Zi Wei Stars
Ji on the Tan Lang Star: A Sense of Something Missing, Seen Through the Star's Nature
Ji (Obstacle) on the Tan Lang Star is the Ji that comes from the Tan Lang Star. Tan Lang stands for desire, meaning expectation and wanting; Ji on Tan Lang means many desires and dreams. Ji is a sense of something missing, so with Ji on Tan Lang, here is where you can look: you want a lot, so you may more easily feel that there still isn't enough. Feeling that there isn't enough doesn't mean there really isn't, and it is because something is missing that the drive to fill it appears. This article explains where you can look with Ji on Tan Lang; it is not a verdict of good or bad.
Tan Lang's Nature and How Ji Changes It
What Tan Lang stands for is the desire you pursue inside. Its original meaning is things coming about and growing, carrying expectation and hope; it also stands for how well you get along with people, in the broad sense.
Tan Lang's charm comes from approachability, an easy warmth without distance. It is kind to others, has a wide circle of people, is fairly well-read, and is good at finding ways to settle disputes. Tan Lang has a dual nature, and depending on the situation and surroundings, it brings out the side that works in its favor.
Traditionally, Tan Lang is described as transforming into "Peach Blossom." Here, the energy transformation is a quality of the star itself; it is not the same as the Four Transformations of Lu (Prosperity), Quan (Power), Ke (Fame), and Ji. And a star's meaning always has to be read against the palace it is in; Peach Blossom is not read the same way in every palace.
A transformation never exists on its own; it always comes from a particular star. Ji on Tan Lang means many desires and dreams. "Many" here means wanting a great many things very much, not just one or two. Once you want a lot, it is easier to feel that there still isn't enough; but even though there is expectation, and a desire to grow and develop, wherever Tan Lang is, having a desire doesn't mean you will carry it through.
Where You Can Look When It Falls in a Palace
Whichever palace Ji on Tan Lang falls in, that area of life is where there are many things you want and expect, and where you may more easily feel that there still isn't enough. Below are directions for four palaces only. Each one is a place "you can look," not the one answer.
Life Palace
The Life Palace shows what kind of person you are, along with your attitudes and values. With Ji on Tan Lang in the Life Palace, here is where you can look: in your attitude as a person, there are many things you want and expect, and you may more easily feel that you yourself are not yet enough; these desires push you forward, but having a desire doesn't mean you will carry it through.
Spouse Palace
The Spouse Palace shows your values in love, who you hope to be in a relationship, and how you are treated in one. Ji in the Spouse Palace means something feels missing in love, or that you are seeking something in your heart. With Ji on Tan Lang in the Spouse Palace, here is where you can look: in who you hope to be in a relationship, you have many expectations, and you may more easily feel that there still isn't enough. This is about attitudes and values, not things that have already happened; whether or not you have a partner right now, you can look at it this way.
Wealth Palace
The Wealth Palace shows your abilities and attitudes around money: how you earn, how you spend, how you manage it, and the values you hold about money. With Ji on Tan Lang in the Wealth Palace, here is where you can look: in your ideas about how to earn, spend, and manage money, you want a lot, and you may more easily feel that there still isn't enough; having these ideas doesn't mean you will act on them or carry them through.
Career Palace
The Career Palace (the palace of work and what you pursue) shows the focus of your daily life and how the value of your life shows. With Ji on Tan Lang in the Career Palace, here is where you can look: in the focus of your daily life and in how the value of your life shows, there are many things you want to do and want to grow and develop, and you may more easily feel that there still isn't enough.
| Palace | Where you can look |
|---|---|
| Life Palace | Wanting and expecting a lot in your attitude as a person; easily feeling that you yourself are not yet enough |
| Spouse Palace | Many expectations in who you hope to be in a relationship; easily feeling there still isn't enough |
| Wealth Palace | Wanting a lot in your ideas about earning, spending, and managing money; easily feeling there still isn't enough |
| Career Palace | Many things you want to do and develop in the focus of daily life; easily feeling there still isn't enough |
This table is for reference. In practice, a reading takes many more details into account.
Birth-Year Ji and Annual Ji: The Difference
When it comes from your birth year. The Four Transformations that come from the Heavenly Stem of your birth year are what you were born with. People born in a Gui year carry Ji on Tan Lang in their chart from birth. The natal chart shows your attitudes and values over your whole life, so a birth-year Ji on Tan Lang is more like a sense of "wanting a lot" that you have always carried, and also a drive that pushes you forward.
When it comes from the annual cycle. The annual Four Transformations follow that year's Heavenly Stem, so in every Gui year, everyone's annual cycle has Ji on Tan Lang; what differs from person to person is which palace of your chart it falls in. An annual Ji means your surroundings bring you a sense of something missing in that area this year. FuSang Vision's view is that a Gui year, whose annual cycle has both Lu on the Po Jun Star and Ji on Tan Lang, is a year when dreams shift.
How You Can Approach It
Feeling that there isn't enough often comes from feeling that something is missing, not from it truly being missing; and having a desire doesn't mean you will carry it through. In the end, signs on the chart are measured against what actually happens in real life.
You can ask yourself:
- There are many things you want and expect at the same time. Among all of them, which ones make you feel there "still isn't enough"? Is it truly missing, or does it only feel missing?
- Among all the things you want to do, which ones do you really want to carry through? And which ones would be fine to let go?
Frequently Asked Questions
People often say "Tan Lang doesn't fear Ji." Is that true?
Ji on Tan Lang means many desires and dreams. Ji is about a sense of something missing, and it is because something is missing that the drive to fill it appears. Zi Wei Dou Shu doesn't split things into good and bad; every judgment is a relative comparison, and in the end, what actually happens is what counts.
Can Ji on Tan Lang be remedied?
Ji is about a sense of something missing: feeling that there isn't enough doesn't mean there really isn't, and this gap is also the drive that makes people want to fill it. Rather than thinking about how to remedy it, start by seeing clearly what you feel is missing. The questions in "How You Can Approach It" above can help.
Does Ji on Tan Lang in the Spouse Palace mean your love life will go badly?
Not necessarily. With Ji on Tan Lang in the Spouse Palace, what you can look at is that you have many expectations in love and may more easily feel that there still isn't enough. The stars and transformations in the Spouse Palace stand for your attitudes and values about love, not for things that have already happened. What is really going on still has to be checked against real life; whether or not you have a partner right now, you can look at it this way.
How is Ji on Tan Lang different from Lu on Tan Lang?
Ji is "a sense of something missing," and Lu is "something extra." In the Four Transformations table FuSang Vision uses, Tan Lang takes Lu with the Wu stem, Ji with the Gui stem, and Quan with the sixth stem, Ji; it never takes Ke.
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