling method "Zi Wei Dou Shu" for arranging plate for a person.
 
The basic structure of Zi Wei Dou Shu is based on the year, month, date, and time of the birth. Put 14 master stars and others stars (over hundreds) on the 12 palaces wall separately and then determine the five elements, later fix the position of Zi Wei star. Other master stars will be fixed positions following with Zi Wei. The process for this action is called Starting Plate 起盘 (Qi-Pan) (or Arranging Plate (Pai-Pan)).
 
When the arrangement of the stars is finished, it is called Tian Pan 天盘. From the relations among the stars in the plate, divinatory can estimate and calculate the favourable or unfavourable turns in life or good/bad fate in life.
 
As per below example, the person was born in the year of HS xin. Xin is classified as yin, so the person is defined as yin male 陰男for the plate set-up.
 
The birth time was mao in the 4th month, so the life master locates at yin palace.
 
With the info " birth year = xin, life master = yin", then enable for determination of the 5 element setting for the person, belongs to the Wood Three Setting.
 
With the known of Wood three Setting for a yin male, then enable the placing of 12 life stages into the 12 palaces according.