It happens that
Bill Gates has the same Four Pillars chart as John Doe. Can we see how the
chart fits his life?
In this third
article of the series I will employ some technical terms so that it is easier
for people who have studied Four Pillars to follow more closely.
When we read a
chart, the best way to understand it is to see how the qi moves about in
relation to the Day Master. Here in this chart the Day Master is Ren 壬.
Since we are talking about the life of a person, it is natural to talk about
fame and fortune, intelligence, support, friends and enemies, his character and
way of doing things. Well, one path of qi flow is from Yi乙
to Bing 丙 that clashes the Day Master. This path indicates how
he uses his talents to create his productions that turns into money pouring
onto him. Also note that Yi for Ren Day Master represents performance unrelated
to what he learns from traditional education. To understand this path, we have
to assess the level of his intelligence and how abundant is the wealth. Yi wood
sits right on the storage tank Wei 未 of wood but it
is born at Hai 亥 indicating he has great creativity and abundant
ideas. This idea turns into products that sell well and it is important to make
good use of the money that comes to him in a clash that may be damaging if
there is no path to drain it away. The next part of the path is to see how the
wealth qi goes down to the three branches Wei 未and
Xu 戌. Wei and Xu are the qi of power that provide a path
for the surplus wealth qi to go but at the same time these branches contain
good source of wealth qi. The more wealth is drained, the more will come to
fill the space.
Now power does
not appear on any stem in this chart. This indicates that he is a low key
leader. The way to run his business is to provide a guideline for his employees
to follow his vision of the market trend and the world of tomorrow. There is no
need to exercise his power to run the company. It was wise for him to give up
the post of CEO to someone he trusts when his company is well established.
Instead, he becomes more involved in philanthropic
activities and this is the right thing to do when there is too much money. The
power in his chart is more inclined to fame rather than the literal sense of
power. The fame then turns into support that appears on the hour stem Xin 辛. You
can view Xin as his fans. Just count the number of users of his products –
Windows, Microsoft Office, etc. The supportive qi then flows to strengthen the
Day Master Ren and its root Hai so that he can withstand the potential damage
brought by the clash with wealth.
A
look at the luck pillars should reveal more. Luck runs from west to south that
helped him to develop silent leadership in his school days and then 30 years of
tremendous wealth later when luck goes through Wei, Wu and Si. During Gui Wei
and Ren Wu, the water meeting Yi to strengthen his production instead of
attacking his wealth. He wisely provides people with support to create software
that can perform on his platform. This turns potential competitors into
partners. Even during the ten years with Ren clashing Bing, the damage is
minimal as most of the force exerted by Ren turns into the year stem Yi that in
turn strengthens the wealth stem Bing instead of taking it away.
What
about the more threatening Xin Si luck pillar? Xin combines with Bing that
should also remove his wealth? Well, Xin has to clash against Yi on the Year
pillar first before reaching Bing. The clash prevents Bing and Xin from
combining and the wealth is intact. However, it indicates that his conservative
thinking (Xin being Proper Resource) has a negative effect on his products. In
fact, he underestimated the smart phone market and missed the train. However,
the impact on his wealth is not too serious as his other products are simply
cash cows. With the same reasoning, the intended clash between Si and Hai also
does not happen as most of the energy of Si has been used up to strengthen the
other three branches minimizing the impact of the clash.
The
following website provides more detailed information about the life of Bill
Gates:
