Tian Liang in the Travel Palace: Who You Are Once You Step Out the Door

Tian Liang in the Travel Palace means that out in the world you are mature, steady and caring; you often meet elders or patrons who help you along, and you often end up giving advice or standing up for what is fair.

How you come across out in the world

Tian Liang is the star of protection, and the old texts say Tian Liang here "is sheltered away from home and finds a way through difficulty". The lesson is getting too involved and lecturing too much out in the world, and being drawn into other people's disputes.

• Public image: Out in the world you come across as mature, dependable and fair-minded.
• Life away from home: You suit work away from home in medicine, education, consulting, charity or other fields built on trust.
• Opportunities and lessons: Opportunities come through elders and patrons; the lesson is getting too involved and standing up for everyone.

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

If your Life Palace is empty and you borrow Tian Liang from the Travel Palace (usually Tian Liang with Tian Ji, Tai Yang or Tian Tong in the Travel Palace), your nature also carries Tian Liang's maturity and urge to look after people, and others often treat you as the big brother or big sister. In our sample, about 48.4% of charts with Tian Liang in the Travel Palace have an empty Life Palace and read it through this palace. Further reading: the Life Palace and Body Palace, Tian Liang in the Life Palace.

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

With Tian Liang in the Travel Palace, the Mind Palace always holds Tai Yin: mature and dependable in the world, yet sensitive and feeling inside. The Life and Spouse Palace stars are not fixed; the Life Palace can hold Tai Yang, Tian Ji or Tian Tong, or it can be empty.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, you are sheltered by patrons out in the world, and someone helps when it matters. When fallen, you tend to drift out in the world and find it hard to settle. 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 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 Tian Liang 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

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

Zi: Tian Liang exalted; Wu: Tian Liang exalted. Opposite Life: Tai Yang; Spouse: Tian Tong; Mind: Tian Ji and Tai Yin. About 16.5% of charts with Tian Liang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Tian Liang is exalted in Zi and Wu, so you are respected out in the world; by nature (Life Palace) you are Tai Yang. With the Travel Palace in Zi, the Life Palace is in Wu where Tai Yang is at its strongest, and you shine inside and out.

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

Chou: Tian Liang strong; Wei: Tian Liang strong. Opposite Life: Tian Ji; Spouse: Tai Yang; Mind: Tai Yin. About 18.0% of charts with Tian Liang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Tian Liang is strong in Chou and Wei, so out in the world you come across as seasoned and meet patrons; by nature (Life Palace) you are Tian Ji, clever and thoughtful.

Tian Tong with Tian Liang (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Tian Liang exalted, Tian Tong fair; Shen: Tian Liang fallen, Tian Tong strong. Opposite Life: empty palace; Spouse: Tian Ji; Mind: Tai Yin. About 15.7% of charts with Tian Liang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are gentle, caring and well liked. The Life Palace opposite is empty: people who borrow this pair are also easygoing and empathetic by nature, very easy to be around. Further reading: Tian Tong in the Travel Palace.

Tai Yang with Tian Liang (Mao or You)

Mao: Tian Liang exalted, Tai Yang exalted; You: Tian Liang favorable, Tai Yang neutral. Opposite Life: empty palace; Spouse: empty palace; Mind: Tai Yin. About 15.6% of charts with Tian Liang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are warm, fair-minded and glad to look after people, with many patrons. The Life Palace opposite is empty: people who borrow this pair are also public-spirited by nature. In Mao both stars are exalted and you shine brightest out in the world. Further reading: Tai Yang in the Travel Palace.

Tian Ji with Tian Liang (Chen or Xu)

Chen: Tian Liang exalted, Tian Ji fair; Xu: Tian Liang exalted, Tian Ji fair. Opposite Life: empty palace; Spouse: empty palace; Mind: Tian Tong and Tai Yin. About 17.1% of charts with Tian Liang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are the one who comes up with ideas and gives advice; the old texts say this pair is "good at talking strategy". The Life Palace opposite is empty: people who borrow this pair are mature and clever by nature, and often treated as the adviser. Further reading: Tian Ji in the Travel Palace.

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

Si: Tian Liang fallen; Hai: Tian Liang fallen. Opposite Life: Tian Tong; Spouse: empty palace; Mind: Tai Yang and Tai Yin. About 17.1% of charts with Tian Liang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Tian Liang is fallen in Si and Hai, so you tend to drift out in the world; by nature (Life Palace) you are Tian Tong, gentle and easygoing. Before heading out, it helps to have a solid skill in hand.

Birth-year transformations in the Travel Palace

• Tian Liang with Hua Lu (born in a Ren year): People born in a Ren year have Tian Liang Hua Lu in the Travel Palace: you have resources and shelter out in the world, though the old texts warn that this can stir up disputes, so keep everything above board. In our sample, about 11.2% of charts with Tian Liang in the Travel 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 Travel Palace: your words carry weight out in the world, and you are often asked to settle what is fair. In our sample, about 10.4% of charts with Tian Liang in the Travel 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 Travel Palace: you have a good name out in the world and are respected. In our sample, about 8.9% of charts with Tian Liang in the Travel Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ke.

Advice for life away from home

You can look after people out in the world, but do not carry everyone's responsibilities.

About 43.9% of charts with Tian Liang 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