Celebrity Focus 1: Brad Pitt — Why Didn't He Marry Gwyneth Paltrow?

AI translated from the original Chinese.

From "Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow, 25 years after their breakup, declare to each other again: 'I love you so much.'"

As everyone knows, Brad Pitt dated three famous Hollywood actresses: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie.

This time let's take them one at a time, starting with the earliest: his relationship with Gwyneth Paltrow (best known as Pepper Potts in Iron Man). Why didn't they marry?

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History

Age 32: began dating Gwyneth Paltrow in 1994.

Age 35: split in 1997.

(Ages are counted in the East Asian way.)

Below, let's call Brad Pitt "Brad" and Gwyneth Paltrow "Pepper"!

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The original chart:

The original chart can't tell us much, so let's turn it into a chart focused on romantic affinity.

Brad's main star 天相 (Tian Xiang)

1. 天相 sits in 子, a strong palace.
2. The 子 Palace sees 廉貞 (Lian Zhen), 紅鸞 (Hong Luan) and 咸池 (Xian Chi), with 天喜 (Tian Xi) opposite. These are why so many women love Brad: strong romance stars, charisma.
3. The 子 Palace sees 右弼 (You Bi): a rich romantic history.
4. 3 化祿 concentrated on 子: the main reason Brad became a male idol of his generation.

Pepper, main star 太陰 (Tai Yin) in 酉

1. 太陰 in 酉, strong
2. The only auspicious stars are 魁鉞 (Kui Yue).
3. The malefics are 擎羊 (Qing Yang) and 鈴星 (Ling Xing). 擎羊 with 太陰 is the "people leave, money scatters" pattern; 鈴星 with 太陰 is a "Ten Evils" pattern. Although 太陰 is strong in 酉, these patterns damage 太陰 directly, and the slightest disturbance probably triggers the ill pattern.

How Pepper shows up in Brad's chart

How the marriage star 紅鸞 shows up

The red stems show Pepper in the chart and her relationship with Brad.

1. Pepper is in the 紅鸞 palace, 子, with stem 壬: 武曲 (Wu Qu) 化忌 clashes with 子; 武曲 and 火星 (Huo Xing) trigger the lonely-widow pattern.
2. Pepper was born in a 壬子 year, with 擎羊 in 子, forming the "刑囚夾印" pattern (the seal flanked by punishment and imprisonment).
3. The stems of the 紅鸞 palace's three sides and four directions: 甲, 丙, 戊, 壬. 甲 廉貞 Lu is naturally the image of dating; 丙 廉貞 Ji is the main reason the ill pattern is triggered; and 壬 adds force to the ill pattern too.

Overall Judgment

When these two were together, of course it was sweet at first, but over time the 火星 with 紅鸞 in 子 took effect, with the stem 壬 and Pepper's 擎羊 adding force. This 火星 burns too hot, easily burning through the affinity between them.

But Brad's main star 天相 and Pepper's main star 太陰 are both benevolent stars, so once they confirmed their personalities didn't fit, they split right away, cleanly.

At 32–35, Brad was mostly in his fourth major period. Combined with Pepper's stem 丙 in the Children Palace of that fourth period, isn't that 廉貞 化忌, directly igniting the ill pattern of 紅鸞? Even with love, it was hard to continue.

But in fact 天相 is Yang Water and 太陰 is Yin Water; both are Water stars, so even after splitting, they can probably stay on as good friends.

Next time, let's talk about Brad's marriage to Jennifer Aniston.