The Treasurer in the Parents palace
天府父母Tiān Fǔ in Fù Mǔ
Purple Star editorial · Reviewed
The Treasurer (天府 Tiān Fǔ) in the Parents palace (父母) — parents, elders, mentors and authority: Your parents are steady and grounded, the family background carries some material base, and you were given a stable environment to grow up in; relations with superiors are correct and dependable, earning trust — though the promotion path is conservative.
The Parents palace covers parents, elders, mentors and figures of authority. A star here describes the shape of those relationships and how you fare under the people above you.
What it means
In the Parents palace your parents are steady and grounded, the family background carries some material base, and you were given a stable environment to grow up in; relations with superiors are correct and dependable, earning trust — though the promotion path is conservative.
The shadow side
Advancement under such elders is safe but slow; patience is the price of the security.
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
「逢府看相，逢相寻府」
Where you find the Treasury, look to the Minister; where you find the Minister, seek the Treasury — Tian Fu and Tian Xiang are read as a pair, each completing the other.
— 天纪 (lectures 03, 12)
The Treasurer in other palaces
Other stars in the Parents palace
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