Siblings Palace (Xiong Di Gong): Meaning, Triad & the 14 Major Stars
The Siblings Palace shows relationships with siblings and peers — colleagues, classmates, partners and close friends. 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 Siblings Palace shows
The Siblings Palace shows ties with brothers and sisters and, more broadly, peer cooperation — colleagues, classmates, partners and close friends. It is the entry point for 'close-range relationships' in the chart: how you cooperate, divide work and keep interests clear.
Modern reading
In modern use it extends to 'peer network' and early mutual-support circles. Before going into partnership, read the Siblings Palace together with the Career Palace for a fuller picture.
Opposite palace and triad
The Siblings Palace's opposite is the Friends Palace; its triad palaces are the Health Palace and the Property Palace. When you read the Siblings Palace, these four palaces 'shine' onto it together and should be read as one picture.
Its opposite is the Friends Palace; both are 'people' palaces — Siblings is close-range peer cooperation, Friends is the wider social circle.
If the palace is empty
A palace with no major star is called empty; borrow the major stars of its opposite (the Friends 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 Siblings Palace
Hua Lu, Hua Quan, Hua Ke and Hua Ji falling into the Siblings Palace activate the area of siblings and peers: 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 Siblings Palace
Each of the fourteen major stars behaves differently in the Siblings Palace. The site has a separate entry for each star, covering temperament, career, love and wealth — see the links below.
Common misconceptions
1) A strong Siblings Palace does not guarantee warm family ties — closeness depends on how you treat each other. 2) A weak one doesn't mean loneliness; usually it is a lesson in cooperation and division of labor. 3) Schools differ on what else this palace covers; avoid single verdicts.
How to read it
Start with its stars and brightness; then the opposite Friends Palace and the triad (Health, Property); for partnerships, compare with Career and Wealth to read both 'how we cooperate' and 'how we split money'.
The fourteen major stars in the Siblings Palace
- Zi Wei in the Siblings Palace
- Tian Ji in the Siblings Palace
- Tai Yang in the Siblings Palace
- Wu Qu in the Siblings Palace
- Tian Tong in the Siblings Palace
- Lian Zhen in the Siblings Palace
- Tian Fu in the Siblings Palace
- Tai Yin in the Siblings Palace
- Tan Lang in the Siblings Palace
- Ju Men in the Siblings Palace
- Tian Xiang in the Siblings Palace
- Tian Liang in the Siblings Palace
- Qi Sha in the Siblings Palace
- Po Jun in the Siblings Palace