Celebrity Focus 4: Outstanding Military Leadership
AI translated from the original Chinese.
From "Column / A president on a mission: Kennedy and PT 109"
A few days ago, a slip of the hand accidentally deleted most of the nearly finished course materials after the B-grade stars, and I couldn't recover them... I'm still racing to finish the materials. Today I've found a moment to talk about Kennedy's military talent.
Age 25: 1941, joined the military during World War II, working in intelligence.
Age 26: 1942, wanting to prove himself in the war, trained to become a PT boat commander and went on missions in the Pacific.
Age 27: his PT boat sank after an encounter with a Japanese ship. Of the 13 men aboard, 2 died and 11 awaited rescue. Through tireless effort and 7 days of grueling survival, Kennedy survived and was finally rescued. The incident made him front-page news.
(Ages are counted in the East Asian way.)
From these deeds we can see that Kennedy faced war fearlessly, even volunteering for combat, and at the critical moment led his comrades to survive. How does such a pattern show in the chart?
As usual, the variant chart:
When it comes to the military, keep your eyes on 殺破狼 (Sha Po Lang), especially since Kennedy has the "double-star 殺破狼." In war, this pattern with no clash of Ji and malefics and with Lu and Quan concentrated, especially 化權, speaks of leadership ability.
Main star 天機 (Tian Ji), stem 甲
- 化祿 and 化權 are both on 廉貞 and 破軍 (Lian Zhen, Po Jun) in the 酉 Palace.
- 廉貞 and 破軍 in 酉, stem 己, make 武曲 (Wu Qu) become 化權 and 貪狼 (Tan Lang) become 化權.
- The main star's stem auspiciously transforms 廉貞 and 破軍 with Quan and Lu; their stem 己 auspiciously transforms 武曲 and 貪狼. The 丑 Palace becomes where Lu and Quan meet, and it is also the double-star 殺破狼.
Here we place Kennedy's military talent in the 丑 Palace.
The key: the 丑 Palace, with 巳, 未 and 酉
- Lu and Quan concentrate in 丑
- The three sides of 丑 see 左輔 and 右弼 (Zuo Fu, You Bi). The double-star 殺破狼 has a talent for war, and with 輔弼 he can grasp the situation; this is the ability that let Kennedy get himself and his crew rescued.
- The 巳 Palace's stem 乙: 紫微 (Zi Wei) becomes 化科, auspiciously transforming 武曲 and 貪狼 in 丑. 紫微 is the star of authority to begin with; with 化科 it carries the "image of intelligent leadership."
- 紫微 and 七殺 (Qi Sha) in 巳 are also in a strong palace, so 鈴星 (Ling Xing) and 陀羅 (Tuo Luo) in 巳 can be read as the brutality of the war, yet because the stars are exalted, he escaped death.
- Beyond concentrated Ke stars and intelligent leadership, the more important showing of 紫微 and 七殺 in 巳 is that after he successfully led his crew away from the battlefield, he became widely known as a war hero.
Conclusion
War is an exceptional time, so the double-star 殺破狼 can speak of war. But in times of peace, the double-star 殺破狼 can be read as a person who charges ahead at work and opens up new situations.
Whether in class or in readings, I often say: fortune-telling isn't channeling spirits. We can't make godlike pronouncements, but by sizing up the times and the situation, with the help of real-world conditions, we can judge future good and ill.
If Kennedy, with this chart, were living today, I believe he too could carve out a world of his own!