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Li Ka-shing
1928-07-29
Li Ka-shing · Food God (Shi Shen) Generates Wealth Pattern
Core pattern: Food God generates Wealth, steady and proper Gregorian: July 29, 1928 (13th day of the 6th lunar month)
The Four Pillars
Calculated by the Four Pillars method (Wei hour is the mainstream view):
| Year | Month | Day | Hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wu Chen | Ji Wei | Ji You | Ren Shen |
⚠️ Li Ka-shing is a living figure, and there are various opinions about the hour. The following analysis uses the mainstream "Wei hour, Ren Shen".
Pattern Analysis
1. Food God Generates Wealth
- Day Master (Ri Zhu) Ji Earth, born in Wei month (Earth flourishing)
- Ren Water Indirect Wealth (Pian Cai) transparent in the hour stem
- Wu Earth Rob Wealth (Jie Cai) transparent in the year stem
- Ji Earth Friend (Bi Jian) transparent in the month stem
- Forms a flow: Earth flourishing generates Metal (Food God) → Metal generates Water (Wealth)
Food God generating Wealth presides over great wealth and steadiness
2. Food God as Useful God (Yong Shen)
Li Ka-shing's chart has abundant Earth and Metal:
- Food God (Xin Metal / You Metal) is flourishing → talent, steadiness, durability
- Food God drains the elegance → expressiveness, judgment
3. Indirect Wealth Transparent
- Ren Water Indirect Wealth transparent in the hour stem, presiding over great wealth, far wealth
- Indirect Wealth + Food God → investment vision, business acumen
Life Trajectory
| Age | Major Luck | Key Events |
|---|---|---|
| 0–12 | Geng Shen | Childhood (scholarly family) |
| 12–22 | Xin You | Father's death, leaves school for business |
| 22–32 | Ren Xu | Founds Cheung Kong Plastics |
| 32–42 | Gui Hai | Real estate rises, wealth multiplies |
| 42–52 | Jia Zi | Acquires Hutchison, business empire takes shape |
| 52–62 | Yi Chou | Richest Chinese person |
| 62–72 | Bing Yin | Bing Fire for Climatic Balance (Tiao Hou), peak of career |
| 72–82 | Ding Mao | Global expansion |
| 82–92 | Wu Chen | Retirement and succession |
| 92+ | Ji Si | Leisure years |
Summary in One Line
Food God generating Wealth presides over great wealth; Wei month Earth is thick and the foundation is stable. Ren Water Indirect Wealth opens the gate; the richest Chinese person is sought here.
Insights
- Food God is more suitable for building than Hurting Officer (Shang Guan) — Food God is gentle, suited to long-term business
- Indirect Wealth presides over great wealth, Direct Wealth (Zheng Cai) presides over small wealth — Indirect Wealth transparent is suited to investment
- People with thick Earth are more steady — abundant Friend needs Output Stars (Shi Shang)/Hurting Officer to drain
🔗 Further study: Food God vs. Hurting Officer · Climatic Balance