Embrace Your Destiny: 2004 Tsunami (2004 甲申 Jia Shen)

From Years of Turbulence (Part V)…

Looking at the Tsunami's Bazi Chart below, I feel it is easier to decipher a man-made catastrophe then a natural disaster. It warrant more studies and research to be done in the area (will do that later) J. However, I will try to explain some of the points I found may be the indication of what had taken place.

In 2004, Jia Shen, was a clash and controlling year where the Heavenly Stem, Jia Wood, was clashed as well as controlled by the Earthly Branches, Shen Monkey. The year pillar itself tells us the likelihood of natural disaster whereby the flows Qi is not smooth given the clashing element.

It was the year where an earthquake undersea that triggered series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean. It was the second largest earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 and 9.3 and one of the deadliest natural disasters in history. The earth quake is known by the scientific community as the Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. It is also known as the Asian Tsunami.

Interesting points to note:

In the year pillar, the secondary Qi in the Shen Monkey showed the Wu Earth (i.e. India's & Maynmar's lithosphere plates) and Ren Water (i.e. ocean). If you link the two together, it illustrated an ocean lithosphere, in simple term, the seafloor.
The Ji Earth (Day) and Jia Wood (Hour) on the Heavenly Stems is a combo and it formed an Earth element. Combo, clash and destruct indicate movement. This reveal to us there was an earth movement a.k.a earthquake. The year pillar told us that incident happened under the sea. It also triggered other earthquakes as far as Alaska.
The real impact of the situation was on the branches. There was a half combo of Shen Monkey-Zi Rat (Shen Monkey-Zi Rat-Earth Dragon Combo) in the Year and Month Branches that formed water. There were also uncivilized punishments of Zi Rat-Mao Rabbit-Zi Rat (Month-Day-Hour Branches)
The energy released by the earthquake under the Indian Ocean resulting a tsunami with waves up to 30 meters high (half combo of Shen Monkey-Zi Rat).
Many were dead due to the tsunami (Zi Rat-Mao Rabbit-Zi Rat ) an indirect result from earthquake. Death toll came up to 230,000 people. Women and children account for the most compare to men (Yi Wood in the Mao Rabbit). The affected areas were in Southeast Asia and beyond, including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Maldives, Myanmar, Malaysia and others. It was very rare occurrence and it had only happened around 550 to 700 years ago as evidence of tsunami found by scientists. As such, many were unaware and thus taken by surprise by the high waves that swept inland.
Besides the heavy death toll, the effects of tsunami (Zi Rat-Mao Rabbit-Zi Rat ):
- Tradition & beliefs: In the affected region many tradition and beliefs that the body of the dead must be buried, in many cases, there were no body remained. Bodies were being buried in hurried for fear of disease. This caused further grief to the families and relatives.
- Environmental impact: The tsunami has inflicted a serious damage to the ecosystem. It caused water pollution and poisoning of freshwater supplies. The deposit layers of salt by the seawater over the land causes the soil to become sterile. This in turn unable to support the micro-organism in the soils. Plants and vegetation died as a result of this.
- Economic impact: The livelihood of the fishing community faced great losses due to damage of boats and fishing gears. They are some of the poorest people in the region. The farms and plantations were also damage by the seawater. Infrastructures around the coastal areas also being destroyed by the surged of waves. Countries like Maldives and Thailand's coastal area which depends on tourism also affected even though some tourist areas is not touch by the tsunami.
Every cloud has a silver lining (Bing Fire on the Month Stem):

After the tsunami, mass humanitarian aids were mobilized. Donation was seen pouring in from many parts of the world by the governments, charitable bodies and citizens.

The extensive damage in Aceh, led the Acehnese separatist to declared cease-fire on 28 December 2004. This was followed by the Indonesia government. Aceh has been in armed conflicts for many years. [Two Jia Woods (Hour & Year Stems) in the chart signify fight over territorial] Both parties cited the tsunami as a justification for resuming the long-delayed peace talks and in 15 August 2005 they have signed a peace agreement which spelled the end of Aceh's internal conflict.

The United Nation has started working on a tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean and in 2005 the initial steps was in place. A united global tsunami warning system to be set up was also proposed.

Coming next...

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2008 United States Property Bust (2008 戊子 Wu Zi)

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