Ju Men in the Travel Palace: Who You Are Once You Step Out the Door
Ju Men in the Travel Palace means that out in the world you make your way with your words and your expertise; what you say carries weight, and you easily become the focus of discussion. The old texts say Ju Men here means "much talk and dispute away from home": your words out in the world bring opportunities, and also controversy.
How you come across out in the world
This is a Travel Palace of speech: your influence out in the world comes from expressing yourself and persuading others. When bright, your word is trusted; when fallen, you are easily misunderstood and drawn into arguments.
- Public image: Out in the world you come across as insightful, articulate and sometimes sharp.
- Life away from home: You suit work away from home that involves communicating, negotiating, teaching or public speaking.
- Opportunities and lessons: Opportunities come from your words and expertise; the lesson is that the more you say, the more can go wrong, and you can make enemies in public.
Life and Travel on one line: borrowing this star for an empty Life Palace
If your Life Palace is empty and you borrow Ju Men from the Travel Palace (usually Ju Men with Tian Ji, Tai Yang or Tian Tong in the Travel Palace), your nature also carries Ju Men's critical mind and way with words, and you tend to look for the problem first. In our sample, about 46.7% of charts with Ju Men in the Travel Palace have an empty Life Palace and read it through this palace. Further reading: the Life Palace and Body Palace, Ju Men in the Life Palace.
Travel, Spouse and Mind: the outer you, love and your inner life are tied together
With Ju Men in the Travel Palace, none of the Life, Spouse or Mind Palace stars is fixed: the Life Palace can hold Tian Ji, Tian Tong or Tai Yang, or it can be empty.
Bright and fallen positions
When bright, your words carry weight out in the world, and your expertise and eloquence win you opportunities. When fallen, there is a lot of arguing and controversy out in the world, and you are easily misunderstood. 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 Travel Palace's four-way set is the Life Palace (opposite), the Spouse Palace and the Mind Palace: who you are out in the world is the other face of your nature, and it is tied to love and to inner contentment. The table shows the major stars of these palaces for each of the twelve branches Ju Men can occupy in the Travel Palace.
| Travel Palace in | Brightness | Shares the palace with | Opposite (Life) | Spouse | Mind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yin | Exalted | Tai Yang | empty palace | empty palace | empty palace |
| Mao | Exalted | Tian Ji | empty palace | empty palace | Tian Tong |
| Chen | Fallen | alone | Tian Tong | empty palace | Tai Yang |
| Si | Strong | alone | Tai Yang | Tian Tong | Tian Ji |
| Wu | Strong | alone | Tian Ji | Tai Yang | empty palace |
| Wei | Weak | Tian Tong | empty palace | Tian Ji | empty palace |
| Shen | Exalted | Tai Yang | empty palace | empty palace | empty palace |
| You | Exalted | Tian Ji | empty palace | empty palace | Tian Tong |
| Xu | Fallen | alone | Tian Tong | empty palace | Tai Yang |
| Hai | Strong | alone | Tai Yang | Tian Tong | Tian Ji |
| Zi | Strong | alone | Tian Ji | Tai Yang | empty palace |
| Chou | Weak | Tian Tong | empty palace | Tian Ji | empty 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. People with an empty Life Palace borrow the Travel Palace.
The six combinations
Ju Men alone, facing Tian Ji (Zi or Wu)
Zi: Ju Men strong; Wu: Ju Men strong. Opposite Life: Tian Ji; Spouse: Tai Yang; Mind: empty palace. About 17.9% of charts with Ju Men in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Out in the world you rely on your words and your expertise; by nature (Life Palace) you are Tian Ji, clever and changeable. The old texts call this "jade hidden in stone": your reputation out in the world comes only after it has been tested.
Tian Tong with Ju Men (Chou or Wei)
Chou: Ju Men weak, Tian Tong weak; Wei: Ju Men weak, Tian Tong weak. Opposite Life: empty palace; Spouse: Tian Ji; Mind: empty palace. About 14.1% of charts with Ju Men in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Out in the world you want harmony, yet often run into arguments and small hassles. The Life Palace opposite is empty: people who borrow this pair are also sensitive by nature, with a lot left unsaid, and need to learn to say things directly. Further reading: Tian Tong in the Travel Palace.
Tai Yang with Ju Men (Yin or Shen)
Yin: Ju Men exalted, Tai Yang strong; Shen: Ju Men exalted, Tai Yang favorable. Opposite Life: empty palace; Spouse: empty palace; Mind: empty palace. About 16.1% of charts with Ju Men in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Out in the world you speak well and are not afraid to say what you think, suited to public settings. The Life Palace opposite is empty: people who borrow this pair are also good at expressing themselves. In Yin, Tai Yang is strong and you have a good name outside; in Shen, watch what you say. Further reading: Tai Yang in the Travel Palace.
Tian Ji with Ju Men (Mao or You)
Mao: Ju Men exalted, Tian Ji strong; You: Ju Men exalted, Tian Ji strong. Opposite Life: empty palace; Spouse: empty palace; Mind: Tian Tong. About 16.5% of charts with Ju Men in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Out in the world you rely on your mind and your words, with strong analysis and powers of persuasion. The Life Palace opposite is empty: people who borrow this pair also love to reason things out and see deeply; the old texts say this pair is best in Mao. Further reading: Tian Ji in the Travel Palace.
Ju Men alone, facing Tian Tong (Chen or Xu)
Chen: Ju Men fallen; Xu: Ju Men fallen. Opposite Life: Tian Tong; Spouse: empty palace; Mind: Tai Yang. About 19.2% of charts with Ju Men in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Ju Men is fallen in Chen and Xu, so arguments and disputes come easily out in the world; by nature (Life Palace) you are Tian Tong, gentle and easygoing. The old texts say that when Ju Men takes Hua Lu in a Xin year, this turns out well instead.
Ju Men alone, facing Tai Yang (Si or Hai)
Si: Ju Men strong; Hai: Ju Men strong. Opposite Life: Tai Yang; Spouse: Tian Tong; Mind: Tian Ji. About 16.2% of charts with Ju Men in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Out in the world you speak well and have insight. With the Travel Palace in Si, the Life Palace is in Hai where Tai Yang is fallen, so you are warm-hearted by nature but work hard; in Hai, the Life Palace is in Si where Tai Yang is strong, so you are open by nature and there is less arguing out in the world.
Birth-year transformations in the Travel Palace
- Ju Men with Hua Lu (born in a Xin year): People born in a Xin year have Ju Men Hua Lu in the Travel Palace: your words bring opportunities out in the world, and the old texts say Ju Men with Hua Lu actually defuses disputes. In our sample, about 10.0% of charts with Ju Men in the Travel Palace carry the birth-year Hua Lu.
- Ju Men with Hua Quan (born in a Gui year): People born in a Gui year have Ju Men Hua Quan in the Travel Palace: you speak with authority out in the world, suited to negotiating and speaking in public. In our sample, about 11.1% of charts with Ju Men in the Travel Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.
- Ju Men with Hua Ji (born in a Ding year): People born in a Ding year have Ju Men Hua Ji in the Travel Palace: there are many arguments and misunderstandings out in the world. Put important things in writing, and avoid arguing in public. In our sample, about 7.7% of charts with Ju Men in the Travel Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ji.
Advice for life away from home
Out in the world, think for three seconds before you speak: is this sentence helping you, or making you an enemy?
About 42.2% of charts with Ju Men in the Travel Palace also have at least one of the six Sha stars in that palace, about the same as the 42.4% across all charts. Malefic stars in the Travel Palace usually show up as more competition, more rushing around or more friction with people out in the world; they do not mean something will go wrong when you go out.
What our sample shows
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 luck away from home.
Other major stars in the Travel Palace
A straight word: the Travel Palace is about who you are out in the world, not whether something will happen to you when you go out
The Travel Palace describes how you come across and the chances you meet out in the world, in unfamiliar places and among people, and it is the other face of the Life Palace. It cannot tell you whether moving abroad will work out or whether you should emigrate, and it does not predict accidents or good or bad luck on the road. Everything on this site is for reference and entertainment only.
Find out which star sits in your Travel Palace
Enter your date of birth and birth time to cast your chart, then tap the Travel Palace to see its major stars, transformations and four-way set (Life, Spouse and Mind Palaces).
Ju Men in the Travel Palace: FAQ
Does Ju Men in the Travel Palace mean arguments away from home?
The old texts say Ju Men in the Travel Palace means much talk and dispute away from home, meaning your words carry a lot of influence out in the world, for better and for worse. When bright or with Hua Lu, your way with words is actually your biggest asset out there.
How common is Ju Men in the Travel Palace?
Across the 16,802 charts in our sample, about 8.6% have Ju Men in the Travel Palace (alone or sharing it with another major star). Each of the fourteen major stars lands in the Travel Palace roughly 8–9% of the time.