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

· Emperor meeting Left Assistant and Right Assistant in the Travel palace — you are usually supported by noble people when going out.

· Emperor in the Travel palace — you will meet noble people far from home; whether their support becomes real depends on whether Left Assistant and Right Assistant share the palace (Complete Book: “Emperor with Left and Right, going out gains the support of noble people and prospers in good fortune”).

· Complete Book, Volume 1, section “What the Emperor governs”: “Without the Left and Right Assistants accompanying it, it is a lone ruler; though it is fine jade, it is still not enough.”

· Complete Book, Volume 1, section “What the Emperor governs”: “Although the Travel palace is a strong palace, it still needs supporting stars; with benefic stars shining on the Life palace, you become distinguished through the help of others.”

· Complete Book, Volume 2, section on the Travel palace: “The Emperor sharing a palace with the Left and Right Assistants: when you go out, noble people support you and fortune blossoms; the Treasury sharing the palace: coming and going is smooth; the Minister sharing the palace: you make your fortune abroad; the Army Breaker sharing the palace: noble people are fond of you, and petty people cannot satisfy themselves; adding the Ram Blade, Hindrance, Fire Star, Bell Star, Earth Void and Earth Robbery, you are not at peace abroad.”

Emperor in the Travel palace: when you go out you will meet noble helpers.

With Emperor in the Travel palace, you will meet noble helpers when you go out. The old books specially note the phrase “together with the Left and Right”, meaning that only with Left Assistant and Right Assistant beside it is this support truly there; volume one also says the Travel palace is by nature a strong palace but still needs helpers; when benefic stars shine on the Life palace, this noble energy is brought to you by other people. When Emperor gathers both Left Assistant and Right Assistant, leaving home for another place you more easily meet people willing to support you than in your own region, and rising outside also goes smoothly. If Ram Blade, Hindrance, Fire Star, Bell Star, Earth Void and Earth Robbery are added, you have no peace outside, with plenty of gossip and disputes and a lot of running about. When Emperor and Treasury sit together in the Travel palace in the Tiger or Monkey palace with Seven Killings in the Life palace, it is called Seven Killings facing the Dipper, read as going out and guarding the frontier, which is only spoken of this way when it falls at an age fitting one's station; the Complete Book and the Bone Marrow Rhapsody also have the line “Seven Killings facing the Dipper, rank and salary flourish”.