Zi Wei Stars
Quan on the Tian Ji Star: Wanting to Hold, Seen Through the Star's Nature
Quan (Power) on the Tian Ji Star is the Quan that comes from the Tian Ji Star. Tian Ji is good at thinking and logic, digs deep into what it loves, and also carries the sense of shifting, of looking from another angle; Quan means wanting to hold, and holding on more firmly. So with Quan on Tian Ji, here is where you can look: sticking more to your own ideas and judgment, and wanting more to steer the direction of what you dig into. This article explains where you can look with Quan on Tian Ji; it is not a promise.
Tian Ji's Nature and How Quan Changes It
Tian Ji is kind-hearted, good at thinking and logic, digs deep into what it loves, and its thoughts move quickly. Tian Ji also carries the sense of shifting, of looking from another angle.
Traditionally, Tian Ji is described as "transforming into Goodness." Here, the energy transformation is a quality of the star itself; it is not the same as the Four Transformations of Lu (Prosperity), Quan, Ke (Fame), and Ji (Obstacle). "Transforming into Goodness" describes Tian Ji's own nature; it is not something Quan brings.
A transformation never exists on its own; it always comes from a particular star. Quan means wanting to hold, to be in control, and to have; when it falls on a star, that star's qualities become more about wanting to hold and holding on more firmly. Tian Ji is good at thinking to begin with, so with Quan, what it sticks to is its own ideas and judgment: once you have thought something through, you would rather go by your own judgment, and you want more to steer the direction of what you dig into.
Where You Can Look When It Falls in a Palace
Whichever palace Quan on Tian Ji falls in, that area of life is where you more want to keep hold of things and stick more to your own ideas. 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 Quan on Tian Ji in the Life Palace, here is where you can look: in your attitude as a person, you stick more to the ideas you have thought through, and you would rather go by your own judgment.
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. With Quan on Tian Ji in the Spouse Palace, here is where you can look: in your values about love, in how you think about and see relationships, you have your own clear views, and you stick more to your own judgment. 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 Quan on Tian Ji in the Wealth Palace, here is where you can look: in your plans for how to earn, spend, and manage money, you would rather keep hold of things yourself, and you stick more to the judgment you reach after digging into it and thinking it 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 Quan on Tian Ji in the Career Palace, here is where you can look: in the focus of your daily life, you want more to steer the direction of what you dig into and think about, and in how things are done and where they are headed, you stick more to your own judgment.
| Palace | Where you can look |
|---|---|
| Life Palace | In your attitude as a person, sticking to the ideas you have thought through, wanting to go by your own judgment |
| Spouse Palace | In your values about love, having your own clear views about relationships, sticking to your own judgment |
| Wealth Palace | In your plans for earning, spending, and managing money, wanting to keep hold of things yourself, sticking to the judgment you reach after thinking it through |
| Career Palace | In the focus of daily life, wanting to steer the direction of what you dig into and think about, sticking to your own judgment |
This table is for reference. In practice, a reading takes many more details into account.
Birth-Year Quan and Annual Quan: 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 Bing year carry Quan on Tian Ji in their chart from birth. The natal chart shows your attitudes and values over your whole life, so a birth-year Quan on Tian Ji is more like a sense of "sticking to your own ideas" that you have always carried.
When it comes from the annual cycle. The annual Four Transformations follow that year's Heavenly Stem, so in every Bing year, everyone's annual cycle has Quan on Tian Ji; what differs from person to person is which palace of your chart it falls in. The annual cycle shows the opportunities or influences your surroundings bring you that year.
How You Can Approach It
Quan means wanting to hold, and holding on more firmly; on Tian Ji, what it sticks to is your own ideas and judgment. In the end, signs on the chart are measured against what actually happens in real life.
You can ask yourself:
- Which idea or judgment are you sticking to especially firmly right now, one you don't want others to change?
- When you stick to your own ideas, have you tried looking at them once more from another angle? After that, do you still stick to them just as firmly?
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Quan on Tian Ji mean you know your own mind and are good at making decisions?
Not necessarily. Quan means wanting to hold, and holding on more firmly; what Quan on Tian Ji sticks to is your own ideas and judgment. This is about wanting more to go by your own judgment; it doesn't mean your judgment is better, and it isn't about controlling other people. Zi Wei Dou Shu doesn't split things into good or bad, better or worse, and in the end, real life is what counts.
What does Quan on Tian Ji in the Spouse Palace mean?
With Quan on Tian Ji in the Spouse Palace, what you can look at is that in your values about love, you have your own clear views, and you stick more to your own judgment. The stars and transformations in the Spouse Palace stand for your attitudes and values about love, not for things that have already happened; whether or not you have a partner right now, you can look at it this way.
If Quan on Tian Ji comes in the annual cycle, what will that year be like?
The annual cycle shows the opportunities or influences your surroundings bring you that year; whichever palace Quan on Tian Ji falls in, that area of life is where you stick more to your own ideas that year. Every judgment is a relative comparison, and in the end, real life is what counts. To see which four stars this year's Four Transformations fall on, see the yearly overview.
How is Quan on Tian Ji different from Ke and Ji on Tian Ji?
Quan is "wanting to hold, and holding on more firmly," Ke is "letting things show and being seen," and Ji is "a sense of something missing." In the Four Transformations table FuSang Vision uses, Tian Ji takes Lu with the Yi stem, Quan with the Bing stem, Ke with the Ding stem, and Ji with the Wu stem.
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