Tian Liang in the Parents Palace: You and the Generation Above

Tian Liang in the Parents Palace means your parents or elders look after you and guide you like teachers; they are a mainstay in your life. Tian Liang is itself the star of protection, so it sits naturally in this palace.

Parents, elders and bosses

People with Tian Liang here tend to be sheltered by elders, bosses and teachers. The lesson is that elders lecture and manage a lot, so as you grow up you gradually show them you can carry things yourself.

• With your parents: Mature parents who love to look after people and also love to explain things.
• Elders, bosses and teachers: Mentor-type bosses and teachers who are glad to bring you up.
• Rules and authority: You respect authority with integrity and care about fairness.

You and the generation above: the Life and Parents Palaces

With Tian Liang in the Parents Palace, the Life Palace always holds Tian Xiang: you value rules and are good at bringing people together, while the generation above you is mature and loves looking after others.

This is built into the chart: counting one palace backward from Tian Liang always lands on Tian Xiang, and the Life Palace always sits one palace backward from the Parents Palace. Further reading: Tian Xiang in the Life Palace.

Parents and Mind: upbringing and inner life

Counting one palace forward from Tian Liang always lands on Qi Sha, and the Mind Palace always sits one palace forward from the Parents Palace, so with Tian Liang in the Parents Palace the Mind Palace always holds Qi Sha: the setting and upbringing your elders gave you tends to leave a lasting tint on your inner life. Further reading: Qi Sha in the Mind Palace.

With Tian Liang in the Parents Palace, the Children Palace always holds Tai Yin: with the next generation you are gentle and attentive. The Friends Palace star is not fixed.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, elders give you plenty of shelter and are a dependable mainstay. When fallen, elders lecture a lot and the relationship can drift apart. 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 Parents Palace forms a trine with the Children and Friends Palaces (the generation above, the generation below, and friends and team members read as one group), and it sits between the Life Palace and the Mind Palace. Opposite is the Health Palace; we only read it as the star shining into the Parents Palace and make no health readings. The table shows, for each of the twelve branches Tian Liang can occupy in the Parents Palace, the star shining in from opposite and the major stars of the Life, Mind, Children and Friends Palaces.

"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. Shining in from opposite: Tai Yang; Life: Tian Xiang; Mind: Lian Zhen and Qi Sha. About 16.2% of charts with Tian Liang in the Parents Palace fall into this group.

Tian Liang is exalted in Zi and Wu, with Tai Yang shining in from opposite: elders look after you and teach you. With the Parents Palace in Zi, Tai Yang opposite in Wu is at its brightest and the shelter is at its most open.

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

Chou: Tian Liang strong; Wei: Tian Liang strong. Shining in from opposite: Tian Ji; Life: Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang; Mind: Qi Sha. About 17.3% of charts with Tian Liang in the Parents Palace fall into this group.

Tian Liang is strong in Chou and Wei, with Tian Ji shining in from opposite: elders are a dependable mainstay and very good with ideas.

Tian Tong with Tian Liang (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Tian Liang exalted, Tian Tong fair; Shen: Tian Liang fallen, Tian Tong strong. Shining in from opposite: empty palace; Life: Tian Xiang; Mind: Wu Qu and Qi Sha. About 16.1% of charts with Tian Liang in the Parents Palace fall into this group.

Elders are gentle and caring, a very fortunate combination. The lesson is being looked after too well; independence is something you have to build yourself. Further reading: Tian Tong in the Parents Palace.

Tai Yang with Tian Liang (Mao or You)

Mao: Tian Liang exalted, Tai Yang exalted; You: Tian Liang favorable, Tai Yang neutral. Shining in from opposite: empty palace; Life: Wu Qu and Tian Xiang; Mind: Qi Sha. About 16.8% of charts with Tian Liang in the Parents Palace fall into this group.

Elders are caring and love to teach, a mainstay for you. In Mao both stars are exalted and the shelter is bright and open; in You, elders give a lot and wear themselves out. Further reading: Tai Yang in the Parents Palace.

Tian Ji with Tian Liang (Chen or Xu)

Chen: Tian Liang exalted, Tian Ji fair; Xu: Tian Liang exalted, Tian Ji fair. Shining in from opposite: empty palace; Life: Tian Xiang; Mind: Zi Wei and Qi Sha. About 17.3% of charts with Tian Liang in the Parents Palace fall into this group.

Elders are like teachers, always ready with advice and reminders. They are very good at coming up with ideas for you. Further reading: Tian Ji in the Parents Palace.

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

Si: Tian Liang fallen; Hai: Tian Liang fallen. Shining in from opposite: Tian Tong; Life: Zi Wei and Tian Xiang; Mind: Qi Sha. About 16.3% of charts with Tian Liang in the Parents Palace fall into this group.

Tian Liang is fallen in Si and Hai, with Tian Tong shining in from opposite: elders want to look after you but often cannot quite manage it; the relationship is built slowly over time.

Birth-year transformations in the Parents Palace

• Tian Liang with Hua Lu (born in a Ren year): People born in a Ren year have Tian Liang Hua Lu in the Parents Palace: elders can give you resources and shelter, though the old texts warn that benefits can also stir up disputes. In our sample, about 12.3% of charts with Tian Liang in the Parents Palace carry the birth-year Hua Lu.
• Tian Liang with Hua Quan (born in a Yi year): People born in a Yi year have Tian Liang Hua Quan in the Parents Palace: what elders or bosses say carries weight. In our sample, about 10.5% of charts with Tian Liang in the Parents Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.
• Tian Liang with Hua Ke (born in a Ji year): People born in a Ji year have Tian Liang Hua Ke in the Parents Palace: elders are respected and the family has a good name. In our sample, about 7.6% of charts with Tian Liang in the Parents Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ke.

Getting along

Accept your elders' care, and let them see that you have grown up.

About 41.4% of charts with Tian Liang in the Parents Palace also have at least one of the six Sha stars in that palace, about the same as the 41.9% across all charts. Malefic stars in the Parents Palace usually show up as more friction and more differences of opinion with elders or bosses, which calls for more talking things through; they do not mean a bad relationship with your parents.

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 parents' fortunes or family bonds.

Other major stars in the Parents Palace