Drifting in Love, Struggling in Body and Mind
AI translated from the original Chinese.
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One day an older colleague said, very dejected, that she didn't know how to help her daughter. The reason was that her daughter's mental and physical health was poor; she had been diagnosed with depression. After a few bad romantic experiences, she had given up on love, preferring to become someone's mistress rather than have a healthy relationship.
When body and mind are struggling, most problems show up in 廉貞 (Lian Zhen) or 巨門 (Ju Men). Poor mental states from 廉貞 are often spontaneous, with no cause to be found; those from 巨門 are often caused by pressure from the environment. But either way, they affect the mind negatively.
Where the chart's pattern lies
巨門
- 巨門 in 巳. 巨門 is Water and the 巳 Palace is Fire; they clash, so 巨門 easily brings out its negative effects.
- 巨門 化忌 × clashes with 鈴星 (Ling Xing) and 陀羅 (Tuo Luo), a clash of Ji and malefics, forming "巨鈴陀, the hanged-for-life pattern." Here "hanged for life" needn't be read as "hanging oneself." What "hanged for life" mainly speaks of is a person feeling bound and constrained all their life by some unknown force they can't shake off.
- The 巳 Palace's stem 己 makes 文曲 (Wen Qu) become 化忌, clashing in from the 亥 Palace. 亥 holds 太陽 (Tai Yang), the husband star, and sees 文曲, also a romance star. She's easily moved by a man's sweet talk.
The influence of the romance spirit stars
紅鸞 (Hong Luan) and 咸池 (Xian Chi) in 子, stem 丙
- 天同 (Tian Tong) 化祿 ● auspiciously transforms the "hanged-for-life pattern." 天同 is also a romance star in the broad sense, so she feels only love can redeem her
- 廉貞 化忌 × is in the palace next to the "hanged-for-life pattern," so it has a negative effect too, all the more since 廉貞 is also the star of the mind.
天喜 (Tian Xi) in 午, stem 庚
- 太陽 化祿 ● also auspiciously transforms the "hanged-for-life pattern."
- 天同 化忌 × triggers the "hanged-for-life pattern." So love, for her, is like a drug: harmful to the body over time, but painful to go without.
天姚 (Tian Yao) in 卯, stem 丁
- 巨門 化忌 × directly triggers the "hanged-for-life pattern" once again
Conclusion
Seeing this chart, what I could do was suggest she seek help from mental health professionals, and also give her emotional encouragement and support. In love, choose partners introduced by family and friends as much as possible. If a good cycle can gradually be built in her love life, it will help her life as a whole.