Celebrity Focus 4: To the Pinnacle of Power, the 35th President of the United States
AI translated from the original Chinese.
From "US releases 13,000 documents on the Kennedy assassination; 95% of files now public"
June was too busy; I finally have some time to continue with Kennedy. Today: how can we see, in his chart, his rise to the pinnacle of power?
The original chart:
As usual, the variant chart:
Of the Four Transformations in Zi Wei Dou Shu, 化祿 governs wealth, 化權 governs power and 化科 governs reputation. Becoming president is above all about power. In Kennedy's chart, the Quan stars clearly concentrate in the 子 and 辰 palaces. In particular, Kennedy's main star 天機 (Tian Ji) falls in 辰, so let's focus our discussion on the 辰 Palace.
The 辰 Palace
- Lu and Quan concentrate in 辰; describing the Kennedy family as both rich and eminent is entirely reasonable.
- Lu and Quan on 機月同梁 (Ji Yue Tong Liang) generally speak of a flourishing family. Kennedy's grandfather served as a Massachusetts legislator, and his father as US Ambassador to Britain. In 1960 the Kennedys were the 12th-richest family in the US. Lu and Quan concentrated on 機月同梁, rich and eminent: it couldn't be clearer.
- Kennedy's main star 天機 falls in 辰, where Lu and Quan concentrate, strengthening 天機.
- The 辰 Palace sees 3 romance spirit stars, 紅鸞 (Hong Luan), 天喜 (Tian Xi) and 天姚 (Tian Yao), which speak of charisma. Without romance spirit stars, even a capable person isn't necessarily popular with the public. For public popularity, the power of the romance spirit stars is generally very important.
The 辰 Palace is powerful, but how do we see Kennedy being elected president at 44?
The astrological signs of being elected president
- At 44 (East Asian reckoning), Kennedy was in his fifth major period, the 午 Palace.
- The 午 Palace's stem is 丙. A president governs power: 丙 makes 天機 become 化權, strengthening Kennedy's main star 天機, and a 天機 that holds power at that.
The astrological signs of his election in the fifth major period are plain as day in the chart.
As for why Kennedy was assassinated just three years after taking office, let's leave that topic for last.