Health Palace (Ji E Gong): Meaning, Triad & the 14 Major Stars
The Health Palace shows physical tendencies and emotional patterns. It describes tendencies, not diagnoses. This page covers what it shows, its opposite and triad palaces, empty palaces, the four transformations here, and the fourteen major stars in it.
What the Health Palace shows
The Health Palace shows constitution and emotional patterns, the chart's hint at where body and mind are most vulnerable. It describes tendencies, not diagnoses.
Modern reading
Modern use is as a prompt for lifestyle and stress management, not disease prediction: the elements and nature of the stars hint at where strain accumulates; for any health concern, rely on medical examination.
Opposite palace and triad
The Health Palace's opposite is the Parents Palace; its triad palaces are the Property Palace and the Siblings Palace. When you read the Health Palace, these four palaces 'shine' onto it together and should be read as one picture.
Its opposite is the Parents Palace, and with Property and Siblings it forms the triad: home environment, daily rhythm and bodily state affect each other.
If the palace is empty
A palace with no major star is called empty; borrow the major stars of its opposite (the Parents Palace) to read it, discount the borrowed stars, and then add the palace's own companion stars, harsh stars and transformations.
Four transformations in the Health Palace
Hua Lu, Hua Quan, Hua Ke and Hua Ji falling into the Health Palace activate the area of health and emotions: Hua Lu tends to bring affinity and ease, Hua Quan control and initiative, Hua Ke reputation and benefactors, Hua Ji fixation and lessons. The site has a separate entry for each, linked below.
The fourteen major stars in the Health Palace
Each of the fourteen major stars behaves differently in the Health Palace. The site has a separate entry for each star, covering temperament, career, love and wealth — see the links below.
Common misconceptions
1) This palace is not a diagnostic tool and cannot replace medical care. 2) Harsh stars here don't mean illness — they hint at how strain accumulates. 3) Do not make medical decisions from a chart.
How to read it
Start with its stars, elements and brightness; then the opposite Parents Palace and the triad (Property, Siblings); treat the result as a reference for routine and emotional management.
The fourteen major stars in the Health Palace
- Zi Wei in the Health Palace
- Tian Ji in the Health Palace
- Tai Yang in the Health Palace
- Wu Qu in the Health Palace
- Tian Tong in the Health Palace
- Lian Zhen in the Health Palace
- Tian Fu in the Health Palace
- Tai Yin in the Health Palace
- Tan Lang in the Health Palace
- Ju Men in the Health Palace
- Tian Xiang in the Health Palace
- Tian Liang in the Health Palace
- Qi Sha in the Health Palace
- Po Jun in the Health Palace
The four transformations in the Health Palace
Opposite and triad palaces
Keep reading
Other palaces explained
- Life Palace (Ming Gong)
- Siblings Palace (Xiong Di Gong)
- Spouse Palace (Fu Qi Gong)
- Children Palace (Zi Nu Gong)
- Wealth Palace (Cai Bo Gong)
- Travel Palace (Qian Yi Gong)
- Friends Palace (Pu Yi Gong)
- Career Palace (Guan Lu Gong)
- Property Palace (Tian Zhai Gong)
- Spirit Palace (Fu De Gong)
- Parents Palace (Fu Mu Gong)