2008 Chinese Astrology of Barack Obama

Obama's Chinese Astrology Birth Chart without Birth Hour

The Five Element Scores without birth hour
Water and Wood can help to balance the Five Elements; they are lucky elements.

The following 10-God Birth Charts are from Fortune Angel Chinese Astrology software:
The most right column is Year Column, which contains information about early ages.
The 2nd right column is Month Column, which contains information of growing up ages and family.
The 3rd column is the Day Column, which contains information of middle ages and marriage.

Birth Chart in Graphic Symbols without Hour Column	Birth Chart in Chinese Characters without Hour Column

Barack Obama was born on the Earth Snake day in the Wooden Sheep month of the Metal Cow Year. The Day Stem (Day Master) represents the person. Therefore, the Brown Earth represents Obama himself. Snake is in Fire group, and also contains Earth. Sheep and Cow are in Earth group. Fire is the Supporting element of Earth. Fire and Earth together are stronger than all other elements. That means Earth is very strong in the birth chart. We can say that Obama has a strong personality and good health.

From the Five Element scores, we can see that he scores of Earth is too high, so Earth is an unlucky element. Fire is the mother element of Earth, it can help Earth more powerful. Hence, Fire is another unlucky element. Metal can release the energy of Earth. Water can extinguish Fire. Wood (tree) can break through the Earth (ground). Therefore, Water, Wood and Metal are Obama's lucky elements.

Chinese astrology is talking about Five Elements. In general, Cow, Sheep, Dog and Dragon are Earth. Chicken and Monkey are Metal. Rabbit and Tiger are Wood. Rat and Pig are Water. Horse and Snake are Fire. To be more accurate, Cow contains Yin Metal, Yin Earth, Yin Water. Sheep contains Yin Fire, Yin Earth, Yin Wood. Snake contains Male Fire, Male Earth, Male Metal. (more details) From the Five Stars theory, we know that Earth is the Companion Star Metal is the Fame Star Water is the Money Star Wood is the Career Star Fire is the Parent Star The Five Stars can be distinguished by Yin and Yang, and are derived into 10-God relationships.  We have Obama's 10-God Relationship Chart on the right.

Element 10 Gods (Representatives)  Angel StarProper Discipline   Evil Star Unbecoming Discipline   Mother Star Proper Care  Guardian StarUnbecoming Care  Contender Star Unfriendly Partners   Friend Star Friendly Buddy   Actor (Offending) Star Harsh Output  Artist (Food) Star Gracious Output  Property Star Proper Wealth  Windfall Star Godsend Wealth

Food Star on the top of Friend Star in the Year Column implies Obama had parent's protection during the early age and possibly become a step son. Evil Star on the top of Friend Star in the Month Column implies he has to take care the trouble from siblings, friends and relatives. Female Metal of Year  Column and Female Wood of Month Column have fight relationship. Plus, Cow in Year Column and Sheep in Month Column have fight relationship. This means Obama didn't have a peaceful childhood. Also, he needs to defense and fight for his integrity during his life.

  Cow, Sheep, Snake, Metal, Wood and Earth are female. That means the inside of Obama is closed to Yin (dark) side more. He always keeps his own secret. People cannot know any plan in his mind completely.

Metal can make Obama famous. It will happen during Monkey and Chicken cycles. can bring him career power. That will happen during Rabbit and Tiger cycles.

In short, Wood represents career to Obama. Metal represents his reputation. Water represents his money, father and women. Earth represents his friends or siblings. Fire represents his supporters. Since Fire and Earth is an unlucky element, so Fire also represents bad reputation and Earth also represents spending money.

Obama's Chinese Astrology 10-Year Major Cycles

Age/Year	Major Cycle	Stem and Branches	Astrology Sign
9-18 1971-1980		Male Wood Horse Horse is Fire	Wood brings the pressure on Earth (Obama). Wood gave Obama discipline during growing period. Snake and Sheep in the birth chart with Horse have strong attraction relationship into Fire. Strong Fire makes Earth even stronger. He had strong personality and determination at school age. Furthermore, Male Wood and Female Earth in the Day Column have an attraction relationship into the Earth. This was unfavorable sign to father, because Water represents father for a child. So, he had less relationship with father during this period.
19-28 1981-1990		Female Water Snake Snake is Fire	Water is Money to Obama. He graduated from Columbia University in 1983, and began to work. He entered Harvard Law School in 1988. Fire is related to his supporters and the reputation. He needs to fight for his reputation, his position and his money.
29-38 1991-2000		Male Water Dragon Dragon is Earth	Water is Money again. Dragon is Earth, but also contains Water. This should bring more income to him. He got the law degree from Harvard in 1991, worked at attorney office and became a law lecturer at University of Chicago Law School. His first book, Dreams from My Father, was published in 1995. He married Michelle Robinson in 1992, which was Water Monkey Year. Monkey and Snake in the Day Column (Spouse Palace) have attraction relationship into Water. Water represents Money or woman to Obama.
39-48 2001-2010		Female Metal Rabbit Rabbit is Wood	Metal represents good reputation. Metal makes him famous. Wood presents career. Rabbit cycle brings him more powerful position. He was serving in the Illinois Senate from 1997-2004. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. Obama received honorary doctorates of law from several universities in 2005-2007. He announced his presidential campaign in 2007.
49-58 2011-2020		Male Metal Tiger Tiger is Wood	Metal is good reputation. Male Metal and Female Wood in the Month Column have an attraction relationship into the Metal. That means his career position makes him more famous. Tiger is good career cycle. But Tiger and Snake in the Day Column have hurting relationship, which is not good for the family or marriage relationship.
59-68 2021-2030		Female Earth Cow Cow is Earth	Strong Earth cycle comes from Stem and Branch. Earth is an unlucky element. He has to spend money or take care financial issue on siblings, friends or relatives. Strong Earth brings the pressure on Water. Water also presents female to him. so something is unfavorable to his woman. Luckily, Cow also contains Water. He can find a way to resolve the money or woman issues.
69-78 2031-2040		Male Earth Rat Rat is Water	Earth cycle is unfavorable to money. Rat is Water, which is money. Rat and Cow in the Year Column have attraction relationship into Earth. That means this is the cycle of mMoney In and Money Out.

Obama's Chinese Astrology Coming Year Cycles

Barack Obama Coming Years

The current 10-year Major Cycle of Barack Obama is Metal Rabbit, which shows a strong career luck. But the 2008 is Earth Rat, which doesn't contain career Wood element. We need to see the 2008 Monthly Cycles, then we know how much chance Obama presidential race is.

On August 28, Obama accepted Democratic Presidential nomination with Hillary Clinton's support. A friend told us that Barack Obama's Birth Certificate was shown on my.barackobama.com. The certificate shows his birth time was at 7:24 PM on August 4, 1961. The birth place is at Honolulu, Hawaii, which longitude is W157.52 degree. 7:24 PM is the Hawaii Standard Time of west longitude 150 degree time.  After longitude time adjustment (1 degree is 4 minutes), the local birth time becomes 6:55 PM. If we consider about the true solar time, the true local birth time is about 6:49 PM. 1961 is not a daylight saving time year. We assume the birth certificate is real, the correct birth chart is

When Cow, Snake and Chicken meet in the birth chart, they have very strong attraction relationship into Metal. This makes Day Master Female Earth weak. The only element to support Day Master is the Sheep. But the strong Metal relationship also weakens the Sheep Earth. Plus, Sheep Earth is under controlled by Female Wood on its top. Without strong Fire supporting element in the birth chart, Day Master Earth becomes too weak. In Chinese Astrology, this birth chart is called a "Fake Extremely Weak" case. The interesting point is that the lucky elements are still the same as other birth times 7:11PM and 9:00PM. Water, Metal and Wood are the lucky elements. Water is money, Wood is career and Metal is reputation.

Cow Earth, Snake Fire and Chicken Metal relationship tells us that Obama is good at bringing friends (Earth) and supporter (Fire) together into popularity (Metal). He always has many ideas in his mind, because Metal is something out of Earth. All elements and animals in his birth chart are female (Yin). That means he trends to keep some secrets from the public. The strong Metal (reputation) makes stronger Water (money). Wood is not strong enough, career doesn't bring him too much pressure. His birth chart is afraid of Fire - especially the Horse. Horse can bring Snake and Sheep together into strong Fire relationship to destroy the Metal relationship from Chicken, Snake and Cow combination. Luckily, he had suffered that miserable time during the first Major Cycle Wooden Horse before 1981.

Obama's birth chart shows earning money is easier to him than stepping up career position. The Wood career appearing his Major 10-year Cycles is from 2001 to 2020. 2008 is Earth Rat year, there is no Wood in three. It's not so easy for him to become the next US president. He needs to fight for it to get it. Because Water can help Wood stronger, the chance for him to win the US presidential race is determined by the Water money. The money luck in monthly cycles become critical.

We would like to briefly review his monthly astrological cycles of 2008 in the Barack Obama vs. Hillary Clinton page over here again.

Astrology Month	Five Element Explanation
Wooden Tiger 02/04/08-03/04/08	Spring is the season of Wood (tree). Tiger and Rabbit are in Wood group. These two months have the strongest Wood in the astrological cycle. Wood is career. A very strong career luck comes in Spring.
Wooden Rabbit 03/05/08-04/03/08
Fire Dragon 04/04/08-05/04/08	Male Fire is unlucky element. But Male Fire and Female Metal in Year Column have attraction relationship into Water. Dragon is in Earth group. But Dragon and Rat in Year have relationship into Water. Water is money. More money comes in for his campaign.
Fire Snake 05/05/08-06/04/08	Summer is the season of Fire. Snake and Horse are in Fire group. Fire is unlucky element and related to poor reputation. Fire is the mother element of Earth. Earth in this summer is very strong too. Earth is spending money. That means poor reputation needs to spend money to repair it.
Earth Horse 06/05/08-07/06/08
Earth Sheep 07/07/08-08/06/08
Metal Monkey 08/08/08-09/06/08	Autumn is the season of Metal. Both Monkey and Chicken are Metal group. Therefore, these two months are pure Metal months. They are strongest Metal in 60 astrological calendar cycles. Metal is reputation. Good reputation climbs up higher quickly.
Metal Chicken 09/07/08-10/07/08
Water Dog 10/08/08-11/06/08	Water is money. Dog is Earth, which is spending money. Dog and Chicken in Hour have relationship into Metal. Money comes and goes to build the reputation.
Water Pig 11/07/08-12/06/08	Winter is the season of Water. Pig and Rat are in Water group. Water is money. Excellent money luck will come. There is a Wood in December. Wood is career. Water makes Wood growing. Career looks good. But it still need money to fix it, because Male Wood and Day Master have relationship into Earth and Rat and Cow  have relationship into Earth.
Wooden Rat 12/07/08-01/04/09

In short, Spring brings Obama's career luck, Summer brings him poor luck, Autumn brings him good reputation and Winter brings him money luck. Money is very important for the presidential race. Fame can help to bring the money. Fame is Metal and Water is money. Metal and Water cycle coming strongly to Obama's life beginning from August.

However, 2008 is Male Earth Rat year. Male Earth and Female Water in Hour Column have attraction relationship into Fire. Rat and Cow in the Year Column have relationship into Earth. Fire is connected to bad reputation and Earth is related to expense. If the money luck from Monthly Cycle can take care the problem from Yearly Cycle, then Barack Obama he has a good chance to become the US president unless his rival has better luck than his.

      Update October 2008 - Global Financial Crisis