Hua Ji from the Friends Palace into all twelve palaces: how Flying Star readers see each line
How do you read the Friends Palace Hua Ji flying into each palace? The Flying Star school starts from the stem of the Friends Palace, looks up the Hua Ji star it produces, and finds the square of the chart where that star sits: that is where your concern for friends, colleagues and the people who work under you flows. If the Hua Ji star happens to sit in the Friends Palace itself, it is called Self-Hua Ji. The twelve landing palaces are twelve lines, and this page reads them from the Life Palace through to the Parents Palace. Palace-stem flying transformations are not in the Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu (the Quan Shu); everything below is the Flying Star school’s reading, and it describes where your attention goes among people, not a verdict on whether anyone will treat you well or badly.
On this page
The Friends Palace stem, the Hua Ji star, and how the twelve lines are distributed
The Friends Palace is the eighth square counting from the Life Palace, directly opposite the Siblings Palace. Its stem is worked out from the stem of the birth year (the Five Tigers rule, 五虎遁), so different birth years and different Life Palace positions give the Friends Palace a different stem and a different Hua Ji star: Jia stem gives Tai Yang, Yi gives Tai Yin, Bing gives Lian Zhen, Ding gives Ju Men, Wu gives Tian Ji, Ji gives Wen Qu, Geng gives Tian Tong, Xin gives Wen Chang, Ren gives Wu Qu, Gui gives Tan Lang, so each of the ten stars comes up about 10% of the time. When the landing palace is an Empty Palace with no main star, the Hua Ji star can only be Wen Chang or Wen Qu. Charting 1950 to 2009 gives 262,980 charts, and each chart lands in exactly one place, so the twelve chart counts add up to exactly that number. Each line holds 8.0% to 8.7%: Self-Hua Ji has the most (22,937 charts) and Hua Ji flying into the Spouse Palace the fewest (20,914 charts).
What the Friends Palace governs, and how to read Hua Ji flying in, Hua Ji clash and self-transformation
On Xingge, the Friends Palace stands for friends, colleagues and the people who work under you. Old books call this square the Servants Palace (奴僕宮) or the Attendants Palace (僕役宮), and it is the same square. The Flying Star school has a saying that Lu follows Ji, meaning that wherever the Hua Ji star sits, the concern of the Friends Palace flows into that palace. There is also the Hua Ji clash: when Hua Ji flies into a palace, its force strikes the palace directly opposite as well, so you read the opposite palace together with it. The opposite pairs are Life and Travel, Spouse and Career, Wealth and Fortune, Health and Parents, Children and Property, Siblings and Friends, so when Hua Ji flies into the Siblings Palace, what it strikes back at is the Friends Palace itself. With Self-Hua Ji the Hua Ji star has not left the palace, so Xingge and the Flying Star school only talk about the Hua Ji clash when Hua Ji flies out, and read self-transformation as quick to arrive and quick to fade. If you do not lead a team, you can read it as how you deal with your circle of friends. Schools disagree about 「忌」 (“Ji”); each section on this page gives the most common reading and marks the other schools’ readings separately.
Sample figures in each section, and the Hua Ji flavors borrowed
The chart counts and Hua Ji star counts in each section come from all 262,980 charts; the brightness of the Hua Ji star, the main stars in the same palace and the share of Empty Palaces come from a sample of charts (one day out of every seven from 1950 to 2009, all twelve double-hours charted, 37,572 charts, a margin of error of about one percentage point). To compare brightness, the yardstick is the average of the eight main stars that can become Hua Ji across the twelve positions: Xian (Fallen) about 15%, Xian plus Bu (Unsupported) about 23%, Miao or Wang (Temple or Prosperous) about 43%. A difference of less than three percentage points from that yardstick is not mentioned. Xingge has no fixed way to read the brightness of a Hua Ji star, so every brightness reading in the sections is a teacher’s view. The flavor of each Hua Ji star is borrowed from Xingge’s Life Palace Hua Ji lines, reworded: Tai Yang Hua Ji holds things up for other people, Ju Men Hua Ji swallows words back, Tian Ji Hua Ji keeps turning things over, Tan Lang Hua Ji has many desires yet feels not good enough, Tian Tong Hua Ji puts its own needs last, Lian Zhen Hua Ji likes to compete, Tai Yin Hua Ji draws feelings deep inside, Wu Qu Hua Ji is used to shouldering things alone, Wen Qu Hua Ji speaks with nuance but feels nobody really understands; Wen Chang is not borrowed.
The twelve lines
Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Life Palace · Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Siblings Palace · Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Spouse Palace · Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Children Palace · Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Wealth Palace · Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Health Palace · Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Travel Palace · Friends Palace self-Hua Ji · Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Career Palace · Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Property Palace · Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Fortune Palace · Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Parents Palace
Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Life Palace
When the Hua Ji star sits in the Life Palace, the Flying Star school reads it this way: the concern of the circle of friends, colleagues and people who work under you all flows back onto you as a person, and it is easy for you to shoulder other people’s moods and needs as if they were your own.
Hua Ji flying into the Life Palace: how other people’s business becomes your own
When the Hua Ji star sits in the Life Palace, you remember a friend’s low point, you worry about a colleague’s progress, and when a subordinate has not done well, the first thing you think of is where you failed to make things clear. When Hua Ji sits in the Life Palace, its force also strikes the opposite Travel Palace, so some teachers add that this effort is more visible outside the home, and you push harder in front of a crowd than you do at home. This last line is the teachers’ extension, not a settled view.
The Life Palace end: share, Hua Ji stars and the Empty Life Palace
This line appears in 22,318 charts, 8.5% of the total. Tai Yang Hua Ji at 11.3%, Ju Men Hua Ji at 11.0% and Tian Ji Hua Ji at 10.6% are a little more common, and Wu Qu Hua Ji is the least at 8.6%. Borrowing Xingge’s lines about Hua Ji stars in the Life Palace as comparisons: Tai Yang Hua Ji is like holding things up for other people without showing the tiredness, and Ju Men Hua Ji is like swallowing the words you wanted to say and arguing them back and forth inside.
In the sample, only 2.7% of the charts on this line have an Empty Life Palace, against about 16.5% for all charts. The reason is structural: when the Life Palace is empty, the Hua Ji star that lands in it can only be Wen Chang or Wen Qu, and on this line those two together make under 20% (19.5%), which pushes the share of Empty Palaces very low. Brightness is about average, and Xingge has no fixed way to read bright or dim; some teachers outside the site think a bright Hua Ji star is a willing sense of responsibility, and a dim one feels like carrying other people’s weight on your back.
When the Life Palace takes on other people’s concerns: telling yours from theirs
Practice sorting things into two piles: what the other person can handle themselves, where it is enough to say “I’m here” without taking over; and what really needs your effort, where you first agree on how far you will go and when you will hand it over. When you lead a team or work with friends, writing down who does what helps more than going by feel and carrying a bit extra.
There is another reading that Xingge has not adopted: some teachers see your network of contacts as your own capital, and Hua Ji means this capital has to be tended with care to stay solid. The two readings differ in whether they look first at the burden or at the resource, and you can compare them against your own experience; the base color of the chart is still the main stars and the birth-year Four Transformations.
Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Siblings Palace
The Siblings Palace is the opposite palace of the Friends Palace, so when the Hua Ji star lands here, the Flying Star school reads it this way: the circle of friends and colleagues and the circle of siblings and peers overlap, and what happens in one often pulls on the other.
The Siblings Palace receives the Friends Palace’s Hua Ji: why the two peer circles overlap
On Xingge, the Siblings Palace governs siblings and peer partners, and also looks at cooperation and rivalry among peers; the Friends Palace governs friends, colleagues and the people who work under you. The two squares face each other, so Hua Ji flying from Friends to Siblings means looking back and forth along the same axis: you judge friends by the standard you use for siblings, or you take things about friends and colleagues home to talk about with family. It can be read even if you have no brothers or sisters, since cooperation and rivalry among peers still apply.
What is special about this line is that the square struck by the clash is not another one but the Friends Palace itself where it started, because the opposite of the Siblings Palace is the Friends Palace. One school holds that the pressure of Hua Ji then circles back onto how you get along with friends and colleagues.
The Siblings Palace end: Empty Friends Palaces are far more common
In the chart statistics, 21,051 charts go to the Siblings Palace, 8.0% of the total. Lian Zhen Hua Ji is a little more common at 11.3%, Tai Yin, Wen Qu, Tai Yang and Wen Chang all sit between 10.2% and 10.6%, and Wu Qu Hua Ji is the least at 8.8%, so it is most accurate to say about 10% each. Borrowing Xingge’s description of Hua Ji stars in the Life Palace as comparisons: Lian Zhen Hua Ji has many principles and easily competes with people, and Tai Yin Hua Ji draws feelings very deep inside.
This line has one striking number: in the sample, 39% of charts have no main star in the Friends Palace itself, against only about 16.5% for all charts. When the Friends Palace is empty, you borrow stars from the opposite Siblings Palace to fill it, and Hua Ji happens to land in exactly the square being borrowed from. Brightness leans bright: among charts where the Hua Ji star is a main star, nearly half fall at Miao or Wang, and only about 12% fall at Xian. Xingge has no explanation for brightness; the view that has been heard is that at Miao or Wang, what you spend on peers is more willing, and at Xian it feels more like being led along.
When the two peer circles clash in schedule: how to use the Siblings Palace line
If you have siblings or regular peer partners, gatherings, group chats and social obligations often land on the same weekend. Set priorities first, reply to the friend circle and the family circle in separate time slots, and do not answer everyone in a single evening. The competitiveness among peers is easier to say out loud than to keep bottled up.
Some teachers read it through colleagues in the same trade, seeing the Siblings Palace as people who do the same work as you, so that Hua Ji becomes comparison within the trade; this is another school’s reading, and Xingge does not have it. How close peer relationships are depends on the main stars of the Siblings Palace and its Three Harmonies and Four Directions; this line only adds where your attention goes.
Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Spouse Palace
The social circle and the love life compete for the same energy: that is the most common reading of this line in the Flying Star school, and gatherings, social obligations and colleagues’ business often get carried into your relationship with your partner.
The Spouse Palace receives the Friends Palace’s Hua Ji: friends and intimate relationships compete for energy
On Xingge, the Spouse Palace covers your partner and your pattern in relationships, and also what kind of relationship you want. When Hua Ji flies from a peer relationship to an intimate one, the common reading is that you bring friends’ opinions into relationship decisions, or tell friends how things stand between you and your partner; after work, colleagues’ business takes up the evening and less time is left for the two of you. If you have no partner, you can read it as your expectations of intimate relationships being shaped by what your circle of friends looks like.
The Career Palace sits directly opposite the Spouse Palace, so there is a Hua Ji clash on the Career Palace: when you have to take care of both social obligations and the relationship, the rhythm of your work gets pulled along as well.
The Spouse Palace end: Tai Yang Hua Ji leads, and Tan Lang in the same palace is common
The Spouse Palace receives 20,914 charts here, 8.0%, the lowest of the twelve lines and about 2,000 fewer than Self-Hua Ji, which has the most charts. Tai Yang Hua Ji leads at 11.4%, Tian Tong Hua Ji at 8.9% and Ju Men Hua Ji at 8.5% are at the bottom, and the others are around 10%. Borrowing Xingge’s lines about Hua Ji stars in the Life Palace: Tai Yang Hua Ji is like holding things up for other people and not mentioning your own tiredness, and Wen Qu Hua Ji is like speaking with nuance but feeling that nobody really takes it in.
In the sample, among the main stars sharing the Spouse Palace with the Hua Ji star, Tan Lang is about 19%, Tai Yin about 18%, and Ju Men and Tai Yang about 17% each; all of them are common, so there is no need to pick one. The Spouse Palace is an Empty Palace in about 3% of charts, and then the Hua Ji star can only be Wen Chang or Wen Qu. Brightness is about average. Xingge does not write how to read bright or dim; the view that has been heard is that when bright, it is like attentiveness to your partner, and when dim, it is like bringing friends’ pressure into the relationship.
With or without a partner: how to arrange time and boundaries on the Spouse Palace line
Writing time down works better than going by feel: how many gatherings a month, which days are kept for the two of you, and tell your partner first before replying to friends’ invitations. You do not have to bring all of a colleague’s troubles home; before you talk about them, ask yourself whether you want the other person just to listen or to think of a solution together. If you are single right now, you can first look clearly at your own circle of friends and how much space it will take up in a relationship later.
There is also a reading (which Xingge has not adopted) that your partner overlaps with your circle of friends, for example classmates, colleagues or shared friends becoming the source of a relationship. This is only one view and you do not need to apply it to yourself.
Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Children Palace
The concern flows from the circle of friends, colleagues and the people who work under you toward the people you raise: that is the Flying Star school’s reading of Hua Ji flying into the Children Palace, whether those people are children, students, younger people or the team members you are developing.
Why guiding people is hard to put down: Hua Ji enters the Children Palace
On Xingge, the Children Palace governs children and younger people, and also how you guide people and make work; the Friends Palace also includes the people who work under you, so the two squares overlap on guiding people. When Hua Ji flies from a peer relationship to the square for guiding people, the Flying Star school reads it this way: you feel strongly about the state of your subordinates and younger people, and one expression on their face or one thing they did not do well stays in your heart; a friend’s child or a colleague’s family troubles are also easily kept in mind. It holds equally if you have no children, and you read it as the area you keep in mind when you lead or teach others.
The opposite of the Children Palace is the Property Palace, so there is a Hua Ji clash on the Property Palace. Some teachers therefore add that the thoughts about guiding people come home with you, so that part of the rhythm at home is taken up. This line is the teachers’ extension and is not written on Xingge’s palace page.
The Children Palace end: Tai Yin Hua Ji is slightly higher, and Tai Yin in the same palace is also common
The charts where this Hua Ji lands in the Children Palace number 21,049, 8.0% of the total. Tai Yin Hua Ji is the highest at 11.3%, and Tian Tong Hua Ji and Ju Men Hua Ji tie for the lowest at 9.2%; the ten stars differ by only about two percentage points, so there is no ranking. Reworded from Xingge’s description of Hua Ji stars in the Life Palace, and used only as comparisons: Tai Yin Hua Ji draws feelings deep inside, and Tian Ji Hua Ji keeps turning over the next step.
In the sample, among the main stars sharing the Children Palace with the Hua Ji star, Tai Yin is about 21%, about four percentage points higher than the runner-up Tai Yang (about 17%), which makes it the common combination for this square. The Hua Ji stars as a whole lean bright, with Miao or Wang at nearly 47% and Xian at only about 12%. Xingge has no fixed way to read brightness; some teachers think that when bright, this concern is steady patience, and when dim, it easily stalls at worry.
The Children Palace line: how to use your energy for guiding people, and leave room for them
Say your expectations out loud first. When guiding subordinates or younger people, spend a few minutes writing down what you want them to achieve this month; it helps more than guessing afterwards from their expression. Set aside regular time for one-on-one talks so they have a chance to say what they think. Leave some of the decisions to them; the bit you let go of is often exactly the space where they grow.
Other teachers see the Children Palace as your work or creations, so that Hua Ji means being especially sensitive to how others see the work; Xingge has not adopted this reading. This line describes where your energy goes and does not judge your children or the people you guide.
Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Wealth Palace
Social obligations and money tied together: that is the most common reading of Hua Ji flying into the Wealth Palace in the Flying Star school, and treating people to meals, partnerships and money matters among colleagues are where you keep your attention.
The line between social obligations and money: Hua Ji lands in the Wealth Palace
On Xingge, the Wealth Palace covers how money comes in and goes out, and also your attitude toward money. When Hua Ji flies from your circle of people to money, the common scenes are: who pays at a group dinner, whether to speak up about a loan, how to split the accounts in a partnership, and how to handle a red envelope or a gift of money for a colleague. It is not that friends will make you spend; rather, you are more sensitive about this kind of money than about ordinary money matters.
When Hua Ji enters the Wealth Palace, the opposite Fortune Palace is also drawn in. Some teachers therefore warn that if money matters among people are not talked through clearly, your easy mood is taken up along with them. This is an extended reading.
The Wealth Palace end: Tai Yin Hua Ji is slightly more common, and three main stars tie in the same palace
The Wealth Palace receives Hua Ji in 21,189 charts, 8.1% of the total. Tai Yin Hua Ji is 11.9%, Lian Zhen Hua Ji 10.5%, and the four stars Tan Lang, Tian Ji, Tai Yang and Ju Men Hua Ji sit between 9.1% and 9.5%; only Tai Yin Hua Ji is a little higher, and the rest are still about 10% each. Among the main stars in the same Wealth Palace, Tan Lang is about 17.6%, Ju Men about 17.4% and Tai Yin about 16.8%, and none pulls ahead. Borrowing Xingge’s description of Hua Ji stars in the Life Palace, and not to be taken as a settled view: Wu Qu Hua Ji is shouldering everything alone, with money and big decisions stuck inside, and Tan Lang Hua Ji wants everything yet always feels not good enough.
Brightness leans dim: the share at Xian (17.8%) is more than three percentage points above the average. Xingge has no explanation for brightness; among teachers the view is that when bright, you are willing to spend on contacts and can see the return, and when dim, it is like finding after spending that it was not what you wanted.
Say money matters among people in advance: how to arrange the Wealth Palace’s Hua Ji
Put the rules in place before you speak: before a loan or a partnership, agree on who pays how much and when it is settled, and put it in a message so there is a record. Decide for yourself how big a budget to give for social obligations, and once it is set, follow it rather than deciding on the spot every time. For treating subordinates or colleagues, you can also decide in advance how many times a year you will pay, which makes later regret less likely.
Another reading, which Xingge has not adopted: some teachers think your network is a channel for bringing in money, and Hua Ji means this channel takes effort to tend. This is one view; where money actually goes depends on the main stars of the Wealth Palace and the whole chart.
Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Health Palace
The concern from dealing with friends and colleagues turns into pressure and emotion that you carry in your heart: this is the Flying Star school’s reading of this line, and this section talks only about how pressure and emotion flow, not about the body.
Hua Ji flying into the Health Palace: how the business of people becomes pressure
On Xingge, one side of the Health Palace is constitution and the other is how you face pressure and handle emotion; only the second half is used here. When Hua Ji flies from the Friends Palace into the Health Palace, the common reading is that you carry small interpersonal things with you, such as a message you did not answer or the atmosphere of a meeting, and long afterwards there is still a shadow in your mind.
When Hua Ji enters the Health Palace, the opposite Parents Palace is also struck by the clash. Some teachers extend this: pressure also pulls on how you get along with elders and superiors, which becomes tighter. This is an extended reading, and the whole chart has to be looked at.
The Health Palace end: Tai Yin and Tian Tong Hua Ji are many, and Tian Ji Hua Ji is the fewest
Overall, 21,929 charts go to the Health Palace, 8.3% of the total. Tai Yin Hua Ji is 12.2% and Tian Tong Hua Ji 11.5%, while Tian Ji Hua Ji is only 7.8%; the gap between the most and the fewest is 4.4 percentage points, the largest spread among the ten Hua Ji stars on any of the twelve lines. Among the main stars in the same Health Palace, Tai Yin is about 20%, over three percentage points above the runner-up Wu Qu at 16.5%. Borrowing Xingge’s lines about Hua Ji stars in the Life Palace as comparisons: Tian Tong Hua Ji puts the atmosphere first and what you want yourself last, and Wen Qu Hua Ji speaks with nuance but feels nobody really understands.
Brightness leans bright: over half fall at Miao or Wang (50.5%), and only about 11% fall at Xian. Xingge does not write how to read bright or dim; one teacher’s view is that when bright, you can digest pressure yourself when it comes, and when dim, it is easier to keep it bottled up inside.
How to put interpersonal pressure down: using the Health Palace line
First sort out whether the pressure comes from the matter itself or from the atmosphere. For the matter, list one small action you can take today; for the atmosphere, tell a trusted person once, and after saying it, it often feels lighter. After an interpersonal occasion ends, give yourself a few minutes without answering messages so that your emotions can settle first.
Some teachers say that this line means interpersonal pressure lingers longer. This is another school’s heavier claim, and Xingge does not adopt it; Xingge only takes the reading of where pressure flows and does not draw a heavier conclusion. This line only adds where your pressure goes, and the whole chart has to be read together with the main stars.
Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Travel Palace
You carry the concern for friends and colleagues out with you: when going out, at social events and in new environments, interpersonal thoughts weigh especially heavily. This is the Flying Star school’s reading of Hua Ji flying into the Travel Palace; and when Hua Ji sits in the Travel Palace, its force also strikes the opposite Life Palace at the same time.
Hua Ji flying into the Travel Palace: extra effort in interpersonal settings outside
On Xingge, the Travel Palace looks at how you deal with the outside world once you step out of your familiar circle. When the Friends Palace’s Hua Ji flies into this square, the common reading is that at gatherings, events and a new workplace, you are more aware of everyone’s reactions in the room, and at home you still replay who said what.
The Hua Ji clash falls on the Life Palace, that is, on you. In plain terms: the interpersonal thoughts from outside land back on your own state, and the Life Palace side is where the pressure is felt.
The Travel Palace end: the share of Empty Life Palaces is twice as high
The charts where Hua Ji enters the Travel Palace number 21,568, 8.2% of the total. Tian Tong Hua Ji is 11.0%, Ju Men, Wu Qu and Tai Yin each about 10.7%, and Tian Ji and Tai Yang Hua Ji are the fewest at 8.3% and 8.2%, a little over two points lower than the highest. Borrowing a few of Xingge’s lines about Hua Ji stars in the Life Palace as comparisons: Ju Men Hua Ji is like swallowing the words you wanted to say and arguing them over inside, and Tan Lang Hua Ji is like having many desires and many talents yet feeling not good enough.
One number is worth noting: in the sample, 32% of charts on this line have no main star in the Life Palace, against about 16.5% for all charts, which is twice as high. When the Life Palace is empty you look at the main stars of the opposite Travel Palace, and Hua Ji lands exactly in this square. The Hua Ji stars on this line are the dimmest of the twelve lines: Xian plus Bu (Unsupported) is 26.4%, the highest, and Miao or Wang is only 38.5%, the lowest. Xingge does not write how to read bright or dim; one view is that when bright, you are smooth and rounded in outside settings, and when dim, it is more tiring.
What to do before going out and changing environments: the Travel Palace line
Before you go to a gathering, decide how long you will stay and have a sentence ready for leaving, so that you do not have to calculate while chatting whether to go. When you move, change jobs or travel for work into a new environment, leave a period to settle in, and do not expect yourself to be familiar with everyone in the first week. If you are still replaying details from the occasion after you get home, write them down in two lines, and once written, do not replay them again.
Some teachers see the Travel Palace as the image you present to the outside world, so that Hua Ji means caring how others see you; Xingge has not adopted this reading. This line only describes where your attention goes; for how things actually go outside, go back and look at the main stars of the Travel Palace.
Friends Palace self-Hua Ji
Friends Palace Self-Hua Ji means the Hua Ji star produced by the Friends Palace stem happens to sit in the Friends Palace itself. The Flying Star school reads it as your concern for friends and colleagues not being sent outward but circling in place, arriving quickly and fading quickly.
When Hua Ji does not leave the door: it lands in the Friends Palace itself
The method has three steps: work out the palace stem from the stem of the birth year, look up the Hua Ji star for the Friends Palace stem, then see whether that star happens to sit in the Friends Palace. If it does, the chart draws it as ↻, which the Flying Star school calls outward self-transformation (離心自化). Xingge reads self-transformation as quick to arrive and quick to fade, so the common picture of Friends Palace Self-Hua Ji is: a remark from a friend or colleague turns over in your mind for a few days, and after turning it over you really can let it go and do not remember it much.
The feature of Self-Hua Ji is a tug-of-war with yourself rather than with any one person. Some teachers have another view, that the coming and going of your circle of friends is busier; Xingge has not adopted it and treats it as reference only.
How many charts have Self-Hua Ji, and which stars transform
Among all charts, 22,937 have Self-Hua Ji, 8.7% of the total, the most of the twelve lines. Tai Yin Hua Ji is about 11.0%, Wu Qu Hua Ji 10.7%, Ju Men and Tian Tong Hua Ji about 10.4% each, and Lian Zhen Hua Ji the fewest at 9.1%; every star sits between 9 and 11 percentage points, and none stands out. Borrowing a few of Xingge’s lines about Hua Ji stars in the Life Palace as comparisons: Tian Tong Hua Ji is like putting the atmosphere first and what you want yourself last, and Wu Qu Hua Ji is like shouldering everything alone and not easily speaking up.
In the sample, only 3.4% of charts have no main star in the Friends Palace, against about 16.5% for all charts; when there is no main star, the Hua Ji star must be Wen Chang or Wen Qu. Brightness leans bright, with nearly half at Miao or Wang (47.9%). Xingge does not write how to read bright or dim; some teachers say that when bright, you listen carefully when friends talk, and when dim, you more easily feel let down by yourself.
The exit for Self-Hua Ji: leave an ending for the repeated thinking
The point of Self-Hua Ji is not to suppress the thought but to give the thought a place to end. Turn a stuck remark in your relationships into a direct question, ask the other person or settle it face to face, which is faster than guessing for three days. For the parts you cannot work out, write them down and leave them overnight; the next day they are usually a size smaller.
The base color of the whole chart is still the main stars and the birth-year Four Transformations. In the sample, about 9% of charts of this kind have a Hua Ji star that is also the birth-year Hua Ji; then read the two layers separately: the birth-year Hua Ji speaks of the concern you carried from birth, and Self-Hua Ji speaks of how this concern flows. If you do not naturally like thinking about interpersonal matters, you do not need to force this line on yourself.
Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Career Palace
In the Flying Star school’s reading, the business of friends, colleagues and subordinates goes straight into your work and becomes part of what you cannot put down; people at work often take up more of your mind than the tasks themselves.
Hua Ji flying into the Career Palace: colleagues and subordinates cost more effort than the work itself
On Xingge, the Career Palace governs work and the course of your career; colleagues and subordinates already count as part of the Friends Palace, so the reading of Hua Ji flying into the Career Palace is very direct: what you cannot put down at work is people, not tasks. Who does not get along with whom, whether a new hire is adjusting, or which of your own sentences did not land well often takes up more of your head than the reports do.
The Hua Ji clash falls on the Spouse Palace, which is a supplement from the Flying Star school: if you are still handling colleagues’ business after work, the time for accompanying your partner gets squeezed, and people with a partner can keep an eye on it.
The Career Palace end: Tan Lang Hua Ji is slightly more common, and the Empty Life Palace share is high
The Hua Ji landing in the Career Palace is in 22,612 charts, 8.6% of the total. Tan Lang Hua Ji is 11.2%, Ju Men, Wu Qu and Tian Ji Hua Ji are all about 10.5%, and Lian Zhen Hua Ji is the fewest at 8.9%. Among the main stars sharing the palace with the Hua Ji star, Tan Lang is about 20% and Ju Men about 18.5%, both fairly common. Borrowing Xingge’s lines about Hua Ji stars in the Life Palace as comparisons: Tan Lang Hua Ji has many talents and many ideas yet easily feels a bit short, and Tian Ji Hua Ji turns over the next step again and again, so the finer it gets, the more stuck.
In the sample, the share of Empty Life Palaces on this line is about 22%, higher than 16.5% for all charts. Brightness leans slightly dim, but it is less than three percentage points from the average. Xingge has no explanation for brightness; some teachers say that when bright, you can turn the concern for people into the care of a manager, and when dim, it easily becomes watching everything.
Keep work matters and people matters apart: how to wrap up the Career Palace’s Hua Ji
Split your work into two ledgers: one for tasks and one for people. In the people ledger, write only two things, what you need the other person to do and the messages you have not yet answered, and once written, count it as wrapped up. When leading people, state your expectations before your methods; subordinates have less to guess, and you do not have to make repairs afterwards.
There is another reading, which holds that this line means building a career through contacts, with friends bringing work opportunities, and Xingge has not adopted it. It is one view. Neither reading predicts who will be good or bad to you; they only say that your attention is placed on the interpersonal side.
Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Property Palace
The concern for people extends to home and the space you live in; the Flying Star school’s view is this: you bring friends’ and colleagues’ business home, or the arrangements of the home are often disrupted by social contact.
Hua Ji flying into the Property Palace: bringing the business of people into the home
On Xingge, property and the home environment sit in the Property Palace, which also touches on whether you can relax at home. When Hua Ji flies from a peer relationship into the home, the common scenes are: colleagues’ messages keep coming after work, you wonder whether to tidy up when friends visit, or people around you have especially many opinions when you move or change where you live.
The opposite palace is the Children Palace, and the Hua Ji clash falls on the Children Palace. Some teachers say that the effort of guiding people and looking after younger ones is also pulled around by the mood at home, which is an extended reading.
The Property Palace end: the brightest Hua Ji stars of the twelve lines
The Property Palace receives Hua Ji in 22,444 charts, 8.5% of the total. Ju Men and Tian Ji Hua Ji are each about 10.9%, Wu Qu Hua Ji about 10.6%, and Tai Yin Hua Ji is the fewest at 7.6%, over three percentage points below the highest. Among the main stars living with the Hua Ji star in the Property Palace, Tian Ji is about 18%, Ju Men about 17%, and Wu Qu and Tai Yin about 16.5% each, so all are common. Borrowing Xingge’s description of Hua Ji stars in the Life Palace as comparisons: Ju Men Hua Ji swallows the words it wanted to say and argues them over inside, and Lian Zhen Hua Ji has many principles and heavy feelings and easily competes with people.
Brightness is the feature of this line: Hua Ji at Xian is only 9.3% and Xian plus Bu (Unsupported) 16.4%, both the lowest of the twelve lines, while Miao or Wang at 52.4% is the highest. Xingge does not comment on brightness; the view that has been heard is that when bright, home is a place where you can relax and see friends, and when dim, it feels more like people coming and going and hard to find quiet.
Setting interpersonal boundaries for the home: using the Property Palace line
Set a few simple rules for the home: no replying to work messages after a certain hour, tell friends a day ahead before they visit, and keep one room or corner just for yourself. The more concrete the rules, the less you have to refuse people on the spot each time. When you move or renovate, decide first whose opinions to listen to and whose to just hear out, so that not everyone gets a vote.
Some teachers call the Property Palace the treasury and think Hua Ji entering means what is in the treasury gets pulled away by social obligations; this is another school’s reading, and Xingge has not adopted it. Xingge only takes the reading of where attention flows and does not say who will lose what.
Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Fortune Palace
Whether your social circle lets you feel at ease inside is the main direction in which the Flying Star school reads Hua Ji flying into the Fortune Palace: how well you get along with friends and colleagues directly affects your mood.
Hua Ji flying into the Fortune Palace: your mood rises and falls with the people around you
On Xingge, the Fortune Palace looks at your inner life and hobbies, and also at whether you feel at ease inside. When Hua Ji flies from the Friends Palace into this square, the common reading is that your mood rises and falls with the people around you: one remark from a friend can make a whole day uncomfortable, and whether the atmosphere among colleagues is good directly affects whether you feel like doing your own things after work. Many people’s favorite hobbies are also held up by the circle of friends.
The Hua Ji clash falls on the Wealth Palace. Some teachers say that when your mood is taken up by people, your judgment about spending is also more easily affected, which is an extended reading.
The Fortune Palace end: Tian Ji and Tai Yang Hua Ji slightly more, with Ju Men and Tan Lang in the same palace
The Fortune Palace receives 22,736 charts, 8.7% of the total, second only to Self-Hua Ji. Tian Ji Hua Ji is 11.7%, Tai Yang Hua Ji 11.1%, Tian Tong Hua Ji 10.5%, and Tai Yin Hua Ji is the fewest at 8.2%. Among the main stars living with the Hua Ji star in the Fortune Palace, Ju Men is about 20% and Tan Lang about 19%, a difference of less than two percentage points. Borrowing Xingge’s lines about Hua Ji stars in the Life Palace: Tian Ji Hua Ji turns over the next step again and again, and Tan Lang Hua Ji has too many interests, wants to try everything, and feels it does not do any of them well enough.
Brightness is about average. Xingge does not talk about bright or dim; some teachers say that when bright, people are nourishment for your interests, and when dim, people feel more like something that drains your energy.
Keep a block of time that is for no one: using the Fortune Palace’s Hua Ji
Schedule one slot a week just for yourself: do not make plans with anyone, do not answer messages, and do one simple thing you like. This slot has to be written into the calendar first, like a date, to hold off last-minute invitations. If someone in your circle always drains your energy, you do not have to cut them off; you can first adjust how often and how long you meet.
There is another view (which Xingge has not adopted): the circle of friends is itself your source of entertainment, and Hua Ji means this entertainment takes effort to maintain. You can compare it against your own experience.
Friends Palace Hua Ji into the Parents Palace
When the Hua Ji star lands in the Parents Palace, the Flying Star school reads it as the concern of friends and colleagues flowing toward elders, superiors and authority, so that the thoughts of peer relationships and the relationship from above to below pull on each other.
Hua Ji flying into the Parents Palace: peer relationships and top-down relationships overlap
On Xingge, the Parents Palace looks at your bond with your parents and elders, and also at how you are when facing authority and institutions; the palace table also mentions paperwork and certificates. When Hua Ji flies from the peer side to the up-and-down side, the common scenes are: the atmosphere among colleagues affects how you face your manager, or in front of elders you find yourself recalling the advice friends gave you. If you do not live with your parents, elders can be read as teachers or superiors.
Some other teachers read the paperwork of the Parents Palace more broadly, counting status, qualifications and contracts as well; following this extension, Hua Ji entering the Parents Palace also covers contracts and qualifications in dealings with people. Xingge’s palace table only lists paperwork and certificates, so this layer is the teachers’ view.
The Parents Palace end: Lian Zhen and Tian Ji Hua Ji lead
The Parents Palace receives 22,233 charts, 8.5% of the total. Lian Zhen Hua Ji is 11.4%, Tian Ji Hua Ji 11.3%, Ju Men Hua Ji 10.7%, and Tai Yin Hua Ji is the fewest at 8.0%, a gap of over three percentage points. Among the main stars sitting with the Hua Ji star in the Parents Palace, Tai Yin is about 17.5%, and Lian Zhen and Tian Ji about 17% each, close to one another. Borrowing Xingge’s descriptions of Hua Ji stars in the Life Palace as comparisons: Lian Zhen Hua Ji has many principles and heavy feelings and likes to compete with others and with itself, and Tian Ji Hua Ji turns over the next step again and again, so the finer it thinks, the more stuck.
The Hua Ji stars lean bright, with nearly half at Miao or Wang (48.9%) and Xian plus Bu (Unsupported) only about 17%. Whether a star is bright or dim, Xingge does not write; some teachers say that when bright, it is an orderly respect for elders, and when dim, it feels more like keeping a manager’s attitude in your mind.
Dealing with elders and superiors: how to handle the Parents Palace line
When switching between peer relationships and top-down relationships, you can first ask yourself one question: in this matter, do I want the other person’s understanding, or the other person’s approval? For the former you can speak plainly, as to a friend; for the latter you need numbers and deadlines. Fixing a rhythm for reporting to your manager, such as a short update once a week, helps more than explaining afterwards. With elders, pick a time when you are both relaxed, which is easier than speaking up suddenly.
When Hua Ji sits in the Parents Palace it also strikes the opposite Health Palace, and here we talk only about pressure and emotion: pressure building up from above to below will affect how you handle relationships. Some teachers read it through benefactors, thinking that elders and superiors are upstream in your network; Xingge has not adopted this reading.
FAQ
How do I work out which palace the Friends Palace Hua Ji flies into?
Once the chart is made, find the stem of the Friends Palace (some charts label it the Attendants Palace or the Servants Palace), look up the Hua Ji star for that stem in the table of the ten stems, and see which palace that star sits in: that palace is the landing palace. If it sits back in the Friends Palace itself, it is Self-Hua Ji.
Are Attendants Palace (僕役宮) Hua Ji and Servants Palace (奴僕宮) Hua Ji the same thing as Friends Palace Hua Ji?
Yes, they are the same line. Different books and software name this square differently, but Attendants, Servants and Friends all mean the same square, which governs friends, colleagues and the people who work under you. Xingge writes Friends Palace throughout.
Is Friends Palace Hua Ji from the Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu?
No. The text of the Quan Shu has no palace-stem flying transformations; they were developed later by the Flying Star school. It transforms by each palace’s own stem, which is a different thing from the birth-year Four Transformations that use the stem of the birth year, so read the two separately.
Does Friends Palace Hua Ji mean my friends will harm me or that I am unpopular?
No. Every chart lands in only one of the twelve places, and each line holds about one in twelve. This line describes where your energy among people goes, that is, the area you tend to keep in mind when dealing with friends and colleagues. It does not predict whether you will be popular or how anyone will treat you.
What is the difference between Friends Palace Hua Ji flying into a palace and that palace’s Hua Ji flying into the Friends Palace?
The difference is which end it starts from. Friends Palace Hua Ji flying into another palace means the concern of your friends and colleagues flows into that area; another palace’s Hua Ji flying into the Friends Palace means the concern of that area flows into your circle of people. A chart can have both lines, and you simply read them separately.
Does Friends Palace Hua Ji flying into the Life Palace mean I am easily dragged down by friends?
The Flying Star school reads it as a habit of keeping other people’s business in mind, not as friends being sure to drag you down. It is a tendency to think one step further for others, and splitting up tasks and stating your boundaries clearly is enough to adjust it.
How do I read Friends Palace Hua Ji flying into the Siblings Palace if I have no siblings?
The Siblings Palace also governs cooperation and rivalry among peers, so you can read it as caring about friends, classmates and colleagues as if they were siblings, and expecting them to respond. Having no blood siblings does not affect how this line is used.
What should I do when Friends Palace Hua Ji flies into the Spouse Palace and my social schedule collides with my relationship?
The Flying Star school is talking about how your energy is divided between your circle of friends and your relationship. A practical approach is to state your own needs first, for example that you have two regular gatherings this month and want to keep one day of the weekend for the two of you, and to turn the arrangement into concrete times.
When Friends Palace Hua Ji flies into the Children Palace, where do I most often get stuck guiding children or subordinates?
The Flying Star school says your energy is placed here; it does not say how you will manage. Some people show it as careful nurturing, others as worrying and asking too often, and the difference comes down to which Hua Ji star it is, its brightness and how you usually handle boundaries.
How do I read Friends Palace Hua Ji flying into the Children Palace if I have no children?
The Children Palace also looks at the people you guide, so you can read it as caring about students, younger people and team members. A friend’s child or a junior you look after also falls within the range of this square.
How do I read Friends Palace Hua Ji flying into the Wealth Palace when it comes to lending money to friends?
The Flying Star school’s point is that you feel strongly about this kind of money matter, not a prediction of whether a loan will be repaid. A practical approach is to work out beforehand the amount you can let go of, and then discuss how it will be repaid.
When Friends Palace Hua Ji flies into the Health Palace and interpersonal pressure is high, how can I tell whether it is mine or someone else’s?
You can ask yourself: if this happened to someone else, would I be just as tense? If not, most likely you have been carrying the other person’s emotions as well. Writing the other person’s reaction and your own feeling on two separate lines usually separates them.
What does the Hua Ji clash on the Life Palace mean when Friends Palace Hua Ji flies into the Travel Palace?
The opposite of the Travel Palace is the Life Palace, so when Hua Ji sits in the Travel Palace, what it strikes is the Life Palace. The Flying Star school reads it as the interpersonal thoughts from outside landing back on you, with the Life Palace side feeling the pressure. It is a reminder of where your attention flows, not a prediction that anything will happen.
How do I read it when the Life Palace has no main star and Friends Palace Hua Ji flies into the Travel Palace?
An Empty Life Palace looks at the main stars of the opposite Travel Palace, and Hua Ji happens to land in exactly this square, so the borrowed stars tend to carry a concern for people. Read the borrowed main stars first, then treat this line as a supplement.
Why do people with Friends Palace Self-Hua Ji often feel that friends do not really understand them?
The Flying Star school reads Self-Hua Ji as words that stay circling in your heart without being sent out, so the other person does not know what you are thinking and finds it hard to respond. Telling a friend your thoughts once is often more useful than thinking for three days. This is a reading, not a verdict on personality.
What is the difference between Friends Palace Self-Hua Ji and the birth-year Hua Ji in the Friends Palace?
The birth-year Hua Ji is decided by the stem of the birth year and is a concern carried from birth; Self-Hua Ji is produced by the Friends Palace’s own stem, and you look at whether that star happens to be in this square. Both can exist at the same time; read one layer for each and do not blend them into one sentence.
Where do I most often get stuck at the company when Friends Palace Hua Ji flies into the Career Palace?
The Flying Star school’s point is that you keep colleagues’ and subordinates’ business in mind and put a lot into it, not that it speaks about popularity. You often get stuck when people matters take up more of your mind than tasks: what someone thinks, and whether someone has been looked after. Done well, it means you know how to lead people and are willing to look after a team.
When Friends Palace Hua Ji flies into the Property Palace, will friends and colleagues affect my property?
This line does not speak about property outcomes. What the Flying Star school reads is the concern for people extending into the home, including whether you let people in and whether the arrangements at home are affected by friends’ business. Where property goes depends on the main stars of the Property Palace and the whole chart.
When Friends Palace Hua Ji flies into the Property Palace, how do I keep my own space at home?
First give the home a fixed rule, such as a cutoff time for work messages, then decide which corner of the home does not receive visitors. Concrete boundaries are easier to keep than refusing by mood.
When Friends Palace Hua Ji flies into the Fortune Palace, why do other people’s emotions affect my mood for the whole day?
The Flying Star school reads it as you looking after your social circle as part of your own mood. A practical approach is, when you meet a situation that affects your mood, to write down first what you really want, and then decide how much to respond.
When Friends Palace Hua Ji flies into the Parents Palace, where do I most often get stuck with my boss?
The Flying Star school’s point is that you bring the thoughts of peer relationships into the top-down relationship; it is not judging whether a boss is easy to get along with. Some people show it as being very sensitive to their manager’s reactions, and others as caring especially about what colleagues think of the manager.
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Hua Ji from the other palaces
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