Wang Anshi

This year marked the beginning of the Wuxu Partial Wealth Major Life Cycle. The Fleeting Year is Ding Chou. In fate analysis, the Fleeting Year Heavenly Stem Ding Fire is the Hurting Officer, which is precisely the favorable and useful god of the fate chart, indicating the display of talent and a surge of literary inspiration. The Fleeting Year Earthly Branch Chou Earth combines with the Water of the Month and Hour Pillars, activating the Direct Seal, which represents study, documents, and noble people. Chou is the Seal Treasury, and its combination into the fate chart signifies entering an environment conducive to focused learning and knowledge accumulation. Simultaneously, the Fleeting Year sees the appearance of Huagai, indicating unique talent and literary thought, which highly corresponds with the event of befriending literary companions and having his writings appreciated. Although the Major Life Cycle is the unfavorable Partial Wealth, the favorable and useful gods of the Fleeting Year are powerful, forming the advantageous combination of Hurting Officer Paired with Seal, allowing his talent to gain recognition and dissemination through orthodox channels (the noble people and elders represented by the Seal Star).

This year, he was in the Wuxu Partial Wealth Major Life Cycle. The Major Life Cycle Heavenly Stem Wu Earth (Partial Wealth) directly clashes with the Day Master Jia Wood. Partial Wealth represents the father in a male's fate chart, so this cycle inherently indicates a weak bond with the father and his father's health or career difficulties. The Fleeting Year is Ji Mao. The Fleeting Year Earthly Branch Mao Wood forms a Mao-You Clash with the Year Pillar You Metal (the parents' palace), directly impacting the parents' palace and the foundation of the Wealth Star representing the father. Simultaneously, the Fleeting Year Earthly Branch Mao and the Month and Hour Pillar Zi Water form a Zi-Mao Punishment, intensifying the sorrow and punitive imagery within the family. The Heavenly Stems of the Major Life Cycle and Fleeting Year, Wu and Ji Earth (Wealth Stars), come together, seemingly combining with the Day Master (Jia-Ji combine into Earth), but in reality, the Wealth Stars are excessively strong and overpower the Day Master. The Day Master Jia Wood is trapped by the heavy Weight of Wealth Stars (the father star), precisely the period when the father star is excessively clashed and overcome, hence the pain of losing his father.

This year, Wang Anshi was in the Wuxu Partial Wealth Major Life Cycle, with the Fleeting Year being Ren Wu. The key to his career achievement this year in fate analysis lies in:

1. Officer and Killing Stars Strong and Forming a Combination: The Major Life Cycle Earthly Branch Xu combines with the Year Branch You and Day Branch Shen in the fate chart to form a Triple Metal Combination, pushing the already strong power of the Officer and Killing Stars (Metal) to its peak. Officer and Killing Stars represent fame, career, and constraints. This configuration strongly signals official selection processes like the imperial examinations, forming the fundamental astrological basis for his success.

2. Favorable and Useful God Fire Appears: The Fleeting Year Earthly Branch Wu Fire is the Hurting Officer, which is the favorable and useful god for his pattern. The appearance of Wu Fire, on one hand, moderates the cold of the winter month in his chart, allowing his talent (Food and Hurting Officer) to manifest. On the other hand, Wu Fire clashes with the Zi Water of the Month and Hour Pillars, activating the Seal Star, representing the intense collision and outstanding emergence of thought and literary talent, which is why his essay caught the examiners' attention.

3. Nobleman Star Appears: The Fleeting Year encounters Heavenly Virtue Nobleman and Moon Virtue Nobleman, indicating gaining appreciation and timely assistance from noble people. Although he was demoted in ranking due to offending with his phrasing (Wu Fire Hurting Officer also indicates unexpected twists caused by speech or writing), he still ultimately passed the exam and obtained an official post, with nobleman luck playing a key role in resolving difficulties and providing support.

This year coincided with the Ding You Hurting Officer Major Life Cycle and the Ding Hai Hurting Officer Fleeting Year. The energy of Fire (Food and Hurting Officer) appears in both the Major Life Cycle and the Fleeting Year, precisely the favorable and useful god favored by his Eight Characters pattern. Hurting Officer represents the application of talent, pragmatic action, and reformist courage. The Fleeting Year Earthly Branch Hai Water is the Partial Seal, which harms the Day Branch Shen Metal, activating the foundation of the Day Pillar. This signifies his investment of personal wisdom (Seal) and authority (Seven Killings) into concrete local governance. The Major Life Cycle Earthly Branch You Metal is the unfavorable Officer Star, but it is controlled by the Heavenly Stem Ding Fire Hurting Officer, forming a "Hurting Officer Controlling the Killings" configuration. This means he could transform the pressures and constraints of officialdom into bold, practical achievements for the people's benefit. Simultaneously, the Major Life Cycle's General Star appears, a period when his leadership and organizational abilities were brought into play.

This year coincided with the Ding You Hurting Officer Major Life Cycle. The Major Life Cycle Heavenly Stem Ding Fire Hurting Officer appears, manifesting the energy of his favorable and useful god, Fire. Hurting Officer governs thought, innovation, and rebellion, providing powerful internal drive for Wang Anshi to implement the prototype of new laws locally and challenge old rules. The Fleeting Year is Wu Zi. The Heavenly Stem Wu Earth Partial Wealth strengthens the Officer and Killing Stars. The Earthly Branch Zi Water Direct Seal, together with the fate chart and Major Life Cycle, forms a Zi-You Break, intensifying the turmoil between the Officer and Killing Stars (Metal) and the Seal Stars (Water). Under this configuration, he had to cope with pressure and constraints from the system (Officer and Killing Stars) on one hand, while on the other hand, using the power of Seal Stars (knowledge, conviction) and Hurting Officer (innovative thinking) to transform pressure into concrete reform practices. The Food God Controlling Killings pattern is activated by the Major Life Cycle's Hurting Officer at this moment, manifesting as using practical policies that benefit the people (Food and Hurting Officer generating wealth) to resist and resolve harsh government policies (Seven Killings).

This year coincided with the Ding You Major Life Cycle and the Ren Chen Fleeting Year, forming a Heaven and Earth Double Combination, a rare smooth year within the ten-year Major Life Cycle. The Fleeting Year Heavenly Stem Ren Water is the Partial Seal, and the Earthly Branch Chen Earth is Partial Wealth. Together with the fate chart and Major Life Cycle, they form a Shen-Zi-Chen Triple Water Combination, creating a powerful water current with extremely strong Seal Star energy, indicating active thought and a surge of literary inspiration. The Fleeting Year Chen Earth combines with and activates the Year Pillar You Metal Direct Officer, activating the Officer Star, representing official affairs and reputation. The Moon Virtue Nobleman is present, adding benevolence and prestige. Against this background, Wang Anshi's writing of the eulogy was a natural outflow of his Seal Star (thought, writing) energy activated by the Officer Star (official status), and it also aligns with the characteristic of his Direct Seal Pattern where Killings produce Seals, using literature to convey principles.

This year, Wang Anshi was in the final year of the Ding You Major Life Cycle (Hurting Officer cycle), with the Fleeting Year being Bing Shen. The Fleeting Year Heavenly Stem Bing Fire Food God combines with the Year Pillar Heavenly Stem Xin Metal Direct Officer, forming a "Food God Combines with Officer" pattern. This indicates that talent is revealed and easily gains appreciation and recommendation from official authorities. Bing Fire is also the moderating useful god, capable of dispelling the cold of winter wood in his chart, allowing his thoughts and talent to shine. Although the Fleeting Year Earthly Branch Shen Metal Seven Killings is an unfavorable god, it is controlled by the Heavenly Stem Bing Fire Food God, constituting "Food God Controls Killings," transforming pressure and challenges into motivation for achievement. Simultaneously, the Fleeting Year's "Heavenly Official Nobleman" appears, and the Major Life Cycle's "General Star" is still present, both indicating that he is prone to receiving promotions from noble people (like Ouyang Xiu) in his career and that his leadership abilities can be displayed. This is the key astrological node for his leap in reputation and entry into the core power's vision.

This year, Wang Anshi was in the Bing Shen Food God Major Life Cycle. The Major Life Cycle Heavenly Stem Bing Fire is the moderating useful god for his Eight Characters, representing a breakthrough in life, ushering in unprecedented opportunities. The Fleeting Year is Wu Xu. Its Earthly Branch, together with the Year Pillar You and the Major Life Cycle Shen, forms a Triple Metal Combination. Although Metal is an unfavorable god, it represents Officer and Killing Stars, governing large-scale, systematic state affairs, corresponding precisely to his act of submitting a memorial to the emperor. Both the Major Life Cycle and Fleeting Year have Heavenly Official Nobleman and State Seal, indicating a grand career blueprint where efforts and credibility will gain official recognition. Food God governs thought, strategy, and expression, while Bing Fire's moderating effect endows him with the courage and passion to break with the old and establish the new. Therefore, in this cycle and year, he was able to systematically expound his reform proposals in the form of a ten-thousand-word memorial, making a remarkable impact.

This year, Wang Anshi was 38, in the Bing Shen Food God Major Life Cycle, with the Fleeting Year being Ji Hai. The Major Life Cycle Heavenly Stem Bing Fire appears as the moderating useful god, representing a breakthrough opportunity in life. The Fleeting Year Heavenly Stem Ji Earth Direct Wealth combines with the Day Master Jia Wood (Jia-Ji combine into Earth). This is "combining with wealth," indicating significant official position and salary-related opportunities this year, but the combination carries "gloom," implying a process full of twists and inner struggles. The Major Life Cycle Earthly Branch Shen Metal Seven Killings and the Fleeting Year Earthly Branch Hai Water Partial Seal harm each other (Shen-Hai Harm), causing instability in the career palace and indicating a process of appointment filled with repetition and external pressure. Simultaneously, the Major Life Cycle's Heavenly Official Nobleman appears, foreshadowing a bright official career and grand plans. Overall, the characteristic of Food God Controls Killings in his fate chart and the imagery of wealth coming to combine with me in the Fleeting Year together led to this career advancement of "first refusal, then acceptance." Superficially a compromise, it was actually a strategic retreat to advance, establishing a more solid official position under pressure.

This year coincided with the Gui Mao Fleeting Year. The Fleeting Year Earthly Branch Mao and the Zi Water of the Month and Hour Pillars in the fate chart form a Zi-Mao Punishment. Zi Water is the Direct Seal, representing the mother. The Fleeting Year punishing and harming the parent star is a strong signal of disaster for the mother. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar You Metal (Direct Officer, representing official position) and the Fleeting Year Mao Wood clash, activating the Officer Star, indicating that family changes would affect his career. Wang Anshi was in the Bing Shen Major Life Cycle. The Heavenly Stem Bing Fire is the Food God, governing thought, expression, and freedom. The Earthly Branch Shen Metal is the Seven Killings, increasing the constraining power of the Officer and Killing Stars (Metal). The Fleeting Year Heavenly Stem Gui Water is the Direct Seal, forming a water current with the fate chart. Although needed for moderation, the Earthly Branch punishes the Seal Star, creating a situation of external auspiciousness, internal inauspiciousness. Therefore, his choice to resign and observe mourning was not only due to filial piety but also the inevitable reflection of Seal Star being punished and Officer Star encountering clash in his fate chart. It was a natural choice driven by his character of valuing sentiment and righteousness over fame and profit under the push of his fortune.

This year, Wang Anshi was in the Yi Wei Major Life Cycle, encountering the Ding Wei Fleeting Year. His Eight Characters have Jia Wood as Day Master, born in deep winter, favoring Fire to moderate and warm the chart. The Fleeting Year Heavenly Stem Ding Fire Hurting Officer is precisely his favorable and useful god, representing the manifestation of talent and the application of thought. Hurting Officer governs innovation and expression, echoing the Bing Fire Food God in the Hour Pillar of his fate chart, forming an Food and Hurting Officer Expressing Talent imagery—brilliant talent and reformist thought fitting the times. The Earthly Branches Wei Earth of the Major Life Cycle and Fleeting Year contain Ding Fire and Ji Earth, both favorable and useful. Moreover, Wei is the Heavenly Virtue Nobleman and Heavenly Official Nobleman, indicating encountering an enlightened ruler and a prominent official career. The Fleeting Year Ding Fire controls the Year Pillar Xin Metal Direct Officer. Although there is an imagery of Hurting Officer Meets Officer, Fire is the favorable and useful god for the overall chart. Instead, it indicates challenging the old system with new ideas and measures, gaining recognition and appointment from the highest authority (the Officer Star of the Year Pillar). This is an auspicious sign of smooth fortune and grand plans unfolding.

This year, Wang Anshi was in the Yi Wei Robbing Wealth Major Life Cycle. The Major Life Cycle Heavenly Stem Yi Wood and the Year Pillar Xin Metal Direct Officer clash, signifying a challenge to the old system and rules and a heart for reform. The Fleeting Year is Wu Shen. The Heavenly Stem Wu Earth Partial Wealth is favorable and useful, representing his proposed strategies for enriching the state and strengthening the military (Wealth is the source of life sustenance and also the state treasury). The Earthly Branch Shen Metal Seven Killings, together with the Month Branch Zi Water Direct Seal and the Hour Branch Zi Water, forms a Shen-Zi Half-Water Combination, strengthening the noble pattern of Killings Produce Seal. This transforms the immense pressure of reform (Seven Killings) into deep political wisdom and执行力 (Seal transforms Killings). The Fleeting Year sees the appearance of Heavenly Official Nobleman, indicating gaining appreciation and重用 from the emperor (Shenzong). The moderating useful god Geng Metal (Seven Killings) gains ground in the Fleeting Year Earthly Branch, enabling him to translate his reformist thought (generated by the Food God Bing Fire) into concrete action. The timing was ripe.

This Fleeting Year is Geng Xu. The Heavenly Stem Geng Metal is the Seven Killings, precisely the moderating useful god of the fate chart, representing immense challenges and reform opportunities. The Fleeting Year Earthly Branch Xu, together with the Year Pillar You and Day Pillar Shen, forms a Triple Western Metal Combination, pushing the power of Officer and Killing Stars to its peak, indicating holding authority and implementing large-scale reforms. Simultaneously, the Fleeting Year Heavenly Stem Geng and the Major Life Cycle Heavenly Stem Yi Yi-Geng combine into Metal, transforming the power of Robbing Wealth into Officer and Killing Stars. This signifies unifying the strength of colleagues to implement new policies. Although the Hour Pillar Food God Bing Fire is weak, it can balance the excessively strong Officer and Killing Stars, representing the combination of his reformist thought (Food God) and tough methods (Seven Killings). The Major Life Cycle and Fleeting Year carry Heavenly Official Nobleman, indicating a prominent official career and attaining high position. However, the Earthly Branches of the Major Life Cycle and Fleeting Year Wei and Xu punish each other, and the Fleeting Year harms the Year Pillar (Tai Sui), indicating that the reform process would face heavy resistance, intense personnel struggles, and that good things would be hard-won.

This year, Wang Anshi was in the Yi Wei Robbing Wealth Major Life Cycle, with the Fleeting Year being Yi Mao. The Robbing Wealth star appears double in the Heavenly Stems, representing colleagues, competition, and power struggles. The Earthly Branches of the Major Life Cycle and Fleeting Year Wei and Mao form a half-Wood combination, strengthening the power of Wood (Comparable and Robbing Wealth), allowing him to gain strong support and alliances in power struggles. The Fleeting Year Yi Mao and the Year Pillar Xin You form a Heavenly Clash and Earthly Clash. This is "Clashing with the Year Pillar (Tai Sui)," a sign of major life changes, directly corresponding to the drastic change in his official position—from being dismissed as Prime Minister to being reinstated. The Heavenly Official Nobleman appears in the Major Life Cycle, indicating a bright official career. The Fleeting Year carries Blade, and although there is a Disaster Star, it also represents the strength and decisiveness when power reaches its peak. His fate chart itself has the noble pattern of Killings Produce Seal. At this time, activated by the Major Life Cycle and Fleeting Year, despite internal struggles (Robbing Wealth), it ultimately created the opportunity for his return to the center of power.

This Fleeting Year is Bing Chen. The Heavenly Stem Bing Fire Food God is favorable and useful, originally having the imagery of moderating and warming the chart, expressing talent and generating growth. The Fleeting Year and the Year Pillar Xin You form a Heaven and Earth Double Combination, seemingly an auspicious sign. However, this combination transforms into Water (Bing-Xin combine into Water), instead intensifying the strong water current in the fate chart. Excessive water makes wood float, shaking the foundation. More critically, the Fleeting Year Earthly Branch Chen and the Month Branch Zi, Day Branch Shen form a Shen-Zi-Chen Triple Water Combination, creating a torrential water current that severely drains the energy of the Day Master Jia Wood. Simultaneously, the Wealth Star Chen Earth is transformed into Water, destroying the foundation of the Wealth Star. The Major Life Cycle Yi Wei has its Earthly Branch Wei forming a Zi-Wei Harm with the Zi Water of the Month and Hour Pillars, damaging the foundation of the Seal Star (Zi Water). The combined action of the Fleeting Year, Major Life Cycle, and fate chart forms a strong signal of Triple Clash with the Children Star (Seven Killings Geng Metal), corresponding to the major blow of his eldest son Wang Pang's death. The Officer and Killing Stars (Metal) are unfavorable gods, already strong, and further encounter the Water Combination draining the self and generating Killings. This leads to career pressure (Officer and Killing Stars) and mental exhaustion (Seal Star damaged) reaching their peak. Although the Food God Bing Fire appears, it is transformed by combination and powerless to control the Killings. Ultimately, this leads to physical and mental exhaustion, forcing him to resign from the Prime Ministership and retire to Jiangning.