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Travel Palace (Qian Yi Gong): Meaning, Triad & the 14 Major Stars

The Travel Palace shows going out, distance and the outside environment, and is the opposite of the Life Palace. 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 Travel Palace shows

The Travel Palace shows going out, distance and the outside environment: fortune when away from home, and how others see you. Since it is the Life Palace's opposite, its influence on the Life Palace is direct.

Modern reading

Modern use maps it to 'going outward': moving cities, going abroad, switching fields, business trips, and your public image and opportunities.

Opposite palace and triad

The Travel Palace's opposite is the Life Palace; its triad palaces are the Spirit Palace and the Spouse Palace. When you read the Travel Palace, these four palaces 'shine' onto it together and should be read as one picture.

Travel is the Life Palace's opposite; when the Life Palace is empty, borrow Travel's major stars. It forms a triad with Spouse and Spirit.

If the palace is empty

A palace with no major star is called empty; borrow the major stars of its opposite (the Life 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 Travel Palace

Hua Lu, Hua Quan, Hua Ke and Hua Ji falling into the Travel Palace activate the area of going out and expansion: 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 Travel Palace

Each of the fourteen major stars behaves differently in the Travel 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 Travel Palace doesn't mean you must go far; it describes outside opportunities. 2) Harsh stars don't mean trouble away from home; they hint at change and uncertainty. 3) Questions about moving or going abroad need the decade and annual triggers, not the natal chart alone.

How to read it

Start with its stars and brightness; then the opposite Life Palace (inside versus outside) and the triad (Spouse, Spirit); for timing, check the Travel Palace in decade and annual layers.

The fourteen major stars in the Travel Palace

The four transformations in the Travel Palace

Opposite and triad palaces

Keep reading

Other palaces explained