The Career Palace
Governs: Career direction, kind of work, performance at work and the route to achievement, including studies.
How to read it: The main star shows suitable work and your working style; Lu (prosperity) smoother progress, Quan (power) control and promotion, Ke (repute) reputation, Ji (affliction) more pressure and change.
Alignment: Its opposite, Spouse, means work and love pull on each other; its trines, Life and Wealth, complete the classic Life–Wealth–Career pattern.
Keep in mind: It points to suitable paths and tendencies, not a single job you are limited to.
Main stars in the Career palace
Follow a star's name for its reading in the Career palace.
- Zi Wei (紫微)Zi Wei in Career: ambitious and mindful of title and reputation, suited to management, leadership or decision-making roles.
- Tian Ji (天機)Tian Ji in Career: suited to planning, research, consulting, technical work or anything needing analysis and adaptability.
- Tai Yang (太陽)Tai Yang in Career: strong ambition, suited to public service, teaching, media, public affairs or visible roles.
- Wu Qu (武曲)Wu Qu in Career: suited to finance, banking, engineering, technical work, the military or police, or roles needing strong execution.
- Tian Tong (天同)Tian Tong in Career: suited to service, hospitality, food, design, welfare or work built on getting along with people.
- Lian Zhen (廉貞)Lian Zhen in Career: ambitious and rule-minded, suited to law, administration, public relations, technical or disciplined professional work.
- Tian Fu (天府)Tian Fu in Career: suited to management, finance, administration, or steady growth within a large organisation.
- Tai Yin (太陰)Tai Yin in Career: suited to work needing care, planning or an eye for beauty, such as finance, design, culture, real estate or behind-the-scenes planning.
- Tan Lang (貪狼)Tan Lang in Career: suited to sales, public relations, entertainment, food, design, or work that needs social and creative flair.
- Ju Men (巨門)Ju Men in Career: suited to teaching, law, media, consulting, research or work that needs eloquence and analysis.
- Tian Xiang (天相)Tian Xiang in Career: suited to administration, management, secretarial, public service or coordinating work.
- Tian Liang (天梁)Tian Liang in Career: suited to medicine, teaching, public service, law, social work or supervisory roles.
- Qi Sha (七殺)Qi Sha in Career: suited to pioneering, high-challenge work such as starting a business, sales, the military or police, engineering, or roles needing hard decisions.
- Po Jun (破軍)Po Jun in Career: many career changes; suited to innovation, reform, development or work that needs breakthroughs, often with changes of field or fresh starts.
Other palaces
This is fixed text compiled from general convention, not a reading of any individual chart and not a prediction. For important decisions, please consult qualified professionals.