Tiande (天德贵人)

Symbolic stars · Tendency: Auspicious

From the classics

天德者，谓周天有三百六十五度二十五分半，除十二宫分野……此十二位宫，能回凶作善，乃曰天德也。

——《三命通会》

What it means

Tiande (天德, Heavenly Virtue) is the palace able to subdue every celestial and earthly malign force, turning ill into good. It marks a life of ease, untouched by punishment or theft; even misfortune dissolves of itself. Joined with the Three Marvels or Tianyi Nobleman it is especially auspicious, and in a noble pattern it brings examination success and the sovereign's favor. The classics hold Tiande superior to Yuede; whoever has it attains clear distinction and honor.

The Chinese source texts are in the public domain. The English readings on this page were written for this library, not machine-translated from the Chinese commentary.

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