The curious case of Holger Czukay

Probably not many of you have heard of Holger Czukay, a German experimental musician, pioneer of sampling, founder of German krautrock, who died today. We have to admit, we didn’t hear about him either, but it seems he has quite a name among musicians, even Thom Yorke of Radiohead fame mentioned him today:

?Can? https://t.co/XiJjC7e9y2

— Thom Yorke (@thomyorke) September 6, 2017

So, we were naturally curious to see what kind of chart he has to shed more light on this enigmatic person. This case is also compelling as research to show you how a fragile element can play a quite significant role.

Czukay was born on a Yin Wood day, and in his Five Elements chart, we will notice some extremes. 90% of his chart is Wood, while Earth is squeezed out, receiving only a tiny bit of support from the Fire.

Typically, an Earth element represents wealth to a Yin Wood person, but when this element is unstable, it represents highly artistic skills. We often say that the quality and position of the element are more important than quantity, therefore this the perfect example to show that.

This is one of the most extreme cases of an unstable element; therefore, his creative skills were tremendous, but also very obscure for most people, due to huge imbalance. His ideas were too far-fetched for an average listener and mainstream music.

But even more impressive is his dynamic chart. From 1971 to 1980, he was in a strong Yin Earth period, which represents Pioneer Talent for him. In this period, he did his most notable work with his band Can.

After that, he went in 20 years of the Metal period, which, as you can assume, brought some balance to his strong Wood. It might not be an enjoyable period, because of various clashes, but Metal brought him POWER Component, which means that his work was recognized by many.

His entire life, he had good Dynamic Luck. At the year 2011, he entered strong Water and Wood period, two elements which are not very beneficial for his chart, which I guess is not bad after 70 years of excellent Dynamic Luck.

Holger Czukay was driven by art and performance, his entire chart had only one focus, that tiny Earth, and that gave him inspiration. He was never a person running after wealth or influence, that is simply not in his chart.

“Inability is often the mother of restriction, and restriction is the great mother of inventive performance.” – Holger Czukay #Can

— Brian Eno (@dark_shark) March 8, 2015

He had a lot of restrictions in his chart, but he did great anyway.

And nothing shows his personality better than one of his greatest hits, Cool In The Pool. Enjoy this mesmerizing video, and rest in peace Holger Czukay, we are happy that we finally learned about you.