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

Tian Tong in the Wealth Palace means your attitude to money is easygoing. You don’t haggle much, and you are not keen to sacrifice quality of life for money. To you, money is a tool for living well.

Your attitude to money

Tian Tong is the star of blessings. In the Wealth Palace it usually means you won’t go short, though great riches don’t come easily either; classical texts say Tian Tong in the Wealth Palace is hard at first and easier later. The challenge is being too comfortable: once income is enough, you lose the urge to push, and money planning is often left for later.

• How you earn: You suit steady salaried work, the service industry, food and entertainment, education and social welfare, or any work that leaves room for a life.
• How you spend: You value enjoyment and quality of life; eating, drinking, fun and comfort are your main expenses.
• Financial risk: Not planning and not tracking spending, then finding there isn’t enough saved when you need it.

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

With Tian Tong in the Wealth Palace, the Life Palace always holds Tian Ji: you yourself are clever and think a lot, yet your attitude to earning is relaxed. The major star in the Career Palace is not fixed.

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

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, money comes easily, income and spending balance, and life is settled. When fallen or poorly placed, money easily goes on your moods, and under stress you shop to unwind. Brightness by branch, from the table of the Complete Book this site uses: Exalted: Si, Hai; Strong: Zi, Shen; Fair: Yin; Neutral: Mao, Chen, You, Xu; Weak: Chou, Wei; Fallen: Wu.

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 Tong 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 Tong with Tai Yin (Zi or Wu)

Zi: Tian Tong strong, Tai Yin exalted; Wu: Tian Tong fallen, Tai Yin weak. Opposite (Mind): empty palace; Life: Tian Ji and Tian Liang; Career: empty palace. About 15.8% of charts with Tian Tong in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

Money comes gently and you value quality of life; steady work plus long-term saving suits you. In Zi both stars are well placed and you have both wealth and contentment; in Wu neither is well placed, and money can weigh on your mind. Further reading: Tai Yin in the Wealth Palace.

Tian Tong with Ju Men (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Tian Tong weak, Ju Men weak; Wei: Tian Tong weak, Ju Men weak. Opposite (Mind): empty palace; Life: Tian Ji; Career: empty palace. About 15.1% of charts with Tian Tong in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

You want stability but often run into small money disputes. Your income isn’t small, but it easily goes on your moods. Steady income suits you; avoid partnerships and verbal agreements. Further reading: Ju Men in the Wealth Palace.

Tian Tong with Tian Liang (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Tian Tong fair, Tian Liang exalted; Shen: Tian Tong strong, Tian Liang fallen. Opposite (Mind): empty palace; Life: Tian Ji; Career: Tai Yin. About 17.2% of charts with Tian Tong 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 Liang in the Wealth Palace.

Tian Tong alone, facing Tai Yin (Mao or You)

Mao: Tian Tong neutral; You: Tian Tong neutral. Opposite (Mind): Tai Yin; Life: Tian Ji; Career: Ju Men. About 17.1% of charts with Tian Tong in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

Money comes gently; opposite, Tai Yin in the Mind Palace means you crave security inside. With the Wealth Palace in Mao, the opposite Tai Yin is strong, so your outlook is steady and you can save; in You, the opposite Tai Yin is fallen and money easily makes you anxious.

Tian Tong alone, facing Ju Men (Chen or Xu)

Chen: Tian Tong neutral; Xu: Tian Tong neutral. Opposite (Mind): Ju Men; Life: Tian Ji and Tai Yin; Career: Tian Liang. About 16.5% of charts with Tian Tong in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

You are easygoing about money; opposite, Ju Men in the Mind Palace makes you prone to worrying and overthinking about money, often feeling there isn’t enough.

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

Si: Tian Tong exalted; Hai: Tian Tong exalted. Opposite (Mind): Tian Liang; Life: Tian Ji and Ju Men; Career: empty palace. About 18.2% of charts with Tian Tong in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

Tian Tong is bright in Si and Hai, bringing both wealth and contentment; opposite, Tian Liang in the Mind Palace gives you a mature, unacquisitive outlook. This is a very settled financial arrangement.

Birth-year transformations in the Wealth Palace

• Tian Tong with Hua Lu (born in a Bing year): For people born in a Bing year, Tian Tong with Hua Lu in the Wealth Palace means money comes easily; you are blessed with good food and good fortune alike. In our sample, about 7.9% of charts with Tian Tong in the Wealth Palace carry the birth-year Hua Lu.
• Tian Tong with Hua Quan (born in a Ding year): For people born in a Ding year, Tian Tong with Hua Quan in the Wealth Palace gives you firmer views and more drive about money; this is one of the placements where Tian Tong builds up the most. In our sample, about 7.5% of charts with Tian Tong in the Wealth Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.
• Tian Tong with Hua Ji (born in a Geng year): For people born in a Geng year, Tian Tong with Hua Ji in the Wealth Palace means you want easy money but often don’t get it, and money can leave you glum. Automatic transfers into savings suit you best. In our sample, about 11.9% of charts with Tian Tong in the Wealth Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ji.

Money advice

Let automation replace willpower: the moment your pay arrives, have a set amount move into savings automatically.

About 42.4% of charts with Tian Tong 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