George Takei's Zi Wei Dou Shu chart

Japanese-American actor (Sulu in Star Trek) · born April 20, 1937 in Los Angeles, USA

Sulu of Star Trek, who later became an activist speaking up for minorities. His Life Palace holds Tai Yang (Miao) and Tian Liang (Miao), forming the Yang Liang Chang Lu pattern, a classic combination of Tai Yang, Tian Liang, Wen Chang and Lu Cun.

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Communicators · Tai Yang1937 · M3 D10 · Chou hour

YearDingChou

MonthJiaChen

DayDingChou

HourXinChou

Metal 4 Bureau

Life Master Wen Qu

Body Master Tian Xiang

Life Palace

You're like the morning sun, at the height of your warmth and loyal, in this pairing's brightest position.

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You're like the morning sun, at the height of your warmth and loyal, in this pairing's brightest position.From the classic

Your ability is easily seen.

Stars

Tai Yang NatureYou are warm and love looking after people, giving without keeping score. When you shine this much, save some light for yourself.

Tian Liang NatureYou are mature beyond your years and protective, often the one others lean on. Help without lecturing, and people warm to you more.

At MiaoClassical texts say Tai Yang at Miao or Wang brings lifelong wealth and honor. Today, it means you have a strong foundation, and steady building brings visible results.“The Nature of Tai Yang”

Tian Liang at MiaoThere's nothing devious in you, and you're glad to look after the people around you. You're principled and loyal too.

Life Master Wen QuYou are naturally expressive and artistic, and you get noticed through expression. Write, speak and make things. Your Life Master sits in your Fortune Palace, so your thoughts often circle around your inner life.

Patterns

Ri Yue Bing Ming (Sun and Moon Both Bright)Both Tai Yang and Tai Yin are bright and both shine into your Life Palace: you balance reason and feeling, and your work has both light and warmth.Classic pattern

Ri Zhao Lei Men (Sun Over the Thunder Gate)Tai Yang with Tian Liang in Mao: the light is just rising. Reputation and standing are your strengths, and you suit a visible role looking after others.Classic pattern

Yang Liang Chang Lu (Sun, Beam, Literary and Wealth)Tai Yang, Tian Liang, Wen Chang and a Lu star gather in your trines. Classical texts say this favors exams and official honors; study and credentials are a path where you have a real edge.Later pattern

Helpful TrinesSan Fang Si Zheng brings in Wen Chang, Tian Yue and Tian Kui: you have help and resources in your own life, more than this palace alone suggests.

Transformations

Trines: LuShining in from the Wealth Palace (Tai Yin Hua Lu): resources back you up.

Flying StarsThis part follows the Flying Star school: where this palace's stem sends its transformations. It is a different method from the classical reading above.

Lu to FriendsThe palace stem sends Po Jun Hua Lu into your Friends Palace: when things go well here, the benefits show up with your friends too.

Ji to ChildrenThe palace stem sends Tan Lang Hua Ji into your Children Palace: when it comes to your own affairs, your concern often ends up with children and younger people.

Minor Stars

Tian YaoYou have a hard-to-name pull and know how to set a mood. Charm is a gift; how far to take it is your call.

The Life Palace is about: Who you are at the core: your temperament and innate makeup. Every chart reading starts here.

What the Quan Shu says about this palaceWhen the stars as a whole are auspicious, even meeting a malefic star is auspicious. When the stars as a whole are malefic, meeting a malefic star is malefic.“Tai Wei Fu” ›The sun and moon guarding the Life Palace are not as good as shining on it from elsewhere; where Yin and Fu gather, one need not fear danger.“Tai Wei Fu” ›The golden crow (Tai Yang, in the Life Palace) gives a round, full face; the jade hare (Tai Yin) gives a clear, striking look.“Xing Xing Fu” ›My Quan Shu (56 lines on this palace) ›

Where the chart lines up

An activist who speaks for others

After coming out in 2005, George Takei became a leading advocate for LGBTQ rights and has also spoken up for the rights of immigrants; Allegiance, a musical drawn from the internment of Japanese Americans, opened on Broadway on November 8, 2015. In his chart, the Life Palace holds Tai Yang (Miao) and Tian Liang (Miao). Tai Yang shines outward and looks after others, and Tian Liang is the sheltering star that stands between people and trouble; stepping forward to speak for a whole group fits this pair.

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Playing Sulu from 1966

Star Trek premiered on NBC on September 8, 1966, and ran until June 3, 1969. Takei played Sulu, a physicist in the second pilot who later became the ship's helmsman. His Travel Palace is an Empty Palace holding Wen Chang (Miao), and in the annual Four Transformations of 1966 (nominal age 30), Wen Chang takes Hua Ke (Transformation of Fame) into his natal Travel Palace. The Travel Palace covers how one is seen by the public, and Hua Ke is reputation, which lines up with the launch of this role.

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The funniest guy on Facebook

Takei posts humorous images on Facebook every day and has more than 9 million followers, earning praise as "the funniest guy on Facebook"; in September 2013 he also used the page to defend Nina Davuluri. This falls in the Decade Luck of his Friends Palace (nominal ages 74–83). His natal Friends Palace holds Po Jun (De) and You Bi, and in that decade You Bi takes Hua Ke into this palace as well. The Friends Palace covers friends and the crowd, and Hua Ke is reputation, matching his fame with the crowd.

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Life Palace

George Takei's Life Palace holds Tai Yang and Tian Liang. Xingge's name for this persona: The Guide. With the Metal 4 Bureau, that makes the Metal 4 · Tai Yang type among Xingge's 75.

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Birth-year transformations

The stem of George Takei's birth year transforms four stars:

Birth data

Local time 1937-04-20 02:10, from Astro-Databank, Rodden rating AA (birth certificate or record). In true solar time at the birthplace that is 02:18, the Chou hour.

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