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(49) Saju Factors Influencing Death of a Person: Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett

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By Janet Shin

Birth, life and death are all derived by the energy from the universe and interaction of earth and humans, which we cannot avoid or manipulate. People prefer to live, rather than to die. People pursue a happy life rather than misfortune.

We talk about death and living, fortune and misfortune, right and wrong, long life or early death, etc. Many people try to do things right themselves and convey their message to others so everyone may do things right as their faith dictates.

However, if we talk about the energy and substantials in terms of oriental philosophy, energy is something we cannot verify whether it is true or false, ethical or unethical and even prove its existence. Energy makes the universe move, so then how can we say what is right or wrong during the short span of our life.

Let's look at the example of a patriot who laid down his life for his country. His short life ended after struggles. Now, everyone admires him for his courage to do the right thing even at the risk of death.

Helen Adams Keller is another example. She was praised for overcoming physical disabilities to become an author, political activist and lecturer. However she was also a radical socialist and a suffragist. Can her tendentious ideology be seen objectively compared to her true courageous life story?

We can't judge history or a person because our judgment might be biased, depending on our ideology and interest. How we can even judge a person's life good or bad, right or wrong?

Like we admire Helen Keller for her true courage to act, we should understand people's true nature.

Last week, June 25, we got the news that Michael Jackson passed away at the age of 50.

As we reviewed his saju and life in a past article (33), we don't necessarily see all the life factors in his saju again.

He was born with the energy of mu earth. He had a great expression star (gyeong metal), but it clashed with the In of his career star (In-Sin clash).

This year, year of gi-chuk, we see the penalty between chuk of the coming year and sul of his year branch. Sul was the only base for the day master (the only friend star where a mu-day master could take root). From Sul, he took the precious expression star to sustain his life. He could have been burdened about how to show his talent to the people who adore him, but it was hurt this year.

Somebody said ``worth more dead than alive,'' but only left sorrow at whatever fame and money could be gained at the cost of a superstar's death.

On the same day, actress Mary Farrah Leni Fawcett also died. She was born with the energy of im water and her saju has sin and byeong. These three stems make the owner of saju beautiful. We have learned it is a typical saju combination for a beautiful celebrity.

She has chuk-sul penalty in her month and year pillar, which suggest conflict in her relationship with the opposite sex. In addition to this existing penalty of chuk-sul, her saju was hit again by this year (year of gi-chuk).

Whatever pains she could have had during her life, Farrah will always be remembered as Jill Munroe, the sexy Charlie's Angel with the fantastically feathered hair.

Judgment about their lives is not part of saju study. No one can criticize their lives. Saju may tell what struggles they have had in their life paths. Whether they were right or wrong is not what we should do right now. We praise their talents, love their songs, or recognize the truths in their extreme fates.

The writer is the president of the Heavenly Garden, a saju research center in Korea. She is the author of Learning Four Pillars. She offers saju courses to all who are interested. For more information, visit her Web site (https://blog.naver.com/janet_shin) or email janetshin@hotmail.com.