Po Jun in the Mind Palace: What You Really Need Inside

With Po Jun in the Mind Palace, your inner self is restless with the status quo. You often want to change things and start over, and in spirit you are always searching for a new direction.

Your inner world

Classical texts say Po Jun in this palace means a "laboring mind". The modern reading: inside, you are forever tearing down and rebuilding. The upside is the courage to change and freedom from old ideas; the lesson is that it is hard for you to truly settle.

• What you need inside: You need change, freedom and new possibilities.
• How you enjoy life: Travel, moving house, switching careers, trying completely new fields.
• Under pressure: Under pressure you want to scrap everything and start again.

Outside and inside: the Life and Mind Palaces

When Po Jun is in the Mind Palace, the major star of your Life Palace is not fixed: it may be Wu Qu, Zi Wei or Lian Zhen, or the Life Palace may be empty. A common picture is someone who seems practical or weighty on the outside, yet inside keeps wanting to break out of the status quo.

With Po Jun 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 Po Jun is in the Mind Palace, the Wealth Palace always holds Tian Xiang, the Travel Palace always holds Tan Lang and the Spouse Palace always holds Qi Sha: you earn by the rules, you have a wide social circle out in the world, you want drive in love, and inside you want change.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, you have the courage to break through inside, and change helps you grow. When fallen, you feel unsettled inside and tend to make impulsive decisions. 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.

"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 (Wealth): Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang; Life: Wu Qu. About 18.5% of charts with Po Jun in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Po Jun is bright in Zi and Wu, so you have the courage to break through; with Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang opposite in the Wealth Palace, you handle money on principle, and your changes have backing.

Zi Wei with Po Jun (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Po Jun strong, Zi Wei exalted; Wei: Po Jun strong, Zi Wei exalted. Opposite (Wealth): Tian Xiang; Life: empty palace. About 17.5% of charts with Po Jun in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Inside you have firm views and a craving for change, and you often want to break the status quo and rearrange your own life. In spirit you refuse to settle for the ordinary; what you enjoy is the freedom of "my call". Further reading: Zi Wei in the Mind Palace.

Po Jun alone, facing Wu Qu and Tian Xiang (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Po Jun favorable; Shen: Po Jun favorable. Opposite (Wealth): Wu Qu and Tian Xiang; Life: Zi Wei. About 14.3% of charts with Po Jun in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Inside you want change; with Wu Qu and Tian Xiang opposite in the Wealth Palace, your finances are practical and rule-abiding, and that is what gives you the confidence to change.

Lian Zhen with Po Jun (Mao or You)

Mao: Po Jun fallen, Lian Zhen neutral; You: Po Jun fallen, Lian Zhen neutral. Opposite (Wealth): Tian Xiang; Life: empty palace. About 15.3% of charts with Po Jun 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: Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace.

Po Jun alone, facing Zi Wei and Tian Xiang (Chen or Xu)

Chen: Po Jun strong; Xu: Po Jun strong. Opposite (Wealth): Zi Wei and Tian Xiang; Life: Lian Zhen. About 18.0% of charts with Po Jun in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Po Jun is bright in Chen and Xu, so you have a reformer’s drive inside; with Zi Wei and Tian Xiang opposite in the Wealth Palace, you spend on dignity and order.

Wu Qu with Po Jun (Si or Hai)

Si: Po Jun neutral, Wu Qu neutral; Hai: Po Jun neutral, Wu Qu neutral. Opposite (Wealth): Tian Xiang; Life: empty palace. About 16.5% of charts with Po Jun in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Inside you dare to charge and to gamble, wanting both change and results, and your moods swing widely. You need a stable outlet; do not pour all that impulse into money. Further reading: Wu Qu in the Mind Palace.

Birth-year transformations in the Mind Palace

• Po Jun with Hua Lu (born in a Gui year): For people born in a Gui year, Po Jun takes Hua Lu in the Mind Palace: change brings you enjoyment and rewards, and the more you change the more open you become inside. In our sample, about 10.6% of charts with Po Jun in the Mind 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 takes Hua Quan in the Mind Palace: you have a strong inner push to make change happen and a very clear mind of your own. In our sample, about 11.9% of charts with Po Jun in the Mind Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.

Finding your balance

Before you tear everything down and start over, write down three things you want to keep.

About 43.9% of charts with Po Jun 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