Great Gate in the Spouse palace – meaning in a Purple Star chart

· Complete Book, Volume 2, section on the Spouse palace, entry on the Great Gate: “The Great Gate suits marrying an older wife; loss is certain and harmony is lacking; sharing the palace with the Sun, with no four malefic stars, you are in harmony until old age; sharing with the Strategist, the wife helps at home and has a beautiful appearance; sharing with Harmony, the wife is intelligent and stands shoulder to shoulder with her husband; meeting the Ram Blade, Hindrance, Fire Star, Bell Star, Earth Void and Earth Robbery, you will certainly lose two wives or it governs separation in life.”

· Great Gate + Sun in the Spouse palace — the Complete Book, Great Gate section, says “sharing the palace with Sun, without the Four Malefics added, you grow old together”, meaning that only without Ram Blade, Hindrance, Fire Star and Bell Star do you reach white hair together; besides, the “Great Gate and Sun” pattern needs both stars in Temple or Prosperous positions to form, and if they are not bright it is not the proper pattern; moreover, good stars in the Spouse palace do not mean the marriage bond comes early, and you must still check whether Red Phoenix and Heavenly Joy shine in.

· Great Gate in the Spouse palace — your feelings involve much quarrelling and arguing.

· Great Gate most fears meeting Ram Blade and Hindrance — quarrels escalate into fights and physical blows.

· “Questions and Answers on the Stars”, section on the Great Gate: “In the Spouse palace it governs obstacles, separation in life or death, and even if the couple do pair up, they cannot avoid a stained name and lost chastity.” (The meaning is that there is always a barrier between husband and wife, who do not suit each other; it governs separation in life or in death; even if the couple do pair up, a tarnished reputation and chastity cannot be avoided. For the Great Gate in the Spouse palace, volume 2 says separately that the spouse “should be older”.)

· Traditional reading by palace [school tradition, awaiting verification]: “The Great Gate in the Spouse palace: the fewer words the better.”

· Traditional judgment [school tradition, awaiting verification]: “The Great Gate in the Spouse palace means plenty of quarrels.”

The classics say the Great Gate in the Spouse palace means “better to be older”, meaning a spouse a few years older than you suits better; volume one also says “governs being separated by a layer”, meaning there is always a layer between the two of you, and conversation does not mesh; volume two writes more directly “certain clash, lacking harmony”, meaning affection easily lacks harmony, and with malefic stars added it “governs separation in life”, meaning you easily end up living apart for long periods. So with the Great Gate seated in the Spouse palace, there is a lot of arguing in words, and what you need most is patience and tolerance. Your spouse speaks well and has views of their own, and for that very reason you easily quarrel; the most common situation of the Great Gate in the Spouse palace is “saying too much and hurting feelings”.