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Michael Jordan
In the autumn of his second year of high school, he was left off the varsity team. Thirteen years later, on 12 June 1991, he stood at the summit of the NBA. That year was one of the two void years that return every twelve years. On that day, the ten-year current and the one-year current locked onto the centre of his destiny at once, completing a single great form. After the first three-peat he lost his father and retired; eighteen months later he returned and won three more. Jensen Huang of NVIDIA was born on the very same day. Why did one destiny produce two separate summits? His life, set against the phases of destiny and time.
At a Glance
The case
- Subject
- Michael Jordan — Basketball
- Period analysed
- 1963–2023
- Three pillars
- Day 辛卯 / Month 甲寅 / Year 癸卯
- Void branches
- 午未 (Horse–Sheep)
- Void decades
- From age 65 (2028)
- Destiny area
- 0.60 The area of the triangle formed by the three pillars on the sixty-cycle circle (maximum 1.30)
- Format
- PDF, 15 pages — written in Japanese
- Price
- ¥50,000 including tax
Research Brief
What the case shows
- A destiny of the weakest self, following one direction with complete purity — the highest-ranked chart of that form.
- 1991 was a void year. On 12 June, the ten-year and one-year currents bound to the centre of his destiny and completed one great form. That day he won his first title.
- He carries the star by which a parent’s help sets fortune in motion. In July 1993 he lost his father; three months later, at the summit, he announced his retirement.
- He carries a star that cannot fully retire. In March 1995 he returned and won a second three-peat. He retired and returned twice in his life.
- Jensen Huang was born on the same day, 17 February 1963. Two men with the same destiny and the same ten-year currents reached the summit in separate fields.
Questions
The questions the report answers
- Why could he reach the summit in a void year?
- What was bound together on 12 June 1991?
- Why did he retire at the summit — and come back?
- What is the same, and what differs, between two men born on the same day?
Public Record
The record, year by year
Selected events from the public record. Analysis and judgement are given in the report itself.
| 1963 | 癸卯 | 17 Feb — born in Brooklyn, New York |
| 1978 | 戊午■ | Left off his high school varsity team |
| 1982 | 壬戌 | 29 Mar — the winning shot in the NCAA final |
| 1984 | 甲子 | 19 Jun — drafted by the Chicago Bulls |
| 1991 | 辛未■ | 12 Jun — first NBA championship |
| 1993 | 癸酉 | 20 Jun three-peat; 23 Jul his father James dies; 6 Oct first retirement |
| 1995 | 乙亥 | 18 Mar — announces his return |
| 1998 | 戊寅 | 14 Jun — sixth championship |
| 2003 | 癸未■ | 16 Apr — final game |
| 2009 | 己丑 | 11 Sep — Basketball Hall of Fame |
| 2010 | 庚寅 | 17 Mar — becomes majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats |
| 2023 | 癸卯 | 3 Aug — sale of his majority stake completed |
Year pillars change at Risshun, in early February. ■ = void year.
Contents
15 pages
- Destiny profile and chart
- Yin and yang charts
- Axis and type of destiny
- Ten-year phases
- The four layers of 12 June 1991
- 1991 — the first title
- 1993 — the father’s death and retirement
- 1995 — the return
- 14 June 1998
- The star that cannot retire
- Two men born on the same day
- Independent systems
- Timeline chart
- Public record
- Conclusion
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Analysis supervised by FAITH (Makoto Tokunaga) — MSc Economics, University of Warwick · CICP · Shugakuin Saii