Tan Lang in the Travel Palace: Who You Are Once You Step Out the Door

Tan Lang in the Travel Palace means that out in the world you socialise widely, are well liked and know how to have fun; life away from home is full and colourful. The old texts say Tan Lang here means "plenty of socialising away from home": your opportunities are often found over dinners, at gatherings and at social events.

How you come across out in the world

This is a Travel Palace of socialising: you meet many people out in the world and find plenty of resources. The lesson is too much socialising and too many temptations, so away from home you get distracted easily and can pour your energy into the buzz.

• Public image: Out in the world you come across as charming, fun and good at making friends.
• Life away from home: You suit sales, public relations, entertainment, tourism and other jobs away from home with a lot of socialising.
• Opportunities and lessons: Opportunities come through socialising and your network; the lesson is social obligations and temptation.

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

If your Life Palace is empty and you borrow Tan Lang from the Travel Palace (the Travel Palace then always holds Tan Lang with Zi Wei, Wu Qu or Lian Zhen), your nature also carries Tan Lang's desires and social ease: you are the type who only really comes alive in a crowd. In our sample, about 49.3% of charts with Tan Lang in the Travel Palace have an empty Life Palace and read it through this palace. Further reading: the Life Palace and Body Palace, Tan Lang in the Life Palace.

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

With Tan Lang in the Travel Palace, the Spouse Palace always holds Qi Sha and the Mind Palace always holds Po Jun. The Sha-Po-Lang trio always forms a trine: you are sociable in the world, in love you want drive and freedom, and inside you long for change and breakthroughs.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, you have a wide network out in the world, your talents are popular, and there are plenty of opportunities away from home. When fallen, there is too much socialising and temptation out in the world, and you get distracted or lose money easily. 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.

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 Tan Lang 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

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

Zi: Tan Lang strong; Wu: Tan Lang strong. Opposite Life: Zi Wei; Spouse: Qi Sha; Mind: Po Jun. About 14.3% of charts with Tan Lang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are sociable and talented in many ways; by nature (Life Palace) you are Zi Wei, proud and wanting to lead. Lively on the outside, very sure of your own mind underneath.

Wu Qu with Tan Lang (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Tan Lang exalted, Wu Qu exalted; Wei: Tan Lang exalted, Wu Qu exalted. Opposite Life: empty palace; Spouse: Zi Wei and Qi Sha; Mind: Lian Zhen and Po Jun. About 15.3% of charts with Tan Lang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are ambitious, well connected and sharp about money. The Life Palace opposite is empty: people who borrow this pair are also practical and ambitious by nature. The old saying is that Wu Qu with Tan Lang does not bloom in youth, so your progress out in the world mostly comes after middle age. Further reading: Wu Qu in the Travel Palace.

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

Yin: Tan Lang neutral; Shen: Tan Lang neutral. Opposite Life: Lian Zhen; Spouse: Qi Sha; Mind: Po Jun. About 18.0% of charts with Tan Lang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are sociable with many interests; by nature (Life Palace) you are Lian Zhen, intense and principled. Two romance stars facing each other give you a lot of charm out in the world.

Zi Wei with Tan Lang (Mao or You)

Mao: Tan Lang fair, Zi Wei strong; You: Tan Lang fair, Zi Wei strong. Opposite Life: empty palace; Spouse: Lian Zhen and Qi Sha; Mind: Wu Qu and Po Jun. About 16.5% of charts with Tan Lang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are well liked, know how to enjoy life and are very sociable, and life away from home is full. The Life Palace opposite this pair is empty, and people with an empty Life Palace borrow exactly this Zi Wei and Tan Lang pair: by nature they too have charm and ambition, and they shine in a crowd. Further reading: Zi Wei in the Travel Palace.

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

Chen: Tan Lang exalted; Xu: Tan Lang exalted. Opposite Life: Wu Qu; Spouse: Qi Sha; Mind: Po Jun. About 18.5% of charts with Tan Lang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Tan Lang is exalted in Chen and Xu, so out in the world your ambition and network are both strong; by nature (Life Palace) you are Wu Qu, 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 Life: empty palace; Spouse: Wu Qu and Qi Sha; Mind: Zi Wei and Po Jun. About 17.5% of charts with Tan Lang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are very charming and well connected, and life away from home is lively with big ups and downs. The Life Palace opposite is empty: people who borrow this pair also carry intense feelings and desires by nature, and self-discipline is a lifelong lesson. Further reading: Lian Zhen in the Travel Palace.

Birth-year transformations in the Travel Palace

• Tan Lang with Hua Lu (born in a Wu year): People born in a Wu year have Tan Lang Hua Lu in the Travel Palace: you are very popular out in the world, and socialising brings opportunities and income. In our sample, about 7.3% of charts with Tan Lang in the Travel 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 Travel Palace: you are ambitious out in the world, willing to go after things and good at building a network. In our sample, about 10.7% of charts with Tan Lang in the Travel 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 Travel Palace: out in the world you can be led along by desire or social obligations. Away from home, set your own boundaries. In our sample, about 10.6% of charts with Tan Lang in the Travel Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ji.

Advice for life away from home

Socialise with a purpose, and after the buzz, be able to get back to your real work.

About 43.5% of charts with Tan Lang 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