Sandra Bullock, The Latest Victim of Oscar Jinx!

According to news, Sandra Bullock seems to be the latest victim of the Oscar Jinx. On her Golden Globes acceptance speech, Sandra Bullock thanked her husband Jesse James for having her back. But it turns out Jesse James have been cheating on her when she was away taping The Blind Side, which brought Sandra her first Academy Award. According to some tabloid news, it seems Sandra has moved out from the couple's home in California.

Besides her, Halle Berry, Reese Witherspoon, Hilary Swank, Kate Winslet and Julia Roberts, to name a few, are those who had also faced the same situation after winnig the Oscar.

Is this an Oscar jinx? Or is it the men just can't handle their women overshadowing them? The later holds more ringing sound of truth in it. Traditionally, men are expected to be more successful than their lady counterpart. They are the one who are the bread winner, the protector, and the commander in the family. They are expected to be in the front, with the limelight while their women at back in waiting. Over the centuries, situation, expectation and point of view have changed. But the underlying male chauvinistic ego and pride still lingered till this 20^th century. And not that any of your lesser success will prevent them from straying either. 

Let's take a look at Sandra Bullock's BaZi Chart. She is born on 26 July 1964 at 3.15 a.m. Notice the Fu Yin on the Day and Hour Pillar with the 10-Year Luck Pillar and also Annual Pillar of 2010. Fu Yin almost always relates to a sad event in a person life.

Besides this, there are also a harm relationship between the Spouse Palace and Month Branch. It involves the Direct Officer Star [Zi Rat] and the Hurting Officer Star [Wei Goat]. This is one of the indications that her spouse may have problem with her work and the success it brings along.

This article reminded me of a recent email to me, asking that during Fu Yin year, there are people experiencing good luck and happy news like a mother giving birth to a wonderful child, a newly married couple and a person who got a job offered. Where is the sad event then? Well, there are thing you and me, the outsider, never know. A lot of people just show their surface to other people and acquaintances. They hardly want to tell their life story to a stranger even so when it is a problematic one. 

Back to Sandra Bullock...

With the Luck Pillar of Bing Zi and Annual Pillar of Geng Yin, wouldn't you says that she is going through a period of good name [Zi Rat contains her Direct Officer Star] with admiring friends [Bing Fire, the Sun, is also a Friend Star] as well as extra income [Geng Metal represents Indirect Wealth Star] from unexpected sources [Yin Tiger contains her Indirect Resource Star]. Winning an Oscar is a great achievement in an actress' life. However as a simple woman, wouldn't you say relationship is also as important as winning the Oscar?

And at this juncture, wouldn't you say that good luck and bad luck happened to her at the very same time? Well, this depends on what she focuses on. After all she is a beautiful woman. She can always walk away with her head held high of an Oscar lady. There is always another man [Bing Zi of the Luck Pillar did show another Direct Officer Star besides the one on the Spouse Palace]. And if she plays her card right, she may have a tidy sum of divorce settlement [Geng Yin, income from unexpected sources].

Don't Sweat What You Don't Have

This BaZi Chart belongs to a boy boy from Singapore. His name is Fredrick. 

Looking over the chart, if we use the Useful God method to do the analysis the most needed Stems are the Bing Fire and the Jia Wood. Bing Fire is our first priority while Jia Wood is the second. As you can see, Bing Fire cannot be found anywhere in the chart while Jia Wood found inside the Hai Pig is off little help because it is a piece of wet wood.

No Useful God wor! How leh?! Cannot be Bill Gates lor! Most people out there always want Bill Gates' wealth but let me ask you, do you want his trouble as well? A lot people want a piece of his pie by the easy way that is through suing him. So if you not interested with his kind of trouble then don't ask for his amount of wealth. 

But without the Useful God, what does it mean to Fredrick? Those who do not have a Useful God or the Useful God are weak in the BaZi chart, usually lack the focus and direction in life. They may float from one job to another or keep on changing the company they work in. They may also become a wanderer going from place to place without a specific destination. Some may interpret this type of person as happy-go-luck without a care for the world.

So what can Fredrick do? Set a goal. Set a destination. Spell out what he wants to achieve in life stage by stage. Then relentless pursue it until he get what he wants. The elements that have the persistency and a stubborn will that would not give up easily are the Bing Fire, Jia Wood, Wu Earth and Geng Metal. In his BaZi chart he still has the Wu Earth and the Geng Metal couple with discipline [Direct Officer represents by Yi Wood] to help him forge ahead. The Yi Wood rooted on the Jia Wood allows him the flexibility to adjust and adept to situation easily.

Fredrick has a Companion Structure [Chou Ox on the Month Pillar]. This means that he is a good connector. He has an excellent sociable skill and come across as a friendly individual. He can be very persuasive and has the ability to win people over. Together with the Yi Wood as a Direct Officer means that he is excellent at networking. The networking brings him recognition and status. It also means that he has the chances to befriend people with status and wealth that will be his noblemen every now and then. Boy! Just make sure you connect to the right people.

So Fredrick, do you want to sweat and worry of what is not in your BaZi chart? With a couple of friends who have deep pockets and from high places to help you along and bring you up, does it matter that you do not have comparable wealth to Bill Gates? Not having Bill Gates' wealth also translates into "not having his kind of troubles and problems". And with the Wealth Star at the Year Pillar penetrate to the heaven you can earn more than decent income too. 

What else? The Bing Fire may represent one happiness and satisfaction in life. Without it does this mean Fredrick needs to be unhappy, discontent and moody all the time? If you believe in God, you will know he is fair. Well, if you are a free thinker, every BaZi has it niches. Chinese meaning of prosperity and good fortune translates into happiness, contentment and satisfaction, and not necessarily money. It means having no worries, in good health and the ability to self-cultivate. In simpler term it means quality of life. For better quality of life, we look for Fortune Virtue Star. For Fredrick, he has a Fortune Virtue Star in the Shen Monkey. My dear friend, smile to the world and the world will smile back at you.

Virtual Party Begin!

I know it is still early but I have a sudden urge to say "THANK YOU" now. Thank you my dear friends and readers.

Thank you for all your support since my blog started more than a year ago. Thank for dropping me a comment or two on my post every now and then so I know there are people reading my posts and interest in it too. I truly appreciate what you all have done so far by just being here with me.

Those who like to put a back link to my blog can do so by entering your link on the comment. Briefly describe about yourself and what your blog or website is about. I will set a special section for you on my blog later. I would be very grateful and happy if you could return the favour by putting a link back on to my blog "Embrace Your Destiny" at your page.

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Cheers! See you all on 22 May.

Crime Scene Revisited

I always feel that we can use BaZi to analyze a lot of stuffs from one personal life, business, and stock markets to world economy. If you have been avid reader of my blog, you would already know I have attempted many different ways of using and analyzing BaZi for personal uses, and also looking at things and situation in a big picture.

So here I am trying to decipher the BaZi chart of Elizabeth K Otlen in another angle. I'm trying to piece all the information available together and reengineered the crime scene.

Nope! We, the BaZi consultants, are not god. We only able to guesstimate that there may be certain danger or difficulty faced by a person at a certain point of time by analyzing the person's BaZi. Given the level of expertise of a consultant, he or she may even able to roughly pinpoint a time that the person should take more precaution from the person's BaZi chart. That's all we can do. No one in his right mind would want to visit a BaZi consultant who bomb-blast you with every possible manner till minute details of the crime that going to befall on you. It is downright pessimistic and just weird. I don't know about you but I dislike pessimistic people. I have enough of my own to contain with. Hence, I always try to shift the focus of the consult to the positive matter or action the person can take or do.

So the story below is for BaZi analyzing for the shake of… ANALyzing. Nothing prickles my interest at the moment. Suffice to say I have nothing better to do and I'm looking something to occupy my mind so I won't miss… Or at least redirect my thinking and focus to something more positive that is to entertain readers of my blog. It is a pleasure to make you all think more than I do. :Þ

Spin-Off from "Tell Me Why?"

Elizabeth K Olten was a happy nine year old child who always happily played around the woods near her home in Missouri. She was born on 15^th December 1999. Below was her BaZi chart.

On 21 October 2009, she went missing at an estimated around 6.15 p.m. At 7 p.m. her parents contacted police and mounted a search party when Elizabeth was not home yet from her usual outing. According to her parents, Elizabeth was afraid of the dark and would not stay out so late.

Elizabeth's body was found two days later on 23^rd October behind the woods four houses down her home. She was the victim of a cruel and callous murder by Alyssa Bustamante. It was indeed heartbreaking to see a young innocent child died from such cruelty at the hand of a neighbour that you had always know but had never cross your mind that she was able to commit such an act of brutality. It was also appalling to know that the murderer was just another teenager, not much older than the victim.

Crime Scene

Elizabeth's BaZi chart showed a combination of Chou [Day Branch] and Zi [Month Branch]. This indicated that she was quite attached to her home and parents, and would not wonder far away.

Her BaZi chart also showed uncivilized punishment [Mao Rabbit (Year Branch) –Zi (Month Branch)]. She was in her Luck Pillar of 7 [Ding Chou]. The incident happened in the year of 2009 [Ji Chou]. It was reported that her body was found in the wooded area. To be more précised the crime scene happened at a placed covered by heavy and sturdy bushes. The lands around the area were also wet and muddy with some higher and uneven ground. The Elizabeth's Day Master, Xin Metal, was buried as shown by the heavy earth elements in Chou Ox [Luck Pillar and Annual Pillar] appeared in her chart at that point of time. Inside the Chou Ox also showed two other Xin Metals which were friends to Elizabeth.

The BaZi chart for 21 October 2009 at 6.15 pm also showed a similar surrounding. The BaZi chart below showed the wooded area on the rough terrain [Jia Xu and Ji Chou] and at the inner woodland there are tough bushes [Mao Rabbit (Hour Branch) combined with Hai Pig (Day Branch)]

The BaZi Chart only showed the Ding Fire in the Xu Dog while the Day Pillar showed the Ji Hai. This indicated the day was cold and wet, the ground slippery and muddy. The sunlight at that time was deemed and clouded.

Elizabeth may be lure into the thick bushes as indicated by the only Ding Fire element available. The Ding Fire offered a child, who was afraid of dark, the comfort of safety. But the Ding Fire [7 Killings Star] was also a controlling element of the Xin Metal Day Master. No Amber Alert was issued as there was no evidence of abduction. Hence, it can be deducted that Elizabeth knew the assaulter.

In the above BaZi chart also showed two graveyards that were the Chou Ox and Xu Dog which formed the bullying punishment together with the hidden Wei Goat [Hai-Mao-Wei]. According to the Sheriff two graves were ducted out. One was buried with Elizabeth body while another was empty. The Xu and Chou also contained another two Xin Metals. This indicated three possibilities:

• There were two assailants on the crime scene.
  
• An eye witness known both to Elizabeth and Alyssa.
  
• Another possible victim.
  

Elizabeth's body, when found, was covered with strangulation marks and cuts. 

How To Figure Out Your BaZi 八字?

This post is written with the assumption that the readers have at least some basic knowledge of BaZi. In this post I will not touch the method of finding the strength of the Day Master as there are many books out there teaching you to do this. Instead I will talk about something else. 

Below is the example of a BaZi Chart, born in 22 May 2010, female. I will call her Candy.

The Day Stem represents your Day Master while the Month Branch is the innate character of a person. The Month Branch also represents your main profile besides your Day Master. Each person may have one or two profiles of characters. There are all together five main profiles:

• Influence Profile is the supporter. They are good at being the manager or CEO.
  
• Output Profile is the creator. They are good at creative and innovative works.
  
• Wealth Profile is the capitalist. They like to be in control and are good at pulling all the resource together to form and run a business.
  
• Resource Profile is the thinker. They are good at statistic work and are also good at coming out with new ideas all the time.
  
• Companion Profile is the connector. Social networking is their forte.
  

Credit/Source: The above profiling method analysis is the work and ideas of Joey Yap. More information of the five profiles is available on Joey's BaZi Wealth Profiles Seminar.

In Candy's Bazi chart shows her Day Master is Ren Water while the Si Snake on Month Branch shows that she has a wealth profile. Ren Water people are already an in-born capitalist couple with a wealth profile; Candy can be quite successful if she runs her own business.

The Stem on the Month Pillar represents a person ambition. Candy's BaZi Chart shows that the Xin Metal residing there. Xin Metal represents her Resource Star. Hence, we can deduct that she wants recognition of her idea she contributed to forming her business. You can also presume that the seed of her idea attracts investors into her business.

By just looking at this three information [Day Master, Stem and Branch of the Month Pillar], you already know what to do in your career. Simple… J

The Importance of People

Someone says a relationship end when you outlive your value to your partner
Everyone has it worth, it price and it usefulness

Or the least, has it entertainment value

I wonder then and I wonder now…

Everyone that has passed to my life

I have not put a price tag on them

I have not measured them in term of their worth to me

I have not question what benefit they can bring to my life

Nor it occurred to me that connecting with people with status and wealth matters

May be that is why I'm not some successful big shot calling the deal right now

May be because of this, it has already sealed my fate

A fate that I gladly walk on…

Because little did I know I'm into people business by blogging

Little did I know that a simple "mouse click" matter

Till I saw the little red dots clutter all over the world map

You have made my day effortlessly …

You are the swarm of faceless people out there that I did not know, that I did not measure and did not know how to
Neither your status nor your wealth has little meaning to me

But your simple little "click" has made me feel "Wow! There are people out there reading this."

It is a wonderful feeling

Everyone has its moment, has its place at different time in a different setting

Like the swarm of faceless people out there,

In the same instances, I'm also may be one of this faceless people to another person

It may be the singer in a concert, the speaker in a seminar or in an event

While it is, of course, important that all the tickets had to be sold, profit to be made

However, to the singer or speaker standing up on the stage the defining moment comes

When the swarms of faceless people below the stage that you hardly know

Clap their hands together and give crystal clear sound of applauses

To welcome you, when the event begin, and to thank you, when the event end

It is a simple gesture of recognition, appreciation and admiration from the audiences
This simple gesture does not add any extra profit to the organizer

Nor does it add any value to the personal development of the singer or the speaker
It is neither use to measure benefit or the entertainment value of the whole event
Because the value already capped on the price of tickets

The same goes for a person, who won an award,
It is not the award that he or she bring home to display in the glass cupboard which is important
But it is the moment that the MC announces that he or she had won,
The moment that everyone applause to give him or her the recognition
That he (she) work so hard for that really matter
Exhilaration of that particular moment will spurs him (her) on,
Make him (her) want to do it again and does it better

Down to a personal level, simple gesture matter in relationship as well
An appreciative glance, a smile on the lips,
Attentive mind and heart
When someone important, someone dear reach out to grab your hand pulling me along for the 1^st time
A Hug
Nope! No added value whatsoever
The moment!
Priceless…

Where personal relationship is concerned 
It is not about one outlive his or her value in a relationship
When you want to start putting your expectation, putting price tag and a value into relationship 
See only what you can get out of the relationship
It become meaningless

While all sentiment aside 
At every level and every part of our life we are dealing with people

One's success greatly depends how good he (she) handles each relationship comes into his or her life…
A successful individual is not only able to perform well himself (herself)
But also able to bring out the best quality of the people around him (her)

The Companion Structures ask
"Do you want to connect to a powerful tycoon?" or
"Do you want to touch the heart of the mass?"
It is all about people's business.

Blowing My Own Trumpet!

I believe most of you all will know the mean of "Blowing Your Own Trumpet". For those whose are not familiar let me clarify. The idiom means the person boast about his or her talents and achievements. While it always better for other to blow the trumpet for you because besides sounding better and more believable, it also denotes your achievements or talents are also well recognized by others.

Today I like to blow my own trumpet of my little achievement. This may not get far nor may be heard by everyone, it may not sound genuine and believable to you, and it may even irritable to some but I am happy just doing that. Happily blowing my trumpet away! I know! I know! This is so awfully and dreadfully Rob Wealth… but… but…

A re-cap of my earlier post in January, using the theory of Three Harmony Combination of Metal, I had said the stock market correction will take place in May 2010 which arises from an eclipse of the metal frame formation due to the Xin Si Pillar for the month. Well, I can't really call the deep of recent stock markets of the world a correction because it was not the usual case of profit taking by investors but it was a fall nevertheless. The recent descend on most of the world stock markets were due to looming European financial crisis and the bailout of Germany debt ridden government followed by the rumour of Spain is in the midst of bailout discussion with IMF. The European crisis raised caution throughout the stock markets in the world on the first week of May. However, stock markets had since pick-up.

The Indices charts below showed the recent plunge of stock markets. Although market seems to recover few days later, I believe the European crisis may have long term repercussion on the world economy. In this kind market "Precaution" is the word. South-East Asia stock markets seem to fair better. China stock market seems to fair the worst but it was triggered tough policy to cool the property market and to curb inflation on April 2010.

Hurray! Hurray! My theory works. But still I like my disclaimer.

Disclaimer:The accuracy of the above theory is still under research and scrutiny. This post should be read with great interest. Should you decide to use it with great interest, it will be at your own risk. Don't say I didn't warn you. :Þ

Tell Me Why?

Why!? Why is life so insignificant to someone so young? This question keeps bugging my mind as I look through the BaZi Chart below.

Admittedly, life isn't really a fare share for everyone. There are parents who are struggling to put bread and butter on the table. Some children are seen begging over the corner of the street. Circumstances do not allow them to become normal and as carefree as they should be. There are people who have been duped and forced into vices. There are also people who are starving with little mean of food and even less health care. Life is uncertain for them. As they continue each day, no matter how tough the situation is, this people still struggle to survive, to live another day. I believe that in their little heart there is still hope for a better tomorrow. They understood that life is precious, to be valued and loved. No matter how hopeless and helpless each of them feels, this people would not give up on their life.

By now you must be wondering what the chart is all about. The girl name was Alyssa Bustamante born on 28 January 1994, hour of birth unknown. I may be able to read her BaZi but I will never understand the WHY? Maybe I'm not in her shoe and do not live her life. Like millions of American kids growing up today, Alyssa life was simple and in excess with opportunity abound. Teacher had described her as smart girl with good grades too. However, she had attempted several suicides since the age of 13, and was on anti-depressant medication under the care of her grandmother.

What was even more shocking was that on 21 October 2009, she had killed a 9 year old girl in a very chilling manner. Why killed the girl? Alyssa's only reply was "I wanted to know what it felt like".

If you looked at her BaZi chart, you will noticed that she had an extreme character due to the flourished wood, Jia Yin as well as the Ji earth inside the Chou Ox. There was a need to dominate and control others in her character. This character also stem from insecurity and needy on her part, found in a hidden combination between Yin Tiger [Jia Wood] and Chou Ox [Ji Earth]. The only element, metal, that can control the wood and weaken the earth was only found on the Year Branch. With such a strong Day Master, there was a need for an outlet of all the pent up energy in her. As I scan through the BaZi Chart, the only Output Star [Bing Fire] was only found in subsidiary Qi. This was an indication of difficulty in expression of her emotion and herself.

In the Luck Pillar Bing Yin whereby the Eating God Star [Bing Fire] and Friend Star [Yin Tiger] appeared, showed that she found some comfort in her friendship but this friendship doesn't really help her to heal. Instead it added on to her insecurity and needy natures that she desperately wanted to hide [hidden combination of Yin Tiger and Chou Ox again with her Luck Pillar]. This combination also indicated that a very strong need and wants of her parents to be around her but this was a part of her life that she do not feel confident and proud to speak about. Her mother had a history of substance abuse while his father was still serving several more years in prison because of assault charges. At the same instance, she was also jealous of the attention shower on her sibling by her grandparents indicated by the Rob Wealth Star [Yi Wood] was nearer to the Direct Resource Star [Gui Water]. The Grandmother Star should be represented the Geng Metal which could assert more influence on her, was missing instead only the Xin Metal was present. These showed her grandparents were rather strict and their relationship was not as close.

This Rob Wealth Star was also an indication of split personality. Where the Day Master was off strong character, the Rob Wealth Star proved to even problematic in her chart. It is an ugly side that she hardly showed to her friends. All her friends saw her as sociable, sweet and fun-loving. Everyone liked her in school. However, there are tell-tale sign her closed friend, Jennifer Meyer, noticed. According to her friend, Alyssa was always depressed and suicidal. She often spoke of death, suicidal and depression. Alyssa talked of desire killing during her birthday celebration was dismissed by her friend as another way of her to cry for attention. While in the internet, Alyssa listed several disturbing pieces of information about herself on various social network sites such as her MySpace profile where she claimed one of her hobbies was "Killing people." 

While all is said that the above chart does point toward a very extremist character, it does not necessary dictate a serial killer persona. There are BaZi charts that I had seen which much more dominant self element that turn out a better person in the society. Of course, they did have their fair shared of trouble.

When a person is suicidal usually they are crying for help. The same apply to Alyssa. The Output Star of the Stem of the Luck Pillar of Bing Yin and Ding Mao clearly showed a need, to be acknowledged, and a want, to be understood as well as accepted. When a person behaved in an unacceptable manner, this is because they actually felt different, alienated and unaccepted in the circle of friends or society. It was very horrible that the crying had to turn so ugly. It was very cruel and callous of Alyssa in her act of killing. It was even sadder that one has so less self-worth and, can even be so cruel to her own self. When you can't even love yourself and valued your own life, it is hard to find the generosity in your heart to be humane to others.

It was reported that Alyssa tried to commit suicide by cutting herself with her fingernails after her arrest for Olten's murder. The year 2009 was a Ji Chou year and she was in her Luck Pillar of Ding Mao. The Mao Rabbit already clashed with the You Rooster which contained Xin Metal. It was the most important element on her BaZi chart. Xin Metal represented her Direct Officer Star. The Star usually governed discipline, act of justice and to be law abiding in a person. The Ji Chou year completely buried the Xin Metal together with her sense of justice and righteousness to differentiate what was right and wrong. It was left with a feeling of victimization [Ji Chou, Ji Earth element control by Jia Wood] on others as well as on herself.

The case may be argued as homicide under the condition of mental instability. However, I see an intelligent girl that need to learn a lesson of being responsible of one own action taken and bear the consequences for the better or for the worst.

It is because of so little sense love and thought for our own self that sometimes we do not see the love around us that we so desperately seek. We need to love ourselves more before we can fully give love to others and appreciate love in return.

The Need To Progress In Life

It is 6.09 p.m. I have just got home from my last Mian Xiang class today. It rains heavily outside. And it is raining many times harder in my heart.

Mian Xiang is considered the easiest to learn among the Chinese Metaphysics studies because everything is written on the face. You basically just have to match or apply what written on the ancient Chinese text with the face, and the worst you can do, you will still have at least a minimum general understanding of that person.

But it is the most difficult information to stomach when you have a self inferiority complex. Yes, this is what I face, inferiority. It is very difficult when you have to look into the mirror and see so many weaknesses on your face. This is worst when couple with a shy and sensitive nature. It is because of knowing my own sensitive nature that makes me go to this course in the first place. I know pretty well that I cannot let my inferiority, shyness and sensitivity hamper my progress in life. What is better way to get over it than having so many people poking on your negative points? I can only be in denial for so long and I believe not any longer. I better deal with it sooner. Being a resource structure it is better to see the reality than always leaving in a dream. Life is not always centre around me. It is better to open my eye wide see what is wrong and accept the facts. From this awareness, make changes and adjustment in life.

Like I have said, Geng Yin year is a time to be brave. And I feel it is the best time to take some drastic measure to make changes to one own flaw in characters.

Oh! Don't get me wrong, the Mian Xiang it is not such a dreadful class. In fact, I highly recommend it. They are a lot of nice people in the classes. I met many new friends as well as see the old one too. I even met my mum ex-colleague, Elsie Lee who has known me when I was just a little girl. It such a small world. My apology that I can't really remember her but I think she must have remembered me the cheeky little girl.

And my sifu, Joey, as always, is his usually self, being charming and energetic while dispersing his knowledge and wisdom to all of us. By all mean it is most enjoyable and fun class to have. You can check out a short video clip of the class here.