Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace: What You Really Need Inside

With Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace, your feelings run deep and you see right and wrong in sharp lines; both love and resentment go deep with you. Your inner world is rich, but you can easily be swept along by emotion.

Your inner world

People with Lian Zhen here make strong demands on themselves and have strong desires too. The classical texts are rather cautious about Lian Zhen in this palace. The modern reading: your intense feelings need an outlet, and art, sport and creative work are all good choices.

• What you need inside: You need emotional depth and intensity, and you dislike a flat, bland life.
• How you enjoy life: Art, music, design, deep relationships: anything you can pour feeling into.
• Under pressure: Under pressure your moods swing hard and you can get pulled into a whirlpool of love and resentment.

Outside and inside: the Life and Mind Palaces

When Lian Zhen is in the Mind Palace, the major star of your Life Palace is not fixed: it may be one of the Tian Fu group of stars, or the Life Palace may be empty. A common picture is someone who looks steady or driven on the outside, yet inside holds deep feelings and strong attachments.

With Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace, the major star of the Life Palace changes with the branch; the table below lists it for each branch.

The Wealth–Mind axis and the Travel–Spouse–Mind triad

Opposite the Mind Palace is the Wealth Palace: the Wealth Palace shows how you earn, the Mind Palace shows your state of mind and what you enjoy, and that is what decides how the money gets spent. Its triad is the Travel and Spouse Palaces, so your inner needs are tied to how you come across in the world and how you love. When Lian Zhen is in the Mind Palace, the Travel Palace always holds Wu Qu and the Spouse Palace always holds Zi Wei, because Zi Wei, Lian Zhen and Wu Qu always form a triad. Out in the world you are practical, in love you value respect, and inside you burn hot.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, you have principles and passion inside, and you can turn emotion into creativity. When fallen, your emotions run even hotter and you can get caught up in romance or in disputes. 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.

"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 (Wealth): Po Jun; Life: Tan Lang. About 17.5% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Principled and mindful of dignity, you like an orderly life. Watch out for the "seal pinched by punishment and Hua Ji" pattern, and do not let other people’s affairs disturb your peace of mind. Further reading: Tian Xiang in the Mind Palace.

Lian Zhen with Qi Sha (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Lian Zhen fair, Qi Sha exalted; Wei: Lian Zhen fair, Qi Sha exalted. Opposite (Wealth): Tian Fu; Life: Tian Xiang. About 16.4% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Fierce and hungry for challenge, you enjoy the struggle itself. With malefic stars present your emotions can turn impulsive, so give yourself room to cool down. Further reading: Qi Sha in the Mind Palace.

Lian Zhen alone, facing Tan Lang (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Lian Zhen exalted; Shen: Lian Zhen exalted. Opposite (Wealth): Tan Lang; Life: Qi Sha. About 17.0% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Lian Zhen is bright in Yin and Shen, so you have principles and passion inside; with Tan Lang opposite in the Wealth Palace, money often goes on socialising and enjoyment.

Lian Zhen with Po Jun (Mao or You)

Mao: Lian Zhen neutral, Po Jun fallen; You: Lian Zhen neutral, Po Jun fallen. Opposite (Wealth): Tian Xiang; Life: empty palace. About 15.7% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Rebellious and wanting change, you are restless in spirit and your moods swing widely. With Hua Lu or auspicious stars, that restlessness can turn into creativity. Further reading: Po Jun in the Mind Palace.

Lian Zhen with Tian Fu (Chen or Xu)

Chen: Lian Zhen fair, Tian Fu exalted; Xu: Lian Zhen fair, Tian Fu exalted. Opposite (Wealth): Qi Sha; Life: Po Jun. About 16.2% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Shrewd and steady inside, you know how to hold on and how to enjoy; your feelings are strong but restrained. This is the steadiest pairing for Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace. Further reading: Tian Fu in the Mind Palace.

Lian Zhen with Tan Lang (Si or Hai)

Si: Lian Zhen fallen, Tan Lang fallen; Hai: Lian Zhen fallen, Tan Lang fallen. Opposite (Wealth): empty palace; Life: Tian Fu. About 17.1% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Both your desires and your feelings run very strong: you enjoy life and can also overindulge. Both stars are fallen in Si and Hai, so self-discipline is the key to inner calm. Further reading: Tan Lang in the Mind Palace.

Birth-year transformations in the Mind Palace

• Lian Zhen with Hua Lu (born in a Jia year): For people born in a Jia year, Lian Zhen takes Hua Lu in the Mind Palace: your feelings are rich and have somewhere to go, and you know how to enjoy life’s pleasures. In our sample, about 10.8% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Mind 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 takes Hua Ji in the Mind Palace: strong emotions and a tendency to fixate. Give your feelings a safe outlet. In our sample, about 10.0% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ji.

Finding your balance

Put your strong feelings into your work or into sport, rather than letting them churn only inside you.

About 42.4% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace also have at least one of the six Sha stars in that palace, about the same as the 42.1% across all charts. Malefic stars in the Mind Palace usually show up as a busy mind that finds it hard to switch off, so you need a few more ways of looking after yourself; they do not mean you are unhappy.

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 good fortune.

Other major stars in the Mind Palace