Tian Tong in the Friends Palace: What Kind of Friends Surround You
Tian Tong in the Friends Palace means your friends tend to be gentle and easy to be with, people to share a meal, chat and unwind with.
Friends, colleagues and team
People with Tian Tong here have a friendly, low-conflict circle. The lesson is being too nice: things that should be said between friends go unsaid, and it feels awkward to correct a team member who slips up.
- Your circle: Easygoing friends and a good atmosphere.
- Colleagues and team: Colleagues and team members who are easy to work with, though someone needs to make the call.
- Network and mutual help: Friends offer emotional support more than practical resources.
You and your circle: the Life and Friends Palaces
With Tian Tong in the Friends Palace, the Life Palace star is not fixed: it can be Tian Fu, Tian Xiang, Qi Sha, Po Jun or Tan Lang, or the Life Palace can be empty.
With Tian Tong in the Friends Palace, the Life Palace star changes with the branch; the table below lists it for each one.
Your work network: the Career and Friends Palaces
With Tian Tong in the Friends Palace, the Career Palace star is not fixed; the table below lists it for each branch.
With Tian Tong in the Friends Palace, the Travel Palace always holds Wu Qu: out in the world you are practical and decisive, yet the friends you make are gentle and easygoing. The Siblings Palace star is not fixed.
Bright and fallen positions
When bright, friendships are happy, a very fortunate arrangement. When fallen, you want harmony but often carry small grievances you cannot quite put into words. 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.
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 Tong can occupy in the Friends Palace.
| Friends Palace in | Brightness | Shares the palace with | Opposite (Siblings) | Your Life Palace | Career | Travel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yin | Fair | Tian Liang | empty palace | Tian Fu | Tian Xiang | Wu Qu and Qi Sha |
| Mao | Neutral | alone | Tai Yin | Tan Lang | Qi Sha | Wu Qu |
| Chen | Neutral | alone | Ju Men | Tian Xiang | empty palace | Wu Qu and Po Jun |
| Si | Exalted | alone | Tian Liang | Qi Sha | Po Jun | Wu Qu and Tian Fu |
| Wu | Fallen | Tai Yin | empty palace | empty palace | Tian Fu | Wu Qu and Tan Lang |
| Wei | Weak | Ju Men | empty palace | Po Jun | Tan Lang | Wu Qu and Tian Xiang |
| Shen | Strong | Tian Liang | empty palace | Tian Fu | Tian Xiang | Wu Qu and Qi Sha |
| You | Neutral | alone | Tai Yin | Tan Lang | Qi Sha | Wu Qu |
| Xu | Neutral | alone | Ju Men | Tian Xiang | empty palace | Wu Qu and Po Jun |
| Hai | Exalted | alone | Tian Liang | Qi Sha | Po Jun | Wu Qu and Tian Fu |
| Zi | Strong | Tai Yin | empty palace | empty palace | Tian Fu | Wu Qu and Tan Lang |
| Chou | Weak | Ju Men | empty palace | Po Jun | Tan Lang | Wu Qu and Tian Xiang |
"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 Siblings: empty palace; Life: empty palace; Career: Tian Fu. About 15.7% of charts with Tian Tong in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Friends are gentle and attentive, and easy to be around. In Zi both stars are strong and friendships are at their most settled; in Wu both are out of place, and friends' troubles can weigh on you. Further reading: Tai Yin in the Friends Palace.
Tian Tong with Ju Men (Chou or Wei)
Chou: Tian Tong weak, Ju Men weak; Wei: Tian Tong weak, Ju Men weak. Opposite Siblings: empty palace; Life: Po Jun; Career: Tan Lang. About 16.2% of charts with Tian Tong in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
You want to get on well with friends, yet small frictions keep coming up that are hard to put into words. Say what you mean, and do not let grievances pile up. Further reading: Ju Men in the Friends Palace.
Tian Tong with Tian Liang (Yin or Shen)
Yin: Tian Tong fair, Tian Liang exalted; Shen: Tian Tong strong, Tian Liang fallen. Opposite Siblings: empty palace; Life: Tian Fu; Career: Tian Xiang. About 17.1% of charts with Tian Tong 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 Liang in the Friends Palace.
Tian Tong alone, facing Tai Yin (Mao or You)
Mao: Tian Tong neutral; You: Tian Tong neutral. Opposite Siblings: Tai Yin; Life: Tan Lang; Career: Qi Sha. About 17.5% of charts with Tian Tong in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Friends from outside are gentle; Tai Yin sits in the Siblings Palace opposite. With the Friends Palace in Mao, Tai Yin opposite in You is strong and the people closest to you are considerate; in You, Tai Yin opposite is fallen, and you and those close to you tend to read too much into things.
Tian Tong alone, facing Ju Men (Chen or Xu)
Chen: Tian Tong neutral; Xu: Tian Tong neutral. Opposite Siblings: Ju Men; Life: Tian Xiang; Career: empty palace. About 16.4% of charts with Tian Tong in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Friends from outside are easygoing; with Ju Men in the Siblings Palace opposite, the people closest to you have many opinions and argue a lot, so a little extra patience helps.
Tian Tong alone, facing Tian Liang (Si or Hai)
Si: Tian Tong exalted; Hai: Tian Tong exalted. Opposite Siblings: Tian Liang; Life: Qi Sha; Career: Po Jun. About 17.0% of charts with Tian Tong in the Friends Palace fall into this group.
Tian Tong is exalted in Si and Hai, so friendships are happy; with Tian Liang in the Siblings Palace opposite, the people closest to you look after you. A very fortunate arrangement.
Birth-year transformations in the Friends Palace
- Tian Tong with Hua Lu (born in a Bing year): People born in a Bing year have Tian Tong Hua Lu in the Friends Palace: time with friends is pleasant and people warm to you. In our sample, about 10.0% of charts with Tian Tong in the Friends Palace carry the birth-year Hua Lu.
- Tian Tong with Hua Quan (born in a Ding year): People born in a Ding year have Tian Tong Hua Quan in the Friends Palace: gentle as your friends are, some have firm views. In our sample, about 9.0% of charts with Tian Tong in the Friends Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.
- Tian Tong with Hua Ji (born in a Geng year): People born in a Geng year have Tian Tong Hua Ji in the Friends Palace: you want to get on well with friends but tend to keep things bottled up. Talk things over early. In our sample, about 9.8% of charts with Tian Tong in the Friends Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ji.
Friendship advice
Harmony is good, but say your boundaries and ground rules out loud too.
About 43.2% of charts with Tian Tong 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 Tong in the Friends Palace: FAQ
Does Tian Tong in the Friends Palace mean I am well liked?
Tian Tong here describes gentle friends and a friendly circle, so you are usually well liked; the lesson is unclear boundaries. We only describe tendencies in how you get on.
How common is Tian Tong in the Friends Palace?
Across the 16,802 charts in our sample, about 8.2% have Tian Tong 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.