Tian Ma

Tian Ma is Fire, the 'post-horse' star of movement, falling only on the four 'horse positions' (寅申巳亥). Its essence is motion: relocation, far travel, hustle, change, vitality. The Horse rules no wealth by itself — it needs a Lu star to fire: meeting Lu Cun or Hua Lu it becomes 'Lu and Horse galloping', money in rolling flow that grows the more you move; meeting Di Kong or Di Jie it becomes a 'lamed' or 'dead horse', toil without reward. The Horse also dreads Qing Yang (the wounded horse) — to move is to risk injury.

In the Self or Travel palace, Tian Ma gives a restless, changeful life that cannot sit still and is favoured by leaving home to develop elsewhere, lending the main star vitality and flow. What matters most is what it meets: with a Lu star ('galloping'), the more you move the more you gain — good for trade, sales, cross-region business; with the Void/Robber, toil without reward; with Qing Yang, motion carries injury. When the Self palace is weak and the Travel palace holds the Horse, the person 'comes alive by moving' — the stage is out in the world.