The Charmer in the Children palace
贪狼子女Tān Láng in Zǐ Nǚ
Purple Star editorial · Reviewed
The Charmer (贪狼 Tān Láng) in the Children palace (子女) — children, creativity, what you nurture: Your child is many-talented, socially lively and romantically charged; the bond gives the child strong independence and clear desires of their own.
The Children palace reads your children, your creative output, and everything you raise and set loose in the world. A star here shapes both offspring and the things you nurture.
What it means
In the Children palace your child is many-talented, socially lively and romantically charged; the bond gives the child strong independence and clear desires of their own. With Hua Prosperity the child has a knack for windfall luck, and though showy in youth achieves more later.
The shadow side
Under Hua Ji, the child's love life brings disputes — guide them early toward sound values.
The Four Transformations四化 Si Hua — four stars in your chart receive a special charge from your birth-year stem: Flow 禄 (ease), Power 权 (control), Merit 科 (recognition), Obstacle 忌 (friction). (四化) — Flow, Power, Merit and Obstacle — can sharpen or soften any of this depending on your exact birth year. Your own chart shows which are active.
From the classics
「贪狼在亥子，方为正格桃花」
Only in the Pig and Rat palaces is Tan Lang a true star of desire — elsewhere its romantic, indulgent side is far weaker and its martial, driven side comes forward.
— 天纪 (lectures 04, 05)
The Charmer in other palaces
Other stars in the Children palace
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