Richard Branson Saju (Four Pillars) Analysis

Core Saju Data

Day Master

甲 Wood

Day Pillar

甲寅

Day Master Strength

Balanced

Peak Luck Cycle

Muja (戊子)

Richard Branson was born in London with a Gap-Wood (甲木) Day Master — the tall tree that keeps growing upward — seated on an In (寅) Wood branch. His Saju (Four Pillars) reads 庚寅 for the year, 癸未 for the month and 甲寅 for the day; his birth hour was not published, so this reading uses the year, month and day pillars only. Wood leads his Five Elements clearly (2.3), with Metal and Water at 1.0, Earth at 0.9 and Fire at 0.8, and the engine rates his Day Master as balanced. The Muja (戊子) 10-year Luck Cycle (Daeun), 1997–2006, framed his knighthood in 2000, the founding of Virgin Galactic in 2004 and, in 2006, ninth place on the Sunday Times Rich List at slightly over £3 billion.

⚡ In-Depth Saju Analysis

Two Companion (比肩) stars — the 寅 year and day branches — give this Wood Day Master deep roots of its own; the engine notes that it gains both the day branch and overall support. Companions are the star of independence and self-reliance: the founder who prefers to run his own show.

The 庚 year stem is Seven Killings (七殺) and clashes directly with the 甲 Day Master: challenge, risk and confrontation — a chart that seems to go looking for tests. A Direct Resource (正印) on the 癸 month stem adds learning through mentors and experience. The only Wealth star is Direct Wealth (正財) on the 未 month branch — Earth, the element a Wood Day Master acts upon.

The Muja (戊子) cycle brought 戊 Earth to the stem, the same element as that Direct Wealth star, while 子 Water nourished the Wood beneath it. Wealth on top, support below: the decade of his highest documented Rich List ranking.

📈 Wealth Timeline

1966Launches the magazine 'Student' with Nik Powell (first issue 1968). · Gapsin (甲申) Luck Cycle, 1957–1966. His own Day Master stem, 甲, on the cycle's stem: a teenage founder striking out on his own.

1970Starts the Virgin mail-order record business. · Eulyu (乙酉) Luck Cycle, 1967–1976. Wood on the stem again — self-reliance put to work.

1972Launches the Virgin Records label; its first release, 'Tubular Bells' (1973), becomes a best-seller. · Eulyu (乙酉) Luck Cycle, 1967–1976. Same cycle: the brand takes root.

1984Founds Virgin Atlantic; the first flight, Gatwick to Newark, leaves on 22 June 1984. · Byeongsul (丙戌) Luck Cycle, 1977–1986. Fire on the stem, Earth in the branch: bold expression meeting a new market.

1992Sells Virgin Records to Thorn EMI (reported at US$1 billion, about £560 million) to support the airline. · Jeonghae (丁亥) Luck Cycle, 1987–1996. Fire over Water: turning one business into fuel for another.

2000Knighted for services to entrepreneurship. · Muja (戊子) Luck Cycle, 1997–2006. The peak cycle: Earth, his Wealth element, on the stem.

2004Founds Virgin Galactic; in July 2021 he flies to the edge of space aboard VSS Unity. · Muja (戊子) Luck Cycle, 1997–2006. Same cycle: the Seven Killings appetite for challenge, now on a global stage.

💡 5 Lessons from Richard Branson's Chart

Two Companion stars: build your own brand. Virgin grew as Branson's own venture rather than a role inside someone else's company.
Seven Killings clashing with the Day Master: some charts grow strongest under challenge — a new airline facing established rivals is one example.
Selling to build: the 1992 sale of Virgin Records funded the airline — a Direct Wealth star used as fuel rather than kept.
One trunk, many branches: a Wood Day Master spreads one name across records, airlines and space travel.
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