Like Mother, Like Daughter: Two Strong Women in One Chart
AI translated from the original Chinese.
Generated by Gemini
Although society today broadly agrees on gender equality, women are in fact still a disadvantaged group in the workplace. This is not only true in Taiwan; to some degree it is the case in every country in the world. The main excuse is always that women will get pregnant, give birth and look after the family, so their contribution to the company is limited. As a result, compared with men their pay is generally lower, which smacks of unequal pay for equal work.
The most outrageous workplace story I've heard: Ms. A was number one in sales at her company, yet the boss refused to give her a matching salary or bonus. The boss's reason was that raising her pay would embarrass the male colleagues, so he would wait until the men's results reached her level, or even surpassed it, before giving her a raise. I think that if a woman is capable, she should be free to show what she can do. Why should she be held back for being a woman?
Today let's talk about a chart in which mother and daughter are both strong, successful women. The chart is as follows:
In this chart the 官祿宮 (Career Palace) is empty, with 天同 (Tian Tong) and 巨門 (Ju Men) opposite, and in a weak palace. However you look at it, this is at most a woman with an ordinary career. Moreover, 太陰 (Tai Yin) in the 財帛宮 (Wealth Palace) meets 空劫 (Kong Jie); it looks like she'd never have money.
But let's look at it from another angle:
The subject's zodiac sign is the Rabbit, so we lock our focus on the 卯 Palace.
The Four Transformations of 卯 (with its three sides and four directions: 亥, 未, 酉)
- 寅, 卯, 辰: 3 化祿 flank the 卯 Palace
- 卯, 未, 亥: 3 化權 concentrate on the 卯 Palace
- 寅, 卯, 辰: 3 化忌 flank the 卯 Palace
Overall judgment: Lu stars mean income, Quan stars mean managerial ability, Ji stars mean hard work.
The stars of 卯 (with its three sides and four directions: 亥, 未, 酉)
- 卯 Palace: 武曲 (Wu Qu), 七殺 (Qi Sha) (read directly as the double-star 殺破狼), 祿存 (Lu Cun): a varied career, meticulous thinking.
- 亥 Palace: 廉貞 (Lian Zhen), 貪狼 (Tan Lang) + 空劫: interested in religion, divination and philosophy
- 未 Palace: 紫微 (Zi Wei), 破軍 (Po Jun): creative, with a style all her own.
- 酉 Palace: 天府 (Tian Fu), 右弼 (You Bi) + 火星 (Huo Xing): proactive about making money, full of ideas, strong in action, and able to proceed step by step
Overall judgment: a grand pattern, very resourceful at making money, extremely strong in action, never limited to a single career, with the ability to coordinate and organize. A truly formidable woman.
What Actually Happened
The subject is an employee of a large corporation. Though she holds no managerial title, her supervisors are happy to hand her work to carry out; she has the ability to coordinate and organize, and accomplishes what she manages perfectly.
Besides her full-time job, she studies widely and has developed a variety of ventures, all of them fruitful. Whatever the income, at least her life is colorful, and it will surely add to her career in the future.
The subject's pattern is quite high, but when we came to her mother, I was even more astonished. Let's mark the mother's heavenly stems on the chart:
In this chart the mother is 廉貞. Let's see how 廉貞 in 亥 fares.
The Four Transformations of 亥 (with its three sides and four directions: 未, 卯, 巳)
- 亥 Palace: sees 3 化權; stem 己, 貪狼 becomes 化權: an entrepreneur
- 亥 Palace: stem 己, 武曲 becomes 化祿; 祿存 in 巳: knows how to make money
Overall judgment: Lu and Quan converge for the mother; she should be a successful entrepreneur.
The stars of 亥 (with its three sides and four directions: 未, 卯, 巳)
- 亥 Palace: double-star 殺破狼 + 空劫: a varied career that renews itself quickly.
- 未 Palace: 紫微, 破軍: creative, with a style all her own.
- 卯 Palace: 武曲, 七殺 + 祿存: a varied career, meticulous thinking.
- 巳 Palace: 左輔 (Zuo Fu), 天馬 (Tian Ma), 祿存 (the mother's): often traveling around for work.
Overall judgment: the mother is even more entrepreneurial than the subject, and even busier. With Lu stars concentrated and two 祿存 supporting her, she plans before she acts. Definitely a successful entrepreneur.
What Actually Happened:
- Me: Your mother is a successful entrepreneur.
- Subject: Yes, she's very capable, her business is big, and she's always traveling around.
- Me: Her income must be considerable!
- Subject: Enough to retire on comfortably.
Summary
In modern society there are many strong women, yet many women are still held back because of their gender. It is rare to see a "like mother, like daughter" chart like this. The scale of the pattern is in no way inferior to that of a typical successful man. Or rather: "The size of a chart's pattern should not be limited by gender." Traditionally, Zi Wei Dou Shu reads men through the Life, Wealth, Career and Travel palaces, and women through the Life, Fortune and Spouse palaces. Times have changed; we should no longer cling to tradition. Men and women alike should be able to live the life they want to live. Only free of traditional constraints can one have a free life.