Fyodor Dostoevsky (费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基)

This year, Dostoevsky was under the Ding-You Harm Officer Major Cycle. 1837 was precisely the Ding-You Year Pillar, forming the rare astrological configuration of "Year and Luck Pillar Coinciding", signifying a major life juncture where auspicious and inauspicious energies are amplified. The Year Pillar Heavenly Stem Ding Fire (Harm Officer) is revealed, activating the Harm Officer in his Hour Pillar, stimulating his talent and rebellious spirit. His choice to enter a strict military academy is a real-world projection of Harm Officer confronting the Official Star (Year Pillar Ding Fire Harm Officer clashing with Year Pillar Xin Metal Direct Officer), a collision between inner talent and external rules. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar Earthly Branch You Metal (Direct Officer) gains strength, forming a half-combination with the Year Branch Si Fire, enhancing the power of the Official Star (representing discipline, responsibility, and the system), enabling him to adapt and enter this structure. The Major Cycle and Year Pillar are in Fuyin (repetition), and the Star of the General appears, foretelling he would assume a significant role within an organization or team. This phase was a crucial step where his life path was shaped by both the era and destiny.

This year coincided with the Ding-You Major Cycle and Ding-You Year Pillar, forming the extremely special astrological pattern of "Year and Luck Pillar Coinciding", with the stems and branches in Fuyin (repetition) and the Earthly Branch You Metal undergoing Self-Punishment. This indicates a major life juncture where fortune and misfortune are amplified, as the old saying goes, "Year and Luck Pillar Coinciding, if not oneself, then a close one dies." The Year Pillar Heavenly Stem Ding Fire (Harm Officer), though a favorable element, sees double Ding Fire clashing with the Year Stem Xin Metal (Direct Officer) — Harm Officer confronting the Official — easily leading to unexpected changes. More critically, the Year Pillar Xin-Si represents the parents' palace, and Si contains Bing Fire (Resource Officer) which can symbolize the mother. The Major Cycle and Year Pillar Earthly Branch You Metal forms a half-combination with the Year Branch Si Fire, actually activating Si Fire. You Metal is also the Officer/Killing Star; a strong Officer/Killing Star moving to attack the Companion/Competitor Stars (siblings, self), combined with the overall dominance of Metal and weakness of Fire, indicates the favorable Fire element (representing mother, warmth) is severely depleted, foretelling harm to a close relative's health. The Month Pillar Hai Water (Indirect Resource, which can represent the mother) is also activated. Hai Water is originally an unfavorable element and cannot provide support to the Day Master amidst the overall turmoil. The superposition of multiple factors led to this profound family tragedy.

His father's death this year saw multiple inauspicious omens overlapping. First, the Ji-Hai Year Pillar clashes with the Xin-Si Year Pillar both in Heaven and Earth. The Year Pillar represents ancestors and the father's palace; Si-Hai clash directly impacts the foundation, indicating a family upheaval and disaster for elders. Second, the Year Pillar Earthly Branch Hai Water is in Fuyin (repetition) with the Month Pillar. The Month Pillar also represents the parents' palace; Fuyin signifies sorrow, repetitive events, recurrence of old ailments, or loss of relatives. The Year Pillar sees the unfavorable Wood element (Companion/Competitor) gaining strength. Wood is the unfavorable element, representing competition, loss, and separation, exacerbating instability and turmoil within the family. Although the Ding-You Major Cycle is favorable, the Year Pillar's impact is too strong, and the Hai Water Indirect Resource (unfavorable element) is activated. The Indirect Resource also represents loneliness and unexpected changes. Multiple factors jointly caused this life tragedy.

This year, the native was under the Ding-You Harm Officer Major Cycle. The Major Cycle Heavenly Stem Ding Fire is a favorable element, indicating talent can be fully unleashed. The Year Pillar Xin-Chou sees the Heavenly Stem Xin Metal (Direct Officer) revealed, echoing the Official Star in the Year Pillar of his natal chart, representing official recognition and opportunities in career. Most crucially, the Year Pillar Earthly Branch Chou, together with the natal Year Branch Si and the Major Cycle Earthly Branch You, forms the Si-You-Chou Triple Metal Combination. Metal is the native's favorable element and represents the Officer/Killing Star, symbolizing career, authority, and discipline. This powerful Triple Combination gathers the originally scattered energy of the Official Star and resonates with the Star of the General nobleman from the Major Cycle, indicating leadership ability can be displayed, exams and assessments go smoothly, and official appointment is easily obtained. Although the Major Cycle Harm Officer and Year Pillar Direct Officer clash, Harm Officer confronting the Official Star actually signifies gaining fame through talent and skill, perfectly corresponding to the image of advancing both literary (plays) and military (exams) lines at the military academy and graduating successfully.

This year coincided with the Bing-Shen Resource Officer Major Cycle. The Heavenly Stem Bing Fire, a favorable element, is revealed. The Resource Officer governs talent, skill, and expression, precisely the period for exerting literary ability. The Major Cycle Earthly Branch Shen Metal (Killing Star) and the natal Year Branch Si Fire (Resource Officer) form Si-Shen combination into Water. Although a combination, it also involves clash and breakage, meaning the initial stage of career development was not smooth sailing, characterized by exploration and磨合. The Year Pillar Gui-Mao sees Heavenly Stem Gui Water (Direct Resource) supporting the Day Master, and Earthly Branch Mao Wood (Companion/Competitor) is unfavorable, indicating competition and consumption. Hence, the translation was completed but did not receive immediate response. The Hall of Prose divine influence appearing in the Major Cycle and natal chart directly enhanced the power and professionalism of his writing; the Heavenly Official Nobleman hinted at potential opportunities in the cultural and intellectual fields (not official career). This translation practice was precisely the initial release of Resource Officer talent under the favorable Fire cycle, laying the groundwork for his subsequent, more brilliant literary career.

This year coincided with the Bing-Shen Resource Officer Major Cycle. The Major Cycle Heavenly Stem Bing Fire (Resource Officer) is revealed, precisely the period when talent, thought, and desire for expression erupt, providing a powerful internal drive for full-time writing. The Year Pillar Jia-Chen sees the Earthly Branch combining with the Hour Pillar and Major Cycle to form the Shen-Zi-Chen Triple Water Combination. Water is the Resource Star, representing thought, culture, and documents. This combination greatly enhances the depth of his spiritual world and creative inspiration. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar Earthly Branch Chen Earth (Wealth Star) gains strength. The Wealth Star represents tangible results and value realization, meaning his creations could gain social recognition and material reward, providing a practical foundation for full-time writing. The Major Cycle and Year Pillar Xin-Si form a double combination in Heaven and Earth, resolving the instability of the original chart's Si-Hai clash, bringing stability to his life foundation and an opportunity for change, allowing him to transition smoothly from the system (Official Star) to free creation (Resource/Harm Officer).

This year coincided with the Bing-Shen Resource Officer Major Cycle. The Major Cycle Heavenly Stem Bing Fire (Resource Officer) is revealed, activating the abundant Wood-Fire brilliance energy in his natal chart. The Resource/Harm Officer governs talent, expression, and creation, precisely the time for a torrent of literary thought. The Year Pillar Yi-Si sees the Earthly Branch Si Fire as the stronghold of the Resource Officer, and it clashes with the Month Pillar Hai Water. Clash triggers movement, stimulating his inner profound insight into real life and desire for expression. The Year Pillar and Major Cycle form Shen-Si combination, activating the Year Pillar Xin-Si, forming combinations of Resource Officer controlling the Killing Star and Harm Officer paired with Resource Star, transforming inner repression and thought into powerful words. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar encounters divine influences like Star of Literary Talent, Hall of Prose, and Hall of Learning, greatly enhancing his literary talent and creative inspiration, allowing the birth of 'Poor Folk', a realist work focusing on the lower strata of society.

This year coincided with the Bing-Shen Resource Officer Major Cycle and the Yi-Si Year Pillar. The Major Cycle Heavenly Stem Bing Fire (Resource Officer) is revealed, an excellent time for showcasing talent and expressing thought. The Year Pillar Earthly Branch Si Fire activates the natal Year Pillar Si Fire and combines with the Major Cycle Shen Metal, forming Si-Shen combination into Water. Water is the Resource Star, representing the circulation and recognition of thought, culture, and reputation. The Year Pillar gathers divine influences like Star of Literary Talent, Seal of the State, and Hall of Learning, greatly benefiting literary thought and creation, allowing his work to be published on an authoritative platform and gain official (literary authority) recognition. The Major Cycle divine influences Hall of Prose and Heavenly Official Nobleman also exert their force this year, making his writing sharp and his work's structure grand, establishing his literary status at once.

This year, he was under the Bing-Shen Resource Officer Major Cycle, and the Year Pillar was Ding-Wei (Harm Officer). The Resource/Harm Officer (Fire) energy is extremely strong. The Day Master Jia Wood is strong and favors Fire to express its talent, allowing his abilities to be fully released. The Year Pillar Heavenly Stem Ding Fire (Harm Officer) is revealed, precisely the Seasonal Adjustment Element, representing thought, speech, and rebellious spirit. The Year Pillar Earthly Branch Wei, together with the natal Year Branch Si and Day Branch Wu, forms the Si-Wu-Wei Triple Fire Combination, amplifying this intellectual energy to the extreme and activating the inherent Harm Officer nature in his chart, making him dare to challenge authority and express radical views. The Heavenly Official Nobleman and Hall of Prose brought by the Major Cycle and Year Pillar also indicate his words and thoughts would gain influence within a specific circle, receiving recognition from fellow thinkers. This is precisely the astrological reflection of his involvement in group activities discussing social change and criticizing reality.

This year coincided with the Bing-Shen Major Cycle. The Heavenly Stem Bing Fire (Resource Officer) is revealed, representing the full release of his thought, speech, and talent — the astrological reflection of his involvement in radical intellectual circles. The Year Pillar Ji-You sees the Heavenly Stem Ji Earth (Direct Wealth) combining with the Day Master Jia Wood, seemingly a favorable combination for wealth, but actually forming a "Gloomy Combination", indicating surface prosperity with underlying turbulence, easily leading to legal troubles due to cooperation or public activities. The Major Cycle Earthly Branch Shen Metal (Killing Star) and the Year Pillar You Metal (Direct Officer) are both strong; Metal (Officer/Killing Star) energy peaks, representing officialdom, law, and restraint with extreme force, directly suppressing the Day Master Jia Wood. Simultaneously, the Major Cycle Earthly Branch Shen and the natal Year Branch Si have both Si-Shen combination into Water and Si-Shen clash and breakage. Clash and combination intertwined foretell a complex and intense relationship with the authorities (Year Pillar Direct Officer), involving both intellectual resonance (combination) and behavioral confrontation and disruption (clash/break), ultimately triggering the authorities' strong suppression (Killing Star attacking the body), leading to imprisonment.

This year, the native was 28, under the Bing-Shen Major Cycle and Ji-You Year Pillar. The Major Cycle Bing-Shen sees Heavenly Stem Bing Fire (Resource Officer) revealed and Earthly Branch Shen Metal (Killing Star) strong, forming the pattern of "Resource Officer controlling the Killing Star", representing using talent and thought to confront authority and life-and-death crisis. The Year Pillar Ji-You sees Heavenly Stem Ji Earth (Direct Wealth) combining with the Day Master Jia Wood (Jia-Ji combination into Earth), and Earthly Branch You Metal (Direct Officer) forming a half-combination with the Year Branch Si Fire (Si-You half-combination into Metal). The Officer/Killing Star power is activated and strengthened. The Officer/Killing Star (Metal) reaches its peak energy this year, symbolizing both pressure, punishment, and also rules and final judgment. The Major Cycle Earthly Branch Shen and the natal Year Branch Si form "Si-Shen clash and breakage", foretelling a shaken foundation, encountering sudden blows and separation. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar and Day Pillar's "Jia-Ji combination" carries the nature of a "Gloomy Combination", seemingly a combination on the surface (commuted sentence) but actually concealing danger and mental torment (mock execution). Overall, the pattern of Resource Officer controlling the Killing Star functions under extreme pressure, the Killing Star (punishment) is controlled, hence the escape from death; but the clash/break and gloomy combination made this process full of peril and psychological trauma.

This year was at the junction of the Bing-Shen Resource Officer Major Cycle and the Ji-You Direct Officer Year Pillar. The Major Cycle Bing-Shen sees the Heavenly Stem Resource Officer revealed and the Earthly Branch Shen Metal Killing Star strong, forming a 'Resource Officer controlling the Killing Star' pattern, but Shen Metal also clashes and breaks with the natal Year Branch Si Fire, foretelling drastic environmental change and physical/mental confinement. The Year Pillar Ji-You sees the Heavenly Stem Direct Wealth combining with the body (Jia-Ji combination into Earth) and the Earthly Branch Direct Officer solidified. Wealth and Officer together are usually auspicious for career success, but due to being in the Major Cycle's Killing Star location, they instead become the immense pressure and official sanction of 'mixed Officer and Killing Stars'. The natal chart's Si-Hai clash (Year and Month Pillars) originally represents turmoil and long-distance travel; activated by the Major and Year Cycles, it ultimately manifested as the prison exile to Siberia. However, the Resource Officer Bing Fire and Harm Officer Ding Fire were not extinguished in adversity; instead, they became his internal power for observation, thought, and spiritual resistance in dire straits, laying the groundwork for his major ideological transformation in later years.

This year coincided with the Geng-Shen Year Pillar. The Heavenly Stem Geng Metal is the Killing Star and also the Day Master Jia Wood's Seasonal Adjustment Element, representing nobility, authority, and indicating career breakthroughs and public recognition. The Year Pillar Heavenly Stem Geng Metal combines with the Yi-Wei Major Cycle Heavenly Stem Yi Wood, transforming the Killing Star into authority, converting pressure and challenge into creative drive and structure. The Major Cycle Earthly Branch Wei, together with the natal Year and Day Branches Si and Wu, forms the Si-Wu-Wei Triple Fire Combination. Fire is the Resource/Harm Officer, representing talent, thought, and expression; this combination's power peaks, greatly stimulating his artistic creativity and critical spirit. The Year Pillar divine influences Heavenly Official Nobleman and Hall of Prose appear simultaneously; the former indicates career gaining appreciation from noble people, the latter indicates brilliant literary talent and eloquence. Overall, the favorable elements Metal, Fire, and Earth from the natal chart all come to assist, while the unfavorable Wood element is transformed through combination. This was the perfect timing for his talent to erupt and his work to gain social resonance.

This year coincided with the Jia-Wu Major Cycle. The Major Cycle Earthly Branch Wu Fire is the Day Master Jia Wood's Harm Officer, a powerful channel for talent and intellectual output. The Year Pillar Bing-Yin sees the Heavenly Stem Bing Fire (Resource Officer) revealed, combining with the Year Pillar Heavenly Stem Xin Metal (Direct Officer), forming Resource Officer combining with the Official Star. This means his unique artistic thought and expression could break through traditional constraints and gain recognition and dissemination at the official (publishing) level. The Earthly Branch Yin-Wu half-combination into Fire greatly enhances the Resource/Harm Officer (Fire) energy, a strong signal of erupting creative inspiration and a torrent of literary thought. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar Earthly Branch Yin Wood is the Base Star, representing a stable career foundation, with a strong enough body to bear great fame. The Year Pillar gathers divine influences like Heavenly Virtue Nobleman, Base Star, Great Ultimate Nobleman, and Star of Fortune —可谓 auspicious stars shining brightly with noble support — transforming his inner profound thought and painful struggles into a literary treasure for the ages.

This year coincided with the Gui-Si Major Cycle (Direct Resource Cycle). The Major Cycle Heavenly Stem Gui Water (Direct Resource) is revealed, echoing the Year Pillar's Ren Water (Indirect Resource). The Resource Star power is extremely strong, representing a comprehensive outburst of thought, desire for expression, and influence. The Year Pillar Earthly Branch Shen Metal (Killing Star) and the Year Branch/Major Cycle Earthly Branch Si Fire (Resource Officer) form "Si-Shen combination into Water", transforming the Resource Officer (talent display) and Killing Star (drive, career) energy into the Resource Star (thought, work) — the perfect astrological combination for founding a periodical and conveying ideas through writing. The Year Pillar encounters the Heavenly Official Nobleman, beneficial for gaining reputation and recognition in the public sphere. Although the Major Cycle clashes with the Month Pillar Hai-Si clash (clashing the foundation), bringing turmoil and change to his life's base, it also prompted him to break from the old track and create a brand-new platform for intellectual expression.