LESSON L14 / 20 OF 36
The four positions: Life, Travel, Wealth, Career
Count the four positions of the Life Palace: Life, Travel, Wealth and Career.
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This lesson has been self-reviewed and is awaiting final sign-off. The classical passages have been checked word by word; the plain-language text and the exercises are written by this project.
People talk about the four positions. Which cells are they?
Fictional birth data · teaching example · not a real person's chart · 2026-10-12
In plain words
The four positions are the palace itself, its opposite six places away, and the two trines four and eight places away. For the Life Palace they are Life, Travel, Wealth and Career. This follows from the fixed order of the branches and is the same on every chart.
What the text says
Volume 3 sets the order: first the body and life, then wealth, career and travel, which are exactly the four positions of the Life Palace.
Compare with your own chart
Count the four positions from your Life Palace, confirm each name, then read out the major stars in each. This lesson is recognition only.
An everyday example
A job change involves your approach, surroundings, responsibilities and resources. Life, Travel, Career and Wealth can organise these different questions rather than one star answering them all.
Turn Life, Travel, Career and Wealth into four distinct life questions.
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.
Name the four positions of your Life Palace.
Open my chart ↗Classical sources
男命先看身命，次看財帛宮祿遷移
For a man's chart, look first at the body and life, then at wealth, career and travel.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, Volume 3; traditionally attributed in received editions
Classical texts provide cultural context. Everyday examples and exercises are written by this project.
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