The Maverick in the Friends palace
廉贞仆役Lián Zhēn in Pú Yì — also called the Servants palace
Purple Star editorial · Reviewed
The Maverick (廉贞 Lián Zhēn) in the Friends palace (仆役, the Servants palace) — friends, networks, subordinates: Your circle is full of talented, emotionally vivid people and the social scene is lively — but romantic tangles run through it too.
The Friends palace covers your wider circle — friends, networks and the people who work under you. A star here describes the company you keep and how it serves you.
What it means
In the Friends palace your circle is full of talented, emotionally vivid people and the social scene is lively — but romantic tangles run through it too.
The shadow side
Under Hua Ji, friendships shift over romantic or legal trouble; guard against being pulled into someone else's mess.
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
「腰缠玉带，衫披桃花」
A jade belt at the waist, peach blossom on the robe — the classical image of Lian Zhen's mix of worldly standing and irresistible romantic magnetism.
— classical verse (古诀云)
The Maverick in other palaces
Other stars in the Friends palace
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