The Moon in the Career palace

太阴官禄

Tài Yīn in Guān Lù — also called the Officials palace

Purple Star editorial · Reviewed

The Moon (太阴 Tài Yīn) in the Career palace (官禄, the Officials palace) — career, ambition, public achievement: The Moon suits property, culture and the arts, financial planning, fashion and beauty, and hospitality — fields that reward aesthetic sense and care.

The Career palace governs your working life, ambition and public standing. A star here points to the field and the manner in which you are meant to build.

What it means

In the Career palace the Moon suits property, culture and the arts, financial planning, fashion and beauty, and hospitality — fields that reward aesthetic sense and care. It is exceptionally favourable for a woman. Exalted, the career develops smoothly; with Hua Prosperity, work and wealth advance together; with Hua Power, you hold real say in your field.

The shadow side

Dim, the career swings up and down; seek out the direction that genuinely fits you rather than forcing an ill-suited one.

The Four Transformations (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

「太阴以亮为贵」

The Moon is prized for its brightness — a luminous Moon brings beauty and wealth, a dim one brings changeable moods and unsteady fortune.

— 天纪 (lectures 03, 09)

The Moon in other palaces

Other stars in the Career palace

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