Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace: Who You Fall For, and Where You Get Stuck

With Wu Qu in your Spouse Palace, your partner is practical, capable and good with money, but not much for sweet talk. They show love by doing things, solving problems and keeping the accounts straight.

Your pattern in love

Classical texts call Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace “solitary and harsh” and say it favours marrying late. The modern reading: this relationship needs two people mature enough to accept that being practical is its own kind of romance. If you want to be doted on every day, a Wu Qu partner will disappoint you; if you want someone reliable, a Wu Qu partner is hard to replace.

You and your partner: the Life and Spouse Palaces

When Wu Qu is in your Spouse Palace, your Life Palace holds one of the Tian Fu group of stars (Tan Lang, Tian Xiang, Qi Sha, Po Jun or Tian Fu) or is an empty palace. Your personality has a restless or sociable streak, and your partner’s practicality brings you back down to earth.

With Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace, the major star of the Life Palace is not fixed; the last column of the table below lists it for each branch.

Bright and fallen positions

When Wu Qu is bright, your partner is capable and sensible with money, a teammate you can build a life with. In a neutral position, your partner is just as practical but quick-tempered, and arguments over money or small things come easily. Brightness by branch, from the table of the Complete Book this site uses: Exalted: Chou, Chen, Wei, Xu; Strong: Zi, Wu; Favorable: Yin, Shen; Fair: Mao, You; Neutral: Si, Hai.

The Spouse Palace's four-way set is the Career Palace (opposite), the Travel Palace and the Mind Palace: love and work pull on each other, and both are tied to how you come across in the world and how content you feel inside. The table shows the major stars of these palaces, and of your Life Palace, for each of the twelve branches Wu Qu can occupy in the Spouse 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

Wu Qu with Tian Fu (Zi or Wu)

Zi: Wu Qu strong, Tian Fu exalted; Wu: Wu Qu strong, Tian Fu strong. Opposite (Career): Qi Sha; Life: Tan Lang. About 16.8% of charts with Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace fall into this group.

Your partner can both earn and save, values security and family, and is a very steady financial partner. The relationship is solid but not good at expressing feelings, so the romance is up to you to create. Further reading: Tian Fu in the Spouse Palace.

Wu Qu with Tan Lang (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Wu Qu exalted, Tan Lang exalted; Wei: Wu Qu exalted, Tan Lang exalted. Opposite (Career): empty palace; Life: Tian Xiang. About 17.2% of charts with Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace fall into this group.

Your partner is ambitious, sociable and good at making money, and the relationship is lively and practical. The classical saying that Wu Qu with Tan Lang “does not flourish in youth,” read in the Spouse Palace, usually means the relationship or your partner’s career settles only after midlife. Further reading: Tan Lang in the Spouse Palace.

Wu Qu with Tian Xiang (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Wu Qu favorable, Tian Xiang exalted; Shen: Wu Qu favorable, Tian Xiang exalted. Opposite (Career): Po Jun; Life: Qi Sha. About 14.6% of charts with Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace fall into this group.

Your partner is practical, trustworthy and values rules, someone to manage money and look after the home with. The opposite palace holds Po Jun, so your career changes more, and love is your source of stability. Further reading: Tian Xiang in the Spouse Palace.

Wu Qu with Qi Sha (Mao or You)

Mao: Wu Qu fair, Qi Sha strong; You: Wu Qu fair, Qi Sha strong. Opposite (Career): Tian Fu; Life: empty palace. About 17.7% of charts with Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace fall into this group.

Your partner is tough and decisive with plenty of drive, and the two of you deal with each other directly. The relationship has momentum and some heat; classical texts warn that Wu Qu with Qi Sha easily fights over money, so keep shared finances clearly separated. Further reading: Qi Sha in the Spouse Palace.

Wu Qu alone, facing Tan Lang (Chen or Xu)

Chen: Wu Qu exalted; Xu: Wu Qu exalted. Opposite (Career): Tan Lang; Life: Po Jun. About 16.3% of charts with Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace fall into this group.

Your partner is practical and good with money. With Tan Lang opposite in the Career Palace, your work runs on socialising and ambition. One of you holds the fort while the other pushes ahead; classical texts say Wu Qu and Tan Lang in the four tomb palaces bring “hardship first, wealth later.”

Wu Qu with Po Jun (Si or Hai)

Si: Wu Qu neutral, Po Jun neutral; Hai: Wu Qu neutral, Po Jun neutral. Opposite (Career): Tian Xiang; Life: Tian Fu. About 17.3% of charts with Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace fall into this group.

Your partner is daring, willing to gamble and has a vivid personality; the relationship has big ups and downs, and so do the finances. It suits building something together, but one of you needs to guard the bottom line. Further reading: Po Jun in the Spouse Palace.

Birth-year transformations in the Spouse Palace

• Wu Qu with Hua Lu (born in a Ji year): For people born in a Ji year, Wu Qu with Hua Lu sits in the Spouse Palace: your partner earns well and is willing to put it into the home, so the financial footing is steady. In our sample, about 10.7% of charts with Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace carry the birth-year Hua Lu.
• Wu Qu with Hua Quan (born in a Geng year): For people born in a Geng year, Wu Qu with Hua Quan sits in the Spouse Palace: your partner controls the household finances and decisions, forceful but dependable. In our sample, about 12.2% of charts with Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.
• Wu Qu with Hua Ke (born in a Jia year): For people born in a Jia year, Wu Qu with Hua Ke sits in the Spouse Palace: your partner manages money methodically and keeps their word, and the relationship is grounded. In our sample, about 10.7% of charts with Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ke.
• Wu Qu with Hua Ji (born in a Ren year): For people born in a Ren year, Wu Qu with Hua Ji sits in the Spouse Palace: you are especially sensitive to your partner’s finances or attitude to money, and money easily becomes a sticking point; it is best to settle shared finances clearly from the start. In our sample, about 10.9% of charts with Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ji.

A man's chart and a woman's chart

In a man's chart: Classical texts say that for a man, Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace means a wife who is “firm and good with money.” The modern reading: your partner is financially independent and capable, often the one who manages the household money; respect their financial decisions.

In a woman's chart: Classical texts say that for a woman, Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace means a husband who is “resolute, ideally older.” The modern reading: you admire reliable, capable partners; they are not good at putting feelings into words and show care mostly through action.

The classical texts read the Spouse Palace as the wife in a man's chart and the husband in a woman's chart, reflecting the traditional view of marriage they were written in. Relationships today take many forms, so this site reads the Spouse Palace as your pattern in close relationships, whatever your gender and whatever shape the relationship takes.

Getting along

Put the money issues on the table, and put the feelings on the table too. A Wu Qu partner will not guess; you have to say it.

About 42.9% of charts with Wu Qu in the Spouse Palace also have at least one of the six Sha stars in that palace, about the same as the 42.0% across all charts. Malefic stars in the Spouse Palace usually show up as high expectations of love and a need to work things through; they do not mean the relationship is 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 love life.

Other major stars in the Spouse Palace