Am I Suited to Sales?
AI translated from the original Chinese.
Generated by Microsoft Designer
Sales is the most common job in modern society, because every industry needs salespeople to sell its products.
In my reading experience there are many successful salespeople, but also some who hit hard times: products that won't sell, dissatisfied clients, being singled out by a manager...
Ms. L is a salesperson who has hit hard times. She's capable, but always singled out by her superiors, so she's thinking of leaving.
Which star governs sales ability? 貪狼 (Tan Lang).
貪狼 is Wood, nimble and versatile, the star that governs sales. So let's keep our eyes on 貪狼.
- The 丑 Palace holds 貪狼 and 武曲 (Wu Qu). 武曲 and 貪狼 in the same palace is a very common combination, and doesn't necessarily mean sales work. But in this case, 武曲 and 貪狼 show the effects of all Four Transformations, Lu, Quan, Ke and Ji, so they can be seen as the key to the chart. In particular, Ms. L's job is sales, so we take the 丑 Palace directly as our subject.
- 武曲 and 貪狼 sit with 昌曲 (Chang Qu). Driven by Lu, Quan and Ke, this usually becomes the "nimble and adaptable pattern"; driven by Ji, the "政事顛倒格" (affairs-of-state upside down pattern). This case has both; how do we judge? The 丑 Palace is a tomb-and-treasury place that likes malefics sitting there to break out of the tomb. Here 武曲 and 貪狼 don't sit with malefics, showing an image of stability, so in sales work she has less drive and more of a desire for security.
- 祿存 (Lu Cun) in 巳 joins the 丑 Palace. Again an image of more than enough stability but not enough drive.
- 紫微 (Zi Wei) in 巳, stem 癸: 破軍 (Po Jun) becomes 化祿 ●, but 廉貞 and 破軍 (Lian Zhen, Po Jun) in 酉 are weak, so the positive force isn't strong; 貪狼 化忌 × enters the 丑 Palace, directly damaging the sales star and triggering the 政事顛倒格. 紫微 is the emperor star; at work it's the boss. The boss creates the 政事顛倒格 in Ms. L's 貪狼 palace: on one hand, she can't make sense of the boss's instructions; on the other, the boss's instructions are unclear, leaving her at a loss.
In sum, Ms. L is still suited to sales work, but not to pioneering sales; she's suited to sales work handed over by others.
As for her fortunes, Ms. L's hardest time is in her fifth major period. If she's still in sales in her sixth major period, things will go more smoothly.
Conclusion
Can a chart really show the job someone is doing? All I can say is that fate-reading isn't channeling spirits. It can mark out the range of work a person might do, because people usually choose their occupations according to their interests and gifts. If, constrained by reality, they don't work in a field matching their interests and gifts, they'll feel obstructed at every turn and find it hard to fulfill themselves.