Steve Jobs

This year coincides with the Ren Water Zi annual luck, with Ren Water Seven Killings revealed—an auspicious timing for the chart, signaling new opportunities and challenges. The annual branch Zi Water forms a partial water-official pairing with the Day Master Chen Earth, and the power of Official-Kill surges, suggesting a new life phase requiring facing rules and shouldering responsibilities (enrollment). However, the Ren Water Seven Killings in the annual stems clash with the Day Master Bing Fire and the Major Fortune's Bing Fire, symbolizing a strong clash between the self and the external environment (academic system, financial pressure), generating inner restlessness and a resistance to traditional constraints; this underlies the decision to drop out. Meanwhile, the annual Star of Leadership appears, signaling the awakening of leadership and a unique personality; he continues his exploration in an unconventional way (auditing), which actually aligns with the chart's favorable官杀 energy (Water) to train and realize his path.

This year marks the Bing Zi major fortune; the heavenly stem Bing Fire as a 'peer' is considered inauspicious, intensifying the chart's fire. The annual pillar Jia Yin carries indirect resource energy, with Yin Wood as the Travel Star, forming a clash with the hour pillar Shen Metal—the pattern of the travel star clashes that drives him to embark on a journey abroad. With Wood strong in the year, the energy of the unfavorable star peaks, indicating that tradition, rules, and existing cognition weigh too heavily, which fuels his rebellious and searching spirit, yearning to break free and seek a new spiritual home. The major fortune and the annual Tai Chi Noble Person also suggest this is a moment to explore life’s origins and unlock deeper wisdom.

This year Jobs is in the Bing Zi major fortune; the heavenly stem Bing Fire as a 'peer' appears, and Zi Water is a favorable energy, signaling opportunities to initiate a venture and establish rules. The flow year Bing Chen sees Bing Fire again, strengthening the energy of competition and cooperation, which suits starting a business with partners. The annual branch Chen Earth (Shi Shen) and the day pillar Bing Chen form伏吟, indicating old matters resurfacing and life themes coming to a head, while the talents represented by Shi Shang are unleashed to the fullest. At the same time, the annual luck brings the Tian Guan Gui Ren, favorable for gaining recognition and opportunities from official or authoritative domains. The combination of major fortune and flow triggers the Water energy, injecting potential for governance, management, and market orientation into this pioneering enterprise.

This year falls under the Bingzi great fortune pillar. The Zi water in the luck pillar represents the official star, though overshadowed by the heavenly stem Bing Fire, so there are both opportunities and competition in careers. The year of Ding-Si features Ding Fire as Rob Wealth and Si Fire as the Peer star; fire is extremely旺, with many Bi Jie around, signaling teamwork and fierce market competition. However, the Si branch contains hidden Geng Metal Pian Cai, the favorable use of deity for this chart, and Geng corresponds to Pian Cai, symbolizing innovative business models and market opportunities. The 'Shi Shang Xie Xiu' pattern is activated, with Shi Shen representing creativity and product design, and Pian Cai representing business value; together they turn genius ideas into epoch-making products. At the same time, fortunate stars such as Tian De Gui Ren, Tian Guan Gui Ren, and Xue Tang appear, aiding recognition, learning new technologies, and establishing industry status. But the Yin-Si mutual punishment warns to be mindful of internal cooperation and detail control to avoid friction from haste.

This year marks a crucial wealth-and-career peak in Jobs' life. The day master is overly strong Fire, with Metal (wealth) and Water (official power) as favored deities. In 1980, the Gengshen year, both heavenly stem and earthly branch are Geng Shen Metal, a powerful wealth star in place. The Geng Metal in the year exchanges with Yi Wood, transforming the印 star into wealth, meaning wisdom and fame are successfully converted into substantial business value and wealth. Simultaneously, the year's Shen Metal in the branch forms the three-water pattern with the day master Chen and the Luck Year Zi, where Water signifies career and authority; the Three-Water pattern is strong, predicting great career success, top teamwork, and recognition by authorities (the stock market). The year also brings benevolent stars Tian Yi and Wen Chang, boosting luck with benefactors and helping achieve great enterprises. This year combines timing, geography, and people to realize Apple's IPO milestone.

This year falls in the Gui Hai year; the year's Gui Water official star aligns with the month's Wu Earth Shi Shen, forming a synergy that blends talent (Shi Shen) with career opportunities (Official), turning creativity into market-recognized, authoritative products. The Hai Water in the earthly branch aligns with Yin Wood in the month pillar, creating a Yin-Hai wood conjunction with double heaven-earth harmony, signaling smooth internal and external progress and strong support for forming good partnerships and propelling the career. The Hai Water also acts as the Ren Water Seven Killings star, the chart's balancing deity, bringing energy and strong execution when matched with fire. Additionally, fortunate stars Tian Yi and Wen Chang appear, boosting luck with benefactors and support for achieving great feats. This year combines heavenly timing, earthly advantage, and human harmony to mark a milestone—the Apple Macintosh release.

This year, Jobs is in the乙亥 major luck (Direct Seal) with乙丑 as the annual stem. Both the fortune's stems and the year's stem are乙木 Direct Seal (an unfavorable configuration), forming a pattern where the unfavorable star shows through the stems, signaling a sharp clash between his ideas and upper management and a tendency for overthinking and swayed judgment. The earthly branches 丑 and 未 form a Wei-Chou clash, i.e., a Tai Sui clash, striking at the roots of his early career and triggering major changes. At the same time, the Hai water (Seven Killings) and the Yin wood of the month create binds and disruptions (寅亥合木 and 寅亥相破), symbolizing conflicts and ruptures in collaboration. Yet the triad water in the 官杀 pattern is already in motion; with官杀 (water) as a favorable influence, new challenges and opportunities are quietly gathering, and this setback is the prologue to a grander future career blueprint.

This year, Jobs is in the甲戌 great fortune; the luck pillar 戌 clashes with the day pillar 辰 (the spouse palace, also representing the career platform), signaling major changes and restructuring in the career environment. The annual stem 丁丑, with 丑 and the hour pillar 子 (the hour pillar represents the career palace) in harmony, yields 正官 (the Official/Authority star), indicating a major opportunity with official recognition in his career. At the same time, the earth branches 丑 and 寅 secretly merge, suggesting he can cleverly integrate past experience and resources. The annual 神煞 appearances 天德贵人 and 国印贵人 indicate benefactors behind the scenes; effort and reputation gain formal recognition. The combination of fortune and annual with 未戌丑 three penalties creates great pressure and internal conflicts, but this 'break to stand' energy clears obstacles to his return to the center of power.

This year runs under the甲戌 great luck; the heavenly stem Jia Wood is the Indirect Resource, and the earthly branch 戌 is the Food God. The Day Master is Bing Fire, overly strong; it benefits from 'Eating God' (creativity/expressive energy) to showcase talents. The Xu Earth Food God energy strongly expresses creativity and design ideas. The yearly Yin Wood acts as Indirect Resource, resonating with Xu Earth to form a Fire pattern, strengthening inner faith and perseverance. Crucially, Xu in the major luck clashes with Chen in the day pillar, opening the Day Pillar's Shishen reservoir and stirring changes to the spouse palace, signaling dramatic and deep changes in career structure and work environment. The time pillar Shen Metal is a favorable Partial Wealth; the traveling horse star activates in the year, and with Shen clashing, there is a 'movement toward wealth' sign. The iMac release embodies this fusion of movement and wealth, turning creativity (Shishen) into market value (Partial Wealth).

This year falls in the Guiyou ten-year fortune, with Gui water as the Official Star and You metal as the Wealth Star, and the 辰酉 metal combination strengthening the Wealth Star. The ten-year cycle and the year favor the Day Master, signaling a decade of career advancement and wealth opportunities. The annual fortune is Xin-Si, where Xin metal as the Wealth Star is revealed and, together with the Day Master Bing Fire, forms a water-based interaction that converts wealth into official status. The 辰酉 metal combination strengthens the Wealth Star. In BaZi terms, Metal represents wealth (new business models/markets); Water represents authority. With Metal and Water arriving together, and the ten-year and yearly fortunes strongly aligning with Wealth and Official stars, this is the peak moment to turn innovative ideas into substantial business success. The deities Lu Shen and Tian Guan Gui Ren appear, indicating stable wealth sources and easy recognition by authorities, providing excellent timing and favorable conditions for product launches.

This year marks the Guiyou Great Fortune. In this fortune, Gui water serves as the favorable Official Star, and You metal is the favorable Wealth Star, with 辰酉 forming a metal combination that strengthens the Wealth energy, signaling a period of elevated career prospects and wealth opportunities. The yearly 丁亥 has 亥水 as the Seven Killings star, also a favorable deity, and 亥's water acts as the adjusting deity, representing authority, transformation and breakthroughs being triggered. The year's 亥 forms a combination with the month pillar 寅, which, though a destructive combination, still activates the 印 star and the 杀 star, indicating the merging of innovative ideas (Intellect) with disruptive technology (Killer). The chart is an Eating God-type chart with strong creativity and expression; with the favorable elements present in this ten-year and yearly cycle, the disruptive product concept can be realized, establishing industry dominance.

2010 marks the last year of Guiyou Great Fortune for the Day Master. In this fortune, Gui water serves as the Official Star and You metal as the Wealth Star, making Metal and Water the favorable elements the Day Master needs for career growth and wealth accumulation. The year is Gengyin; Geng metal represents indirect wealth, resonating with the strong You metal of the ten-year cycle to form a wealth-source pattern, signaling opportunities to discover new markets and create new wealth. Although Yin Wood is an unfavorable star, it does not directly clash with You Metal; Geng can restrain Yin Wood, giving the Wealth Star the power to influence the Intellect (Ink). This suggests innovative ideas can be monetized through commercial products. The ten-year fortune includes Tian Yi Gui Ren; the year includes Fu Xing Gui Ren, indicating favorable timing, allies, and support from noble people, helping to lead industry transformation. The Day Master Bing Fire shines like the sun; with Metal-Water adjustments, Wealth and Official stars support each other, unleashing creativity and leadership, culminating in a milestone that defines the industry's future.

This year aligns with the Ren-Shen Seven-Killings great luck pillar. The ten-year luck’s heavenly stem is Ren Water and the Seven Killings directly clash with the Day Master, Bing Fire, signaling a strong 'Seven Killings attack' on the body, indicating major pressure and health crisis. More crucially, the luck pillar's earthly branch Shen Metal and the lunar month Yin Wood form a 'Yin-Shen clash,' i.e., a clash with the luck pillar, severely destabilizing life's foundation and often associated with sudden health changes or major life turning points. In the yearly cycle Xin-Mao, the earthly branch Mao Wood together with the month pillar Yin Wood and the day branch Chen Earth form a 'Wood-Three Meeting' pattern, where Wood is the Day Master Fire’s 'Print' (support) star, and also the chart's inauspicious star. This Three-Wood pattern greatly strengthens the inauspicious Wood; with Wood in excess, Fire is suppressed, severely draining the Day Master’s vitality and worsening internal balance. The year's heavenly stem Xin Metal harmonizes with the Day Master Fire, seemingly supporting wealth but actually turning into Water (Bing-Xin conjoins Water), further enhancing the Water-related 'officials and killers' to restrain the Day Master. With multiple ominous signs stacking up, the astrology indicates this year is a major health challenge.