The RESOURCE factor is the element that gives birth to the Day Master’s element. For example, if the Day Master is Wood, then its Resource element is Water, since, according to the Generation Principle, Water gives birth to Wood. But if the Day Master is Fire, then its Resource element is Wood, and so on, as seen in the CHART that accompanies this entry. The Resource factor is often called the “mother element” since it gives birth to the Personal Element (Day Master). Therefore, it suggests protection and preparation for life, hence its connotation with learning, study, and intellectual development.

Its tone seems positive, as it makes the Day Master stronger and better prepared. However, when the Day Master is classified as “strong,” for example, due to the cosmic season of birth, then the presence of the Resource factor, especially in large quantities, is seen as an undesirable condition. When the Day Master and the heavenly stem representing the Resource factor have opposite polarities (yin vs yang), then this corresponds to a Resource variant generally known in English by the technical term DIRECT RESOURCE or by the corresponding profile, THE ANALYSER (which is also the name we use in our Life Pillars application reports).

The Direct Resource manifests through two different facets. One relates to the human and compassionate side of people in whose birth charts this energy is strengthened. Therefore, they tend to be more people-oriented than task-oriented in their life approach. The other facet is related to the love for study and analysis, in which they tend to be organized and methodical. An intellectual career may thus be favored by the strong presence of this energy in the birth chart.

But the Resource factor can also manifest through another much more original variant. This is INDIRECT RESOURCE, also known through its corresponding Profile, THE PHILOSOPHER (a name we also adopt in our Life Pillars application reports). “The Philosopher” is just one of the possible titles attributable to the Profile associated with this type of energy: “The Sage” would be another, among many other alternatives. This type of energy and the corresponding behavioural Profile are related to the work usually associated with the right hemisphere of the brain. That is, a great intuition and a very original way of looking at the world, discovering unexpected connections between things and phenomena that, in a rational mind, would not have any relation at first glance.