The Sun in the Wellbeing palace
太阳福德Tài Yáng in Fú Dé — also called the Fortune palace
Purple Star editorial · Reviewed
The Sun (太阳 Tài Yáng) in the Wellbeing palace (福德, the Fortune palace) — inner life — happiness, mindset, blessings: Contentment flows from company, public activity and the feeling of being appreciated; solitude, by contrast, can leave you oddly hollow.
The Wellbeing palace is your inner weather: contentment, mindset, and the quality of your private hours. A star here describes what your mind reaches for when it is at rest.
What it means
In the Wellbeing palace contentment flows from company, public activity and the feeling of being appreciated; solitude, by contrast, can leave you oddly hollow. Exalted, the inner life is full, lively and optimistic.
The shadow side
Fallen, satisfaction runs short and the sense of giving more than you get back weighs on the mood. Under Hua Ji, reputation worries settle into a lasting inner unease.
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 Wellbeing palace
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