The Charmer in the Parents palace
贪狼父母Tān Láng in Fù Mǔ
Purple Star editorial · Reviewed
The Charmer (贪狼 Tān Láng) in the Parents palace (父母) — parents, elders, mentors and authority: A parent is lively and talented and the household mood is easy; with bosses you are smooth and socially deft, leaving a good impression readily.
The Parents palace covers parents, elders, mentors and figures of authority. A star here describes the shape of those relationships and how you fare under the people above you.
What it means
In the Parents palace a parent is lively and talented and the household mood is easy; with bosses you are smooth and socially deft, leaving a good impression readily.
The shadow side
Under Hua Ji, friction with parents or bosses turns on appetite or self-interest — keep distance and boundaries.
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 Parents palace
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