Heavenly Beam天梁 · Tian Liang
The star of protection. Tradition links it with age, shelter and resolving trouble.
- Element
- earth
- Group
- Southern Dipper
天梁屬土，南斗化蔭，主壽星。
Tian Liang belongs to earth. In the Southern Dipper it transforms into Shelter, and it rules long life.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, vol. 2
臨事果決，蔭於身福及子孫。
Decisive in action, it shelters the person and blesses the children.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, vol. 1
In plain words
Tian Liang is the star of shelter and long life, and it stands for parents. It is read as open, steady and fair. It also turns harm aside: the book says a clash from the year star becomes a blessing, and the White Tiger does no damage. With Tian Ji it leans towards the religious life.
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.