Tián Zhái

田宅 is tenth in order, across from 子女 and in a triangle with 兄弟 and 疾厄. The body palace never falls here. Two stars are named as its lords, 天府 and 太陰, the same pair that share the Wealth palace in the book's list of duties.

The characters mean fields and dwellings, the two forms of property a family of that period would have measured itself by. The book counts this among the strong palaces on both of its lists, for men and for women. Modern readers apply it to homes, household life and sometimes real estate generally. That application comes from the name and has no statement in the book behind it, and it carries no advice about buying or selling anything. A qualified professional is the person to ask about that.

Inheritance is what the list is mostly about. Star by star it separates family property kept (守祖) from family property lost (退祖) and land acquired by one's own effort (自置), with a timing note on some, as 武曲 with 貪狼 buying land late in life. The tone is that of a family accounting for generations of holdings, and the section closes with a line about the year read through 斗君.