Tan Lang in the Friends Palace: What Kind of Friends Surround You

Tan Lang in the Friends Palace means a big, busy circle: lots of socialising and lots of shared interests, and time with friends is rarely dull.

Friends, colleagues and team

People with Tan Lang here have a wide network and plenty of opportunities. The lesson is that friendships lean towards fun and mutual benefit, so telling which ones go deeper takes time; keep an eye on the socialising and the spending, too.

• Your circle: Many friends, a wide circle and plenty going on.
• Colleagues and team: Lively colleagues and team members who are good at networking.
• Network and mutual help: A wide network brings opportunities, and also social obligations and spending.

You and your circle: the Life and Friends Palaces

With Tan Lang in the Friends Palace, the Life Palace star is not fixed: it can be Tian Tong, Tai Yang or Tian Ji, or the Life Palace can be empty.

With Tan Lang 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 Tan Lang always lands on Tai Yin, and the Career Palace always sits one palace backward from the Friends Palace, so with Tan Lang in the Friends Palace the Career Palace always holds Tai Yin: your circle sits right next to your work, and many of your connections grow out of it. Further reading: Tai Yin in the Career Palace.

With Tan Lang in the Friends Palace, the Travel Palace always holds Ju Men: out in the world you talk a lot and like to reason things out, yet the friends you make are lively and outgoing. The Siblings Palace star is not fixed.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, friends bring opportunities and fun. When fallen, friendships drift and you can get pulled into spending money and time. Brightness by branch, from the table of the Complete Book this site uses: Exalted: Chou, Chen, Wei, Xu; Strong: Zi, Wu; Fair: Mao, You; Neutral: Yin, Shen; Fallen: Si, Hai.

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 Tan Lang can occupy in the Friends 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.

The six combinations

Tan Lang alone, facing Zi Wei (Zi or Wu)

Zi: Tan Lang strong; Wu: Tan Lang strong. Opposite Siblings: Zi Wei; Life: empty palace; Career: Tai Yin. About 14.1% of charts with Tan Lang in the Friends Palace fall into this group.

Friends from outside are lively and fun; with Zi Wei in the Siblings Palace opposite, the people closest to you have firm views and plenty of pride.

Wu Qu with Tan Lang (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Tan Lang exalted, Wu Qu exalted; Wei: Tan Lang exalted, Wu Qu exalted. Opposite Siblings: empty palace; Life: empty palace; Career: Tian Tong and Tai Yin. About 16.1% of charts with Tan Lang in the Friends Palace fall into this group.

Friends are capable and know how to have fun, with a sharp eye for opportunity. The old saying is that Wu Qu with Tan Lang does not bloom in youth; your network tends to become more useful the longer you keep it. Further reading: Wu Qu in the Friends Palace.

Tan Lang alone, facing Lian Zhen (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Tan Lang neutral; Shen: Tan Lang neutral. Opposite Siblings: Lian Zhen; Life: empty palace; Career: Tai Yang and Tai Yin. About 16.5% of charts with Tan Lang in the Friends Palace fall into this group.

Friends from outside are lively and changeable; with Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace opposite, the people closest to you have strong personalities and strong feelings.

Zi Wei with Tan Lang (Mao or You)

Mao: Tan Lang fair, Zi Wei strong; You: Tan Lang fair, Zi Wei strong. Opposite Siblings: empty palace; Life: Tian Tong; Career: Tian Ji and Tai Yin. About 19.2% of charts with Tan Lang in the Friends Palace fall into this group.

Friends have vision and know how to have fun; the circle is lively and well resourced, and the socialising and spending grow with it. Further reading: Zi Wei in the Friends Palace.

Tan Lang alone, facing Wu Qu (Chen or Xu)

Chen: Tan Lang exalted; Xu: Tan Lang exalted. Opposite Siblings: Wu Qu; Life: Tai Yang; Career: Tai Yin. About 16.2% of charts with Tan Lang in the Friends Palace fall into this group.

Tan Lang is exalted in Chen and Xu, so friends from outside are talented in many ways; with Wu Qu in the Siblings Palace opposite, the people closest to you are practical and capable.

Lian Zhen with Tan Lang (Si or Hai)

Si: Tan Lang fallen, Lian Zhen fallen; Hai: Tan Lang fallen, Lian Zhen fallen. Opposite Siblings: empty palace; Life: Tian Ji; Career: Tai Yin. About 17.9% of charts with Tan Lang in the Friends Palace fall into this group.

Friends are lively and full of character, with plenty of socialising and plenty of emotion. Both stars are fallen in Si and Hai, so boundaries and moderation are the key. Further reading: Lian Zhen in the Friends Palace.

Birth-year transformations in the Friends Palace

• Tan Lang with Hua Lu (born in a Wu year): People born in a Wu year have Tan Lang Hua Lu in the Friends Palace: your network is lively and opportunities often come through friends. In our sample, about 8.0% of charts with Tan Lang in the Friends Palace carry the birth-year Hua Lu.
• Tan Lang with Hua Quan (born in a Ji year): People born in a Ji year have Tan Lang Hua Quan in the Friends Palace: among your friends are people who lift the mood and have firm views. In our sample, about 12.3% of charts with Tan Lang in the Friends Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.
• Tan Lang with Hua Ji (born in a Gui year): People born in a Gui year have Tan Lang Hua Ji in the Friends Palace: fun or money can cause friction with friends. Set boundaries. In our sample, about 11.1% of charts with Tan Lang in the Friends Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ji.

Friendship advice

Plenty of people are fun to be with; the ones you can truly confide in are worth choosing slowly.

About 41.8% of charts with Tan Lang 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