(61) Branch Interactions — Penalty

By Janet Shin

After previous columns reviewing the branch interactions: combinations, trines and clashes, let's continue our study about the penalty in branches.

The penalty is a certain abnormal energy that is stimulated by the over-flooding power of trine energy. Described in Taiji theory of yin and yang at the highest concentration of one side, the other side constitutes the cause of penalty in branch interactions.

Since it is inflated energy, it boils over to the inclusions of the branches in penalty.

Among many penalty groups, in-sa-sin and chuk-sul-mi penalties are critical in influencing one's fate.

Here is the saju of a Korean celebrity, who is popular around Asia.

Rain, whose Korean name is Jung Ji-hoon, is the lead star of the upcoming Hollywood film ``Ninja Assassin,'' which will be released November. When he made his Hollywood debut in ``Speed Racer'' (2008), a film written and directed by Andy and Larry Wachowski, he was already a K-pop superstar.

Rain gained popularity throughout Asia through Korean dramas such as ``Full House'' as well as his R&B and dance songs. In 2006, he topped an online poll of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the world. In 2008, he appeared in the closing ceremony of Beijing Olympics.

Next month, he will kick off his Asian tour ``Legend of Rainism.''

He had continued his successful career until a multi-million dollar lawsuit for the abrupt cancellation of his world tour concerts, was filed by Star M, a domestic concert promotion company.

Let's see what happened to his saju.

He was born June 25, 1982.

As seen in his saju, he was born with the energy of gi (yin earth) and he has strong knowledge star in month pillar. The sul earth of year branch is a root of gi-day master, which has a penalty starting this year (gi-chuk) from the chuk-sul penalty.

Knowledge star means a person's reputation, so he can continue to gain popularity. However, the penalty of chuk-sul is still a troublesome hindrance this year.

Last year, year of mu-ja, he had ja-o clash between the 2008 year branch and his month branch. So we can say that this year's lawsuit case could have been caused by last year's incident.