The 12 Palaces in Zi Wei Dou Shu
Understand the 12 life areas in Chinese Purple Star Astrology and how they differ from Western astrology houses
What are the 12 Palaces?
The 12 Palaces divide a Zi Wei Dou Shu chart into twelve life domains. The Life Palace describes your default operating style; the Career Palace describes work and public contribution; the Wealth Palace describes money and resource habits; the Spouse Palace describes close partnership dynamics.
Western astrology readers may find the idea of life domains familiar, but Zi Wei Palaces are not direct equivalents of Western houses. Their relationships, opposite-palace logic, and San Fang Si Zheng network are specific to Zi Wei Dou Shu.
Life Palace
Core self, default operating style, and how you meet life
The chart’s starting point — core self, default operating style, and overall life direction.
Siblings Palace
Siblings, peers, and close horizontal relationships
Relationships with siblings, peers, and cooperative bonds.
Spouse Palace
Romantic partnership, marriage, and relationship dynamics
Marriage, romance, and the partner — the core palace for love.
Children Palace
Children, younger people, mentoring, and what you nurture
Relationships with children, children's fortune, and fertility.
Wealth Palace
Income model, spending habits, and resource management
Wealth, income, and financial ability — the core palace for money.
Health Palace
Body awareness, stress patterns, and health symbolism
Traditional health symbolism, body awareness, stress patterns, and self-care themes.
Travel Palace
The outside world, mobility, relocation, and unfamiliar environments
Mobility, relocation, unfamiliar environments, and how you operate outside your usual setting.
Friends Palace
Friends, colleagues, collaborators, reports, and networks
Friends, colleagues, subordinates, and cooperative bonds.
Career Palace
Career, work style, responsibility, and public contribution
Career direction, work style, responsibility, and how you contribute in the public world.
Property Palace
Home, property, living environment, and material base
Home, property, living environment, and the material base that supports daily life.
Wellbeing Palace
Inner wellbeing, enjoyment, recovery, and meaning
Inner wellbeing, enjoyment, recovery, meaning, and the ability to feel satisfied.
Parents Palace
Parents, elders, mentors, authority figures, and inherited support
Relations with parents, elder bonds, and family upbringing.
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