The Warrior in the Wellbeing palace

七杀福德

Qī Shā in Fú Dé — also called the Fortune palace

Purple Star editorial · Reviewed

The Warrior (七杀 Qī Shā) in the Wellbeing palace (福德, the Fortune palace) — inner life — happiness, mindset, blessings: Contentment flows from independence and the thrill of a challenge conquered; a placid, comfortable inner state holds little appeal.

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 independence and the thrill of a challenge conquered; a placid, comfortable inner state holds little appeal. Solitude is the base note of the inner life — not misfortune, but an inborn trait of self-sufficiency.

The shadow side

Under Hua Ji the sense of loneliness deepens — seek out companions on the same wavelength.

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 Wellbeing palace

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