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Marlon Brando's Zi Wei Dou Shu chart

Actor, two-time Oscar winner (The Godfather) · born April 3, 1924 in Omaha, USA

An actor who became a screen idol through rebellious roles. His Life Palace is an Empty Palace, read through the opposite Travel Palace's Tian Ji (Li) and Tian Liang (Miao).

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Thinkers · Empty Palace (borrows Tian Ji)1924 · M2 D30 · Hai hour
YearJiaZi
MonthDingMao
DayRenZi
HourXinHai
Life Master Lian Zhen
Body Master Huo Xing

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Life Palace

You are good at planning and can talk strategy with ease, and your fortune and health have a solid base.

Terms in this palace · Tap for a plain explanation

You are good at planning and can talk strategy with ease, and your fortune and health have a solid base.

Thinking a lot also means following through, or plans never land.

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.
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.
By BranchClassical texts say Tian Ji and Tian Liang in Chen or Xu need no argument about blessings and long life. Today, it means you like quiet study and have your own way of cultivating yourself.“What Does Tian Liang Govern?”
Borrowed StarsWith no main star in your Life Palace, your basic character is borrowed from Tian Ji and Tian Liang opposite, with less force than if they sat here. The people and setting around you shape you more deeply than most.
Life Master Lian ZhenYou carry a firm inner yardstick and strong emotions. When principle and passion live side by side, you shine. Your Life Master sits in your Siblings Palace, so your thoughts often circle around your peers.
Transformations
Trines: JiShining in from the Career Palace (Tai Yang Hua Ji): when things stall over there, they stall here too.
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.
Lu to PropertyYou put your heart into home and think about building assets. Start saving early.
Ji Clashes BackWhat happens outside tends to come back and shake you, and things go back and forth. Out in the world, aim for steady before fast.
Minor Stars
Ba ZuoYou are easily pushed into the spotlight, with chances to be nominated or appointed. Once you are up there, staying steady matters more than showing off.
Long ChiYou have taste and ingenuity, with a keen eye for beauty and handcraft. Put that gift to use.
ShuaiEnergy is winding down, which favors holding ground over charging ahead. Steady work actually lasts longer.
Qing LongGood news and unexpected gains come often. Be ready to catch opportunities when they arrive.

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 palaceJu Men and Hua Ji are both unlucky; the luck periods and the Body and Life Palaces should not meet them.“Gu Sui Fu” ›If a person's Life Palace has Ju Men, Tai Yang, Zi Wei or Tian Fu sitting in it or shining on it, he keeps to his place, has a kindly, virtuous and upright heart, acts without self-interest, does not take crooked paths and will not grasp for what is not his; as a scholar or an official he is honest and clean. If instead he meets Tai Yin, Tan Lang, Tian Tong, Qi Sha or Hua Ji, his mind is full of schemes, he is insatiably greedy for money, and he is the sort who seeks profit even late at night.“Women's Gu Sui Fu” ›Another says: the Life Palace sitting in an empty place, he is sure to leave home for religion; with literary stars meeting it, he truly deserves praise. If Wen Qu is in the Body or Life Palace, he enjoys protection and quiet leisure, and his blessings are admirable.“Women's Gu Sui Fu” ›My Quan Shu (9 lines on this palace) ›

Where the chart lines up

Standing up for Native Americans and civil rights

In August 1963 he joined the March on Washington, and in 1964 he took part in a "fish-in" protest over Native American fishing rights. In 1973 he declined the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Godfather, sending Sacheen Littlefeather on stage to explain that it was a protest against the film industry's treatment of Native Americans. In his chart, the Life Palace is an Empty Palace that borrows Tian Liang (Miao) from the Travel Palace. Tian Liang is the star that shelters others and speaks up for the vulnerable, which fits these acts.

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A Streetcar Named Desire on film

In 1947 he played Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway; in 1951 (nominal age 28) Elia Kazan made it into a film, which brought his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. His natal Career Palace holds Tai Yang (De) with Hua Ji (Transformation of Obstruction) and Ju Men (Miao). In the annual Four Transformations of 1951, Ju Men takes Hua Lu (Transformation of Wealth) and Tai Yang takes Hua Quan (Transformation of Power), both entering this palace. The Career Palace covers work: a year of both returns and weight in his career, which lines up with this film.

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Buying an entire atoll

Brando bought Tetiaroa, an atoll made up of twelve small islands, and in 1970 hired a Los Angeles architect to build a home and a village there; the island also had an environmental laboratory for protecting seabirds and turtles. In his chart, the Property Palace holds Wu Qu (Miao) with Hua Ke (Transformation of Fame) and Tan Lang (Miao). The Property Palace covers real estate and the home; Wu Qu is a wealth star, here at Miao and carrying Hua Ke, which is good reputation and being seen. Buying an island, making a home there and setting up an environmental lab matches this combination.

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Life Palace

Marlon Brando's Life Palace has no main star (an Empty Palace); it borrows Tian Ji from the opposite palace. Xingge's name for this persona: The Traveler. With the Wood 3 Bureau, that makes the Wood 3 · Empty Palace type among Xingge's 75.

Empty Palace · The Traveler ›Wood 3 · Empty Palace type ›

Birth-year transformations

The stem of Marlon Brando's birth year transforms four stars:

Birth data

Local time 1924-04-03 23:00, from Astro-Databank, Rodden rating AA (birth certificate or record). In true solar time at the birthplace that is 22:33, the Hai hour.

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