The Elder Who Squandered the Family Fortune
AI translated from the original Chinese.
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I've known Mr. H for many years. He once half-jokingly said that if his father hadn't squandered the family fortune, he'd long since have been a rich second-generation heir, living without worrying about food or clothing.
Although I don't have Mr. H's father's chart, using 太歲入卦 (Tai Sui Ru Gua) still reveals the signs. This chart is a variant derived from the 太陽 (Tai Yang) of 太歲入卦:
太陽 is the father star
太陽 is the father star and the husband star. That is, for a man, 太陽 shows male relatives; for a woman, besides male relatives, it also shows the spouse. This case focuses on Mr. H's father, so 太陽 is of course the focus of discussion.
Where the chart's pattern lies
化祿 ●: the 申 Palace, where 武曲 (Wu Qu) and 天相 (Tian Xiang) sit together, seeing 左輔 and 右弼 (Zuo Fu, You Bi) and 祿存 (Lu Cun). 武曲 is lord of wealth and 天相 governs food and clothing, which can be read as an affluent family.
化權 □: the 午 Palace forms the "政事顛倒格" (affairs-of-state upside down pattern). If damaged by 化忌, it forms a very strong subjectivity, stubbornly choosing the "bad."
化科 △: the 寅 Palace has the pattern "破軍 relying wholly on the cruelty of 擎羊 and 鈴星," and also sees the "政事顛倒格" itself. So the 昌曲 (Chang Qu) and 左輔 seen in 寅 become petty cleverness, full of tricks.
化忌 ×: the 申 Palace, though a 化祿 pattern, is at the same time a 化忌 pattern. 祿存 in the 子 Palace instead becomes "祿 meeting a clash and break: ill hidden in the good place." He needs to manage money carefully; a life of drinking and pleasure does great damage to his wealth.
In this chart, 化祿 and 化忌 overlap: there's wealth and there's loss; the Quan stars bring strong subjectivity and the Ke stars plenty of petty cleverness. So we can sum up this chart as ill within the good, requiring careful money management.
Adding 太陽
- 太陽 in 酉, stem 辛, makes 文昌 (Wen Chang) become 化忌, triggering the "政事顛倒格"
- 太陽's Parents Palace, stem 壬, makes 武曲 become 化忌. Here the "鈴昌陀武格" (Ling, Chang, Tuo and Wu pattern) almost appears; but in a 辛 year, the yearly 陀羅 (Tuo Luo) would sit in the 申 Palace, triggering 鈴昌陀武, a poor pattern.
Conclusion
Looking at his father's situation through Mr. H, even if we see the signs, there's nothing we can do to help. After all, the father's poor money management has already happened, and we can't offer any constructive advice. We can only observe the event in the chart and treat it as conversation, that's all.