Sovereign star · Earth

Zi Wei (the Emperor)

The one put in the middle

There's something about you that holds ground without having to compete for it; in a group people look to your reaction. You care about dignity, and you really can carry responsibility — when it lands on you, you don't run. But you need to be needed, enough that you'll take on work that was never yours; and the moment nobody is holding you up, you deflate faster than anyone. Your hardest lesson is telling respect apart from flattery.

In the Self palace: where you move easily

• Under pressure you hold the line; while others panic you're still working out what to do.
• You can gather scattered people — not by raising your voice, just by standing there.
• You ask a lot of yourself and rarely do anything that would diminish you.

In the Self palace: what it tends to cost

• You don't take in what peers and juniors say, because you assume your judgement is sounder.
• You're afraid of losing face, so you keep going when you're wrong until the cost grows.
• With nobody holding you up you lose drive fast — more than you admit.

In another palace

In another palace, that's where you'll want to lead, and where you'll care most about appearances.