Qi Sha in the Travel Palace
Qi Sha is the general star, ruling over solitude, decisiveness and risk-taking; its transformed energy is Severity. In the Life Palace it brings firmness and resolve, suited to the military, police or entrepreneurship.
Summary
Qi Sha in the Travel Palace means you stand on your own away from home, establishing yourself through ability in competitive fields like military and police, finance, sales and entrepreneurship. With Zi Wei and Tian Fu in the Life Palace, Master Ni speaks of assisting the one above. With Zi Wei you meet benefactors; with Wu Qu you suit moving, though malefics invite gossip abroad; with Lian Zhen things go better away, but with malefics be careful traveling far. Meeting malefics, conflicts away from home intensify.
This summary was written by Claude (AI) and only restates the dataset readings below.
Qi Sha alone in this palace · 2,313 sample charts
In one sentence
Away from home you can stand on your own, establishing yourself through ability.
Core reading
With Qi Sha in the Travel Palace, away from home you can stand on your own, suited to venturing into highly competitive industries such as the military and police, finance, sales and entrepreneurship. The book says Qi Sha means "many days away, few days at home," meaning far more time out than at home; with Wu Qu in the same palace it's "auspicious in movement," meaning things go smoothly once you get moving; with Lian Zhen, "generating wealth away from home," meaning money is earned elsewhere; with Zi Wei, "mostly fulfilling ambitions away from home," meaning ambitions are realized by going out. These points say the same thing: going out is what goes smoothly. Away from home you establish yourself through decisiveness and real ability. If the Life Palace happens to have Zi Wei and Tian Fu together in Yin or Shen (with Qi Sha in the Travel Palace), Master Ni calls it "Zi and Fu Seated in the Enclosure," speaking of being close to the emperor and assisting the one above; this and "Qi Sha Facing the Dipper" — Qi Sha in the Life Palace with Zi Wei and Tian Fu in the Travel Palace — are two ends to be read separately, and both are only said this way at an age befitting one's standing; the Complete Book · Marrow Rhapsody lists side by side "Qi Sha Facing the Dipper, rank and salary glorious; Zi Wei and Tian Fu in the same palace, lifelong deep blessings." Conversely, with Qing Yang, Tuo Luo, Huo Xing, Ling Xing, Di Kong and Di Jie added, it becomes "worry without peace, or wandering to the ends of the earth," meaning rushing about unsettled away from home, uneasy at heart, with much trouble too.
Basis in the chart
· Qi Sha in the Travel Palace — signifies independence away from home, establishing yourself through strength.
· Zi Wei and Tian Fu in the Life Palace, Qi Sha in the Travel Palace (Zi and Fu Seated in the Enclosure) — Master Ni speaks of it as being close to the emperor and assisting the one above, separate from Qi Sha Facing the Dipper.
· Qi Sha meeting malefics — conflicts away from home intensify; be cautious.
Classical sources
· Complete Book · Volume 2 · Travel: "Qi Sha, many days away, few days at home; with Wu Qu, auspicious in movement; with Lian Zhen, generating wealth away from home; with Zi Wei, mostly fulfilling ambitions away from home; adding Yang, Tuo, Huo, Ling, Kong or Jie, worry without peace, or wandering to the ends of the earth."
· Complete Book · Volume 1 · Dou Shu Marrow Rhapsody: "Qi Sha and Po Jun are suited to going out"
By brightness and star combination
When sharing the palace with Zi Wei · 695 sample charts
With Zi Wei in the Travel Palace, you will meet benefactors when you go out into the world.
· Zi Wei in the Travel Palace — you will meet benefactors away from home; whether their support becomes real depends on whether Zuo Fu and You Bi are present too (Complete Book: "Zi Wei with Zuo and You, going out, benefactors support you and blessings flourish").
· Zi Wei meeting Zuo Fu and You Bi in the Travel Palace — going out, you often gain the support of benefactors.
· Complete Book · Volume 2 · Travel: "Zi Wei with Zuo and You, going out, benefactors support you and blessings flourish; with Tian Fu, coming and going freely; with Tian Xiang, making money abroad; with Po Jun, loved by nobles, inadequate with petty people; adding Yang, Tuo, Huo, Ling, Kong or Jie, no peace abroad."
· Complete Book · Volume 1 · What Does Zi Wei Govern: "Though the Travel Palace is a strong palace, it still needs assistance; with auspicious stars shining on the Life Palace, nobility comes through others."
· Complete Book · Volume 1 · What Does Zi Wei Govern: "Without Fu and Bi accompanying, it is a lonely ruler; though fine jade, it falls short."
▸ Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu, Volume 2, readings for the twelve palaces (original text of Ming-Qing woodblock editions · reference from traditional schools, not Master Ni's method):
· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 2 · Travel, entry on Qi Sha: "Qi Sha, many days abroad, few days at home; with Wu Qu, auspicious in motion; with Lian Zhen, making money abroad; with Zi Wei, ambitions often fulfilled abroad; adding Yang, Tuo, Huo, Ling, Kong or Jie, further worry and restlessness, or wandering to the ends of the earth."
When sharing the palace with Wu Qu · 726 sample charts
Suited to moving, not to staying; lively places are good for making money; meeting malefic stars, you stir up trouble away from home.
· Wu Qu in the Travel Palace — signifies hands-on work away from home, mostly developing in finance, engineering, the military and police.
· Wu Qu with Qing Yang, Tuo Luo, Huo Xing or Ling Xing — the Complete Book says "inviting gossip abroad."
· Complete Book · Volume 2 · Travel: "Wu Qu advances amid bustle and busyness; little gain; not suited to staying still; with Tan Lang, becoming a great merchant; with Qi Sha or Po Jun, body and mind can't stay still; adding Yang, Tuo, Huo or Ling, inviting gossip abroad."
· Complete Book · Volume 1, On Whether a Person Has a Merchant's Fate: "Doing business, Zi Wei and Tian Fu meeting Qing Yang; Wu Qu in the Travel Palace benefits the market"
▸ Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu, Volume 2, readings for the twelve palaces (original text of Ming-Qing woodblock editions · reference from traditional schools, not Master Ni's method):
· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 2 · Travel, entry on Qi Sha: "Qi Sha, many days abroad, few days at home; with Wu Qu, auspicious in motion; with Lian Zhen, making money abroad; with Zi Wei, ambitions often fulfilled abroad; adding Yang, Tuo, Huo, Ling, Kong or Jie, further worry and restlessness, or wandering to the ends of the earth."
When sharing the palace with Lian Zhen · 800 sample charts
Things go better away from home and benefactors are easy to meet; meeting malefic stars, be careful traveling far.
· Lian Zhen in the Travel Palace — signifies strong romance away from home and many talent-based opportunities.
· Lian Zhen with Qing Yang and Tuo Luo, and malefics in the Three Sides — the Complete Book says "dying on the road abroad."
· Complete Book · Volume 2 · Travel: "Lian Zhen going out, unobstructed, close to nobles, few days at home; with Tan Lang, establishing oneself amid bustle; with Qi Sha, widely attracting wealth abroad; with Tian Xiang, auspicious in motion; adding Yang and Tuo with malefics in the Three Sides, dying on the road abroad."
▸ Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu, Volume 2, readings for the twelve palaces (original text of Ming-Qing woodblock editions · reference from traditional schools, not Master Ni's method):
· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 2 · Travel, entry on Qi Sha: "Qi Sha, many days abroad, few days at home; with Wu Qu, auspicious in motion; with Lian Zhen, making money abroad; with Zi Wei, ambitions often fulfilled abroad; adding Yang, Tuo, Huo, Ling, Kong or Jie, further worry and restlessness, or wandering to the ends of the earth."
Content drawn from the open-source Zi Wei Dou Shu reading dataset v4.0 (CC BY 4.0, github.com/Renhuai123/ziwei-doushu, by 王多鱼AI): sentences found in ≥ 90% of charts with the same star configuration, from a sample of 54,205 charts. English text machine-translated (Claude) from the original Chinese.