---
type: Palm Sutra Concept
title: "畜生道 (Animal Realm)"
description: "A past life in the animal realm."
resource: https://localpapa.com/tools/yizhang.html
category: "Damo Yi Zhang Jing · Six Realms"
tags: [yizhang, palm-sutra, six-realms, past-life]
timestamp: 2026-06-21T00:00:00Z
---

# 畜生道 (Animal Realm)

- **中文 / Chinese:** 畜生道
- **Palm stars 對應掌中星:** 天破, 天驛

A past life in the animal realm — hardworking and restless, toiling much for slow reward; patient labour brings eventual gain.

In the Palm Sutra the **Year pillar** star points to the realm a person is said to have come from, colouring their innate nature (根性). The stars assigned to this realm are: [天破](../stars/po.md), [天驛](../stars/yi.md). Cast a reading at <https://localpapa.com/tools/yizhang.html>.

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