Hua Ji from the Parents Palace into all twelve palaces: how Flying Star readers see each line

The Life Palace takes in an elder’s standards: how they become your standards for yourself

Xingge places the Parents Palace as parents, elders and bosses, with paperwork and certificates included, and the Life Palace as you yourself. When the Parents Palace’s Hua Ji star sits in the Life Palace, the plain-language reading is that the feeling of being evaluated gathers onto you. A scene: your manager says 「再看看」 (“let me take another look”) and you think about it all evening at home; before you hand in a report, you pick out three flaws in it yourself. If your parents are not around or you rarely speak, read it as the old yardstick still being in your hands.

Take a chart for someone born in a Geng year: the Life Palace is in Wei (未), the Parents Palace is in Shen (申), and the palace stem is Jia. The Jia stem makes Tai Yang the Hua Ji star, and Tai Yang sits in the Life Palace together with Tai Yin, with Tai Yang (De) and Tai Yin (Bu). These two are exactly the birth-year Hua Lu and birth-year Hua Ke of a Geng year, so one square carries three lines: Lu, Ke and Ji. The Flying Star school says that when Hua Ji enters the Life Palace, its force also strikes the Travel Palace opposite, so this tension of being watched shows more in outside settings.

Charts where the Life Palace receives Parents Palace Hua Ji: 22,845 charts, with Tai Yang Hua Ji and Tian Tong Hua Ji slightly higher

Of the 262,980 charts, 22,845 (8.7%) have the Parents Palace’s Hua Ji sitting in the Life Palace, which is high among the twelve lines. Among the Hua Ji stars, Tai Yang Hua Ji at 11.7%, Tian Tong Hua Ji at 11.1% and Tai Yin Hua Ji at 10.7% are slightly higher, and Lian Zhen Hua Ji and Wu Qu Hua Ji are lowest at 9.1% each, a gap of 2.6 percentage points from highest to lowest; Wen Chang and Wen Qu together make about 20%. In the sample charts the Life Palace is empty in only 2.8%, against 16.4% for all charts, because in about 80% of the charts the Hua Ji star is itself a main star, and then that square cannot be empty. Among the main stars sharing the Life Palace, Ju Men is 18.9%, Tan Lang 18.2% and Tai Yin 17.2%, less than two percentage points apart (counting charts where the Hua Ji star is one of them).

For the flavor, you can refer to Xingge’s Life Palace lines for 「太陽忌」 (“Tai Yang Hua Ji”) and 「天同忌」 (“Tian Tong Hua Ji”). Those two lines were written about the birth-year Four Transformations and are borrowed here in rewritten form: Tai Yang Hua Ji is lighting up others and not saying when you are tired; Tian Tong Hua Ji is keeping the occasion smooth first and putting your own needs last. Xingge has no reading for brightness; the experience of individual teachers is that when bright it works as drive, and when dim it turns into inner wear.

Parents Palace Hua Ji in the Life Palace: keep what others say and what you want in separate records

What to do can be very concrete. In the moment of being evaluated, first ask yourself whether it was fact or tone. For an important decision, write two columns: one for how the elder or boss sees it, one for what you want. When the two differ, you can see where the gap lies. For occasions that need certificates or paperwork, get everything ready ahead, so there is one less 「萬一被挑」 (“what if they find fault”) thought.

Another reading calls it 「帶著長輩的債」 (“carrying an elder’s debt”); Xingge does not adopt it. What it describes is energy, not the bond between you and your family.

An elder’s gaze in the Siblings Palace: why siblings end up comparing

Xingge’s Siblings Palace governs siblings, the peers closest to you, and partners. When an elder’s Hua Ji star flies in, a scene looks like this: in the family chat an elder says 「你哥怎麼樣」 (“how is your older brother doing”) and you start comparing; when sharing caregiving duties, you are always the first to speak up; when a peer gets promoted, what runs through your mind is what the elder would say. If you have no siblings, swap in classmates, people who joined at the same time, or a partner you have worked with for years. With Hua Ji in the Siblings Palace, the clash strikes the Friends Palace opposite, so this 「別人怎麼看」 (“what others think”) also seeps into dealings with friends and colleagues.

Take a chart for someone born in a Gui year, with the Life Palace in Chen (辰): the Parents Palace is in Si (巳) with the stem Ding, and the Ding stem makes Ju Men the Hua Ji star. Ju Men sits in the Siblings Palace in the Mao (卯) palace, with Tian Ji (Wang) and Ju Men (Miao) in the same palace, and Ju Men happens to be the birth-year Hua Quan of a Gui year.

Charts where the Siblings Palace receives Parents Palace Hua Ji: Tan Lang Hua Ji and Tai Yang Hua Ji at about 11% each

In 22,113 charts (8.4%) the Hua Ji is sent into the Siblings Palace. Tan Lang Hua Ji and Tai Yang Hua Ji are 11.1% each and Wu Qu Hua Ji is lowest at 8.7%, a gap of 2.4 percentage points between the two ends; Wen Chang and Wen Qu together make about 20%. In the sample charts, 3.8% have an Empty Siblings Palace. In charts where the Siblings Palace holds a main star, Tai Yin is present in 19.6%, Tai Yang in 16.3% and Ju Men in 16.0%, so Tai Yin leads by more than three percentage points. One clear number: the Siblings Palace’s own Self-Hua Ji is 21.6% against an average of about 9.7%, while the Parents Palace and Siblings Palace flying Hua Ji at each other is only 1.6%.

Xingge’s Life Palace line for 「貪狼忌」 (“Tan Lang Hua Ji”) can serve as a comparison (originally about the birth-year Four Transformations): wanting a lot and having a lot of ability, yet always feeling it is still a little short. Placed on siblings, it means wanting very much to be seen by the family. Brightness is outside Xingge’s scope; some teachers hold that when bright, siblings support each other, and when dim, they compare.

With Hua Ji in the Siblings Palace, settle family duties before sharing them

What to do: for things the siblings need to carry together (care, expenses, gatherings), agree beforehand who is responsible for what, so that 「長輩的期待」 (“the elders’ expectations”) does not decide for everyone. With peers, first ask whether the other person wants advice or company.

One school reads this line as a debt owed to siblings; this page does not adopt it. It all remains a direction of energy, not a judgment of how close the bond is.

The Spouse Palace takes in a parent’s Hua Ji: how your family gets along is carried into love

Xingge’s Spouse Palace governs your partner, your pattern in relationships, and what kind of relationship you want. A scene: before taking a partner home to meet the family, you go over what the elders might say; during an argument you notice you are using the script you learned at home; when picking someone, you unconsciously measure with the elders’ standards. With the Hua Ji star in the Spouse Palace, the Career Palace directly opposite is struck too, so the concern in love may squeeze into work, or the evaluation of a boss or elder may be brought into how you get along.

A chart for someone born in a Xin year with the Life Palace in Chen (辰): the Parents Palace is in Si (巳) with the stem Gui, and the Gui stem makes Tan Lang the Hua Ji star, which sits in the Spouse Palace in the Yin (寅) palace. Tan Lang (Ping) sits alone, and the Life Palace has Zi Wei (De) and Tian Xiang (De). Using Xingge’s Life Palace line for Tan Lang Hua Ji: quite a lot of desire, yet always feeling you are not good enough. Layered onto the Spouse Palace, it is often very specific expectations together with a fear of not being liked.

Who the Hua Ji star in the Spouse Palace is: Tian Tong Hua Ji and Ju Men Hua Ji at about 11% each

The Spouse Palace receives 21,864 charts, about 8.3%. Tian Tong Hua Ji and Ju Men Hua Ji are 10.9% each, and the lowest is Wu Qu Hua Ji at 9.2%, only 1.7 percentage points between highest and lowest, so there is no ranking to draw. In the same sample charts, this square has no main star in about 2.5%, and then the Hua Ji star can only be Wen Chang or Wen Qu; when there is a main star, Ju Men is present in 20.0% and Tan Lang in 18.2%, numbers that already include charts where the Hua Ji star itself sits there. Two palaces flying Hua Ji at each other is 3.6%, and Spouse Palace Self-Hua Ji is 9.0%, both near the average.

One more borrowed from Xingge’s Life Palace line for Tian Tong Hua Ji (originally about the birth-year Four Transformations, used here as a description): keeping the occasion smooth first and putting your needs last. In love, it means swallowing your own thoughts so that neither the elders nor your partner is put in a difficult spot. For the difference brightness makes, Xingge has no reading yet and teachers’ experience varies; one view is that when bright it takes things on steadily, and when dim it feels caught between two sides.

With the voice of elders in the Spouse Palace, how to leave room for your partner

Concrete steps: talk through important decisions (moving in together, meeting the family, how to split money) with your partner first and tell the elders afterwards, and do not reverse the order; say 「長輩希望」 (“what the elders hope for”) and 「我們想要」 (“what we want”) separately. If you do not want to copy how your family gets along, write down three small things you want to do differently.

Some teachers read this line as the partner being like an elder. That is an individual view and is not in Xingge’s text; if you have no partner right now, take it first as your expectations of relationships.

The Children Palace receives an elder’s Hua Ji: where your way of leading people was learned

Xingge’s Children Palace governs children and the younger generation, and also looks at how you lead people and how you create. A scene: something you say to your child is word for word what an elder once said to you; when you guide a newcomer, the strict standard feels copied from your boss; when you make a piece of work, you keep wondering whether to show it to someone. The Children Palace sits directly opposite the Property Palace and the Hua Ji clashes over there as well, so matters of leading and handing down easily touch the atmosphere of home and living arrangements.

A chart for someone born in a Geng year with the Life Palace in You (酉): the Parents Palace is in Xu (戌) with the stem Bing, and the Hua Ji star is Lian Zhen, which sits in the Children Palace in the Wu (午) palace, with Tian Xiang in the same palace. Brightness is Lian Zhen (Ping) and Tian Xiang (Miao); Tian Tong (Ping) in the Life Palace is the birth-year Hua Ji of a Geng year.

Charts where the Children Palace receives Parents Palace Hua Ji: ten Hua Ji stars at about 10% each

This landing palace has 21,183 charts, 8.1%, on the lower end among the twelve lines. Tian Tong Hua Ji and Wu Qu Hua Ji are 10.5% each and Tai Yang Hua Ji is lowest at 9.1%; the gap between top and bottom is under 1.5 percentage points, so there is no ranking to speak of. In the sample charts, the Children Palace is empty in 3.6%; in charts where it holds a main star, Tai Yin is present in 18.6% and Tian Tong in 16.3%, with Tai Yin higher by more than two percentage points. This line has one especially high number: in 16.2% of charts the Children Palace’s Hua Ji also lands back on the Parents Palace, more than double the average of 6.8% and the highest among the non-self-transformation lines; the Children Palace’s own Self-Hua Ji is only 4.1%.

Xingge’s Life Palace Hua Ji lines can be read in another way here: Tai Yin Hua Ji is feelings drawn in deep, so when leading the younger generation you hold many expectations in your heart and say very little aloud; Tian Tong Hua Ji is keeping the mood smooth first and putting your needs aside, so when leading people you easily swallow your own dissatisfaction. Xingge has no reading for brightness; some say in the wider community that when bright you lead steadily, and when dim you easily press the standard onto yourself.

In the Children Palace, list what you want to copy and what you do not, one list each

What to do: make two lists, one of what the elders did right when raising you and one of what you do not want to repeat. When guiding the younger generation or your juniors, follow only the first list. Before saying something harsh, count first: is this my own meaning, or a voice from memory?

Other teachers say that if you see the Parents Palace as 「名分」 (“standing”), Hua Ji landing in the Children Palace means the previous generation’s expectations landing on the next one; this is an extended reading, not the meaning of the palace in Xingge’s system.

The Wealth Palace receives an elder’s Hua Ji: why money is not only about money

Xingge’s Wealth Palace governs how you earn and spend money. When an elder’s Hua Ji star arrives in this square, a scene looks like this: you spend an amount you find reasonable but first wonder whether an elder would frown; in a pay talk you take your boss’s evaluation as the answer to what you are worth; how the family’s money is divided stays a knot in your mind. The Wealth Palace is opposite the Fortune Palace, so the clash goes over there, and a money concern seeps into your mood and rest, so even after earning, play does not feel settled. Some teachers also count paperwork and contracts under the Parents Palace; by that extension, signing and contract terms take extra effort.

A chart for someone born in a Geng year with the Life Palace in Chou (丑): the Parents Palace is in Yin (寅) with the stem Wu, and the Wu stem makes Tian Ji the Hua Ji star, which lands in the Wealth Palace in the You (酉) palace. That square holds Tian Ji (Wang) and Ju Men (Miao) together, and the Life Palace is an Empty Palace.

Who the Hua Ji star in the Wealth Palace is: ten stars at about 10% each

The Wealth Palace receives 21,061 charts, 8.0%, tied with the Children Palace at the low end of the twelve lines, about one chart in every 12.5. The ten Hua Ji stars range from at most 10.6% (Wu Qu Hua Ji and Tan Lang Hua Ji) to at least 9.5%, a gap of only 1.1 percentage points, so none is above the others. In the sample charts, the Wealth Palace has no main star in about 2.7%; in charts where it holds stars, Tan Lang is about 19.8% and Ju Men 18.0%, nearly tied. The Wealth Palace’s own Hua Ji landing back on the Parents Palace is 10.1%, above the average, and Self-Hua Ji is 8.6%.

Borrowing Xingge’s Life Palace Hua Ji lines (rewritten): Tan Lang Hua Ji is wanting a lot and having a lot of ability yet always feeling it is still a little short, which on money means feeling it is not enough even after earning; Ju Men Hua Ji is swallowing your words back and turning them over, so when you talk pay or household money, the words come to your lips and you swallow them again. Whether a star’s brightness changes the reading, Xingge has no ready answer; what we hear is that when bright you count with confidence, and when dim you doubt yourself over and over.

With Parents Palace Hua Ji in the Wealth Palace, keep separate accounts for elders and for yourself

What to do: give 「給長輩的」 (“what is for the elders”) and 「留給自己的」 (“what is kept for yourself”) each a fixed amount, with the numbers set by you; once set, you do not have to struggle over it every time. Before a pay talk with your boss, write down your own terms first, then listen to their evaluation. For signing or paperwork, check once more and you will have one less worry.

Another school calls it 「錢上有舊帳」 (“an old debt over money”); this page does not adopt it, and you need not take it seriously.

The Health Palace is directly opposite the Parents Palace: why the Hua Ji star circles back

Xingge says the Health Palace is the body’s foundation and where pressure builds up; this page reads only the pressure and feelings half. Among the twelve palaces, the Parents Palace and the Health Palace are six squares apart, exactly opposite. When the Parents Palace’s Hua Ji star lands in the Health Palace, directly across from it is the Parents Palace, so the Flying Star school says this line both flies out and clashes back to its starting point.

A scene: after being evaluated by a manager or an elder, the pressure only slowly surfaces a few days later; what you really care about shows up only when nobody is around. If your elders are not around, read it as an evaluating voice kept inside. A chart for someone born in a Geng year with the Life Palace in Si (巳): the Parents Palace is in Wu (午) with the stem Ren, the table makes Wu Qu the Hua Ji star, and Wu Qu enters the Zi (子) position, which is the Health Palace, sitting with Tian Fu. Brightness is Wu Qu (Wang) and Tian Fu (Miao), and Wu Qu is exactly the birth-year Hua Quan of a Geng year.

Charts where the Health Palace receives Parents Palace Hua Ji: Tai Yang Hua Ji, Tian Ji Hua Ji and Tai Yin Hua Ji at about 11% each

The Health Palace line has 21,448 charts, about 8.2%. Tai Yang Hua Ji is 10.8%, Tian Ji Hua Ji and Tai Yin Hua Ji are 10.7% each, and Lian Zhen Hua Ji is lowest at 8.7%, a gap of 2.1 percentage points from highest to lowest. In the sample charts, the Health Palace has no main star in about 3.7%; in charts with a main star, Tai Yin is about 20.7% and Tai Yang 16.6%, so Tai Yin is clearly more common (counting charts where the Hua Ji star happens to be Tai Yin). The Health Palace’s Hua Ji flying back to the Parents Palace is only 3.3%, and its own Self-Hua Ji is 3.2%, both below the average.

As a comparison from Xingge’s Life Palace line for Tai Yang Hua Ji (rewritten; originally about the birth-year Four Transformations): lighting up others while hiding your own tiredness describes just how pressure gets kept inside; Tai Yin Hua Ji draws feelings into the depths, so emotions move slowly. The difference brightness makes is not recorded in Xingge; some say when bright you can carry it, and when dim it stays stuffy longer.

When pressure circles back, the Health Palace line is only about how to let the feelings go

Once you know this line, what you do is limited to your mood: when you feel tense after being evaluated, first tell whether it is the matter itself or the other person’s tone; saying what is on your mind to someone you trust lets it go faster than replaying it alone for three days. Around important occasions, keep a short stretch of time with no evaluation at all and do something you like.

This line does not say what will appear in your body, and it does not predict events. It marks only one direction: the gaze of people such as elders and bosses is where your pressure builds up most easily. The Flying Star school itself differs on the details of the Hua Ji clash; a beginner needs to remember only this: landing in the Health Palace clashes back to the Parents Palace.

An elder’s expectations go out with you: what the Hua Ji star in the Travel Palace is like

Xingge’s Travel Palace governs going out, how you perform outside, and your relationship with the outer world. When an elder’s Hua Ji star flies in, a scene looks like this: on a business trip, after moving to another place, or in a new setting, the voice of that senior or elder is still in your head; at an interview, presentation or client meeting, you first think 「這樣可以嗎」 (“is this okay?”). Directly opposite the Travel Palace is the Life Palace, so the clash falls back on you yourself, and the concern built up outside ends up landing on you as a person. This describes energy, not your fortune outside.

A chart for someone born in a Geng year with the Life Palace in Mao (卯): the Parents Palace is in Chen (辰) with the stem Geng, and the Geng stem makes Tian Tong the Hua Ji star, which lands in the Travel Palace in the You (酉) palace. Tian Tong (Ping) sits alone, and it happens to be the birth-year Hua Ji of a Geng year; the Life Palace has Tai Yin (Xian, birth-year Hua Ke). Some Flying Star teachers extend further and read the Parents Palace as status or standing; applied here, titles and seniority get extra attention when you are away, but that is not the meaning of the palace in Xingge’s system.

The Hua Ji star in the Travel Palace and its co-seated stars: Tai Yin Hua Ji and Tian Ji Hua Ji slightly higher

In 22,138 charts the Travel Palace holds this Hua Ji star, about 8.4%. Tai Yin Hua Ji is 11.1%, Tian Ji Hua Ji 10.7%, and Wu Qu Hua Ji is lowest at 9.1%, a span of exactly 2.0 percentage points. In the sampling, with all twelve double-hours charted every seventh day, the Travel Palace has no main star in about 2.6%; in charts with a main star, Tan Lang is about 18.9% and Ju Men 17.8%, roughly even (including charts where the Hua Ji star itself is one of them). The Travel Palace’s Hua Ji also flying to the Parents Palace is 8.8%, and Self-Hua Ji is 9.1%.

Xingge’s three Life Palace Hua Ji lines, taken at a turn to describe this: Tai Yin Hua Ji draws feelings in deep and looks calm on the outside; Tian Ji Hua Ji calculates too finely and thinks a lot before going out; Ju Men Hua Ji swallows words back and argues in the heart. As for brightness, Xingge has no matching note; what some teachers see is ease when bright and restraint when dim.

With Parents Palace Hua Ji in the Travel Palace, prepare a baseline for yourself before going out

What to do: before entering an unfamiliar setting, prepare two or three sentences of your own so you do not wait for the other side to ask; organize your outside record and experience in documents, and have the written things such as certificates and a résumé ready, and the 「萬一被問」 (“what if I get asked”) in your head will shrink.

Another account reads the Hua Ji in the Travel Palace as 「漂泊」 (“drifting”); it is not in Xingge’s text, and you need not apply it to yourself.

The shadow of the previous generation in your circle of friends: the Friends Palace receives Parents Palace Hua Ji

Xingge’s Friends Palace governs friends, colleagues and subordinates. A scene: when making friends, you care whether the person is someone your elders would feel easy about; when leading subordinates, what you say sounds like what your boss said to you; when colleagues joke, you think 「這樣會不會被說」 (“could this get me talked about?”). With Hua Ji in the Friends Palace, the Siblings Palace opposite is also moved, and the concern within your peer circle affects how you get along with siblings and the peers closest to you. If you do not have many friends around, read it as your attitude toward colleagues, clubs or online communities.

A chart for someone born in a Xin year with the Life Palace in Yin (寅): the Parents Palace is in Mao (卯) with the stem Xin, and the Xin stem makes Wen Chang the Hua Ji star. Wen Chang is a minor star, and it lands in the Friends Palace in the Wei (未) palace; that square holds Zi Wei (Miao) and Po Jun (Wang), and the Life Palace has Tian Tong (Li) and Tian Liang (Miao).

The Hua Ji star in the Friends Palace: under two points apart, and a high share flying back to the Parents Palace

Of the 262,980 charts, 22,354 (8.5%) have this line. Among the ten Hua Ji stars, Tan Lang Hua Ji is 11.0% and Wu Qu Hua Ji 10.6%, with Tai Yang Hua Ji lowest at 9.0%; the gap between the two ends is 1.98 percentage points, so no ranking is drawn. In the sample charts, the Friends Palace is an Empty Palace in 4.0%; in charts where the landing palace has a main star, Tai Yin is about 18.9% and Wu Qu and Ju Men about 16.5% each, so Tai Yin leads by more than two percentage points and is the most common co-seated star. The Friends Palace’s Hua Ji star landing back on the Parents Palace is 15.7%, more than double the average of 6.8% and second only to the Children Palace line; the Friends Palace’s own Self-Hua Ji is lower still, at 2.7%.

For comparison, take Xingge’s Life Palace line for Tan Lang Hua Ji (paraphrased, not the Flying Star school’s own words): wanting a lot yet always feeling it is not enough, which in a circle of friends is wanting to be recognized; add a line on Tai Yin Hua Ji: feelings drawn in deep, so a friend’s words stay in your heart for a long time. How brightness affects the reading is not covered by Xingge; some teachers’ experience is that when bright you meet people who point things out to each other, and when dim you treat everyone’s words as a score.

With Parents Palace Hua Ji in the Friends Palace, hear friends’ words in two ways

What to do: sort friends’ words into two kinds. Keep the ones that show your blind spots, and let go of the ones that only copy someone else’s standards. When leading subordinates, before saying something harsh, ask yourself: does the matter call for it, or is it the tone from my memory?

One account holds that people with this line easily meet friends who are like elders; this page does not adopt it.

The yardstick at work: the Career Palace receives the Hua Ji of elders and bosses

Xingge’s Career Palace governs work, career and how you do things, while the Parents Palace is tied to bosses, and paperwork and certificates also belong to it. Put together, it is quite concrete: you think a lot the night before a performance review; a report gets revised again and again; whether to sit for a certificate, and for whom, keeps turning in your mind. If you run your own business and have no boss, read it as the evaluation of clients, regulators or senior people in the field. The Career Palace looks across the chart toward the Spouse Palace, and the clash lands there too, so the tension of being evaluated at work may come home with you and affect your mood when you are with your partner; if you have no partner, read it as your patience with the people closest to you.

A chart for someone born in a Geng year with the Life Palace in Wu (午): the Parents Palace is in Wei (未) with the stem Gui, and the Gui stem makes Tan Lang the Hua Ji star, which lands in the Career Palace in the Xu (戌) palace, with Tan Lang (Miao) sitting alone. The Life Palace has Po Jun (Miao), and the Spouse Palace that is struck has Wu Qu (Miao, birth-year Hua Quan).

The Hua Ji star in the Career Palace: Lian Zhen Hua Ji and Ju Men Hua Ji higher, Tai Yang Hua Ji lowest

Overall about 8.4% of charts (22,062) have this line. Among the ten Hua Ji stars, Lian Zhen Hua Ji is 11.4% and Ju Men Hua Ji 10.8%, with Tai Yang Hua Ji lowest at 8.8%, a span of 2.7 percentage points from first to last and the other stars in between. In the sample charts, the Career Palace is an Empty Palace in 2.8%; when this square holds a main star, Ju Men is about 20.0% and Tan Lang 19.1%, level with each other. The Career Palace’s Hua Ji landing back on the Parents Palace is 3.1%, and Self-Hua Ji is 4.7%.

Paraphrasing Xingge’s Life Palace Hua Ji lines: Tian Ji Hua Ji calculates too finely and so cannot move; Ju Men Hua Ji swallows words back and argues with yourself; Lian Zhen Hua Ji holds to its own principles and also easily butts heads with people. On brightness Xingge has no text; what teachers say is that when bright you have the confidence of expertise, and when dim you fear being found at fault.

With Parents Palace Hua Ji in the Career Palace, how to prepare for reviews, documents and certificates

What to do: before a performance review or proposal, write what you did as three points and answer with facts, without guessing how the other side will judge; with a report, revise only one last time before you hand it in; put the plan for certificates or further study on the calendar with dates, so it does not occupy your head every day.

Another school calls Hua Ji in the Career Palace 「事業有舊債」 (“an old debt in your career”); this page does not adopt it.

The Property Palace receives an elder’s Hua Ji: why 「家」 (“home”) is the place you cannot put down

Xingge’s Property Palace governs home, real estate and the environment you live in. A scene: before going home for dinner, you work out how to answer the elders’ questions; for a move, a rental or a purchase, you go back and forth on whether to talk it over with the family; living with elders, the household rules loom larger than your own rhythm of life. Someone already living alone can read it too: you arrange your home to look 「讓長輩放心」 (“reassuring to the elders”). The other end of the Property Palace is the Children Palace, so the clash goes there, and home matters may stir your mood in leading the younger generation, or your creative work and commitment.

A chart for someone born in a Ren year with the Life Palace in You (酉): the Parents Palace is in Xu (戌) with the stem Geng, the Hua Ji of Geng is Tian Tong, and Tian Tong goes to the Zi (子) palace, which is the Property Palace. Tai Yin in the same square is Miao and Tian Tong is Wang; the Life Palace has Lian Zhen (Ping) and Po Jun (Xian).

The Hua Ji star in the Property Palace: Lian Zhen Hua Ji and Wu Qu Hua Ji at about 11% each

The Property Palace figure is 22,164 charts, 8.4%. Lian Zhen Hua Ji and Wu Qu Hua Ji are 11.4% each, and the lowest, Tai Yang Hua Ji, is 8.7%, a range of 2.7 percentage points. In the separately drawn sample of 37,572 charts, the Property Palace has no main star in 4.4%, and then the Hua Ji star can only be Wen Chang or Wen Qu; in charts with a main star, Tai Yin is 18.3%, Lian Zhen 17.0% and Wu Qu 16.8%, the three being close. Only 1.3% of the Property Palace’s Hua Ji flies back to the Parents Palace, yet its own Self-Hua Ji is 22.6%, more than double the average of 9.7%.

Xingge’s Life Palace line for Lian Zhen Hua Ji, paraphrased, can be used this way: holding to principles and easily competing with people, which at home means your own firm views about living conditions and house rules; borrow one line on Tian Tong Hua Ji as well: keeping the mood smooth first and putting your needs last, which at home means giving way a little more to the people you live with. The effect of a Hua Ji star’s brightness is not recorded in Xingge; one account from experience is that when bright, home is looked after steadily, and when dim, everything is put on your own shoulders.

With Parents Palace Hua Ji in the Property Palace, handle home matters and elders’ matters separately

What to do: list the decisions about home (moving, repairs, buying and selling, signing) as a checklist and keep the documents in one fixed place; for things that need discussion, write down the key points you want to say first. If you live with elders or go back often, keep a corner that belongs only to you.

Some Flying Star teachers broaden the meaning of the palace and link the Parents Palace’s paperwork with the Property Palace, paying special attention to written things such as deeds and contracts; this is an extended reading, not the meaning of the palace in Xingge’s system.

An elder’s voice moves into the Fortune Palace: even rest is being scored

Xingge’s Fortune Palace governs your inner life, interests and spiritual satisfaction. A scene: you finally have free time but think 「這樣是不是浪費時間」 (“isn’t this a waste of time?”); something you like is called a distraction, so you hide it and do it in secret; you receive praise and still feel something is lacking. The Fortune Palace and the Wealth Palace face each other across the chart, and the clash goes over there, so the concern inside can seep into decisions about spending and earning.

A chart for someone born in a Geng year with the Life Palace in Xu (戌): the Parents Palace is in Hai (亥) with the stem Ding, the Hua Ji star produced is Ju Men, and that square is the Fortune Palace, with Ju Men (Wang) sitting alone. The Life Palace has Tai Yin (Wang, birth-year Hua Ke), and the Wealth Palace that is struck has Tian Ji (Miao).

Charts where the Fortune Palace receives Parents Palace Hua Ji: ten Hua Ji stars within two points

The Fortune Palace has 21,787 charts, 8.3%. Lian Zhen Hua Ji is 10.9% and Ju Men Hua Ji 9.2%, 1.7 points apart from top to bottom, so there is no need to rank them. An Empty Fortune Palace is 2.5% of the sample charts; in charts with a main star, Tan Lang is about 19.8% and Ju Men 17.3%, with Tan Lang more than two percentage points higher and the most common co-seated star (counting charts where the Hua Ji star is Tan Lang). The Fortune Palace’s Hua Ji landing back on the Parents Palace is 5.5% and Self-Hua Ji is 10.1%, both near the average.

The next two lines are paraphrases of Xingge’s Life Palace lines: Lian Zhen Hua Ji holds to principles and easily competes, which in the Fortune Palace means having principles even about your own happiness; Tan Lang Hua Ji has much desire and feels not good enough, which for the inner life means there is much you want to do but you often feel you are not qualified yet. Xingge does not include a reading for brightness; some think that when bright this yardstick is a spur, and when dim it is like picking at your own faults.

With Parents Palace Hua Ji in the Fortune Palace, keep a stretch of time that is not scored

What to do: set aside a short time each week for something that needs no results at all: no photos, no reports, no explaining to anyone. Do your hobby first, and decide later whether to talk about what you got from it. When you hear a comment, ask yourself: is this about the work, or about me?

Some people see the Fortune Palace as the 「根」 (“root”) and say Hua Ji flying in means old matters at the root; this page does not adopt it, and it is not in Xingge’s text.

Parents Palace Self-Hua Ji: the Hua Ji star does not leave, and turns in place over evaluation

In Xingge’s system the Parents Palace governs elders and bosses, with paperwork and certificates included. Self-Hua Ji means the Hua Ji star lands back in this square, drawn on the chart as ↻; Xingge talks about the clash only for Hua Ji that flies out, so for this line there is no opposite palace to look at. A scene: just before handing in a document, you change the title once more; you replay a boss’s single remark in your mind many times, then work it out the next day; a small matter with an elder was never talked through and stays on your mind for a while, then one day you suddenly let it go.

A chart for someone born in a Geng year with the Life Palace in You (酉): the Parents Palace is in Xu (戌) with the stem Bing, the table gives Lian Zhen as the Hua Ji star, and Lian Zhen sits right in the Parents Palace beside Tian Fu. Brightness is Lian Zhen (Li) and Tian Fu (Miao); the Life Palace is an Empty Palace.

Charts with Parents Palace Self-Hua Ji: 21,961 charts, with Tai Yin co-seated somewhat more often

Parents Palace Self-Hua Ji has 21,961 charts, 8.4%. The Hua Ji stars run from 9.1% to 11.2%: Tai Yang Hua Ji 11.2%, Tai Yin Hua Ji 10.5%, and Tan Lang Hua Ji lowest at 9.1%, a span of 2.0 percentage points from first to last. Wen Chang and Wen Qu together make about 20%, so if the Parents Palace has no main star (4.2% of the sample charts), the star that transforms is certainly one of these two. In charts where the Parents Palace has a main star, Tai Yin is 19.4% and Tai Yang 16.9%, with Tai Yin higher by two and a half percentage points (counting charts where the Hua Ji star itself is Tai Yin).

Xingge’s Life Palace line for Tai Yang Hua Ji, paraphrased to fit this square: used to lighting up others and hiding your own tiredness, and even more so in front of elders and bosses; borrow one line on Tai Yin Hua Ji as well: feelings drawn in deep, so words about being evaluated are not easily said. If the self-transforming star is Wen Chang there is no line to borrow, so read it only by Xingge’s wording for self-transformation. Xingge does not discuss the effect of brightness; some teachers say when bright it is like dealing quickly with what you care about, and when dim like going around a little longer.

Parents Palace Self-Hua Ji: give what you care about a finish line

Self-transformation comes fast and also goes fast, so the point is not to suppress the thought but to set an end point for it. Before sending a document, list three checks, and send it when they are done; for something unsaid with a boss or an elder, agree on a time to say it, and once said, it is done; for certificates or exams, set the date and then stop thinking about it every day.

It is also not the same thing as birth-year Hua Ji: birth-year Hua Ji looks at the year of birth, while self-transformation looks at the Parents Palace’s own stem. Xingge’s Parents Palace includes paperwork and certificates, so wrapping up documents and exams is the most direct case; reading the Parents Palace as status or standing is an extended reading by some teachers.

How do I work out which palace Parents Palace Hua Ji flies into?

Is Parents Palace Hua Ji a rule from the old texts?

Does Parents Palace Hua Ji mean I have a poor bond with my parents?

Can Parents Palace Hua Ji still be read if my parents are far away or I rarely hear from them?

Which palace do most people’s Parents Palace Hua Ji fly into?

Parents Palace Hua Ji into the Life Palace: how is it different from birth-year Hua Ji in the Life Palace?

If I have no siblings, how do I read Parents Palace Hua Ji into the Siblings Palace?

What is the difference between Parents Palace Hua Ji into the Siblings Palace and Siblings Palace Hua Ji into the Parents Palace?

Parents Palace Hua Ji into the Spouse Palace: where do things usually get stuck when you take a partner to meet the family?

If I have no children, who do I look at for Parents Palace Hua Ji into the Children Palace?

Parents Palace Hua Ji into the Wealth Palace: where does money pressure usually come from?

Why is Parents Palace Hua Ji into the Health Palace called Hua Ji clashing the Parents Palace?

Why is Parents Palace Hua Ji into the Travel Palace said to clash the Life Palace?

Parents Palace Hua Ji into the Friends Palace: how does the name Servants Palace correspond?

Parents Palace Hua Ji into the Career Palace: is it about bosses or about elders at home?

I have already moved out. Does Parents Palace Hua Ji into the Property Palace still apply?

When the Property Palace has no main star, how do I read Parents Palace Hua Ji flying into the Property Palace?

Parents Palace Hua Ji into the Fortune Palace: an elder once rejected my interest. How do I read this line?

What is the difference between Parents Palace Self-Hua Ji and Parents Palace Hua Ji flying into another palace?

How should I read Parents Palace Self-Hua Ji for paperwork and exams?