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Lu You (陆游)

Lu You, born in the Huai region, was a renowned poet of the Southern Song whose life and works reflected enduring devotion to both homeland and landscape.

Birth
1125-11-13 06:00 · Huai River region
Gender
Male
Time Source
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Birth Time Verification

Lu You’s chart uses the Mao hour, giving four pillars of Yi Si, Ding Hai, Jia Yin, Ding Mao. Online sources cite traditional chart examples and chronological clues. The local chart engine matches the year, month, day, and hour exactly for 1125-11-13 06:00. The Mao hour makes the hour pillar Ding Mao. The Jia Wood day master is born in the Hai month. Yin in the day branch and Mao in the hour branch connect as strong wood, while Hai Water in the month generates wood, so resource and peer qi are both strong. Ding Fire Hurting Officer appears in both the month and hour stems, the brightest outlet in the chart. Lu You’s official career met repeated obstacles, yet he kept writing more and more. The reason lies here: water and wood run deep, the heart is heavy, and Ding Fire has to light it up.
Confirmed Time
06:00
Hour
丁卯
Time Source
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Core Analysis

Lu You’s chart is Yi Si, Ding Hai, Jia Yin, Ding Mao. Jia Wood is born in the Hai month. Hai Water is resource, while Yin in the day branch and Mao in the hour branch give Jia Wood deep roots. With strong water and wood, memory, loyalty, and concern for country run very deep.

Ding Fire Hurting Officer appears in both the month and hour stems, becoming the outlet for his writing. Hurting Officer is not mere rebellion here. It is more like a lamp, turning the suppression in Hai Water and the unrest in Yin-Mao wood into poems. His patriotic poems do not feel hollow because the original Si-Hai clash keeps moving. Si Fire contains Bing, Geng, and Wu, pulling in military affairs, reality, and officialdom. Hai Water is resource and old-country memory. The longer the clash, the more pain the poems carry.

Fire, earth, and metal are favorable. Fire releases talent, earth carries wealth, and metal forms authority, allowing talent to enter real-world order. Unfortunately, Lu You repeatedly moved through water-wood luck. His feeling was heavy, and official career remained blocked. In late life, Ji Mao and Wu Yin luck made wood qi strong again. His poetic name deepened, but his body was also caught by old water-wood concerns.

Key BaZi Signals
Main Line
Day Master Jia
Structure
Ding Fire Hurting Officer
Relations
Si-Hai clash

Traits

01

Country in the Bones

Hai Water resource and deep Yin-Mao wood make memory and loyalty hard to put down.

02

Poetic Fire

Ding Fire appears twice, turning inner heaviness into bright poetry.

03

Blocked Official Path

The Si-Hai clash keeps moving, so ideals and official reality often collide.

04

Late-Life Long Song

The deeper the wood qi, the more he holds one theme and writes the same concern through a lifetime.

Timeline

Each year shows the event, luck pillar, annual pillar, relations, and interpretation for direct comparison.

1153
29yrs Career

Setback in the imperial examination

Lu You ranked highly in the Ministry of Rites examination but saw his official prospects blocked by court politics.

BaZi Note
In Jia Shen luck, Shen Metal clashed Yin Wood in the day branch, bringing officer-killing pressure against his own root. In 1153, Gui You brought You Metal officer star, which should have matched examination rank and institutional opportunity. Gui Water also generated wood, raising ambition. But Shen clashed Yin, and real power outweighed talent.
1172
48yrs Career

Entered the Sichuan military office

Lu You served on the front line in Nanzheng, close to military life, and his poetic tone became more generous and forceful.

BaZi Note
Ren Wu luck brought Ren Water Indirect Resource and national concern, while Wu Fire was favorable and could turn feeling into action. In 1172, Ren Chen brought damp earth and many real duties, but Wu Fire in the major luck was strong. Hurting Officer received fire, and the military air and northern-expedition feeling entered the poems.
1186
62yrs Career

Retired to Shanyin and wrote more

Lu You returned to Shanyin, where late-life writing became abundant, with rural life and national concern moving together.

BaZi Note
Xin Si luck brought Xin Metal Direct Officer and institutional pressure, while Si Fire clashed the original Hai Water, making official life unstable. In 1186, Bing Wu made fire very strong, favorable to Jia Wood and able to release stagnation into poems. Retirement was not silence; it gave Ding Fire Hurting Officer more room to speak.
1209
85yrs Career

Wrote To My Son

Near the end of life, Lu You wrote To My Son, still thinking of recovering the Central Plains.

BaZi Note
Wu Yin luck repeated Yin in the day branch, making old wishes, old grief, and old poetic themes heavier again. At the end of the Ji Si year, Si Fire clashed Hai Water in the month command, strongly stirring memory of the country. Ji Earth wealth also appeared, like a final instruction to descendants and family. To My Son carries both a deathbed message and the echo of the original Si-Hai clash.
1210
86yrs Personal

Died in Shanyin

Lu You died on January 26, 1210. By solar terms, it was still the end of the Ji Si year.

BaZi Note
Because the death date fell before the Start of Spring, it is still read as the end of Ji Si. Wu Yin luck repeated Yin in the day branch, making wood too heavy. The Ji Si year-end brought Si Fire to clash Hai Water in the month command again, pushing the original Si-Hai clash into the late-life body. Traditional life-limit reading looks at the month command being clashed, day-branch repetition, and wood-fire depletion.

FAQ

Why does Lu You’s BaZi use the Mao hour? +
Online sources cite traditional chart examples and dawn-period chronological clues, giving Yi Si, Ding Hai, Jia Yin, and Ding Mao. The local chart engine matches exactly for 1125-11-13 06:00.
What is the core signal in Lu You’s BaZi? +
Jia Wood is born in the Hai month, with strong resource and peer qi, while Ding Fire Hurting Officer appears in both the month and hour stems. Water and wood run deep, while Ding Fire is bright, so his poems often carry national pain.
Why was Lu You’s official path often blocked? +
The original chart has a Si-Hai clash, so ideals, military affairs, and official reality keep colliding. In Shen or Si luck, the day branch or month command is stirred, and fame does not easily become smooth office.
How does To My Son read in BaZi? +
At the end of the 1209 Ji Si year, Si Fire clashed the original Hai Water, and Wu Yin luck repeated the day branch Yin. Late-life luck stirred national concern again, so the final poem still speaks of recovering the Central Plains.
How is Lu You’s death year read? +
January 26, 1210 fell before the Start of Spring, so it is still read as the end of Ji Si. Si-Hai clash, Yin repetition, and wood-fire depletion appear together, indicating heavy late-life illness strain.

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