9 December 2014

RECAP OF NOVEMBER - DID THE FORECAST MATCH

By the way, the wood pig month of November began on 7 November and ended 6 December. I've done a quick recap of events that happened in November to see if it matched up to the energy forecast. Not bad, it's getting easier to read the 'what is going to happen' but I wonder if I can crack the 'where'. Anyways, to read the full November forecast, click here  
http://practicalfengshui.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/november-2014-month-of-wood-pig.html

1. HOUSE PRICES WILL DIP
It did. After hearing reports on the bullish property market for most of the year, the coverage changed in November, at least in the UK. Reports started coming in about a dip in property prices and mortgage approvals being at a 7 month low

2. CONFLICTS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT
There were lots of protests against the Government. Basically there was a clash in the chart which always indicates conflict and there was no power in the chart, which means power/authority is weak and under attack. 

But I failed to include the police under 'power / authority' because November was a month where the police force was under attack. First the Ferguson riots and then the protests all over US and even the UK over the Eric Garner case - both over the refusal to indict the police officer. 

In Mexico, there were demonstrations against the Government's response to the possible massacre of the student teachers.

3. WET MONTH WITH 'UNSTOPPABLE WATER' & LANDSLIDES
After months of mild weather, there were instances of sudden, heavy rainfall. And this is the precise characteristic of 'unstoppable water.' It's sudden and it's ferocious. 

In the UK, we saw heavy rainfall and over 20 flood alerts issued over a couple of days around 14 November. Brisbane experienced a sudden and heavy storm. And typhoon Hagupit hit the Philippines (4 December). 

Eleven people died in Italy in just one month over freak weather conditions (storms, flooding, landslides, mudslides) as well. In fact, the earth was so weak and the water so strong that around 70 coffins were swept away from a cemetery in Genoa due to heavy floods - 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2837670/Seventy-coffins-swept-away-rain-waters-floods-hit-cemetery-Genoa-leaving-human-skulls-bones-strewn-town.html

I'm not doing a December forecast as I'm focusing my time on doing one for 2015. The energy will start changing in any case from mid-December (the winter solstice) so I'm going to concentrate on this for now. I'll post this reading before the solstice. Till then happy December.

9 November 2014

November 2014 - the month of the wood pig

Doing a forecast for November based on the Ba Zi system. Ba Zi is a Chinese system of fortune-telling popularly known as 4 pillars of destiny. It's 4 pillars because there is a pillar for the year, month, day and time of birth. Each pillar is assigned two characters leading to 4x2 = 8 elements.

And just like a person, we can do a birth chart for a month as well to assess it's pre-disposition.

Firstly, pig is an animal assigned to the water element. So what you have is water supporting wood. This is good, we can interpret it as the earth supporting heaven. The energy is calm and long-lasting.

Unfortunately, the chart itself isn't very harmonious. There are clashes in the chart. Fire and water clashes which bodes gunfire. This also means accidents but I'm not too sure about this as the clash isn't very strong. The chue yik shows "oppression" moving towards "conflict". This makes it likely that conflicts will spring up during this month. People protesting against the Government. There is no power in the chart as well. If there was no 'power' in a person's chart, it's usually an indicator of someone who is untidy and also someone who shouldn't be having a career with the military or the Government. In addition, this person will have a hard time holding on to money. In the month's chart, the lack of power could mean 'against the Government' and the Government might have to give in and negotiate with their people.

I also think it's going to be a wet month. The water is very strong and characters combine to form "unstoppable' water. And there's no earth in the chart which means earth is weak. Taking both of this into account, maybe we'll see some landslides.

Wood related matters - nature, forestry, even income, wages, worker's rights, schools and health (NHS) will be in the forefront of issues.

Those looking to invest, wood (paper, forestry, textile) and fiery industries (entertainment and energy) will be good places to invest. Do not make any real estate investments this month. The earth is weak. Property prices might also take a dive this month.

The pig is the last animal of the Chinese Zodiac sign. It's a handover animal. It hands over a new cycle to the rat who signals the new start. A pig is always digging in the earth. It likes to know what it's holding, the content of materials before it hands over. Its a good time to take stock of 2014 - what you've achieved and what you are still hoping for. And start looking towards planning for 2015.

2 November 2014

Your fortune for the year

It's November and I should be starting on the chart for next year but right now I'm completely occupied with updating the personal Ba Zi charts for next year.

What is a Ba Zi chart? You might also know it from it's more common name - 8 pillars of destiny. It's a Chinese system of 'fortune telling.' You basically study a person by assigning an element to the date, time, month and year you were born and you then study the inter-play of these elements.

The main aim is to balance out the chart because like most Eastern philosophies, it is believed that an unbalanced chart is the root of all problems. One way the chart can be balanced is through the environment that surrounds the person i.e. Feng Shui. [When I was younger, I went to a house in Kuala Lumpur with a huge swimming pool in the front. I later learnt that it was there for Feng Shui purposes. The person was weak wood so it needed water to feed and balance the person's chart.]

Right before Chinese New Year, most Chinese, be it in China, Hong Kong or Singapore, will go to their Feng Shui masters and ask for their 'fortune' for the coming year. What basically happens here is that we try and understand the elements the upcoming year brings and try to assess the impact of this on a person's personal chart. From this study, we can tell if next year will be a good one for a person in terms of career opportunities and money or even if it's a good year for romance.

It's not all good news though. It's also about the precautions one needs to take. One chart I came across for a male showed that he needed to be careful with his money this year as there might be a younger woman coming into his life and stealing his money. So the advice to him was to be careful of 'relationships' for the upcoming year.

For some people, if the next year is going to be especially bad for them, we tell them to lay low. Don't make any big decisions. Don't change jobs, don't take big risks, don't buy a property or invest large some of money. The year is against you.

Thank god for all the charts that I'm doing now, next year seems to be very good. Even for me. Yay!

30 July 2014

JULY - A MONTH OF VIOLENCE & ACCIDENTS

It’s been a horrifying July. It’s been a month of accidents, violence, natural calamities and lots of death. I can't recall in recent times so many accidents and deaths all happening so close to one another. What is it about July 2014?

8 May 2014

WHY HAVE THERE BEEN SO MANY TRAVEL RELATED ACCIDENTS IN 2014

In 2014, we've already seen the disappearance of MH370 and the South Korean ferry disaster. I'm not sure if this will be the last of the accidents. If you read my forecast for the year of the wooden horse, I did say there would be lots of air and water related disasters this year and accidents involving explosions. Why? 

15 March 2014

FENG SHUI TIPS 2014 - YEAR OF THE WOODEN HORSE

Each year brings about new energies. But how does this affect you? And what can you do?

The most important thing is to understand if you are vulnerable this year - if the energies for the year are supporting you or are they going to have a negative impact on you. Secondly, you need to know where the good energy of your property is for the year and where the energy is not beneficial. This gives you a guide on the places to tap or avoid in your home and your office. Or choose to spend more time in the area which has the energy supportive to your goal i.e. if you are trying to conceive or start your own business. Lastly, in every year certain elements are stronger than others.  And this can be used as a guide for investments.

28 January 2014

Feng Shui Forecast 2014: The year of the WOODEN HORSE


This is my third year offering a forecast for the year based on the teachings of Grandmaster Chan. There are many formulas to try and read the energy pattern for the year. That’s what a Feng Shui forecast is – an energy reading, to try and gauge what the dominant energy of the year is. It’s very much like a weather forecast which is why I shy away from using the word “prediction”. As I mentioned, there are lots of different formulas for this - flying star and the birth chart (also known as a Ba Zi) are only some of the formulas. The easy part is doing the formulas, the hard part is interpreting them.

So what kind of energy will the year of the wooden horse bring?

17 January 2014

HOW ACCURATE WAS THE ENERGY FORECAST FOR 2013? - THE YEAR OF THE WATER SNAKE

This is just for my own purposes actually to learn from what I did right and what I did wrong. But for those interested in might be an interesting read as well.

On the whole, I think the reading was quite accurate. Some highlights below. You can read the full forecast here:
http://www.practicalfengshui.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/feng-shui-prediction-2013-part-i.html#more

WEATHER
Forecast: Rain with chance of flooding in April, November and December

And if we did have lots of something last year, it was rain.  November and December saw flooding in the UK with some needing to be evacuated from their homes on Christmas Day itself.

There were floods in Singapore in November as well. In these months, there was just too much of water in the chart. 

Forecast: Big natural disaster in April or October

The St Jude Storm was the biggest to hit England over a decade with gusts of up to 100 mph (close to that reached during the 1987 hurricane). This storm caused more havoc all over Western Europe. And pretty soon after that, the typhoon hit in Philippines with devastating consequences.   

Forecast: Proper summer this year

And true enough, we had a proper summer in England this year after a long time. It was the hottest summer since 2006

POLITICS
Forecast: There will be abdications among Heads of States (basically a loose term that denotes central figures for a country)

I actually thought it would be Queen Elizabeth but it turned out to be Queen Beatrix and Pope Benedict. They both announced their abdications late January / early February.