Po Jun in the Parents Palace: You and the Generation Above

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.

Parents, elders and bosses

People with Po Jun here do not buy into traditional authority easily, and relationships with bosses can go up and down too. The lesson is finding a way to respect each other within your differences.

• With your parents: Parents with strong personalities; the family goes through many changes.
• Elders, bosses and teachers: Bosses and teachers who come and go, with relationships that rise and fall.
• Rules and authority: You often have opinions about old rules and like to try new ways.

You and the generation above: the Life and Parents Palaces

With Po Jun in the Parents Palace, the Life Palace star is not fixed: it can be Tai Yang, Tian Ji or Tian Tong, or the Life Palace can be empty.

With Po Jun in the Parents Palace, the Life Palace star changes with the branch; the table below lists it for each one.

Parents and Mind: upbringing and inner life

With Po Jun in the Parents Palace, the Mind Palace star is not fixed; the table below lists it for each branch.

With Po Jun in the Parents Palace, the Children Palace always holds Qi Sha and the Friends Palace always holds Tan Lang. The Sha-Po-Lang trio always forms a trine.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, elders are open-minded and support you in going your own way. When fallen, clashes of outlook with elders are frequent and the relationship swings a lot. 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 Parents Palace forms a trine with the Children and Friends Palaces (the generation above, the generation below, and friends and team members read as one group), and it sits between the Life Palace and the Mind Palace. Opposite is the Health Palace; we only read it as the star shining into the Parents Palace and make no health readings. The table shows, for each of the twelve branches Po Jun can occupy in the Parents Palace, the star shining in from opposite and the major stars of the Life, Mind, Children and Friends Palaces.

"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. Shining in from opposite: Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang; Life: Tai Yang; Mind: Tian Ji. About 16.2% of charts with Po Jun in the Parents Palace fall into this group.

Po Jun is exalted in Zi and Wu, with Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang shining in from opposite: elders are open-minded and willing to change, and also keep the rules and their word.

Zi Wei with Po Jun (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Po Jun strong, Zi Wei exalted; Wei: Po Jun strong, Zi Wei exalted. Shining in from opposite: Tian Xiang; Life: Tian Ji; Mind: empty palace. About 17.9% of charts with Po Jun in the Parents Palace fall into this group.

Elders carry weight and also want to reform things, so the house rules keep being rewritten. Your relationship with them adjusts as the family changes, and grows a little more mature each time. Further reading: Zi Wei in the Parents Palace.

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

Yin: Po Jun favorable; Shen: Po Jun favorable. Shining in from opposite: Wu Qu and Tian Xiang; Life: empty palace; Mind: empty palace. About 14.1% of charts with Po Jun in the Parents Palace fall into this group.

Po Jun sits alone with Wu Qu and Tian Xiang shining in from opposite: the relationship with elders changes a lot, but elders themselves are practical and dependable.

Lian Zhen with Po Jun (Mao or You)

Mao: Po Jun fallen, Lian Zhen neutral; You: Po Jun fallen, Lian Zhen neutral. Shining in from opposite: Tian Xiang; Life: empty palace; Mind: empty palace. About 16.1% of charts with Po Jun in the Parents Palace fall into this group.

The relationship with elders goes through big shifts and big emotional swings. With Hua Lu or auspicious stars, each shift tends to bring a new understanding between you. Further reading: Lian Zhen in the Parents Palace.

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

Chen: Po Jun strong; Xu: Po Jun strong. Shining in from opposite: Zi Wei and Tian Xiang; Life: empty palace; Mind: Tian Tong. About 16.5% of charts with Po Jun in the Parents Palace fall into this group.

Po Jun is strong in Chen and Xu, with Zi Wei and Tian Xiang shining in from opposite: elders have the nerve to reform, and they also value order and appearances.

Wu Qu with Po Jun (Si or Hai)

Si: Po Jun neutral, Wu Qu neutral; Hai: Po Jun neutral, Wu Qu neutral. Shining in from opposite: Tian Xiang; Life: Tian Tong; Mind: Tai Yang. About 19.2% of charts with Po Jun in the Parents Palace fall into this group.

Elders demand a lot and keep changing their methods; the family often goes through transitions. Being clear about what each of you expects matters more than anything. Further reading: Wu Qu in the Parents Palace.

Birth-year transformations in the Parents Palace

• Po Jun with Hua Lu (born in a Gui year): People born in a Gui year have Po Jun Hua Lu in the Parents Palace: changes at home often bring new opportunities. In our sample, about 11.1% of charts with Po Jun in the Parents Palace carry the birth-year Hua Lu.
• Po Jun with Hua Quan (born in a Jia year): People born in a Jia year have Po Jun Hua Quan in the Parents Palace: elders or bosses are bold and drive change. In our sample, about 14.1% of charts with Po Jun in the Parents Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.

Getting along

Different outlooks are fine; what matters is respecting each other.

About 42.7% of charts with Po Jun in the Parents Palace also have at least one of the six Sha stars in that palace, about the same as the 41.9% across all charts. Malefic stars in the Parents Palace usually show up as more friction and more differences of opinion with elders or bosses, which calls for more talking things through; they do not mean a bad relationship with your parents.

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 parents' fortunes or family bonds.

Other major stars in the Parents Palace