George Washington
George Washington
Founding President of the United States
1732-02-22（Wakefield, Virginia (11 February 1731, Julian calendar)）～ 1799-12-14
Born in Wakefield, Virginia
Three-Pillar ChartBirth hour unknown — three pillars only
Year Pillar
壬子
Element Water · Water
NaYin Mulberry Wood
Ten Gods Direct Resource
Month Pillar
壬寅
Element Water · Wood
NaYin Gold Foil Metal
Ten Gods Direct Resource
Day Pillar
乙酉
Element Wood · Metal
NaYin Spring Water
Ten Gods Day Master
Hour Pillar
？？
Hour unknown
Not cast
Day Master
乙Wood
Element distribution (three-pillar count)
Water 3, Wood 2, Metal 1, Fire 0, Earth 0
Chart computed by the MoZhu engine (lunar-javascript); without the hour pillar, luck pillars and yearly cycles can't fully unfold.
Case Review
Original writing · hindsight review · anchored in known history, viewed through chart structure
Yi (乙) Wood is the Wood of flowers and grasses, signifying pliant resilience, with Direct Resource revealed in both year and month and Water strong three times over. Looking back on the life of Washington, “Father of His Country”: a War of Independence in which the weak defeated the strong, and his stepping down after two terms without clinging to power, mirror the resilience of Yi Wood and the moral appeal of Direct Resource. Water generates Wood, and French assistance can be seen as “gaining Water.”
Metal prunes Wood (You 酉 Metal); his refusal of a crown and establishment of a republican precedent is a footnote to the pruning of Metal, and that very “pruning” became the core of his greatness. His retirement to Mount Vernon in later years can be observed in hindsight through the structure of “Wood nourished by Water, withdrawing once the work is done.”
This is a cross-cultural comparative retrospective, not an assertion.
Birth date source:English Wikipedia: “George Washington”(cross-checked with public records; bio is an original summary)
This case is for traditional-culture study only, not a judgment of any historical figure; schools of interpretation differ, and these conclusions claim no exclusive truth.