Chart courtesy of bazi-calculator.com:
Year-Month-Day-Hour:
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Based on Mangpai (Blindman) Bazi, here are the work processes in her great natal chart:
1 DM
combines with Ren Water as Power
2 Water Power sitting on Fire is 'unstable', and power is
mixed because there is Ren and Gui Water. So she is not an official
3
In the Stems, Xin Water, Gui and Ren Water form a gang to control 午 Wu Fire
4
In the Branches, Hai combines with 午 Wu to control it. Chou harms 午 Wu to control it too
5 When the element is controlled well, DM "obtains" what's symbolized by that element
6 午 Wu as Friend Star represents her fans. Being located in the Year and combining with the Hour means that her fans span across regions and nations, because Year and Hour represent distant locations
7 She got fame because Hai and Mao combine. Mao as Seal is useful, and
Seal represents recognition and fame8 Hai and Mao combine to enclose Chou. Chou is Wealth Tomb. So she uses her fame to accumulate wealth
9 She also has the chart of an entrepreneur, because
Eating God only appears at the Branches, and Eating God performs 'work' by controlling 午Wu. In this case, she is a music entrepreneur, a great one because the whole natal chart 'performs' work
Why does she have singing, music and stage performance talents:
a DM sits on
Eating God, so there is a tendency to perform (Output, expression). Especially since two Officer Stars penetrate high to the Stems (Ren and Gui) --> high self-image
b Being a Fire DM is also another factor for performance and the limelight, especially since the whole chart also controls Fire (午 Year)
c Fire refines Metal, and Metal is the image of sound --> Ding-Xin is Fire-Metal grouping, and so is the 午Wu-Chou grouping tooq, because inside Chou is Xin.
d Hai is Traveling Star, calculated based on Day Branch Chou. This means she often travels in her profession
e Unstable Wealth at the Hour --> she has artistic/literary ability.
Some background & personality:
- Mao is mother star in the Parent Palace: Mao-Wu is 破Po (breakage), and Wu represents herself. She had low affinity with her mom, because "self wants to break mom", so to speak.
- Unstable Wealth at the Hour --> she is generous with money. Indeed she is known for her philanthropy
- Since she sits on Eating God, and Earth is wet surrounded by a lot of Water, she can easily gain weight (165 cm, 118 kg). Weight accumulation is very easy in Ji sub-LP, and Wu Xu LP, which was from age 41 to 56. It's because they are
Output LP's.
LP notes in her career:
- Age 16-26: LP Xin Chou was excellent, because it was the arrival of Chou --> Chou controls 午 Wu. Already a young queen of soul.
- Age 26-36: LP Geng Zi --> wealth was not optimal because Zi combines with Chou to close Wealth Tomb. Indeed
in 1973, one of her albums bombed. Note that 1973 was Gui Chou year, where Gui = Zi, so it's the occurrence of the closing. And some of her albums an songs were no longer top sellers by age 33. She did rise back easily & tremendously in the following LP's, because of her great natal chart.
