Tai Yin in the Friends Palace: What Kind of Friends Surround You
Tai Yin in the Friends Palace means your friends are sensitive and gentle, often people you can confide in and who look after each other.
Friends, colleagues and team
People with Tai Yin here choose friends on feeling and unspoken understanding. When Tai Yin is bright, friends are considerate and the bond is warm; when fallen, they are just as sensitive, but you tend to guess at each other and read too much into things.
- Your circle: Sensitive, considerate friends; many you can open up to.
- Colleagues and team: Attentive colleagues and team members, suited to work that needs patience.
- Network and mutual help: Friends give you quiet, steady support over the long run.
You and your circle: the Life and Friends Palaces
With Tai Yin in the Friends Palace, the Life Palace star is not fixed: it can be Zi Wei, Wu Qu or Lian Zhen, or the Life Palace can be empty.
With Tai Yin in the Friends Palace, the Life Palace star changes with the branch; the table below lists it for each one.
Your work network: the Career and Friends Palaces
Counting one palace backward from Tai Yin always lands on Tian Fu, and the Career Palace always sits one palace backward from the Friends Palace, so with Tai Yin in the Friends Palace the Career Palace always holds Tian Fu: your circle sits right next to your work, and many of your connections grow out of it. Further reading: Tian Fu in the Career Palace.
With Tai Yin in the Friends Palace, the Travel Palace always holds Tan Lang: out in the world you socialise widely and keep busy, yet the friends who stay are sensitive and gentle. The Siblings Palace star is not fixed.
Bright and fallen positions
When bright, friends are a warm source of support. When fallen, you tend to overthink your friends' affairs and wear yourself out. Brightness by branch, from the table of the Complete Book this site uses: Exalted: Zi, Chou, Hai; Strong: Yin, You, Xu; Fair: Shen; Weak: Wu, Wei; Fallen: Mao, Chen, Si.
Opposite the Friends Palace is the Siblings Palace (the Siblings–Friends axis: outsiders and your own people), and its trine is the Children and Parents Palaces; on either side sit the Career and Travel Palaces. The table shows the major stars of the Siblings, Life, Career and Travel Palaces for each of the twelve branches Tai Yin can occupy in the Friends Palace.
| Friends Palace in | Brightness | Shares the palace with | Opposite (Siblings) | Your Life Palace | Career | Travel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yin | Strong | Tian Ji | empty palace | empty palace | Tian Fu | Zi Wei and Tan Lang |
| Mao | Fallen | alone | Tian Tong | Wu Qu | Zi Wei and Tian Fu | Tan Lang |
| Chen | Fallen | alone | Tai Yang | empty palace | Tian Fu | Lian Zhen and Tan Lang |
| Si | Fallen | alone | Tian Ji | Zi Wei | Lian Zhen and Tian Fu | Tan Lang |
| Wu | Weak | Tian Tong | empty palace | empty palace | Tian Fu | Wu Qu and Tan Lang |
| Wei | Weak | Tai Yang | empty palace | Lian Zhen | Wu Qu and Tian Fu | Tan Lang |
| Shen | Fair | Tian Ji | empty palace | empty palace | Tian Fu | Zi Wei and Tan Lang |
| You | Strong | alone | Tian Tong | Wu Qu | Zi Wei and Tian Fu | Tan Lang |
| Xu | Strong | alone | Tai Yang | empty palace | Tian Fu | Lian Zhen and Tan Lang |
| Hai | Exalted | alone | Tian Ji | Zi Wei | Lian Zhen and Tian Fu | Tan Lang |
| Zi | Exalted | Tian Tong | empty palace | empty palace | Tian Fu | Wu Qu and Tan Lang |
| Chou | Exalted | Tai Yang | empty palace | Lian Zhen | Wu Qu and Tian Fu | 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
Tian Tong with Tai Yin (Zi or Wu)
Zi: Tai Yin exalted, Tian Tong strong; Wu: Tai Yin weak, Tian Tong fallen. Opposite Siblings: empty palace; Life: empty palace; Career: Tian Fu. About 15.3% of charts with Tai Yin in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Friends are gentle and attentive, and easy to be around. In Zi both stars are strong and friendships are at their most settled; in Wu both are out of place, and friends' troubles can weigh on you. Further reading: Tian Tong in the Friends Palace.
Tai Yang with Tai Yin (Chou or Wei)
Chou: Tai Yin exalted, Tai Yang weak; Wei: Tai Yin weak, Tai Yang favorable. Opposite Siblings: empty palace; Life: Lian Zhen; Career: Wu Qu and Tian Fu. About 18.0% of charts with Tai Yin in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Sun and Moon together in the Friends Palace: friends are warm one moment and delicate the next, and friendships rise and fall with feelings. Chou leans reserved; Wei leans outgoing. Further reading: Tai Yang in the Friends Palace.
Tian Ji with Tai Yin (Yin or Shen)
Yin: Tai Yin strong, Tian Ji favorable; Shen: Tai Yin fair, Tian Ji favorable. Opposite Siblings: empty palace; Life: empty palace; Career: Tian Fu. About 16.5% of charts with Tai Yin in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Friends are sensitive and clever; you trade ideas and look after each other, and your circle adapts to your surroundings. Further reading: Tian Ji in the Friends Palace.
Tai Yin alone, facing Tian Tong (Mao or You)
Mao: Tai Yin fallen; You: Tai Yin strong. Opposite Siblings: Tian Tong; Life: Wu Qu; Career: Zi Wei and Tian Fu. About 18.5% of charts with Tai Yin in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Friends from outside are sensitive and gentle; with Tian Tong in the Siblings Palace opposite, the people closest to you are easygoing. In You, Tai Yin is strong and friendships are settled; in Mao it is fallen, and friends' affairs easily affect your mood.
Tai Yin alone, facing Tai Yang (Chen or Xu)
Chen: Tai Yin fallen; Xu: Tai Yin strong. Opposite Siblings: Tai Yang; Life: empty palace; Career: Tian Fu. About 17.5% of charts with Tai Yin in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Friends from outside are quiet and considerate; with Tai Yang in the Siblings Palace opposite, the people closest to you are warm and outgoing. In Xu, Tai Yin is strong and friendships are settled; in Chen it is fallen, and there is more to worry about.
Tai Yin alone, facing Tian Ji (Si or Hai)
Si: Tai Yin fallen; Hai: Tai Yin exalted. Opposite Siblings: Tian Ji; Life: Zi Wei; Career: Lian Zhen and Tian Fu. About 14.3% of charts with Tai Yin in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Friends from outside are sensitive and gentle; with Tian Ji in the Siblings Palace opposite, the people closest to you are clever and changeable. In Hai, Tai Yin is exalted and friendships are at their warmest; in Si it is fallen, and you tend to overthink things with friends.
Birth-year transformations in the Friends Palace
- Tai Yin with Hua Lu (born in a Ding year): People born in a Ding year have Tai Yin Hua Lu in the Friends Palace: friendships are warm and you look after each other. In our sample, about 7.8% of charts with Tai Yin in the Friends Palace carry the birth-year Hua Lu.
- Tai Yin with Hua Quan (born in a Wu year): People born in a Wu year have Tai Yin Hua Quan in the Friends Palace: sensitive as your friends are, some have firm views. In our sample, about 7.3% of charts with Tai Yin in the Friends Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.
- Tai Yin with Hua Ke (born in a Geng or Gui year): People born in a Geng or Gui year have Tai Yin Hua Ke in the Friends Palace: your friends have grace and good taste. In our sample, about 21.3% of charts with Tai Yin in the Friends Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ke.
- Tai Yin with Hua Ji (born in a Yi year): People born in a Yi year have Tai Yin Hua Ji in the Friends Palace: you tend to overthink things with friends. Say your worries out loud. In our sample, about 10.7% of charts with Tai Yin in the Friends Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ji.
Friendship advice
Sensitivity is a strength, but do not let guessing replace talking.
About 41.2% of charts with Tai Yin in the Friends 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 Friends Palace usually show up as more friction and more differing opinions in your circle, which calls for firmer boundaries and more talking things through; they do not mean your friends are bad.
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 popularity or how reliable their friends are.
Other major stars in the Friends Palace
A straight word: the Friends Palace is about how you make friends, not about who will do you harm
The Friends Palace describes your circle of friends, your colleagues and your team, and the way you interact with them. It cannot tell you which friend is reliable or who might work against you; classical warnings about "petty people" are not used on this site. Lending money to friends, guaranteeing their debts or going into business together should be judged on the actual situation: nothing on this site amounts to lending, guarantee or investment advice, and everything here is for reference and entertainment only.
Find out which star sits in your Friends Palace
Enter your date of birth and birth time to cast your chart, then tap the Friends Palace to see its major stars, transformations and four-way set.
Tai Yin in the Friends Palace: FAQ
What kind of friends does Tai Yin in the Friends Palace describe?
Tai Yin here describes sensitive, gentle friends who care about feelings, often people you can open up to. We only describe tendencies in how you get on; we do not predict whether friends are good or bad.
How common is Tai Yin in the Friends Palace?
Across the 16,802 charts in our sample, about 8.4% have Tai Yin in the Friends Palace (alone or sharing it with another major star). Each of the fourteen major stars lands in the Friends Palace roughly 8–9% of the time.