---
type: Palm Sutra Star
title: "天破 (Tiānpò / The Rupture)"
description: "The star of rupture and change."
resource: https://localpapa.com/tools/yizhang.html
category: "Damo Yi Zhang Jing · Palm Star"
branch: "卯 Mǎo"
tags: [yizhang, palm-sutra, star, upheaval, change, renewal, pioneering]
timestamp: 2026-06-21T00:00:00Z
---

# 天破 (Tiānpò / The Rupture)

- **中文 / Chinese:** 天破
- **Pinyin:** Tiānpò
- **Earthly branch 地支:** 卯 Mǎo
- **Six-realm nature 六道根性:** [畜生道 Animal Realm](../realms/animal.md)
- **Keywords:** upheaval, change, renewal, pioneering

The star of rupture and change. Brings upheaval, loss and frequent change that scatters the old to make room for the new — turbulent, yet renewing for those who embrace reinvention.

**General tendency:** brings upheaval and change — breaks down the old to build anew.

## On each pillar 四柱

The same palm star reads differently depending on which pillar it lands on — the Year pillar speaks of the foundation one is born with, the Hour pillar of children and the years at the far end of life.

### 年柱 Year Pillar — foundation, ancestry & innate nature

Rupture at the root: an unsettled foundation, shifting family fortune and little inherited that holds. Build rather than preserve — breaking first and building after is where the advantage lies.

年柱坐天破，根基較不安定，早年或家運多變遷起伏，難守祖業。宜以開創取代守成，在變動中另立新局，先破後立反成助力。

### 月柱 Month Pillar — parents, youth & early career

Family fortune or a parent’s livelihood keeps shifting; the young years bring moves, changed schools or an uneven household budget. Adaptability learned early is what this pillar actually hands over.

月柱坐天破，家運或父母事業多變動，少年時期常有搬遷、轉學或家計起伏。宜早學適應，變動本身即是這一柱給的資源。

### 日柱 Day Pillar — the self, marriage & mid-life

A self drawn to change, with turns in marriage and mid-life and at least one rebuild from the ground up. Choose the change rather than absorbing it — that is how the breaking becomes building.

日柱坐天破，自身好變、婚姻與中年多轉折，感情或事業曾有推倒重來之時。宜主動求變而非被動承受，先破後立方能成局。

### 時柱 Hour Pillar — children, old age & later fortune

Children scattered or going their own way; later years suit neither hoarding nor speculating. Go with the change and keep life simple — ease is found that way.

時柱坐天破，子女聚少離多或各自發展，晚年不宜守成、忌大額投機。宜順其變、簡其居，反得清閒。

Place this star for a given birth date at <https://localpapa.com/tools/yizhang.html>.

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*[All palm stars](./index.md) · [The four pillars](../pillars/index.md) · [Six realms](../realms/index.md) · [Palm Sutra knowledge base](../index.md)*