Celebrity Focus 1: Brad Pitt — His Marriage to Angelina Jolie
AI translated from the original Chinese.
From https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._%26_Mrs._Smith
Continuing with Brad Pitt's marriages.
Today let's talk about his marriage to Angelina Jolie, "Jolie" for short below.
History
Age 43: 2005, fell in love with Angelina Jolie while filming Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
Age 44: 2006, had a daughter with Jolie in Namibia.
Age 46: 2008, had twins with Jolie in France.
Age 50: 2012, engaged to Jolie.
Age 52: August 23, 2014, married Jolie in France
Age 54: 2016, Jolie filed for divorce.
Age 57: April 2019, the divorce was finalized.
(Ages are counted in the East Asian way.)
Compared with Pepper and Jennifer, Jolie's relationship and marriage with Brad lasted clearly longer, and they had three children together. Clearly Brad's relationship with Jolie was more special; there must be something different.
The original chart:
Switched to a marriage chart:
Brad and Jolie were both born in 卯 years; both are Rabbits. Brad's main star is 天相 (Tian Xiang), and so is Jolie's. Let's see where the two match.
天相
- 天相 sits in 子, a strong palace.
- It sits with 廉貞 (Lian Zhen), 紅鸞 (Hong Luan) and 咸池 (Xian Chi), with 天喜 (Tian Xi) opposite. Brad and Jolie are both 天相, so both have charisma in looks, dress and bearing.
- The 子 Palace sees 右弼 (You Bi). This reminds me that when I was studying Dou Shu on my own, many books said marriage can't have 左輔 or 右弼, because marriage won't tolerate outside interference. Let me firmly refute that error here. If a man and woman each see 左輔 or 右弼 in their own charts, generally they will be considerate of each other and willing to give for each other.
From the above we can see that Brad and Jolie, both 天相, have an innate compatibility that Pepper and Jennifer didn't. At the very least, they loved each other and were considerate of each other.
Bringing in Jolie's stems
Jolie's 天相 in 子: the stems of its three sides and four directions are 庚, 壬, 甲, 戊
- 庚: 武曲 (Wu Qu) becomes 化權, auspiciously transforming 子.
- 壬: 紫微 (Zi Wei) becomes 化權, auspiciously transforming 子; 武曲 becomes 化忌, harming 子.
- 甲: 廉貞 becomes 化祿, naturally an auspicious transformation of 子; 破軍 (Po Jun) becomes 化權, strengthening it further; 武曲 becomes 化科, strengthening it again. This is the "三奇嘉會" (meeting of the three marvels) pattern.
- 戊: 右弼 becomes 化科.
Overall judgment: the Quan stars in the 子 Palace are strong, which naturally speaks of devotion in love; that the two could sustain a longer relationship has everything to do with 化權. With the help of the meeting of the three marvels too, their outlooks on love and living together were more alike than with Brad's two previous partners.
Why did Jolie file for divorce when Brad was 54, with the divorce final at 57?
According to news reports, there were three reasons for the divorce:
- Jolie and Brad had different ideas about raising the children.
- Their ideas about work gradually diverged.
- Brad had problems with marijuana and infidelity. In particular, smoking marijuana seemed to make him prone to anger, which Jolie felt was bad for the children.
From these three reasons we can see how much Jolie cared about the children. So why did they divorce?
The Spouse Palace of Jolie's 天相 is in 戌
- Brad's stem in 戌 is 壬: 武曲 Ji, which in fact strikes the marriage in 子 to some degree.
- Jolie's stem in 戌 is 丙: 廉貞 Ji, directly damaging the marriage in 子.
That is, the two loved each other intensely, but in their married life there was a hidden danger all along.
Moreover, for the 子 Palace, the only stars in its three sides and four directions that can become 化忌 are 廉貞 and 武曲, and the stems of the two main stars' Spouse Palaces happen to be 丙 for one and 壬 for the other, so the damage to the 子 Palace is very strong.
Jolie cares about the children: 破軍 is lord of children
For Brad, 破軍's stem is 戊, with little effect.
For Jolie, 破軍's stem is 壬: 武曲 becomes 化忌, striking directly at the 廉貞-天相 marriage pattern. And 武曲 Ji interacts with 火星 (Huo Xing) in 子 to form the lonely-widow pattern. That is, for the children's sake, she'd rather take on the responsibility of raising them alone.
Conclusion
Brad and Jolie were indeed better suited than Pepper and Jennifer, so their relationship lasted longer. But the Spouse Palaces of their main stars had long been lying in wait to damage 紅鸞 in 子, and there was also the problem of their differing ideas about raising the children. All kept clashing with and harming the 子 Palace. Under long-term assault by 化忌, however good the relationship, in the end it would be destroyed.
Next time, let's discuss why Brad can't seem to stay with one partner and grow old together.