Ju Men in the Wealth Palace: How You Earn, and Where the Money Goes

Ju Men in the Wealth Palace means you earn through speaking, expertise and research: teaching, advising, law, sales. Money follows your words and your mind.

Your attitude to money

Ju Men’s money comes with disputes. Classical texts say Ju Men in the Wealth Palace easily leads to arguments over money; the modern reading is to put contracts, profit splits and verbal promises in writing. When bright, Ju Men earns solidly through expertise; when fallen, misunderstandings or disputes can cost you.

Life, Wealth and Career: money is tied to who you are and what you do

With Ju Men in the Wealth Palace, the major stars of the Life Palace and Career Palace are not fixed: the Life Palace may hold Tai Yang, Tian Ji or Tian Tong, or it may be empty.

With Ju Men in the Wealth Palace, the major stars of the Life and Career Palaces are not fixed; the table below lists them for each of the twelve branches.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, expertise brings money and your way with words is your income. When fallen, misunderstandings and disputes easily cost you money, and money matters attract trouble. Brightness by branch, from the table of the Complete Book this site uses: Exalted: Yin, Mao, Shen, You; Strong: Zi, Si, Wu, Hai; Weak: Chou, Wei; Fallen: Chen, Xu.

The Wealth Palace's four-way set is the Mind Palace (opposite), the Life Palace and the Career Palace. Where your money comes from can't be separated from your personality and the way you work; how you spend it is tied to the Mind Palace, which stands for your state of mind and what you enjoy. The table shows the major stars of these palaces for each of the twelve branches Ju Men can occupy in the Wealth Palace.

Wealth Palace inBrightnessShares the palace withOpposite (Mind)Your Life PalaceCareer Palace
YinExaltedTai Yangempty palaceempty palaceempty palace
MaoExaltedTian Jiempty palaceempty palaceTian Tong
ChenFallenaloneTian Tongempty palaceTai Yang
SiStrongaloneTai YangTian TongTian Ji
WuStrongaloneTian JiTai Yangempty palace
WeiWeakTian Tongempty palaceTian Jiempty palace
ShenExaltedTai Yangempty palaceempty palaceempty palace
YouExaltedTian Jiempty palaceempty palaceTian Tong
XuFallenaloneTian Tongempty palaceTai Yang
HaiStrongaloneTai YangTian TongTian Ji
ZiStrongaloneTian JiTai Yangempty palace
ChouWeakTian Tongempty palaceTian Jiempty palace

"Empty palace" means the palace has none of the fourteen major stars; in that case you read it through the stars of the opposite palace.

The six combinations

Ju Men alone, facing Tian Ji (Zi or Wu)

Zi: Ju Men strong; Wu: Ju Men strong. Opposite (Mind): Tian Ji; Life: Tai Yang; Career: empty palace. About 16.3% of charts with Ju Men in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

You earn through speaking and expertise; opposite, Tian Ji in the Mind Palace means your mind never stops, often planning your money and then tearing the plan up. Classical texts call this jade hidden in stone: wealth shows only after it has been tested and polished.

Tian Tong with Ju Men (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Ju Men weak, Tian Tong weak; Wei: Ju Men weak, Tian Tong weak. Opposite (Mind): empty palace; Life: Tian Ji; Career: empty palace. About 16.3% of charts with Ju Men in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

You want stability but often run into small money disputes. Your income isn’t small, but it easily goes on your moods. Steady income suits you; avoid partnerships and verbal agreements. Further reading: Tian Tong in the Wealth Palace.

Tai Yang with Ju Men (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Ju Men exalted, Tai Yang strong; Shen: Ju Men exalted, Tai Yang favorable. Opposite (Mind): empty palace; Life: empty palace; Career: empty palace. About 15.5% of charts with Ju Men in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

You earn through speaking and public exposure, suiting media, teaching, sales and law. In Yin, Tai Yang is strong and reputation brings money; in Shen, watch more closely for losses caused by gossip and disputes. Further reading: Tai Yang in the Wealth Palace.

Tian Ji with Ju Men (Mao or You)

Mao: Ju Men exalted, Tian Ji strong; You: Ju Men exalted, Tian Ji strong. Opposite (Mind): empty palace; Life: empty palace; Career: Tian Tong. About 17.3% of charts with Ju Men in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

You earn through speaking and analysis, suiting consulting, teaching, research and sales. Income follows projects and word of mouth; watch for disputes arising from verbal agreements. Further reading: Tian Ji in the Wealth Palace.

Ju Men alone, facing Tian Tong (Chen or Xu)

Chen: Ju Men fallen; Xu: Ju Men fallen. Opposite (Mind): Tian Tong; Life: empty palace; Career: Tai Yang. About 17.3% of charts with Ju Men in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

Ju Men is fallen in Chen and Xu, so money matters attract disputes; opposite, Tian Tong in the Mind Palace wants stability. Classical texts say that when Ju Men takes Hua Lu for people born in a Xin year it turns favourable, and you turn things around through expertise.

Ju Men alone, facing Tai Yang (Si or Hai)

Si: Ju Men strong; Hai: Ju Men strong. Opposite (Mind): Tai Yang; Life: Tian Tong; Career: Tian Ji. About 17.1% of charts with Ju Men in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

You earn through speaking and expertise. With the Wealth Palace in Hai, the opposite Tai Yang in Si is strong, so your outlook is cheerful and reputation brings money; with the Wealth Palace in Si, the opposite Tai Yang is fallen and money can leave you quietly resentful.

Birth-year transformations in the Wealth Palace

Money advice

Get it in black and white: write down contracts, splits and loans, and half the trouble around Ju Men’s money disappears.

About 44.1% of charts with Ju Men in the Wealth Palace also have at least one of the six Sha stars in that palace, about the same as the 42.3% across all charts. Malefic stars in the Wealth Palace usually show up as uneven income or impulsive spending and call for a bit more discipline; they do not mean you are bound to lose money.

What our sample shows

8.2%of charts have Ju Men in the Wealth Palace (alone or with another major star)
17.3%of those fall into the most common group: Tian Ji with Ju Men
28.3%of those have a birth-year transformation on Ju Men itself
44.1%of those also have a Sha star in the Wealth Palace

How we counted: this site’s engine cast one Zi Wei chart for every day from 1960 to 2005 (birth hour drawn by a fixed-seed random sample), 16,802 charts in all. These figures describe how chart structures are distributed; they do not measure anyone’s wealth or financial luck.

Other major stars in the Wealth Palace

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A straight word: the Wealth Palace is about how you handle money, not your bank balance

The Wealth Palace describes how you earn, how you spend, and what you tend to cling to or overlook where money is concerned. It cannot tell you whether you will get rich, which stock to buy or when to get into the market. Everything on this site is for reference and entertainment only and is not investment or financial advice; for major financial decisions, talk to a qualified professional.

Find out which star sits in your Wealth Palace

Enter your date of birth and birth time to cast your chart, then tap the Wealth Palace to see its major stars, transformations and four-way set (Life, Career and Mind Palaces).

Ju Men in the Wealth Palace: FAQ

Does Ju Men in the Wealth Palace mean financial disputes?

Ju Men governs talk and disputes, so people with it in the Wealth Palace do need to watch contracts and profit splits closely. Putting every money matter in writing is the most direct remedy.

How common is Ju Men in the Wealth Palace?

Across the 16,802 charts in our sample, about 8.2% have Ju Men in the Wealth Palace (alone or sharing it with another major star). Each of the fourteen major stars lands in the Wealth Palace roughly 8–9% of the time.