Twelve palaces

Palace of fortune 福德宮

Where it is

At the heavenly storehouse, running down to the jaw. It overlaps the palace of movement.

What the books said

얼굴 각 부위를 명궁(命宮)·재백(財帛)·형제·전택(田宅)·남녀·노복·처첩·질액(疾厄)·천이(遷移)·관록·복덕(福德)·상모(相貌)로 나누어 관상하는 것이 십이궁이다.

Our rendering: The twelve palaces are twelve names given to parts of a face.

Source: Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, entry 'Gwansang' (written by Cho Heung-yun, 1995, last revised 7 February 2023). https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0004873 (Checked on 2026-09-05)
福德者，位居天倉，牽連地閣。

Our rendering: The palace of fortune also sits at the heavenly storehouse and runs down to the jaw. It overlaps the palace of movement.

Source: Shenxiang Quanbian, digital text at the Chinese Text Project (ctext.org). https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=905153 (Checked on 2026-09-05)

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