Pojun in Zi/Wu Life Palace: Chart Guide

Hero Star in temple: pioneering at full force

Pojun in Zi/Wu in the Life Palace: opposite is Lianzhen Tianxiang, Wealth Palace is Qisha, Career Palace is Tanlang. Pojun is like a path-breaking vanguard—dares to charge, good at attack and poor at defense, likes to drop the old and put in the new. Zi/Wu is the proper water–fire seat; the star sits at its brightest, called Pojun’s most powerful position. Old books say the Northern Dipper Hero Star has the most authority: pioneering force and leadership are both strong, able to break through with distinctive results. Opposite Lianzhen Tianxiang carries feeling, and can gather Pojun’s restlessness into intelligence. With no sha stars, and seeing Hua Lu, Hua Quan, or Lucun, it is called 英星入廟格 (Yingxing Rumiao, Hero Star in Temple): there is authority; they can reform and also build. Pojun belongs to water; water’s nature is hard to read, and it may become “Pojun as a dark star”: a martial general dislikes Wenchang Wenqu; add Hua Ji, and they only break and never build. The ancients called this 作塚 (zuo zhong, building tombs)—stubborn, fond of bravado, brute force to the end. Career Palace Tanlang in Chen/Xu is like being caught in a net, constrained by the system, so swings are smaller.

Pojun in Zi/Wu Life Palace by birth year

Jia-year natives, Pojun in Zi/Wu in the Life Palace

Life Palace Pojun Hua Quan, Travel Palace Lianzhen Hua Lu: favorable for going out to expand networks and the field. With no sha stars, name and position are cleaner. In old times one could take a martial post; today one can go into business as an enterprise’s path-breaking vanguard.

Ding-year natives, Pojun in Zi/Wu in the Life Palace

Lucun in Wu guards Life Palace and the Travel line. Property Palace Taiyin Hua Lu: blessing is thicker, the foundation steadier. Lu tethers the person, so pioneering does not stop at breaking without building, and money is easier to keep.

Ji-year natives, Pojun in Zi/Wu in the Life Palace

Lucun in Wu guards Life and Travel. Career Palace Tanlang Hua Quan, Spouse Palace Wuqu Hua Lu coming to meet: Hua Quan and Lu together, so there is both authority and money. Favorable for martial posts to come to the front; in business they can also stand.

Gui-year natives, Pojun in Zi/Wu in the Life Palace

Life Palace Pojun Hua Lu, Lucun in Zi, guarding Life and Travel. Lu in both places: the person is more loyal, broad-minded, and thick in blessing. With no sha stars, name and position are cleaner; pioneering also yields a harvest—they can break and also build.

Teacher Ming's reading: Pojun in Zi/Wu in the Life Palace

Hero Star in temple—students get excited as soon as they hear it. I think Pojun in Zi/Wu does sit at its brightest: dares to charge, good at attack, able to break through with distinctive results. Yet Pojun belongs to water; only with no sha and seeing Lu and Quan can they break and then build. Add Wenchang Wenqu plus Hua Ji, and they only break and never build—stubborn, fond of bravado, brute force to the end. Career is caught in a net, so swings are smaller.

Jia, Ding, Ji, and Gui years have Lu and Quan, so they can break and also build. Years not listed here need not panic—first get this star group's temperament.

Differences between Pojun in Zi and in Wu

Career Tanlang in the net: smaller swings

Career Palace Tanlang in Chen/Xu is limited by the Luo net, and also protected, so career is more settled. Opposite Wuqu makes the person sharp about money and prone to rushing; they actually like the system holding them in, so swings stay small and the will does not scatter.

Zi/Wu is the proper seat: pioneering and leadership at full force

A path-breaking vanguard, good at attack, fond of renewal. Zi/Wu is the proper water–fire seat; the Northern Dipper Hero Star has the most authority. The person is bold, has guts, can break through with distinctive results—an executor of reform, willing to drop the old and put in the new.

Without sha and seeing Lu, they can break and then build

Opposite Lianzhen Tianxiang can temper restlessness into intelligence. With no sha and seeing Lu, Quan, or Lucun, it is called 英星入廟格 (Yingxing Rumiao, Hero Star in Temple): they can reform and also build. Meeting Wenchang Wenqu then Hua Ji, they only break and never build—it becomes brute force.

Learning points: Pojun in Zi/Wu in the Life Palace

1. Meeting auspicious stars, they can build after breaking: sitting in the proper seat, they can still develop inside upheaval. With no sha and seeing auspicious transformations, change has a goal, and after reform they can rebuild. Stack sha and Ji, drain grows larger, they only break and never build, losses are heavy, and the person idles.
2. Career Tanlang seeing Quan and Lu: favorable for martial posts: Tanlang in Chen/Xu, seeing Hua Lu or Hua Quan, is more favorable for military, police, and criminal law. In Ji years Tanlang Hua Quan, Wuqu Hua Lu, without Qingyang, Tuoluo, Dikong, or Dijie, they can take a sector alone, rewards and punishments are theirs to call—this road is the smoothest.
3. Travel Palace Lianzhen Tianxiang: suited to going out: Lianzhen does better the wider its field of activity; it most likes Travel. Jia-year Hua Lu is even more favorable for going out and overseas posts. Travel seeing auspicious stars: good fortune inside movement. Seeing sha and Ji: going out brings more dispute; watch lawsuits, and it is not advisable to go far.
4. Dislikes Wenchang Wenqu in the same palace: 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, empty complaints.
5. With sha, business is better; do not force an official path: Career seeing auspicious stars, they may enter government. With sha in the same palace, better to go into business; career often develops on several lines, and is also suited to external affairs, performing arts, and entertainment. Do not squeeze into officialdom—officialdom will jam.

Teacher Ming's reading: how to read this Pojun in Zi/Wu chart

Let me wrap this article up. Pojun in Zi/Wu is the proper seat; pioneering and leadership both have force. Opposite Lianzhen Tianxiang can gather restlessness into intelligence. Career Tanlang in the net: smaller swings. Suited to going out; dislikes Wenchang Wenqu in the same palace. With sha, business is better; do not force an official path. The score is whether they can build after breaking.

I think students need only remember three sentences. First, with Lu and without sha, they can break and then build. Second, change needs a goal, or it is a rabble, not the Hero Star. Third, the wider the field of activity the better—suited to going out.

To check whether the chart is “Pojun in Zi/Wu 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.