Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace: The Peers Closest to You
With Lian Zhen in your Siblings Palace, your feelings for your siblings or peers run deep, and so do your principles: when things are good you back each other fiercely, and when you disagree neither side bends.
Siblings and peers
People with Lian Zhen here tend to have peers with vivid personalities and real ambition. The lesson is the intensity of feeling and the competitive streak: these relationships need boundaries, and sometimes a cooling-off period.
- With siblings: Your siblings or peers have strong personalities, and both affection and emotion run high.
- With peers and colleagues: Among colleagues you easily end up with rivals, and just as easily with best friends for life.
- Working together and partnerships: You work together on principle and loyalty; agree on how the gains are shared before you start.
You and the peers around you: the Life and Siblings Palaces
When Lian Zhen is in the Siblings Palace, the star in your Life Palace is not fixed: it may be Tian Liang, Tai Yin or Ju Men, or the Life Palace may be empty.
With Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace, the major star of the Life Palace changes with the branch; the table below lists it for each branch.
Siblings and spouse
With Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace, the major star of the Spouse Palace is not fixed; the table below lists it for each branch.
When Lian Zhen is in the Siblings Palace, the Property Palace always holds Wu Qu, because Zi Wei, Lian Zhen and Wu Qu always form a triad. The star in the Friends Palace is not fixed.
Bright and fallen positions
When Lian Zhen is bright, your peers are loyal and bold. When Lian Zhen is fallen, moods swing widely and you can end up going head to head with your peers. 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.
Opposite the Siblings Palace is the Friends Palace (the Siblings–Friends axis: your own people and outsiders), and its triad is the Property and Health Palaces. The table shows the major stars of the Friends, Life, Spouse and Property Palaces for each of the twelve branches Lian Zhen can occupy in the Siblings Palace (this site gives no health readings, so the Health Palace is left out).
| Siblings Palace in | Brightness | Shares the palace with | Opposite (Friends) | Your Life Palace | Spouse | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yin | Exalted | alone | Tan Lang | empty palace | empty palace | Wu Qu and Tian Fu |
| Mao | Neutral | Po Jun | Tian Xiang | empty palace | empty palace | Wu Qu and Tan Lang |
| Chen | Fair | Tian Fu | Qi Sha | Tai Yin | empty palace | Wu Qu and Tian Xiang |
| Si | Fallen | Tan Lang | empty palace | Ju Men | Tai Yin | Wu Qu and Qi Sha |
| Wu | Neutral | Tian Xiang | Po Jun | Tian Liang | Ju Men | Wu Qu |
| Wei | Fair | Qi Sha | Tian Fu | empty palace | Tian Liang | Wu Qu and Po Jun |
| Shen | Exalted | alone | Tan Lang | empty palace | empty palace | Wu Qu and Tian Fu |
| You | Neutral | Po Jun | Tian Xiang | empty palace | empty palace | Wu Qu and Tan Lang |
| Xu | Fair | Tian Fu | Qi Sha | Tai Yin | empty palace | Wu Qu and Tian Xiang |
| Hai | Fallen | Tan Lang | empty palace | Ju Men | Tai Yin | Wu Qu and Qi Sha |
| Zi | Neutral | Tian Xiang | Po Jun | Tian Liang | Ju Men | Wu Qu |
| Chou | Fair | Qi Sha | Tian Fu | empty palace | Tian Liang | Wu Qu and Po Jun |
"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 (Friends): Po Jun; Life: Tian Liang; Spouse: Ju Men. About 16.9% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace fall into this group.
Your peers value principle and keep to the rules. Watch for the pattern the old books call the seal squeezed between punishment and Ji: your ties with peers can be pulled around by outside events. Further reading: Tian Xiang in the Siblings Palace.
Lian Zhen with Qi Sha (Chou or Wei)
Chou: Lian Zhen fair, Qi Sha exalted; Wei: Lian Zhen fair, Qi Sha exalted. Opposite (Friends): Tian Fu; Life: empty palace; Spouse: Tian Liang. About 17.6% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace fall into this group.
Your peers are headstrong and ambitious, with competition and mutual help side by side. Classical texts say Lian Zhen with Qi Sha in Chou and Wei builds wealth over time; the modern reading is that your peers each build up what they have through hard work. Further reading: Qi Sha in the Siblings Palace.
Lian Zhen alone, facing Tan Lang (Yin or Shen)
Yin: Lian Zhen exalted; Shen: Lian Zhen exalted. Opposite (Friends): Tan Lang; Life: empty palace; Spouse: empty palace. About 17.5% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace fall into this group.
Lian Zhen is bright in Yin and Shen, so your own people have principles and nerve; opposite, in the Friends Palace, sits Tan Lang, so outside friends are lively and changeable.
Lian Zhen with Po Jun (Mao or You)
Mao: Lian Zhen neutral, Po Jun fallen; You: Lian Zhen neutral, Po Jun fallen. Opposite (Friends): Tian Xiang; Life: empty palace; Spouse: empty palace. About 17.8% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace fall into this group.
Ties with your peers often go through big transformations, and emotions swing widely too. With Hua Lu or helpful stars, each transformation tends to open something new. Further reading: Po Jun in the Siblings Palace.
Lian Zhen with Tian Fu (Chen or Xu)
Chen: Lian Zhen fair, Tian Fu exalted; Xu: Lian Zhen fair, Tian Fu exalted. Opposite (Friends): Qi Sha; Life: Tai Yin; Spouse: empty palace. About 13.8% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace fall into this group.
Your peers have principles and are steady too: shrewd and dependable. This is the most stable pairing for Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace. Further reading: Tian Fu in the Siblings Palace.
Lian Zhen with Tan Lang (Si or Hai)
Si: Lian Zhen fallen, Tan Lang fallen; Hai: Lian Zhen fallen, Tan Lang fallen. Opposite (Friends): empty palace; Life: Ju Men; Spouse: Tai Yin. About 16.4% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace fall into this group.
Your peers are lively and have strong personalities, with plenty of emotion and plenty of fun. Both stars are fallen in Si and Hai, so boundaries and restraint are the key. Further reading: Tan Lang in the Siblings Palace.
Birth-year transformations in the Siblings 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 Siblings Palace: the bond with your peers is warm and lively, and you often help each other out. In our sample, about 10.9% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Siblings 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 Siblings Palace: emotional flare-ups with peers come easily. Cool down first, then talk. In our sample, about 10.5% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ji.
Getting along
The bond can be strong, as long as the boundaries are clear.
About 43.2% of charts with Lian Zhen in the Siblings 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 Siblings Palace usually show up as friction and strong opinions among peers, calling for more communication and clearer boundaries; they do not mean you and your siblings are at odds.
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 number of siblings or how those siblings will fare.
Other major stars in the Siblings Palace
A straight word: the Siblings Palace is about how you get on with your peers, not how many siblings you have
The Siblings Palace describes how you relate to and deal with siblings, peers, colleagues and business partners. It cannot tell you how many brothers and sisters you have, where you come in the family, or whose life will turn out better; classical verdicts such as siblings "clashing" with you or "thin sibling ties" are never used on this site. Tradition also reads ready cash from this palace; we only treat it as a reminder to take extra care when money passes between you and your peers, and it is not lending or investment advice. Everything on this site is for reference and entertainment only.
Find out which star sits in your Siblings Palace
Enter your date of birth and birth time to cast your chart, then tap the Siblings Palace to see its major stars, transformations and four-way set.
Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace: FAQ
Does Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace mean I don’t get along with my siblings?
Lian Zhen here means strong feelings and strong principles: fierce loyalty when things are good, and no backing down when they are not. That is not the same as not getting along. This site does not predict good or bad fortune between siblings; it only describes tendencies in how you relate.
How common is Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace?
Across the 16,802 charts in our sample, about 8.1% have Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace (alone or sharing it with another major star). Each of the fourteen major stars lands in the Siblings Palace roughly 8–9% of the time.