Tian Liang in the Wealth Palace: How You Earn, and Where the Money Goes

Tian Liang in the Wealth Palace means you are not very attached to money and put reputation and principle ahead of profit. You often have protective sources of money, such as support from elders or an organisation, insurance, or a pension.

Your attitude to money

Tian Liang’s money is clean. Classical texts say Tian Liang is not suited to trade and should seek honourable income; the modern reading is that it suits professional work and steady income, not speculation. Classical texts also warn that Tian Liang with Hua Lu can draw disputes over money.

• How you earn: You suit medicine, education, civil service, law, consulting, insurance and social welfare, earning through expertise and trust.
• How you spend: You are frugal with yourself and generous with people who need help.
• Financial risk: Tian Liang with Hua Lu easily attracts disputes; when fallen, income drifts and speculation doesn’t suit you.

Life, Wealth and Career: money is tied to who you are and what you do

With Tian Liang in the Wealth Palace, the Career Palace always holds Tai Yin: your work is careful and well planned, and your money leans towards the steady and protective. The major star in the Life Palace is not fixed; it may be Tian Tong, Tai Yang or Tian Ji, or the Life Palace may be empty.

This is built into the chart: counting four palaces backward from Tian Liang always lands on Tai Yin, and the Career Palace always sits four palaces backward from the Wealth Palace, so the Career Palace always holds Tai Yin (sometimes together with Tian Ji, Tian Tong and Tai Yang). Further reading: Tai Yin in the Life Palace.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, you have resources from elders or an organisation, and your finances are stable and secure. When fallen, income is unsteady and you may drift, so build a solid skill first. Brightness by branch, from the table of the Complete Book this site uses: Exalted: Zi, Yin, Mao, Chen, Wu, Xu; Strong: Chou, Wei; Favorable: You; Fallen: Si, Shen, Hai.

The Wealth Palace's four-way set is the Mind Palace (opposite), the Life Palace and the Career Palace. Where your money comes from can't be separated from your personality and the way you work; how you spend it is tied to the Mind Palace, which stands for your state of mind and what you enjoy. The table shows the major stars of these palaces for each of the twelve branches Tian Liang can occupy in the Wealth 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

Tian Liang alone, facing Tai Yang (Zi or Wu)

Zi: Tian Liang exalted; Wu: Tian Liang exalted. Opposite (Mind): Tai Yang; Life: Tian Tong; Career: Tian Ji and Tai Yin. About 19.2% of charts with Tian Liang in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

Tian Liang is bright in Zi and Wu, so your money is clean and steady; opposite, Tai Yang in the Mind Palace makes you value your good name. With the Wealth Palace in Zi, the opposite Tai Yang in Wu is at its brightest, balancing name and profit.

Tian Liang alone, facing Tian Ji (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Tian Liang strong; Wei: Tian Liang strong. Opposite (Mind): Tian Ji; Life: Tai Yang; Career: Tai Yin. About 16.2% of charts with Tian Liang in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

Tian Liang is strong in Chou and Wei, so your finances are steady and protected; opposite, Tian Ji in the Mind Palace gives you a busy mind. Steady professional income plus long-term planning suits you.

Tian Tong with Tian Liang (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Tian Liang exalted, Tian Tong fair; Shen: Tian Liang fallen, Tian Tong strong. Opposite (Mind): empty palace; Life: Tian Ji; Career: Tai Yin. About 17.9% of charts with Tian Liang in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

You seek steady money rather than a lot of it, and suit steady salaried and service work. You have protection from elders or an organisation, but lack the drive to manage money actively. Further reading: Tian Tong in the Wealth Palace.

Tai Yang with Tian Liang (Mao or You)

Mao: Tian Liang exalted, Tai Yang exalted; You: Tian Liang favorable, Tai Yang neutral. Opposite (Mind): empty palace; Life: empty palace; Career: Tai Yin. About 14.1% of charts with Tian Liang in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

Reputation and expertise bring money, suiting civil service, education, medicine and social welfare. In Mao both stars are bright and you gain both name and profit; in You you give much and are repaid slowly. Further reading: Tai Yang in the Wealth Palace.

Tian Ji with Tian Liang (Chen or Xu)

Chen: Tian Liang exalted, Tian Ji fair; Xu: Tian Liang exalted, Tian Ji fair. Opposite (Mind): empty palace; Life: empty palace; Career: Tian Tong and Tai Yin. About 16.1% of charts with Tian Liang in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

You earn through professional advice and planning, suiting consulting, advisory staff roles and education. You seek steady money rather than a lot of it, and speculation doesn’t suit you. Further reading: Tian Ji in the Wealth Palace.

Tian Liang alone, facing Tian Tong (Si or Hai)

Si: Tian Liang fallen; Hai: Tian Liang fallen. Opposite (Mind): Tian Tong; Life: empty palace; Career: Tai Yang and Tai Yin. About 16.5% of charts with Tian Liang in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

Tian Liang is fallen in Si and Hai, so income tends to drift; opposite, Tian Tong in the Mind Palace gives you a relaxed outlook. Build a solid skill first, then think about managing money.

Birth-year transformations in the Wealth Palace

• Tian Liang with Hua Lu (born in a Ren year): For people born in a Ren year, Tian Liang with Hua Lu in the Wealth Palace brings resources and protection, but classical texts warn it can draw disputes over money, so keep your finances clear and transparent. In our sample, about 9.0% of charts with Tian Liang in the Wealth Palace carry the birth-year Hua Lu.
• Tian Liang with Hua Quan (born in a Yi year): For people born in a Yi year, Tian Liang with Hua Quan in the Wealth Palace gives you control over how resources are shared out. You suit managing budgets or caring-type work. In our sample, about 9.0% of charts with Tian Liang in the Wealth Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.
• Tian Liang with Hua Ke (born in a Ji year): For people born in a Ji year, Tian Liang with Hua Ke in the Wealth Palace means your professional reputation brings income and your financial credit is good. In our sample, about 12.3% of charts with Tian Liang in the Wealth Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ke.

Money advice

Protective money habits such as insurance and pension saving suit Tian Liang best.

About 42.8% of charts with Tian Liang in the Wealth Palace also have at least one of the six Sha stars in that palace, about the same as the 42.3% across all charts. Malefic stars in the Wealth Palace usually show up as uneven income or impulsive spending and call for a bit more discipline; they do not mean you are bound to lose money.

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 wealth or financial luck.

Other major stars in the Wealth Palace