Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace: How You Earn, and Where the Money Goes
Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace means you dare to charge ahead and take risks to earn, and you like to build your own territory. Your income often rises and falls sharply with your drive and results.
Your attitude to money
Qi Sha’s money is won by fighting for it: you have drive and nerve, but the swings are big. Classical texts say Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace is hard at first and easier later; youth tends to be a struggle, and you turn things around by building experience and ability.
- How you earn: You suit starting a business, sales, competitive industries, and work that calls for pushing hard and taking risks.
- How you spend: You spend decisively; once you are sure, you act without much hesitation.
- Financial risk: Impulsive investing and betting everything on one move; with malefic stars the swings grow bigger.
Life, Wealth and Career: money is tied to who you are and what you do
With Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace, the Life Palace always holds Po Jun and the Career Palace always holds Tan Lang; the Sha-Po-Lang trio always forms a triad. You yourself tear down and rebuild and live a changeable life, your work runs on social skill and ambition, and money is won by Qi Sha’s drive.
This is built into the chart: counting four palaces forward from Qi Sha always lands on Po Jun, and the Life Palace always sits four palaces forward from the Wealth Palace, so the Life Palace always holds Po Jun (sometimes together with Wu Qu, Zi Wei and Lian Zhen); counting four palaces backward from Qi Sha always lands on Tan Lang, and the Career Palace always sits four palaces backward from the Wealth Palace, so the Career Palace always holds Tan Lang (sometimes together with Zi Wei, Lian Zhen and Wu Qu). Further reading: Po Jun in the Life Palace, Tan Lang in the Life Palace.
Bright and fallen positions
Qi Sha is bright in the Wealth Palace in most positions, and your drive turns into real income. Qi Sha is never fallen; when it shares the palace with Zi Wei, your financial decisions become more forceful, so watch for acting alone. Brightness by branch, from the table of the Complete Book this site uses: Exalted: Chou, Yin, Chen, Wei, Shen, Xu; Strong: Zi, Mao, Wu, You; Neutral: Si, Hai.
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 Qi Sha can occupy in the Wealth Palace.
| Wealth Palace in | Brightness | Shares the palace with | Opposite (Mind) | Your Life Palace | Career Palace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yin | Exalted | alone | Zi Wei and Tian Fu | Po Jun | Tan Lang |
| Mao | Strong | Wu Qu | Tian Fu | Zi Wei and Po Jun | Lian Zhen and Tan Lang |
| Chen | Exalted | alone | Lian Zhen and Tian Fu | Po Jun | Tan Lang |
| Si | Neutral | Zi Wei | Tian Fu | Lian Zhen and Po Jun | Wu Qu and Tan Lang |
| Wu | Strong | alone | Wu Qu and Tian Fu | Po Jun | Tan Lang |
| Wei | Exalted | Lian Zhen | Tian Fu | Wu Qu and Po Jun | Zi Wei and Tan Lang |
| Shen | Exalted | alone | Zi Wei and Tian Fu | Po Jun | Tan Lang |
| You | Strong | Wu Qu | Tian Fu | Zi Wei and Po Jun | Lian Zhen and Tan Lang |
| Xu | Exalted | alone | Lian Zhen and Tian Fu | Po Jun | Tan Lang |
| Hai | Neutral | Zi Wei | Tian Fu | Lian Zhen and Po Jun | Wu Qu and Tan Lang |
| Zi | Strong | alone | Wu Qu and Tian Fu | Po Jun | Tan Lang |
| Chou | Exalted | Lian Zhen | Tian Fu | Wu Qu and Po Jun | Zi Wei and Tan Lang |
"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
Qi Sha alone, facing Wu Qu and Tian Fu (Zi or Wu)
Zi: Qi Sha strong; Wu: Qi Sha strong. Opposite (Mind): Wu Qu and Tian Fu; Life: Po Jun; Career: Tan Lang. About 16.3% of charts with Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
Strong drive to earn; opposite, Wu Qu and Tian Fu in the Mind Palace mean that inside you really value security, so the money you charge out to win, you find ways to save.
Lian Zhen with Qi Sha (Chou or Wei)
Chou: Qi Sha exalted, Lian Zhen fair; Wei: Qi Sha exalted, Lian Zhen fair. Opposite (Mind): Tian Fu; Life: Wu Qu and Po Jun; Career: Zi Wei and Tan Lang. About 16.6% of charts with Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
You build wealth through hard work and drive; classical texts say Lian Zhen with Qi Sha in Chou or Wei marks a person who accumulates wealth. Your income has momentum; with malefic stars, guard against impulsive losses. Further reading: Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace.
Qi Sha alone, facing Zi Wei and Tian Fu (Yin or Shen)
Yin: Qi Sha exalted; Shen: Qi Sha exalted. Opposite (Mind): Zi Wei and Tian Fu; Life: Po Jun; Career: Tan Lang. About 16.0% of charts with Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
Qi Sha is bright in Yin and Shen and you earn with nerve; opposite, Zi Wei and Tian Fu in the Mind Palace make you want scale and stability inside, and your finances grow larger as you go.
Wu Qu with Qi Sha (Mao or You)
Mao: Qi Sha strong, Wu Qu fair; You: Qi Sha strong, Wu Qu fair. Opposite (Mind): Tian Fu; Life: Zi Wei and Po Jun; Career: Lian Zhen and Tan Lang. About 18.5% of charts with Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
You earn forcefully and dare to charge and fight, suiting fiercely competitive industries. Classical texts say Wu Qu with Qi Sha is prone to having wealth snatched away, so set stop-losses on investments and don’t bet everything on one move. Further reading: Wu Qu in the Wealth Palace.
Qi Sha alone, facing Lian Zhen and Tian Fu (Chen or Xu)
Chen: Qi Sha exalted; Xu: Qi Sha exalted. Opposite (Mind): Lian Zhen and Tian Fu; Life: Po Jun; Career: Tan Lang. About 15.5% of charts with Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
Qi Sha is bright in Chen and Xu and your income comes through drive; opposite, Lian Zhen and Tian Fu in the Mind Palace make you shrewd and good at keeping inside. Hard at first, steady later.
Zi Wei with Qi Sha (Si or Hai)
Si: Qi Sha neutral, Zi Wei strong; Hai: Qi Sha neutral, Zi Wei strong. Opposite (Mind): Tian Fu; Life: Lian Zhen and Po Jun; Career: Wu Qu and Tan Lang. About 17.1% of charts with Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
You earn with nerve and authority and suit positions that control resources and decisions. Your financial calls are decisive but can also be one-sided, so listen to more views before big investments. Further reading: Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace.
Birth-year transformations in the Wealth Palace
Under the Four Transformations table of the Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu, Qi Sha never transforms, so Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace never carries a birth-year Hua Lu, Hua Quan, Hua Ke or Hua Ji of its own. For transformations affecting your money, look at any other star sharing the palace, at Lu Cun, and at the Mind Palace opposite and the Life and Career Palaces in its triad.
Money advice
Set a stop-loss before every risk you take; Qi Sha doesn’t fear charging ahead, only charging too far.
About 43.5% of charts with Qi Sha 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).
Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace: FAQ
Is Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace suited to starting a business?
Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace dares to charge ahead and take risks to earn, and suits entrepreneurship and competitive work. Income swings a lot, so set stop-losses and keep a safety fund you never touch.
How common is Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace?
Across the 16,802 charts in our sample, about 8.5% have Qi Sha 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.