Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch Post-Impressionist painter
1853-03-30（Zundert, Netherlands）～ 1890-07-29
Born in Zundert, Netherlands
Three-Pillar ChartBirth hour unknown — three pillars only
Year Pillar
癸丑
Element Water · Earth
NaYin Mulberry Wood
Ten Gods Direct Officer
Month Pillar
乙卯
Element Wood · Wood
NaYin Great Stream Water
Ten Gods Direct Resource
Day Pillar
丙申
Element Fire · Metal
NaYin Foot-of-Mountain Fire
Ten Gods Day Master
Hour Pillar
？？
Hour unknown
Not cast
Day Master
丙Fire
Element distribution (three-pillar count)
Wood 2, Fire 1, Earth 1, Metal 1, Water 1
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
Bing (丙) Fire is the fire of the sun, signifying blazing heat; the year and month pillars reveal Direct Officer and Direct Resource, and all Five Phases are present. Looking back on The Starry Night and Sunflowers — painting in colours that seem to burn — it reflects the fierce intensity of Bing Fire; Wood generating Fire (Yi Mao 乙卯 as Direct Resource) may be read in his brother Theo's lifelong support.
Water checks Fire (Gui 癸 Water as Direct Officer), and Metal as Wealth (Shen 申 Metal) is weak. Selling only one painting in his lifetime, beset by mental illness, and dying by suicide at thirty-seven, his life can be observed in hindsight through the structure “Water quenching Fire, Wealth hard to gather” — one of art history's great tragedies. Yet the light of Bing Fire was finally seen, a gloss on a sun that rose late.
This is a retrospective cross-cultural comparison, not a definitive claim.
Birth date source:English Wikipedia: “Vincent van Gogh”(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.