Qi Sha in the Travel Palace: Who You Are Once You Step Out the Door
Qi Sha in the Travel Palace means that out in the world you are driven, quick to act and willing to take risks; away from home you seem like a different person: decisive, independent and unafraid of difficulty.
How you come across out in the world
With Qi Sha in the Travel Palace, the Life Palace opposite is always Tian Fu: by nature you are steady and value security, yet out in the world you are all drive. It is "steady inside, hard outside": you hold the fort at home and go out to conquer the world. The old texts say Qi Sha here means "many twists and turns away from home"; the modern reading is that the challenges out in the world are many, and they are exactly your stage.
- Public image: Out in the world you come across as decisive, tough and able to carry the load.
- Life away from home: You suit overseas postings, opening new markets, starting a business away from home, or work that means charging ahead.
- Opportunities and lessons: Opportunities come from challenges and breaking new ground; the lesson is charging too fast out in the world and taking too much risk.
Life and Travel on one line: the Life Palace always holds Tian Fu
With Qi Sha in the Travel Palace, the Life Palace opposite always holds Tian Fu (Tian Fu and Qi Sha always sit opposite each other), so the situation of an empty Life Palace borrowing from the Travel Palace never arises. Further reading: Tian Fu in the Life Palace.
Travel, Spouse and Mind: the outer you, love and your inner life are tied together
With Qi Sha in the Travel Palace, the Life Palace always holds Tian Fu, the Spouse Palace always holds Po Jun and the Mind Palace always holds Tan Lang: steady by nature, charging ahead in the world, wanting change and breakthroughs in love, and inside you have strong desires and ambitions.
Bright and fallen positions
Qi Sha is bright in most positions here, with strong pioneering drive out in the world. Qi Sha is never fallen; sharing the palace with Zi Wei, you are even more forceful out in the world, so watch for power struggles with others. 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 Travel Palace's four-way set is the Life Palace (opposite), the Spouse Palace and the Mind Palace: who you are out in the world is the other face of your nature, and it is tied to love and to inner contentment. The table shows the major stars of these palaces for each of the twelve branches Qi Sha can occupy in the Travel Palace.
| Travel Palace in | Brightness | Shares the palace with | Opposite (Life) | Spouse | Mind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. People with an empty Life Palace borrow the Travel 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 Life: Wu Qu and Tian Fu; Spouse: Po Jun; Mind: Tan Lang. About 17.2% of charts with Qi Sha in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Out in the world you are driven and ready to break new ground; by nature (Life Palace) you are Wu Qu with Tian Fu, practical and steady. You hold the fort at home and go into battle outside.
Lian Zhen with Qi Sha (Chou or Wei)
Chou: Qi Sha exalted, Lian Zhen fair; Wei: Qi Sha exalted, Lian Zhen fair. Opposite Life: Tian Fu; Spouse: Wu Qu and Po Jun; Mind: Zi Wei and Tan Lang. About 17.7% of charts with Qi Sha in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Out in the world you are fierce and willing to fight for things, making your way through hard work. The Life Palace opposite holds Tian Fu: steady by nature, your drive only shows once you are out the door. Further reading: Lian Zhen in the Travel Palace.
Qi Sha alone, facing Zi Wei and Tian Fu (Yin or Shen)
Yin: Qi Sha exalted; Shen: Qi Sha exalted. Opposite Life: Zi Wei and Tian Fu; Spouse: Po Jun; Mind: Tan Lang. About 18.0% of charts with Qi Sha in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Qi Sha is exalted in Yin and Shen, so you are bold out in the world; by nature (Life Palace) you are Zi Wei with Tian Fu, with vision and a love of security.
Wu Qu with Qi Sha (Mao or You)
Mao: Qi Sha strong, Wu Qu fair; You: Qi Sha strong, Wu Qu fair. Opposite Life: Tian Fu; Spouse: Zi Wei and Po Jun; Mind: Lian Zhen and Tan Lang. About 17.2% of charts with Qi Sha in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Out in the world you are fierce, decisive and quick to act, suited to charging ahead away from home. The Life Palace opposite holds Tian Fu: steady by nature and security-minded. The old texts say this pair is prone to losing money to others, so keep financial decisions away from home conservative. Further reading: Wu Qu in the Travel Palace.
Qi Sha alone, facing Lian Zhen and Tian Fu (Chen or Xu)
Chen: Qi Sha exalted; Xu: Qi Sha exalted. Opposite Life: Lian Zhen and Tian Fu; Spouse: Po Jun; Mind: Tan Lang. About 13.1% of charts with Qi Sha in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Qi Sha is exalted in Chen and Xu, so out in the world you rely on sheer effort; by nature (Life Palace) you are Lian Zhen with Tian Fu, shrewd and good at keeping what you have.
Zi Wei with Qi Sha (Si or Hai)
Si: Qi Sha neutral, Zi Wei strong; Hai: Qi Sha neutral, Zi Wei strong. Opposite Life: Tian Fu; Spouse: Lian Zhen and Po Jun; Mind: Wu Qu and Tan Lang. About 16.9% of charts with Qi Sha in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Out in the world you are forceful and bold, able to stand on your own away from home. The Life Palace opposite holds Tian Fu: steady and cautious by nature, you seem like a different person once you are out the door. Further reading: Zi Wei in the Travel Palace.
Birth-year transformations in the Travel Palace
Under the Four Transformations table of the Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu, Qi Sha never transforms, so Qi Sha in the Travel Palace never carries a birth-year Hua Lu, Hua Quan, Hua Ke or Hua Ji of its own. For transformations in how you fare out in the world, look at any other star sharing the palace, at the Life Palace opposite, and at the Spouse and Mind Palaces in its trine.
Advice for life away from home
You can charge ahead out in the world, but remember the way home. Your Tian Fu nature is your real backstop.
About 44.1% of charts with Qi Sha in the Travel Palace also have at least one of the six Sha stars in that palace, about the same as the 42.4% across all charts. Malefic stars in the Travel Palace usually show up as more competition, more rushing around or more friction with people out in the world; they do not mean something will go wrong when you go out.
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 luck away from home.
Other major stars in the Travel Palace
A straight word: the Travel Palace is about who you are out in the world, not whether something will happen to you when you go out
The Travel Palace describes how you come across and the chances you meet out in the world, in unfamiliar places and among people, and it is the other face of the Life Palace. It cannot tell you whether moving abroad will work out or whether you should emigrate, and it does not predict accidents or good or bad luck on the road. Everything on this site is for reference and entertainment only.
Find out which star sits in your Travel Palace
Enter your date of birth and birth time to cast your chart, then tap the Travel Palace to see its major stars, transformations and four-way set (Life, Spouse and Mind Palaces).
Qi Sha in the Travel Palace: FAQ
Why is Tian Fu always in the Life Palace when Qi Sha is in the Travel Palace?
Qi Sha and Tian Fu always sit directly opposite each other, and the Travel Palace is always opposite the Life Palace. So with Qi Sha in the Travel Palace, Tian Fu is always in the Life Palace (possibly together with Zi Wei, Wu Qu or Lian Zhen).
How common is Qi Sha in the Travel Palace?
Across the 16,802 charts in our sample, about 8.2% have Qi Sha in the Travel Palace (alone or sharing it with another major star). Each of the fourteen major stars lands in the Travel Palace roughly 8–9% of the time.