Case studiesDecember 15, 2022

Celebrity Focus 2: Jolie's First Marriage

AI translated from the original Chinese.

From "Is Angelina Jolie rekindling an old flame too? Jolie visits her 'ex-husband's' home twice in 3 days with son Pax, sparking buzz!"

Apart from her same-sex relationships, Jolie has had three marriages. The first was to Jonny Lee Miller, "Miller" for short below. Today let's explore where the signs of their divorce lie in the chart.


That's Jolie's original chart. Adding the data of her first husband, born in 1972, let's transform it:

How Miller's main star 天機 (Tian Ji) shows up

  1. 天機 is a benevolent star, sitting with 太陰 (Tai Yin), also benevolent.
  2. The 寅 Palace sees 火星 (Huo Xing) and 陀羅 (Tuo Luo). Many malefics: not good.
  3. 太陰 with 火星 forms a "Ten Evils" pattern; 太陰 with 陀羅 is "people leave, money scatters."
  4. 天機 with 天梁 (Tian Liang) in 午, plus 陀羅 in 寅, forms 機梁陀, a pattern of harm and conflict.
  5. 天機 in 寅 has the stems 壬 and 戊. 壬 makes 天梁 become 化祿, auspiciously transforming 寅: he had a side that took care of Jolie. But 戊 makes 天機 become 化忌, damaging 寅 and directly triggering the negative patterns: "people leave, money scatters," 機梁陀 and the Ten Evils. Dating and marriage were hard to bring to a happy ending.

Overall judgment: Miller's 天機 is a benevolent star; 天機 people are considerate of others. But in the 寅 Palace, the constant harassment of evil patterns makes the 機月同梁 (Ji Yue Tong Liang) poor. 機月同梁 speaks of patterns of thought; seeing many malefics, the way of thinking differs from most people's. Narrowed to the reading of marriage, it at least speaks of incompatible personalities, making a good outcome hard.

In a 2004 interview Jolie said: "Jonny and I never fought, he never hurt me. I really wanted to be a good wife to him, but... divorcing him was the stupidest thing I've ever done."

After a divorce, one often remembers how good the other person was, but the decision to part has been made, and there's no way to test whether things would have been better without the divorce. Two people always have happy memories together, but perhaps we needn't regret. The choice made in the moment, good or bad, has been made, and only without too much regret can we keep moving forward, right?