What the Water 2 · Tian Tong type is like
A Water 2 Tian Tong is a lake on a windless day: smooth on top, deep below, and anyone passing wants to sit down beside it for a while.
Tian Tong meets the Water 2 Bureau
Tian Tong is Water and so is the Water 2 Bureau. Like meets like, Water on Water, and this is Tian Tong at its stillest and most capacious. About 56% have Tian Tong alone, the highest share of the five bureaus; Tian Tong with Tian Liang is about 17%, and with Tai Yin and with Ju Men about 14% each. The You and Xu branches are the most common, about 27% together, and both are Average (Ping), which makes Average the most frequent brightness at about 41%. Prosperous (Wang) is about 17%, Temple (Miao) in Si or Hai about 15%, Unsupported (Bu) about 14%, and Fallen (Xian) and Profit (Li) about 7% each.
Work and money
Master Xiyi says that with Tian Tong in the Life Palace “the person is modest and mild by nature.” With Water on Water, mildness becomes a kind of capacity: feelings, opinions and other people's complaints all fit, and there is no rush to respond. This type suits work that calls for patience and room: counselling, leading a customer service team, long-term care, libraries, mediation. A lake does not chase the boats; their pace is slow, but they rarely capsize. With money they avoid risk and prefer things that grow slowly if left alone, such as term deposits or index funds. A yearly check is worth doing, because water that is too still gathers silt.
Love and getting along
In love they are easy to be with: no fights, no pressure, and old grievances rarely resurface. People with Water on Water keep their feelings deep, and when they are sad they may not say so; they just go quieter. A partner can set a regular time for a walk together. Somewhere along the way, what is at the bottom of the lake tends to rise on its own.
When things get stuck
A lake that is too still grows weed: after a long stretch of comfort, even what needs to change keeps getting put off. Change jobs? Move the relationship forward? “Let's see.” A small push helps, such as signing up for a course with a deadline or saying yes to a friend's invitation, so the water moves a little.
The rhythm of the 10-year periods
Water 2 starts its periods earliest, and a Tian Tong here enters the first 10-year period at age 2 (counted the traditional way), with 2 to 11 in the Life Palace. With the star of blessing in charge from the outset, this type's childhood memories are often of being safe and cared for. Tian Tong's period moves out of the Life Palace at 12 and on again at 22 and 32. That early security is a foundation; later, in palaces that ask them to reach for things, there is no need to give up the ease. The task is to learn to act from inside it.
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 Water 2 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 2 for this bureau. No bureau is better than another; Xingge reads it as a flavour of the same persona.
Across 4,379 charts of this type:
- Life Palace branch
- You 13.5%, Xu 13.5%, Shen 10.1%, Hai 8.6%, Zi 6.8%, Chen 6.8%
- Star brightness
- Ping (Average) 40.6%, Wang (Prosperous) 16.9%, Miao (Temple) 15.4%, Bu (Unsupported) 13.6%, Xian (Fallen) 6.8%, Li (Profit) 6.8%
- Life Palace stars
- Tian Tong alone 56%, Tian Tong + Tian Liang 16.9%, Tian Tong + Tai Yin 13.6%, Tian Tong + Ju Men 13.6%
- Elements
- Tian Tong is Water; the Water 2 Bureau is Water
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FAQ
Is a Tian Tong at Average (Ping) rather ordinary?
No. Average is a level of brightness meaning the star's strength is understated rather than extreme. About 41% of Water 2 Tian Tong are at Average, mostly alone in You or Xu. An Average Tian Tong spends its blessing on everyday life: no chasing peaks, no rushing ahead, a steady way of living. The old books judged Tian Tong a blessing in all twelve palaces, and Average is no exception; the blessing simply looks quieter.
Does a Water 2 Tian Tong get along with a Tai Yang person?
They often complement each other. Tai Yang radiates outward and Tian Tong takes things in, so when Tai Yang is worn out, Tian Tong is somewhere to put it all down. The friction is pace: Tai Yang wants to set off today, Tian Tong would rather go next week. Agree who proposes and who applies the brakes, and both relax.
How common is the Water 2 · Tian Tong type?
Out of 262,980 charts cast for every day and every two-hour period from 1950–2009, 4,379 have Tian Tong leading the Life Palace and the Water 2 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.