The Chart of a Scholar (Part 6): A Good Teacher Who Cares for Her Students
AI translated from the original Chinese.
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Scholars' charts seem to have become a series, so here's one more!
Ms. L has taught at a university for many years and cares deeply for her students. Whenever students have problems, she's glad to listen and even to help. Students agree she's a good teacher.
For scholars, the chart's pattern almost always lies in the "Water stars," because "Water" flows downward, which can symbolize "drawing learning from the long river of knowledge."
In today's case, besides the Water stars, the "Wood stars" are also very important.
In general, Water stars govern "wisdom" and Wood stars govern "benevolence." But in fact the intelligence of Wood stars is more nimble and versatile. Compared with the Water stars' delving downward, the Wood stars' stretching upward also brings many benefits in scholarship.
天機 with 昌曲: nimble and versatile
- The 丑 Palace holds 天機 (Tian Ji), which is Wood, meeting two Water stars, 天同 (Tian Tong) and 巨門 (Ju Men). Water generates Wood: excellent.
- 天機 sits with 文昌 (Wen Chang) and 文曲 (Wen Qu). Whenever Ke stars and 昌曲 (Chang Qu) meet, there will be results in scholarship. This 天機 is exactly where the Ke stars and 昌曲 are. Her academic ability goes without saying.
- 天鉞 (Tian Yue) meets the 丑 Palace. 天鉞 is a benefactor star; when it comes to "education," 天鉞 always plays a role. Education here refers to "an image of genuinely caring about how students are doing."
- 祿存 (Lu Cun) meets the 丑 Palace. 祿存 often symbolizes where one's "salary" comes from. This pattern is in 丑, so she can draw a salary from 天機 with 昌曲, which also fits the image of a scholar.
That's an explanation of the good points in her chart's pattern.
But what's a pity in this pattern is that no malefic sits in the 丑 Palace. 丑 is Earth, one of the "four tomb places," symbolizing stability and stillness. Without malefics, it's hard to break out of the tomb. So she naturally still makes academic progress, but the focus of her teaching leans toward caring for students. Her academic ambition isn't great.
Conclusion
A good teacher affects our whole lives. Teaching at university, Ms. L has cared for many students, mostly those new to university who developed emotional problems from struggling to adjust. Through her care, most students gradually got back on track and came to enjoy university life.
Teaching at university, it's not easy to be well regarded for both "scholarship" and "education." Ms. L manages both, which is truly rare.