What the Metal 4 · Tian Tong type is like
Spring water running from a crack in the rock is clear and cool. A Metal 4 Tian Tong has surroundings that keep the water coming, their blessings welling up like a spring; their part is to keep it clear.
Tian Tong meets the Metal 4 Bureau
Metal produces Water, so the bureau feeds the star: the Metal of Metal 4 keeps supplying Tian Tong's Water, and this Tian Tong often feels that life lacks for nothing. About 47% have Tian Tong alone; among the pairings Tian Tong with Tai Yin leads at about 19%, with Tian Liang and with Ju Men about 17% each. The Hai, Zi and Chou branches are the most frequent. Average (Ping) is about 31%, Prosperous (Wang) about 20%, Unsupported (Bu) and Temple (Miao) about 17% each, Profit (Li) about 10%, and Fallen (Xian) about 5%.
Work and money
A large group have Tian Tong with Tai Yin in Zi, about 14% of the type, and the Xingge chart marks this position Shui Cheng Gui E (Clear Water, Osmanthus Blossom). The Complete Book's Taiwei Fu says: “Tai Yin in Zi is called clear water and the cassia blossom: one gains a post that is pure and important, and is a talent for loyal remonstrance.” Pure and important means a position both clean and weighty; loyal remonstrance means daring to tell the truth. In Metal 4 that clarity shows up as taste and judgement. Work that needs a good eye and integrity suits them: editing, curating, quality control, legal work, advisory roles. With money, their surroundings keep them supplied, so they seldom lack but can be inattentive. Pipe the spring into a cistern: save a fixed amount regularly.
Love and getting along
In love they are gentle and have taste, and like to make everyday life a little special: a bunch of flowers, a dinner plated with care. People with Metal feeding Water are used to being looked after and sometimes wait for the other person to speak first. If a partner is also on the passive side, both may end up waiting. Take turns being the one who suggests, and the relationship starts to move.
When things get stuck
A blocked spring turns muddy: so used to comfortable surroundings that when the supply is cut, a new manager, leaving home, they do not know what to do. Keep a channel of their own all along: a skill that depends on nobody, a small circle they tend themselves. Then the spring need not fear being blocked.
The rhythm of the 10-year periods
A Metal 4 Tian Tong's periods start at age 4 (counted the traditional way), with 4 to 13 in the Life Palace. The direction after 14 depends on the yin-yang of the birth year and the person's sex: running forward, the next is the Parents Palace; running backward, the Siblings Palace. So among Metal 4 Tian Tong, some spend their teens on questions about elders, others on siblings and classmates. The periods change again at 24 and 34. Water follows the lie of the land, and knowing which way your periods run tells you where to dig the channel.
For the full picture of this persona, see Tian Tong · The Fortunate.
Where it comes from in Purple Star Astrology
In this type Tian Tong leads the Life Palace. The Life Palace is the one of twelve that says who you are, and its main star sets your base color; when two main stars share it, the first one counts.
The bureau is the Metal 4 Bureau. The Five Elements Bureau comes from the Nayin of your Life Palace stem and branch; it places the Zi Wei star on the chart and sets the age your first 10-year period starts, which is 4 for this bureau. No bureau is better than another; Xingge reads it as a flavour of the same persona.
Across 4,380 charts of this type:
- Life Palace branch
- Hai 13.5%, Zi 13.5%, Chou 13.5%, You 10.2%, Xu 10.1%, Yin 10.1%
- Star brightness
- Ping (Average) 30.5%, Wang (Prosperous) 20.3%, Bu (Unsupported) 16.9%, Miao (Temple) 16.9%, Li (Profit) 10.1%, Xian (Fallen) 5.2%
- Life Palace stars
- Tian Tong alone 47.4%, Tian Tong + Tai Yin 18.7%, Tian Tong + Tian Liang 16.9%, Tian Tong + Ju Men 16.9%
- Elements
- Tian Tong is Water; the Metal 4 Bureau is Metal
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FAQ
What is the Shui Cheng Gui E pattern?
On the Xingge chart, a Life Palace in Zi holding only Tian Tong and Tai Yin is marked Shui Cheng Gui E (Clear Water, Osmanthus Blossom): moonlight on clear water. The Complete Book's Taiwei Fu says “Tai Yin in Zi is called clear water and the cassia blossom: one gains a post that is pure and important, and is a talent for loyal remonstrance.” About 14% of Metal 4 Tian Tong are here, with Tian Tong Prosperous and Tai Yin at Temple. The old book spoke of clean, weighty posts and people brave enough to speak plainly; today it reads as a clear mind and a sense of proportion, suited to professional, respected roles.
Does a Metal 4 Tian Tong get along with a Wu Qu person?
Metal produces Water, and Wu Qu is a Metal star, so in five-element terms it is the one supplying Tian Tong's water. In real life Wu Qu often does the pushing and carrying while Tian Tong makes life comfortable, a natural split. Wu Qu cares about efficiency, Tian Tong about feelings; in an argument, let each finish speaking before discussing what to do.
How common is the Metal 4 · Tian Tong type?
Out of 262,980 charts cast for every day and every two-hour period from 1950–2009, 4,380 have Tian Tong leading the Life Palace and the Metal 4 Bureau: about 1.7%, roughly 1 in 60 people. Every day and hour is counted equally, so this is not the actual birth distribution of a population.
Why can two people born on the same day be different types?
Where your Life Palace falls depends on your birth month and birth hour, and your Five Elements Bureau comes from the stem and branch of that palace. So on the same day, one two-hour period later moves the Life Palace by one, and the main star and bureau can both change. The twelve hours of a single day usually produce several different types.
What is the Five Elements Bureau?
The Five Elements Bureau is the Nayin element of your Life Palace stem and branch: Water 2, Wood 3, Metal 4, Earth 5 or Fire 6. The number places the Zi Wei star on the chart and is also the age your first 10-year period begins (2 for Water, 6 for Fire). A bigger number is not better or worse; Xingge reads the element as a flavour of the same persona.
How is this different from MBTI?
MBTI comes from a questionnaire about how you see yourself. An Xingge type comes from your birth date and time, with nothing to answer, and the same birth details always give the same type. They work well side by side: MBTI describes your current habits, the chart describes your underlying nature and the rhythm of your life.
Which type do I get if my Life Palace has two main stars?
When two main stars share the Life Palace, the one listed first (in the order of the Zi Wei and Tian Fu star groups) sets the persona, the same as on your chart page. A Life Palace with no main star is the Empty Palace: the Traveler.
A type looks only at the Life Palace and the bureau: the roughest outline of a chart. People of the same type differ in the Body Palace, the surrounding palaces and the transformations.