Hua Lu in the Friends Palace: good friends; your network opens doors
With the birth-year Hua Lu in your Friends Palace, you make friends easily, and your network often brings you chances and benefits.
What the birth-year Hua Lu in the Friends Palace means
You are rarely short of friends, and coworkers and staff tend to be friendly. The lesson: lots of favors and lots of socializing, so watch that what you give and what comes back stay in balance.
- A wide circle of friends
- Opportunities often come through friends
- Smooth relationships with coworkers and staff
How the opposite palace is pulled in
The opposite Siblings Palace benefits too: both outside friends and your inner circle are easy to get along with.
When you read the birth-year Hua Lu, always look at the opposite palace too. The palace Hua Lu sits in is where the affinity, ease and flow come from, and the opposite palace basks in it. Further reading: Hua Lu in the Siblings Palace.
Which star takes Lu in your birth year
The birth-year Four Transformations are set by the heavenly stem of your birth year: people born in a Jia year get Hua Lu on one star, people born in a Yi year on another. The table lists the star for each of the ten stems. If that star sits in your Friends Palace, this page describes your chart. Tap a star name to read about it in the Friends Palace.
| Year stem | Star that takes Lu | The flavor of Lu it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Jia years (ending in 4) | Lian Zhen | Charm and social skill open doors; romance runs high too. |
| Yi years (ending in 5) | Tian Ji | Ideas and change bring openings. |
| Bing years (ending in 6) | Tian Tong | Harmony and enjoyment: the Lu that feels most like good fortune. |
| Ding years (ending in 7) | Tai Yin | Patience and steady accumulation, with a bond to money and home. |
| Wu years (ending in 8) | Tan Lang | Socializing and talent bring chances, and desires grow with them. |
| Ji years (ending in 9) | Wu Qu | Hard cash and getting things done: the most tangible Lu. |
| Geng years (ending in 0) | Tai Yang | Giving and visibility pay you back. |
| Xin years (ending in 1) | Ju Men | Eloquence and expertise bring openings. |
| Ren years (ending in 2) | Tian Liang | Shelter and care; the old texts warn that gain can stir up disputes. |
| Gui years (ending in 3) | Po Jun | Change and new ventures open a fresh chapter. |
Zi Wei Dou Shu changes year on Lunar New Year’s Day, so if you were born in January or February, check your lunar year first. The year stem follows the last digit of the Western year (1984 and 1994, for example, are Jia years).
What we measured
How we counted: our engine cast one Zi Wei chart for every day from 1960 to 2005, with the birth hour drawn by a fixed-seed random sample, 16,802 charts in all. This shows how chart structures are distributed; it says nothing about anyone’s fortunes.
In our sample, about 8.2% of people have the birth-year Hua Lu in the Friends Palace; the most common stars are Lian Zhen (12.3%), Ju Men (12.0%), Tian Liang (10.8%). Hua Lu spreads fairly evenly over the palaces, and no palace is especially rare. The real differences lie in which star takes Lu, how bright that star is, and what other stars share the palace or sit opposite it.
Advice
Networks work both ways; be someone else’s helping hand too.
Hua Lu in the other palaces
The other three transformations in the Friends Palace
A straight word: Hua Lu is a plus, not a promise
Hua Lu shows where affinity, ease and flow gather in your life. It is a tendency, not a guaranteed outcome. We do not predict marriage, children, parents’ fortunes, wealth or health, and we do not read the Health Palace. Everything on this site is for reference and entertainment and is not investment, financial or real estate advice.
Find out which palace holds your Hua Lu
Enter your date of birth and birth time to cast your chart. The solid Lu, Quan, Ke and Ji markers on the chart are your birth-year Four Transformations; tap a palace to jump straight to its page in this series.
Hua Lu in the Friends Palace: common questions
Does Hua Lu in the Friends Palace mean lots of helpful people?
It points to good friendships and a network that brings chances. We only describe tendencies in how you relate to people, and promise no particular outcome.
How common is the birth-year Hua Lu in the Friends Palace?
Across 16,802 charts, about 8.2% of people have the birth-year Hua Lu in the Friends Palace. The share for each palace is around 8%, so no palace is especially rare.
How do I know whether my Hua Lu is in the Friends Palace?
First use your birth-year stem to find which star takes Lu (see the ten-stem table on this page), then cast your chart to see which palace that star sits in. Our free Zi Wei chart marks the birth-year Four Transformations for you.