The Minister in the Travel palace
天相迁移Tiān Xiàng in Qiān Yí — also called the Migration palace
Purple Star editorial · Reviewed
The Minister (天相 Tiān Xiàng) in the Travel palace (迁移, the Migration palace) — the outside world — relocation, opportunities abroad, how others receive you: You fare steadily abroad, thriving in large institutions or formal settings; away from home you are a natural support, suited to administrative or legal work posted overseas.
The Travel palace is the outside world: relocation, life away from home, and how strangers receive you. A star here shows how you fare once you leave familiar ground.
What it means
In the Travel palace you fare steadily abroad, thriving in large institutions or formal settings; away from home you are a natural support, suited to administrative or legal work posted overseas. The road runs even, with few dramatic swings.
The shadow side
Choose a setting with organisational backing rather than going it alone; the Minister does best with an institution behind it.
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 Travel palace
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