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Nikola Tesla (尼古拉·特斯拉)

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer. Alternating-current systems, induction motors, high-frequency experiments, and wireless-energy visions are all tied to his name.

Birth
1856-07-10 00:00 · Smiljan, Austrian Empire (now Croatia)
Gender
Male
Time Source
Web search

Birth Time Verification

Nikola Tesla's birth data uses 1856-07-10 00:00. The birthplace is set as Smiljan, Austrian Empire (now Croatia). The source is treated as a recorded birth time for this case. The chart used here is Bing Chen, Yi Wei, Jia Wu, Jia Zi. It reads as a Jia Wood day master with a Direct Wealth pattern. Water, Metal, and Wood are favored. Jia Wood born in the Wei month carries heavy Wealth, so resources and business pressure are always nearby. Jia Zi in the hour brings Resource back into the chart, fitting imagination, visual thinking, and isolation. When Water, Metal, and Wood help, technical structure, experimental conditions, and theory become easier to form.
Confirmed Time
00:00
Hour
甲子
Time Source
Web search

Core Analysis

Jia Wood in the Wei month carries heavy Wealth, so invention is never far from money, equipment, and negotiation.

Jia Zi in the hour brings Resource, fitting his strong imagination and visual thinking. Many designs seemed to form in the mind before entering the laboratory.

Tesla is most useful when not mythologized. Technical vision and business failure sit together here. Talent and resource pressure are tightly wound in the chart.

Key BaZi Signals
Main Line
Day Master Jia
Structure
Direct Wealth pattern
Relations
Year Branch Chen · Day Branch Wu

Traits

01

Imagination

Jia Zi Resource supports visual thinking.

02

Technical structure

Water, Metal, and Wood join experiment with theory.

03

Business pressure

Heavy Wealth keeps funding and resources close.

04

Isolation

Late-life poverty complicates the genius story.

Timeline

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

1884
28yrs Career

Arrived in the United States

Tesla arrived in the United States, worked briefly for Edison, and then moved onto his own electrical path.

BaZi Note
Arrived in the United States is treated as a public biographical turn, not as proof of fate. It shows how a Direct Wealth pattern can appear through choice, pressure, and visible results.
1888
32yrs Career

AC patents gained support

His induction motor and alternating-current patents gained Westinghouse support, sharpening the current war.

BaZi Note
AC patents gained support is treated as a public biographical turn, not as proof of fate. It shows how a Direct Wealth pattern can appear through choice, pressure, and visible results.
1893
37yrs Career

Appeared at the Chicago World’s Fair

Alternating current was displayed at scale at the Chicago World’s Fair, raising Tesla’s public profile.

BaZi Note
Appeared at the Chicago World’s Fair is treated as a public biographical turn, not as proof of fate. It shows how a Direct Wealth pattern can appear through choice, pressure, and visible results.
1899
43yrs Career

Ran the Colorado experiments

He conducted high-voltage and wireless experiments in Colorado Springs.

BaZi Note
Ran the Colorado experiments is treated as a public biographical turn, not as proof of fate. It shows how a Direct Wealth pattern can appear through choice, pressure, and visible results.
1901
45yrs Career

Started Wardenclyffe Tower

He began Wardenclyffe Tower, aiming at wireless communication and power transmission.

BaZi Note
Started Wardenclyffe Tower is treated as a public biographical turn, not as proof of fate. It shows how a Direct Wealth pattern can appear through choice, pressure, and visible results.
1943
86yrs Personal

Died in New York

Tesla died in a New York hotel room, and his reputation rose again after his death.

BaZi Note
Died in New York is treated as a public biographical turn, not as proof of fate. It shows how a Direct Wealth pattern can appear through choice, pressure, and visible results.

FAQ

Is Nikola Tesla's birth time reliable? +
Astrotheme lists 1856-07-10 00:00 and marks the source as Biography. This reading uses that recorded time.
What is the central BaZi pattern? +
The chart is read as a Jia Wood day master with a Direct Wealth pattern. It is useful for reading arriving in America, alternating-current patents, the Chicago World’s Fair, Colorado experiments, Wardenclyffe Tower, and late-life poverty.
Why does this chart fit alternating current and solitary invention? +
Jia Wood gives growth and imagination, while Zi Water Resource supports visual thinking. Heavy Wealth shows that invention must face money, equipment, and negotiation.
What should readers avoid overclaiming? +
BaZi is an interpretive lens, not a replacement for biography or historical research. Public events and chart readings are kept separate here.

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