Zi Wei Twelve Palaces: Life Areas and Body Palace
The twelve palaces are Life, Siblings, Spouse, Children, Wealth, Health, Travel, Friends, Career, Property, Fortune and Parents. Body is a marker on one palace, not a thirteenth area.
| Palace | Life-area reading | Opposite palace | Trine palaces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 命宫 · Life | Overall chart reference and its major star pattern | 迁移 | 官禄 / 财帛 |
| 父母 · Parents | Parents, elders and support | 疾厄 | 仆役 / 子女 |
| 福德 · Fortune | Inner satisfaction and leisure | 财帛 | 迁移 / 夫妻 |
| 田宅 · Property | Property, household and inherited surroundings | 子女 | 疾厄 / 兄弟 |
| 官禄 · Career | Career and public work | 夫妻 | 财帛 / 命宫 |
| 仆役 · Friends | Friends, associates and social networks | 兄弟 | 子女 / 父母 |
| 迁移 · Travel | Travel and activity away from home | 命宫 | 夫妻 / 福德 |
| 疾厄 · Health | The traditional bodily life-area palace | 父母 | 兄弟 / 田宅 |
| 财帛 · Wealth | Income and use of resources | 福德 | 命宫 / 官禄 |
| 子女 · Children | Children and generational relationships | 田宅 | 父母 / 仆役 |
| 夫妻 · Spouse | Partnership and marriage as a life area | 官禄 | 福德 / 迁移 |
| 兄弟 · Siblings | Sibling and peer relationships | 仆役 | 田宅 / 疾厄 |
Read related palaces
A palace is read together with the opposite position six steps away and the two three-harmony positions four and eight steps away. Keep the whole chart visible when comparing their stars.
Changing labels, fixed positions
The natal palaces occupy twelve branch positions. Decade and annual layers rotate their life-area labels over those positions. A star remains in its natal location while another layer changes which area is being read there.