Siblings Palace (兄弟宫)

The palace of peers of one's own generation — siblings, and by extension close colleagues. The Siblings Palace describes the quality of the relationship with people of one's own generation. In modern readings it is extended to partners and colleagues who stand beside rather than above or below.

No — a palace is read with its occupants, its opposite palace and the four transformations together. The palace of peers of one's own generation — siblings, and by extension close colleagues. This is the palace where the classical and modern readings diverge most: the sources describe siblings, while contemporary practice extends it to anyone who is a peer rather than a subordinate.

Classically this palace covers brothers and sisters and the question of support between them. The texts read it as a measure of whether the peer group is a resource or a drain, and they treat the number and the harmony as separate questions. It is grouped under Wood (木) in the five-element system.