Tai Yang in the Travel Palace: Who You Are Once You Step Out the Door

Tai Yang in the Travel Palace means that out in the world you are warm-hearted, outgoing and glad to help, the one who shines in a crowd. Out of the house, you have more energy than at home.

How you come across out in the world

Whether Tai Yang is bright or fallen makes a big difference here. The old texts say Tai Yang in the Travel Palace "does well away from home": when bright, you have a good name outside and many patrons; when fallen, you are just as warm-hearted out in the world but often give much and are remembered little, and life on the road wears you out.

• Public image: Out in the world you come across as warm, generous and fair-minded.
• Life away from home: You suit public-facing work away from home that means meeting lots of people, and building a career far from where you started.
• Opportunities and lessons: Opportunities come through your network and reputation; the lesson is taking on too much and doing the work while others get the credit.

Life and Travel on one line: borrowing this star for an empty Life Palace

If your Life Palace is empty and you borrow Tai Yang from the Travel Palace (usually Sun and Moon, Tai Yang with Ju Men, or Tai Yang with Tian Liang together in the Travel Palace), your nature also carries Tai Yang's warmth and openness: the person you are out in the world is the real you. In our sample, about 48.0% of charts with Tai Yang in the Travel Palace have an empty Life Palace and read it through this palace. Further reading: the Life Palace and Body Palace, Tai Yang in the Life Palace.

Travel, Spouse and Mind: the outer you, love and your inner life are tied together

With Tai Yang in the Travel Palace, none of the Life, Spouse or Mind Palace stars is fixed: the Life Palace can hold Tian Liang, Tai Yin or Ju Men, or it can be empty.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, you shine out in the world, have a good name, and working away from home goes smoothly. When fallen, you wear yourself out in the world and often feel your efforts go unseen. Brightness by branch, from the table of the Complete Book this site uses: Exalted: Mao; Strong: Yin, Chen, Si, Wu; Favorable: Wei, Shen; Neutral: You; Weak: Chou, Xu; Fallen: Zi, 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 Tai Yang can occupy in the Travel Palace.

"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

Tai Yang alone, facing Tian Liang (Zi or Wu)

Zi: Tai Yang fallen; Wu: Tai Yang strong. Opposite Life: Tian Liang; Spouse: Ju Men; Mind: empty palace. About 16.5% of charts with Tai Yang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are warm-hearted and care about your reputation; by nature (Life Palace) you are Tian Liang, mature and responsible. In Wu, Tai Yang is at its strongest and you shine out in the world; in Zi it is fallen, and you often do the work while others take the credit.

Tai Yang with Tai Yin (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Tai Yang weak, Tai Yin exalted; Wei: Tai Yang favorable, Tai Yin weak. Opposite Life: empty palace; Spouse: Tian Liang; Mind: empty palace. About 16.6% of charts with Tai Yang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Sun and Moon together in the Travel Palace: out in the world you are outgoing one moment and reserved the next, with big swings in mood. The Life Palace opposite is empty: people who borrow this pair also carry both sides by nature, adaptable but slow to settle. Further reading: Tai Yin in the Travel Palace.

Tai Yang with Ju Men (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Tai Yang strong, Ju Men exalted; Shen: Tai Yang favorable, Ju Men exalted. Opposite Life: empty palace; Spouse: empty palace; Mind: empty palace. About 16.1% of charts with Tai Yang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you speak well and are not afraid to say what you think, suited to public settings. The Life Palace opposite is empty: people who borrow this pair are also good at expressing themselves. In Yin, Tai Yang is strong and you have a good name outside; in Shen, watch what you say. Further reading: Ju Men in the Travel Palace.

Tai Yang with Tian Liang (Mao or You)

Mao: Tai Yang exalted, Tian Liang exalted; You: Tai Yang neutral, Tian Liang favorable. Opposite Life: empty palace; Spouse: empty palace; Mind: Tai Yin. About 15.3% of charts with Tai Yang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are warm, fair-minded and glad to look after people, with many patrons. The Life Palace opposite is empty: people who borrow this pair are also public-spirited by nature. In Mao both stars are exalted and you shine brightest out in the world. Further reading: Tian Liang in the Travel Palace.

Tai Yang alone, facing Tai Yin (Chen or Xu)

Chen: Tai Yang strong; Xu: Tai Yang weak. Opposite Life: Tai Yin; Spouse: empty palace; Mind: Ju Men. About 17.8% of charts with Tai Yang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are warm and outgoing; by nature (Life Palace) you are Tai Yin, sensitive and reserved. With the Travel Palace in Chen, Sun and Moon are both bright and things go well inside and out; in Xu both are weak, you give a lot outside and feel tired inside too.

Tai Yang alone, facing Ju Men (Si or Hai)

Si: Tai Yang strong; Hai: Tai Yang fallen. Opposite Life: Ju Men; Spouse: Tai Yin; Mind: Tian Liang. About 17.7% of charts with Tai Yang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are warm and take responsibility; by nature (Life Palace) you are Ju Men, reflective and deep-seeing. In Si, Tai Yang is strong and you have a good name outside; in Hai it is fallen, and you work hard out in the world for little credit.

Birth-year transformations in the Travel Palace

• Tai Yang with Hua Lu (born in a Geng year): People born in a Geng year have Tai Yang Hua Lu in the Travel Palace: you are well liked out in the world, and your reputation brings opportunities and income. In our sample, about 9.1% of charts with Tai Yang in the Travel Palace carry the birth-year Hua Lu.
• Tai Yang with Hua Quan (born in a Xin year): People born in a Xin year have Tai Yang Hua Quan in the Travel Palace: out in the world you have influence and pull, suited to public roles. In our sample, about 11.1% of charts with Tai Yang in the Travel Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.
• Tai Yang with Hua Ji (born in a Jia year): People born in a Jia year have Tai Yang Hua Ji in the Travel Palace: out in the world you tend to worry about others and be weighed down by your reputation. Do only what you can manage. In our sample, about 12.4% of charts with Tai Yang in the Travel Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ji.

Advice for life away from home

Be warm-hearted out in the world, but remember to save some energy for yourself.

About 44.0% of charts with Tai Yang 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