He Won the Lottery, Then Went Bankrupt. What Happened?
AI translated from the original Chinese.
Let's talk about the lottery. Since real cases are hard to collect, I'm drawing on the ASTRO DATABANK database for research and writing. I use Rodden Rating AA data, that is, data backed by birth certificates, to ensure the accuracy and authenticity of the cases.
So starting now, in July 2022, let's lock our focus on what most people are curious about: what does a lottery-winning chart look like?
Case Summary
Name:
Major events:
Age 1: born 10:45, March 28, 1936, in Heimberg, Switzerland
Age 44: 19:00, April 28, 1979, won the lottery, a prize of 1.671 million Swiss francs, about NT$51 million; adjusted for inflation, roughly NT$300 million in today's purchasing power. After tax, 730,000 Swiss francs, about NT$22.4 million, roughly NT$134 million in today's purchasing power
Ages 44–50: followed a property developer's investment advice; went bankrupt at 50.
Age 73: developed leukemia
Age 74: published a book about becoming the lottery king. https://www.amazon.com/-/zh_TW/gp/product/B006O1NYGQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
(Ages are counted in the East Asian way.)
As usual, transformed:
The lottery is unexpected money, and for unexpected money, look at 天梁 (Tian Liang). Let's lock our focus on 天梁!
The structure of 天梁:
- 魁鉞 (Kui Yue): nobility
- 祿存 (Lu Cun): wealth
- 昌曲 (Chang Qu): can stand for the lottery ticket slip, and also for speech
- 2 化祿 and 3 化科, all auspiciously transforming 天梁. My teacher says Lu, Quan and Ke all bring profit. In my reading experience, that's true.
- 2 化忌
- No malefic stars at all
As a first judgment, 天梁's structure is good. Let's look further:
The three sides and four directions of 天梁:
- 癸: 破軍 (Po Jun) becomes 化祿 in 戌, auspiciously transforming 天同 (Tian Tong), opposite 天梁; 太陽 (Tai Yang) becomes 化科 in 丑, auspiciously transforming 天梁
- 丁: 太陰 (Tai Yin) becomes 化祿 in 丑, auspiciously transforming 天梁; 天同 becomes 化權 in 亥, auspiciously transforming 天梁; 文昌 (Wen Chang) becomes 化忌, harming 天梁
- 己: 天梁 becomes 化科 in 巳, auspiciously transforming 天梁; 文曲 (Wen Qu) becomes 化忌 in 酉, harming 天梁
- 辛: 太陽 becomes 化權 in 丑, auspiciously transforming 天梁; 文昌 becomes 化忌 in 巳, harming 天梁
Adding it all up, 天梁 now has these transformations:
- Lu: 3
- Quan: 2
- Ke: 5
- Ji: 5
Analysis of the Win
天梁 seeing 祿存 plus 3 化祿: prone to unexpected money.
Many 化科 on 天梁: first, he had real insight into buying lottery tickets; second, he turned his lottery experience into a book, showing creative talent.
Many 化忌 on 天梁: it speaks of unexpected disaster; in terms of unexpected money, it often also speaks of unexpected losses.
Analysis of the Bankruptcy
His history says that after winning the lottery he followed a property developer's investment advice and went bankrupt. How do we read that?
- For property development, first look at the 田宅宮 (Property Palace): stem 庚 in 寅, 太陽 Lu, 太陰 Ke, 天同 Ji, damaging 天梁.
- 天府 (Tian Fu), lord of property: stem 庚 in 子, 太陽 Lu, 太陰 Ke, 天同 Ji, damaging 天梁.
- 太陰, lord of property: stem 辛 in 丑, 太陽 Quan, 文昌 Ji.
Basically Lu, Quan, Ke and Ji all act on 天梁.
The auspicious image: winning the lottery.
The ill image: going bankrupt.
It can probably be read as the property developer's grand promises convincing him there was profit to be had, and at first there were indeed some gains, but in the end it went badly.
As for why the harm outweighed the gain: 天同 化忌 and 文昌 化忌 are in the opposite palace, acting more directly; 太陽 化祿 comes from the three sides, and 太陽 in 丑 has little force, so in the end it couldn't hold back the ill image.
Some may ask: winning the lottery and then going bankrupt, is that good or bad? All I can say is that compared with an ordinary life, I'd gladly win the lottery once and then go bankrupt. After all, 天梁 only sees 化忌 concentrated, without a clash of Ji and malefics. He once had this wealth and didn't sink beyond recovery because of it; all things considered, that's a very good thing.
As for his book and his leukemia, they aren't our topic here. With 天梁, 昌曲 and Ke stars concentrated, writing a book is no surprise; the leukemia I'll leave aside for now.
P.S.: In July I'll be writing on the theme of the lottery. If there are questions you'd like explored, feel free to leave a comment as a candidate topic.