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

· Emperor in the Friends palace — friends and subordinates mostly have status and bearing.

· Emperor adding the six malefic stars in the Friends palace — adding Ram Blade, Hindrance, Fire Star and Bell Star it lacks strength; adding Earth Void and Earth Robbery it invites resentment, and people run off.

· Complete Book, Volume 1, section “What the Emperor governs”: “If it falls into the four fallen palaces, the Health, Siblings, Friends and Appearance palaces, it governs a person who toils and whose work does not succeed; though helped, it does not become fortune.”

· Complete Book, Volume 2, section on the Friends palace: “The Emperor forming a following gains strength, and in a Prosperous position governs generating wealth; meeting the Ram Blade, Fire Star, Bell Star and Hindrance, they lack strength; sharing the palace with the Army Breaker, hard at first and followers later; sharing with the Minister, you gain strength; meeting Earth Void and Earth Robbery, you invite resentment and they flee.”

With the Emperor in the Friends palace, your subordinates form ranks and are willing to give their effort, and the old texts say “forming ranks and capable, making the master prosper and generate wealth”.

With the Emperor in the Friends palace (also called the friends palace), the old texts' judgment is “forming ranks and capable, making the master prosper and generate wealth”, meaning those below you come in crowds and can really be put to use, and this group even makes you prosper and earns money on your behalf, a rare path of gaining wealth for the Emperor; sharing the palace with the Minister is capable in the same way. With the Ram Blade, Fire Star, Bell Star and Hindrance added, you cannot direct people, and with many people you still cannot push things through; with the Earth Void and Earth Robbery added, you draw even more blame and complaints, and people you trained turn their backs and leave. Among your friends are many people with status, dealings lean toward the formal, and you must know how to delegate and respect the other side, since keeping a haughty attitude easily loses people's hearts. Volume one also places the Friends palace among the Emperor's four Fallen palaces, the original words being “if it falls in the Health, Siblings, Friends or Appearance palaces, the four Fallen palaces, it governs a person who toils and achieves nothing, and although helped, it is no blessing”, meaning that falling here, even if people help you, it does not count as a blessing. Volume two says capable, volume one says Fallen palace, and the two sayings exist side by side.

Around you there are many people of stature. Among your friends and subordinates there are quite a few with status, position and rather dignified connections. The old books say that Emperor in this palace means “forming a capable rank, and when prosperous it governs the making of wealth”: under your hand you can gather a group of people who can be used, and who even earn money for you. The same book also places the Friends palace as a Fallen position for Emperor, saying “even if helped, it is not a blessing”; both views exist side by side, so when employing people do not bet everything on others. These people carry great stature, and keeping up airs may instead cost you people's goodwill.

Around you there are many people of stature. Among your friends and subordinates there are quite a few with status, a stage of their own and rather dignified connections. The old books say that Emperor in this palace means “forming a capable rank, and when prosperous it governs the making of wealth”: under your hand you can gather a group of people who can truly be used, and who even earn money for you. The same book also places the Friends palace as a Fallen position for Emperor, saying “even if helped, it is not a blessing”; both views exist side by side, so when employing people do not bet everything on others. These people carry great stature, and keeping up airs may instead cost you people's goodwill.