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Henry VIII's Zi Wei Dou Shu chart

King of England who founded the Church of England · born July 7, 1491 in Greenwich, UK

The first English king with a modern humanist education. His Life Palace holds Tian Ji (Wang) and Ju Men (Miao) with Hua Lu (Transformation of Wealth), a set of stars whose thinking and speech both carry weight.

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Thinkers · Tian Ji1491 · M6 D1 · Chen hour
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Life Master Wen Qu
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Life Palace

Gossip and disputes hurt more, and steadiness is harder to keep.

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Gossip and disputes hurt more, and steadiness is harder to keep.

Tian Ji and Ju Men meet challenging stars here. Ju Men Hua Lu sits here too, so real gains still come in through the friction.

Stars
Tian Ji NatureYour mind moves fast; you love working out a plan and seeing how everything fits. You think a lot, so remember to act on it too.
Ju Men NatureYou speak plainly and love getting to the bottom of things, spotting what others miss. Soften how you say it, and there is less friction.
Challenging Stars PresentYou often get caught between going forward and back, and disputes are common. When stuck, make things clear in words before you move.
Origin PalaceWhat you care about most is becoming who you want to be, and you give your all only to what you chose. When stuck, ask yourself whether you really want it.
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 Friends Palace, so your thoughts often circle around your circle of friends.
Patterns
Ju Ji Tong Lin (Gate and Strategist Together)Tian Ji and Ju Men in Mao hold your Life Palace. Classical texts call Ju Ji in Mao a noble pattern: a quick mind and a sharp tongue, strong at research, analysis and expression, with more of a stage the further out you go. When you overthink, pause first.Later pattern
Shuang Lu Jiao Liu (Double Lu Exchange)Lu Cun and Hua Lu both sit in the trines of your Life Palace: you have more than one source of income, from your own work and your network, and it grows the more you tend it.Later pattern
Lu Feng Kong Jie (Lu Meets the Voids)Hua Lu sits here with Di Jie: gains come, and slip away easily too. Save a share of what comes in, and do not bet everything on one thing.Later pattern
Lu Feng Xun Kong (Lu Meets Xun Kong)A Lu star falls in Xun Kong: gains can be a little hollow and take an extra step to become real. Save a share of what comes in, and get promises in writing.Later pattern
Transformations
Ju Men Hua LuYou're a natural at asking, taking things apart and explaining, and people notice the moment you speak. Turn your analysis into a story, and opportunities will come your way.
This part follows the Flying Star school: where this palace's stem sends its transformations. It is a different method from the classical reading above.
Self Hua LuYou’re generous with yourself, and good luck tends to get spent on you first. Set a share aside.
Ji to PropertyHome matters often worry you and money tends to go there. Plan big household costs ahead.
Minor Stars
Long ChiYou have taste and ingenuity, with a keen eye for beauty and handcraft. Put that gift to use.

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

Where the chart lines up

Reading and writing English, French and Latin

Henry VIII was the first English king with a modern humanist education; he read and wrote English, French and Latin, owned a large library and has been described as an intellectual. In his chart, the Life Palace holds Tian Ji (Wang) and Ju Men (Miao) with Hua Lu. Tian Ji is the star of a busy, studious mind, and Ju Men is speech and debate; his strengths in learning and languages fit this set of stars in his Life Palace.

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King at seventeen in 1509

In 1509 (nominal age 19), the 17-year-old Henry succeeded his father, Henry VII, as King of England. In his chart, the Life Palace of that year falls in his natal Fortune Palace, which holds Tian Liang (Xian), and in the annual Four Transformations Tian Liang takes Hua Ke (Transformation of Fame) in this same palace. With the year's Life Palace carrying Hua Ke, it is a year of being seen and stepping onto the stage, which lines up with his coming to the throne that year.

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Building and rebuilding palaces

He was involved in building and rebuilding a number of major buildings, including Nonsuch Palace, and he remodeled Hampton Court Palace and the Palace of Whitehall, hanging 2,000 tapestries in his palaces. In his chart, the birth-year Wen Chang (Xian) with Hua Ji (Transformation of Obstruction) falls in the Property Palace. The Property Palace covers property and residences, and Hua Ji marks where one's attention goes; pouring his energy into palaces matches this position.

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Life Palace

Henry VIII's Life Palace holds Tian Ji and Ju Men. Xingge's name for this persona: The Strategist. With the Wood 3 Bureau, that makes the Wood 3 · Tian Ji type among Xingge's 75.

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Birth-year transformations

The stem of Henry VIII's birth year transforms four stars:

Birth data

Local time 1491-07-07 08:45, from Astro-Databank, Rodden rating AA (birth certificate or record). In true solar time at the birthplace that is 08:40, the Chen hour.

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