Michael Jackson: Fame & Struggle. A QiMen Perspective

A lot of us grew up to Michael Jackson’s legendary music. I’m very grateful to have attended his Malaysian concert back in 1996 and his aura was truly out of this world. Watching Michael the Movie brought back many of those memories, and I had to try really hard to keep myself seated while the music kept moving my feet.

Michael does that. He moves us, in more ways than one.

From the eyes of BaZi:

“What a true Eating God,” I was telling myself.

Eccentric, unique, iconic. Someone who doesn’t like to be told what to do, with the gift of creating things no one else can even think of. Watching him again made me revisit his chart. What made this guy so out of this world?

From a BaZi perspective, it has been dissected a million times by almost every practitioner on earth. So I’m going to leave his BaZi aside and only highlight a few aspects that I think add more layers.

We already know he’s an Eating God profile with a weak self chart, filled with Elegant Seal and Tai Ji Nobleman, in short, every star energy that makes him not blend in with the common crowd, with an usable 7 Killing structure. He already doesn’t think like a normal person and would never fit in. I think, deep down, we all just hoped his weak Wu Earth chart didn’t care so much about how people saw him because that would also be his downfall.

From his year pillar, not only was he born with this talent, it clearly came from his ancestry, possibly dating back to his great grandparents (I didn’t check Wiki). So while the talent runs strong, money management seems to be a lineage issue as well.

For someone so family-oriented, his relationship with his parents wasn’t quite what he would have expected, although they ultimately shaped who he became. One thing unfortunate about an Eating God profile is this: while it’s great for work, money, and creation, Output stars usually end up providing and taking care of everyone, without much being given back to them. There’s a lot of giving, but not many who stay through the creation phase.

But enough about BaZi. I’m more interested in his Qi Men Destiny chart.

From the eyes of Qi Men Dun Jia Destiny reading, where he is In Flow:

(By the way, BaZi is the art of behavioural patterns, while Qi Men Destiny reading looks at your personal breakthrough and the kind of energy flow you are projecting and magnetising from the world.)

Given his out-of-this-world talent and him constantly saying things like “If I can visualise it, I can get it done”, it’s almost a no-brainer that he’s a 9 Heaven. (South East palace)

Coupled with Fear Door, this points to someone carrying a lot of trauma, fear, and even paranoia but once they learn to turn that around, they become incredibly influential, spreading a clear message across the world. If his father didn’t push him to sing, he might have taken a long time to step into that courage.

Being in the SouthEast Destiny Palace shows a person whose influence knows no boundaries. It spreads fast, far, and everywhere. SouthEast Destiny people are quick, impatient, and can carry sleeplessness and anxiety (even if slightly less than East Palace Destiny). Their curious mind and ability to pick up skills, art, and knowledge on the fly makes their creations even more potent. The Pillar star narrows his talents down to voice , speaking, acting, singing, writing, anything that bridges boundaries.

That combination of Eating God and Elegant Seal also makes him a strong strategist. A lot of what he created was recalibrated again and again to near perfection. It’s precision work. I’m also not surprised he had a whole room of toys. With Wu Earth’s hoarding + childlike Eating God + eccentric tendencies, give anyone that mix and you’d probably get a room full of Labubus (or Pokémon… or classic cars).

Where He is Out of Flow:

It’s quite clear that his family wasn’t the best long-term influence in his life. They played their role early on, but there is a deeper karmic pattern in the ancestry that he wasn’t able to fully resolve. It was still manageable while he was alive. His own Destiny (SE) countered the harsher, more self-sabotaging tendencies coming from that Southwest family influence. But once he’s gone, that control is no longer there and it will likely spiral again. Patterns like this don’t resolve overnight. I’m seeing at least another 4 generations before it stabilises.

His relationships weren’t easy either. He tends to attract people who don’t quite know what to do with someone like him, someone who operates so differently and at times contradicting. People come and go. And as mentioned earlier, he carries the burden of providing for many, while having very few people truly there for him. At most, one or two trusted friends.

Money follows the same pattern. It comes fast, and it goes just as fast. It doesn’t help that there weren’t enough grounded financial structures or advisors around him. His relationships and money are quite intertwined: the more he makes, the more complicated his relationships become. Thankfully, he seems to have some inclination towards property or land, which helps lock some of that wealth in place.

Another two of his clear setbacks sit in the East Palace. Firstly, health. With Death Door there (on top of the heavy Earth in his chart), there’s a strong indication of inherited health issues. And when it hits, it hits fast. He has likely overcome this quietly a few times before eventually succumbing to it.

Secondly, and this one is deeper, his skewed self-perception. For someone so admired and loved by the world, he has almost no stable self-confidence. He is his own number one enemy. He talks down to himself and doesn’t believe he’s good enough. The Chief governs how a person sees themselves. And while he does have moments where he feels good especially when he reinvents his image but it doesn’t last. He eventually falls back into self-criticism. And once that spiral starts, it becomes a rabbit hole. If he had survived that final health episode, I honestly believe he would have created another major body of work.

This is an incredibly curious, intelligent, sensitive, childlike old soul born to share a message through his voice. He carries a very complex character, and personally, I wouldn’t take everything the media painted about him in his later years at face value. Eating God is already eccentric and layered. Add 9 Heaven on top of that, and you’re looking at someone constantly trying to build a world that only he can fully see. It’s also odd and unfortunate that while he was built to stand out, he is also wired to care about fitting in.

Regardless, I’m just grateful to have shared this lifetime with him and to have experienced the beauty of his work.