Tian Liang in the Friends Palace: What Kind of Friends Surround You
Tian Liang in the Friends Palace means there is often someone among your friends who looks after you and guides you like an elder, or you are the one in your circle who looks after everyone.
Friends, colleagues and team
People with Tian Liang here have a network that shelters them; when trouble comes, someone often steps in. The lesson is care turning into lecturing, so there can be pressure to be told what to do even among friends.
- Your circle: Mature friends, often some older than you.
- Colleagues and team: Colleagues or team members who take responsibility on themselves.
- Network and mutual help: A sheltering network; when something happens, someone helps.
You and your circle: the Life and Friends Palaces
With Tian Liang in the Friends Palace, the Life Palace always holds Tian Fu: you are steady and good at keeping what you have, while the friends you make are mature and love looking after others.
This is built into the chart: counting five palaces backward from Tian Liang always lands on Tian Fu, and the Life Palace always sits five palaces backward from the Friends Palace. Further reading: Tian Fu in the Life Palace.
Your work network: the Career and Friends Palaces
Counting one palace backward from Tian Liang always lands on Tian Xiang, and the Career Palace always sits one palace backward from the Friends Palace, so with Tian Liang in the Friends Palace the Career Palace always holds Tian Xiang: your circle sits right next to your work, and many of your connections grow out of it. Further reading: Tian Xiang in the Career Palace.
With Tian Liang in the Friends Palace, the Travel Palace always holds Qi Sha: out in the world you have drive and dare to strike out, while the friends around you keep reminding you and looking out for you. The Siblings Palace star is not fixed.
Bright and fallen positions
When bright, friends are a dependable mainstay. When fallen, too much looking-after turns friendship into lecturing. 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.
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 Tian Liang can occupy in the Friends Palace.
| Friends Palace in | Brightness | Shares the palace with | Opposite (Siblings) | Your Life Palace | Career | Travel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yin | Exalted | Tian Tong | empty palace | Tian Fu | Tian Xiang | Wu Qu and Qi Sha |
| Mao | Exalted | Tai Yang | empty palace | Lian Zhen and Tian Fu | Wu Qu and Tian Xiang | Qi Sha |
| Chen | Exalted | Tian Ji | empty palace | Tian Fu | Tian Xiang | Zi Wei and Qi Sha |
| Si | Fallen | alone | Tian Tong | Wu Qu and Tian Fu | Zi Wei and Tian Xiang | Qi Sha |
| Wu | Exalted | alone | Tai Yang | Tian Fu | Tian Xiang | Lian Zhen and Qi Sha |
| Wei | Strong | alone | Tian Ji | Zi Wei and Tian Fu | Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang | Qi Sha |
| Shen | Fallen | Tian Tong | empty palace | Tian Fu | Tian Xiang | Wu Qu and Qi Sha |
| You | Favorable | Tai Yang | empty palace | Lian Zhen and Tian Fu | Wu Qu and Tian Xiang | Qi Sha |
| Xu | Exalted | Tian Ji | empty palace | Tian Fu | Tian Xiang | Zi Wei and Qi Sha |
| Hai | Fallen | alone | Tian Tong | Wu Qu and Tian Fu | Zi Wei and Tian Xiang | Qi Sha |
| Zi | Exalted | alone | Tai Yang | Tian Fu | Tian Xiang | Lian Zhen and Qi Sha |
| Chou | Strong | alone | Tian Ji | Zi Wei and Tian Fu | Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang | Qi Sha |
"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 Siblings: Tai Yang; Life: Tian Fu; Career: Tian Xiang. About 17.7% of charts with Tian Liang in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Tian Liang is exalted in Zi and Wu, so friends are caring; Tai Yang sits in the Siblings Palace opposite. With the Friends Palace in Zi, Tai Yang opposite in Wu is at its strongest and the people closest to you are warm and generous.
Tian Liang alone, facing Tian Ji (Chou or Wei)
Chou: Tian Liang strong; Wei: Tian Liang strong. Opposite Siblings: Tian Ji; Life: Zi Wei and Tian Fu; Career: Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang. About 18.0% of charts with Tian Liang in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Tian Liang is strong in Chou and Wei, so friends look after you like elders; with Tian Ji in the Siblings Palace opposite, the people closest to you are clever and quick.
Tian Tong with Tian Liang (Yin or Shen)
Yin: Tian Liang exalted, Tian Tong fair; Shen: Tian Liang fallen, Tian Tong strong. Opposite Siblings: empty palace; Life: Tian Fu; Career: Tian Xiang. About 17.2% of charts with Tian Liang in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Friends are gentle and caring, a very fortunate combination. The lesson is getting too comfortable, so important things tend to get put off. Further reading: Tian Tong in the Friends Palace.
Tai Yang with Tian Liang (Mao or You)
Mao: Tian Liang exalted, Tai Yang exalted; You: Tian Liang favorable, Tai Yang neutral. Opposite Siblings: empty palace; Life: Lian Zhen and Tian Fu; Career: Wu Qu and Tian Xiang. About 13.1% of charts with Tian Liang in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Friends are caring and your network shelters you. In Mao both stars are exalted and you are warmly, openly liked; in You, you give a lot and tire easily. Further reading: Tai Yang in the Friends Palace.
Tian Ji with Tian Liang (Chen or Xu)
Chen: Tian Liang exalted, Tian Ji fair; Xu: Tian Liang exalted, Tian Ji fair. Opposite Siblings: empty palace; Life: Tian Fu; Career: Tian Xiang. About 16.9% of charts with Tian Liang in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Friends are part strategist, part elder, always ready with advice and reminders. Further reading: Tian Ji in the Friends Palace.
Tian Liang alone, facing Tian Tong (Si or Hai)
Si: Tian Liang fallen; Hai: Tian Liang fallen. Opposite Siblings: Tian Tong; Life: Wu Qu and Tian Fu; Career: Zi Wei and Tian Xiang. About 17.2% of charts with Tian Liang in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Tian Liang is fallen in Si and Hai, so you often feel you cannot quite manage to look after your friends; with Tian Tong in the Siblings Palace opposite, the people closest to you are gentle and easy to get on with.
Birth-year transformations in the Friends Palace
- Tian Liang with Hua Lu (born in a Ren year): People born in a Ren year have Tian Liang Hua Lu in the Friends Palace: friends can give you resources and shelter, though the old texts warn that benefits can also stir up disputes. In our sample, about 10.9% of charts with Tian Liang in the Friends 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 Friends Palace: among your friends are people whose words carry weight. In our sample, about 10.6% of charts with Tian Liang in the Friends 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 Friends Palace: your friends are respected and your circle has a good name. In our sample, about 8.6% of charts with Tian Liang in the Friends Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ke.
Friendship advice
Accept the care, and let people know you can carry things yourself.
About 43.4% of charts with Tian Liang 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
A straight word: the Friends Palace is about how you make friends, not about who will do you harm
The Friends Palace describes your circle of friends, your colleagues and your team, and the way you interact with them. It cannot tell you which friend is reliable or who might work against you; classical warnings about "petty people" are not used on this site. Lending money to friends, guaranteeing their debts or going into business together should be judged on the actual situation: nothing on this site amounts to lending, guarantee or investment advice, and everything here is for reference and entertainment only.
Find out which star sits in your Friends Palace
Enter your date of birth and birth time to cast your chart, then tap the Friends Palace to see its major stars, transformations and four-way set.
Tian Liang in the Friends Palace: FAQ
Why is Tian Fu always in the Life Palace when Tian Liang is in the Friends Palace?
It follows from how the stars are placed. Counting five palaces backward from Tian Liang always lands on Tian Fu, and the Life Palace always sits five palaces backward from the Friends Palace. So whenever Tian Liang is in the Friends Palace, Tian Fu is always in the Life Palace.
How common is Tian Liang in the Friends Palace?
Across the 16,802 charts in our sample, about 8.2% have Tian Liang in the Friends Palace (alone or sharing it with another major star). Each of the fourteen major stars lands in the Friends Palace roughly 8–9% of the time.