Sexual Harassment as It Appears in Dou Shu
AI translated from the original Chinese.
In university I often had long heart-to-heart talks with friends. Since I studied in the Chinese department, nearly all my friends were women. Perhaps because I listened, they trusted me, and I heard of many friends who had been sexually harassed, even sexually assaulted. Each time I was filled with indignation, yet powerless. Those experiences of listening taught me that in fact many women have been sexually harassed. And because of what my friends went through, I am careful with my words in class, afraid that some remark might accidentally offend a female student. Dirty jokes, especially, I never tell.
Yesterday a friend sent me the chart of 雞排妹 (Chicken Cutlet Girl), which she had shared publicly on her own Facebook. Anyone who has had a reading with me knows that I require a detailed birth time and place of birth. This chart of Chicken Cutlet Girl's hasn't been verified, and I don't know whether it's correct. But since the data in hand is this one chart, let's use the chart she published to discuss the incident she was recently involved in.
Above is the chart from the birth data of Chicken Cutlet Girl, 鄭家純 (Cheng Chia-chun). Can we say anything from the original chart? As usual, let's transform it:
In this chart the earthly branches have no concentration, and neither do Lu, Quan, Ke and Ji. So let's bring in her main star, 廉貞 (Lian Zhen), for reference:
廉貞 in 寅, stem 甲:
廉貞 becomes 化祿: no special expression in the chart yet
破軍 (Po Jun) becomes 化權: no special expression in the chart yet
武曲 (Wu Qu) becomes 化科: in the 午 Palace, there is something to discuss. Let's look closely at this palace:
The 午 Palace
- 化科: fame.
- 武曲, 天府 (Tian Fu): wealth stars, and 天府 especially is lord of career, so it can be called a source of income.
- 紅鸞 (Hong Luan), 咸池 (Xian Chi), 天喜 (Tian Xi): three romance stars auspiciously transforming the 午 Palace can represent "beauty."
Overall judgment: her work relates to beauty; she rose to fame because of "beauty" and earns from it. After all, the Ke star is also called the "little Lu"; though its force is weaker than 化祿, with fame comes money.
The 未 Palace
- 化忌: everything bad is represented by this star.
- 太陽 (Tai Yang), 太陰 (Tai Yin): great romance stars; meeting little romance stars such as 鸞, 喜, 咸, 姚, their romance quality is aroused.
- 天姚 (Tian Yao): like 咸池, "rotten romance." With Lu stars concentrated, it means wit and humor; with Ji and malefics clashing, it can speak of sexual harassment.
- 擎羊 and 陀羅 (Qing Yang, Tuo Luo) meet from the 丑 and 亥 palaces, forming a negative pattern with 太陰 and 太陽.
Overall judgment: her romance stars are strong, but mostly "rotten romance," with the possibility of being drawn into inappropriate relationships, or even often encountering sexual harassment.
That is the analysis of Chicken Cutlet Girl's chart. Next, let's talk about the harassment incident.
The quick summary:
- January 29, 2021: she hosted a year-end company banquet.
- Early morning of January 30, 2021: she spoke out bitterly about being sexually harassed.
- February 2, 2021: she named a certain male singer as the person involved.
- The incident kept escalating...
With these dates, let's first convert them to the lunar calendar:
- A 戊寅 day in the 12th month of the 庚子 year: hosting the banquet
- Early morning of a 己卯 day in the 12th month of the 庚子 year: speaking out about the harassment.
- A 辛巳 day in the 12th month of the 庚子 year: naming the male singer.
It seems the 12th lunar month brought her one storm after another. Let's look at her annual chart for 庚子:
First let's observe what this chart looks like:
化祿 and 化權 have no special expression. 化科 has something going on in the 寅 Palace, but that's not about Chicken Cutlet Girl; it's about the male singer. Let's discuss her first. The key is 亥. What happened in the 亥 Palace?
The 亥 Palace (with its three sides and four directions: 未, 卯, 巳)
- 化忌: everything bad is represented by this star.
- 太陰 in 亥: a great romance star, seeing 太陽 in 卯. Meeting little romance stars, 咸池 and 天姚, one easily encounters sexual harassment
- 文昌 (Wen Chang), 文曲 (Wen Qu): news, media, gossip
- 紅鸞, 天姚: meeting great romance stars, they arouse the romance quality; triggered by Ji stars, there is a sex scandal.
Overall judgment: the 亥 Palace is her worst palace of the whole year. Entering it, sex scandals and harassment news easily arise, and because of 昌曲, they spread widely.
The 12th month of the 庚子 year falls exactly in the 亥 Palace!
In her chart, the 亥 Palace was already a time bomb; as soon as the fuse is lit, it explodes. Entering this palace, she was prone to such events. Now bring in the three dates above:
- A 戊寅 day in the 12th month of 庚子: 天機 (Tian Ji) becomes 化忌, clashing with the 亥 Palace from 巳, setting off the harassment incident
- A 己卯 day in the 12th month of 庚子: 己 makes 文曲 become 化忌; 文曲 represents writing, gossip, news
- A 辛巳 day in the 12th month of 庚子: 辛 makes 文昌 become 化忌; 文昌 likewise represents writing, gossip, news
Some people doubt that she was really harassed, but going by the chart, it should be true.
As for the singer, born in 1975, an 乙卯 year: was he the perpetrator? Let's bring in his data:
The singer's main star, 天相 (Tian Xiang), falls in the 寅 Palace. Let's look at the 寅 Palace:
The 寅 Palace (with its three sides and four directions)
- 化科: fame
- 武曲: singing
- 天相: eating
- 天馬 (Tian Ma): running between gigs
- 紫府廉武相: the workplace
- 祿存 (Lu Cun): income
- 地劫 (Di Jie): not fixed
- 陰煞 (Yin Sha): the star of backstabbers; it can speak of being framed by others, or of framing others. It works both ways.
Overall judgment: a famous singer singing at a year-end banquet. So was there sexual harassment?
None of the above has romance stars causing trouble, so why did this happen?
天相, with stem 戊, makes 天機 become 化忌, clashing straight into her weakest palace, 亥. 天機 symbolizes the "hand." That is, the controversy was caused by a "hand."
But this 天機 isn't triggered by any rotten-romance star. So did the male singer sexually harass her or not? Going by the chart:
- Did she feel sexually harassed? Yes.
- Does the male singer think he sexually harassed someone? No.
- Did a hand violate her? Going by the chart, yes.
- Was it, as the singer said, to liven up the atmosphere, or an accident? Quite possibly so. It's even possible the singer thought his behavior didn't count as harassment, while she felt it did.
We can't know the truth; we're only reading the chart.
Conclusion: even if the male singer meant nothing by it or was just livening up the atmosphere, she truly did experience it as sexual harassment.
I often remind myself to be careful in word and deed, all the more so the more well-known one is. Because we never know when we might accidentally offend someone. Perhaps an unintended gesture of mine, which I think is fine and harmless, genuinely makes someone uncomfortable. We should always examine ourselves well. Seeing news like this, beyond following the gossip, what matters more is what we learn from it. Taking it as a warning is what matters most.