Qisha in Yin/Shen Life Palace: Traits & Timing

Facing and looking up at the Dipper: going out, someone often pulls you up

Qisha in Yin/Shen in the Life Palace sits alone in Life; opposite is Ziwei Tianfu, Wealth Palace is Tanlang, Career Palace is Pojun. Qisha is like a general: fast in action, has a plan, can take a sector alone. Opposite Ziwei and Tianfu are the chief stars of the Southern and Northern Dippers shining toward it, called 七殺朝斗格 (Qisha Chaodou, Qisha Facing the Dipper) or 七殺仰斗格 (Qisha Yangdou, Qisha Looking Up at the Dipper). Going out, it is easy to meet a nobleman who pulls them up; they rise faster, can hold authority, and can lead many people. Most stars on Life’s sanfang sit bright, so talent can unfold at its fullest. Yet Qisha’s nature is hard, easy to go too stiff; auspicious stars are needed to temper it before there is ease. On the Wealth and Fortune line sit Wuqu and Tanlang, carrying the burst-luck of 武貪格 (Wu-Tan, Wuqu–Tanlang pattern): money and career can both charge out a field. Yin Palace is better than Shen: Yin is 仰斗 looking up at the Dipper, 日月並明 (riyue bingming, Sun and Moon both bright), the person more striving; Shen is 朝斗 facing the Dipper, 日月反背 (riyue fanbei, Sun and Moon reversed), easy to slack after midlife, with larger ups and downs.

Qisha in Yin/Shen Life Palace by birth year

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

Lucun in Yin guards Life Palace and the Travel line. Spouse Palace Lianzhen Hua Lu shines on Career; Career Palace Pojun Hua Quan. Hua Quan and Lu meet together. The person is more willing to charge; money and career both keep up.

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

Lucun in Wu guards Spouse and Career. Health Palace Taiyin Hua Lu, Parents Palace Tiantong Hua Quan: superiors have more power. Suited to posts in large enterprises; they can rise by relying on others; money and career are smoother.

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

Fortune Palace Wuqu Hua Lu, Wealth Palace Tanlang Hua Quan: on the money line Hua Quan and Lu meet together. Lucun in Wu guards Spouse and Career. Money’s burst is more obvious; career also keeps up, more able to charge out a field.

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

Facing the Dipper, looking up at the Dipper—the names sound fine; students often think it means a sure high office. I think Qisha in Yin/Shen sitting as a single star, with opposite Ziwei Tianfu shining toward it: going out, it is easy to meet a nobleman; they rise faster, can hold authority, and can lead people. The talent is real; the hardness is also real. Auspicious stars are needed to temper it before there is ease.

Jia, Ding, and Ji years have Lu and Quan; the person is more willing to charge, and money and career keep up. Years not listed here need not panic—first get this star group's temperament.

Differences between Qisha in Yin and in Shen

Sitting as a single star: can lead people, can hold authority

Sitting alone: qi is purer, guts thicker. Opposite Southern and Northern Dippers raise both ideals and talent. There is organizational management ability, suited to leading people in factories and enterprises. Nature is hard; auspicious stars are needed to temper it, or it goes too stiff.

Wu-Tan has a burst; Yin Palace better than Shen

On the Wealth–Fortune line, Wuqu Tanlang carries burst luck; money and career can charge out. Yin Palace looks up at the Dipper, 日月並明 Sun and Moon both bright, the person more striving; Shen Palace faces the Dipper, 日月反背 Sun and Moon reversed, easy to slack after midlife—only when Quan and Lu are seen do they truly throw themselves in.

Opposite Ziwei Tianfu: going out, someone often pulls you up

Qisha is a general: wisdom and courage, able to take a sector alone. Opposite Ziwei Tianfu shining toward it: going out, it is easier to meet a nobleman, like gaining a pair of wings. They rise faster, the field can be opened, and talent can be used.

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

1. Opposite Ziwei likes Hua Ke, not Hua Quan: Ziwei Hua Ke rounds the fierceness a little; name and authority both increase, and handling of affairs is more open to discussion. If Hua Quan, Fortune Palace Wuqu must Hua Ji: the person is even more aloof, relations easily stiff, and those beside them suffer.
2. With Lu, hardness can be held in: talent is high, money and career also keep up, yet the person still easily goes too hard. Best is Hua Lu or Lucun to tether; only then can aloofness and drive be held in, days are easier, and they will not snap.
3. Need Zuofu Youbi, or they cannot move people: management force is strong, they can hold authority, yet they must see Zuofu Youbi before there is a band of hands to dispatch. Without Zuofu Youbi, there is empty generalship; they cannot move a large team, authority does not land, and only they themselves charge.
4. Facing the Dipper must see auspicious stars and not sha to count as qualified: Qisha’s nature is hard and impulsive; stack sha, Ji, punishment, and drain, and it goes too stiff—talent instead becomes unstable. It most likes Lucun coming to meet; also likes Wealth and Career seeing Quan and Lu, so money is not short and hardness can be used on the right road.
5. Meeting Wenchang Wenqu: suited to teaching: under Ziwei Tianfu’s influence, ideals are high, the person is lofty. Meeting Wenchang Wenqu and Hua Ke, teaching and nurturing people is suitable. If Dikong Dijie in the same palace, ideals are too high while drive is insufficient; they often draw near monks and Daoists, wanting to leave the world.

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

Let me wrap this article up. Qisha in Yin/Shen: sitting alone, guts are thick; going out, someone often pulls you up. Wealth and Fortune have Wu-Tan, carrying burst luck. With Lu, hardness can be held in; they need Zuofu Youbi before they can move people. Opposite Ziwei likes Hua Ke, not Hua Quan. Meeting Wenchang Wenqu, teaching is suitable.

I think students need only remember three sentences. First, talent is there—they still need people they can dispatch. Second, with Lu, aloofness and drive can be held in. Third, hardness used on the wrong road: they rise fast and snap fast.

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