Zi Wei Dou Shu 14 Main Stars | Meanings & Combinations

The Life Palace main star sketches how a person acts; main stars in the other palaces describe the baseline of each life area. Below is a beginner grouping by element and qi. School wording differs; the broad direction is similar. If you have not charted yet, see the Charting guide.

Basic attributes

Schools disagree on the elements of Tanlang and Tianxiang; the table keeps both.

Leadership and pioneering

Ziwei: dignity and order. In Life Palace, often steady and authoritative, suited to managing; when deaf to others, easily isolated. Longer note: Ziwei star.

Tianfu: practical preservation, a storehouse star. In Life Palace, reliable and good at planning; pioneering force is usually weaker than Sha-Po.

Wuqu: firm, execution, money sense. In Life Palace, a doer; emotional expression is often spare.

Qisha, Pojun: pioneering. Qisha is decisive; Pojun likes change and is restless with the status quo. Life Palace lives often show larger swings.

Analysis and expression

Tianji: fast reactions, many ideas. In Life Palace, suited to planning and technical work; overthinking scatters focus.

Taiyang: heat, outwardness, giving. In Life Palace, suited to teaching, sales, and public office; watch overwork.

Jumen: speech and research. In Life Palace, suited to law, consulting, and argument; sharp wording brings more dispute.

Lianzhen: strong principles, with a second peach-blossom and artistic edge. In Life Palace, suited to disciplined or creative work; temper should be held when it flares.

Blessing and support

Tiantong: easygoing, content. In Life Palace, likable; initiative is often short.

Tianliang: lofty, protective of others. In Life Palace, suited to teaching and counseling; circles are not wide, but deep.

Taiyin: fine-grained, imaginative. In Life Palace, suited to arts and inward work; emotion easily turns inward. Longer notes: Taiyin star, Taiyin symbols.

Tanlang: versatile, social. In Life Palace, active; desire and gambling need a limit.

Tianxiang: assistant and image. In Life Palace, suited to administration, staff, and public relations—not a pioneering main star.

Common combinations

The Life Palace is often dual-star, or a strong combination appears through sanfang sizheng:

• Ziwei Tianfu: authority and storehouse together—strong management.
• Ji-Yue-Tong-Liang: Tianji, Taiyin, Tiantong, Tianliang—suited to specialist and staff work.
• Wuqu Tanlang: practicality plus artistry.
• Sha-Po-Lang: Qisha, Pojun, Tanlang—strong pioneering, much change.
• Taiyang Jumen: strong expression; watch gossip and dispute.

Main stars are the frame. How sihua changes star force: Sihua. For Life Palace notes by earthly branch from Zi/Wu through Si/Hai, and by birth year, see Star-in-palace readings. Charting: MingMing3 Ziwei section.