交友宫 · Friends & subordinates
Friends Palace
The Friends palace (交友宫, anciently the Servants palace) governs your friend circle, subordinates, colleagues, and social network — their quality and the help they bring. Who lifts you and who drains you is read here.
What does the Friends Palace govern?
Friend circle, subordinates, colleagues — social network impact.
The Friends palace reads the people you lead and the people around you: friends, subordinates, colleagues, the groups you work with. Strong stars give a quality circle, loyal and capable reports, and real support; weak or afflicted ones bring high turnover, subordinates hard to keep, and the risk of harmful company. As the opposite of the Siblings palace, the two together map your whole social landscape.
Friends Palace: when the stars are strong vs weak
Quality friends, loyal and capable subordinates.
High friend turnover, subordinates hard to retain.
Which main star in the Friends Palace means what?
The same palace reads very differently depending on which of the 14 main stars sits in it. Below is each main star's meaning in the Friends Palace — tap any star for its full profile across all twelve palaces.
| Main star | Meaning in the Friends Palace |
|---|---|
| Zi Wei | Zi Wei in the Friends palace (subordinates) means your friends and reports include capable, high-standing people — you mix by tier. But with the Emperor here, subordinates can grow too strong, even overshadow you. Learn to delegate wisely and hold the big picture, or risk being sidelined by able lieutenants or quietly competing with peers. |
| Tian Ji | Tian Ji in the Friends palace surrounds you with clever people — your friends tend to be idea-rich, original, advisor types, and together you love trading insights and hatching plans; you're often the one others see as 'the best at giving advice.' But changeable Tian Ji makes friendship seasonal: circles turn over fast, acquaintances are many and deep bonds few. Keeping a handful of true confidants matters more than knowing a hundred people. |
| Tai Yang | Tai Yang in the Friends palace makes you the 'sun' of your circle — wide-ranging, warm, generous to friends and subordinates alike, the one everyone turns to when they need help. You love broadly by nature, willing to share your light with everyone, and you are a benefactor and anchor to many. The very thing to watch is that open door: giving without choosing your people, you will meet some who only take the warmth and never return it, even subordinates who lean too hard. Learn to save your light for those who truly deserve it. |
| Wu Qu | Wu Qu in the Friends palace (subordinates) means your friends and reports are solid, capable, loyal types — but quality over quantity; with the lone star, yours is a 'sparse and principled' circle, small but strong. You value blunt, dependable people and naturally don't click with the slick and silver-tongued. The practical reminder: keep money clear between friends and partners — clean accounts make the friendship steadier, not colder. |
| Tian Tong | Tian Tong in the Friends palace means many friends and genuine popularity — a warm, harmonious circle with few bitter fallings-out, because people love your easygoing, prickle-free company. Friends bring you joy and companionship, the warm color in your life. But watch two things: you are so agreeable that you get pulled along by favors and struggle to say no; and these friends are mostly 'fun' company, not necessarily the ones who push you to grow — a few who will tell you the truth are worth more than a crowd of drinking buddies. |
| Lian Zhen | Lian Zhen in the Friends palace gives you a high-intensity circle — you draw the talented, the strong-charactered, even the slightly dangerous (artists, players, the sharp ones who come alive at night). Your loyalties run to extremes: either blood-brother devotion through hardship, or a clean cut with no return. You bond by loyalty and principle, not appearances. Your watch-out is being pulled into the gray areas or other people's trouble — Lian Zhen 'must avoid the shadows', so choose your people strictly, quality over quantity. |
| Tian Fu | Tian Fu in the Friends palace (subordinates) means your friends and staff are largely steady, reliable, and capable, and you're often the safe harbor everyone turns to in a crisis, with loyal and able subordinates who stay for the long haul. Two watch-outs: you tend to spend and exert yourself caring for others until you're drained; and don't surround yourself only with comfortable insiders — keep people who dare to remind and push you, or you'll stay stuck in the easy chair. |
| Tai Yin | Tai Yin in the Friends palace means your friends are gentle, loyal, and often women; you would rather have one small, intimate circle than a wide, shallow network. Friends and subordinates are caring and mutually supportive, and you are often the one people quietly confide in. But take care: too soft a heart gets drained by the endlessly needy, or taken advantage of — learning who deserves your trust is your lesson here. Female friends and benefactors matter especially to you. |
| Tan Lang | Tan Lang in the Friends palace gives you an enormous, all-walks-of-life network — you're a born connector and the hub of every circle. In your chart wealth and friendships are linked: the wider your network, the wider your income, and many chances and deals are born at the dinner table and in the social scene. But learn to tell true friends from drinking buddies — with the Wolf here you're most easily pulled into shared indulgence and shared spending, and into ties held together only by interest. Working your network is the great asset of your life; being dragged along by it is the great drain. |
| Ju Men | Ju Men in the Friends palace (subordinates) makes your circle talkative but trouble-prone — you befriend articulate, opinionated people, yet you also most easily meet talk-behind-your-back, verbal disputes, even slander and petty backstabbers. The dark star's counsel here: choose friends for substance over liveliness, keep others' secrets, and stay out of the gossip mill. The few who truly bond with you are those who follow your analysis and can take your blunt truth. |
| Tian Xiang | Tian Xiang in the Friends palace (network and subordinates) means your friends and connections tend to be decent, dependable, and honorable — you naturally draw loyal companions and capable patrons, and you're the trusted go-between in your circle. But the Seal Star here carries a caution: you give friends your whole heart and say yes to every request, which leaves you open to being used and let down. Learn to tell who's worth it and set boundaries, so your kindness isn't exploited. |
| Tian Liang | Tian Liang in the Friends palace means your circle is full of mature, reliable, mentor-like people — and you are usually the group's 'counselor', the one everyone brings their problems to for advice and comfort. You prize quality over quantity, and your friendships last; but you tend to attract people who need rescuing, give too much, and get drained by their dependence. Learn to let friends carry their own load — and to lecture less. |
| Qi Sha | Qi Sha in the Friends palace (subordinates) means your friends and reports are mostly capable, loyal hard-edged types — but strong-willed and not easily controlled. You make friends on loyalty and can rally a crew of fighters, yet when subordinates grow too strong they may overshadow you, or splinter off and quietly compete. The way to lead them is loyalty earned and rewards and penalties made clear — better a small, wholly loyal circle than a large, scattered one. |
| Po Jun | Po Jun rules the Friends palace (subordinates), so your friends and team churn — you draw in a crew of daring misfits, reformers, and mavericks, and they scatter just as fast. Subordinates are hard to keep settled and can even turn on you; with friends, it's 'easy to share hardship, hard to share ease'. The way to lead here is to give people a hill to take — bind a pioneering crew with a mission rather than expecting a stable, unmoving bench. |
The other eleven palaces
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Friends palace (交友宫) mean?
The Friends palace is one of the twelve palaces — anciently the Servants palace — representing friends, subordinates, colleagues, and the quality and support of your social circle. It reads your lifelong network of people.
How is the Friends palace different from the Siblings palace?
The Siblings palace reads close, peer-level allies (siblings, partners, intimate friends); the Friends palace reads the wider network and subordinates (general friends, colleagues, reports). One is deep and narrow, the other broad and shallow.
What does a strong Friends palace mean?
It means you attract quality friends and capable subordinates, and your circle lifts rather than drains you. For managers, team-builders, and people-driven trades, such a chart is a real advantage.
What should I watch for with malefics in the Friends palace?
Watch for losing money through friends, being dragged down by subordinates, or harmful company. Favour quality over quantity, keep good company and avoid the wrong sort, and define rights and duties clearly — don't let sentiment override principle.
What's written in your own chart?
Enter your birth time for a complete chart, free — main star, secondary stars, 12 palaces, four transformations, decade cycles, all in one read. This is your first look at your own chart.
Get my free chart →THE 14 MAIN STARS · iOS APP
Keep your chart in your pocket
Today's love and luck — you hear it first, every morning.
The web is a first meeting — you read it and leave. The app keeps this chart forever, tells you today's fortune each morning, and holds every family chart and couple match in one place — you never re-enter a birth time again.
- Daily fortune, pushed to you
- Conception, compatibility & family charts
- Save every chart forever
- Fortune on a home-screen widget
- Your full chart history, any time
Leave your email — we'll notify you the moment it's on the App Store.
One launch email · no spam
Free · iPhone · your charts, synced
This reading is distilled from 12 classical Chinese destiny books — from 《周易》 (3000 years ago) to Ming-Qing 命理 masters. Not AI-generated; rooted in millennia-old tradition.
Source: 《紫微斗数全书》 · 《十八飞星策天紫微斗数》 · 《紫微斗数全集》 · 《紫微斗数捷览》 + 2 more classical references
View all sources →