At Life's Crossroads: How to Choose Your Future Path?
AI translated from the original Chinese.
Generated by Gemini
As a rule, I only give readings to people who have graduated from university. Before entering the working world, everyone's future holds unlimited possibilities, so a reading during student years can at most help clarify which direction to develop in. I generally don't call that a reading; it is only offering some guidance from the chart. After all, many people are born in the same hour, and not everyone born at the same time will walk the same road. But if you can prepare thoroughly in advance and choose the career where your potential is greatest, perhaps your path through life will be smoother. So today let's talk about how to find your work potential in your chart, that is, where your income lies.
Before talking about work potential, though, you need some basic knowledge:
1. 祿, 權, 科, 忌 (the Four Transformations)
- 化祿 (Lu, prosperity): where money lies. Marked "〇" in the chart.
- 化權 (Quan, authority): where confidence lies. Marked "囗" in the chart.
- 化科 (Ke, fame): where reputation lies. Marked "△" in the chart.
- 化忌 (Ji, obstruction): where problems lie. Marked "✕" in the chart.
2. 三方四正 (Three Sides, Four Directions)
The three sides:
- Taking the 子 Palace as an example, with 子 as the starting point,
- count 5 palaces clockwise: the 辰 Palace
- count 5 palaces counterclockwise: the 申 Palace
The fourth direction:
- The palace directly opposite 子 is the fourth position: the 午 Palace
So,
- the three sides and four directions of 子 are: 子, 辰, 午, 申
- of 丑: 丑, 巳, 未, 酉
- of 寅: 寅, 午, 申, 戌
And so on.
Taking the chart from the previous article as an example, where is her money?
From the chart above, we can see:
- 寅 Palace: 2 Lu stars in its three sides and four directions
- 辰 Palace: 2 Lu stars in its three sides and four directions
- 午 Palace: 2 Lu stars in its three sides and four directions
- 申 Palace: 3 Lu stars in its three sides and four directions
- 戌 Palace: 4 Lu stars in its three sides and four directions
- 子 Palace: 3 Lu stars in its three sides and four directions
The 戌 Palace has the most Lu stars, so as a baseline we can judge that 戌 is where the subject's work potential lies, and also where the income lies.
Next, we interpret the stars in the 戌 Palace to learn the direction of the work.
The 戌 Palace: the Main Seat of Career
- Major star 天同 (Tian Tong): the star of blessings, governing comfort and enjoyment; for career, it points to work related to children.
- Minor star 擎羊 (Qing Yang): a malefic star, but in the 戌 Palace it actually gives the comfort-loving 天同 an active drive.
- Lesser star 天喜 (Tian Xi): a romance star; in career it can also point to work related to aesthetics.
The Three Sides and Four Directions of 戌: How the Career Plays Out
- 寅 Palace: 天機 (Tian Ji), 太陰 (Tai Yin), 天魁 (Tian Kui). 天魁 can make one a teacher.
- 辰 Palace: 巨門 (Ju Men), 火星 (Huo Xing), 地空 (Di Kong), 紅鸞 (Hong Luan). Technical in nature, with an aesthetic quality.
- 午 Palace: 天梁 (Tian Liang), 天鉞 (Tian Yue), 地劫 (Di Jie). Both 天梁 and 天鉞 can make one a teacher.
Overall Judgment
Combining what the three sides and four directions of 戌 show, I would suggest developing toward "children's education" and "aesthetic design."
What Actually Happened
Talking with the subject about her career, I learned she graduated from a design department and is skilled at computer graphics, which matches the image of the 戌 Palace. She might try "computer graphics education for children": that is where her career and income lie.
Conclusion
I remember a report saying that a person is likely to hold six or seven jobs over a lifetime. But those six or seven jobs may not suit them. Perhaps from the chart we can learn where our strengths lie and make the most of them.
The above is a very basic way to judge one's direction in life. In fact, Zi Wei Dou Shu has much more to say about career than this, and much of it is hard to explain in writing. Still, why not draw your own chart online and see whether you are on the road that suits you?
Here is a free online chart program. You can try drawing your first chart and finding the life direction that suits you best.