Qi Sha in the Life Palace

Zi Wei and Qi Sha sit together: the emperor star meets the great general, killing energy turns into power — bold and unwilling to be ordinary.

With Zi Wei and Qi Sha in the Life Palace, the emperor star meets the general star; the book says "meeting the emperor, it becomes power," meaning Qi Sha's killing energy is held down by the emperor star and turned into executive ability and decisiveness.

Master Ni says that people with Zi Wei and Qi Sha in the Life Palace are mostly only children or the eldest; in his words, "there's no one above their head," meaning no one above to protect them and no one to press down on them — they have to be their own boss. Such people are impatient, have big eyes, are suspicious and tough, refuse to admit defeat or accept fate, have both courage and strategy, and take risks without being reckless; they are suited to entrepreneurship, the military and police, finance, surgery and other work requiring decisive calls.

· Zi Wei is the emperor's seat — innately holding the superior's mindset in a "ruler-minister relationship," finding criticism between equals hard to accept.

· Zi Wei belongs to Earth and is steady — once decided, hard to change; subjectivity and stubbornness are a double-edged sword.

· Zi Wei sitting alone without Fu and Bi — the Complete Book says "without Fu and Bi accompanying, it is a lonely ruler; though fine jade, it falls short," making you even more aloof and distant in relationships.

· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 2 · Life Palace: "The person is loyal, honest and mature, humble, respectful and upright" (★Collation 2026-09-05: the original citation 〔Zi Wei guarding the Life Palace signifies a person who is loyal, honest and mature, humble, respectful and upright, fiery in temperament and intolerant〕 could not be found after full-text verification against the Wikisource rare edition; replaced with the original text)

· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 1 · What Does Zi Wei Govern?: "If Fu, Xiang, Zuo, You, Chang and Qu gather auspiciously, there is none who is not noble. Otherwise it also signifies great wealth. Even if clashed by the four malefics, it still makes a middling pattern" (★Collation 2026-09-06: the original "Zi Wei in a man's chart, with auspicious stars, wealth, nobility and clear prominence; with inauspicious stars, it still signifies an official career" overstated the outcome with malefics — in the rare edition, adding the four malefics only makes a "middling pattern," and Volume 2 · Life Palace's "Formula for Zi Wei in a Man's Chart" also says "when Yang, Tuo, Huo and Ling come to meet, one can only enter the Buddhist gate and worship Brahma"; corrected per the rare edition)

· Master Ni, Heavenly Records episode 5, 30:19, on Zi Wei: "If your Life Palace has Zi Wei with no Fu or Bi around it, it means you are a very substantial, very kind person, solitary by nature. You like being alone and don't much like socializing with others."

· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 1 · Questions and Answers on the Stars · Zi Wei: "Without Fu and Bi accompanying, it is a lonely ruler; though fine jade, it falls short" (★Collation 2026-09-05: the original citation 〔Zi Wei sitting alone needs Zuo, You, Chang, Qu, Kui and Yue flanking it to be of use〕 could not be found after full-text verification against the Wikisource rare edition; replaced with the original text)

· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 2 · Life Palace, entry on Zi Wei: "Zi Wei is Earth; in the Southern and Northern Dippers it transforms into the emperor's seat and is the lord of career. With Zi Wei, the face is purplish or pale bluish-white, the waist and back are full; the person is loyal, honest and mature, humble, respectful and upright, and its majesty controls Qi Sha and subdues Huo and Ling."

The money-managing star paired with the general star: strong and decisive, able to make money amid competition, but with much worry and toil.

· Wu Qu's transformed qi is wealth — hence valuing practical benefit, looking at results, and not dealing in empty talk.

· Wu Qu is tough-natured — traditionally its element is Metal, with a personality hard and upright like metal (organs are not matched by the star's element; see Master Ni's true method of diagnosing illness).

· Wu Qu's temper is fiery but comes and goes quickly — Master Ni: people with the Wu Qu star have a temper as fiery as Tai Yang's, but once it erupts it's over, flaring and passing — quick to come and quick to go; this coexists with and complements "taciturn, wooden and hard": usually few words, but when it erupts, fierce and brief. 〔Master Ni, Heavenly Records BV1KJsLekEfA_p05 00:40:19〕

· Wu Qu's energy of solitude and harm — not good at expressing feelings, making relationships cold and stern.

⭐ Zi and Fu Facing the Court Pattern: Zi Wei and Tian Fu reside separately in the Three Sides, paying court to the Life Palace — the Marrow Rhapsody says "Zi and Fu facing the court, ten thousand measures of salary," and Volume 3 also says "Zi and Fu facing the court, meeting living Lu, lifelong abundant blessings up to the Three Dukes," annotated "Life Palace in Yin or Shen, further adding auspicious stars, wonderful."

· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 2 · Life Palace: "Wu Qu is tough-natured and decisive, straight-hearted without malice, small in form, loud in voice and large in capacity" (★Collation 2026-09-06: the original "Wu Qu guarding the Life Palace signifies a person who is resolute, impatient, straight-hearted and outspoken" has no source in the rare edition; its meaning of "resolute, straight-hearted" is this line of the rare edition, so it was replaced with the genuine quotation; "impatient, outspoken" has no basis in the rare edition and was deleted)

· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 1 · Questions and Answers on the Stars · Wu Qu: "Meeting Tan Lang, unfavorable in youth — as the saying goes, Wu Qu guarding the Life Palace, blessings not light; Tan Lang does not prosper the young" (★Collation 2026-09-05: the original citation 〔Wu Qu and Tan Lang meeting in the four tomb positions, unfavorable before thirty, greatly blessed after thirty〕 could not be found after full-text verification against the Wikisource rare edition; replaced with the original text), "meeting Lu and Ma, making money in distant regions" (★ Scholarly collation 2026-05-14: the original citation "Wu Qu guarding the Life Palace in Yin, Shen, Si or Hai will surely be enormously rich," attributed to the Marrow Rhapsody, was a serious fabrication — Wu Qu in Si or Hai is actually "Wu Qu and Po Jun in the same palace," signifying ruin, and in Yin or Shen it is "Wu Qu and Tian Xiang in the same palace," which also doesn't signify great wealth on its own, contrary to the ancient reading of Wu Qu in Si and Hai; the Marrow Rhapsody has no such text. Corrected to the Complete Book's genuine conditions for Wu Qu's prosperity)

· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 3 · On the Stars Sharing a Palace: "The Wu Qu star is a widow's star; with Huo Xing soft and weak, only if the wife usurps the husband's authority is harm avoided." (★Collation 2026-09-05: the original citation 〔Wu Qu guarding the Life Palace carries heavy solitude and harm; it should be paired with a gentle partner〕 could not be found after full-text verification against the Wikisource rare edition; replaced with the original text)

· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 2 · Life Palace, entry on Wu Qu: "Wu Qu is Metal; in the Northern Dipper it transforms into wealth and is the lord of the Wealth Palace. Wu Qu is tough-natured and decisive, straight-hearted without malice, small in form, loud in voice and large in capacity, with peculiarities of hair."

· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 2 · Life Palace, entry on Wu Qu: "Wu Qu guarding the Life Palace transforms into Quan; with auspicious luminaries arriving, blessings and longevity are complete; ambitions towering, often outstanding, rising above the ordinary to stand before others."

· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 2 · Life Palace, entry on Wu Qu: "Wu Qu arriving at the period, transforming into the Quan star, most favorable for seeking plans and achieving things; further meeting auspicious stars together, scholars become renowned and commoners prosper."

Fierce, decisive and unwilling to lose; when strong, you can actually build up a family fortune — only when weak is it inauspicious.

Master Ni says that although this pattern carries the inauspicious name "death midway — a corpse buried midway on the road" (Ni Haixia, Heavenly Records episode 11, 09:29; the Tai Wei Rhapsody reads "Qi Sha and Lian Zhen in the same position, a corpse buried on the road"), when the stars are strong it can instead head a region and hold military command like a general, and it can't be read together with the sudden accidents of Lian Zhen with Po Jun. Qi Sha also appears with Po Jun and Tan Lang in the Three Sides and Four Directions (the palaces shining in from elsewhere), signifying great change, a love of pioneering, unwillingness to be ordinary and big ups and downs in life, suited to high-pressure industries like the military and police, competitive sports and entrepreneurship. But the Complete Book also says that with Qi Sha and Lian Zhen together in the Life or Body Palace (another key position in the chart), beware of injuries to the hands and feet, so don't be too hard-headed or take reckless risks.

· Lian Zhen's transformed qi is prisoner — hence principled, impulsive and deeply absorbed in love.

· Lian Zhen, the secondary romance star — strong romantic attraction; easily caught in love's net.

· Lian Zhen belongs to Ding Fire — signifying warmth, passion and impatience.

⭐ Zi and Fu Facing the Court Pattern: Zi Wei and Tian Fu reside separately in the Three Sides, paying court to the Life Palace — the Marrow Rhapsody says "Zi and Fu facing the court, ten thousand measures of salary," and Volume 3 also says "Zi and Fu facing the court, meeting living Lu, lifelong abundant blessings up to the Three Dukes," annotated "Life Palace in Yin or Shen, further adding auspicious stars, wonderful."

· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 2 · Life Palace: "The person is tall and sturdy, eyes revealing a divine light, thick brows with prominent brow bones, hard yet frivolous in nature, fond of anger and contention" (★Collation 2026-09-05: the original citation 〔Lian Zhen guarding the Life Palace signifies a fierce personality, daring to love and hate〕 could not be found after full-text verification against the Wikisource rare edition; replaced with the original text)

· Marrow Rhapsody for Women's Charts: "Lian Zhen, pure and clean, can keep faithful" (when Lian Zhen is auspicious it signifies keeping oneself chaste. ★Collation 2026-06-05: per the rare edition this line comes from the Marrow Rhapsody for Women's Charts, not the main Marrow Rhapsody)

· Master Ni, Heavenly Records episode 13, 24:07, on Lian Zhen's face: "This is the Lian Zhen star — look at those narrowed eyes; when he smiles, his eyes narrow like this — that's him"

· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 3 · On the Stars Sharing a Palace: "Lian Zhen with the four malefics meets punishment and execution — that is, with Yang, Tuo, Huo and Ling; if these stars are placed together, one will surely suffer punishment all one's life." (★Collation 2026-09-05: the original citation 〔Lian Zhen guarding the Life Palace, meeting auspicious stars, capable in civil and military; meeting malefics, punitive injury〕 could not be found after full-text verification against the Wikisource rare edition; replaced with the original text)

· Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu · Volume 2 · Life Palace, entry on Lian Zhen: "Lian Zhen belongs to Fire; in the Northern Dipper it transforms into the secondary romance malefic and the prisoner star, and is the lord of career. The person is tall and sturdy, eyes revealing a divine light, thick brows with prominent brow bones, hard yet frivolous in nature, fond of anger and contention."