Hu Jintao

This year coincided with the Jia Yin Seven Killings Major Cycle. This cycle forms a Heavenly Clash and Earthly Clash with the Day Pillar Wu Shen, signaling a major life transformation, indicating dramatic environmental changes and the opening of a new stage. The Year Pillar is Ji Hai. The Jia Wood of the Major Cycle and the Ji Earth of the Year Pillar form a Jia-Ji Earth Combination, while the Yin Wood of the Major Cycle and the Hai Water of the Year Pillar form a Yin-Hai Wood Combination, creating an auspicious Heaven-Earth Double Harmony pattern, signifying abundant support and smooth sailing both internally and externally. Crucially, Jia Wood is the Harmonizing Element needed for the severe winter in the birth chart, appearing in both the Major Cycle and the Year Pillar. This is like sunlight and vitality arriving on frozen ground, an excellent opportunity to break through and soar. The Year Branch Hai Water covertly combines with the Year Stem's Wu Fire, activating the Resource Star, which is beneficial for studies and noble support. Simultaneously, the Major Cycle's Yin Wood is the Wenchang Nobleman, and the Year Branch Hai Water carries the Academy star. With multiple auspicious stars converging, this was precisely the golden period for deep learning and self-improvement, making admission to a top university a convergence of favorable timing, geographical advantages, and human harmony.

This year was within the Jia Yin Seven Killings Major Cycle (1958-1967). The Major Cycle's Stem Jia Wood is the Harmonizing Element and carries the Heavenly Official Nobleman, indicating grand career prospects and a bright official path. The Year Pillar is Jia Chen, with the Seven Killings (Jia Wood) reappearing, signifying a superposition of official and killing energies, representing strong constraints and opportunities from organizations and the system. The Year Branch Chen forms a Triple Water Combination with the Month Branch Zi and Day Branch Shen of the birth chart. Water is his Wealth Star, and though it is a negative element, the Triple Combination also represents powerful team and collective strength, highly consistent with the act of joining an organization and integrating into a collective. The combined action of the Major Cycle and the Year Pillar, with the Harmonizing Element in place and noble support, marked a key node for conforming to the times and establishing life direction.

This year was within the Jia Yin Seven Killings Major Cycle, which forms a Heavenly Clash and Earthly Clash with the Day Pillar Wu Shen, signaling major life transformation and challenges. The Year Pillar is Yi Si. The Heavenly Stem Yi Wood (Direct Officer) appears, representing career, reputation, and stable positions, directly activating the Time Pillar Yi Mao (Direct Officer), indicating career opportunities. The Year Branch Si Fire is the Resource Star, a Harmonizing Element favored by the birth chart, representing education, documents, and noble support. Si Fire combines with Water with the Day Branch Shen Metal. Although Water is a negative element, it activates the chart, gathering the energy of the Talent Star (ability) and the Wealth Star (opportunity). More crucially, the Year Branch Si, Major Cycle Yin, and Day Branch Shen form a Shen-Yin-Si Triple Punishment, punishing the Day Pillar (self) and the career palace. This signifies that through intense internal competition and self-breakthrough, and under the auspices of noble stars like Heavenly Virtue Nobleman, Heavenly Virtue Star, and Lu Star, he successfully secured the valuable opportunity to stay and teach, laying the foundation for his career.

This year he entered the Yi Mao Direct Officer Major Cycle. The Officer Star represents career, responsibility, and platform. The Major Cycle's Stem and Branch share the same Wood element, indicating strong Wood energy and a significant change in the career environment. The Year Pillar is Wu Shen. The Heavenly Stem Wu Earth (Peer Star) appears as a favorable element, indicating enhanced personal initiative and willingness to take on heavy responsibilities. The Year Branch Shen Metal forms a Repeating pattern with the Day Pillar Wu Shen, signifying change and repetition, corresponding to the 'repetitive' work of leaving the original environment for a new position. Simultaneously, the Major Cycle Branch Mao Wood and the Year Branch Shen Metal covertly combine, indicating that although this move was grassroots training, it contained hidden opportunities, paving the way for future development.

This year was within the Yi Mao Direct Officer Major Cycle. The Major Cycle's Stem Yi Wood (Direct Officer) appears, representing career platform and opportunities. The Year Pillar is Jia Yin. The Heavenly Stem Jia Wood is the Seven Killings, and the Earthly Branch Yin Wood is also the Seven Killings, creating a Mixed Officers and Killings pattern. This signifies challenges and opportunities coexisting, a key year for career breakthroughs and promotion. The Year Branch Yin and the Day Branch Shen form a Shen-Yin Clash, which is a Day Pillar Clash, indicating a major life change, particularly in career and position. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar carries the Heavenly Official Nobleman, indicating ease in gaining appreciation and promotion from superiors, corresponding to his experience of being entrusted with important responsibilities, entering the construction commission system, and rising rapidly.

This year was within the Bing Chen Major Cycle. The Heavenly Stem Bing Fire is the Harmonizing Element, like winter sunshine dispelling cold and thawing ice, indicating major life opportunities. The Year Pillar is Xin You, forming a Heaven-Earth Double Harmony with the Major Cycle Bing Chen (Bing-Xin combine to Water, Chen-You combine to Metal), an auspicious sign of abundant support and smooth sailing. The Major Cycle's Heavenly Stem Bing Fire (Resource Star) is a favorable element, representing noble support and systematic learning/ideological enhancement. The Earthly Branch Chen Earth is the Peer Star, strengthening the Day Master's foundation. In this cycle and year, the Resource Star (Bing Fire) and the Officer Star (Time Pillar Yi Wood) form an 'Officer Nourishes Resource' pattern, corresponding to entering the Central Party School—a 'Resource' place for training senior cadres—a key step for political promotion and gaining official recognition and cultivation.

This career leap was a resonance of multiple astrological factors. The Heavenly Stem Bing Fire (Resource Star) of the Bing Chen Major Cycle is the most important Harmonizing Element for the entire chart, representing noble support and energy infusion, key to a decade of smooth development. The Year Pillar is Jia Zi. The Heavenly Stem Jia Wood (Seven Killings) appears, representing challenges, power, and new platforms, forming a Mixed Officers and Killings pattern with the Time Pillar Yi Wood (Direct Officer), indicating major responsibilities and opportunities in career. Regarding Earthly Branches, the Year Branch Zi Water forms a Shen-Zi-Chen Triple Water Combination with the Major Cycle Branch Chen Earth and the Day Branch Shen Metal. Although Water is a negative element, the Water Combination generates Wood (Officers/Killings), transforming Wealth Star energy into career momentum, meaning successfully taking on leadership roles under immense pressure and resource mobilization. The Year Pillar's General Star appears, corresponding to assuming a core leadership role within a team.

This year was within the Bing Chen Major Cycle (1978-1987). The Major Cycle's Heavenly Stem Bing Fire is the Harmonizing Element, able to dispel the winter cold of the birth chart, bringing opportunities and energy. The Year Pillar is Yi Chou. The Heavenly Stem Yi Wood (Direct Officer) appears, echoing the Time Pillar Yi Wood (Direct Officer) of the birth chart, creating a strong Officer Star situation, directly triggering career change. The Year Branch Chou Earth is the Rob Wealth Star, a favorable element for the Day Master Wu Earth, enhancing personal foundation and ability to shoulder responsibilities. Simultaneously, the Year Branch Chou combines with the Month and Time Branches Zi, activating the Wealth and Officer energies, meaning gaining an important platform through responsibility and resource integration. The Year Pillar carries the Heavenly Virtue Nobleman and State Seal, indicating official recognition and noble support, making the major career promotion logical.

This year was within the Ding Si Direct Resource Major Cycle. The Major Cycle's Heavenly Stem Ding Fire (Direct Resource) appears, favored by the birth chart, indicating noble support and authority in hand, a key cycle for receiving major appointments. The Year Pillar is Wu Chen. The Heavenly Stem Wu Earth (Peer Star) appears, strengthening the power of the Day Master Wu Earth, making him resolute and capable of shouldering heavy responsibilities at critical moments. The Year Branch Chen forms a Triple Water Combination with the Month Branch Zi and Day Branch Shen of the birth chart. Water is the Wealth Star, and though it is a negative element, the Triple Combination also represents complex situations and the convergence of various forces, testing the leader's ability to unify. The Major Cycle Branch Si and the Day Branch Shen form a 'Si-Shen Punishment and Combination', punishment with combination,预示着在矛盾与压力中达成合作与稳定，正应了在动荡中接手并稳定局面的经历。The Major Cycle carries the Heavenly Virtue Nobleman, indicating trust and support from high levels, answering the call in a crisis.

This year, Ren Shen, was within the Ding Si Major Cycle. The Year Stem Ren Water (Wealth Star) and the Cycle Stem Ding Fire (Direct Resource) form a Ding-Ren Wood Combination. The Year Branch Shen Metal (Talent Star) and the Cycle Branch Si Fire form a Si-Shen Water Combination, creating a Heaven-Earth Double Harmony, indicating smooth sailing internally and externally, abundant support, a key period for forging good connections and career takeoff. For the Wu Earth Day Master, the original chart shows a weak self with strong Wealth and Officer, favoring Fire and Earth. The Ding Si Major Cycle is precisely the favorable element Fire (Resource Star) appearing and in position, like seeing the sun in deep winter. It not only warms and harmonizes the chart but also brings powerful noble support and enhanced reputation. The Year Branch Shen Metal (Talent Star) combines into the Major Cycle, Talent generates Wealth, Wealth strengthens the Officer, perfectly transforming personal talent and ability into political capital. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar's noble stars Monthly Virtue, Heavenly Virtue, Wenchang, Fortune Star, Heavenly Kitchen gather, and the birth chart's original Heavenly Virtue Nobleman, General Star are also activated, forming a powerful noble magnetic field. With favorable timing, geographical advantages, and human harmony converging, he could break through in one move, reaching the pinnacle of power.

This year marked the beginning of the Wu Wu Major Cycle. The Major Cycle's Heavenly Stem Wu Earth (Peer Star) strongly appears, a direct infusion of favorable element energy, representing unprecedented display of personal ability and value, a period of 'personal value highlighted, social circle elevated'. The Year Pillar is Wu Yin, with Wu Earth (Peer Star) appearing again, forming a 'favorable element appearing' pattern, with self-confidence and sense of responsibility reaching a peak. Crucially, the Major Cycle and the birth chart's Month Pillar form a special 'Upright Qi Without Punishment' pattern, signifying 'greater success through greater pressure', meaning that under immense pressure and challenges (the foundational Month Pillar is clashed, roots shaken), one can instead achieve major career breakthroughs and accomplishments. The Year Branch Yin Wood (Seven Killings/Officer) appears, bringing new challenges and opportunities. Simultaneously, Yin-Wu form a semi-Fire combination, activating the Year Pillar's Resource Star, gaining support from roots and tradition. The Year Pillar's Heavenly Official Nobleman appears, indicating 'ease in gaining promotion and appreciation from superiors in the workplace', highly consistent with the experience of being elected Vice President. The Major Cycle's General Star also plays a role in this cycle, with leadership talent fully displayed. In this cycle and year, the burden of abundant wealth but weak self in the birth chart is powerfully shouldered by the strong Peer Star Earth energy (favorable element) of the Major Cycle and Year, precisely the key moment when the 'rich house, poor person' pattern is reversed, thus 'gaining nobility through wealth, achieving both fame and fortune'.

This year, the native was in the Wu Wu Major Cycle, with the Year Pillar Ren Wu. The Major Cycle's Heavenly Stem Wu Earth (Peer Star) appears as a favorable element, representing greatly enhanced personal energy and status, with strong peer support. The Earthly Branch Wu Fire (Direct Resource) is also a favorable element, and it repeats with the Year Stem's Wu Fire, doubling the power of the General Star, indicating authority and leadership reaching their peak. The Year Branch and Major Cycle Branch form a Wu-Wu Self-Punishment, seemingly internal pressure and self-refinement, but actually forms a Zi-Wu Clash with the Month Branch Zi Water. This clash is a 'clash of the foundation', indicating a drastic change in life's foundation and environment, often corresponding to major career transitions and leaps. The 'Upright Qi Without Punishment' pattern formed by the Major Cycle and the birth chart manifested this year, meaning that immense pressure and challenges (like presiding over the Year of Birth, self-punishment) not only failed to hinder but were transformed into extraordinary driving force for great achievements, truly 'greater success through greater pressure'. This year, the favorable element Earth and Fire energies are in position in the Major Cycle and Year Pillar. The Day Master Wu Earth receives strong support, turning from weak to strong, sufficient to command the strong Wealth and Officer in the birth chart, providing key astrological support for reaching the pinnacle of power.

This year was within the Wu Wu Major Cycle (1998-2007). The Major Cycle's Heavenly Stem Wu Earth (Peer Star) is a favorable element, greatly strengthening the power of the Day Master Wu Earth, enabling him to shoulder the strong Wealth and Officer in the birth chart. The Year Pillar is Gui Wei. The Heavenly Stems Wu-Gui combine to Fire, and the Earthly Branches Wu-Wei combine to Fire, forming a 'Heaven-Earth Double Harmony' with the Major Cycle, and the combination transforms into Fire (Resource Star), the element most needed by the chart for harmonization and self-nourishment. This represents a perfect convergence of favorable timing, geographical advantages, and human harmony, where external environment and personal energy perfectly align. The Year Branch Wei Earth is the Rob Wealth Star, a favorable element in position, strengthening the Day Master's foundation and team support. Simultaneously, the Major Cycle and the Month Pillar form 'Upright Qi Without Punishment', signifying achieving breakthroughs under immense pressure, turning misfortune into fortune, gaining unexpected achievements. The Year Pillar's noble stars Heavenly Virtue Nobleman and State Seal Nobleman appear together, symbolizing recognition and authorization at the highest level, with authority and prestige reaching their peak.

This year marked the beginning of the Ji Wei Major Cycle (2008-2017). The Major Cycle's Stem and Branch are both Rob Wealth, the most favorable element for the Day Master Wu Earth, representing personal will, team strength, and control reaching their peak. The Year Pillar is Wu Zi. The Heavenly Stem Wu Earth (Peer Star) appears, further strengthening personal power and prestige. However, the Year Branch Zi Water and the birth chart's Year Branch Wu Fire form a Zi-Wu Clash, constituting a Heavenly Clash and Earthly Clash, a signal of major change and challenge. But wonderfully, the Major Cycle Branch Wei Earth combines with the Year Branch Wu Fire (Wu-Wei combine to Fire), successfully resolving the impact brought by the Year Pillar, transforming the 'clash' turmoil into the 'combination' stability and unity. The State Seal Nobleman in the Major Cycle further signifies legitimate authority. Therefore, in a seemingly turbulent year, relying on the strong support and combination of the Major Cycle, he achieved a smooth transition and consolidation of power, a classic example of resolving clash with combination, turning danger into safety.

The year 2013, Gui Si, was a landmark transition year for the native. The Year Stem Gui Water (Direct Wealth) appears, a negative element for the birth chart, representing the handover of immense responsibility, resources, and affairs. The Year Branch Si Fire is a favorable element, forming a Triple Fire Combination with the Year Branch Wu and Major Cycle Wei. Fire is the Resource Star, representing power, prestige, and protection. This combination is powerful, meaning the retirement process was smooth, orderly, and gained broad support and high honors. The Year Pillar and the Day Pillar Wu Shen form a Heaven-Earth Double Harmony (Wu-Gui combine, Shen-Si combine). This is a 'Heaven-Earth Double Harmony', indicating major,圆满的变动与交接。Simultaneously, Si Fire contains the Bing Fire Harmonizing Element, warming the entire chart, allowing the cold Earth born in winter to thaw, symbolizing the圆满达成 of his historical mission and the settling of body and mind. The Major Cycle Ji Wei Rob Wealth helps the self, strengthening the power of the Day Master Wu Earth, giving him sufficient energy and magnanimity to calmly handle this major life transition.