Sun in the Career palace – meaning in a Purple Star chart

· Sun in the Career palace — signifies a public image and work in the public eye, suiting stepping into the spotlight.

· Sun Fallen in the Career palace — promotion is difficult, and you put in a lot but get little back.

· Complete Book, Volume 1, Tai Wei Rhapsody: “The Sun meeting Literary Talent in the Career palace: you attend court in the king's hall, with wealth and rank complete and fine.”

· Complete Book, Volume 2, section on the Career palace, entry on the Sun: “The Sun in a Temple position is good for both civil and military work, and is auspicious when it does not meet the Ram Blade, Hindrance, Fire Star and Bell Star; sharing the palace with the Moon, distinction and eminence; sharing with the Left and Right Assistants, Literary Talent, Literary Arts, Heavenly Leader and Heavenly Halberd, and adding Fame, Prosperity and Power, you are fixed in the top rank of distinction.”

· Complete Book, Volume 2, section on the Career palace, entry on the Sun: “The Sun transformed into office in a Yang palace, and with brilliance as well, is not harmful; if it meets the Emperor and the Treasury with the Left and Right Assistants, you work as a clerk all your life yet can still show heroic ability.”

The Career palace is where Sun sits best. Volume one says Sun is “best placed in the Career palace”, meaning Sun in this palace is the most fitting. The old books say “in a Temple position, both civil and military are good”, meaning that when it is in a Temple position (a Temple position means the star has strong force), both civil and military posts go well. In concrete terms, Sun belongs to the military-officer family, that is, the military-post path, which in modern terms points in four directions: soldier, police, judge and diplomat. Beyond that, state offices, public-sector work, media and management positions, any job that needs a “public image”, are all Sun's stage. The Tai Wei Rhapsody also says “Sun meeting Literary Talent in the Career palace, enters the royal court, wealth and rank complete”, meaning Sun and Literary Talent together in the Career palace let you enter the inner circle to work, with both fame and gain. In a Temple position the road to office is smooth, with a certain social standing; when Fallen (weak force), promotion is a struggle, and it is best to change profession or environment rather than cling on forever.