The Warrior in the Wealth palace

七杀财帛

Qī Shā in Cái Bó

Purple Star editorial · Reviewed

The Warrior (七杀 Qī Shā) in the Wealth palace (财帛) — money, earning style, financial fortune: Money comes through effort and risk — earning demands great exertion and the fortune swings widely, with both big rises and big falls in play.

The Wealth palace is about money in motion — how it comes to you, how it leaves, and the earning style that suits your chart. A star here sets the flavour of your fortune.

What it means

In the Wealth palace money comes through effort and risk — earning demands great exertion and the fortune swings widely, with both big rises and big falls in play. Fearlessness of hardship is your great advantage. If a Prosperity transformation reaches the triad, the fortune steadies and the effort finally pays.

The shadow side

Guard against impulsive investment that leads to heavy loss — weigh the risk carefully before you move.

The Four Transformations (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

「七杀临身终不美,多败少成」

When Qi Sha sits on the self the road is never easy — more setbacks than victories; whatever it wins, it wins by force of will.

— 天纪 (lectures 04, 07)

The Warrior in other palaces

Other stars in the Wealth palace

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