LESSON W07 / 23 OF 36
Workshop: trace the four positions on your own chart
Trace the four positions on your chart and on the example, and see the rule hold on both.
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Are the four positions special to my chart, or the same on every chart?
Fictional birth data · teaching example · not a real person's chart · 2026-10-12
In plain words
The same counting on a different chart lands on the same names: the Life Palace's four positions are always Life, Travel, Wealth and Career, because they come from the fixed order of the branches. Only the stars inside differ.
What the text says
Volume 3's order, body and life first, then wealth, career and travel, is followed on both charts.
Compare with your own chart
Trace it on your chart, then on the example, writing down the four names and their stars both times.
An everyday example
Choose a current question, such as balancing work and rest. For each of the four positions, record a fact before an interpretation, rather than starting with the answer you want.
Record one fact in each palace before your interpretation.
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.
YOUR STUDY / W07