The fourteen stars: each tendency, and how a shared palace is read

This page keeps each major star’s tendency and the palace it takes on the illustration. Pattern names come last, and a name is not used when the chart does not match.

Editorial review: 2026-09-22 · Reviewed by fatequery

Name the palace before the star

The fourteen major stars are conditions, not fourteen identities. A star becomes a sentence only inside a palace. Two stars in the same cell can share one sentence. A star in the trine is written separately.

Brightness is written after the star. It says whether the condition in that cell comes easily or at a cost. It is not a luck grade. Auxiliaries and transformations only change the condition. They do not replace the major star.

Zi Wei

Zi Wei prefers to steer and keep the frame. On the illustration it shares Property, on chen, with Tian Xiang, brightness 得.

Without a chart it cannot be assigned to a palace. Placement is whatever the engine prints.

Tian Ji

Tian Ji spreads the options and can spend the window still comparing. On the illustration it shares Fortune, on mao, with Ju Men, brightness 旺.

Without a chart it cannot be assigned to a palace. Placement is whatever the engine prints.

The Sun

The Sun lights other people first and cares whether it is seen. It is not a Western sun sign. On the illustration it is in Life, on chou, brightness 不, carrying natal lu.

Without a chart it cannot be assigned to a palace. Placement is whatever the engine prints.

Wu Qu

Wu Qu counts a result that can be seen, and the words can land hard. In the wrong palace it is not a wealth star. On the illustration it shares Siblings, on zi, with Tian Fu, brightness 旺, carrying natal quan.

Without a chart it cannot be assigned to a palace. Placement is whatever the engine prints.

Tian Tong

Tian Tong wants the day to stay steady, and may wait for the setting to improve on its own. On the illustration it is in Spouse, on hai, which is also the Body Palace, brightness 庙, carrying natal ji.

Without a chart it cannot be assigned to a palace. Placement is whatever the engine prints.

Lian Zhen

Lian Zhen holds a standard and a clear want together, and friction in the relationship can become a contest. Both halves stay in one sentence. On the illustration it is in Health, on shen, brightness 庙.

Without a chart it cannot be assigned to a palace. Placement is whatever the engine prints.

Tian Fu

Tian Fu keeps and accumulates, and can miss the moment to move. On the illustration it shares Siblings, on zi, with Wu Qu, brightness 庙.

Without a chart it cannot be assigned to a palace. Placement is whatever the engine prints.

Tai Yin

Tai Yin attends to feeling and detail, and thinks more than it says. It is not a moon sign. On the illustration it shares Life, on chou, with the Sun, brightness 庙, carrying natal ke.

Without a chart it cannot be assigned to a palace. Placement is whatever the engine prints.

Tan Lang

Tan Lang learns quickly, wants many things, and scatters effort. On the illustration it is in Parents, on yin, brightness 平.

Without a chart it cannot be assigned to a palace. Placement is whatever the engine prints.

Ju Men

Ju Men asks why, and an unclear sentence can pile up into a misunderstanding. On the illustration it shares Fortune, on mao, with Tian Ji, brightness 庙. Wealth, being empty, borrows this star and Tian Ji.

Without a chart it cannot be assigned to a palace. Placement is whatever the engine prints.

Tian Xiang

Tian Xiang coordinates and wants the corners covered, and can manage the detail too closely. On the illustration it shares Property, on chen, with Zi Wei, brightness 得. The combined sentence is used only because the chart actually prints them together.

Without a chart it cannot be assigned to a palace. Placement is whatever the engine prints.

Tian Liang

Tian Liang shelters and advises, and can become the only adult in the room. On the illustration it is in Career, on si, brightness 陷, with Wen Chang.

Without a chart it cannot be assigned to a palace. Placement is whatever the engine prints.

Qi Sha

Qi Sha can push forward, and it needs a target worth the push. On the illustration it is in Friends, on wu, brightness 旺. The 2026 annual layer also lands on this palace.

Without a chart it cannot be assigned to a palace. Placement is whatever the engine prints.

Po Jun

Po Jun breaks first and rebuilds, and the pieces need a place. On the illustration it is in Children, on xu, brightness 旺.

Without a chart it cannot be assigned to a palace. Placement is whatever the engine prints.

A pattern name is not used when the chart does not match

A pattern is a name some book gives to a set of stars and palaces. The name adds no new calculation. When the chart really prints that set, write the palaces and the stars first, and only then say that some book calls the set by that name.

On the illustration Property really holds Zi Wei and Tian Xiang together, so that shared-palace sentence can be written. A book-name that needs Zi Wei in Life and Tian Fu in Wealth does not match: Zi Wei is in Property and Tian Fu is in Siblings. The name is not used. It is not a promise of office or income.

Illustration: which two major stars sit in Life

On the same set, Life holds the Sun as lu and Tai Yin as ke. The Body Palace cell holds Tian Tong as ji. The major stars of the other palaces are in the sections above, all from this one chart.

For what Zi Wei Dou Shu is, see what Zi Wei Dou Shu is. When the birth date, time and place are complete, open the chart page.

Common mistakes

  • Calling a star strong without naming the palace.
  • Using a pattern name when the stars do not share the cell.
  • Reading the Sun or Tai Yin as a Western sun sign or moon sign.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Zi Wei the noblest of the fourteen?

It is not a rank. On the illustration it sits in Property, not in Life. The palace is still named first.

When do two stars share a palace?

When the engine prints them in the same palace. On the illustration Zi Wei and Tian Xiang share Property, and the Sun and Tai Yin share Life. A trine star does not count as sharing.

Does a dim brightness mean the star is bad?

It is not luck. On the illustration Tian Liang in Career is dim. That only means the condition in that cell costs more effort. Career is still named before Tian Liang.

The book’s pattern name does not match the chart. What then?

The palaces and stars on the chart win. A name that does not match is not used. Compare the rule before the sentence.

Sources and editorial basis

  1. 1. Ziwei Doushu Quanshu (received editions)

    Used to cross-check palace names, star lists, and traditional wording. A received text can record a tradition; it cannot prove scientific validity or guarantee an event.

  2. 2. iztro Zi Wei Dou Shu engine

    Supports only what the current fatequery configuration actually calculates: palace placement, major-star arrangements, and the recorded year-boundary, leap-month, and transformation settings. It does not prove that any traditional school is uniquely correct.

  3. 3. fatequery chart rule snapshot

    Each generated report stores the engine settings that produced it. Compare those settings before treating two charts as the same calculation.