Strategist in the Friends palace – meaning in a Purple Star chart

· Strategist meeting malefic stars in the Friends palace — friends are mostly shallow, and sincerity is hard to find.

· Strategist in the Friends palace — friends are clever, and relationships are always shifting.

· Complete Book, Volume 2, section on the Friends palace: “The Strategist in a Temple position has strength, while in a Fallen or empty position they resent the master; with the Heavenly Beam, you take people in late; with the Moon, they lack strength; the Great Gate adding benefic stars gives male and female servants; adding the Ram Blade, Hindrance, Fire Star, Bell Star, Earth Void and Earth Robbery, it is entirely difficult.”

With the Strategist in the Friends palace, you may have many friends, but you must judge people accurately.

With the Strategist in the Friends palace, your friends and subordinates are clever and quick, with wide connections, but they move around a lot. The old texts distinguish this very clearly: when the Strategist enters the Temple (a star strong here), subordinates really help get things done; when it falls into the Fallen position (weak) or meets Road Block (a star falling into an empty place), the old texts write “resent their master”, meaning outwardly harmonious but inwardly resenting the person at the head, which is you; sharing the palace with Heavenly Beam, you only find usable people in old age, sharing with the Moon, the helpers are not capable; if the Ram Blade, Hindrance, Fire Star, Bell Star, Earth Void and Earth Robbery are added, you basically cannot count on others and have to rely on yourself for everything. So you can make friends widely, but you must judge people accurately, since truly lasting and trustworthy soulmates are not many by nature.