Years of Turbulence (Part I)

Let take a step back to history and see which 甲子 (Jia Ji), Annual Pillar, represented the down cycle of the world's economy or turbulence events.

1980-1982 Great Recession (1980 庚申 Geng Shen, 1981 辛酉 Xin You, 1982 壬戌 Ren Xu)

The early 1980s recession was trigger of by the energy crisis in 1979. It began to afflict the economy of the United States (US) with high inflation. The Fed Fund increased the interest rate to controlled inflation. The chained reaction effect slowly spread to other countries.

If you notice the 庚申(Geng Shen, 1980) and 辛酉(Xin You, 1981) is pure metal pillar. Metal represents the west. It clearly indicates the recession started in US.

Metal element can also represent financial industry and the government and politician. The recession had severe effect on the financial institution especially the banks, and caused the savings and loans crisis in United States. At the same time, President Ronald Reagan popularity also took a deep due to unpopular policies introduced to combat the high inflation rate and recession so much so the recession was called "Reagan Recession".

Subsequently, 壬戌 (Ren Xu, 1982) year, the problems spread to other part of the world as the Ren Water travel and able to reach to every corner of the earth. 壬戌, was a controlling pillar where the Earthly Branch, Xu Earth, controlled the Heavenly Stem, Ren Water. This indicated whatever the problems were; it will be under controlled. It was also the year where the recession ended.

1985-86 Slowdown (85 乙亥 Yi Hai, 86 丙寅 Bing Yin)

1985 was a mild recession or more aptly called a slowdown. The excess of supply caused many problems. As the demand from US slowdown reasonably, the Asia countries who export to United States faced excess supply. Subsequently, causing default in manufacturing industry. The hardest hits were the South East Asia countries as most of their products were exported to US.

乙亥 (Yi Hai, 1985) and 丙寅 (Bing Yin, 1986) were production pillars. However, you noticed that in the Ren Water in 亥 Hai Pig is not suitable to grow 乙wood. This means excess resources were being used to produce an output. Again in 丙寅, the Bing Fire does not need to the Jia wood in 寅 Yin Tiger. Imagine the sun does not need wood to make it brighter. In contrast the wood needs the sunlight to grow. This again indicated the supplies by manufacturers were not needed which resulted excessive supply while demand was low. However, both the 乙亥 and 丙寅 were still considered smooth qi (production) pillar, therefore the economic conditions did not exaggerate.

1987 Black Monday (1987 丁卯 Ding Mao)

Black Monday refers to Monday, 19 October 1987, when stock markets around the world crashed, shedding a huge value in that very day. The crash was trigger off in Hong Kong and spread west through to Europe, hitting the United States after other markets had already declined by a significant margin. Malaysia was not spare either. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index dropped 12.4% in that day.

The Black Monday's crash was shrouded with mystery. There were many contradictory reasons given to the sharp fall in the world stock market but it was mainly blame on program trading. Subsequently, whenever there is sharp fall in the stock market on Monday, it is referred as Black Monday until today.

1987 丁卯 (Ding Mao) was a production pillar. The 乙Yi Wood in 卯 Mao supported the Ding Fire. It is continuously in a burning form. Imagine a bush fire that spread rapidly. No one knows how it started but the wild fire licked everything that stood in its path. It leaved an everlasting mark.

1990 Gulf War (1990 庚午 Geng Wu)

The Gulf War started on 2 August 1990 and end on 28 February 1991. The United Nations authorized the war against Iraqi in Kuwait after Iraqi captured the Kuwait in the same year.

The 庚午 Geng Wu pillar contained Yang Metal and Ding Fire in the Wu Horse. It is controlling pillar. With 庚午 Geng Wu pillar, you can immediately imagine heavy fire arms and war were involved. In addition the reason to this war is found in the hidden secondary qi in the Wu Horse, the 己 Ji Earth. It indicated war over territorial issue and the rich crude oil found in that area.

1997-87 Asian Financial Crisis (1997 丁丑 Ding Chou, 1998 戊寅 Wu Yin)

The Asian financial crisis started in Thailand in May 1997. The Baht was hit by massive speculative attack. The Thai government action not to revalue the Baht quickly sparked the financial crisis in other Asian countries. Many Asian countries plunged into recession during the period. The Asian financial crisis raised fears of a worldwide economic meltdown.

If you look at the 丁丑 Ding Chou pillar, the wet earth Chou doused off the Ding Fire. The Ding Fire, represented by the financial and stock markets as well as the currency activity in Asia which was very active and positive at that time. The Asia's economy was riding a good cycle which quickly was disappeared due to currency speculative attack.

In 1998, 戊寅 Wu Yin, is a controlling pillar. The year was unfavourable to metal and water element. During this period, the International investors were reluctant to lend to developing countries, leading to economic slowdowns in developing countries in many parts of the world. By the end of 1998, the South East Asia countries were able to rebuild it economy and controlled the crisis.

However, the chained-effect flowed to Russia (Northern area represents by water) and US (Western area represents by metal) toward end of 1998. The shock of the economic slowdown sharply reduced the price of oil causing a financial pinch in OPEC nations and other oil exporters towards the end of 1998. This reduction in oil revenue contributed to the 1998 Russian financial crisis, which in turn caused Long-Term Capital Management in the US to collapse after losing $4.6 billion in 4 months. Subsequently the Fed Fund step in to control and prevent the wider collapse in the financial market by implementing the bail-out plan.

2000 Dot Com Bust (2000 庚辰 Geng Chen)

The dot com bubble was a speculative bubble that covered the period in between 1995 to 2000. The period marked the mushrooming of the internet based companies that commonly known as dot com in US (indicated by the Geng Metal). It finally collapsed in the year 2001. The share prices of these companies roused without any fundamental support. It very much likes speculating activities in the stock market which was represented by fire element. The element was unfavourable during 2000. The dot com bubble burst soon after in year 2000.

To be continue…

2001 World Trade Centre under Attack (2001 辛巳 Xin Si)

2002-03 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Epidemic (2002 壬午 Ren Wu, 2003 癸未 Gu Wei)

2003 World Mass Weapon of Destruction (2003 癸未 Gui Wei)

2004 Tsunami (2004 甲申 Jia Shen)

2008 United States Property Bust (2008 戊子 Wu Zi)

2009 The Earth Ox (2009 己丑 Ji Chou)

Jia Yin (甲寅) Day

Today is Jia Yin 甲寅 day. According to Dong Gong date selection it is an excellent day. With the presence of Heavenly Fortune 天富 and Heavenly Success 天成 stars, it is an ideal day for travelling, business meeting and negotiation and, signing contract. Depending on your Bazi, it may be also a good day for getting married or commencing business.

At the hour of posting, the good stars of Heavenly Noble 天乙 and Jade Hall 玉堂 are also presence. The Heavenly Noble star denotes the presence of helpful people who are of higher status while the Jade Hall star signifies an auspicious timing for asset acquisition. It also augurs well for activities related to financial and business matters that revolve asset transaction.

The Jia Yin 甲寅 day pillar is a pure qi of yang wood. It makes me wonder how Jia Yin 甲寅 day master people would look likes. An image just pop into my mind. Look on…

He is Bao Xishun. Bao, 57, was first recognised by the Guinness Book in 2005 as the world's tallest man. He has been described as a mellow, polite person and he is melancholy about life despite his giant size. I couldn't find his date of birth, so I do not know exactly if he is really a Jia Yin guy. If you have his date of birth, do email me so I can check out his Bazi.

Book on date selection which I recommend for reading:

Review of David Koh’s Feng Shui Talk 2009

I went to David Koh's Feng Shui Talk with my mom yesterday. I decided to write about it while it still fresh on my mind.

The crowds were small compared to other talks that I went to. However, I soon find out that most of them know each other quite well and they are very close knitted. I believe most of guesses are members of Malaysian Institute of Geomancy Sciences (MINGS). Some of them are also in very good terms with Master David Koh.

The talk started off with the sponsor, Kansai Paint, giving a short speech. At about 10.30 a.m. Master David Koh took to the stage and began his talk on the year 2009, Ox year. He called it the Bull year for 2009 because he expecting a slight rebound in the general stockmarket as whole in the beginning of the year.

He started off by explaining the Chinese Almanac (Tongshue) with the use of cow and farmer boy picture which slowly snowball into the macro-economic and predominance events in the world for next year. It is very interesting info. As he goes on, he highlighted his last year predictions which came true.

He also list down the whole year good dates for 2009 as well as how to remedy the Grand Duke (Jupiter) and Seven Killing problems if your main door is located in this sector. It is truly amazing as it is simple as ABC. He also showed you what you will likely see in the next 24 hours if you have done the remedy correctly.

In between the short breaks, there were Q&A sessions. After the lunch break, he shared many funny stories of Gods of Wealth as well as some comical experiences. I have noticed that as he told the stories and his experienced, he had subtly cleared the myth between fengshui and many Chinese's taboos. He is also a very much macro person as his talks were mostly on the big picture of the world events.

However, I am a bit disappointed that he does not delve into the 12 Chinese astrological signs. He just teach you how to use his book (2009 The Year of The Bull) to see the general trend for each sign.

All in, it is a very interesting talk.

Quantum of Solace

Recently I have run into a few Ad on the new Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. Released on 6 November, I am sure some of you have already gone to see the movie by now. Those Ad has prompted me to look back some of the pass Bond's actors. A quick check on their Bazi show they all are of yin day masters except one that is Timothy Dalton. He was the only bond who did the entire stunt himself. Each of them with their own personalities has added a diverse character in Bond's character.

In film, Bond is portrayed as highly intelligent. He is a high-tech gadget geek but he carries it with style and confidence. Not even Batman can do it with that kind of styles. When comes to women he love them, leaves them once they become an inconvenience without an ounce of guilt. He is a permanent bachelor and a womanizer at heart. He isn't exactly a gentleman but he does dress like one.

Each actor has bought the Bond's character a distinct style:

Bond's Actor	Day master's Personality
[1] Sean Connery	丁未 Ding Wei	Sean with his tall and strapping presence portrayed a requisite sexual charisma.
[2] George Lazenby	乙巳 Yi Si	George only starred in one Bond's film. In the film, he had a cunning personality and devilish charm.
[3] Roger Moore	辛巳 Xin Si	Moore has a debonair charm, and was a playboy. He was also as a very capable and seasoned detective.
[4] Timothy Dalton	甲午 Jia Wu	Timothy portrayal of Bond was darker, stiffer and more grittily serious. He also performed most of the stunts action scenes himself.
[5] Pierce Brosnan	丁卯 Ding Mao	Brosnan was slick and smart, and carried natural charm in Bond. He had distinct style and class. He is my favourite Bond's character.
[6] Daniel Craig	辛未 Xin Wei	Craig portrayed a rakish insouciance guy. He embodied an ironic, cruel and cold character in Casino Royale.

Wu Zi pillar typically epitomizes secret agent activities or more aptly spying. 007 characters are very much of like Wu Zi pillar, elusive, obscure and indefinable. Quantum of Solace has drawn the curtain down for the year of 2008. Let us bid fair well to Wu Zi year as the Ji Chou energies begins to make it presence.

Peach Blossom Destruction (Part II)

Hi! I have found out who the fellow is. He is Prince Henry of Wales, affectionately known as "Prince Harry". A quick check on the date of birth at the WikiPedia confirmed his date of birth.

Here are some additional information about Prince Harry:

Prince Harry's Day Master is strong Ren Water. Ren Water people are rebellious by nature. According to Wikipedia, Harry has a reputation in his youth of being rebellious which lead the tabloid to label him as a "wildchild". He was also found smoking marijuana and drinks. This is very much Zi Rat-You Rooster Destruction behavior.

The You Rooster-Xu Dog Harm Formation can also be read as accident that caused his mother death. In the Luck Pillar Jia Xu, The Xu Dog contains Xin Metal and Ding Fire. The Xin Metal represents Harry's mother while the Ding Fire represent Diana's boyfriend, Al-Fayed Dodi, meet the accident at the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel (inside the Xu Dog). The Jia Wood represented the paparazzi were trying to take pictures of the passengers. Jia Wood sitting on Xu Dog is like the trees' roots trying to penetrate through the dry and hard land. Nothing and no one will benefit from such circumstances. The main culprit of the accident was the driver, Henri Paul, who was illegally intoxicated with alcohol while driving. Again a Zi Rat-You Rooster Destruction behavior.

Prince Harry’s Bazi chart does not contain any Fire element. Fire element represents wealth to Ren Water person as well as passion and happiness. Basically as a prince he does not need to worry about money in life. Hence, the fire whether in his chart or not does not make any prominence. As for passion and happiness, when everything is set from the school you attend to the things you have to do in the name of duty since the day you are born, well it is very difficult to find any enthusiasm in life. So how can such person be passionate about things or a cause?

You might wonder how this situation will appear in Prince William's Bazi chart. I will blog on him some other time.