The 12 Palaces
The 12 Palaces of Zi Wei Dou Shu form your complete life map. Each palace has specific meanings and interpretation directions.
Self Palace (Ming Gong)
**The most important palace**. Represents your core personality, innate talents, and overall life tone. The major star here defines your first impression and thinking patterns.
Example: Zi Wei in Self — natural leader, authoritative presence. Tian Ji in Self — quick-witted, intelligent, adaptable.
Siblings Palace
Represents siblings, peer relationships, and your mother. Also reflects your early learning environment and communication style.
Spouse Palace
Represents your marriage partner's traits, marriage quality, and your approach to intimacy. For career-oriented people, this palace also covers business partnerships.
Children Palace
Represents children, parent-child relationships, creative ability, and how you enjoy life. A good Children Palace often indicates a rich leisure life too.
Wealth Palace
Represents your earning style, money management, and attitude toward finances. Note: this shows *how* you earn, not total wealth.
Health Palace
Represents physical health, disease tendencies, and stress tolerance. Also reflects your response patterns when facing difficulties.
Travel Palace
Represents external fortune, social image, and how you appear in public. A strong Travel Palace suits relocating or having a prominent public image.
Friends Palace
Represents friendships, subordinates, business partners. Also indicates your tendency to be helped or taken advantage of.
Career Palace
Represents career direction, work attitude, and professional achievement. The major star often hints at your suitable industry.
Property Palace
Represents home environment, real estate fortune, and inner sense of security. A good Property Palace usually means harmonious family and smooth property acquisition.
Fortune Palace
Represents your spiritual world, blessings, and quality of later life. Also reflects hobbies and sources of inner fulfillment.
Parents Palace
Represents relationship with parents, mentor connections, and educational background. Also covers your interactions with authority figures.
Palace Interactions
Opposing palace pairs (six palaces apart) form axis lines: Self vs Travel (self-identity vs social image), Spouse vs Career (family vs work). These axis relationships are crucial analytical tools in Zi Wei Dou Shu.