Wu Qu in the Travel Palace: Who You Are Once You Step Out the Door

Wu Qu in the Travel Palace means that out in the world you are practical, decisive and efficient, with real drive to get things done away from home. The old texts say Wu Qu here "gains wealth away from home": money is often made in other places or out in the wider world.

How you come across out in the world

This is a Travel Palace of getting things done: out in the world you rarely chat idly, and the point is to get the job finished. The lesson is that being too hard and too blunt in public can cost you with people.

• Public image: Out in the world you come across as dependable, capable and as good as your word.
• Life away from home: You suit striving away from home, overseas postings, sales, and work that involves travelling to do business.
• Opportunities and lessons: Opportunities are often tied to money and practical matters; the lesson is focusing so much on results that you neglect people.

Life and Travel on one line: borrowing this star for an empty Life Palace

If your Life Palace is empty and you borrow Wu Qu from the Travel Palace (the Travel Palace then always holds Wu Qu with Tan Lang), your nature also carries that pair's ambition and practicality, which only really comes out when you are out in the world. In our sample, about 15.7% of charts with Wu Qu in the Travel Palace have an empty Life Palace and read it through this palace. Further reading: the Life Palace and Body Palace, Wu Qu in the Life Palace.

Travel, Spouse and Mind: the outer you, love and your inner life are tied together

With Wu Qu in the Travel Palace, the Spouse Palace always holds Zi Wei and the Mind Palace always holds Lian Zhen. Zi Wei, Lian Zhen and Wu Qu always form a trine: you are practical and capable in the world, you want respect and standing in love, and inside you have strong principles and strong feelings.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, you get a great deal done out in the world, and money comes to you away from home. In a neutral position you are short-tempered in public and prone to head-on clashes. 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 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 Wu Qu can occupy in the Travel 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. People with an empty Life Palace borrow the Travel 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 Life: Qi Sha; Spouse: Zi Wei and Tian Xiang; Mind: Lian Zhen. About 17.0% of charts with Wu Qu in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are practical and steady, good at earning and at keeping, and money comes to you away from home. The Life Palace opposite holds Qi Sha: driven by nature, yet very steady in public. Further reading: Tian Fu in the Travel Palace.

Wu Qu with Tan Lang (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Wu Qu exalted, Tan Lang exalted; Wei: Wu Qu exalted, Tan Lang exalted. Opposite Life: empty palace; Spouse: Zi Wei and Qi Sha; Mind: Lian Zhen and Po Jun. About 15.7% of charts with Wu Qu in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are ambitious, well connected and sharp about money. The Life Palace opposite is empty: people who borrow this pair are also practical and ambitious by nature. The old saying is that Wu Qu with Tan Lang does not bloom in youth, so your progress out in the world mostly comes after middle age. Further reading: Tan Lang in the Travel Palace.

Wu Qu with Tian Xiang (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Wu Qu favorable, Tian Xiang exalted; Shen: Wu Qu favorable, Tian Xiang exalted. Opposite Life: Po Jun; Spouse: Zi Wei; Mind: Lian Zhen and Tian Fu. About 16.2% of charts with Wu Qu 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: Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace.

Wu Qu with Qi Sha (Mao or You)

Mao: Wu Qu fair, Qi Sha strong; You: Wu Qu fair, Qi Sha strong. Opposite Life: Tian Fu; Spouse: Zi Wei and Po Jun; Mind: Lian Zhen and Tan Lang. About 17.1% of charts with Wu Qu in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are fierce, decisive and quick to act, suited to charging ahead away from home. The Life Palace opposite holds Tian Fu: steady by nature and security-minded. The old texts say this pair is prone to losing money to others, so keep financial decisions away from home conservative. Further reading: Qi Sha in the Travel Palace.

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

Chen: Wu Qu exalted; Xu: Wu Qu exalted. Opposite Life: Tan Lang; Spouse: Zi Wei and Tian Fu; Mind: Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang. About 17.5% of charts with Wu Qu in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are practical and capable, and money comes to you away from home; by nature (Life Palace) you are Tan Lang, sociable and ambitious. Wu Qu is exalted in Chen and Xu, and the old texts say this pair in the four tomb branches is "poor first, rich later".

Wu Qu with Po Jun (Si or Hai)

Si: Wu Qu neutral, Po Jun neutral; Hai: Wu Qu neutral, Po Jun neutral. Opposite Life: Tian Xiang; Spouse: Zi Wei and Tan Lang; Mind: Lian Zhen and Qi Sha. About 16.4% of charts with Wu Qu in the Travel Palace fall into this group.

Out in the world you are bold and willing to gamble, and your finances away from home rise and fall. The Life Palace opposite holds Tian Xiang: gentle and courteous by nature, yet ready to take risks once you are out the door. Further reading: Po Jun in the Travel Palace.

Birth-year transformations in the Travel Palace

• Wu Qu with Hua Lu (born in a Ji year): People born in a Ji year have Wu Qu Hua Lu in the Travel Palace: money comes to you away from home, with plenty of chances to earn out in the world. In our sample, about 9.0% of charts with Wu Qu in the Travel Palace carry the birth-year Hua Lu.
• Wu Qu with Hua Quan (born in a Geng year): People born in a Geng year have Wu Qu Hua Quan in the Travel Palace: out in the world you have strong control and drive, suited to leading a team away from home. In our sample, about 9.8% of charts with Wu Qu in the Travel Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.
• Wu Qu with Hua Ke (born in a Jia year): People born in a Jia year have Wu Qu Hua Ke in the Travel Palace: out in the world your credit is good and your work has a good reputation. In our sample, about 10.8% of charts with Wu Qu in the Travel Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ke.
• Wu Qu with Hua Ji (born in a Ren year): People born in a Ren year have Wu Qu Hua Ji in the Travel Palace: out in the world money can lead to conflict or heavy pressure. Keep your financial arrangements away from home conservative. In our sample, about 10.2% of charts with Wu Qu in the Travel Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ji.

Advice for life away from home

You can be firm in the world, but leave some room. For Wu Qu, goodwill out there is half of getting the job done.

About 42.0% of charts with Wu Qu 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