Spirit Palace (Fu De Gong): Meaning, Triad & the 14 Major Stars
The Spirit Palace (Fu De Gong) is the Zi Wei Dou Shu palace of inner life and contentment: interests, how you enjoy life and your baseline emotional state, often called the 'soul palace'. This page covers what it shows, its opposite Wealth Palace and triad, empty palaces, the four transformations here, and the fourteen major stars in it.
What the Spirit Palace shows
The Spirit Palace shows inner life and contentment: interests, how you enjoy life and the quality of your 'blessing'. Many readers call it the 'soul palace'; a good deal of lifelong happiness is read from here.
Modern reading
Modern use maps it to emotional baseline, ways of relaxing and psychological satisfaction. As the opposite of the Wealth Palace, it shapes 'how the money you earn is spent and whether spending feels good'.
Opposite palace and triad
The Spirit Palace's opposite is the Wealth Palace; its triad palaces are the Spouse Palace and the Travel Palace. When you read the Spirit Palace, these four palaces 'shine' onto it together and should be read as one picture.
Its opposite is the Wealth Palace: the way you earn and the mindset you spend with pull on each other. With Spouse and Travel it forms the triad.
If the palace is empty
A palace with no major star is called empty; borrow the major stars of its opposite (the Wealth 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 Spirit Palace
Hua Lu, Hua Quan, Hua Ke and Hua Ji falling into the Spirit Palace activate the area of inner life and interests: 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 Spirit Palace
Each of the fourteen major stars behaves differently in the Spirit 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 Spirit Palace does not mean 'no worries'. 2) Harsh stars here don't mean unhappiness; they hint at inner tugs. 3) This palace describes psychological tendencies and cannot replace professional mental-health support.
How to read it
Start with stars and brightness; then the opposite Wealth Palace (money and satisfaction) and the triad (Spouse, Travel); compare with the Life Palace to see whether what you want and what you need line up.
The fourteen major stars in the Spirit Palace
- Zi Wei in the Spirit Palace
- Tian Ji in the Spirit Palace
- Tai Yang in the Spirit Palace
- Wu Qu in the Spirit Palace
- Tian Tong in the Spirit Palace
- Lian Zhen in the Spirit Palace
- Tian Fu in the Spirit Palace
- Tai Yin in the Spirit Palace
- Tan Lang in the Spirit Palace
- Ju Men in the Spirit Palace
- Tian Xiang in the Spirit Palace
- Tian Liang in the Spirit Palace
- Qi Sha in the Spirit Palace
- Po Jun in the Spirit Palace
The four transformations in the Spirit 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)
- Health Palace (Ji E Gong)
- Travel Palace (Qian Yi Gong)
- Friends Palace (Pu Yi Gong)
- Career Palace (Guan Lu Gong)
- Property Palace (Tian Zhai Gong)
- Parents Palace (Fu Mu Gong)