The Career palace 官禄
Career
the work itself, and the standard you hold
The Career palace is about the work rather than the wage. It shows the kind of problem you are built to solve, the environment you survive in, and where your competence actually sits. Most practical questions about a working life land here.
The same palace, by ruler
What changes when a different star sits here
The Career palace is coloured by whichever ruling star lands in it. Below is the same house with each of the fourteen rulers in it, in one line each. Find the star in your own Career palace and read across.
- Emperor 紫微 — Work is where this star belongs; you do best where you set the standard rather than meet it.
- Strategist 天机 — Work suits you where the problem is interesting; a purely routine job will make you leave it.
- Sun 太阳 — You do well in public-facing work where being seen is part of the job.
- General 武曲 — You are built for work with a clear output: execution is your native language.
- Harmony 天同 — You do well in work that needs harmony (teams, care, coordination) and badly in conflict for its own sake.
- Judge 廉贞 — You belong in work with rules and consequences: law, policing, audit, standards, craft.
- Treasury 天府 — You suit work that manages resources (finance, administration, stewardship) and hate being hurried.
- Moon 太阴 — You excel where care and discernment matter: research, writing, medicine, design, hospitality.
- Wolf 贪狼 — You do well where charm and opportunity meet: sales, entertainment, hospitality, trade.
- Great Gate 巨门 — You belong where truth has to be established: law, investigation, teaching, analysis, editing.
- Minister 天相 — You suit institutions and craft: the aide, the coordinator, the artisan who holds the standard.
- Sage 天梁 — You belong in advisory, protective or instructive work: teaching, medicine, counsel, the professions.
- Marshal 七杀 — You suit work with decisive stakes: military, surgery, founding, crisis, competition.
- Vanguard 破军 — You belong where things are being rebuilt: startups, turnarounds, frontier work.
Example, 紫微 in this palace: Work is where this star belongs; you do best where you set the standard rather than meet it.