Zuo Quan

This year coincides with the 戊寅 Great Fortune, with the Year Pillar being 乙卯. The original Bazi chart features a Intellectual Talent (Shi Shen) Pattern, where Shi Shen represents thought, talent, and expression. The Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch of the Year Pillar are both Shi Shen (Yi Wood, Mao Wood), which are the Unfavorable Elements for the Day Master Gui Water. The Shi Shen energy is extremely strong, indicating active thinking and a strong desire for expression. The Year Pillar resonates with the Month Pillar 己卯 in the chart, amplifying these traits. Simultaneously, the year encounters the auspicious stars Blessings of Academic Brilliance and Academic Star, marking a critical period for learning, enlightenment, and expression. The Great Fortune Heavenly Stem 戊土 (Proper Officer) combines with the Day Master Gui Water. The Proper Officer represents the nation, rules, and a sense of responsibility. This "combination" merges national righteousness with personal thought (Shi Shen), igniting the youth's intense national consciousness and expressive actions. Although the unfavorable Wood element is strong, suggesting a tendency towards 'arrogance due to talent,' it was transformed at this moment into anger and outcry against injustice, becoming the enlightening point for his life's aspirations.

This year, Mr. Zuo Quan was under the 丁丑 Great Fortune, with the Year Pillar being 癸亥. Astrologically, this year involves a Clash with the Year's Ruler (clash between the Year Pillar Si and Hai), indicating major life changes and long-distance travel. The Movement Star appears in the Year Pillar's Earthly Branch, a strong signal for traveling far from home and seeking change. The Year Pillar Heavenly Stem Gui Water is a Peer Star, clashing with the Great Fortune Heavenly Stem 丁火 (Partial Wealth), activating the chart's pattern of Intellectual Talent Controlling the Killings. This transforms inner ideals and talent (Intellectual Talent) into practical action to confront pressure and dedicate oneself to a cause (Seven Killings). More importantly, the Year Pillar Earthly Branch Hai Water, together with the Day and Hour Pillars' Zi and Chou in the chart and the Great Fortune Earthly Branch Chou, forms a Triple Water Formation. The water energy is vast; water is his favorable element, representing like-minded companions (Peers) and powerful collective strength. This aligns perfectly with the imagery of joining the revolutionary tide and becoming part of a collective cause. The Great Fortune forms a Double Combination with the Hour Pillar, a period for laying important life foundations. This journey south was a crucial step in establishing the foundation for his future career.

This year, Zuo Quan was under the 丁丑 Great Fortune. Although the Great Fortune Heavenly Stem 丁火 (Partial Wealth) is an unfavorable element for his pattern, the Earthly Branch Chou Earth (Seven Killings) resonates with the Day Pillar Earthly Branch Chou Earth in his chart, strengthening the power of the Seven Killings. Seven Killings represent the military, police, authority, and challenges. Their activation is a strong signal for joining the military. The Year Pillar is 甲子. The Heavenly Stem 甲木 (Hurt Officer) appears. Although it is an unfavorable element for the Day Master, 甲木 combines with the Month Pillar Heavenly Stem 己土 (Seven Killings) (forming Earth through the Jia-Ji combination), creating the imagery of 'Hurt Officer Combining with Killings'. This signifies using one's own intelligence and skills (Hurt Officer) to master and challenge authority and danger (Seven Killings), precisely reflecting military academy training. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar Earthly Branch Zi Water is the Base of Prosperity for the Day Master Gui Water, strengthening his personal foundation. It also combines with the Great Fortune and Day Pillar Earthly Branch Chou Earth (Zi-Chou combination into Earth), transforming the energy of the Base of Prosperity into Official/Killing energy. This means personal effort (Base) is directed towards establishing a career (Official/Killings). The Year Pillar's auspicious stars include Heavenly Noble Person, Virtue of the Month, and Base of Prosperity, indicating excellent luck with noble people this year, opportunities arising, and receiving mentorship from teachers, leading to smooth enrollment.

This year, Zuo Quan was under the 丁丑 Great Fortune (1918-1927). The Great Fortune Heavenly Stem 丁火 (Partial Wealth) combines with the Hour Pillar Heavenly Stem 戊土 (Proper Officer), and the Great Fortune Earthly Branch Chou Earth (Seven Killings) also combines secretly with the Hour Pillar Earthly Branch 午火. This Double Combination with the Hour Pillar pattern firmly locks the energy of the Official and Killing Stars, which represent career, power, and discipline. It is a strong signal for establishing a career foundation and gaining important opportunities. The Year Pillar is 甲子. The Hurt Officer appears, suggesting a reliance on talent. However, the Earthly Branch Zi Water combines with the Day Pillar Spouse Palace Chou Earth, activating the palace representing career foundation. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar's Base of Prosperity and Heavenly Noble Person converge, indicating strong luck with noble people this year, enabling entry into a top-tier platform (Whampoa Military Academy) for study. This combined personal talent (Hurt Officer) with strict discipline (Official/Killings), laying a solid foundation for his future path as a general.

This year, Zuo Quan was under the 丁丑 Great Fortune. The Great Fortune Heavenly Stem 丁火 (Partial Wealth) combines with the Hour Pillar 戊土 (Proper Officer), activating the 戊癸 combination into Fire. The activated Official Star represents a strong stimulation of his social role and sense of responsibility. The Year Pillar is 甲子. The Heavenly Stem 甲木 (Hurt Officer) appears. The Hurt Officer governs thought, change, and rebellious spirit, resonating with the powerful Intellectual Talent Pattern (Intellectual Talent Controlling Killings) in his chart. This is the astrological manifestation of accepting new ideas and joining the revolutionary cause. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar Earthly Branch Zi Water is the Base of Prosperity for the Day Master Gui Water and also the Heavenly Noble Person. The Great Fortune and Year Pillar Earthly Branches Zi and Chou combine, activating the Day Pillar Spouse Palace. This combination also resolves the inherent conflict of the original chart's Day and Hour Pillar Chou-Wu clash, forming a powerful converging force. The Blessed Star, Heavenly Noble Person, and Virtue of the Month converge across the Year, Month, and Day Pillars, showing that in this major life decision, he received guidance and help from important figures (Chen Geng, Zhou Yiqun). It was a time when favorable conditions of timing, location, and people aligned, tightly integrating personal talent (Intellectual Talent) with the mission of the era (Official/Killings), opening his magnificent revolutionary career.

This year, the individual was under the 丁丑 Great Fortune (1918-1927). The Great Fortune Heavenly Stem 丁火 (Partial Wealth) clashes with the Day Master Gui Water, stirring the vitality of the chart. The Year Pillar is 乙丑. The Heavenly Stem 乙木 (Intellectual Talent) appears, echoing the Year Pillar's Intellectual Talent in the chart and strengthening the pattern of Intellectual Talent Controlling Killings. Intellectual Talent represents strategy, tactics, and action; Seven Killings represent authority, challenges, and the military. This year, the energy of Intellectual Talent Controlling Killings was activated by the Great Fortune and Year Pillar, making it an excellent time to apply intelligence and strategy to intense struggles and to establish merit. The Earthly Branch Chou Earth (Seven Killings) is the foundation beneath the Day Master. The Year Pillar and Great Fortune Earthly Branches are both Chou Earth, indicating strong Seven Killings energy. This means immense environmental pressure but also a stage for achieving merit and demonstrating leadership. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar's Canopy Star enters the chart, foretelling that his unique military talent would be displayed in actual combat.

This year, Zuo Quan was under the 丁丑 Great Fortune (1918-1927). The Great Fortune Heavenly Stem 丁火 (Partial Wealth) combines with the hidden stem 壬水 in the Hour Pillar of his chart, and the Great Fortune Earthly Branch Chou Earth (Seven Killings) combines with the hidden branch Zi Water in the Hour Pillar, forming a Heaven-Earth Double Combination. This signifies laying important life foundations, especially beneficial for cooperation and career expansion, with favorable timing, location, and people. The Year Pillar is 甲子. The Heavenly Stem is Jia Wood (Hurt Officer), and the Earthly Branch is Zi Water (Peer). The Year Pillar's Zi Water combines with the Day Pillar Spouse Palace Chou Earth, activating the Seven Killings Palace which represents career, pressure, and challenges. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar Zi Water also combines with the Great Fortune Chou Earth, further solidifying this foundation. The original chart features the Intellectual Talent Controlling Killings pattern. Intellectual Talent (Yi Wood) represents talent and strategy; Seven Killings (Ji Earth, Chou Earth) represent military authority, pressure, and challenges. This year, the appearance of the Hurt Officer enhances the energy of the Talent/Hurt Officer, meaning his military talent and decisiveness were stimulated and applied in the combat environment. The combined activation of Official/Killings by the Great Fortune and Year Pillar is a typical astrological sign of joining the military, emerging in a harsh environment, and transforming pressure into merit.

This year, Zuo Quan was 20 years old, under the 丁丑 Great Fortune (1918-1927). The Great Fortune Heavenly Stem 丁火 (Partial Wealth) combines with the Hour Pillar 戊土 (Proper Officer), and the Great Fortune Earthly Branch Chou Earth combines with the hidden branch Zi Water in the Hour Pillar (the original Hour Pillar branch is Wu, but the Great Fortune Chou combines with Zi, referring to the combination between the Great Fortune and the chart's Earthly Branches, activating the Hour Pillar), forming a 'Hour Pillar Double Combination' stable pattern. This indicates a solid foundation, beneficial for long-distance travel, study, and establishing important life foundations. The Year Pillar is 乙丑. Intellectual Talent Yi Wood appears. Intellectual Talent represents study, thought, and the display of talent, corresponding to the image of studying abroad. Simultaneously, both the Great Fortune and Year Pillar Earthly Branches show Chou Earth, activating the Day Pillar's Chou Earth Canopy. The Canopy Star governs aloofness, studiousness, and metaphysics/religion, also corresponding to the situation of traveling to a foreign country and immersing oneself in study. Although the Wood element (Intellectual Talent) of the Year Pillar is an unfavorable element for the Day Master Gui Water, during this fortune and year, the Intellectual Talent energy was activated and transformed into positive learning and output, fitting the major life turning point of traveling to the USSR to study revolutionary theory and military knowledge.

This year, Mr. Zuo Quan was under the 丁丑 Great Fortune (1918-1927). The Great Fortune forms a Heaven-Earth Double Combination with the Hour Pillar 戊午, indicating a solid foundation beneficial for long-distance travel, study, and establishing important cooperative relationships. The Year Pillar is 丁卯. The Heavenly Stem Ding Fire (Partial Wealth) clashes with the Day Master Gui Water, triggering changes in career and environment. The Earthly Branch Mao Wood is Intellectual Talent, representing learning, thought, and talent. It gains strength in the Year Pillar and shares the same energy as the Month Pillar's Intellectual Talent in the chart. This is precisely when the Blessings of Academic Brilliance star takes effect, greatly benefiting academic advancement. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar shows the Heavenly Noble Person, indicating assistance from noble people. Although the journey to study abroad had setbacks (the Year Pillar's Zi-Mao conflict indicates disputes and troubles during travel, corresponding to receiving a Party warning during the 'Purge Movement'), overall, the pattern of Intellectual Talent Controlling Killings was strengthened this year, transforming military pressure (Seven Killings) into motivation for systematic study (Intellectual Talent). This was a crucial theoretical foundation period in his military career.

This year coincides with the 丙子 Great Fortune, and the Year Pillar 庚午 forms a 'Heavenly Clash and Earthly Clash' with it, signaling a major life transition. The clash between Fire and Water in the Great Fortune and Year Pillar breaks open the original pattern, indicating drastic environmental changes, long-distance travel, and career shifts. For the individual, this clash is favorable. The Year Pillar Heavenly Stem 庚金 (Proper Resource) is precisely the element needed to balance his chart, representing knowledge, noble people, organization, and orthodoxy. The appearance of Geng Metal means his overseas learning (Resource Star) was put to use, and his talents were applied. Although the Year Pillar Earthly Branch Wu Fire is a Wealth Star, it activates the Hour Pillar, intensifying change. The Great Fortune Earthly Branch Zi Water is the Base of Prosperity for the Day Master Gui Water, strengthening his personal power and enabling him to shoulder heavy responsibilities. The Year Pillar's auspicious stars converge as Official Noble Person and Blessings of Academic Brilliance, indicating recognition by official authorities and benefit from educational and clerical work. Overall, the Official Nourishing Resource energy of the Year Pillar perfectly matches his major career shift upon returning to serve as a military education leader.

This year coincided with the 丙子 Great Fortune and the 乙亥 Year Pillar. The Year Pillar Heavenly Stem 乙木 (Intellectual Talent) appears. Intellectual Talent governs strategy, tactics, and expression, corresponding to his use of wisdom (feint tactics) to defeat the enemy. The Year Pillar Earthly Branch Hai Water, together with the Day Pillar Earthly Branch Chou Earth in his chart and the Great Fortune Earthly Branch Zi Water, forms a Hai-Zi-Chou Triple Water Formation. Water is the Peer element for the Day Master Gui Water, representing comrades, fellow soldiers, and team strength. This Triple Formation greatly enhances the energy of teamwork and collective action, embodying the saying 'many hands make light work' astrologically, corresponding to the collective combat operation of ensuring the main force's river crossing. Simultaneously, the Year Pillar clashes with the Year's Ruler (Si-Hai clash), indicating major changes and challenges. The dangers on the battlefield and bold tactical maneuvers align with this sign. The original chart's pattern of Intellectual Talent Controlling Killings was utilized during this fortune and year, using wisdom (Intellectual Talent) to master a dangerous situation (Seven Killings) and achieve merit.

This year, the individual was 37, under the 乙亥 Great Fortune, with the Year Pillar 壬午. The Day Master Gui Water in the chart was originally weak, favoring Metal and Water, with Wood as the unfavorable element. The Great Fortune Heavenly Stem 乙木 (Intellectual Talent - unfavorable element) appears. Although the Great Fortune Earthly Branch Hai Water is water, it is connected to the Wood energy of the Heavenly Stem and contains hidden Jia Wood, effectively meaning the unfavorable Wood element gains strength. This exacerbates the chart's tendency of strong Wood draining Water. The Year Pillar Heavenly Stem 壬水 (Peer) seems like help, but the Earthly Branch 午火 clashes with the Hour Pillar 子 Water in the chart and harms the Day Pillar Chou Earth, forming Zi-Wu clash and Chou-Wu harm. This severely impacts the Day Master Gui Water's already weak foundation in the Earthly Branches (the hidden Gui Water in Chou). Simultaneously, the Great Fortune Earthly Branch Hai Water forms a Triple Water Formation with the Day and Hour Pillars Chou and Zi in the chart. While this seems like strong Water, it actually leads to 'too much water floating wood,' increasing turbulence. This year, unfavorable elements run rampant, favorable elements are clashed, the Water root is shaken, and the Seven Killings attack the body unchecked, corresponding to the peril and sacrifice on the battlefield.