- Energy 4 in the Destiny Matrix corresponds to the arcana of The Emperor and is considered the most masculine energy in the matrix, the energy of power and of the Master of one's fate.
- A person with energy 4 has an innate talent for leadership, strong logic and the ability to take responsibility not only for themselves but for other people.
- In its minus, energy 4 shows up as despotism, hyper-control and a craving for power, or as fear of responsibility, indecision and difficulty with money.
- A woman with energy 4 in the Destiny Matrix is advised to develop her femininity and bring the energy down to the level of the 3rd arcana, The Empress.
- Money comes to a person with energy 4 through a leadership position, their own business and working with men.
The fourth energy in the Destiny Matrix corresponds to the arcana of The Emperor. It is called the energy of power and of the Master of one's fate. This is the most masculine energy in the matrix: fire, yang, the strength of a ruler, leadership and an active stance towards life.
A person with a four knows how to make decisions and take responsibility for themselves and for many other people. They have an innate gift for management, strong logic and structured thinking. Once they have made a decision, they hold to it and confidently see the matter through to the end. In a hard moment, they are someone you can lean on.
When a gap opens between spiritual and material values, the four turns into despotism, cruelty and a struggle for power by any means, and it ends in the loss of that power. The other extreme looks different: fear of responsibility, indecision, dependence on other people's opinions and difficulty earning money. The minus of the four also includes resentment towards the father and difficult relationships with men.
The energy also shows itself in a woman's matrix. Such women are strong-willed and resilient, they feel comfortable in a male team, they are often trusted with leadership positions, and there is usually a strong male protector in their life. A woman with a four is advised to consciously cultivate her femininity and bring the energy down to the level of the third arcana, The Empress. There is another view as well: the meaning of the four is the same for men and women, an exact copy of The Empress, only with masculine qualities.
The mission of the four is to rule peacefully: to create and bring order, relying on equality, justice and kindness. Material power comes as a natural consequence: a home, a car, people who bring your ideas to life. It must go hand in hand with respect for people, without judgement or anger.
- The ability to make decisions and take responsibility for yourself, for those around you and even for other people's actions.
- An innate talent for organising and managing, and a natural sense of husbandry.
- Steadiness: once a decision is made, the person heads for the goal and finishes what they started.
- Brilliant logic and structured thinking; everything in their head is planned and neatly sorted.
- Capacity for work, discipline and a love of order in everything.
- Reliability and calm: a strong shoulder in a difficult situation, clear and coordinated action, firm belief in success.
- The ability to earn, save, preserve and multiply money; there is prosperity in the home.
- High social status, authority and respect. The person proves themselves through deeds, and those around them call them a father figure.
- A man in the plus: a protector and provider, a caring father, head of the family and the line, the one people come to for advice.
- A woman in the plus: strong character, competent leadership, order at home and in business, good relationships with her father and with men.
- Despotism, tyranny, cruelty towards the weak and towards subordinates.
- A craving for power at any price and abuse of it, walking over people to reach a goal.
- Hyper-control over loved ones, imposing your own rules, always keeping the last word for yourself.
- Callousness and a focus only on money and status, a wish to take more than you give, greed and stinginess.
- Fear of responsibility, indecision, immaturity, procrastination, dependence on other people's opinions and blind faith in authority.
- Difficulty earning and holding on to money, no steady income, disorder in affairs and in thoughts.
- Resentment towards the father, rows and problems in dealing with men.
- Arrogance, cynicism, fault-finding, excessive demands on people and aggression when something does not go to plan.
- Workaholism, emotional closedness, false pride, inability to give way.
- An imbalance of masculine and feminine: a woman at the helm becomes a mother figure to her husband, while a man slips into excessive softness and refuses his masculine duties.
In different points of the chart
The same energy is read differently depending on where it stands.
4 · In the day of birth · point A
A four in the day of birth gives the character of a leader: you are responsible, decisive, you love order and you know how to organise people. You have strong logic and an analytical mind, and power and financial wellbeing are open to you. The weak spot of this energy is a lack of emotional flexibility and sensitivity.
You are punctual, disciplined and reliable, and you cope well with management and with reaching practical goals. Men with a four in the day of birth become caring fathers and husbands who succeed in career and business. From childhood they make their own decisions and answer for their actions; they are consistent and practical, without excess romance. They have a developed sense of duty and know how to earn and multiply money. Such men are not very emotional, rarely pay compliments or make romantic gestures, and can be fairly strict fathers.
Women with this energy do not always have it easy: they often have to take on masculine duties. They have a strong will, high ambitions and self-confidence. They lead competently and reach their goals, even if the career turns out to matter more than the search for a life partner. Such a woman can look fragile and feminine while possessing real inner strength. In women, the strength of the four most often unfolds during the years of growing up and forming a personality.
In the minus, authoritarianism, harshness and excessive control over loved ones appear, along with sharp judgements and emotional outbursts. The person fixates on material goods and abuses money and power. The opposite picture also occurs: inability to make decisions and set goals, avoidance of commitments, a tendency to infidelity, no career growth and no wish to hold a leadership position. If a woman constantly feels the urge to drink, it is a signal of a large amount of masculine energy: she is too tense, and alcohol helps her relax and lower her self-control.
- Look for a balance between logic and feelings, softness and firmness, control and delegation.
- A woman should consciously lean on the more feminine third arcana and become softer and more flexible. Otherwise she will attract weak men.
4 · In the month · point B
A four in the month of birth gives the gift of a master and a leader: masculine strength, decisiveness, the ability to make important decisions. Many opportunities open up to you through men, who become your guides and mentors. This is the energy of fire, the energy of Zeus and Ares.
From birth, the higher powers equip you with the mechanisms of rule. Power is given to you by fate, along with great opportunities in the form of position and social status. You know how to organise people, give them work, manage them and demand results, and you have a natural head for economics. It does not matter whether your 'empire' is small, like a family, or a large state structure: you bring order everywhere. You act quickly, find a way out of difficult situations and do without fuss or panic. Such people are called born leaders.
You yourself can be your guardian angel. It may also be a father, a husband, a partner with an age gap, a boss, a director or a high-ranking person who holds power. This is a strong, authoritative and well-off man who stands firmly on his feet: a patron, a sponsor, a businessman, a politician, a military man, a lawyer, a police officer, a helper in legal matters, a workaholic with a good income, a caring person with well-developed fatherly qualities. A woman may be under the protection of her father or husband.
The main filter of this point is the need to take responsibility for your own life and for the lives of others. Low self-esteem becomes the block. As soon as you recognise your leading, commanding sides, contact with the Higher Powers is restored and almost everything in life starts to work out.
- Contact with the Higher Powers comes through an understanding of hierarchies and structures. Accept that the whole world, including the Divine one, is built on subordination to those at the head, and acknowledge authority.
- Build plans and a strategy for your life, answer for your actions and work on your sense of self-worth.
- Spend more time with men, find authoritative leaders among them and follow their example.
- Women need to develop their feminine qualities and interact harmoniously with other women: this balances and enriches the personality.
4 · In the year · point C
A four in the year of birth shows which traits of The Emperor you will have to straighten out. In men it is domineering and aggression, or else passivity and irresponsibility. In women it is the urge to control, to pressure and to shoulder responsibility that is not theirs.
Men with a four in this position are authoritarian and inclined to argue and prove they are right. Sometimes the picture is reversed: the man cannot fulfil the basic masculine functions in the family and in society. A man's key goal is to become reliable protection, a provider and a support for his woman and family, and to be the master in his own home.
A woman with a four in the year of birth tends to double-check everything and give orders. Next to her, a man may feel that he cannot compete with her, and this sometimes leads to his decline. When The Emperor's energy in a woman is in its minus, she becomes a man's equal in spirit, which can even provoke aggressive reactions from him. Sometimes women complain that their husband has become passive and lacks initiative. The reason is that the woman herself has suppressed him.
A woman's main task is to recognise her feminine energy and channel it into creation. She can fulfil herself in leadership posts too while keeping her femininity.
- For men: develop the ability to make decisions, take responsibility and provide for yourself and your family. Rid yourself of destructive aggression and lead people wisely, without suppressing them. Do not fixate on accumulating wealth, and stay open to self-education.
- For women: develop soft, feminine qualities, learn to support and inspire your chosen one and to lead while listening to the opinions of others. Cultivate generosity, the ability to part with money calmly and to distribute duties sensibly at home and at work.
- Give those around you freedom, do not force yourself or others into rigid frames, and stop making demands of your loved ones.
- Lead with love and wisdom, without strong-arm methods: give thanks and cooperate instead of giving orders. Look after the health and beauty of your body without forgetting spiritual growth, and enjoy simple things.
4 · In the bottom corner · point D
A four in the karmic point sets the task of building the right relationship with your father and with men, and of learning to separate life from work. Karma shows itself in repeating events: again and again you are drawn to control others, to be harsh and to act by force.
Harshness, despotism, pride and belligerence: these are the qualities you will have to part with. Their place is taken by acceptance, the ability to forgive, to give way and to give rather than only take. The main thing at this point is to learn to acknowledge authority and not to impose your rules on those around you.
The task has a second side. You need to overcome the fear of responsibility and train yourself to make independent decisions without relying solely on authority. The material and spiritual sides of life must be in harmony, and it is not worth fixating on the material.
For a woman the karmic task sounds like this: keep your femininity and softness, learn to be strong in a feminine way, grow the woman in yourself. The right relationships with the opposite sex and with power matter. In your own system, whether it is a family or a business, you are obliged to provide safety.
- Let go of excess control over loved ones and give them freedom.
- Lead people gently: trust them, know how to listen and how to give way.
- Fight laziness, build your professional life properly and become a good master of your family or business.
- It helps a woman to support and encourage her man, showing him that he is in control of his own space and remains master of the situation.
4 · In the centre · comfort zone
A four in the centre of the matrix means your comfort zone is tied to responsibility, order and control. You draw strength when you lead, plan and look after others. You need a place where the situation is in your hands, and you feel uneasy where someone else dictates the rules.
Strength comes from the feeling that you can always offer a strong shoulder, from clear planning, and from control over your life, yourself and the world around you. You have a need for power through management, for social fulfilment, material prosperity and status. Society sees you as an influential person with an even emotional temperament who keeps every matter around them under control.
Women with a four in the centre feel at ease in male company and enjoy being under the protection of a man who leads. Their point of comfort may be a husband, a son or a father. They feel calm when there is a large business, stability, a full house or savings.
In the minus, the need for power grows stronger. The person likes to manage everything and control everything, and gives orders even in someone else's shop.
- Keep in mind the image of an Emperor who rules through understanding, justice and kindness. Combine fair strictness with love and generosity.
- Take the excess control off your own life, your family and those close to you. Give them space and freedom of choice.
- Stop imposing your point of view. Develop your intuition, listen to the voice of your heart, learn to forgive, accept and give way.
- Direct your inner fire into warmth for your family and society. Treat everyone by the same human standard, without favourites, and accept people as they are.
- If you are a manager, take a genuine interest in your staff as people. Think about everyone's wellbeing, invest in the common good and help those in need.
- Be honest with yourself, see your path clearly and accept help from the higher powers. Move towards your goals lightly, without pressure, look after your body and appreciate small things with gratitude.
- Avoid conservatism and narrow views. Make demands of yourself, not of those around you.
- A man needs to carry out his masculine duties, use his leadership qualities in business and be gentler at home. A woman needs to soften her energy, direct her control at herself and her work, and not suppress the man beside her.
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Questions people ask
What does energy 4 mean in the Destiny Matrix?
It is the arcana of The Emperor, the energy of power, of the Master of one's fate and of masculine strength. A person with a four knows how to make decisions, take responsibility for themselves and others, bring order and lead. Their mission is to rule peacefully, relying on justice and kindness.
How does energy 4 show up in its minus?
The first extreme: despotism, tyranny, hyper-control over loved ones, a craving for power at any price, callousness and a fixation on money. The second extreme: fear of responsibility, indecision, immaturity and difficulty earning money. Resentment towards the father and problems in relationships with men belong here too.
What does energy 4 mean in a woman's matrix?
This is a strong-willed, resilient woman who feels comfortable in a male team and in a leadership position. She needs not to go too far into masculine qualities: to soften the energy to the level of the third arcana, direct her control at work and at herself, and not suppress the man beside her. Otherwise she risks becoming a despot in the family and attracting weak men.
Which professions suit a person with energy 4?
Your own business, leadership positions, politics and government structures, banks, finance, investment, real estate, construction, agriculture. Manual trades also suit men, from plumber and mechanic to builder. Money comes through a leadership position and through working with men.
How do you bring energy 4 into its plus?
Take the excess control off your loved ones and give them freedom of choice, and stop imposing your point of view. Take responsibility, become a professional and the master of your own life, and mend your relationship with your father. Lead people with love: learn to forgive, accept and give way.
What does energy 4 mean in the Destiny Matrix?
Energy 4 in the Destiny Matrix matches the arcanum The Emperor. Like each of the 22 energies it shows in a plus and in a minus, and its meaning depends on the point where it stands.
How do I find out whether I have energy 4?
Calculate your Destiny Matrix chart by date of birth. The calculator shows all 30 points; one energy can stand in several points at once.
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