武曲 Wu Qu
in the Wealth Palace 财帛宫
- Position
- 6th star of the Northern Dipper
- Element
- Yin Metal
- Transforms into
- 财 Wealth
- Also called
- Governor of Wealth 财帛主 · Star of earned money 正财星
Money that is worked for, not inherited or gambled. A martial star: decisive, hard-edged, short on charm.
Two ways this reads
A star is not simply present or absent in a chart. It has a brightness, fixed by which of the twelve earthly branches its palace falls on. This is the part generic descriptions leave out — and it is the part that decides whether your wealth palace runs in your favour or quietly against it.
The star's own seat. This is earned money — salary, contract, invoice — and you are good at earning it. Without help elsewhere in the chart it is earned the hard way: long hours, no shortcuts.
Twice the effort for half the result, and a leak somewhere. Running a business here ends in the accounts.
Which of the two is yours is not a matter of opinion — it falls out of the branch your wealth palace sits on, which comes from your birth hour.
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武曲 Wu Qu in the other palaces
When 武曲 sits in the Life Palace
Alone, or paired with another major star — the pairing changes the reading.
Star attributes and the exalted/fallen readings follow the classical Zi Wei Dou Shu tradition. Last revised 2026-08-07.