Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace: How You Earn, and Where the Money Goes

Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace means you earn with a sense of scale and dignity. Rather than scraping together small sums through sheer grind, you do better holding resources, managing other people’s money, or rising in an organisation to a seat where you decide the budget.

Your attitude to money

Zi Wei’s money is money that comes with a position: once you have authority and a name, income tends to follow. The catch is that you also spend to keep up appearances, caring about style, social obligations and quality. You won’t notice it while income is high, but when income drops, this is where things are hardest to hold together.

• How you earn: You suit management roles, running your own business, building a brand, or any position where you hold the final say.
• How you spend: You spend generously and value quality, and you are willing to pay for face and for relationships.
• Financial risk: As a lone ruler with no supporting stars, you can make investment calls on your own and tune out advice. Don’t let pride push you into decisions beyond your means.

Life, Wealth and Career: money is tied to who you are and what you do

With Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace, the Life Palace always holds Lian Zhen and the Career Palace always holds Wu Qu; Zi Wei, Lian Zhen and Wu Qu always form a triad. You yourself are principled and tactful, your work style is practical and execution-focused, and Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace lends the money you earn a sense of position and scale.

This is built into the chart: counting four palaces forward from Zi Wei always lands on Lian Zhen, and the Life Palace always sits four palaces forward from the Wealth Palace, so the Life Palace always holds Lian Zhen (sometimes together with Tian Fu, Tan Lang, Tian Xiang, Qi Sha and Po Jun); counting four palaces backward from Zi Wei always lands on Wu Qu, and the Career Palace always sits four palaces backward from the Wealth Palace, so the Career Palace always holds Wu Qu (sometimes together with Tian Xiang, Qi Sha, Po Jun, Tian Fu and Tan Lang). Further reading: Lian Zhen in the Life Palace, Wu Qu in the Life Palace.

Bright and fallen positions

When bright, your income is steady and substantial, and your standing and credibility bring money in. In a neutral position you may keep up a front financially, and income doesn’t always match spending. Brightness by branch, from the table of the Complete Book this site uses: Exalted: Chou, Wu, Wei; Strong: Yin, Mao, Si, Shen, You, Hai; Favorable: Chen, Xu; Neutral: Zi.

The Wealth Palace's four-way set is the Mind Palace (opposite), the Life Palace and the Career Palace. Where your money comes from can't be separated from your personality and the way you work; how you spend it is tied to the Mind Palace, which stands for your state of mind and what you enjoy. The table shows the major stars of these palaces for each of the twelve branches Zi Wei can occupy in the Wealth 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

Zi Wei alone, facing Tan Lang (Zi or Wu)

Zi: Zi Wei neutral; Wu: Zi Wei exalted. Opposite (Mind): Tan Lang; Life: Lian Zhen and Tian Fu; Career: Wu Qu and Tian Xiang. About 13.0% of charts with Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

You handle money with a sense of scale; opposite, Tan Lang in the Mind Palace means enjoyment and desire drive you to earn, and drive you to spend. In Wu, Zi Wei is bright and your finances have poise; in Zi you are more prone to keeping up appearances.

Zi Wei with Po Jun (Chou or Wei)

Chou: Zi Wei exalted, Po Jun strong; Wei: Zi Wei exalted, Po Jun strong. Opposite (Mind): Tian Xiang; Life: Lian Zhen and Tan Lang; Career: Wu Qu and Qi Sha. About 17.4% of charts with Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

You earn boldly and dare to tear down and rebuild, often making money through reform, takeovers or reinvention, and you spend on a grand scale too. You suit pioneering ventures; your finances swing widely, so you need someone to help you hold on. Further reading: Po Jun in the Wealth Palace.

Zi Wei with Tian Fu (Yin or Shen)

Yin: Zi Wei strong, Tian Fu exalted; Shen: Zi Wei strong, Tian Fu favorable. Opposite (Mind): Qi Sha; Life: Lian Zhen and Tian Xiang; Career: Wu Qu. About 17.4% of charts with Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

Two leadership stars guard the Wealth Palace: you can earn and you can keep, with finances on a large scale, suited to managing big resources or running a sizeable business. The challenge is that caution and pride sit side by side, so decisions can come half a step late. Further reading: Tian Fu in the Wealth Palace.

Zi Wei with Tan Lang (Mao or You)

Mao: Zi Wei strong, Tan Lang fair; You: Zi Wei strong, Tan Lang fair. Opposite (Mind): empty palace; Life: Lian Zhen and Qi Sha; Career: Wu Qu and Po Jun. About 16.4% of charts with Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

Connections and taste bring money, suiting entertainment, luxury goods and social businesses. Money arrives in a lively way and leaves in a lively way; socialising and hospitality are your biggest expense. Further reading: Tan Lang in the Wealth Palace.

Zi Wei with Tian Xiang (Chen or Xu)

Chen: Zi Wei favorable, Tian Xiang favorable; Xu: Zi Wei favorable, Tian Xiang favorable. Opposite (Mind): Po Jun; Life: Lian Zhen; Career: Wu Qu and Tian Fu. About 18.3% of charts with Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

Money tied to status and credit: steady income, orderly finances, suited to management and civil service. In the Chen and Xu palaces your finances are more limited early on, and scale shows only after you have built up. Further reading: Tian Xiang in the Wealth Palace.

Zi Wei with Qi Sha (Si or Hai)

Si: Zi Wei strong, Qi Sha neutral; Hai: Zi Wei strong, Qi Sha neutral. Opposite (Mind): Tian Fu; Life: Lian Zhen and Po Jun; Career: Wu Qu and Tan Lang. About 17.6% of charts with Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace fall into this group.

You earn with nerve and authority and suit positions that control resources and decisions. Your financial calls are decisive but can also be one-sided, so listen to more views before big investments. Further reading: Qi Sha in the Wealth Palace.

Birth-year transformations in the Wealth Palace

• Zi Wei with Hua Quan (born in a Ren year): For people born in a Ren year, Zi Wei with Hua Quan in the Wealth Palace gives strong control over financial decisions. You suit managing money and budgets, and you may also spend forcefully. In our sample, about 13.8% of charts with Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace carry the birth-year Hua Quan.
• Zi Wei with Hua Ke (born in a Yi year): For people born in a Yi year, Zi Wei with Hua Ke in the Wealth Palace gives good financial credit and a good reputation. Money arrives in a respectable way, and you do well building on your name and expertise. In our sample, about 9.2% of charts with Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace carry the birth-year Hua Ke.

Money advice

Find a financial partner or adviser who dares to tell you no, and put a cap on spending for show.

About 41.6% of charts with Zi Wei in the Wealth Palace also have at least one of the six Sha stars in that palace, about the same as the 42.3% across all charts. Malefic stars in the Wealth Palace usually show up as uneven income or impulsive spending and call for a bit more discipline; they do not mean you are bound to lose money.

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 wealth or financial luck.

Other major stars in the Wealth Palace