Heavenly Treasury天府 · Tian Fu
The southern chief star. Tradition links it with stores of wealth and steady management.
- Element
- earth
- Group
- Southern Dipper
天府屬土，南斗化令星，為財帛田宅主。
Tian Fu belongs to earth. In the Southern Dipper it transforms into the Star of Command, master of the Wealth and Property palaces.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, vol. 2
為帝之佐貳，能制羊陀為從，能化火鈴為福。
It is the emperor’s deputy. It can tame Qing Yang and Tuo Luo, and turn Huo Xing and Ling Xing to good.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, vol. 1
In plain words
Tian Fu is the treasury and the emperor’s deputy, in charge of money, land and food. It is read as mild and graceful, and it calms harsh stars. The book says it is good in every palace, and even when it is broken there is still enough money and land.
Sources Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, vols. 1 and 2, from an online transcription, not yet checked against a printed edition. The plain text is ours, and it leaves out the book’s harshest lines about death and about women.