Wu Qu in the Friends Palace: What Kind of Friends Surround You

Wu Qu in the Friends Palace means your friends tend to be practical and capable, and your dealings with them often involve work, collaboration or money.

Friends, colleagues and team

People with Wu Qu here find friends are more partners in getting things done than people to pour your heart out to. The lesson is that friendship can be steered by interest or efficiency; when money changes hands between friends, putting it in writing protects the friendship.

You and your circle: the Life and Friends Palaces

With Wu Qu in the Friends Palace, the Life Palace star is not fixed: it can be Tai Yin, Ju Men or Tian Liang, or the Life Palace can be empty.

With Wu Qu 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

Counting one palace backward from Wu Qu always lands on Tian Tong, and the Career Palace always sits one palace backward from the Friends Palace, so with Wu Qu in the Friends Palace the Career Palace always holds Tian Tong: your circle sits right next to your work, and many of your connections grow out of it. Further reading: Tian Tong in the Career Palace.

With Wu Qu in the Friends Palace, the Travel Palace always holds Tai Yang: out in the world you are warm-hearted and well known, while the friends you make are practical and capable. The Siblings Palace star is not fixed.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, friends have real ability and working together pays off. In a neutral position, friends are busy with their own lives and the ties are thin. 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.

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 Wu Qu can occupy in the Friends Palace.

Friends Palace inBrightnessShares the palace withOpposite (Siblings)Your Life PalaceCareerTravel
YinFavorableTian XiangPo Junempty palaceTian Tong and Ju MenTai Yang and Tian Liang
MaoFairQi ShaTian FuTai YinTian Tong and Tian LiangTai Yang
ChenExaltedaloneTan LangJu MenTian TongTai Yang
SiNeutralPo JunTian XiangTian LiangTian TongTai Yang
WuStrongTian FuQi Shaempty palaceTian TongTai Yang and Tai Yin
WeiExaltedTan Langempty palaceempty palaceTian Tong and Tai YinTai Yang and Ju Men
ShenFavorableTian XiangPo Junempty palaceTian Tong and Ju MenTai Yang and Tian Liang
YouFairQi ShaTian FuTai YinTian Tong and Tian LiangTai Yang
XuExaltedaloneTan LangJu MenTian TongTai Yang
HaiNeutralPo JunTian XiangTian LiangTian TongTai Yang
ZiStrongTian FuQi Shaempty palaceTian TongTai Yang and Tai Yin
ChouExaltedTan Langempty palaceempty palaceTian Tong and Tai YinTai Yang and Ju Men

"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 Siblings: Qi Sha; Life: empty palace; Career: Tian Tong. About 16.6% of charts with Wu Qu in the Friends Palace fall into this group.

Two wealth stars guard the Friends Palace: friends are practical and steady and can give you concrete support. The downside is that friendships lean practical and lack a little warmth. Further reading: Tian Fu in the Friends Palace.

Wu Qu with Tan Lang (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Wu Qu exalted, Tan Lang exalted; Wei: Wu Qu exalted, Tan Lang exalted. Opposite Siblings: empty palace; Life: empty palace; Career: Tian Tong and Tai Yin. About 16.1% of charts with Wu Qu in the Friends Palace fall into this group.

Friends are capable and know how to have fun, with a sharp eye for opportunity. The old saying is that Wu Qu with Tan Lang does not bloom in youth; your network tends to become more useful the longer you keep it. Further reading: Tan Lang in the Friends Palace.

Wu Qu with Tian Xiang (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Wu Qu favorable, Tian Xiang exalted; Shen: Wu Qu favorable, Tian Xiang exalted. Opposite Siblings: Po Jun; Life: empty palace; Career: Tian Tong and Ju Men. About 15.3% of charts with Wu Qu in the Friends Palace fall into this group.

Friends are practical and principled, and working together is reliable; a very good combination for getting things done together. Further reading: Tian Xiang in the Friends Palace.

Wu Qu with Qi Sha (Mao or You)

Mao: Wu Qu fair, Qi Sha strong; You: Wu Qu fair, Qi Sha strong. Opposite Siblings: Tian Fu; Life: Tai Yin; Career: Tian Tong and Tian Liang. About 17.8% of charts with Wu Qu in the Friends Palace fall into this group.

Friends are tough and independent, each working hard for themselves; money between you can cause friction, so keep the accounts clear. Further reading: Qi Sha in the Friends Palace.

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

Chen: Wu Qu exalted; Xu: Wu Qu exalted. Opposite Siblings: Tan Lang; Life: Ju Men; Career: Tian Tong. About 17.7% of charts with Wu Qu in the Friends Palace fall into this group.

Wu Qu is exalted in Chen and Xu, so friends from outside are practical and capable; with Tan Lang in the Siblings Palace opposite, the people closest to you are lively with many interests.

Wu Qu with Po Jun (Si or Hai)

Si: Wu Qu neutral, Po Jun neutral; Hai: Wu Qu neutral, Po Jun neutral. Opposite Siblings: Tian Xiang; Life: Tian Liang; Career: Tian Tong. About 16.5% of charts with Wu Qu in the Friends Palace fall into this group.

Friends are bold and friendships have big ups and downs. Be conservative about joint ventures and money, and agree on an exit plan first. Further reading: Po Jun in the Friends Palace.

Birth-year transformations in the Friends Palace

Friendship advice

Keep friendship and accounts separate, and your friendships will last.

About 43.7% of charts with Wu Qu 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

8.6%of charts have Wu Qu in the Friends Palace (alone or with another major star)
17.8%of those fall into the most common group: Wu Qu with Qi Sha
42.5%of those have a birth-year transformation on Wu Qu itself
43.7%of those also have a Sha star in the Friends Palace

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

Zi Wei in the Friends PalaceLife: Tian Tong · Career: Tian Ji Tian Ji in the Friends Palacethe Star of Wisdom in the Friends Palace Tai Yang in the Friends PalaceLife: Lian Zhen · Career: Wu Qu Tian Tong in the Friends Palacethe Star of Blessings in the Friends Palace Lian Zhen in the Friends PalaceLife Palace always holds Tian Ji Tian Fu in the Friends Palacethe Treasury Star in the Friends Palace Tai Yin in the Friends PalaceCareer Palace always holds Tian Fu Tan Lang in the Friends PalaceCareer Palace always holds Tai Yin Ju Men in the Friends PalaceLife: Po Jun · Career: Tan Lang Tian Xiang in the Friends PalaceCareer Palace always holds Ju Men Tian Liang in the Friends PalaceLife: Tian Fu · Career: Tian Xiang Qi Sha in the Friends PalaceLife: Tai Yin · Career: Tian Liang Po Jun in the Friends PalaceLife Palace always holds Tian Liang

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.

Wu Qu in the Friends Palace: FAQ

Can I go into business with friends if Wu Qu is in my Friends Palace?

Wu Qu here describes practical friends who are good to work with, but we do not give partnership or investment advice. Writing down who is responsible for what and how money is handled before you start matters more than anything in the chart.

How common is Wu Qu in the Friends Palace?

Across the 16,802 charts in our sample, about 8.6% have Wu Qu 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.