The Sun in the Children palace
太阳子女Tài Yáng in Zǐ Nǚ
Purple Star editorial · Reviewed
The Sun (太阳 Tài Yáng) in the Children palace (子女) — children, creativity, what you nurture: Your child is sunny, outgoing and publicly appealing, likely to do well in the wider world; for a woman the bond with a son is especially deep.
The Children palace reads your children, your creative output, and everything you raise and set loose in the world. A star here shapes both offspring and the things you nurture.
What it means
In the Children palace your child is sunny, outgoing and publicly appealing, likely to do well in the wider world; for a woman the bond with a son is especially deep. Exalted, the children shine.
The shadow side
Fallen, parent and child see less of each other, or outside pressures slow the child's path. Under Hua Ji, watch for eye troubles or reputation issues affecting them.
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
「太阳落陷，劳而无获」
A fallen Sun labours without reward — in its weak seats the Sun's effort outruns what it earns back.
— 天纪 (lectures 03, 05)
The Sun in other palaces
Other stars in the Children palace
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