The Minister in the Friends palace
天相仆役Tiān Xiàng in Pú Yì — also called the Servants palace
Purple Star editorial · Reviewed
The Minister (天相 Tiān Xiàng) in the Friends palace (仆役, the Servants palace) — friends, networks, subordinates: Your friends are honest and reliable, the circle steady and of good quality; subordinates are grounded, capable and cooperative — genuine team players.
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 friends are honest and reliable, the circle steady and of good quality; subordinates are grounded, capable and cooperative — genuine team players. Relations run on sincere mutual help rather than using one another.
The shadow side
A partner here is a steady administrative second — dependable, if not the one to drive bold new ground.
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
「逢相寻府，逢府看相」
Where you find the Minister, seek the Treasury; where you find the Treasury, look to the Minister — Tian Xiang and Tian Fu are always read together.
— 天纪 (lecture 03)
The Minister in other palaces
Other stars in the Friends palace
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