How to Read a Business Partnership in Zi Wei Dou Shu: The Sibling, Friends and Children Palaces Together

A partnership cannot be judged by how well you get along; read the Sibling Palace, traditionally the partnership palace, the Friends Palace for partners and subordinates, and the Children Palace for the partnership and splitting money. If these palaces are struck by Ji or hold heavy malefics, the cooperation brings disputes and should not be forced. Final rights, duties and accounts should rest on a professional lawyer and a written contract.

A partnership reads whether you can share responsibility, how money is split and what happens in trouble, found in the sibling, friends and children palaces.

What This Question Is Really Asking

Some partner on good feeling without reading the palaces or signing a clear contract, and when profits split unevenly or losses come they blame each other, the most common partnership dispute.

The Underlying Logic

The Sibling Palace is the partnership palace, reading the affinity and peer resources; with natal Ji or heavy malefics the foundation is unstable.

The Friends Palace reads the character of partners, friends and subordinates; an empty or Ji-struck palace easily brings the wrong people with hidden motives.

The Children Palace also reads the partnership and splitting money; lu in the trine favors shared money, Ji brings uneven splits and unclear accounts.

If the three palaces are struck by Ji or hold stacked malefics, do not force the partnership; even when they fit, write capital, duties, profit split and exit into a written contract, relying on a professional lawyer.

A Step-by-Step Way to Read It

  1. Read the Sibling Palace first to judge the partnership affinity and foundation
  2. Then read the Friends Palace to understand the partner's character
  3. Read the Children Palace to judge the partnership and splitting money
  4. Check whether the three palaces are struck by Ji or hold heavy malefics
  5. If the palaces are unstable, do not force the partnership or lower the investment
  6. Even when they fit, sign a written contract covering capital, duties, split and exit

Three Common Mistakes

Mistake 1: Partnering on good feeling without reading the palaces

Mistake 2: Not signing a written contract, leaving rights and accounts unclear

Mistake 3: Forcing cooperation when the palaces are struck by Ji

Back to Your Own Chart

A partnership binds money, responsibility and trust, and good feeling alone is not enough. Read the sibling, friends and children palaces and stop when Ji or heavy malefics appear; even when they fit, write capital, duties, split and exit into a contract with a lawyer, so the cooperation lasts.

Reading Order

  1. Cast the natal chart first and locate the palaces and major stars tied to which palaces to read for a partnership before judging anything
  2. Open the triple-direction of those palaces and count the auspicious, malefic and assistant stars separately
  3. Check where the natal Four Transformations land to set the chart's baseline tone
  4. Read the decade-limit transformations to see whether the which palaces to read for a partnership line is activated in this stage
  5. Then read the annual transformations and the year's palace to pin down this year's trigger and timing
  6. Layer natal, decade and year before concluding, then decide how to act rather than labeling good or bad
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