The 12 Palaces

The Zi Wei Dou Shu divides human life into twelve palaces which contains Life Palace, Brother Palace, Marriage Palace, Children Palace, Wealth Palace, Health Palace, Travel Palace, Friends Palace, Career Palace, Property Palace, Happiness Palace and Parents Palace. Below are the definitions for the twelve palaces.

Life Palace
This is the most important palace. It is the innate luck for the questioner. When we study and discuss the chart, the life palace is the basis and others are auxiliary. With travel palace, career palace, wealth palace and happiness palace, people can understand the fate throughout his/her life.

XII Brother Palace 
It can help people to understand the brothers and sisters of the questioner, the relation between brothers and the questioner.

XI Marriage Palace 
Early marriage or late marriage, which one is better? How about the marriage life? It can be understood from the stars in this palace.

X Children Palace 
How about the situation of the children? How many child that you will have? All of these can be understood from the stars in this palace.

IX Wealth Palace 
The fate of wealth, suitable job can be understood from the stars in this palace.

VIII Health Palace 
As to the body, if it is healthy? if there is any organ weak? It can be understood from the stars in this palace.

VII Travel Palace 
We can understand things about traveling, moving house or tearing oneself away from native place from the stars in this palace.

VI Friends Palace 
From this palace, we can understand good or bad of human relation, and the relation between the boss and subordinates or the one and the boss.

V Career Palace 
The one who suits for what kind of job, suits for starting an enterprise or not can be understood from the stars in this palace.

IV Property Palace 
Whether you can inherit the property from ancestor or how about the residence or the offices can be analyzed from the stars in this palace.

III Happiness Palace 
Someone works hard for all the life. Someone can enjoy affluent life. All of these relate to the stars in this palace.

II Parents Palace 
The life style in childhood and various conditions of the parents can be understood from the parents palace by matching with life palace and happiness palace.

1 Life Palace

Life palace is in the most important position in the twelve palaces. That is to say, the life palace is to observe the character, appearance, talent of the person.

If the Emperor Star (Zi Wei) star is in this palace, the one must have the calm and unhurried figure. If it is a female, it must be a beauty with noble proclivity and calm character. If it is a male, it must be a man with talent. Due to the great talent, the one can obtain rich life.

If Mercy Star (Tain Ji) is in this palace, the one will be wise and clever. The female has classic beauty and the male has nervousness. The one (male/female) has bad temper and is anxious to finish everything. Yet, for he/she has superior wisdom, he/she can still have great development if he/she can work by using the brain actively.

If Sun (Tai Yang »soleil») is in this palace, the one will have majestic-looking figure. The female gives people the impression of surpassing man. Such person can be successful in official career and has smooth future.

If Finance Star (Wu Qu »danse») is in this palace, the one has short figure but good health. They can speak sonorously and powerfully. Though they are irritable, yet they have resolute power to decide everything. Though such person cannot stand in the field of art or academic circles, yet they can succeed in business. 

If Lucky Star (Tian Tong »serviteur») is in this palace, the one will have tender appearance. As the woman, she must have plump body. The one (no matter male or female) has good temper and character, and can keep good relations to other people. But, he/she is not supereminent and easy to damage things.

If Wicked Star (Lian Chen »furie») is in this palace, most of the ones are unkempt. They are arrogant seemly but people think that’s their charming. They don’t have much more friends. Yet their friends can help him and make him succeeding. 

If Treasury Star (Tian Fu »palais») is in this palace, the one has peaceful appearance. He/she can process the emotion and rationality with harmonization. He/she does not have extreme attitude in everything. The one has sharp brain to learn everything proficiently and has the ability to handle and use with skill.

If Moon (Tai Ying »lune») is in this palace, the one is one kind of person with tender temper. As to female, usually she will be a beauty and has strong mysophobia.

If Flirting Star (Tan Lang »aphrodite») is in this palace, the one has strong personality. He/she stirs up trouble for the opposite sex easily. The one can make reasonable conclusion for things and make a move quickly.

If Gloomy Star (Ju Men »porte géante» ) is in this palace, the one has sharp eyesight and speaks orderly. He/she has strong heart in research. Any tiny/small things can be done completely and detailed. Yet, the one concerns about everything easily.

If Minister Star (Tian Xiang »général») is in this palace, the one must be a person with steady character and good personality. He/she smart and like cleaning. And he/she has the ability of leadership.

If Blessing Star (Tian Liang »honnête») is in this palace, the one is steady. As to female, she is good at caring others and enjoys the happiness due to aid to other people. In general, the one will have long life and has good health.

If Power Star (Chi Sha »7épé») is in this palace, the one has irritable character and is a stubborn person. They are silent and reticent. The woman has the shortcoming of self-willed. In general, the one is not healthy and the life is short than others.

If Ruinous Star (Po Jun »demolisseur») is in this palace, most of the people will have ambiversion in empty darkness and natural brightness. They have speculative mentality and like to gamble for many things. Their fates are extreme.

Above are the descriptions for the fourteen stars in this palace. If the score of the star in this palace is in plus sign, then the one must have good life. If the score of the star in this palace is in minus sign, then the one must have bad condition natively.


2 BrotHERS  Palace

It is used to observe the relation among questioner and his/her brothers, friends, comrades and so on.

If the Emperor Star (Zi Wei), Mercy Star (Tian Ji), Sun (Tai Yang »soleil»), Lucky Star (Tian Tong »serviteur»), Treasure Star (Tian Fu »palais»), Moon (Tai Yin), Minister Star (Tian Xiang »général») and Blessing Star (Tian Liang »honnête») are inside this palace with the score in plus sign, this one can get the help from brothers, friends or comrades.

If the Finance Star (Wu Qu »danse»), Wicked Star (Lian Chen »furie»), Flirting Star (Tan Lang »aphrodite»), Gloomy Star (Ju Men »porte géante»), Power Star (Chi Sha »7épé»), and Ruinous Star (Po Jun »demolisseur») are inside this palace with the score in minus sign, then he/she will not get the help from brothers, friends or comrades.



3 Marriage Palace

It is used to observe the type of match for the questioner and observe relations of a couple.

※Let’s study the relation between the stars and the marriage palace:
If the Emperor Star (Zi Wei) star is in this palace, the male can marry a dutiful female. And the woman can help him to succeed.

If Mercy Star (Tain Ji) is in this palace, the male will marry a woman younger than him for five years. Though he can get the help from the spouse, yet he still has to worry about the trifles. As to the woman, she will marry a man elder than her for five years. And her husband is clever and smart.

If Sun (Tai Yang »soleil») is in this palace, the male must be tyrannized by his wife. Yet the female is very competent. So they still can have a perfect family. The female can marry a man with moral integrity. Though the husband is domineering, yet he will not exceed the limits.

If Finance Star (Wu Qu »danse») is in this palace, the male will marry a female with bad temper. And the female will marry a man with great development. Yet they don’t have good relations.

If Lucky Star (Tian Tong »serviteur») is in this palace, the male can marry with a smart wife to supplement his shortage. The female can marry with a tender husband. They have perfect relations.

If Wicked Star (Lian Chen »furie») is in this palace, the one (no matter male or female) will have the misery of separation with his/her spouse. And the one will be easy to be maltreated by the other side. It shows that the star brings the one misery. 

If Treasury Star (Tian Fu »palais») is in this palace, the one can marry with clever spouse. Meanwhile, they live peacefully and happily.

If Moon (Tai Ying »lune») is in this palace, the male will marry with a pretty woman. The female will marry a male with excessive mysophobia. The good or bad depends on the score of the star.

If Flirting Star (Tan Lang »aphrodite») is in this palace, the one (no matter male or female) will have the misery of separation with his/her spouse. If the one can marry lately, then he/she can get rid of such fate.

If Gloomy Star (Ju Men »porte géante») is in this palace, the one (no matter male or female) must work hard for the spouse. Besides, if the score of the star is in minus sign, it is possible spoil the spouse.

If Minister Star (Tian Xiang »général») is in this palace, usually the one will marry with the child of relatives or parents’ friend. And the good or bad must depend on the score of the star in this palace. Yet, even the score is in minus sign, the one does not worry about it, still.

If Blessing Star (Tian Liang »honnête») is in this palace, the domination of the family will be handled by the spouse. That is, the husband will be controlled by the wife. Or the wife must obey the rules that husband says.

If Power Star (Chi Sha »7épé») is in this palace, it is possible spoil the spouse. If the one can marry lately, the discord of couples can be prevented.

If Ruinous Star (Po Jun »demolisseur») is in this palace, the one (no matter male or female) will lose the spouse. Some of them will divorce. If they can marry lately, they can prevent such misery. Yet they cannot get assist from the spouse.