A Zi Wei Dou Shu chart is composed of twelve palaces, arranged counterclockwise starting from the Life Palace: Life Palace, Siblings Palace, Spouse Palace, Children Palace, Wealth Palace, Health Palace, Travel Palace, Friends Palace, Career Palace, Property Palace, Virtue Palace. Parents Palace. Each palace is a life stage governing the auspicious or inauspicious configuration of a specific domain, and the space in which stars. After landing in a palace and receiving the four transformations, exert their influence.
The first six palaces cover the most central life issues of the individual
Twelve palaces arranged counterclockwise from Life Palace, each with its function: Life Palace go....
The first six palaces cover the most central life issues of the individual. The Life Palace (whose strength determines one's overall life trajectory) is the soul of the chart, reflecting personality, talents, and the overall trend of life's fortunes. The Siblings Palace reads sibling bonds and same-generation relationships. The Spouse Palace reads the partner's characteristics and marriage trajectory. The Children Palace reads karmic ties with children and relationships with younger generations. The Wealth Palace is the financial core, determining the approach to earning and the thickness of the financial foundation, and the Health Palace reflects physical health conditions and constitutional vulnerabilities. These six palaces begin from 'the person' and decode the individual's core life energy. Among them, the Life Palace is most critical.'the comprehensive judgment of Life Palacestrength' is this: a main star of the Life Palace at its peak with auspicious stars in the three-harmony positions is the most ideal chart configuration.
The latter six palaces reflect how a person connects with the external world
The latter six palaces reflect how a person connects with the external world. The Travel Palace reads the energy for going out, traveling, and developing abroad, and also represents how a person performs once outside their comfort zone. The Friends Palace reads the quality of subordinates, friends, and business partners. The Career Palace (also called the Official Rank Palace) is key to career trajectory, determining suitable work types and the pace of advancement. The Property Palace reads real estate fortune and the home environment. The Virtue Palace is the spiritual dimension, reading a person's inner enjoyment and spiritual fulfillment, and the Parents Palace reads connections with parents and also indirectly reflects the support of documents and benefactors. These six palaces determine a person's energy output and harvest on the social stage.
- Travel Palace: fortune for development away from home; if auspicious stars are at their peak here, leaving home may be a turning point.
- Career Palace: Career Pattern, Forming the 'Triple Alliance' with the Life Palace and Wealth Palace
- Fortune Palace: Spiritual enjoyment and inner fulfillment, reflecting the "quality" of life
Read an Empty Palace? Borrow from the Opposite Palace
When a palace in the chart has no main star landing in it, this is called an 'empty palace.' An empty palace requires 'borrowing the star system from the opposite palace to assess'. Using the star combination from the opposite palace to supplement the analysis. For example. If The Life Palace is empty, borrow the star system from the Travel Palace to read the life, indicating that this person's personality is more influenced by environment and not as fixed as those with a main star in the Life Palace. Understanding the logic of handling empty palaces is an important step in learning Zi Wei Dou Shu.
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