(352) Saju of former US President George W Bush

By Janet Shin

George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the U.S., has made his debut as a portrait painter. Here I quote his tweet to let the public know about his recent activity, “Over the past several months, I've painted the portraits of 98 wounded warriors I've gotten to know … Their paintings and stories will be featured in PORTRAITS OF COURAGE -- a book and special exhibit -- and I am donating all my proceeds to the George W. Bush Presidential Center and our Military Service Initiative's work to honor and support them.” It is appraised by the media as reflecting his political decisions during his presidency. He designated Iraq as part of the “Axis of Evil” and invaded over claims of weapons of mass destruction, which later on turned out to be groundless.

His moves after retirement to take care of the injured warriors may be influenced by his regret for causing the “unprepared war.” While he was largely not as respected by the people as other former presidents, painting obviously changed him and may illustrate him better than anything else.

What makes him want to be an artist? It caught people’s attention especially because his recent exhibit was associated with the publication of his book, titled “A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors” about veterans who were wounded carrying out his orders.

By reading his saju, we may get some insights into how one turns out to be a politician, an artist or others and how they reveal their propensities.

The yin metal day master suggests sharp leadership while the strongest element in his saju is fire, a career star. Reviewing the saju of global politicians, we need to observe the condition of their career stars.

Bush’s saju clearly shows the structure of career stars, or one who pursues power and authority as the most important goal in life. He also has wood energy as his next strongest element. Wood represents a money star and stimulates the career star to make it even stronger. The money star represents one’s father as well as one’s wealth.

The fortunate thing is that this fire energy circulates earth, a knowledge star. The knowledge star brings a good reputation to a person while it also protects the day master from fire. For the yin metal representing a sharp tool or jewelry, the yang fire representing the sun and illumination becomes a crucial energy to make one’s life brilliant, honorable and reputable. With the presence of the earth, the fire became moderate instead of being hazardous. Yang fire with the strong support of yin and yang branches sheds great energy to inspire artistic talent.

Interpreting his saju, we may postulate that it is too bright and heated. The yin metal day master definitely needs some moisture to wash out and cool down. For the metal day master, the water element represents talent. The appropriate letter to go well with yin metal is yang water, which came in his saju starting at age 71 in the 10-year luck pillar. One with lots of fire elements is usually emotional and he or she calms down with the help of water elements.

The transitions in one’s life journey are forecast by either lucky or unlucky elements from the 10-year luck pillar and every coming year. Although Bush’s presidency ended without people’s respectful applause, life opened another door with the addition of appropriate saju pillars.