The four growth stars

It’s been a while since I posted about the Four Cemeteries. As its name indicates, the Four Cemeteries represent the end of a cycle.

The Four Growth Stars are the opposite of Graveyards. It represents the beginning of a cycle. A starting point!

It represents youth, carefree and childish behaviour: naive, trusting, gullible and innocent. Therefore, the Four Growths are energetic, exciting, innovative and creative.

This is how the Four Growth Stars radiate their energy. Due to their energetic and active nature, they represented the Horse Stars of Heaven, also known as the Traveling Stars. They are always on the move, doing and creating. These stars are represented by the Earthly Branches of Yin Tiger, Si Snake, Shen Monkey and Hai Pig.

While the Graveyards keep and treasure, the Four Growths give birth and multiply. One is yin and the other is yang. While the Graveyards are still and quiet, the Growths are active and alive.

Each of these Four Growth Stars is developing one element except Serpent Si which has two. The Yin Tiger makes fire grow. The Serpent Si cultivates metal and earth. The Shen Monkey makes water grow. Lastly, Hai Pig cultivates the wood.

Now, how do these four growth stars affect a person’s life?

In the old days, people who were explorers, nomads, and traders were heavily influenced by the Four Growths. The Scandinavian Viking explored Europe across its oceans and rivers through trade and warfare that spanned from the late 8th to 11th centuries. The Age of Discovery was full of movement and expansion in the early 17th century. I believed that the Viking Period and the Age of Discovery or Exploration are closely linked and influenced by the Four Stars of Growth. The Age of Exploration also led to European colonization that gave rise to colonial empires.

While it will be difficult to trace the birth details of a Viking, two people come to mind. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? If yes, then you know who I’m researching for my next post.

While the world is now scaled and marked at every corner and printed on a map, leaving nothing else to discover, the people of Growth Star are still wanderers and adventurers at heart.

You will see them working in some exotic country, or becoming a scientist who travels to the depths of the sea or steps on the moon to see what humans have not seen before.

Or you can watch them sell you a bungee jump or two. In the worst case, you might see another Jack Sparrow drifting along the ocean.

Or they are the businessman who has created an innovative product and actively promotes it around the world. A company that wants to grow and expand across the globe also needs a Growth Star. A large conglomerate cannot become one without the Growth Star.

People who have a strong growing star in their BaZi never matured. They are also the people who like to throw mindless tantrums. Sometimes they are too idealistic and naive for their own good. They will never stop growing. They are fun people. They are always young at heart.