LESSON W10 / 30 OF 36
Workshop: finding this month's life palace on your chart
Find this month's Life Palace on your chart, and keep it separate from the year's.
Original app lesson · free on the web
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.
Do this month and this year use the same cell?
Fictional birth data · teaching example · not a real person's chart · 2026-10-12
In plain words
The month and the year are separate layers: the year changes yearly, the month monthly. Always say which layer you mean, for example: this month's Life Palace is my Wealth Palace; do not mix it up with the year.
What the text says
The months are counted from Dou Jun, placed by Volume 2's rule on Dou Jun.
Compare with your own chart
Say which palace is this month's Life Palace, then which is this year's, as two separate sentences.
An everyday example
If tools show different monthly positions, compare calendar dates, leap-month handling and methods before deciding which result to trust.
Check the date, leap-month handling and method settings one by one.
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 of your palaces is this month's Life Palace.
Open my chart ↗Classical sources
於流年太歲宮起正月逆至本生月，又從本生月起子順數至本生時安斗君。
From the palace of the year's Tai Sui, count the first month and go backward to the birth month; from there count the Zi hour forward to the birth hour, and place the month marker.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, Volume 2, "Placing Dou Jun"; traditionally attributed in received editions
Classical texts provide cultural context. Everyday examples and exercises are written by this project.
YOUR STUDY / W10