Po Jun in the Wealth Palace: How You Earn, and Where the Money Goes
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.
Your attitude to money
Po Jun is a star of depletion. Classical texts say Po Jun in the Wealth Palace means money comes and goes; the modern reading is that you suit money that comes from starting and changing things, but you are also most prone to losses amid change. When Po Jun takes Hua Lu, change often brings gains.
- How you earn: You suit starting a business, reform, technical work, pioneering roles and work that pays back only after you put something in.
- How you spend: You spend big and dare to invest, and you can also blow money on a whim.
- Financial risk: Speculation, impulse and money that comes and goes; with Di Kong or Di Jie, the drain is more obvious.
Life, Wealth and Career: money is tied to who you are and what you do
With Po Jun in the Wealth Palace, the Life Palace always holds Tan Lang and the Career Palace always holds Qi Sha; the Sha-Po-Lang trio always forms a triad. You yourself have a wide social circle and strong desires, your work has plenty of drive, and money flows in and out amid Po Jun’s changes.
This is built into the chart: counting four palaces forward from Po Jun always lands on Tan Lang, and the Life Palace always sits four palaces forward from the Wealth Palace, so the Life Palace always holds Tan Lang (sometimes together with Lian Zhen, Wu Qu and Zi Wei); counting four palaces backward from Po Jun always lands on Qi Sha, and the Career Palace always sits four palaces backward from the Wealth Palace, so the Career Palace always holds Qi Sha (sometimes together with Wu Qu, Zi Wei and Lian Zhen). Further reading: Tan Lang in the Life Palace, Qi Sha in the Life Palace.
Bright and fallen positions
When bright, your pioneering spirit brings money; you dare to put money in and you get it back. When fallen, losses outweigh gains and your finances swing sharply. Brightness by branch, from the table of the Complete Book this site uses: Exalted: Zi, Wu; Strong: Chou, Chen, Wei, Xu; Favorable: Yin, Shen; Neutral: Si, Hai; Fallen: Mao, You.
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 Po Jun can occupy in the Wealth Palace.
| Wealth Palace in | Brightness | Shares the palace with | Opposite (Mind) | Your Life Palace | Career Palace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yin | Favorable | alone | Wu Qu and Tian Xiang | Tan Lang | Qi Sha |
| Mao | Fallen | Lian Zhen | Tian Xiang | Wu Qu and Tan Lang | Zi Wei and Qi Sha |
| Chen | Strong | alone | Zi Wei and Tian Xiang | Tan Lang | Qi Sha |
| Si | Neutral | Wu Qu | Tian Xiang | Zi Wei and Tan Lang | Lian Zhen and Qi Sha |
| Wu | Exalted | alone | Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang | Tan Lang | Qi Sha |
| Wei | Strong | Zi Wei | Tian Xiang | Lian Zhen and Tan Lang | Wu Qu and Qi Sha |
| Shen | Favorable | alone | Wu Qu and Tian Xiang | Tan Lang | Qi Sha |
| You | Fallen | Lian Zhen | Tian Xiang | Wu Qu and Tan Lang | Zi Wei and Qi Sha |
| Xu | Strong | alone | Zi Wei and Tian Xiang | Tan Lang | Qi Sha |
| Hai | Neutral | Wu Qu | Tian Xiang | Zi Wei and Tan Lang | Lian Zhen and Qi Sha |
| Zi | Exalted | alone | Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang | Tan Lang | Qi Sha |
| Chou | Strong | Zi Wei | Tian Xiang | Lian Zhen and Tan Lang | Wu Qu and Qi Sha |
"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
Po Jun alone, facing Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang (Zi or Wu)
Zi: Po Jun exalted; Wu: Po Jun exalted. Opposite (Mind): Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang; Life: Tan Lang; Career: Qi Sha. About 17.3% of charts with Po Jun in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
Po Jun is bright in Zi and Wu; you dare to put money in and you get it back. Opposite, Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang in the Mind Palace give you inner principles, so there is building within the breaking.
Zi Wei with Po Jun (Chou or Wei)
Chou: Po Jun strong, Zi Wei exalted; Wei: Po Jun strong, Zi Wei exalted. Opposite (Mind): Tian Xiang; Life: Lian Zhen and Tan Lang; Career: Wu Qu and Qi Sha. About 17.3% of charts with Po Jun in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
You earn boldly and dare to tear down and rebuild, often making money through reform, takeovers or reinvention, and you spend on a grand scale too. You suit pioneering ventures; your finances swing widely, so you need someone to help you hold on. Further reading: Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace.
Po Jun alone, facing Wu Qu and Tian Xiang (Yin or Shen)
Yin: Po Jun favorable; Shen: Po Jun favorable. Opposite (Mind): Wu Qu and Tian Xiang; Life: Tan Lang; Career: Qi Sha. About 14.8% of charts with Po Jun in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
Your finances change a lot; opposite, Wu Qu and Tian Xiang in the Mind Palace make you practical inside, and you know to leave yourself a way out.
Lian Zhen with Po Jun (Mao or You)
Mao: Po Jun fallen, Lian Zhen neutral; You: Po Jun fallen, Lian Zhen neutral. Opposite (Mind): Tian Xiang; Life: Wu Qu and Tan Lang; Career: Zi Wei and Qi Sha. About 15.9% of charts with Po Jun 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: Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace.
Po Jun alone, facing Zi Wei and Tian Xiang (Chen or Xu)
Chen: Po Jun strong; Xu: Po Jun strong. Opposite (Mind): Zi Wei and Tian Xiang; Life: Tan Lang; Career: Qi Sha. About 17.0% of charts with Po Jun in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
Po Jun is strong in Chen and Xu, and you dare to invest in change; opposite, Zi Wei and Tian Xiang in the Mind Palace make you value dignity and order inside, so what you put money into leans towards things with a good image and real scale.
Wu Qu with Po Jun (Si or Hai)
Si: Po Jun neutral, Wu Qu neutral; Hai: Po Jun neutral, Wu Qu neutral. Opposite (Mind): Tian Xiang; Life: Zi Wei and Tan Lang; Career: Lian Zhen and Qi Sha. About 17.7% of charts with Po Jun in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
You dare to gamble and charge, and money comes and goes; you suit technical or pioneering income. Classical texts are cautious about Wu Qu with Po Jun; earning through professional skills is more reliable than speculating. Further reading: Wu Qu in the Wealth Palace.
Birth-year transformations in the Wealth Palace
- Po Jun with Hua Lu (born in a Gui year): For people born in a Gui year, Po Jun with Hua Lu in the Wealth Palace means change and new ventures often bring income; there is building within the breaking. In our sample, about 12.9% of charts with Po Jun in the Wealth Palace carry the birth-year Hua Lu.
- Po Jun with Hua Quan (born in a Jia year): For people born in a Jia year, Po Jun with Hua Quan in the Wealth Palace gives you the nerve to make big decisions and invest, but also makes big swings more likely. In our sample, about 9.6% of charts with Po Jun in the Wealth Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.
Money advice
Split your money into two accounts, one you can take risks with and one you never touch, and let Po Jun move only the first.
About 42.6% of charts with Po Jun 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.
Find out which star sits in your Wealth Palace
Enter your date of birth and birth time to cast your chart, then tap the Wealth Palace to see its major stars, transformations and four-way set (Life, Career and Mind Palaces).
Po Jun in the Wealth Palace: FAQ
Does Po Jun in the Wealth Palace mean I can’t save?
Po Jun stands for change and depletion, so money tends to move in and out, but that does not mean you can’t save. Splitting income into a part you can risk and a part you never touch is the money approach that suits Po Jun best.
How common is Po Jun in the Wealth Palace?
Across the 16,802 charts in our sample, about 8.3% have Po Jun 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.