Tai Yin in the Property Palace: The Kind of Home You Want

Tai Yin is the traditional ruler of property, so in the Property Palace it is "in its proper place"; the old texts see this as a settled household and a good arrangement for owning property. You feel deeply about home, care about its atmosphere and are good at building things up bit by bit.

Home and living

People with Tai Yin here find home is where their feelings rest. When Tai Yin is bright, home is gentle and settled and assets grow steadily; when fallen, you are just as attached to home but tend to overthink household or housing matters.

• Home style: You like a gentle, quiet, beautiful space, and care especially about lighting and atmosphere.
• Property and savings: You are good at long-term building, and tend to keep money in stable assets such as a home.
• Life with the family: At home you are attentive and considerate, minding how everyone feels.

You and your home: the Life and Property Palaces

With Tai Yin in the Property Palace, the Life Palace always holds Po Jun: out in the world you are bold, ready for change and unafraid to start from zero, yet home is where you are gentlest and most need stability.

This is built into the chart: counting three palaces backward from Tai Yin always lands on Po Jun, and the Life Palace always sits three palaces backward from the Property Palace. Further reading: Po Jun in the Life Palace.

Earning and keeping: the Wealth and Property Palaces

Counting five palaces forward from Tai Yin always lands on Qi Sha, and the Wealth Palace always sits five palaces forward from the Property Palace, so with Tai Yin in the Property Palace the Wealth Palace always holds Qi Sha: one palace shows how money is earned, the other whether it stays. Further reading: Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace.

With Tai Yin in the Property Palace, the Wealth Palace always holds Qi Sha: you earn through drive and hard work, and you look after home with care. The Children and Siblings Palace stars are not fixed.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, the household is settled and assets build up steadily. When fallen, you tend to overthink household matters and feel unsettled about where you live. 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 Property Palace is the Children Palace (home and family pull on each other), and its trine is the Siblings Palace and the Health Palace. The table shows the major stars of the Children, Life, Wealth and Siblings Palaces for each of the twelve branches Tai Yin can occupy in the Property Palace (we make no health readings from the Health Palace, so it is left out).

"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 Children: empty palace; Life: Lian Zhen and Po Jun; Wealth: Zi Wei and Qi Sha. About 17.1% of charts with Tai Yin in the Property Palace fall into this group.

Home is gentle, comfortable and beautiful, a lovely place to live. In Zi both stars are strong and the household is at its most settled; in Wu both are out of place, and household matters can weigh on you. Further reading: Tian Tong in the Property Palace.

Tai Yang with Tai Yin (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Tai Yin exalted, Tai Yang weak; Wei: Tai Yin weak, Tai Yang favorable. Opposite Children: empty palace; Life: Po Jun; Wealth: Qi Sha. About 16.3% of charts with Tai Yin in the Property Palace fall into this group.

Sun and Moon together in the Property Palace: home is lively one moment and quiet the next, and the atmosphere follows people's moods. Chou leans towards inner stability; Wei leans towards entertaining others. Further reading: Tai Yang in the Property Palace.

Tian Ji with Tai Yin (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Tai Yin strong, Tian Ji favorable; Shen: Tai Yin fair, Tian Ji favorable. Opposite Children: empty palace; Life: Wu Qu and Po Jun; Wealth: Lian Zhen and Qi Sha. About 16.6% of charts with Tai Yin in the Property Palace fall into this group.

Home is attentive and changeable: frequent adjustments and moves, each one closer to what daily life needs. You are good at planning space and at building things up bit by bit. Further reading: Tian Ji in the Property Palace.

Tai Yin alone, facing Tian Tong (Mao or You)

Mao: Tai Yin fallen; You: Tai Yin strong. Opposite Children: Tian Tong; Life: Po Jun; Wealth: Qi Sha. About 16.0% of charts with Tai Yin in the Property Palace fall into this group.

Home is gentle and beautiful; with Tian Tong in the Children Palace opposite, children and younger people are easygoing. In You, Tai Yin is strong and the household is settled; in Mao it is fallen, and household matters easily affect your mood.

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

Chen: Tai Yin fallen; Xu: Tai Yin strong. Opposite Children: Tai Yang; Life: Zi Wei and Po Jun; Wealth: Wu Qu and Qi Sha. About 18.5% of charts with Tai Yin in the Property Palace fall into this group.

Home is quiet and gentle; with Tai Yang in the Children Palace opposite, children and younger people are outgoing and warm. In Xu, Tai Yin is strong and home is steady; in Chen it is fallen, and household matters take more effort.

Tai Yin alone, facing Tian Ji (Si or Hai)

Si: Tai Yin fallen; Hai: Tai Yin exalted. Opposite Children: Tian Ji; Life: Po Jun; Wealth: Qi Sha. About 15.5% of charts with Tai Yin in the Property Palace fall into this group.

Home is gentle and attentive; with Tian Ji in the Children Palace opposite, children and younger people are clever and changeable. In Hai, Tai Yin is exalted and the household is at its most settled; in Si it is fallen, and you tend to overthink household matters.

Birth-year transformations in the Property Palace

• Tai Yin with Hua Lu (born in a Ding year): People born in a Ding year have Tai Yin Hua Lu in the Property Palace: the household is settled and buying property goes smoothly. In our sample, about 8.0% of charts with Tai Yin in the Property 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 Property Palace: you take charge of household finances and living arrangements. In our sample, about 7.9% of charts with Tai Yin in the Property 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 Property Palace: your home has taste and grace. In our sample, about 19.9% of charts with Tai Yin in the Property 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 Property Palace: you tend to worry over household or housing matters. Say what is bothering you rather than keeping it to yourself. In our sample, about 9.1% of charts with Tai Yin in the Property Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ji.

Advice for home

Home is your root; however far you go out in the world, remember to come back and recharge.

About 41.4% of charts with Tai Yin in the Property 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 Property Palace usually show up as moves, household worries or ups and downs in your assets, which call for a bit more planning; they do not mean bad luck for the family.

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 family fortunes.

Other major stars in the Property Palace