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Percy Bysshe Shelley (珀西·比希·雪莱)

Born in Sussex, England, Percy Bysshe Shelley was a leading poet of Romanticism, known for works infused with idealism, passion, and rebellion.

Birth
1792-08-04 22:00 · Sussex, England
Gender
Male
Time Source
Literature

Birth Time Verification

This case uses 22:00 Hai hour. Astro-Databank records 22:00 with Rodden Rating AA, citing his father’s letter and baptismal record. The source level is high, so this reading uses Hai hour as the final hour. The pillars are Ren-Zi, Ding-Wei, Jia-Shen, Yi-Hai. The hour pillar is Yi-Hai. Yi is Rob Wealth, and Hai stores Ren Resource and Jia Peer. Jia Wood sits on Shen Metal, giving Seven Killings in the day branch; Hai hour also harms Shen. This shows Shelley’s contradiction: free thought, difficult real-world relationships; strong poetry, but a life pushed by conflict. Yi-Hai hour brings out his poetry, movement, and hidden wounds in relationship. Ren Water Resource gives imagination, Yi Wood Rob Wealth resists old rules, and Hai-Shen harm keeps ideals and reality pulling against each other.
Confirmed Time
22:00
Hour
乙亥
Time Source
Literature

Core Analysis

Shelley is Jia Wood, born in Wei month, with Ding Fire Hurting Officer visible on the month stem. Jia Wood wants to grow upward, and Ding Fire gives it a voice. His poetry is therefore not just lyric feeling; it carries challenge and sharp thought. Yi-Hai hour brings Resource back into later life. Ren Water in Hai gives imagination, mystery, and distrust of old order. Yi Wood Rob Wealth makes him unlikely to live quietly under convention. Shen Metal Seven Killings in the day branch harms with Hai hour, showing deep friction between ideal and reality. The useful elements are Wood and Water. Wood lets the ideal keep growing; Water supplies poetic and intellectual source. When Fire is excessive, expression turns confrontational. When Metal is too heavy, outside order pushes him into stronger resistance.
Key BaZi Signals
Main Line
Day Master Jia
Structure
Hurting Officer with Resource
Relations
Year Branch Zi · Day Branch Shen
Useful Elements
Useful Elements,,

Traits

01

Poetry and defiance share one root

Ding Fire Hurting Officer forces expression; Hai Water Resource gives imagination and belief.

02

Hard to tame

Jia Wood with Rob Wealth cannot easily remain a polite student or conventional gentleman.

03

Hidden wounds in relationship

Hai-Shen harm makes love, peers, and public judgment difficult to keep calm.

Timeline

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

1811
19yrs Career

Expelled from Oxford over The Necessity of Atheism

Ji-You luck met Xin-Wei year. Xin Metal Direct Officer appeared, and Wei Earth repeated the month branch.

1814
22yrs Personal

Left England with Mary

Geng-Xu luck met Jia-Xu year. Jia Wood Peer appeared, and Xu-Wei punishment was stirred.

1816
24yrs Career

Geneva meeting, and a new creative phase

Geng-Xu luck met Bing-Zi year. Zi Water Direct Resource repeated the year branch, clearly activating Resource.

BaZi Note
Geng-Xu luck still carried pressure. In Bing-Zi year, Bing Fire Eating God appeared, and Zi Water Resource supplied imagination and reading. After the Geneva meeting, fear, thought, and story from a restless life began turning into work.
1819
27yrs Career

Wrote Ode to the West Wind and other major works

Geng-Xu luck met Ji-Mao year. Mao Wood Rob Wealth entered and half-combined with Wei toward Wood.

1820
28yrs Career

Prometheus Unbound was published

Geng-Xu luck met Geng-Chen year. Geng Metal Seven Killings appeared, and Chen clashed Xu luck.

1822
30yrs Personal

Died at sea in Italy

Geng-Xu luck met Ren-Wu year. Ren Water Resource appeared, and Wu Fire clashed Zi Water in the year branch.

FAQ

Is Shelley’s birth time reliable? +
The reliability is high. Astro-Databank gives 22:00 with Rodden AA, citing his father’s letter and baptismal record.
Where does his rebellious nature appear? +
Ding Fire Hurting Officer appears on the month stem, while the day branch carries Shen Metal Seven Killings. Expression and external authority naturally collide.
Why stop using Yin hour? +
Because 22:00 Hai hour has a clear documentary source. Yin hour does not have the same support.
How does BaZi read Shelley’s early death? +
In 1822, Geng-Xu luck met Ren-Wu year. Resource Water appeared, Wu Fire repeated the month, and Zi-Wu clash was activated. Travel conditions and body pressure were both high.

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