It's ALL Element Play

I thought I never need to write basic Feng Shui articles anymore, as Feng Shui is so popular around the world today. Just go to any nearby book store and you will have a section of books dedicate to this subject - all basic ones of course. Nevertheless a good start for all beginners.

What inspired me to write this posting was that I have read somewhere in the main stream media ad that only certain branch of Chinese Metaphysics have direct correlation between Feng Shui and also Destiny. This off course is not true, why some people may be led to believe so, is because mainstream Feng Shui writers like to separate out destiny reading and feng shui. 

They have not been taught that all of this knowledge is supposed to be linked up. However some school of thought linked it up to become a very powerful leverage to help on a person's destiny while some school sort of try to fit a square peg into a round hole (keep on pushing it and make a mess). It is like Fusion Food. I like Tomyam Spaghetti, but please don't ask me to try Peanut Butter with Tuna on a bread !

If you know Chinese Metaphysics really well or study in depth on each of the subjects from Face Reading 面相 to Oracle卜卦 to Feng Shui 風水 to BaZi 八字 / ZiWei 紫薇 to Qi Men Dun Jia 奇門遁甲. All of it deals with the 5 Elements. The basic is the 5 Elements, the highest learning is also interaction of the 5 elements. If it is something beyond 5 Elements then it is NOT Chinese Metaphysics.

What does 5 Elements do? It categorize or simplify the characteristics of the Qi or what you call Energy. And all branches of Chinese Metaphysics talk about achieving balance. When you have balance, not only it looks nice, it sounds perfect and everything moves smoothly.

When we discuss about Human Destiny - humans naturally are affected by Qi, whether reaching balance in their destiny, achieving balance of qi in their body's 5 main organs or harnessing the suitable Qi from the environment to aid them in their luck periods. 

When we read a person's destiny, what is their potential, what is their fall back, what are weakest genetic link - all this have to do with the 5 element balance in their destiny chart. When I do Feng Shui consultation for my clients, I then use the information of their destiny chart and try to do a setup in their environment to harness the qi that will help balance their destiny to avoid all the fall back and support their destiny and luck periods.

I don't do House Feng Shui - meaning find the best way to decorate their house according to House Feng Shui Principles. 

I help my clients do a setup of Qi in their environment, advice them on where to tap the Qi that best suit their type of destiny and also the goal that they are trying to achieve. Therefore each person or family is different. Same house with different people will be different advice.

Destiny here means their Four Pillars of Destiny or 八字. Other systems are only interested in Year of Birth to convert to a GUA Trigam. That you can do in a DIY setting. No need to hire Feng Shui Master.

Because of the mass conventional materials that is out there, writers who have never made the link or never been taught that it is supposed to be linked. This concept becomes alien and 'unconventional' to many newbies.

When I do Yin Feng Shui － Feng Shui for burial ground or columbarium selection, the crucial key other than finding good landforms is whether the element it harness will be suitable for the later generations of my client. Their children's destiny requirement and also the timing to harness the qi.

Even in Qi Men Dun Jia 奇門遁甲，the highest essence is the ability to linked it with a person's destiny. How to chase after qi that is suitable to you. Not just basic favourable and unfavourable location base on conventional Qi Men knowledge that are in books.

From the 十天干 Heavenly Stems， 地支 Earth Branches, 八卦 Ba Gua correlation with 5 Elements 五行 in all Chinese Metaphysics subject is denotating the same 5 Elements - there is no such thing as 5 elements for Feng Shui is different from 5 elements of destiny OR 5 elements of Yin Feng Shui is different from 5 Elements on your face for Face Reading.

Finally, if you have understood this point and looking at the linkage instead of the difference, it all comes down to element play.

Paul Walker - Fast and Furious BaZi?

As a fan of Fast and Furious Series. News of his death came as a shock. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/paul-walker-dies-crash-report-article-1.1533786

Normally I do not analyze Hollywood members BaZi, but I have decided to have a glance at his BaZi to find if there is any hints of it happening. Dying at the age of 40 at what can be said as the height of his career is really tragic.

Born 1973, September 12 his BaZi chart is below (time unknown)

 Even without confirmed time, we can deduce that he has a STRONG METAL 強辛金命 chart. Best fit time would be 11am - 1pm base on his bio. Strong Metal using Water and Fire Element. Some may argue why FIRE, as Xin Metal 辛 is yin metal and fire is usually not suitable. Actually not the case, from Qi perspective, you will only be able to use what is available and given. Preference only comes when there is a choice.

 His rise to fame agreed by many was in 1999 Varsity Blues. http://www.biography.com/people/paul-walker-21044993?page=1 

Paul in Varsity Blues. Photo from fanpop.com

1999 the year itself is 己卯 within the major luck of 戊午 (1995 - 2005).  Combo of Major luck stem with his Year Pillar, form Fire propelling him to movies and out of from TV series. Wood appearing brings more money opportunities. The combo of major luck period of 1995 - 2005 with year pillar, is transformation fire. No doubt FIRE is a strong driving force for his career.

2001 release of F&F 1, paves the highway for his career in Hollywood with strong 午 Fire branch influence from major luck period.

His luck period change in 2005 to 丁巳 (2005-2015). His rise to fame was already set through 3 F&F movies (F&F 3 was released in 2006 丙戌 Bing Xu year － strong Fire year). However from 2010 onwards, the shift of Qi in his chart has slowly change from 丁 Fire Stem influence to Si 巳 Branch Fire influence.

Si 巳 Branch originally Fire Qi, meets with half Frame of metal elements in his year and month pillar 酉 You Metal in Month and 丑 Chou Earth. Together these element solidify into a Strong Metal Frame.  This year 2013 癸巳， again the branch of Si 巳 appeared and further double up the metal influence in his chart. As a Strong Metal person, gathering of more Metal Qi in his chart is not good news.

CLASH of Traveling Star

巳 Branch is considered a Traveling Star located in his 丁巳 Major Luck Period and also 2013 癸巳Stem and Branches, Hai 亥 Branch in his DAY Pillar also a Traveling Star. Hai 亥 and Si 巳 meet is considered a clash of traveling star.

2013 November Month Pillar is 癸亥. Therefore 2 sets of clash happening simultaneously in his chart. His current major luck period 丁巳, the stem also clash with Self YEAR PILLAR 癸丑 and 2013 癸巳.

With so many clashes occurring in his chart, for this year and month - incidents will definitely happen. Clash of Traveling Star also indicate vehicle accidents. Water and Fire clash 癸丁 indicate explosion. The car he was in not only crash but went up in flames as well.

Can it be avoided? Well no point of discussing that, when the event has already happened. But his end was not written in definite terms on his destiny chart because GUI 癸 Water is still available and have not totally terminated from the chart.

He definitely will be missed in future Fast and Furious Series. May he forever Rest in Peace...