Qisha in Chen/Xu Life Palace: Pattern Guide

Ideals are large, yet as if caught in a net

Qisha in Chen/Xu in the Life Palace sits alone in Life; opposite is Lianzhen Tianfu, Wealth Palace is Tanlang, Career Palace is Pojun. Those two stars in Travel weigh far more than Life’s Qisha: the person has strong imagination of the future, large ideals, and is rich in fantasy. A lifetime chases dreams through career, wakes, then chases the next one—hard work, yet they never tire of it. But Chen/Xu is like a net, and ideals get stuck. Fortune Palace is Ziwei sitting alone. Ziwei most fears sitting alone, lacking 百官朝拱 (baiguan chaogong, hundred officials paying court)—without a band of helpers, execution is weak, idle dreaming comes easily, and in the end great aims go unfulfilled. Career Palace Pojun falls in Yin/Shen, sitting weak; without Lu, the scene is large and the inside empty. Speculation is not advisable; it suits relying on a craft or partnering with others. Wealth Palace Tanlang faces Ziwei: they hold financial power, yet finances change often. Chen Palace is better than Xu: Chen has 日月並明 (riyue bingming, Sun and Moon both bright), the person more sunny; Xu has 日月反背 (riyue fanbei, Sun and Moon reversed), more the sense of unused talent.

Qisha in Chen/Xu Life Palace by birth year

Jia-year natives, Qisha in Chen/Xu in the Life Palace

Travel Palace Lianzhen Hua Lu: ideals grow even larger. Career Palace Pojun Hua Quan, Spouse Palace Wuqu Hua Ke coming to meet. Hua Ke and Hua Quan together: the person has more weight. Lucun in Yin: ups and downs are a little smaller; money and career keep up better.

Geng-year natives, Qisha in Chen/Xu in the Life Palace

Lucun in Shen guards Spouse and Career; life’s ups and downs are a little smaller. Spouse Palace Wuqu Hua Quan shines on Career: strategy and guts are both enough. Add auspicious stars, and money and career keep up better.

Teacher Ming's reading: Qisha in Chen/Xu in the Life Palace

Students, do not first take sitting alone in temple as license to charge hard. I think Qisha in Chen/Xu has guts, yet is as if caught in a net. Opposite, ideals are large; a lifetime chases dreams through career—hard work, yet they cannot stop. Fortune Ziwei sits alone; without helpers it becomes idle dreaming. Career: the scene is large and the inside empty. Speculation is not advisable; it suits relying on a craft or partnering with others.

Jia and Geng years have Lu and Quan, so ups and downs are a little smaller. Years not listed here need not panic—first get this star group's temperament.

Differences between Qisha in Chen and in Xu

Large scene, empty inside; Chen better than Xu

Career Pojun in fall in Yin/Shen: if Lu is not seen, it is strong outside and hollow inside, career changeable. Wealth Tanlang faces Ziwei: they hold financial power while finances change often. Chen Palace is sunnier; Xu Palace is more given to idle dreaming, and unused talent comes easily.

Opposite Lianzhen Tianfu: large ideals, fond of fantasy

Travel Palace Lianzhen Tianfu weighs more than Life Palace; the person has very strong imagination of the future. Chasing dreams through career, they are never satisfied; they wake and chase the next one. A lifetime of hard work, yet they never tire of it—they cannot stop.

Fortune Ziwei sitting alone: without helpers, idle dreaming

Sitting as a single star: qi is pure, guts are large, yet it falls into the Luo net. Fortune Ziwei sitting alone most fears becoming a lone ruler; without a band of stars paying court, execution is weak, ideals hard to land, and in the end great aims go unfulfilled—a belly full of plans and nothing on the ground.

Learning points: Qisha in Chen/Xu in the Life Palace

1. Career Palace fears the four sha and Kong–Jie: Pojun in fall in Yin/Shen; add Huoxing, Lingxing, Qingyang, Tuoluo, and Dikong Dijie, and the scene is large and the inside empty—plans easily become empty talk. Better to rely on a craft; not advisable to go into business or take risks. Do not take the scene for real strength.
2. Sitting alone in temple: not too afraid of sha, but must eat bitterness first: qi is pure, there is strategy, guts are large; even with a fair number of sha they can grow braver through setbacks. They must first eat a round of bitterness before career breaks through results. Do not expect a level road; only after bitterness is there force.
3. Among Qisha placements, this set is the hardest: the gap between ideals and reality is large; the person easily feels unused talent, and is also stuck in the Luo net. Career is mostly built in hardship. Fortune Palace needs auspicious stars before there is more showing, and before dreams can land.
4. Most fears opposite Lianzhen Tianfu meeting sha and Ji: sitting in temple is not too afraid of sha, yet fears the opposite palace seeing sha and Ji—troubles come in a string. Bing years: Lianzhen Hua Ji, Tuoluo in Chen; hard to break the net, more accidents, more illness. See which palace is the fatal wound; only then does the remedy work.

Teacher Ming's reading: how to read this Qisha in Chen/Xu chart

Let me wrap this article up. Qisha in Chen/Xu is the most toilsome; the gap between ideals and reality is large. Career Palace fears the four sha and Kong–Jie; plans easily become empty talk. Better to rely on a craft; not advisable to go into business or take risks. Sitting in temple is not too afraid of sha, but they must eat bitterness first. Most fears the opposite seeing sha and Ji—troubles come in a string.

I think students need only remember three sentences. First, the scene is not strength; a craft is. Second, dreams must land—Fortune needs auspicious stars. Third, only after bitterness does the net have a seam to slip through.

To check whether the chart is “Qisha in Chen/Xu 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 Qisha’s basic temperament, and A complete explanation of Ziwei Doushu sihua to see how each birth-year sihua strengthens or weakens the stars.