Celebrity Focus 3: On Marilyn Monroe's Health

AI translated from the original Chinese.

From Wikipedia, "Marilyn Monroe"

Today let's focus on Monroe's health.

In 1961 Monroe's health ran into trouble, and she had surgery for endometriosis as well as a gallbladder removal.

Coincidentally, the uterus and the gallbladder both belong to Wood in traditional Five Elements thinking. Of the fourteen main stars of Dou Shu, two are Wood: 天機 (Tian Ji) and 貪狼 (Tan Lang). Trouble with 天機 or 貪狼 can cause problems in the body's Wood organs.

Which parts of the body belong to Wood?

1. Liver
2. Gallbladder
3. Blood
4. Eyes
5. Reproductive organs

This list isn't complete; after all, I'm not trained in Chinese medicine and only know some basic concepts.

So let's see how the Wood stars show up in Monroe's chart!

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As usual, transformed:

The Wood stars

1. 貪狼 in 丑 is exalted, but 4 化忌 concentrate there. Since there are no malefics interfering, we can't too quickly conclude that the Wood star is poor and causes bodily problems, but we can't deny a hidden danger in the Wood star.
2. 天機 in 辰 sits with 天梁 (Tian Liang); 天機 and 天梁 are exalted, but 天梁 fears damage from 地劫 (Di Jie) most of all, and the 辰 Palace also sees 陀羅 (Tuo Luo), forming the 天機-天梁-陀羅 pattern of harm. A little damage, and 天機 would blow up.

Monroe's main star 太陰 (Tai Yin)

1. 太陰 in 子, sitting with 天同 (Tian Tong), exalted.
2. 太陰 in 子 bears the impact of 6 malefics; the originally exalted pattern turns weak under their onslaught.
3. 太陰 in 子, stem 庚, makes 天同 become 化忌, creating a hidden danger for the already fragile 天機.
4. 太陰's Health Palace, stem 乙: 天機 becomes 化祿, but 太陰 becomes 化忌, producing negative effects on 天機 and 天梁, which already form an evil pattern.

The lord of illness: 破軍 (Po Jun)

1. 破軍 and 廉貞 (Lian Zhen) are weak in 酉.
2. 破軍 in 酉, sitting with 廉貞, sees 文曲 (Wen Qu). 文曲 with 破軍 and 文曲 with 廉貞 are both evil patterns.
3. 破軍 in 酉 also takes the impact of 4 化忌; we can judge that this person's constitution is poor, with hidden dangers.
4. 破軍's Health Palace is in 辰, stem 壬: 天梁 becomes 化祿 and 武曲 (Wu Qu) becomes 化忌. 天梁 dislikes 化祿, which governs accidents; 武曲 化忌 affects 貪狼, which sits with 武曲.

The fourth major period in 酉

1. Monroe had surgery for endometriosis and her gallbladder at 36, in her fourth major period.
2. The fourth major period enters the patterns mentioned above: 文曲 with 破軍, and 文曲 with a weak 廉貞.
3. The 4 化忌 still clash straight into Monroe's fourth major period. As she entered it, there were no malefics, so her career did quite well, but her constitution ultimately weakened, with hidden health dangers.

In sum

From the analysis above we know Monroe's constitution was poor and her Wood stars always carried hidden dangers. But would everyone born at this time have such problems?

Let's bring in Monroe's parents' data and look carefully at where the problem lies.

Bringing in her father's stems:

1. In the 天機 palace, her father's stem is 丙: 天同 becomes 化祿, auspiciously transforming 天機 and 天梁 in 辰.
2. In the 貪狼 palace, her father's stem is 乙: 天機 becomes 化祿 and 太陰 化忌, which also seems not to clearly damage the Wood stars.
3. Her father was born in a 戊 year, and his 陀羅 falls in Monroe's 辰 Palace. This is "doubled 擎羊 and 陀羅" (羊陀迭併); if a problem arises, it's more serious.

Bringing in her mother's stems:

1. In the 天機 palace, her mother's stem is 甲: 太陽 (Tai Yang) becomes 化忌. Although this doesn't affect the Wood stars, it damages Monroe's 太歲, 寅.
2. In the 貪狼 palace, her mother's stem is 癸, directly making 貪狼 become 化忌. 貪狼 was already poor; add the damage from her mother's stem, and the body's weak point lies in 貪狼.
3. Her mother's 擎羊 (Qing Yang) is in 子 and 陀羅 in 戌. Though they have no obvious negative effect on 貪狼, they also damage the already fragile 天機 palace.

From all of the above

Bringing in her parents' data, we can see Monroe's Wood stars were poor, most affected by her mother. A person's health comes from the body our parents give us, so when looking at health, bringing in the parents' data helps find the key points.

Why surgery at 36?

1. Monroe at 36 was in a 辛丑 year. In the 丑 Palace, two 辛 make mischief, making 文昌 (Wen Chang) become 化忌 and strike the fragile 貪狼.
2. The 丑 Palace's three sides and four directions: in 巳, stem 癸 makes 貪狼 become 化忌; in 未, stem 乙 makes 太陰 become 化忌; in 酉, 丁 makes 巨門 (Ju Men) become 化忌, which happens to flank 貪狼 in 丑 completely.

From this we can see that this year affected Monroe's Wood stars too.

Putting all these factors together, we can see clearly that Monroe's Wood stars were poor, damaged layer upon layer. What is the endometrium? 貪狼 is the uterus. What is the gallbladder? 貪狼 seeing 昌曲 (Chang Qu) is the gallbladder.

Although her Wood stars were poor, what ended Monroe's life was not the Wood stars. Next time, let's talk about the signs of Monroe's death.

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