The Sun in the Friends palace
太阳仆役Tài Yáng in Pú Yì — also called the Servants palace
Purple Star editorial · Reviewed
The Sun (太阳 Tài Yáng) in the Friends palace (仆役, the Servants palace) — friends, networks, subordinates: Your circle is wide and studded with people of standing and renown, and their public resources lend weight to your work.
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 wide and studded with people of standing and renown, and their public resources lend weight to your work. Exalted, distinguished friends genuinely help you.
The shadow side
Fallen, the help is thin and the ties stay surface-level. Under Hua Ji, a friend becomes a source of trouble — guard your name against their fallout.
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 Friends palace
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