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Rock Hudson's Zi Wei Dou Shu chart

Hollywood actor (Giant) · born November 17, 1925 in Winnetka, USA

One of the most popular Hollywood stars of his era, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Giant. His Life Palace holds Tian Ji (Li) with Hua Lu (Transformation of Wealth) and Tian Liang (Miao) with Hua Quan (Transformation of Power).

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Thinkers · Tian Ji1925 · M10 D2 · Chou hour
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Life Palace

When shocks hit, worldly fame and gain are hard to hold.

Terms in this palace · Tap for a plain explanation

When shocks hit, worldly fame and gain are hard to hold.

Put your cleverness into expertise that lasts. Tian Ji 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.
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.
Tian Ji–Tian Liang TogetherYour clever strategies can't get traction, and plans often get disrupted. Get one thing on solid ground before reaching for more.
Challenging Stars PresentWith malefic stars here, resistance and noise in your work increase. Do not fight people head-on; put your energy into your expertise.
Life Master Lu CunDeep down you want stability and value security and practicality. Holding steady is a skill; do not let it keep you from moving. Your Life Master sits in your Friends Palace, so your thoughts often circle around your circle of friends.
Patterns
Ji Yue Tong LiangAll four stars gather in the trines of your Life Palace. Classical texts say this pattern points to clerical, behind-the-scenes work. You suit professional, structured or advisory roles, building up steadily over time.Classic pattern
Shan Yin Chao Gang (Wisdom and Shelter Serve the Court)Tian Ji and Tian Liang in Chen or Xu hold your Life Palace: clever and principled, a natural strategist and advisor.Classic pattern
Quan Lu Xun Feng (Power and Wealth Meet)Hua Lu and Hua Quan both shine into your Life Palace: you have resources and the power to steer. When opportunity comes, you can catch it and drive it forward.Later pattern
Lu Feng Kong Jie (Lu Meets the Voids)Hua Lu sits here with Di Kong: gains come, and slip away easily too. Save a share of what comes in, and do not bet everything on one thing.Later pattern
Clash from OppositeHuo Xing and Qing Yang clash in from the Travel Palace opposite: things are easily thrown off by outside events in your own life. Leave some margin on big decisions.
Transformations
Tian Ji Hua LuYour mind naturally moves fast, with lots of ideas and a willingness to think things through. Opportunities often start from one of your ideas.
Tian Liang Hua QuanYou're used to being the one who steadies the room, with principles and reasons. Before you shelter everyone else, don't force yourself to be the only pillar.

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

Production companies to choose his own roles

Unhappy with the scripts he was offered, Hudson first formed 7 Pictures with producer Henry Ginsberg, his agent Henry Willson and his lawyer Greg Bautzer, and later set up Gibraltar Productions, leasing his acting services to studios such as Universal-International while also being able to choose his own roles. His chart shows Tian Liang (Miao) with Hua Quan in the Life Palace. Hua Quan is control over one's own course, which fits his wanting a firmer hold on his roles.

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Magnificent Obsession in 1954

On August 4, 1954 (nominal age 30), Magnificent Obsession, directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Jane Wyman and Hudson, opened at Loew's State Theatre in New York City, and it did well at the box office. In the annual Four Transformations of 1954, Lian Zhen (Ping) takes Hua Lu and enters his natal Friends Palace. The Friends Palace stands for the public, and Hua Lu is gain, which lines up with audiences buying tickets.

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A talent scout names him Rock Hudson

In 1947 he sent talent scout Henry Willson a picture of himself; Willson took him on as a client and changed his name to Rock Hudson, a name coined by combining the Rock of Gibraltar and the Hudson River. His chart shows Zi Wei (Wang) with Hua Ke (Transformation of Fame) in the Parents Palace. The Parents Palace is often read as elders and those who help one rise, and Hua Ke is reputation. The two can be read together.

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Life Palace

Rock Hudson's Life Palace holds Tian Ji and Tian Liang. Xingge's name for this persona: The Strategist. With the Earth 5 Bureau, that makes the Earth 5 · Tian Ji type among Xingge's 75.

Tian Ji · The Strategist ›Earth 5 · Tian Ji type ›

Birth-year transformations

The stem of Rock Hudson's birth year transforms four stars:

Birth data

Local time 1925-11-17 02:15, from Astro-Databank, Rodden rating AA (birth certificate or record). In true solar time at the birthplace that is 02:38, the Chou hour.

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