Po Jun: The Expenditure Star, tearing down and rebuilding
Wherever Po Jun lands, that area is often torn down and started over. In the Career Palace you switch tracks and open new ventures, in the Wealth Palace you spend freely and dare to invest, in the Spouse Palace love has big swings and needs repeated adjustment. Po Jun brings the courage to change, and bigger ups and downs than most.
Where Po Jun sits on the chart
Po Jun belongs to the Tian Fu group and always sits 10 boxes forward from Tian Fu, so its distance from Tian Fu never changes and it forms only six combinations with the other major stars.
Across the twelve branches Po Jun forms six combinations, each on a pair of opposite branches:
| Branches | Po Jun combination | Brightness |
|---|---|---|
| Zi, Wu | Po Jun alone, facing Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang | Zi Exalted, Wu Exalted |
| Chou, Wei | Po Jun and Zi Wei together | Chou Strong, Wei Strong |
| Yin, Shen | Po Jun alone, facing Wu Qu and Tian Xiang | Yin Favorable, Shen Favorable |
| Mao, You | Po Jun and Lian Zhen together | Mao Fallen, You Fallen |
| Chen, Xu | Po Jun alone, facing Zi Wei and Tian Xiang | Chen Strong, Xu Strong |
| Si, Hai | Po Jun and Wu Qu together | Si Neutral, Hai Neutral |
In 3 of them Po Jun sits alone and borrows from the opposite palace. For each combination in the Life Palace, see Po Jun in the Life Palace.
Po Jun in the twelve palaces
The same Po Jun describes a different part of life in each palace. Each row gives one line; follow the link for the full reading of that palace.
| Palace | Po Jun here | Full reading |
|---|---|---|
| Life Palace | People with Po Jun in the Life Palace tear down the old to build the new, take risks and do not mind starting from zero, and their lives usually have bigger ups and downs than most. | Po Jun in the Life Palace → |
| Siblings Palace | With Po Jun in your Siblings Palace, your ties with siblings or peers keep changing: drifting apart, coming back together, teaming up, splitting up. | Po Jun in the Siblings Palace → |
| Spouse Palace | With Po Jun in your Spouse Palace, you are drawn to people who dare to push, dare to change and do not play by the usual rules. | Po Jun in the Spouse Palace → |
| Children Palace | Po Jun in the Children Palace means your relationship with the next generation changes a lot, and you are willing to let them take a different road from yours. | Po Jun in the Children Palace → |
| Wealth Palace | Po Jun in the Wealth Palace means your money follows a break-then-build pattern: you often have to spend or invest first before you see a return, and both income and spending swing widely. | Po Jun in the Wealth Palace → |
| Travel Palace | Po Jun in the Travel Palace means that out in the world you are ready to change and break things and do not play by the book; life away from home has big changes, and you often want to reshape a new environment the moment you arrive. | Po Jun in the Travel Palace → |
| Friends Palace | Po Jun in the Friends Palace means your circle changes a lot: friends come and go, and partnerships form and break up. | Po Jun in the Friends Palace → |
| Career Palace | Po Jun in the Career Palace means your work suits pioneering, reform and transformation. | Po Jun in the Career Palace → |
| Property Palace | Po Jun in the Property Palace means your home often goes through "tear down first, then rebuild": starting over, major renovations, leaving the old place behind. | Po Jun in the Property Palace → |
| Mind Palace | With Po Jun in the Mind Palace, your inner self is restless with the status quo. | Po Jun in the Mind Palace → |
| Parents Palace | Po Jun in the Parents Palace means your relationship with your parents or elders changes a lot; your outlooks differ widely, and you often go through family changes together. | Po Jun in the Parents Palace → |
| Health Palace | Not covered: this site does not do health readings. | — |
Brightness
Exalted: Zi and Wu; Strong: Chou, Chen, Wei and Xu; Favorable: Yin and Shen; Neutral: Si and Hai; Fallen: Mao and You.
We use the Complete Book brightness table; other schools’ tables differ in places. Bright means the star’s traits flow easily, fallen means they take more effort or go astray more easily; neither means good or bad luck.
Transformations of Po Jun
- Po Jun with Hua Lu: people born in Gui year. See Hua Lu in the twelve palaces.
- Po Jun with Hua Quan: people born in Jia year. See Hua Quan in the twelve palaces.
The birth-year stem sets these; Zi Wei changes years at Chinese New Year. Each decade and each year also has its own set of Four Transformations, which bring out Po Jun’s Lu, Quan, Ke or Ji at different times.
What to check first when reading Po Jun
With Po Jun, ask whether it can rebuild after it breaks. With Zi Wei (Chou and Wei) it has the authority to set things right, with Wu Qu (Si and Hai) it breaks first and builds later, with Lian Zhen (Mao and You) its drive is strongest. Po Jun is always in a three-harmony position with Qi Sha and Tan Lang. Hua Lu means gain within the upheaval, Hua Quan means reform with teeth; Tian Xiang opposite helps it keep a sense of proportion.
What the data says
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 fortune.
The other major stars
A straight word: one star is not a person
The same major star reads differently in each palace, and every palace also holds partner stars, minor and Sha stars, transformations, its three-sides-and-four-directions and the running decade and year. One star on its own only gives you the backdrop. Everything on this site is for reference and entertainment only; for health, investment or legal matters, please see a professional.
Where is Po Jun in your chart?
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Po Jun: common questions
Po Jun is the Expenditure Star: will money slip away?
Po Jun stands for spending and starting over; we do not read it as money disappearing. The modern reading is that Po Jun is good at opening new ground and dares to invest and to let go, so wherever it lands, that area suits bold change.
Where is Po Jun bright?
By the Complete Book table: Exalted: Zi and Wu; Strong: Chou, Chen, Wei and Xu; Favorable: Yin and Shen; Neutral: Si and Hai; Fallen: Mao and You.
What does Po Jun transform into?
Hua Lu (born in Gui year) and Hua Quan (born in Jia year).