Travel Palace

The Travel Palace is opposite the Life Palace, and the stars of the two face each other, so reading the Travel Palace really means reading 'the palace across from the Life Palace', how a person is out in the world. With Zi Wei in the Travel Palace, the emperor star faces the Life Palace: standing and helpers away from home. With Zuo Fu and You Bi, support from benefactors abroad; with Tian Fu, free coming and going; with Tian Xiang, money made away from home; with Po Jun, 「貴人見愛，小人不足」: those above appreciate one, those below are jealous. See Zi Wei in the Travel Palace.

Tian Ji in the Travel Palace, 「出外遇貴，居家有是非」: better away than at home. Tian Ji rules movement, so in the Travel Palace it suits going out and changing surroundings. With Ju Men (Mao, You), lucky on the move; with Tian Liang (Chen, Xu), going out brings satisfaction; with Tai Yin (Yin, Shen), luck amid busyness. Every one of these stresses movement: Tian Ji people who stay in one place tend to overthink, and going out actually makes things run smoothly. See Tian Ji in the Travel Palace.

Tai Yang in the Travel Palace, 「宜出外發福，不耐靜守」: Tai Yang is a star that shines outward to begin with, so the Travel Palace is its natural seat. With Tai Yin (Chou, Wei), luck amid busyness away from home; with Ju Men (Yin, Shen), mental toil. Tai Yang's brightness still matters: in Miao or Wang, a name abroad; in Xian (Hai, Zi), hard work away from home with little to show for it. Today it suits work that needs visibility, fieldwork, business travel or a career overseas. See Tai Yang in the Travel Palace.

Wu Qu in the Travel Palace, 「鬧忙中進少，不宜靜守」: busy away from home, but not much coming in. With Tan Lang (Chou, Wei), 「作巨商」: Wu Qu with Tan Lang is a wealth star plus a star of desire, which in the Travel Palace makes a merchant who does big business and travels far. With Qi Sha or Po Jun (Mao and You, Si and Hai), no rest for body or mind. With Wu Qu in the Travel Palace, a wealth star faces the Life Palace, often read as money being easier to make away from home than at home. See Wu Qu in the Travel Palace.

Tian Tong in the Travel Palace: support from benefactors away from home. Tian Tong is the star of blessing, so out in the world people like this one and look after them. With Ju Men (Chou, Wei), mental toil; with Tai Yin (Zi, Wu), hardship; with Tian Liang (Yin, Shen), favored by benefactors. Tian Tong with Tian Liang in the Travel Palace is what the later Ji Yue Tong Liang pattern looks like when it brings shelter from outside. The relationships one builds out in the world are this person's capital. See Tian Tong in the Travel Palace.

Lian Zhen in the Travel Palace, 「出外通達近貴，在家日少」. With Tan Lang (Si, Hai), a foothold amid competition; with Qi Sha (Chou, Wei), wealth gathered widely away from home; with Tian Xiang (Zi, Wu), lucky on the move. The second half is the heaviest: with Qing Yang and Tuo Luo, and evil malefic stars in the trines, 「死於外道」. The Qi Sha chapter likewise says 「會囚耗於遷移，死於道路」 (What Does Qi Sha Govern?): Lian Zhen's transformed qi is prisoner, and the prisoner in the Travel Palace was among the combinations the old readers feared most. In modern life it calls for special care with safety when traveling. See Lian Zhen in the Travel Palace.

Tian Fu in the Travel Palace: support from benefactors away from home; with Zi Wei (Yin, Shen), prosperity; with Lian Zhen (Chen, Xu) or Wu Qu (Zi, Wu), money amid competition, as a great merchant. With Tian Fu in the Travel Palace, the Life Palace always holds Qi Sha: Qi Sha in the Life Palace with Tian Fu opposite is the structure behind patterns like Qi Sha Facing the Dipper, a hard-charging Life Palace with a treasury backing it from outside. Resources and backing out in the world, well suited to building a career away from home. See Tian Fu in the Travel Palace.

Tai Yin in its temple: helpers and money away from home; in a Xian palace, trouble. With Tai Yang (Chou, Wei), most fine; with Tian Tong in a Miao or Wang position (Zi), a self-made household away from home. The 'with Tai Yin, not enough peace' in this entry is, as the text note says, probably 'with Tian Ji'. Tian Ji and Tai Yin share a palace in Yin and Shen, and Tian Ji's restlessness denying Tai Yin its peace makes good sense of the line. People with Tai Yin in the Travel Palace are gentle and attentive in their dealings out in the world. See Tai Yin in the Travel Palace.

Tan Lang alone in the Travel Palace: toil away from home and windfall money amid competition. Tan Lang sits alone in Zi, Wu, Yin, Shen, Chen or Xu, facing Zi Wei, Lian Zhen or Wu Qu respectively. With Lian Zhen (Si, Hai) plus the four malefic stars, hardship away from home; with Wu Qu (Chou, Wei), a great merchant, the same phrase as in the Wu Qu entry. The second half, 「流年遭兵劫掠」, was a real risk in times of war; today it reads as robbery, fraud or unexpected losses away from home. See Tan Lang in the Travel Palace.

Ju Men in the Travel Palace, 「出外勞心不安，與人不足，多是非」: Ju Men's transformed qi is darkness, so out in the world there is much suspicion and talk. The entry lists no companion stars, just a single plain verdict. With Ju Men in the Travel Palace, Ju Men faces the Life Palace, often read as someone who is easily misunderstood away from home, or whose words easily give offense. In daily life: speak with care out in the world, make things clear, and keep a record. See Ju Men in the Travel Palace.

Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace, 「出外貴人提撕」: promotion by benefactors. With Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace, the Life Palace always holds Po Jun: Po Jun in the Life Palace with Tian Xiang opposite, so Po Jun's drive has Tian Xiang out in the world to mediate and vouch for it. With Zi Wei (Chen, Xu), lucky; with Wu Qu (Yin, Shen), money made away from home; with Lian Zhen (Zi, Wu) plus malefic stars, trouble. See Tian Xiang in the Travel Palace.

Tian Liang in the Travel Palace, 「出外近貴，貴人成就」: Tian Liang is the star of shelter, so away from home elders look after one. With Tian Tong (Yin, Shen), ample blessings; with Tian Ji (Chen, Xu), 「藝術途中走」: traveling to make a living by a craft. The old word translated 'arts' meant skills and occult techniques, not the arts of today. The section on star combinations says 「天梁加吉坐遷移，臣商高賈」 (Star Combinations: Tian Liang): Tian Liang with lucky stars in the Travel Palace makes great merchants. See Tian Liang in the Travel Palace.

Qi Sha in the Travel Palace, 「在外日多，在家日少」. With Qi Sha in the Travel Palace, the Life Palace always holds Tian Fu: Tian Fu in the Life Palace and Qi Sha outside, a steady person who works flat out away from home. With Wu Qu (Mao, You), lucky on the move; with Lian Zhen (Chou, Wei), money made away from home; with Zi Wei (Si, Hai), many wishes fulfilled away from home. With malefic stars, wandering to the ends of the earth. In modern working life this looks like overseas postings, living abroad, or long business trips. See Qi Sha in the Travel Palace.

Po Jun in the Travel Palace: mental toil and unrest away from home; in its temple (Zi, Wu), 'towering' success abroad. With Po Jun in the Travel Palace, the Life Palace always holds Tian Xiang. With Qing Yang, Tuo Luo, Huo Xing or Ling Xing, 「奔馳巧藝走途中」; with Wen Chang, Wen Qu and Wu Qu, 「優伶之人」: an actor, which in the old world was a base occupation. Today's counterparts are entertainment, performing, touring and technical work that keeps one on the move, and their social standing is entirely different now. See Po Jun in the Travel Palace.

Wen Chang in the Travel Palace: helpers and success away from home, and 「小人不足」, someone jealous. Wen Chang rules documents and reputation, so out in the world one makes a name easily, and draws envy just as easily. With malefic stars, little peace away from home. A good reputation outside, with an eye kept on rivalry among peers and talk behind one's back.

Wen Qu: close to the powerful away from home, money with lucky stars, few wishes fulfilled with malefic stars. Wen Qu rules eloquence, so in the Travel Palace it means a good talker and a good mixer out in the world. For work that means talking to people outside, such as sales, public relations or diplomacy, Wen Qu is an asset.

Zuo Fu in the Travel Palace, 「動中貴人扶持」: benefactors appear only when one gets out and about. With malefic stars, 「下人不足，多招是非」: resentful subordinates. The Quan Shu's Travel Palace entry for Zuo Fu stresses two things, movement and benefactors. Put in present-day terms: go out more and take part in more, since connections are where the opportunities are.

You Bi: support from benefactors away from home, and 「不宜靜守」, not one to stay put; with malefic stars, rivalry with others abroad. The entry is almost the same as Zuo Fu's, with 'should not stay at home' added. The section on star combinations says 「右弼左輔終身福厚」, with the gloss 「在命宮遷移是也」, meaning in the Life or Travel Palace (Star Combinations: Kui Yue, Zuo Fu, You Bi and Lu Cun): the Travel Palace counts as one of the best places for Zuo Fu and You Bi.

Lu Cun in the Travel Palace, 「出外衣祿遂心」. The Lu Cun chapter says 「居遷移則佳」, good in the Travel Palace (What Does Lu Cun Govern?), and its verse adds 「祿存對向守遷移，三合逢之利祿宜」 (the chapter's verse). With Lu Cun in the Travel Palace, Qing Yang and Tuo Luo always sit in the Health and Friends Palaces, so 'meeting Qing Yang and Tuo Luo' is a given, and the real conditions are Huo Xing, Ling Xing, Di Kong and Di Jie. Seen today: steady earnings away from home, well suited to building a life elsewhere.

Qing Yang in its temple: food, clothing and income to one's liking away from home; with lucky stars, money amid competition; in Xian, success, with resentful subordinates. With Qing Yang in the Travel Palace, the punishment star faces the Life Palace, so out in the world competition and conflict come easily. Qing Yang is in its temple in Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei. A strong competitor outside, who needs to mind relations with subordinates and partners.

Tuo Luo with lucky stars: benefactors and money away from home; in Xian (Yin, Shen, Si, Hai) with malefic stars, much trouble. Yin, Shen, Si and Hai are also the positions of Tian Ma, and Tuo Luo with Tian Ma is the 'lame horse' (What Does Tian Ma Govern?), most obvious in the Travel Palace: wanting to move but never moving smoothly. In real life: errands outside run late, so leave slack in travel plans.

Huo Xing alone in the Travel Palace, 「出外不安」; with lucky stars, money amid competition; with Qing Yang, Tuo Luo, Di Kong and Di Jie, trouble. Huo Xing in the Travel Palace means a quick temper and quick action out in the world. Take extra care when driving, playing sports or traveling, and in negotiations away from home, cool down before replying.

Ling Xing with lucky stars: lucky away from home; with malefic stars, trouble. As the text note says, the repeated 鈴 is probably 陀. Ling Xing's Travel Palace entry is almost the same as Huo Xing's. In today's words: stress away from home that goes unspoken and builds until it bursts, so leave some breathing room when out in the world.

When the Dou Jun passes through the Travel Palace, lucky stars make moving lucky; malefic stars bring quarrels on the move. The entry is short, and the point is movement: when the monthly luck reaches the Travel Palace, whether that month is good for going out depends on the good or bad of that palace. When planning trips, business travel or a move, check whether the monthly luck reaches the Travel Palace and whether malefic stars or Hua Ji are there.