LESSON L13 / 19 OF 36
The opposite palace, six positions away
Know that the opposite palace is six places away, and find the one opposite your Life Palace.
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Why look at the opposite cell when reading one?
Fictional birth data · teaching example · not a real person's chart · 2026-10-12
In plain words
The twelve palaces form a ring. Count six places from any palace and you reach the far side: that is its opposite. The Life Palace is always opposite Travel; Partner is opposite Career, and Wealth is opposite Inner Life.
What the text says
The Gu Sui Fu speaks of telling apart the roles of a palace and its opposite: reading one palace also means looking across at the other.
Compare with your own chart
Find your Life Palace, look at the cell across the centre, and confirm it is Travel.
An everyday example
An opposite palace offers another perspective, such as your approach compared with your response to the outside world. Its stars still belong to their actual palace.
Compare both palaces while preserving their original positions.
CHECK YOURSELF
Now, try it yourself.
Answer both questions correctly to complete the lesson. The original explanation appears after each answer.
FIND IT IN THE CHART
Find it on a chart.
Say which palace is opposite your Life Palace.
Open my chart ↗Classical sources
分對宮之體用，定三合之源流
Tell apart the roles of a palace and its opposite, and trace the source of the trines.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, Volume 1, "Gu Sui Fu"; traditionally attributed in received editions
Classical texts provide cultural context. Everyday examples and exercises are written by this project.
YOUR STUDY / L13