(33) Article 33 Expression stars II
We are studying five cycles in four pillars to influence our life paths, namely, the friend, expression, money, career and knowledge stars.
The friend star is the same element as a day master, and it generates the expression star, which generates the money star, which generates the career star, which generates the knowledge star, which generates the day master.
As we learned, the five elements circulate as waterawoodafireaearthametalawater in their generation cycle, while moving as waterafireametalawoodaearthawater in their restriction cycle. We may substitute the five saju stars for the five elements in order to understand people's fate.
The expression stars with different yin and yang use more energy than those with same yin and yang, as they are excessive and over reactive. When the expression cycle is in good composition with the knowledge cycle, people are gifted with eloquence and very good at teaching, because they are intelligent, quick at learning and express knowledge very well.
People with good expression cycles are logical but don't adapt themselves well to organizations and sometimes don't seem polite to seniors. They look down on authority and hierarchy but their unique ideas often lead to success.
If the expression star is in good relations with a money star, one can be a great businessperson. But when he or she lacks the money star, the person just has artistic talent.
When people with the expression stars are in fortunate cycles, their talents are well recognized and successful, but if they are in unfortunate cycles, they can't utilize their talents well.
When there are too many different expression stars, people are confused by many interests and talents, so it's hard to achieve solid results.
If a woman has strong expression stars, she can't have a good relationship with her husband, but not due to a problem with sexual desire. Usually, a woman who has strong expression stars in water elements has a healthy sex drive. If her expression stars clash with other branches, she might have problem with her sons or daughters or have an abortion.
People with expression stars have a knack for decorating. They are stylish, smart and eloquent but sometimes hurt others with bitter words. They don't have ill intentions, but their tactlessness hurts others.
The expression star lives in its own philosophy, so it is intolerable and cannot bear differences.
Here is a saju of a lady who was born in the year of cow _ 1973, in the 8th month of the lunar calendar at 8 p.m.
She is a singer and a cook. She also teaches students at an institute. Although she has dated many guys, she's not married yet. Looking at her saju, we found no career star (wood) but lots of expression stars. The money stars (water elements) are in the stems but do not take enough root in the branches.
Although she is very talented and has tried many different careers, has not been successful in a single field. With sin, yu and sul causing great energy in a metal trine (expression star) and the sin metal in stem, what she pursues most in life would be the expression of her talent. Lacking wood elements, she has no contract with a company.
Also it won't be easy for her to get married until a year of wood (career star and husband). The years 2010 and 2011 are years of wood, so she is expected to meet a guy and get married. She'll reach her life goals after her mid-forties. It is when the metal trine completes the energy of expression cycle.
By analyzing the saju, we are able to find what the person pursues most and when he or she can achieve the goal.
The writer is the president of the Heavenly Garden, a saju research center in Korea and the author of the ``Learning Four Pillars." She offers saju courses open to all who are interested. For more information, visit her Web site (https://blog.naver.com/janet_shin) or email to