Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace: Who You Are Once You Step Out the Door
Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace means that out in the world you are appropriate, courteous and good at mediating; people see you as trustworthy and easy to work with.
How you come across out in the world
With Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace, the Life Palace opposite is always Po Jun: by nature you break things down and rebuild them and do not play by the book, yet out in the world you come across as rule-abiding and image-conscious. Outsiders see Tian Xiang, and only the people close to you know there is Po Jun underneath.
- Public image: Out in the world you come across as steady, courteous and fair.
- Life away from home: You suit roles away from home as a coordinator, administrator, in public relations or as a representative.
- Opportunities and lessons: Opportunities come from your credibility and image; the lesson is getting entangled in other people's favours and affairs.
Life and Travel on one line: the Life Palace always holds Po Jun
With Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace, the Life Palace opposite always holds Po Jun (Tian Xiang and Po Jun always sit opposite each other), so the situation of an empty Life Palace borrowing from the Travel Palace never arises. Further reading: Po Jun in the Life Palace.
Travel, Spouse and Mind: the outer you, love and your inner life are tied together
With Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace, the Life Palace always holds Po Jun and the Mind Palace always holds Tian Fu: bold and changeable by nature, appropriate and courteous in the world, and inside you value security. The Spouse Palace star is not fixed.
Bright and fallen positions
When bright, you are trusted out in the world, relationships are harmonious, and you get plenty of help away from home. When fallen, you are often caught between different sides and can end up taking the blame for others. 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 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 Xiang can occupy in the Travel Palace.
| Travel Palace in | Brightness | Shares the palace with | Opposite (Life) | Spouse | Mind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. People with an empty Life Palace borrow the Travel 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 Life: Po Jun; Spouse: Wu Qu; Mind: Zi Wei and Tian Fu. About 16.0% of charts with Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Out in the world you are principled, trustworthy and fair. The Life Palace opposite holds Po Jun: by nature you break things down and rebuild them. Watch for Tian Xiang being squeezed between a punishment star and a Ji: out in the world you can easily get caught up in other people's affairs. Further reading: Lian Zhen in the Travel Palace.
Tian Xiang alone, facing Zi Wei and Po Jun (Chou or Wei)
Chou: Tian Xiang exalted; Wei: Tian Xiang favorable. Opposite Life: Zi Wei and Po Jun; Spouse: empty palace; Mind: Tian Fu. About 18.5% of charts with Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Out in the world you are appropriate, courteous and good at mediating; by nature (Life Palace) you are Zi Wei with Po Jun, wanting both to lead and to change things. In Chou, Tian Xiang is exalted and you are steadier out in the world.
Wu Qu with Tian Xiang (Yin or Shen)
Yin: Tian Xiang exalted, Wu Qu favorable; Shen: Tian Xiang exalted, Wu Qu favorable. Opposite Life: Po Jun; Spouse: Zi Wei; Mind: Lian Zhen and Tian Fu. About 15.5% of charts with Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Out in the world you are practical and trustworthy, and your work is reliable. The Life Palace opposite holds Po Jun: bold and changeable by nature, yet very rule-abiding and trustworthy in public. Further reading: Wu Qu in the Travel Palace.
Tian Xiang alone, facing Lian Zhen and Po Jun (Mao or You)
Mao: Tian Xiang fallen; You: Tian Xiang fallen. Opposite Life: Lian Zhen and Po Jun; Spouse: empty palace; Mind: Tian Fu. About 17.1% of charts with Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Tian Xiang is fallen in Mao and You, so out in the world you often end up caught in the middle; by nature (Life Palace) you are Lian Zhen with Po Jun, rebellious and bold.
Zi Wei with Tian Xiang (Chen or Xu)
Chen: Tian Xiang favorable, Zi Wei favorable; Xu: Tian Xiang favorable, Zi Wei favorable. Opposite Life: Po Jun; Spouse: Lian Zhen; Mind: Wu Qu and Tian Fu. About 16.3% of charts with Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Out in the world you care about standing, follow the rules and come across as appropriate. The Life Palace opposite holds Po Jun: by nature you break things down and rebuild them, yet outwardly you are all about order. Further reading: Zi Wei in the Travel Palace.
Tian Xiang alone, facing Wu Qu and Po Jun (Si or Hai)
Si: Tian Xiang favorable; Hai: Tian Xiang favorable. Opposite Life: Wu Qu and Po Jun; Spouse: empty palace; Mind: Tian Fu. About 16.6% of charts with Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace fall into this group.
Out in the world you are dependable and trustworthy; by nature (Life Palace) you are Wu Qu with Po Jun, bold and willing to gamble. Out in the world, be careful about getting tangled up in other people's finances.
Birth-year transformations in the Travel Palace
Under the Four Transformations table of the Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu, Tian Xiang never transforms, so Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace never carries a birth-year Hua Lu, Hua Quan, Hua Ke or Hua Ji of its own. For transformations in how you fare out in the world, look at any other star sharing the palace, at the Life Palace opposite, and at the Spouse and Mind Palaces in its trine.
Advice for life away from home
You can be the mediator out in the world, but do not take on every responsibility; say no when you need to.
About 43.7% of charts with Tian Xiang 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
A straight word: the Travel Palace is about who you are out in the world, not whether something will happen to you when you go out
The Travel Palace describes how you come across and the chances you meet out in the world, in unfamiliar places and among people, and it is the other face of the Life Palace. It cannot tell you whether moving abroad will work out or whether you should emigrate, and it does not predict accidents or good or bad luck on the road. Everything on this site is for reference and entertainment only.
Find out which star sits in your Travel Palace
Enter your date of birth and birth time to cast your chart, then tap the Travel Palace to see its major stars, transformations and four-way set (Life, Spouse and Mind Palaces).
Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace: FAQ
Why is Po Jun always in the Life Palace when Tian Xiang is in the Travel Palace?
Tian Xiang and Po Jun always sit directly opposite each other, and the Travel Palace is always opposite the Life Palace. So with Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace, Po Jun is always in the Life Palace (possibly together with Zi Wei, Wu Qu or Lian Zhen).
How common is Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace?
Across the 16,802 charts in our sample, about 8.5% have Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace (alone or sharing it with another major star). Each of the fourteen major stars lands in the Travel Palace roughly 8–9% of the time.