The Chart of a Scholar (Part 5): A Professor Often Invited to Lecture
AI translated from the original Chinese.
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Today is another scholar's chart.
Ms. K is a professor at a university. Being very capable, she is also very active in academia, often invited by other schools to teach courses and leading many research projects.
Academic research generally relates to "Water stars," because "Water" governs "wisdom." We've already discussed 巨門 (Ju Men), 天同 (Tian Tong) and 天相 (Tian Xiang); today let's discuss the academic energy produced by another Water star: 太陰 (Tai Yin).
天同 and 太陰: 水澄桂萼
- The 子 Palace holds 天同 and 太陰. When well expressed, this is called the "水澄桂萼 pattern" (clear water, osmanthus calyx); "桂" (osmanthus) puns on "貴" (noble), so it too is a pattern for being good at study. 天同 and 太陰 are both Water and so govern "wisdom"; people with this pattern have excellent academic ability.
- The 水澄桂萼 pattern is a pattern for study, and needs 文昌 (Wen Chang), 文曲 (Wen Qu) and 化科 △ to trigger it before it can show its academic energy. In this chart, 昌曲 (Chang Qu) meet from the 申 and 午 palaces respectively, and 化科 △ trigger it, exactly meeting the conditions for triggering the 水澄桂萼 pattern. So Ms. K's scholarship is highly valued in academia.
- The 水澄桂萼 pattern carries 左輔 (Zuo Fu). Ms. K's research is interdisciplinary, extending in many directions.
- The 水澄桂萼 pattern carries 鈴星 (Ling Xing). 太陰 with 鈴星 is called the "Ten Evils pattern." But here 鈴星 and 太陰 are very strong, and no sign of the Ten Evils appears; instead a "sudden-fortune pattern" appears. People with this pattern, besides academic ability, are also quick to adapt, so they handle all kinds of research projects with ease.
- Besides 化科 △, the 水澄桂萼 pattern also has the power of 化祿 ● and 化權 □, so she can serve as principal investigator on several research projects at once and keeps a firm grasp of the whole picture.
- 擎羊 and 陀羅 (Qing Yang, Tuo Luo) and 火星 (Huo Xing) clash in; their effect on the 水澄桂萼 pattern is external pressure. Ms. K handles pressure very well; she is someone who grows bolder with every setback.
Conclusion
Water stars govern "wisdom," but each shows itself in a different direction.
太陰, which we discussed today, is also "Yin Water" in Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, like 巨門. But 巨門 focuses on research in its own field and has less need to interact with people; 太陰's research involves contact with people. Also, 太陰 seeing malefics has the look of "working day and night": very hard, but the hard work pays off.