Po Jun in the Siblings Palace: The Peers Closest to You

With Po Jun in your Siblings Palace, your ties with siblings or peers keep changing: drifting apart, coming back together, teaming up, splitting up. They rarely stay the same for long.

Siblings and peers

People with Po Jun here tend to have bold peers who are not afraid of change. The lesson is that the relationships have big ups and downs: the friendships that matter need deliberate upkeep, and before any partnership, agree on how either side can leave.

• With siblings: Your siblings or peers have strong personalities, and their lives go through big changes.
• With peers and colleagues: Your circle of colleagues changes often, and you often meet people who charge ahead.
• Working together and partnerships: Before working together, agree on how it starts and how it ends.

You and the peers around you: the Life and Siblings Palaces

When Po Jun is in the Siblings Palace, the star in your Life Palace is not fixed: it may be Tian Ji, Tian Tong or Tai Yang, or the Life Palace may be empty.

With Po Jun 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 Po Jun in the Siblings Palace, the major star of the Spouse Palace is not fixed; the table below lists it for each branch.

When Po Jun is in the Siblings Palace, the Friends Palace always holds Tian Xiang and the Property Palace always holds Tan Lang, because the Sha-Po-Lang trio always forms a triad.

Bright and fallen positions

When Po Jun is bright, your peers are bold pioneers, and together you can break new ground. When Po Jun is fallen, the relationships swing widely and joint ventures can change course halfway. 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.

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 Po Jun can occupy in the Siblings Palace (this site gives no health readings, so the Health Palace is left out).

"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 (Friends): Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang; Life: Tian Ji; Spouse: Tai Yang. About 18.0% of charts with Po Jun in the Siblings Palace fall into this group.

Po Jun is bright in Zi and Wu, so your peers dare to venture and to change; opposite, in the Friends Palace, sit Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang, so outside friends keep to the rules and keep their word.

Zi Wei with Po Jun (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Po Jun strong, Zi Wei exalted; Wei: Po Jun strong, Zi Wei exalted. Opposite (Friends): Tian Xiang; Life: empty palace; Spouse: Tian Ji. About 15.7% of charts with Po Jun in the Siblings Palace fall into this group.

Your peers have firm views and are not afraid of change, so your relationships keep getting reshuffled, and each shake-up tends to move toward something bigger. If you work together, settle who leads first. Further reading: Zi Wei in the Siblings Palace.

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

Yin: Po Jun favorable; Shen: Po Jun favorable. Opposite (Friends): Wu Qu and Tian Xiang; Life: empty palace; Spouse: empty palace. About 15.6% of charts with Po Jun in the Siblings Palace fall into this group.

Ties with your own people change a lot; opposite, in the Friends Palace, sit Wu Qu and Tian Xiang, so outside friends 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. Opposite (Friends): Tian Xiang; Life: empty palace; Spouse: empty palace. About 17.1% of charts with Po Jun 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: Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace.

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

Chen: Po Jun strong; Xu: Po Jun strong. Opposite (Friends): Zi Wei and Tian Xiang; Life: Tian Tong; Spouse: empty palace. About 17.1% of charts with Po Jun in the Siblings Palace fall into this group.

Po Jun is bright in Chen and Xu, so your peers have the nerve to shake things up; opposite, in the Friends Palace, sit Zi Wei and Tian Xiang, so outside friends and subordinates 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. Opposite (Friends): Tian Xiang; Life: Tai Yang; Spouse: Tian Tong. About 16.5% of charts with Po Jun in the Siblings Palace fall into this group.

Your peers are bold and the relationship has big ups and downs. Be conservative about joint ventures and money between you, and agree on an exit first. Further reading: Wu Qu in the Siblings Palace.

Birth-year transformations in the Siblings 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 Siblings Palace: changes in your ties with peers often open new opportunities. In our sample, about 10.0% of charts with Po Jun in the Siblings 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 Siblings Palace: among your peers is someone bold who drives change. In our sample, about 12.8% of charts with Po Jun in the Siblings Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.

Getting along

Relationships change, but your commitments should hold; before you team up, agree on the way out.

About 39.3% of charts with Po Jun 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