Hirokazu Kore-eda: BaZi Chart & Astrology Reading
Film Director · Born 1962-06-06 (public profile · birth time unknown)
Eulhae (乙亥) Day Pillar · The director who shook Cannes three times on a Hurting Officer pattern alone, with no Wealth or Officer star in his chart
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The Four Pillars (Saju)
Five-Element Balance
Notable Stars (神煞)
Supreme Ultimate Noble — a foremost benefactor drawn by the heavens — a way opens where things were blocked
Moon Virtue Noble — the moon's virtue — gentle protection that stays close
Literary Star — a benefactor star for writing, creativity and study
Academy Noble — a quick-learning star — what is studied readily becomes one's own
Heaven Virtue Noble — heaven's virtue — a protective star that softens misfortune
Sukuyo — 27 and 28 Lunar Mansions
The 27-mansion value is the natal lodge; the 28-mansion value is the lodge assigned to the calendar day. Only the calculated mansions are shown here, without adding a personality claim.
Luck Timeline (Saju)
Ten-year major cycles and annual cycles computed from the public birth date (as of 2026).
Only degree-checked contacts between slow transiting planets and natal personal planets are shown for 2026.
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Birth Chart — the same person, read in Western astrology
Birth time is not public, so houses, the Ascendant, and precise Moon aspects are omitted; only non-Moon planetary positions and aspects are shown.
Sun and Mercury in Gemini, Venus in Cancer, Mars in Taurus — anchored by a 0.1° Saturn-Neptune square.
Birth time is not public, so houses, the Ascendant, and precise Moon aspects are omitted; only non-Moon planetary positions and aspects are shown.
Saju × Astrology — the Combined Reading
Hirokazu Kore-eda began behind the camera in television documentaries before his feature debut with 'Maborosi' in 1995, and across 'Nobody Knows' (2004), 'Still Walking' (2008), and 'Our…
Start with the pillars, elements and birth chart below. The prose is best read as a plain-language explanation of those repeated structures, not as a verdict.
Full interpretation
Hirokazu Kore-eda began behind the camera in television documentaries before his feature debut with 'Maborosi' in 1995, and across 'Nobody Knows' (2004), 'Still Walking' (2008), and 'Our Little Sister' (2015) he kept returning to one subject — family — always from an observer's distance. 'Like Father, Like Son' (2013) won the Jury Prize at Cannes; 'Shoplifters' (2018) took the Palme d'Or at that same festival; after directing the Korean production 'Broker' (2022) with Song Kang-ho, he won the Best Screenplay award at Cannes for 'Monster' (2023). That arc lines up with a chart that has no Wealth star and no Officer star at all — status and possession are structurally absent — while its only strongly filled slot is the Output star that governs talent and expression.
His day master is Yin Wood sitting on the Water branch Hai, forming the Eulhae (乙亥) day pillar. The hidden stem Bing carried in the month branch Wu surfaces onto the heaven stem, which is what forms the Hurting Officer pattern — a structure the chart data describes as exceptionally talented but inclined toward rebellion rather than conformity. His Ten Gods spread leans hard toward Output (2) and Resource (2), with Companion at just 1, while Wealth and Officer both sit at zero. Among the branches, the year branch Yin and the day branch Hai form a Wood combination even as the same two branches also clash in a Branch Break; the year branch Yin separately forms a Fire-bureau half-combination with the month branch Wu; and on the stems, the year stem Ren clashes directly with the month stem Bing. A structure that binds and breaks the same relationship at once sits naturally beside a filmography built again and again around families that are bonded but never quite whole.
In his birth chart, the Sun and Mercury both sit in Gemini (Mercury retrograde), a baseline instinct for observing a single event from more than one angle at once. Venus in Cancer points to emotional attachment and a pull back toward the same subject, while Mars in Taurus suggests a slow, sustained push rather than a sudden one. The tightest link in the whole chart is a Saturn-Neptune square at a mere 0.1° orb — documentary restraint (Saturn) pulled taut against an imagination that blurs the line between fact and fiction (Neptune) — reinforced by a supportive Jupiter-Neptune trine at 0.3° that lets the same sensibility expand without losing its footing. The Moon changed signs within his birth date itself, so it is left out of this reading entirely.
"No Wealth, no Officer star — an Eulhae day pillar whose Hurting Officer talent and a razor-tight Saturn-Neptune square erased the line between documentary and fiction."
Structure-by-structure reading
Bonded and Broken in the Same Place
The Year Branch Tiger and Day Branch Pig form a Wood combination while simultaneously clashing in a Branch Break, and the Year Branch Tiger separately forms a Fire half-combination with the Month Branch Horse — one branch tied into several relationships at once, where bonding and breaking overlap. On the stems, the Year Stem Yang Water and Month Stem Yang Fire clash directly. A structure where union and rupture happen in the same place quietly echoes a body of work that keeps returning to one subject, family, while the people inside it are never quite stitched into a single whole.
Guardian Stars
Taiji Nobleman and Monthly Virtue Nobleman offer protection and support in crisis, while Literary Star Nobleman and Study Hall Nobleman back up writing, study, and creative ability. Together they suggest the Hurting Officer's talent channels into craft rather than scattering — visible in a career built on documentary-trained observation and later, self-written screenplays.
Twelve Life Stages
The year pillar passes through the Peak stage, the month pillar through Birth, and the day pillar through Death — vigor, new beginnings, and quiet self-effacement all present at once. Expanding from documentary into feature film, and later from Japan into Korean-language direction with 'Broker', tracks the Peak-to-Birth movement, while the Death stage on the day pillar suits an observer's reserve over overt stardom.
Natal Aspects
A 0.1° Saturn-Neptune square is the tightest link in the whole chart, pitting documentary restraint against an imagination that dissolves the line between fact and fiction. A supportive Jupiter-Neptune trine lets that same sensibility expand freely, a Mars-Pluto trine adds sustained drive, and a Sun-Mercury conjunction fuses identity with language and thought — fitting for someone who writes as well as directs.
Planetary Placements
Sun and Mercury together in Gemini root the instinct to observe one moment from several angles; Venus in Cancer keeps pulling attention back to family and attachment, while Mars in Taurus favors a slow, sustained push over any sudden one — a placement pattern that matches thirty-plus years of returning to the same core question.
Three Planets at Home, Two Weakened
In Hirokazu Kore-eda's chart, Mercury is in its own sign in Gemini (domicile), Jupiter is in its own sign in Pisces, and Saturn is in its own sign in Aquarius — three planets operating exactly where their core functions work most directly — while Mars is weakened in Taurus (detriment) and Uranus is weakened in Leo. A structure where observant, recording Mercury, broad, encompassing Jupiter, and structure-building, principle-setting Saturn all run strong fits the way he built his films by slowly observing families, from his 1995 debut 'Maborosi' through 'Nobody Knows,' 'Still Walking,' and 'Our Little Sister. ' Winning the Jury Prize at Cannes for 'Like Father, Like Son' (2013), the Palme d'Or for 'Shoplifters' (2018), and Best Screenplay at Cannes for 'Monster' (2023) can be read as Mercury (observation, narrative) and Saturn (structure) being recognized again and again. Mars and Uranus sitting in weakened positions, on the other hand, reads as a chart that leans toward returning to familiar material rather than toward abrupt turns or radical formal experiments. His 2022 Korean-language film 'Broker,' starring Song Kang-ho, fits that pattern too — even inside the unfamiliar frame of a different country and language, the film still circled back to the familiar subject of family.
He is currently in the Gyechuk (癸丑) luck pillar (2022–2031), moving into the Gapin (甲寅) pillar from 2032. The Netflix series 'Asura' (released January 2025) and his upcoming film 'Sheep in the Box' (opening in Japan in May 2026) both fall within this decade, suggesting continued expansion ahead of the next transition. Because his exact birth time is unknown, this reading omits the hour pillar; it is a reference reading only, drawn from public facts combined with BaZi and astrology structures — it does not predict real events or the future.
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