Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace: How You Earn, and Where the Money Goes
Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace means you earn with tact: you understand people, favours and rules, and you are especially suited to making money through relationships, negotiation and running things. Your money is often tied up with connections, power and feelings.
Your attitude to money
Lian Zhen’s money rises and falls: in a good mood you spend hard and earn hard. Classical texts are cautious about Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace, warning that favours owed or disputes can cost you money.
- How you earn: You suit public relations, sales, politics, legal work, entertainment, design, and any work that needs connections and negotiation.
- How you spend: Your spending follows your moods, and you are willing to spend for love and for the sake of relationships.
- Financial risk: Lending to friends out of obligation and impulse buying. With malefic stars or Hua Ji, disputes can cost you money.
Life, Wealth and Career: money is tied to who you are and what you do
With Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace, the Life Palace always holds Wu Qu and the Career Palace always holds Zi Wei; Zi Wei, Lian Zhen and Wu Qu always form a triad. You yourself are practical and capable, your work carries status and scale, and money comes in through Lian Zhen’s tact and connections.
This is built into the chart: counting four palaces forward from Lian Zhen always lands on Wu Qu, and the Life Palace always sits four palaces forward from the Wealth Palace, so the Life Palace always holds Wu Qu (sometimes together with Po Jun, Tian Fu, Tan Lang, Tian Xiang and Qi Sha); counting four palaces backward from Lian Zhen always lands on Zi Wei, and the Career Palace always sits four palaces backward from the Wealth Palace, so the Career Palace always holds Zi Wei (sometimes together with Tian Fu, Tan Lang, Tian Xiang, Qi Sha and Po Jun). Further reading: Wu Qu in the Life Palace, Zi Wei in the Life Palace.
Bright and fallen positions
When bright, your tact brings money and your network is your income. When fallen, you spend on impulse, social obligations cost a lot, and money comes and goes. Brightness by branch, from the table of the Complete Book this site uses: Exalted: Yin, Shen; Fair: Chou, Chen, Wei, Xu; Neutral: Zi, Mao, Wu, You; Fallen: Si, Hai.
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 Lian Zhen can occupy in the Wealth Palace.
| Wealth Palace in | Brightness | Shares the palace with | Opposite (Mind) | Your Life Palace | Career Palace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yin | Exalted | alone | Tan Lang | Wu Qu and Tian Fu | Zi Wei and Tian Xiang |
| Mao | Neutral | Po Jun | Tian Xiang | Wu Qu and Tan Lang | Zi Wei and Qi Sha |
| Chen | Fair | Tian Fu | Qi Sha | Wu Qu and Tian Xiang | Zi Wei |
| Si | Fallen | Tan Lang | empty palace | Wu Qu and Qi Sha | Zi Wei and Po Jun |
| Wu | Neutral | Tian Xiang | Po Jun | Wu Qu | Zi Wei and Tian Fu |
| Wei | Fair | Qi Sha | Tian Fu | Wu Qu and Po Jun | Zi Wei and Tan Lang |
| Shen | Exalted | alone | Tan Lang | Wu Qu and Tian Fu | Zi Wei and Tian Xiang |
| You | Neutral | Po Jun | Tian Xiang | Wu Qu and Tan Lang | Zi Wei and Qi Sha |
| Xu | Fair | Tian Fu | Qi Sha | Wu Qu and Tian Xiang | Zi Wei |
| Hai | Fallen | Tan Lang | empty palace | Wu Qu and Qi Sha | Zi Wei and Po Jun |
| Zi | Neutral | Tian Xiang | Po Jun | Wu Qu | Zi Wei and Tian Fu |
| Chou | Fair | Qi Sha | Tian Fu | Wu Qu and Po Jun | Zi Wei and Tan Lang |
"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
Lian Zhen with Tian Xiang (Zi or Wu)
Zi: Lian Zhen neutral, Tian Xiang exalted; Wu: Lian Zhen neutral, Tian Xiang exalted. Opposite (Mind): Po Jun; Life: Wu Qu; Career: Zi Wei and Tian Fu. About 18.5% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
Principled money built on credit: your income is honest and steady, suiting civil service, legal work and management. Watch for punishment and Hua Ji flanking the seal, which can drag you into other people’s money problems. Further reading: Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace.
Lian Zhen with Qi Sha (Chou or Wei)
Chou: Lian Zhen fair, Qi Sha exalted; Wei: Lian Zhen fair, Qi Sha exalted. Opposite (Mind): Tian Fu; Life: Wu Qu and Po Jun; Career: Zi Wei and Tan Lang. About 16.7% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
You build wealth through hard work and drive; classical texts say Lian Zhen with Qi Sha in Chou or Wei marks a person who accumulates wealth. Your income has momentum; with malefic stars, guard against impulsive losses. Further reading: Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace.
Lian Zhen alone, facing Tan Lang (Yin or Shen)
Yin: Lian Zhen exalted; Shen: Lian Zhen exalted. Opposite (Mind): Tan Lang; Life: Wu Qu and Tian Fu; Career: Zi Wei and Tian Xiang. About 16.5% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
Lian Zhen is bright in Yin and Shen, so you earn with tact and principle; opposite, Tan Lang in the Mind Palace means enjoyment and socialising cost a lot, and Lian Zhen’s discipline has to keep them in check.
Lian Zhen with Po Jun (Mao or You)
Mao: Lian Zhen neutral, Po Jun fallen; You: Lian Zhen neutral, Po Jun fallen. Opposite (Mind): Tian Xiang; Life: Wu Qu and Tan Lang; Career: Zi Wei and Qi Sha. About 15.6% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
Your finances swing widely and often break before they build, suiting technical and pioneering income. With Hua Lu or auspicious stars, change can bring gains; otherwise money easily comes and goes. Further reading: Po Jun in the Wealth Palace.
Lian Zhen with Tian Fu (Chen or Xu)
Chen: Lian Zhen fair, Tian Fu exalted; Xu: Lian Zhen fair, Tian Fu exalted. Opposite (Mind): Qi Sha; Life: Wu Qu and Tian Xiang; Career: Zi Wei. About 16.5% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
Shrewd and good at keeping: your finances have both tact and discipline, suiting management, finance and civil service. Tian Fu steadies Lian Zhen, making this the most stable arrangement for Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace. Further reading: Tian Fu in the Wealth Palace.
Lian Zhen with Tan Lang (Si or Hai)
Si: Lian Zhen fallen, Tan Lang fallen; Hai: Lian Zhen fallen, Tan Lang fallen. Opposite (Mind): empty palace; Life: Wu Qu and Qi Sha; Career: Zi Wei and Po Jun. About 16.2% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
Connections, talent and socialising bring money. It comes fast and goes fast, and hospitality and desires cost a lot. Both stars are fallen in Si and Hai, so financial discipline is your biggest challenge. Further reading: Tan Lang in the Wealth Palace.
Birth-year transformations in the Wealth Palace
- Lian Zhen with Hua Lu (born in a Jia year): For people born in a Jia year, Lian Zhen with Hua Lu in the Wealth Palace means popularity and tact bring money. You suit sales and public relations. In our sample, about 10.9% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace carry the birth-year Hua Lu.
- Lian Zhen with Hua Ji (born in a Bing year): For people born in a Bing year, Lian Zhen with Hua Ji in the Wealth Palace means favours, disputes or emotions can easily cost you money. Keep money and feelings apart. In our sample, about 8.7% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ji.
Money advice
Keep money and friendship on separate accounts: before lending, decide the most you could lose without minding.
About 45.0% of charts with Lian Zhen 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
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
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.
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Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace: FAQ
What should I watch for with Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace?
Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace earns with tact but tends to spend for favours and on moods. Keep money and friendship apart, and put loans and partnerships in writing.
How common is Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace?
Across the 16,802 charts in our sample, about 8.5% have Lian Zhen 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.