Qi Sha in the Mind Palace: What You Really Need Inside

With Qi Sha in the Mind Palace, your inner self will not settle for a quiet, ordinary life. You need challenges and goals, and being idle actually makes you uneasy. Your happiness comes from breaking through and getting things done.

Your inner world

With Qi Sha in the Mind Palace, the Life Palace always holds Tian Xiang: proper, courteous and easy to get along with on the outside, yet inside there is a drive that refuses to lose. Call it "soft outside, tough inside": people think you are mild, but inside you are always pushing forward.

• What you need inside: You need challenges, goals and breakthroughs.
• How you enjoy life: Sport, competition, adventure, taking on hard things.
• Under pressure: Under pressure you push even harder and can stop thinking about consequences.

Outside and inside: the Life and Mind Palaces

When Qi Sha is in the Mind Palace, the Life Palace always holds Tian Xiang: mild and courteous on the outside, yet inside you have a drive that refuses to lose.

This is built into the chart: counting two palaces backward from Qi Sha always lands on Tian Xiang, and the Life Palace always sits two palaces backward from the Mind Palace. Further reading: Tian Xiang in the Life Palace.

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 Qi Sha is in the Mind Palace, the Wealth Palace always holds Tian Fu, the Travel Palace always holds Po Jun and the Spouse Palace always holds Tan Lang: steady in how you earn, bold out in the world, passionate in love, and hungry for challenge inside.

Bright and fallen positions

Qi Sha is bright in the Mind Palace in most positions: you have drive and nerve inside. Qi Sha is never fallen; when it shares the palace with Zi Wei your inner self is even more forceful, and you need to learn to relax. 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.

"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 (Wealth): Wu Qu and Tian Fu; Life: Zi Wei and Tian Xiang. About 16.3% of charts with Qi Sha in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Inside you want challenge; with Wu Qu and Tian Fu opposite in the Wealth Palace, your finances are steady and secure, which frees you to go all out.

Lian Zhen with Qi Sha (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Qi Sha exalted, Lian Zhen fair; Wei: Qi Sha exalted, Lian Zhen fair. Opposite (Wealth): Tian Fu; Life: Tian Xiang. About 16.2% of charts with Qi Sha in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Fierce and hungry for challenge, you enjoy the struggle itself. With malefic stars present your emotions can turn impulsive, so give yourself room to cool down. Further reading: Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace.

Qi Sha alone, facing Zi Wei and Tian Fu (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Qi Sha exalted; Shen: Qi Sha exalted. Opposite (Wealth): Zi Wei and Tian Fu; Life: Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang. About 17.3% of charts with Qi Sha in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Qi Sha is bright in Yin and Shen, so you have nerve inside; with Zi Wei and Tian Fu opposite in the Wealth Palace, your finances have scale and you can hold on to them.

Wu Qu with Qi Sha (Mao or You)

Mao: Qi Sha strong, Wu Qu fair; You: Qi Sha strong, Wu Qu fair. Opposite (Wealth): Tian Fu; Life: Tian Xiang. About 16.1% of charts with Qi Sha in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Tough and unwilling to lose, you cannot sit still and you enjoy challenges and results. Classical texts warn that this pairing easily runs into setbacks over money, so keep your inner impulses in check. Further reading: Wu Qu in the Mind Palace.

Qi Sha alone, facing Lian Zhen and Tian Fu (Chen or Xu)

Chen: Qi Sha exalted; Xu: Qi Sha exalted. Opposite (Wealth): Lian Zhen and Tian Fu; Life: Wu Qu and Tian Xiang. About 16.8% of charts with Qi Sha in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Qi Sha is bright in Chen and Xu, so your inner drive is strong; with Lian Zhen and Tian Fu opposite in the Wealth Palace, you earn shrewdly and know how to keep it.

Zi Wei with Qi Sha (Si or Hai)

Si: Qi Sha neutral, Zi Wei strong; Hai: Qi Sha neutral, Zi Wei strong. Opposite (Wealth): Tian Fu; Life: Tian Xiang. About 17.3% of charts with Qi Sha in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Tough-minded inside, you want to lead and to be challenged, and you cannot sit still. What you enjoy is the sense of achievement from reaching a goal and being in command of the situation. Further reading: Zi Wei in the Mind Palace.

Birth-year transformations in the Mind Palace

Under the Four Transformations table of the Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu, Qi Sha never transforms, so Qi Sha in the Mind Palace never carries a birth-year Hua Lu, Hua Quan, Hua Ke or Hua Ji of its own. For transformations affecting your inner life, look at any other star sharing the palace, at the Wealth Palace opposite, and at the Travel and Spouse Palaces in its triad.

Finding your balance

Give your inner drive a safe outlet; sport or a challenging hobby suits you well.

About 43.3% of charts with Qi Sha 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