The Friends palace 仆役
Friends
friends, colleagues and the people you keep around you
The Friends palace covers the wider circle: subordinates, colleagues, allies, the people you choose rather than inherit. It describes whom you attract and what that circle costs you. Read it beside Siblings for the difference between equals and dependents.
The same palace, by ruler
What changes when a different star sits here
The Friends 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 Friends palace and read across.
- Emperor 紫微 — You keep capable people around you, and your difficulty is letting them act without your hand on it.
- Strategist 天机 — You end up advising your friends, and you have to watch that it is not merely managing them.
- Sun 太阳 — You attract a wide circle, and not everyone in it is good for you.
- General 武曲 — You attract people who want to be organised by you, and some who resent it.
- Harmony 天同 — People relax around you, and some of them take advantage of that.
- Judge 廉贞 — You are exacting with friends and loyal beyond reason to the few who pass.
- Treasury 天府 — You are the friend others come to for practical help, and the one they sometimes lean on too far.
- Moon 太阴 — You keep few close friends and take a long time to trust anyone new.
- Wolf 贪狼 — A wide circle, easy friendships, and a real gift for gathering people who would not otherwise meet.
- Great Gate 巨门 — You are valued for the truth you hand people, and you keep few friends who dislike being questioned.
- Minister 天相 — You are the friend everyone relies on, and you should mind the arithmetic of that arrangement.
- Sage 天梁 — You collect people who need advice, and you must choose which of them to actually carry.
- Marshal 七杀 — You keep few close people, and you do not keep them out of sentiment.
- Vanguard 破军 — Friendships come in chapters; you are good at beginnings and unusually honest about endings.
Example, 紫微 in this palace: You keep capable people around you, and your difficulty is letting them act without your hand on it.