Tian Fu in the Mind Palace: What You Really Need Inside

With Tian Fu in the Mind Palace, your inner self is steady and values security. Your happiness comes from knowing everything is prepared for: savings, a plan, a way out.

Your inner world

With Tian Fu in the Mind Palace, the Life Palace always holds Po Jun: on the outside you dare to charge ahead, change course and start from zero, yet inside you have a deep need for security. It is an interesting contrast: the reason you can afford to break things out there is that inside you keep a solid, well-stocked vault.

• What you need inside: You need security and stability, and you like a life with plans and reserves.
• How you enjoy life: Managing money, tidying and organising, collecting, making a comfortable home.
• Under pressure: Under pressure you become more cautious and want to hold on to everything.

Outside and inside: the Life and Mind Palaces

When Tian Fu is in the Mind Palace, the Life Palace always holds Po Jun: outwardly you dare to tear down and rebuild, while inwardly you value security and want to keep everything safe.

This is built into the chart: counting two palaces backward from Tian Fu always lands on Po Jun, and the Life Palace always sits two palaces backward from the Mind Palace. Further reading: Po Jun in the Life Palace.

The Wealth–Mind axis and the Travel–Spouse–Mind triad

Opposite the Mind Palace is the Wealth Palace: the Wealth Palace shows how you earn, the Mind Palace shows your state of mind and what you enjoy, and that is what decides how the money gets spent. Its triad is the Travel and Spouse Palaces, so your inner needs are tied to how you come across in the world and how you love. When Tian Fu is in the Mind Palace, the Wealth Palace always holds Qi Sha and the Travel Palace always holds Tian Xiang: bold in how you earn, proper and courteous out in the world, and steady inside.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, your inner self is settled and has room to spare; you know both how to hold on and how to enjoy. In a fair position you are just as steady, only the vault inside is smaller; with Di Kong or Di Jie nearby you can feel insecure. Brightness by branch, from the table of the Complete Book this site uses: Exalted: Zi, Chou, Yin, Chen, Wei, Xu; Strong: Wu, You; Favorable: Mao, Si, Shen, Hai.

"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

Wu Qu with Tian Fu (Zi or Wu)

Zi: Tian Fu exalted, Wu Qu strong; Wu: Tian Fu strong, Wu Qu strong. Opposite (Wealth): Qi Sha; Life: Po Jun. About 16.3% of charts with Tian Fu in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Two wealth stars guard the Mind Palace: practical and security-minded inside, you enjoy a stable life and savings you can see. Further reading: Wu Qu in the Mind Palace.

Tian Fu alone, facing Lian Zhen and Qi Sha (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Tian Fu exalted; Wei: Tian Fu exalted. Opposite (Wealth): Lian Zhen and Qi Sha; Life: Wu Qu and Po Jun. About 16.6% of charts with Tian Fu in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Tian Fu is bright in Chou and Wei, so you feel secure inside; with Lian Zhen and Qi Sha opposite in the Wealth Palace, you earn through grit and skill with people.

Zi Wei with Tian Fu (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Tian Fu exalted, Zi Wei strong; Shen: Tian Fu favorable, Zi Wei strong. Opposite (Wealth): Qi Sha; Life: Po Jun. About 16.0% of charts with Tian Fu in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Steady and big-hearted inside, you value both quality of life and security; this pairing knows how to enjoy life with dignity. The lesson is that your standards are high, so imperfect things are hard for you to let go. Further reading: Zi Wei in the Mind Palace.

Tian Fu alone, facing Wu Qu and Qi Sha (Mao or You)

Mao: Tian Fu favorable; You: Tian Fu strong. Opposite (Wealth): Wu Qu and Qi Sha; Life: Zi Wei and Po Jun. About 18.5% of charts with Tian Fu in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Steady and security-minded inside; with Wu Qu and Qi Sha opposite in the Wealth Palace, you earn with force and drive. Guarded inside, bold in earning. Tian Fu is bright in You, where you feel even more settled.

Lian Zhen with Tian Fu (Chen or Xu)

Chen: Tian Fu exalted, Lian Zhen fair; Xu: Tian Fu exalted, Lian Zhen fair. Opposite (Wealth): Qi Sha; Life: Po Jun. About 15.5% of charts with Tian Fu in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Shrewd and steady inside, you know how to hold on and how to enjoy; your feelings are strong but restrained. This is the steadiest pairing for Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace. Further reading: Lian Zhen in the Mind Palace.

Tian Fu alone, facing Zi Wei and Qi Sha (Si or Hai)

Si: Tian Fu favorable; Hai: Tian Fu favorable. Opposite (Wealth): Zi Wei and Qi Sha; Life: Lian Zhen and Po Jun. About 17.1% of charts with Tian Fu in the Mind Palace fall into this group.

Steady inside with a commanding air; with Zi Wei and Qi Sha opposite in the Wealth Palace, you earn with nerve and think on a large scale.

Birth-year transformations in the Mind Palace

Under the Four Transformations table of the Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu, Tian Fu never transforms, so Tian Fu in the Mind Palace never carries a birth-year Hua Lu, Hua Quan, Hua Ke or Hua Ji of its own. For transformations affecting your inner life, look at any other star sharing the palace, at the Wealth Palace opposite, and at the Travel and Spouse Palaces in its triad.

Finding your balance

Security is your backbone; just do not let it become the reason you never dare to change.

About 42.0% of charts with Tian Fu in the Mind 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 Mind Palace usually show up as a busy mind that finds it hard to switch off, so you need a few more ways of looking after yourself; they do not mean you are unhappy.

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 good fortune.

Other major stars in the Mind Palace