Friends Palace
Friends, colleagues, subordinates, and cooperative bonds.
What part of life does this Palace describe?
Traditionally called the Servants Palace, this area is more naturally read today as your wider network: friends, coworkers, collaborators, direct reports, and the kinds of social ecosystems in which you operate.
How Zi Wei Dou Shu reads this Palace
What it represents
The Friends Palace was historically called the Servants Palace, reflecting the social structure of the period in which the system developed. For a modern reader, it is more useful as the Network Palace: friends, coworkers, collaborators, direct reports, communities, and the wider social ecosystem around you. The chart does not tell you whether friends are "good people" or "bad people." It describes patterns around trust, reciprocity, influence, boundaries, collaboration, and the kinds of networks in which you tend to operate.
Where it appears in the chart
The Friends Palace sits at a fixed position — seven palaces counterclockwise from the Life Palace. In practice, use our free chart tool.
Life areas
Traditional reading factors
The Friends Palace favors bright, auspicious stars — capable, helpful friends and a wide network; fallen with fierce stars means thin bonds and being let down. With the Sun or Tian Xiang, friends are honest and reliable; with Tan Lang or Lian Zhen, friends come from all walks; with Qi Sha or Po Jun, beware betrayal.
When No Major Star Occupies the Palace
When the Friends Palace has no major star, borrow the major star of the opposite palace (Siblings Palace). Such people's relationships are influenced by siblings — friends and siblings often overlap.
From the Classical Sources
In the Friends Palace, auspicious stars mean capable and helpful friends; fierce stars gather and bring resentment, betrayal, and flight.
How the 14 Major Stars Express Here
FAQ
What does the Friends Palace show?▾
It governs friends, colleagues, subordinates, and cooperative bonds — modern readings extend it to workplace networks and social circles.
What if the Friends Palace has no major star?▾
Borrow the major star of the opposite palace (Siblings Palace). Relationships are influenced by siblings — friends and siblings often overlap.
What does a challenging Friends Palace mean?▾
It may emphasize boundaries, uneven reciprocity, competition, or changing networks. The useful response is to understand how you choose collaborators and maintain trust, not to assume friends will betray you.
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