Lin Fengmian

This year features the Jia-Chen annual cycle; Jia Wood, the Zhengguan (official) star, reveals itself through the stems and aligns with the Day Master Ji Earth, indicating that the official star comes to support me. This signals intelligence, diligence, and easy guidance from teachers and official recognition. Jia Wood is also a timing-favorable element, bringing vitality to the cold winter. The yearly branch Chen Earth is damp soil; though it is the wealth-destroying factor, it can subdue fire and accumulate water, and with water from the year and hour pillars forming a water pattern, it triggers a robust water trend and greatly strengthens wealth stars. For a relatively weak Day Master Ji Earth, excessive wealth and official stars can be stressful, but the virtue is that Jia Wood in the year's stems harmonizes with the self, turning pressure into motivation and discipline for study. Additionally, the year's auspicious stars include the Noble Patron (Gu Yin Gui Ren), favorable for studies and documents, matching the启蒙 reading and the pursuit of mastering arts. The major luck cycle (Da Yun) is Ji-Si; Si Fire as Zhengyin is favorable; even though the Day and Month Hai Water are unsettled, the Jia Wood of the yearly stems clears the way, forming a官印相生 pattern that supports early education.

This year, the major luck is Wu Zi, with the annual luck Ding Wei. The yearly heavenly stem Ding Fire is the Indirect Resource, directly revealed, indicating studies, documents, and enlightenment. For a Day Master with weak fire, Indirect Resource is an important energy, signaling wisdom opening and support from benefactors. The yearly branch Wei is a Bi Jian (friend/ally) that helps the Day Master, giving him more steadiness in study. At the same time, the year gathers Tian Yi Gui Ren, Tai Ji Gui Ren, Fu Xing Gui Ren, and De Xiu Gui Ren — four noble stars — forming a strong patron magnet, especially favorable for academic enlightenment, enabling good teachers or key learning opportunities. The year's fire and earth energies strengthen, perfectly suited to the chart, making the start of studies smooth and meaningful.

This year Lin Fengmian is in the Wu Zi major luck, and the annual luck is Wu Shen. In the chart, the Year Pillar Geng Jin represents talent and artistic expression, the source of innate gifts. The yearly branch Shen Jin is the root of the Hurting Officer, and with the original Year Pillar Zi Water forming a half-harmony water pattern, it triggers the Hurting Officer energy. This is a classic 'Hurting Officer reveals brilliance' pattern, meaning his inner talent, vitality, and creativity are awakened and expressed. At the same time, the Hour Pillar Bing Fire reveals Zheng Yin (Direct Resource), indicating elder's appreciation and noble support. The year's auspicious stars include the Study Hall, implying learning and skill development benefits. The major luck cycle and stems are all Wu Earth Jie Cai, a star that normally indicates competition; here it acts as a driver of competition and display, pushing him to turn talent into tangible works. Therefore, this year his artistic talents emerge and he gains initial recognition and encouragement.

This year begins a Wuzi big fortune; the annual pillar Jiayin. The year's heavenly stem Jia Wood (Zheng Guan) reveals itself, forming a bond with the Day Master (Ji Earth). The year's earthly branch Yin Wood and the Day Branch Hai Water form an Yin-Hai connection, creating a Heaven-and-Earth double harmony, signaling strong support and a pivotal period for study’s progress and a rising career. Jia Wood serves as the regulating favorable deity, and its presence in the stems symbolizes vitality and opportunity. In the year's branches, Yin Wood hides Bing Fire as the proper seal, representing inner stability and improved learning ability. The year's auspicious stars include Moon Virtue Noble, Tai Ji Noble, and National Seal, suggesting kindness brings good fortune, quick understanding, and that effort and reputation will be recognized. Overall, with supportive官印 and benefactors, this is an excellent time for academic advancement and showcasing talent; admission to a prestigious school and founding a poetry society reflects this fortune.

This year Lin is in the Ji-Chou great fortune. The Chong (Chou) of the fortune interacts with the chart’s year, month, day, and hour to form multiple Three-Water Meetings (Hai-Zi-Chou), pushing the water energy (wealth star) to its peak. Water signifies movement, travel, and wisdom, providing strong momentum for his overseas studies. The annual stem-and-branch Wu (戊午) clashes with Zi and Hour, creating a double clash with Tai Sui and a clash between heaven and earth, signaling a major life change and relocation abroad. The Wu fire is the Print/Seal star, representing study and protection; although it is challenged by the strong water, its root grounding means studying abroad will be demanding but spiritually nourishing with guidance from mentors. The combination of great fortune and yearly influences brings dramatic changes, marking his departure from the old environment and the opening of a new artistic world—an essential turning point.

This year falls within the Ji-Chou great fortune; the fortune’s branches Chou intersect with the chart’s year and hour, forming multiple Three-Water Meetings. Water is the chart’s unfavorable element, representing wealth energy, which places pressure on the Day Master. Yet the annual stem Geng (metal) represents Hurting Officer, with Shen (the branch) providing a strong root for the officer; metal can generate water. Although this seems to strengthen the unfavorable energy, there is a hidden mechanism: Hurting Officer signifies talent, skill, travel, and change; its emergence matches going abroad to study and broaden horizons. The year’s Shen and the Hour pillar’s water form a partial water meeting, increasing water energy, while Shen Metal itself is a strong Hurting Officer, enhancing learning and creativity. The appearance of the ‘Xue Tang’ (Academy) star indicates academic progress and efficiency; the Tian Yi Nobleman suggests that in a foreign land you can receive guidance from a benefactor. The combined influence of the great fortune and yearly changes marks a dramatic shift, enabling him to leave his old environment and open a new artistic world.

This year falls in the Ji-Chou luck cycle. The luck pillar and the four pillars (year, month, day, hour) form multiple Hai-Zi-Chou Three-Water Meetings, pushing the water wealth energy to a peak. The birth chart is Direct Wealth, with a weak body that typically benefits from the Print/Resource stars. In this year's Ren-Wu cycle, Ren Water (direct wealth) combines with Ding Fire as indirect resource, forming Wood, which becomes the Official star, creating a pattern of 'Wealth thriving, generating official status' through art (fame and position). The annual Xu earth acts as Rob Wealth, giving some support to the day master, and the luck cycle also features the Heavenly Official Nobleman, signaling a grand career plan. The interplay of these factors enables turning strong wealth into actual official recognition through artistic works, leading to fame within Europe’s mainstream art scene.

This year, Lin Fengmian is in the Ji-Chou luck, where the earthly branches of the luck cycle form a strong Hai-Zi-Chou Three-Water Meeting. Water is the chart’s inauspicious star, representing vast external environments and waves of opportunity. The arrival of the Gui-Hai year brings Gui Water as partial wealth and reactivates the Three-Water Meeting, pushing the water power to its peak. This signals travel, change, and a deep intellectual impact. The Wen Chang Noble and Taiji Noble stars appear, making it an excellent time for study, comprehension, and wisdom. The Heavenly Official Nobleman in the luck cycle also hints at an unfolding career plan. Though Water is an inauspicious influence, the strong water pattern also symbolizes the era’s currents and artistic trends; he travels to Germany, turning the pressure of the challenging star into motivation for exploration and learning, thereby achieving a key breakthrough in his artistic horizons through the flow and transformation of water.

In 1925, Lin Fengmian is in the last year of the Ji-Chou luck cycle, with the yearly luck Yi-Chou. This year’s chart is highly special: first, the Yi Wood Seven Killings appear openly, and together with the year's Geng Metal as the injurious officer, they form a Geng–Yi Metal conjunction that transforms talent and the injurious officer into energy of opportunity and responsibility, foreshadowing a major appointment and responsibilities in his career. Second, the luck year’s Chou Earth merges with the chart’s Water in the year and hour pillars and with Hai Water in the month and day pillars, forming a strong Hai-Zi-Chou Three-Water Meeting. Water represents the chart’s Direct and Indirect Wealth; though it is an inauspicious star, the Three-Water Meeting peaks, and the Heaven-Earth double harmony created by the year and hour pillars signals a favorable marriage and abundant assistance. Marriage and returning to head the Beiping Art School align with this, while the noble-star deities Tian Yi, Tian De, and Tian Guan gather, marking strong benefactor luck, especially Tian Guan, which aligns with Cai Yuanpei’s recognition and invitation. The luck cycle and annual luck are Earth-bound; while supportive, the water in the branches is too strong and the Day Master is weak to sustain wealth and official matters. Thus returning to head the school is both an opportunity and a significant challenge.

This year sits at a crucial career node, with the Gengyin great luck and Bingyin annual fortune. The chart shows a weak self with abundant wealth; Fire and Wood are beneficial. The ten-year luck cycle and annual branches form an Yin Wood Official pattern, aligning with Hai Water in the month/day pillars to create the Hai-Yin Wood combination, transforming wealth energy into the Official star (career and reputation). The year's Ding Fire indicates a Direct Resource that serves as the timing deity, symbolizing benefactors, knowledge, and official recognition, effectively offsetting the previous water-cold and earth-freeze energies and providing spiritual energy and a platform for artistic creation. The State Patron in the year suggests official opportunities and formal recognition for the artist's ideas and works. The Hurting Officer present in the cycle further endows him with the ability to break with tradition and express personal artistic traits.

This year is aligned with the Gengyin Hurting Officer luck cycle. The ten-year cycle's Yin Wood Official and the timing pillar Bing Fire Direct Resource form a favorable 官印 (Officer-Resource) pattern, signaling breakthroughs and rising fame in his career. The annual Ding Mao indicates the manifestation and innovation of ideas and culture through art; the Yin Wood Seven Killings in the branch and Hai Water in the chart's month/day pillars further empower the influence of official and killing energies (career, responsibility, and pioneering). The presence of the General Star and Red Phoenix together signals taking a leadership role within a team and drawing broad attention. The chart itself has wealth that nurtures career; the self is weak, needs the Seal (Resource); with the year's fire-resource denoting favorable influence, it suits the grand ideal of educating the public through art. Although the annual clash with the Grand Year (Tai Sui) brings some resistance (public apathy), the combined forces of the fortune cycle and the year awaken官印 energy, making the actions epoch-making.

This year falls in the Gengyin great luck (1926–1935), with Yin Wood as the Official star, aligning with Hai Water in the chart, forming the Hai-Yin Wood combination that greatly strengthens the official star. The Official star represents career, fame, and responsibility; this alignment signals major opportunities and collaborations with officials or authorities (such as Cai Yuanpei). The annual stem is Wu (戊辰?), with Chen Earth as a reservoir to store excess water energy (wealth) and balance the chart. More importantly, Yin Wood in the great luck is the Jia Wood the essential energy sought by the chart, while Chen contains乙木 Seven Killings; wood (官杀) is the favorable deity, representing execution power and expansion of career. Both the great luck and the year carry State Patron; governance and official recognition and real power are possible. With multiple auspicious signs converging, this is an excellent moment to start a career and establish historical status.

This year falls under Hurting Officer in the Da Yun (major luck). The Da Yun's earthly branch Yin stands with the natal hour's Yin, strengthening Direct Officer and Direct Resource, representing an expanded career platform and personal reputation. In the Ji Si year, Si Fire is a favorable location where Bing Fire serves as the timing deity, warming the chart and dispelling the chart's winter dampness, bringing strong energy and opportunities. The year's Earthly Branch Si clashes with Hai Water in the hour and day pillars, forming Si-Hai clash, which is a 'Traveling Horse' clash indicating travel, movement, and breakthroughs. This aligns with his move from Hangzhou to Shanghai, organizing exhibitions and publications. The clash with the wealth star also means breaking old patterns, using art (Hurting Officer) to express inner self (Direct Resource). The birth of works like 'Pain' exemplifies Hurting Officer (artistic talent, innovation) and Direct Resource (ideas) under the strong fire-earth energies of the Da Yun and yearly cycle. The career score reaches 96, marking a key breakthrough and a peak moment in his artistic career.