Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace: How You Earn, and Where the Money Goes
Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace means you handle money by the rules and value your credit. Your income is steady, your spending measured, and you care about living with dignity and quality.
Your attitude to money
Tian Xiang’s money is shaped by its neighbours. When the palaces on either side hold Hua Lu and Tian Liang (known as wealth and shelter flanking the seal), benefactors often bring money; when they hold Qing Yang and Hua Ji (punishment and Hua Ji flanking the seal), you can easily be dragged into other people’s money problems.
- How you earn: You suit stable organisations, administration, finance, civil service, service work, and image-focused fields such as fashion and beauty.
- How you spend: You value quality of life and image; clothes, home and social life are your main expenses.
- Financial risk: Guaranteeing others’ debts and being pulled down by partners; take extra care when punishment and Hua Ji flank the seal.
Life, Wealth and Career: money is tied to who you are and what you do
With Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace, the Career Palace always holds Tian Fu: your work is about keeping things stable and secure, while Tian Xiang’s credit and rules keep the money in order. The major star in the Life Palace is not fixed; it may be Wu Qu, Zi Wei or Lian Zhen, or the Life Palace may be empty.
This is built into the chart: counting four palaces backward from Tian Xiang always lands on Tian Fu, and the Career Palace always sits four palaces backward from the Wealth Palace, so the Career Palace always holds Tian Fu (sometimes together with Zi Wei, Lian Zhen and Wu Qu). Further reading: Tian Fu in the Life Palace.
Bright and fallen positions
When bright, your income is steady, your credit good and your finances in order. When fallen, you can easily be dragged down by your surroundings or other people’s money problems. Brightness by branch, from the table of the Complete Book this site uses: Exalted: Zi, Chou, Yin, Wu, Shen; Favorable: Chen, Si, Wei, Xu, Hai; Fallen: Mao, You.
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 Xiang can occupy in the Wealth Palace.
| Wealth Palace in | Brightness | Shares the palace with | Opposite (Mind) | Your Life Palace | Career Palace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yin | Exalted | Wu Qu | Po Jun | Zi Wei | Lian Zhen and Tian Fu |
| Mao | Fallen | alone | Lian Zhen and Po Jun | empty palace | Tian Fu |
| Chen | Favorable | Zi Wei | Po Jun | Lian Zhen | Wu Qu and Tian Fu |
| Si | Favorable | alone | Wu Qu and Po Jun | empty palace | Tian Fu |
| Wu | Exalted | Lian Zhen | Po Jun | Wu Qu | Zi Wei and Tian Fu |
| Wei | Favorable | alone | Zi Wei and Po Jun | empty palace | Tian Fu |
| Shen | Exalted | Wu Qu | Po Jun | Zi Wei | Lian Zhen and Tian Fu |
| You | Fallen | alone | Lian Zhen and Po Jun | empty palace | Tian Fu |
| Xu | Favorable | Zi Wei | Po Jun | Lian Zhen | Wu Qu and Tian Fu |
| Hai | Favorable | alone | Wu Qu and Po Jun | empty palace | Tian Fu |
| Zi | Exalted | Lian Zhen | Po Jun | Wu Qu | Zi Wei and Tian Fu |
| Chou | Exalted | alone | Zi Wei and Po Jun | empty palace | Tian Fu |
"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
Lian Zhen with Tian Xiang (Zi or Wu)
Zi: Tian Xiang exalted, Lian Zhen neutral; Wu: Tian Xiang exalted, Lian Zhen neutral. Opposite (Mind): Po Jun; Life: Wu Qu; Career: Zi Wei and Tian Fu. About 18.5% of charts with Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
Principled money built on credit: your income is honest and steady, suiting civil service, legal work and management. Watch for punishment and Hua Ji flanking the seal, which can drag you into other people’s money problems. Further reading: Lian Zhen in the Wealth Palace.
Tian Xiang alone, facing Zi Wei and Po Jun (Chou or Wei)
Chou: Tian Xiang exalted; Wei: Tian Xiang favorable. Opposite (Mind): Zi Wei and Po Jun; Life: empty palace; Career: Tian Fu. About 17.5% of charts with Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
You handle money by the rules; opposite, Zi Wei and Po Jun in the Mind Palace mean inside you want breakthroughs and change, and now and then you get the urge to spend big. In Chou, Tian Xiang is bright and steadier than in Wei.
Wu Qu with Tian Xiang (Yin or Shen)
Yin: Tian Xiang exalted, Wu Qu favorable; Shen: Tian Xiang exalted, Wu Qu favorable. Opposite (Mind): Po Jun; Life: Zi Wei; Career: Lian Zhen and Tian Fu. About 14.3% of charts with Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
The wealth star paired with the seal star: you handle money by the rules and your credit is good, suiting finance, administration and banking. Income is steady, and this combination builds up very well. Further reading: Wu Qu in the Wealth Palace.
Tian Xiang alone, facing Lian Zhen and Po Jun (Mao or You)
Mao: Tian Xiang fallen; You: Tian Xiang fallen. Opposite (Mind): Lian Zhen and Po Jun; Life: empty palace; Career: Tian Fu. About 15.3% of charts with Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
Tian Xiang is fallen in Mao and You, so your finances are easily swayed by outside forces; opposite, Lian Zhen and Po Jun in the Mind Palace let emotional swings drive your spending. Never guaranteeing anyone’s debts is your most basic line of defence.
Zi Wei with Tian Xiang (Chen or Xu)
Chen: Tian Xiang favorable, Zi Wei favorable; Xu: Tian Xiang favorable, Zi Wei favorable. Opposite (Mind): Po Jun; Life: Lian Zhen; Career: Wu Qu and Tian Fu. About 18.0% of charts with Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
Money tied to status and credit: steady income, orderly finances, suited to management and civil service. In the Chen and Xu palaces your finances are more limited early on, and scale shows only after you have built up. Further reading: Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace.
Tian Xiang alone, facing Wu Qu and Po Jun (Si or Hai)
Si: Tian Xiang favorable; Hai: Tian Xiang favorable. Opposite (Mind): Wu Qu and Po Jun; Life: empty palace; Career: Tian Fu. About 16.5% of charts with Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.
You keep your financial word; opposite, Wu Qu and Po Jun in the Mind Palace make you daring and willing to gamble inside. Take special care not to be dragged into other people’s money problems.
Birth-year transformations in the Wealth Palace
Under the Four Transformations table of the Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu, Tian Xiang never transforms, so Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace never carries a birth-year Hua Lu, Hua Quan, Hua Ke or Hua Ji of its own. For transformations affecting your money, look at any other star sharing the palace, at Lu Cun, and at the Mind Palace opposite and the Life and Career Palaces in its triad.
Money advice
Don’t guarantee debts and don’t lend large sums; Tian Xiang’s money fears nothing more than being pulled under by someone else’s problems.
About 42.9% of charts with Tian Xiang 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
A straight word: the Wealth Palace is about how you handle money, not your bank balance
The Wealth Palace describes how you earn, how you spend, and what you tend to cling to or overlook where money is concerned. It cannot tell you whether you will get rich, which stock to buy or when to get into the market. Everything on this site is for reference and entertainment only and is not investment or financial advice; for major financial decisions, talk to a qualified professional.
Find out which star sits in your Wealth Palace
Enter your date of birth and birth time to cast your chart, then tap the Wealth Palace to see its major stars, transformations and four-way set (Life, Career and Mind Palaces).
Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace: FAQ
What should I watch for with Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace?
Tian Xiang is strongly affected by the palaces on either side, and financially it most fears punishment and Hua Ji flanking the seal, meaning being caught up in other people’s money problems. Don’t guarantee anyone’s debts, and put roles and responsibilities in writing in any partnership.
How common is Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace?
Across the 16,802 charts in our sample, about 8.4% have Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace (alone or sharing it with another major star). Each of the fourteen major stars lands in the Wealth Palace roughly 8–9% of the time.