Pojun in Yin/Shen Life Palace: Meaning

Sitting weak, seeking wealth away from home, large swings

Pojun in Yin/Shen in the Life Palace: opposite is Wuqu Tianxiang, Career Palace is Tanlang, Wealth Palace is Qisha. Pojun is like a path-breaking vanguard. Old books call it a draining star—this drain means destruction and consumption. The person is hard, unsociable, fond of fighting, and dislikes being tied down. Among the three Shapo-Lang stars, its change is the most extreme. In Yin/Shen the star sits weak, and these are also yima (Travel Horse) palaces, so the rise-and-fall range is even larger. Opposite Wuqu makes the person forthright, loyal, and eager to right wrongs; it also pushes stubbornness and rebellion higher, so they go their own way and life swings more. Travel Palace Wuqu Tianxiang belongs to seeking wealth away from home: unexpected chances often appear abroad, yet one skill on the person is still needed if swings are to stay smaller. Weakness and fall deepen isolation: early leaving of the ancestral home or a second set of parents, not keeping the family estate, and frequent change of superiors. With Lu, the person will go along with the environment and pioneering yields a harvest; without Lu, and with heavy sha, destruction exceeds construction—they make a mess, then fall into it.

Pojun in Yin/Shen Life Palace by birth year

Jia-year natives, Pojun in Yin/Shen in the Life Palace

Life Palace Pojun Hua Quan, Travel Palace Wuqu Hua Ke. Hua Ke and Hua Quan meeting together: pioneering force is strong, favorable for martial posts to come to the front. Lucun in Yin guards Life and Travel, so swings are a little smaller; pioneering yields a harvest, and money keeps up.

Ding-year natives, Pojun in Yin/Shen in the Life Palace

Property Palace Taiyin Hua Lu, Friends Palace Tiantong Hua Quan. Travel Palace Wuqu Tianxiang is clamped by Quan on both sides, so pioneering abroad has more force. Lucun in Wu guards Spouse and Career; career is steadier, and money keeps up.

Ji-year natives, Pojun in Yin/Shen in the Life Palace

Travel Palace Wuqu Hua Lu: pioneering abroad more readily brings wealth. Career Palace Tanlang Hua Quan, Lucun in Wu. Hua Quan and Lu meeting together: pioneering force is strong, favorable for martial posts to come to the front; money and career keep up, and the person has both courage and strategy.

Geng-year natives, Pojun in Yin/Shen in the Life Palace

Travel Palace Wuqu Hua Quan: pioneering abroad has more force. Property Palace Taiyin Hua Ke. Lucun in Shen guards Life and Travel, so swings are a little smaller; pioneering yields a harvest, money keeps up, and the person is more settled.

Teacher Ming's reading: Pojun in Yin/Shen in the Life Palace

出外求財 seeking wealth away from home—the name sounds like a guarantee of getting rich. I think Pojun in Yin/Shen sits weak, and these are also yima palaces, so destruction and consumption are amplified and life's rise-and-fall range is very large. The person is hard, unsociable, and dislikes being tied down; the opposite palace then pushes stubbornness higher, and days swing even more. Unexpected chances often appear abroad, yet one skill on the person is still advisable.

Jia, Ding, Ji, and Geng years have Lu to tether the person, so swings are smaller and pioneering yields a harvest. Years not listed here need not panic—first get this star group's temperament.

Differences between Pojun in Yin and in Shen

Only with Lu will they go along; without Lu they make a mess

Opposite Wuqu carries isolation: leaving the ancestral line or not keeping the family estate, and superiors also change often. With Lu, the person goes along with the environment and pioneering yields a harvest; without Lu and meeting sha, hardness and rebellion grow stronger—they make a mess, then fall into it, toiling with no result.

Opposite Wuqu Tianxiang: seeking wealth away from home, even more stubborn

Yima is already floating; Wuqu then pushes obstinacy and rebellion higher, and the person goes their own way. Travel belongs to seeking wealth away from home: unexpected chances often appear abroad, yet one skill on the person is still needed if unrest is to come down and there is a place to settle.

In fall plus yima, rises and falls even sharper

A draining star opening the road: hard, rebellious, change at its most extreme. In fall and sitting in yima, drifting is heavier, life's rise-and-fall range is larger, the process especially dramatic, both success and failure large—hard for the person to live a quiet life.

Learning points: Pojun in Yin/Shen in the Life Palace

1. Must see Lu, or the person will not go along: success and failure sit on a single line. Lu tethers the person, so they adapt well, pioneering yields a harvest, and swings stay smaller. Best is Lucun in the same palace; also favorable is Wuqu Hua Lu, or Career Palace Tanlang Hua Lu, so there is enough grain.
2. Without Lu and meeting sha, they rise fast and collapse fast: without Lu, or with heavy sha, Ji, and punishment, hardness and rebellion grow stronger—they make a mess, then fall into hardship. Huoxing and Lingxing forming Huo-Tan or Ling-Tan: toil, rising in a rush and falling in a rush, mostly from brute force, forcing the front, and overreaching.
3. Dikong Dijie in the same palace: more drifting, more isolation: already sitting in yima; add Dikong Dijie and swings and hardship grow heavier. A lifetime of floating and loneliness, hard to have a lasting settled situation; the person is even less able to settle, and has fewer people to lean on.
4. Dislikes Wenchang Wenqu guarding Life: a martial general and literary stars do not match in qi, easily clash; drive is insufficient, aims hard to stretch, and the person turns tart and world-weary. Old books say Pojun with literary stars guarding Life: a lifetime of modest means, strength not enough to use, empty complaints.
5. Seeking wealth away from home: Lu and Ma together, they go even farther: Travel Palace Wuqu Tianxiang belongs to seeking wealth away from home. When Lu and Ma come together, they can prosper in a distant land, yet a lifetime still has much rushing about, hard to stay rooted; the person will always be on the road, and home is also hard to keep.
6. Without Lu, meeting Zuofu Youbi Tiankui Tianyue, extremes show more clearly: they cannot change Pojun's nature; they only push going-along or rebellion toward the extreme: those willing to go along go along more, those rebellious rebel more. Without Lu to tether, noblemen instead amplify the personality; they do not hold the person in.

Teacher Ming's reading: how to read this Pojun in Yin/Shen chart

Let me wrap this article up. Pojun in Yin/Shen: success and failure differ by a single line. With Lu they will go along with the environment; without Lu and meeting sha, hardness and rebellion grow stronger—they rise fast and collapse fast. Dikong Dijie in the same palace: more drifting. Lu and Ma together, they can prosper far away, yet a lifetime still has much rushing about. Without Lu, meeting Zuofu Youbi Tiankui Tianyue, extremes show more clearly.

I think students need only remember three sentences. First, look for Lu before looking at guts. Second, one skill on the person settles you better than empty guts. Third, going out can seek wealth; without enough grain, the vanguard becomes a rabble.

To check whether the chart is “Pojun in Yin/Shen in the Life Palace”, first use the free Zi Wei Dou Shu chart against this article, then read The fourteen main star types and meanings for Pojun’s basic temperament, and A complete explanation of Ziwei Doushu sihua to see how each birth-year sihua strengthens or weakens the stars.