The Minister in the Parents palace
天相父母Tiān Xiàng in Fù Mǔ
Purple Star editorial · Reviewed
The Minister (天相 Tiān Xiàng) in the Parents palace (父母) — parents, elders, mentors and authority: Your parents are honest and the family background grounded, raising you on sincerity and practicality; relations with bosses are correct and win their basic trust, though the promotion path runs conservative.
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 your parents are honest and the family background grounded, raising you on sincerity and practicality; relations with bosses are correct and win their basic trust, though the promotion path runs conservative.
The shadow side
Serve your elders within a stable organisation, trading steadiness for their recognition — swift advancement is not the mode here.
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 Parents palace
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