Tianfu in Chou/Wei Life Palace: Reading Guide

Wei is better than Chou; suited to slowly growing large in one’s own field

Tianfu in Chou/Wei in the Life Palace is a single star sitting in Life. Opposite is Lianzhen and Qisha, Wealth in Mao/You has no main star, Career is Tianxiang. Tianfu is like a warehouse keeper—cautious, fond of preservation, not much given to starting from scratch. The two opposite stars grant a specialty; the person is clever, suited to slowly making a record in their own field. Fortune is Ziwei and Tanlang: inside, a strong wish to come forward and earn more, yet the surface still keeps the hands in, often undecided about advance and retreat. Clamped left and right by Taiyang and Taiyin, the people met are of a higher layer. Wei is better than Chou: Wu-fire Taiyang coming to clamp still lets preservation take a step outward; Chou’s clamping Taiyang falls in Zi, the force is weak, the person dares even less to change the environment, and career easily shrinks year by year. Career Tianxiang in Si/Hai is only in position, the seal is not strong enough, and auspicious stars are needed to help. Suited to public office or large institutions, not much suited to opening a shop on one’s own.

Tianfu in Chou/Wei Life Palace by birth year

Yi-year natives, Tianfu in Wei in the Life Palace

Lucun sits in Wealth; there is Lu in the warehouse, so saving and managing money come more readily. In Friends, Tianliang takes Hua Quan; Career Tianxiang is clamped by a Quan star and a shade star, the seal is steadier, and a step outward in one’s own field is more possible.

Bing-year natives, Tianfu in Chou in the Life Palace

Lucun sits in Career; Tianxiang is clamped by a wealth star and a shade star, called Cai Yin Jia Yin (wealth and shade clamping the seal)—the seal is steadier. Leadership and management both have more force; within preservation, a breakthrough is more possible.

Wu-year natives, Tianfu in Chou in the Life Palace

Lucun likewise falls in Career; Tianxiang also forms Cai Yin Jia Yin, so authority is less easily stuck. Suited to slowly working inside the system; professional showing more readily opens, money and career both run more smoothly.

Xin-year natives, Tianfu in Chou in the Life Palace

Lucun sits in Wealth; there is Lu in the warehouse, accumulation comes more readily. In Property, Jumen takes Hua Lu; Tianxiang forms Cai Yin Jia Yin, authority in the profession can be steadied more, money and career both run more smoothly.

Teacher Ming's reading: Tianfu in Chou/Wei in the Life Palace

Students, do not first take Tianfu as a steadily sitting warehouse. I think Tianfu in Chou/Wei: the person is cautious, fond of preservation, not much given to starting from scratch. Opposite grants a specialty, suited to slowly growing large in one’s own field, not much suited to opening a shop on one’s own. The seal is not strong enough; auspicious stars are needed to help.

Yi, Bing, Wu, and Xin years share much the same key: with Lu, and with Cai Yin Jia Yin, the warehouse and the seal are steady. If your year is not listed, do not panic—first learn this star group's temperament.

Difference between Tianfu in Chou and in Wei

When you see Tianfu, look at Tianxiang: Career Tianxiang is not strong enough, auspicious stars must support

Life Tianfu is in temple; Career Tianxiang in Si/Hai is only in position, the seal is on the weak side. Without a seal it is hard to hold authority—this is Feng Fu Kan Xiang (when you see Tianfu, look at Tianxiang). Without auspicious stars to support, authority is easily stuck and the person easily isolated; large institutions are better, opening a shop on one’s own is not.

Clamped left and right by sun and moon; Wei opens more than Chou

Taiyang and Taiyin clamp Life; the people met are of a higher layer. Wei has Wu-fire Taiyang coming to clamp: round on the surface, principle in the bone. Chou Taiyang is in fall in Zi: the person is more cautious, dares even less to change the environment.

Opposite Lianzhen and Qisha grant a specialty, and keep the person seeking stability in their own field

Tianfu is conservative by nature, not much given to pioneering. Opposite Lianzhen and Qisha grant a specialty and an edge; the person is clever, able to slowly make a record in their own field, yet still leans to preservation, not much suited to building from nothing.

Study points: Tianfu in Chou/Wei in the Life Palace

1. No Lu is an empty warehouse. Tianfu governs the warehouse; sanfang must meet Lu before days run steadily. Opposite Lianzhen Hua Lu makes the person a little more modest; stacking Kongwang and Tianxu, that modesty may not be true. Lianzhen Hua Ji makes the person feel they cannot carry the load; Zuofu and Youbi are needed to patch.
2. Lu alone is not enough; the six auspicious stars must also come to court. Wenchang, Wenqu, Tiankui, Tianyue, Zuofu, and Youbi coming to help widen the chest. Dikong, Dijie, and Kongwang arriving is an empty warehouse; the person easily isolates. Stacking Qingyang, Tuoluo, Huoxing, and Lingxing: round on the surface, means hidden inside.
3. Tianxiang clamped by punishment and Ji: Tianfu shrinks back. Si/Hai Tianxiang is already weak, and most fears being clamped by punishment stars and Ji stars. Wealth’s borrowed Ziwei and Tanlang taking Hua Ji again easily scares the person into shrinking, with no thought of advancing.

Teacher Ming's reading: how to read Tianfu in Chou/Wei

To wrap this up. Tianfu sitting alone in Chou/Wei: cautious preservation; opposite Lianzhen and Qisha grant a specialty. Clamped left and right by sun and moon, the people met are of a higher layer. Feng Fu Kan Xiang: Career Tianxiang is not strong enough; large institutions are better, opening a shop on one’s own is not. No Lu is an empty warehouse; the six auspicious stars must also come to court.

I think three lines are enough for students to remember. First, no Lu is an empty warehouse. Second, the seal is not strong enough; auspicious stars must support. Third, suited to slowly growing large in one’s own field; do not force opening a shop.

To check whether your chart is “Tianfu in Chou/Wei 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 Tianfu’s basic temperament, and A complete explanation of Zi Wei Dou Shu sihua to see how birth-year sihua adds or subtracts star strength.