Wu Qu in the Children Palace: What Kind of Elder You Are

Wu Qu in the Children Palace means your way with the next generation is practical and disciplined, with a focus on ability and independence.

Raising and relating

People with Wu Qu here show care through actions: planning for the young ones and getting things ready for them, but not so good with warm words. The lesson is being too strict and too focused on results, so the relationship lacks a little softness.

• Parenting style: Practical and disciplined, valuing ability and independence.
• With younger people and your team: With students and team members you set high standards and care about real results.
• What you create and pass on: What you pass on is practical resources and ways of getting things done.

You and the next generation: the Life and Children Palaces

With Wu Qu in the Children Palace, the Life Palace always holds Tian Ji: you are quick and think a lot, yet towards the next generation you are practical and big on discipline.

This is built into the chart: counting three palaces forward from Wu Qu always lands on Tian Ji, and the Life Palace always sits three palaces forward from the Children Palace. Further reading: Tian Ji in the Life Palace.

Partner and next generation

Counting one palace forward from Wu Qu always lands on Tai Yang, and the Spouse Palace always sits one palace forward from the Children Palace, so with Wu Qu in the Children Palace the Spouse Palace always holds Tai Yang: the shape of your partnership is often also the way the two of you face the next generation together. Further reading: Tai Yang in the Spouse Palace.

With Wu Qu in the Children Palace, the Parents Palace always holds Zi Wei and the Friends Palace always holds Lian Zhen. Zi Wei, Lian Zhen and Wu Qu always form a trine. The Property Palace star is not fixed.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, you raise a practical, capable next generation. In a neutral position you are too strict and the relationship gets tense. 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 Children Palace is the Property Palace (the Children–Property axis: the next generation and home pull on each other), and its trine is the Parents and Friends Palaces. The table shows the major stars of the Property, Life, Spouse, Parents and Friends Palaces for each of the twelve branches Wu Qu can occupy in the Children 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 Property: Qi Sha; Life: Tian Ji and Ju Men; Spouse: Tai Yang and Tai Yin. About 18.2% of charts with Wu Qu in the Children Palace fall into this group.

Two wealth stars guard the Children Palace: you can give the next generation real resources and a steady backstop. The downside is that you rarely put feelings into words. Further reading: Tian Fu in the Children Palace.

Wu Qu with Tan Lang (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Wu Qu exalted, Tan Lang exalted; Wei: Wu Qu exalted, Tan Lang exalted. Opposite Property: empty palace; Life: Tian Ji and Tian Liang; Spouse: Tai Yang and Ju Men. About 15.8% of charts with Wu Qu in the Children Palace fall into this group.

You value both practicality and interests, and put real effort into developing the next generation's talents and abilities. The old saying is that Wu Qu with Tan Lang does not bloom in youth; your relationship with the young tends to get better over time. Further reading: Tan Lang in the Children Palace.

Wu Qu with Tian Xiang (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Wu Qu favorable, Tian Xiang exalted; Shen: Wu Qu favorable, Tian Xiang exalted. Opposite Property: Po Jun; Life: Tian Ji; Spouse: Tai Yang and Tian Liang. About 15.1% of charts with Wu Qu in the Children Palace fall into this group.

Practical and principled, you care about the next generation's ability and their sense of how to treat people; an elder very good at teaching how to get things done. Further reading: Tian Xiang in the Children Palace.

Wu Qu with Qi Sha (Mao or You)

Mao: Wu Qu fair, Qi Sha strong; You: Wu Qu fair, Qi Sha strong. Opposite Property: Tian Fu; Life: Tian Ji; Spouse: Tai Yang. About 17.2% of charts with Wu Qu in the Children Palace fall into this group.

Your approach is tough and direct, big on independence and toughening up, and you easily butt heads with the next generation. A little more appreciation softens things a lot. Further reading: Qi Sha in the Children Palace.

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

Chen: Wu Qu exalted; Xu: Wu Qu exalted. Opposite Property: Tan Lang; Life: Tian Ji; Spouse: Tai Yang. About 17.1% of charts with Wu Qu in the Children Palace fall into this group.

Wu Qu is exalted in Chen and Xu, so your approach is practical and focused on ability; with Tan Lang in the Property Palace opposite, home is full of life.

Wu Qu with Po Jun (Si or Hai)

Si: Wu Qu neutral, Po Jun neutral; Hai: Wu Qu neutral, Po Jun neutral. Opposite Property: Tian Xiang; Life: Tian Ji and Tai Yin; Spouse: Tai Yang. About 16.5% of charts with Wu Qu in the Children Palace fall into this group.

You expect a lot of the next generation and keep changing your methods, so the relationship has bigger ups and downs. Making your standards clear and consistent matters more than anything. Further reading: Po Jun in the Children Palace.

Birth-year transformations in the Children Palace

• Wu Qu with Hua Lu (born in a Ji year): People born in a Ji year have Wu Qu Hua Lu in the Children Palace: you can give the next generation real resources and support. In our sample, about 9.3% of charts with Wu Qu in the Children 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 Children Palace: you are demanding with the next generation and keep a close eye on them. In our sample, about 11.9% of charts with Wu Qu in the Children 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 Children Palace: your approach to bringing up the young is orderly and disciplined. In our sample, about 11.4% of charts with Wu Qu in the Children 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 Children Palace: you tend to worry about the next generation's prospects or expenses. Add a word of appreciation. In our sample, about 8.4% of charts with Wu Qu in the Children Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ji.

Getting along

Say "well done" out loud; Wu Qu's love needs to be something the next generation can hear.

About 42.6% of charts with Wu Qu in the Children 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 Children Palace usually show up as more friction and more worry with the next generation, which calls for more talking things through; they do not mean a bad relationship.

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 chances of having children or what their children achieve.

Other major stars in the Children Palace