Celebrity Charts · 1935 – 1977
The Secret Destiny of the King of Rock and Roll: Revealed by Korean Astrology (Saju)
The King of Rock and Roll, read through Korean Saju (Four Pillars)
The Chart
Elvis Presley at a Glance
Elvis Presley was born on 8 Jan 1935, in the Year of the Dog. The stem of that birth day makes Elvis Presley a Yang Wood Day Master, the Great Tree. No reliable birth time is on public record, so the chart is read from three pillars, six characters; the Day Master does not depend on the hour.
Counted character by character, the chart contains 2 Wood, 1 Fire, 2 Earth, 1 Metal, 0 Water. Wood is the strongest element, which for a Wood Day Master plays the role of Companion: self-reliance and peers. The chart holds no Water, and in Saju a missing element is often the quality a life has to build deliberately, or the one a later decade finally brings.
Weighing the season of birth and the support around the Day Master, the elements that help this chart most are Water and Wood. Decades that bring them tend to read as rising tides on the Life Flow curve, and decades that bring their opposites as low tides.
The Story
A Life in Elements
Elvis Presley was born a Yang Wood Great Tree in the depths of winter, carrying a single flame: the Hurting Officer, saju's star of rebels who break the rules of their time. His chart held no Water to nourish him, so his strength rose and fell with the decades.
From 1954 a Rabbit decade brought pure Wood to his roots, and the world met Heartbreak Hotel, the famous hips and a brand-new sound. Metal decades from 1964 cut harder, through the Hollywood years, until the Great Tree stood tall again in the 1968 Comeback Special.
The Day Master
A Great Tree Born in the Heart of Winter
In Korean saju, your Day Master is your core self. His is Yang Wood, the Great Tree: tall, proud and born to stand out, rooted on the Monkey, a blade of Metal that gave his presence its sharp edge.
The Five Elements
A Winter Tree With a Rebel Flame
Two Wood, two Earth, one Fire, one Metal and no Water. His lone Fire is the Hurting Officer, saju's star of rebels who break the rules of their time. Few charts were built so clearly to shake a stage.
The Elemental Key
Wood: The Root That Let Him Stand Tall
In the cycle of creation, Water feeds Wood and Wood feeds Fire. Born in deep winter with no Water, the Great Tree grew strongest whenever fellow Wood arrived to steady him and fuel his flame.
Great Luck Cycles
Seasons of Soil, Root and Steel
Great Luck Cycles are saju's 10-year seasons of life. Earth over Wood (1944-1963) gave his roots their strength, then Metal arrived (1964-1977): the Hollywood decade, and a hard-won comeback.
The Defining Chapter
The Rabbit Decade That Changed Music
From 1954 his Great Luck ran Yin Earth over the Rabbit, a root of pure Wood beneath the Great Tree. In this decade came Heartbreak Hotel, The Ed Sullivan Show and a new sound for the whole world.
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Decade by Decade
Each Great Luck Cycle adds a stem (top element) and a branch (bottom element) to the chart. The roles show what those elements mean for a Wood Day Master; the tide is the decade's overall direction on the Life Flow curve.
| Years | Pillar | Roles | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944–1953 | Yang Earth Tiger | Wealth over Companion | low |
| 1954–1963 | Yin Earth Rabbit | Wealth over Companion | high |
| 1964–1973 | Yang Metal Dragon | Power over Wealth | low |
| 1974–1983 | Yin Metal Snake | Power over Output | low |
Career milestones on the curve
- ✦ 1956 · Heartbreak Hotel
- ✦ 1958 · Army Service
- ✦ 1968 · Comeback Special
- ✦ 1973 · Aloha Concert
Keep Reading
Go Deeper
- → The Yang Wood Day Master: full profile
- → What it means when Water is missing from a chart
- → How Great Luck Cycles work
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Calculated from the publicly reported birth date. For entertainment only; this reading reflects public career milestones and makes no claims about private life.
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