The Strategist in the Friends palace
天机仆役Tiān Jī in Pú Yì — also called the Servants palace
Purple Star editorial · Reviewed
The Strategist (天机 Tiān Jī) in the Friends palace (仆役, the Servants palace) — friends, networks, subordinates: Your circle is clever and wide, but fluid — plenty of acquaintances, few long-anchored confidants — and partners who strategise well without staying put.
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 clever and wide, but fluid — plenty of acquaintances, few long-anchored confidants — and partners who strategise well without staying put. With Hua Prosperity, your network becomes a source of income.
The shadow side
Under Hua Ji friends prove changeable; guard against being dragged down, or outmanoeuvred, by someone cleverer than they are loyal.
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.
The Strategist in other palaces
Other stars in the Friends palace
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