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2008 - YEAR OF THE RAT
by Raymond Lo

The Chinese calendar, commonly known as the Farmers’ Calendar, or the Hsia Calendar, is a fascinatingly accurate system, which not only records the passage of time, but is also a tool for fortune-telling. The famous traditional fortune-telling system – The Four Pillars of Destiny – is exactly referring to reading a person’s destiny from his birth data as presented in the Hsia calendar format. The unique feature of such calendar is that all information about time – year, month, day and hour are presented in terms of the five basic elements – metal, water, wood, fire and earth, which are believed to be the basic components of everything in the Universe. The relationship between the five elements accurately helps one predict what is to come by way of one’s fortunes and thus, one can by using this knowledge, multiply the good luck or minimize the bad luck in one’s life.

The Year of the Rat, 2008, in the Hsia calendar, is symbolized by two elements – with earth sitting on top of water. According to the cycle of birth and destruction, which governs the inter-relationship between the elements, earth is the conqueror of water. . Therefore, earth sitting on water is a symbol of control. But the water of the Rat year is very strong and the earth floating on top of water has no foundation and cannot control the ocean of water. As such, instead of conquering water, it is more like confrontation between earth and water elements. The Earth on top is Yang earth which symbolizes a mountain, and mountain gives sense of stability and firmness. But such floating earth in the ocean is weak in foundation and the stability appears to be fragile. This elemental relationship will bring a year which apparently is more stable but there are a lot of underlying tensions and confrontations.

The Chinese calendar year goes on 60-year cycle. This means that we have experienced the same year of yang earth on rat in 1948. This was a year when the confrontation between USSR and the west intensified with the Blockade of Berlin started and the formation of the Western Union by the Brussels Treaty to confront the threat of USSR; this is the predecessor to NATO. In May this year, the State of Israel was established and also the confrontation between Israel and Arabian countries began leading to the Arab-Israel war. .

The Chinese character for “Yang Earth” represents a big mountain. . It is associated with the quality of a firm and steady person. People born in a day of “Yang Earth” .is often calm and steady and faithful, practical and “down to earth”. . Some examples of famous earth people born on a “Yang Earth” day are Hillary Clinton, Danzel Washington, David Beckham, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Michael Jackson, Dick Cheney, Eric Clapton and Ben Affleck .

The Rat belongs to the strongest water element and it is the first of the 12 animal signs. So it also represents the beginning of a new 12 years cycle. As such, the Rat year can bring a new beginning of international relationships and social order; this could bring new regimes with new government in some countries. Indeed, there will be many major elections happening between 2007 and 2008 with change of leadership in many countries including U.S.A., United Kingdom, Russia, France, Taiwan…..The rat is also considered as a “Flower of Romance”. So years of the rat will stimulate more romance and sex scandals. The Rat is in clash relationship against the Horse. . This is a clash between water and fire elements and will often bring accidents related to both fire and water, air and the sea. The Rat is the most powerful ocean water and it will bring heavy flooding or even tsunami disaster. The most famous water disasters in history, such as the South Asia tsunami on 26/12/2004 and the sinking of the Titanic on 14/4/1912, both incidents happened on a date with prominent appearance of the Rat. Looking at past history, in 1228 a year of Earth Rat, there is big flood in Holland killing 100,000 people, and in 1588 another year of Earth Rat, the Spanish Armada encountered storm in Ireland and 5000 people died in this heavy storm. In 1888, year of Earth Rat, there is “Great Blizzard” in the east coast of the USA and 400 people died. The clash between fire and water will also bring accidents related to fire and the airline business is in the category of fire element. As such, it is observed that the year of the Rat seems to experience more air disasters. A typical year with many aviation disasters is the previous Rat year in 1996. During this year, there are over 20 major airplane crashes including the U.S. TWA Boeing 747 crashed in July, 1996 killing 230. Looking at the immediate last Earth Rat year in 1948, there were also quite a numbers of airplane crashes including the hijack of a Cathy Pacific airplane in June, 1948.

Yang earth on the rat also symbolizes unstable earth, this will also bring earth disasters such as earthquake, landslide, collapse of buildings. The Earth element is also associate with homosexuality. It so happens many famous homosexuals is born on the day of earth – this includes Leonardo Da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Tchaikovsky, George Michael, Boy George, Andy Warhol, Tracy Chapman, K.D. Lang. Rosie Odonell etc. As such, there could be more issues in this aspect in 2008. It is not really clear how earth element is linked with homosexuality. Perhaps earth is an element of more neutral nature, compare against the other four, water and fire, wood and metal.

The clash between the Rat and Horse is a serious clash between water and fire elements. This will often bring injury and bloodshed. Therefore people born in years of Horse have to be particularly careful in 2008. As it is water clashing against fire, the danger could be associate with water and fire disasters such as traffic accidents in the air or at sea. Therefore, for people born in the year of Horse, it is recommended that they carry the pendant of an Ox which will help to attract away the Rat, so as to minimize the negative influence of the clash. Anyhow, people who are born in the year of Horse will experience a more turbulent year with more movements and traveling, changes. It is suitable to engage in such movements, such as moving house or moving offices. Traveling is also good but one should avoid going straight towards the North direction as it is the direction of the Grand Duke in 2008.

The Rat also forms a penalty relationship with the Rabbit. Such penalty may cause disharmony, worries and irritations, or hidden sickness. Therefore people born in the year of the Rabbit is also recommended to carry the pendant of the Ox to minimize such penalty influence in the year of the Rat.

The Five basic elements also represent different parts of our body, earth in general relates to stomach, pancreas, muscle and cells. As such, the health problems related to earth could be stomach problem, food poisoning, and diarrhea. Disorder of earth elements can mean problems of muscle and cells, this can bring obesity, diabetes, and cancer …these are all sicknesses caused by imbalance of earth elements. Diabetes is a sickness caused by disorder of insulin which is produced by the pancreas which is also symbolized by earth element in Chinese medicine. . So diabetes problem is also caused by imbalance of earth element. As such, these kinds of health problems will also come in focus in the Earth water year of 2008.

In recent years the most imminent issue threatening the survival of human race is Global warming. The polar ice caps have been melting down in an alarming speed and there are forecasts that many coastal populated cities will be submerged under the sea by the year 2050. In 2007 we have experienced dramatic change in climate and there are more weather triggered disasters. It is expected such serious impact of Global warming will intensify in 2008. The pair of elements, yang earth sitting on the rat can be interpreted as the image of floating mass of ice on a big ocean. And this is an alarming sign that the melting of Arctic and Antarctic ice will become more and more alarming in 2008. If we examine the fateful moment of one of the biggest water disaster – the Titanic, we can see the Titanic collided with a floating iceberg at mid night of 14th April, 1912. and when we translate this fateful day and time into the Chinese calendar, we can see the mid night hour on this day is actually Yang earth over the Rat, with yang earth representing the floating iceberg. And this is identical to the elements of 2008. It is anticipated there will be more flooding and water disasters associate with climate change in 2008. Such alarming signal not only shows up in the Chinese calendar, it is also reflected in feng shui. In 2008, the feng shui flying star number 1, symbolize water element, is in the centre. This centre number often reflects the focus of events prevailing in the year. Take for example, in 2005 we have Flying star 4 in the centre and the number 4 symbolizes the chicken. So this the year the threat of avian flu began. In 2006 the star 3 in the centre represents conflict and earthquakes, 2007 the number dominate the centre is 2 which is sickness and it has brought the alarm of avian flu in focus again. So we have to assume the number 1 in the centre in 2008 will bring more problems with flooding and water disaster. Global warming is an issue concerning the entire human race and every one of us has the duty to take up effective measures to preserve our environment and support the move to reduce CO2 emission.

Regarding the economy, fire element is often the driving force behind the stock market. In the year 2008 there is yang earth on the Heavenly stem with water underneath. The dominating element is water. As such, it is a year of cooling down after the heated economic atmosphere in 2006 and 2007. Fire is the symbol of the financial market and strong fire will stimulate optimism and speculative mentality. Without fire investors will play cool and conservative. However, the strong water element is the symbol of money to the earth industry. With strong water showing up, the property market is still active and profitable. Despite the absence of fire element in the year 2008, the spring and summer months still shows strong wood and fire influences bringing upward surge in the stock and property market. But investors will be more cautious and practical and there will not be dramatic fluctuations such as in the magnitude of yin fire year in 2007. In general 2008 is a year of cooling down with more stability and calmness in the stock market. .

The strong water of the Rat year favors earth and metal industries, as earth conquers water, so the Rat is a symbol of money to the earth industry, which includes property, mining, hotel, chemicals, insurance… As for metal industries, metal gives birth to water, so the strong water element in the year indicates productivity and strong activity in metal industries – this include machinery, computer, high tech industries, skincare, health business. The Wood industries, which include textile, fashion, books, publications, paper, forestry, furniture is also into a profitable year as wood conquers earth, so the earth showing up in 2008 symbolize the money of wood industry. But the profit will only be superficial as the earth element is weak.

The less prosperous industries in 2008 will be businesses of water and fire elements. Water industries refer to shipping, communication drinks…etc. The strong water appearing in the Rat year will bring stronger competition in the water areas and this will very much weaken the profitability. Fire industries refer to finance, stock market, energy, electricity, entertainment, and airline businesses. As fire conquers metal and produces Earth element, so to Fire industry, metal represents money and earth represents productivity. In 2008 metal element is absent and earth element is weak. . That is why it is a relatively weak year for the industries related to the fire element.

The property market is symbolized by the earth element. This industry had stronger activities in the past years of monkey and rooster in 2004 and 2005 as the metal elements represent productivity of earth industries. There had been some slowdown in 2006, as the fire ad earth year brought stronger competition and eroded profitability. However, in 2008, the water element of the rat will bring some money luck to the earth industry, despite there is no strong activities in the property market owing to absence of metal element.

With respect to the hi-tech industries sector, as represented by the NASDAQ. I have postulated that this industry is mainly represented by the metal element. As such, the prosperity of hi-tech industry requires the strong appearance of water and wood, which are symbols of productivity and money of the metal industry. In 2008 the water element, meaning activities to hi-tech industries is very strong. As such, it is anticipated that the year is favorable for hi-tech or internet types of business. But the absence of wood in this year could mean there are more activities without real substantial money gains.

In summary, the industries that will perform well in the year of the Rat will be industries related to earth and metal elements – such as property, hotel, mining, insurance, machinery, engineering, health, computer, and high tech industries. The sectors relating to water and fire will not be doing so well. Water industries include shipping, communication, drinks, and fire industries are stock market, finance, energy, electricity, entertainment business. The wood industries – such as textile, publications, fashion, furniture, etc are into a year with some superficial prosperity but not substantial.

In general, the yang Earth Rat year, with earth on top failing to control water below, is symbol of apparent calmness on the outside but such calmness lacks a solid foundation and the mountain can tumble and devoured by the ocean of fierce water. Some kind of new world order began to emerge but it will take time to consolidate into stability. . Still there will be international conflicts and uprisings and unrest but such events may be less turbulent than 2007. The new beginning of the 12 animal cycle led by the Rat will be first step to cool down or slow down the acceleration of Global warming problem.

The animal sign which is most unfavorable is the Horse which is in direct clash against the Rat. Such clashes will usually bring about turbulence, movements, accident or changes... So people born in the year of the Horse will anticipate more traveling, or movements such as changing jobs or moving house. It is necessary to carry the pendant of an Ox as protection to attract the Rat away. For the Horse people, the clash against the Rat could bring accidents related to the water and fire element, such as explosion, fire disasters, and air and sea traffic accidents. For people who are under clash with the year, it is ok to travel more, making changes such as moving house, or change job. However, for people born in the year of the Horse, it is recommended not to travel directly towards the direction of the Grand Duke, which is the north direction, and it is also not recommended for them to travel by sea. The other animal’s signs facing unfavorable positions are the Rabbit and the Rat. When Rabbit encounters Rat year will form “Two Penalty” relationship. . Such penalties will usually bring disharmony, irritation, worries and frustrations. Also people born in year of the Rat are offending the Grand Duke which is also not auspicious and it is necessary to carry Ox pendant to minimize the negative effect. The imbalance of fire and water elements brought about by the Horse and the Rat may bring fire and water diseases, such as high blood pressure, heart burn, irregular heart beat, inflammation, diabetes, and kidney problems. As such, it is necessary to take heavy dosages of anti-oxidant, omega 3 oil or COQ10 which is good protection against cardiovascular diseases, hyper-tension and inflammation problems. .


The animals combining with the Rat year are the Ox, the Monkey, and the Dragon. These animals are into a year of harmony. However, such animal astrology is not totally reliable as the system is not recognized as a formal type of fortune-telling. For more reliable assessment of ones fortune in the year of the Rat, it is recommended that one checks the full Four Pillars of Destiny, which requires full birth data information of the Year, Month, Day and Hour of birth. As the animal signs can appear in all four pillars in a person’s birth data, the clash and penalty relationship with the Rat will not only cause impact on people born in the year of Horse and Rat and Rabbit. Such clash and penalties can also impact any one who has such animals in the birth month, or day or hour.

Some examples of famous people born in the year of the Horse and under clash in 2008 are Paul McCartney, Danzel Washington, John Travolta, Condoleezza Rice, Richard Li, Angela Merkel, Victor Yuschenko, Kiefer Sutherland, Warren Buffett and Katie Holmes. There are people who are not born in the year of Horse, but they are also under clash because they are born on the day of Horse, so they will also face a challenging year. Some examples of these people are – Chris Martin, Lura Bush, David Furnish, Elizabeth Taylor…...

People born in year of the Rat is said to be “offending the Grand Duke” and it is also recommended to carry pendant of the Ox. Examples of Rat people are Prince Charles, Prince Henry, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz, John McCain, Olivia Newton-John…..

For people who are born in the year of the Pig, the Rabbit, and the Goat, the Rat year will bring “Flower of Romance” so one can anticipate a more sociable year with more opportunity to develop friendship with the opposite sex...

Feng Shui energies also change from year to year. Therefore, it is necessary to watch for the re-allocation of good and bad energies at the beginning of each year, so that we can take necessary precautions if some bad energy happens to arrive at important locations of our residence or offices. In the year of the Rat, the bad energy called “Five Yellow” – symbolizing obstacles and misfortune, arrives at the South. If your South of the house is an important area such as bedroom or entrances, it is recommended that one hangs a metal wind chime there to dissolve this bad energy. The worst months will be in February, August, and November. Another bad star number 2, symbolizing sickness, will arrive in the Northwest in 2008. The traditional method to dissolve this 2 is to hang a string of six metal coins in the affected area in the Northwest of the house The Grand Duke this year is in the North, hence it is not favorable to “move earth” or make substantial construction work in this direction. It is also not recommended for one to sit with back against exact South as you will be sitting against the unfavorable energy called “Three Shars” or “Three Killings”. As well as the “Crash position” against the Grand Duke. The bad star 3 is a star of conflict and robbery. This is present in the West of the house. It is necessary to put a piece of red paper in the West to minimize such bad influence. Also the bad star 7, representing scandals is in the Southwest, the traditional solution for this bad star 7 is to place 3 or 4 of bamboo plant grown in clear glass vase of water in the Southwest location.

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2009 - Year of the Ox
by Raymond Lo

The Year of the Ox, 2009, in the Hsia calendar, is symbolized by two elements – with earth sitting on top of earth. So is the same element on top of each other. According to the cycle of birth and destruction, which governs the inter-relationship between the elements, earth and earth are like brothers and sisters and so they do not have birth nor destructive relationship with each other.. They can be friends and they can be competitors. Therefore, earth sitting on earth does not give sign of conflict. The Earth on top is Yin earth which symbolizes a garden, and garden gives sense of harmony and peace and relaxation. The Ox underneath is actually matching with the picture of a peaceful field with ox eating grass. As such, I anticipate this elemental relationship will bring a year of more harmony and peace in inter-national relationships and it is a year for healing and cure and relaxation from the turbulent time the world has experienced since 2001. It is a time for rebuilding and reconstructions from the damage brought by war and natural disasters, and the financial tsunami of 2008, and also a time to seek peace settlement and to narrow the differences between different culture, religious believes and begin to care for one another, and make some achievement in solving the global warming issue. It is a year of pure earth element and the theme for this year should be caring for our planet earth.

The Chinese calendar year goes on 60-year cycle. This means that we have experienced the same year of yin earth on the Ox in 1949. This was a year when the world order is basically settled down with the birth of Peoples Republic of China, and the creation of NATO. It is the years countries were healing from the devastation of the Second World War and years when the more peaceful and stable environment induce the birth of many baby boomers. It is still time of confrontation between USSR and the west with USSR testing their first atomic bomb in August 1949. However, it is still a year of no major conflicts between nations and a year of construction and rebuilding after the turbulence of the second world war...

The Chinese character for “Yin Earth” represents a field or a garden.. It is associated with the quality of moderate, peaceful, intellectual, charming and charitable kind of person. People born in a day of “Yin Earth” is often moderate and harmonious and slim.. Some examples of famous earth people born on a “Yin Earth” day are Barak Obama , Uma Thurman, Celine Dion, George Michael, Tchaikovsky, Leonardo Da Vinci, Jet Li, Larry King, and Donald Trump, and famous scientist who contributed tremendously to human civilization such as Charles Darwin and Sigmund Freud....

It is also interesting to note that Yin earth Ox has appeared in some significant dates in American history, as the Declaration of Independence on 4th July, 1776, and the Pearl Harbor attack on 7th December, 1941 are both Yin earth Ox day. So could 2009 be a year of significance to USA under new President bringing a lot of changes? It so happens that the new U.S. President Barak Obama is also a yin earth person, and his birth elements bear similarity with Abraham Lincoln, who is also a yin earth person.. Naturally he will be the focus of the world in 2009, the yin earth year. It is interesting to note that Geroge W. Bush is a yin metal person and he also became president in 2001 – a yin metal year that started 8 years of turbulence. Let us hope Barak Obama will bring out the peaceful and healing quality of yin earth for the benefit of the world.

The Ox belongs to the earth element and it is the second of the 12 animal signs. So it represents the construction and building phase after a new beginning of a 12 years cycle. As such, the Rat year can bring a new beginning with the appearance of new international relationships and social order and new leadership, such as in USA, Russia, Taiwan, Japan, Israel, South Africa and Pakistan….the Ox will be the year when the new leaders will commence reconstruction and consolidation of their position and power. This could bring new development in international relationship and improvement in the economy and sure more attention will be pay to the earth aspects, housing, rebuilding, agriculture and caring for the earth. These themes related to the earth element will be the focus of most new leaders in 2009.

The Ox is actually complicated earth element. Firstly, it is not strong earth as Ox earth is winter earth without support of fire. And inside the Ox earth, the hidden elements are water, earth and metal. The water and metal is exhausting the earth. As such, we cannot consider the earth in 2009 is strong earth. And there is still instability which will bring earth disasters. In August 1949, a 6.75 Richter scale earthquake in Ecuador killed 6000 people and destroyed 50 towns. The Ox is also part of a serious configuration in animal astrology called “ Three Earth Penalty”. This configuration is formed when the 3 earth animals Ox, Dog and Goat appear at the same time. Such penalty can cause serious misfortunes related to earth element. Such as collapse of buildings, earthquake, landslide . In the immediately previous year of Ox in 1997, there is serious earthquake in Iran killing 2400 people

The Ox, Dog and Goat penalty often refer to hidden dangers related to the earth elements. Besides earth disasters, it can also bring tragedies such as falling from buildings or accidents in an earth environment, such as skiing, or injury in a mountain etc. In 1997, the previous year of the Ox, Lady Diana died in car crash inside a tunnel which is very much enclosed in an earth environment. And in the same year, Gianni Versac was shot dead in front of his own house and he died on the pavement. This is also an earth environment. And in both occasions there also appeared the three penalty of Ox, Dog and Goat together in their birthday elements..

In 2008, as I correctly predicted, was not a good year for airline business, besides many plane crashes and other incidents, there are also closing down of troubled airlines ( Oasis, Alitalia ) , troubles in airports ( Opening of new terminal 5 in Heathrow airport in London) and maintenance problem of American Airline in early 2008, troubles in the air (Qantas).. The idea is that airline business is in the category of fire element, so when fire element is absent in 2008 it will also weaken the airline business hence causing accidents and problems. This will continue in 2009 as this year of Ox also has no fire elements. . As such, we will continue to see trouble in the airline business and more airline related accidents.

In 2008, we have seen the absence of fire element brought cooler weather and even snow storms. 2009 the year of Ox also has no fire element and so we can expect the cooling weather could continue with danger of severe snow storm and freezing weather again..

The Earth element is also associate with homosexuality. It so happens many famous homosexuals is born on the day of earth – this includes Leonardo Da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Tchaikovsky, George Michael, Boy George, Andy Warhol, Tracy Chapman, K.D. Lang. Rosie O’Donnell etc. As such, there could be more issues in this aspect in 2009. It is not really clear how earth element is linked with homosexuality. Perhaps earth is an element of more neutral nature, compare against the other four, water and fire, wood and metal.

The clash between the Ox and Goat is a serious clash between earth and earth elements. This will often bring earth disasters such as earthquake, collapse of buildings, landslide etc.. Therefore people born in years of Goat have to be particularly careful in 2009. As it is earth clashes the danger could be associate with mountains, roads and buildings disasters such as traffic accidents on the road, industrial accidents in construction sites, or injuries when hiking in mountain area. Therefore, for people born in the year of Goat, it is recommended that they carry the pendant of a Rat which will help to attract away the Ox, so as to minimize the negative influence of the clash. Anyhow, people who are born in the year of Goat will experience a more turbulent year with more movements and traveling, changes. It is suitable to engage in such movements, such as moving house or moving offices. Traveling is also good but one should avoid going straight towards the North east direction as it is the direction of the Grand Duke in 2009. For people born in the year of the Goat, if possible, it is also good to minimize activities involving earth sports, such sports are skiing, golf, climbing mountain, car racing etc.

The Ox also forms a three penalty relationship with the Goat and the Dog. Such penalty is hidden danger and may cause disharmony, worries and irritations, or hidden sickness. Therefore people born in the year of the Goat or Dog is also recommended to carry the pendant of the Rat to minimize such penalty influence in the year of the Ox..

The Five basic elements represent different parts of our body, earth in general relates to stomach, pancreas, muscle and cells. As such, the health problems related to earth could be stomach problem, food poisoning, and diarrhea. Disorder of earth elements can mean problems of muscle and cells, this can bring obesity, diabetes, and cancer …these are all sicknesses caused by imbalance of earth elements. Diabetes is a sickness caused by disorder of insulin which is produced by the pancreas which is also symbolized by earth element in Chinese medicine.. So diabetes problem is also caused by imbalance of earth element. As such, these kinds of health problems will also come in focus in the Earth year of 2009. However, the most serious health threat in the year of the Ox could be cancer as the Ox will create serious earth penalty with the Goat and the Dog and this will create hidden disorder of cells and becomes cancer. There are numerous examples of the serious influence of such earth penalty triggers cancer and other degenerative diseases. it is important to take more anti –oxidant as a preventive measure.

Continuing on the issue of health problems. As there is total absence of fire, the year 2009 is also not favorable for people who has weak heart. Fire is the element symbolizing heart and blood circulation, with absence of fire, the heart will be weak. And also without fire to support the earth, the stomach , which is an earth organ will also be weak. This means both stomach and heart problems will be more serious in 2009.

In recent years the most imminent issue threatening the survival of human race is Global warming. The polar ice caps have been melting down in an alarming speed and there are forecasts that many coastal populated cities will be submerged under the sea by the year 2050. In 2007 we have experienced dramatic change in climate and there are more weather triggered disasters. Such serious impact of Global warming did not slow down in 2008 with severe snow storms and hurricanes. The pair of elements in 2008, yang earth sitting on the rat is the image of floating mass of ice on a big ocean. And this is an alarming sign that the melting of Arctic and Antarctic ice will become more and more alarming in 2008. Also the heavy water elements of 2008 brought obstacles and frustration to Mr. Al Gore, he is a gentleman of strong wood and his favorable elements are fire and earth. Excessive amount of water will not help him to make progress. However, the situation may improve in 2009 as the pure earth elements are something for wood to conquer and this imply Al Gore will make achievements in his battle to reduce carbon emissions. And the pure earth year symbolize a garden of harmony and we may see signs of improvement and some kind of recovery in the health of our planet earth. Global warming is an issue concerning the whole human race and every one of us has the duty to take up effective measure to preserve our environment and support the move to reduce CO2 emission.

In 2009, the feng shui flying star number 9, symbolize fire element, is in the centre. This centre number often reflects the focus of events prevailing in the year. Take for example, in 2005 we have Flying star 4 in the centre and the number 4 symbolizes the chicken. So this the year the threat of avian flu began. In 2006 the star 3 in the centre represents conflict and earthquakes, 2007 the number dominate the centre is 2 which is sickness and it has brought the alarm of avian flu in focus again. In 2008 the number 1 in the centre is water element. Hence in 2008 we experienced more cold weather and snowstorm and flooding. So we have to assume the fire element in the centre of 2009 will also bring some problems with fire and explosion disaster.

Regarding flying star feng shui, the current twenty year period from 2004 to 2024 is called “Age of 8” and this number 8 represents the Trigram of Mountain and it also is symbol of young children. Therefore since stepping into Age of 8 in 2004, it seems there are more disasters and misfortune affecting children. The latest incidents included the big earthquake in China in 2008 killing a lot of school kids, also there are more sickness affecting children such as the Mouth, Foot and Hand disease., and the cyclone in Myanmar also inflicted heavy casualty to children. In second half of year, there is serious problem of contamination of milk products causing kidney stones in babies. This number 8, representing children is always present in the centre of the flying star chart in this 20 years from 2004 to 2024. In 2008, the disaster to children happened because the year star 1 in centre is water which does not support the earth star 8. However, the better situation appear in 2009 as the year star 9 is fire which can support the earth star 8. So I can expect it will be a year of less problem related to children.

Regarding the economy, fire element is often the driving force behind the stock market. The five elements are also affecting peoples mood. In general fire is joy, water is fear, Earth is meditation, metal is sadness, and wood is anger. As such fire year often generate optimism and drive up the stock market, such as 2006 and 2007. But in 2008 the water arrived and obviously people began to have fear about worsening of the USA sub-prime problem and recession. In the year 2009 there is pure earth on earth. . The earth element is not as fearful as water but is meditation. So it means people will be conservative and play safe. As such, it is a year of continue cooling down but gaining more stability. Fire is the symbol of the financial market and strong fire will stimulate optimism and speculative mentality. Without fire investors will play cool and conservative. In 2009, despite the absence of fire element in the year , the spring and summer months still shows strong wood and fire influences bringing upward surge in the stock and property market. But investors will be more cautious and practical and there will not be dramatic fluctuations such as in the magnitude of yin fire year in 2007. In general 2009 is a year of continual cooling down but showing signs of more stability and calmness with steady upward trend in the stock market..

The earth element of the Ox year favors wood and fire industries, as wood conquers earth, so the earth element is a symbol of money to the wood industry, which includes forestry, furniture, fashion, textile, paper, media, newspaper and magazines, and the recently coming up new industry of environmental protection is also falling into the category of wood. As for fire industries, Fire gives birth to earth, so the earth element in the year indicates productivity and strong activity in fire industries – this include finance, entertainment, power generating, electricity, electronic products, energy, oil and gas.

The unfavorable industrial sectors in 2009 are industries of Water and Metal. Water industries include shipping, transport, communication, drinks etc. As water conquers fire, fire is symbol of money to water industry. The absence of fire in 2009 shows this area is not so prosperous. Metal industries include high tech, computer, banking, engineering, skin care, cars etc. As metal conquers wood, so metal industry will be favorable in a wood year. In 2009, there is no wood element. The earth is resources element to metal and so it is a year of investment but not profit making for the metal industry. The theory is that metal always needs fire to melt it into useful tools. So when fire is weak, metal industry will also suffer. This explains why Finance (Fire ) and Banking (metal) share similar ups and downs.

The earth industry represents property, housing, construction, mining, insurance, hotels…. Etc. will have an active year as there is hidden water and metal in the Ox, which symbolizes money and productivity to the earth industry. However, competition is strong with prominent earth element representing competitors. This means there are plenty of opportunities and activities in this sector but the strong competition will erode the money profit. So the overall performance of the property market is still not very favorable in the year of the Ox..

With respect to the hi-tech industries sector, as represented by the NASDAQ. I have postulated that this industry is mainly represented by the metal element. As such, the prosperity of hi-tech industry requires the strong appearance of water and wood, which are symbols of productivity and money of the metal industry. In 2009 the water element, meaning activities to hi-tech industries is not weak but is hidden in the Ox. As such, it is anticipated that the year is favorable for hi-tech or internet types of business but it will not be as active as Rat year in 2008. But the absence of wood in this year could mean there are more activities without real substantial money gains.

In summary, the industries that will perform well in the year of the Ox will be industries related to Wood and Fire elements. Wood industries are fashion, textile, publications, furniture, and environment protection. Fire industries are entertainment, finance, energy, The earth industry such as property, hotel, mining, insurance etc is still active but not making obvious profit with strong competition. The metal industry such as machinery, engineering, computer, and high tech industries will enter a year of investment. And the sectors relating to water such as shipping, communication, drinks, spa will not be doing so well.

In general, the yin Earth Ox year, with earth on top and earth below, is symbol of a peaceful and relaxing garden, It is a place to rest and calm down to refill our energy and reflect on the past and plan for the future. The theme is healing and cure from the turbulent time of 2001 to 2008 and begin to reconstruct our world and allow planet earth to heal. We should focus on earth themes – rebuilding, construction, housing, agricultural improvement to ensure sufficient supply of food, and make progress to reduce CO2 emission and bring back nature to our environment and mother land.. The new breed of leaders will take this year to consolidate their power and to gain confidence and trust of the people through bringing stability instead of aggressive performance... Still there will be international conflicts and unrest as most of the new leaders coming up in 2008 are not expecting good luck in 2009, but such events may be less turbulent. Earth will bring the mood of meditation. It is anticipated that clam, thoughtful and peaceful means to settle difference will prevail in 2009.

The animal sign which is most unfavorable is the Goat which is in direct clash against the Ox. Such clashes will usually bring about turbulence, movements, accident or changes... So people born in the year of the Goat will anticipate more traveling, or movements such as changing jobs or moving house. It is necessary to carry the pendant of a Rat as protection to attract the Ox away. For the Goat people, the clash against the Ox could bring accidents related to the earth element, such as landslide, collapse of building, Traffic accident on the road, injury during earth sports such as skiing, car racing, golf etc. For people who are under clash with the year, it is ok to travel more, making changes such as moving house, or change job. However, for people born in the year of the Goat it is recommended not to travel directly towards the direction of the Grand Duke, which is the north-east direction, and it is also not recommended for them to go up mountains.. The other animal’s signs facing unfavorable positions are the Ox and the Dog. When Dog encounters Ox year will be forming part of the Three Penalty... Such penalties will usually bring disharmony, irritation, worries and frustrations, as well as sickness, especially when the Goat also come to join the Dog and the Ox.. Also people born in year of the Ox are offending the Grand Duke which is also not auspicious and it is necessary to carry Rat pendant to minimize the negative effect. The imbalance of earth and the absence of fire this year will bring serious problem of the stomach, diabetes, heart and blood circulation problem and cancer.. As such, it is necessary to take heavy dosages of anti-oxidant, omega 3 oil or COQ10 which is good protection against cardiovascular diseases and prevent our cells attack by free radicals to cause cancer.

The animals combining with the Ox year are the Rat, the Snake, and the Rooster. These animals are into a year of harmony. However, such animal astrology is not totally reliable as the system is not recognized as a formal type of fortune-telling. For more reliable assessment of ones fortune in the year of the Ox, it is recommended that one checks the full Four Pillars of Destiny, which requires full birth data information of the Year, Month, Day and Hour of birth. As the animal signs can appear in all four pillars in a person’s birth data, the clash and penalty relationship with the Ox will not only cause impact on people born in the year of Goat and Ox and Dog. Such clash and penalties can also impact any one who has such animals in the birth month, or day or hour.

Some examples of famous people born in the year of the Goat and under clash in 2009 are Nicole Kidman, Mick Jagger, Julia Roberts, Maggie Q, Chow Yun Fat, Bill Gates, Yo Yo Ma, Steve Jobs, Bruce Willis, Carla Bruni, Heather Mills. There are people who are not born in the year of Goat, but they are also under clash because they are born on the day of Goat, so they will also face a challenging year. Some examples of these people are – Brad Pitt, John McCain, Richard Li, Donald Trump, Martha Stewart, Barbara and Jena Bush.....

People born in year of the Ox is said to be “offending the Grand Duke” and it is also recommended to carry pendant of the Rat. Examples of Ox people are Barak Obama, Andy Lau, Keira Knightly, Richard Gere, Burce Sprinsteen...

For people who are born in the year of the Horse, the Ox year will bring “Flower of Romance” so one can anticipate a more sociable year with more opportunity to develop friendship with the opposite sex... People born in the year of the Pig will be into year of “Travelling Horse” and the Ox year will trigger more travelling and movement.

However, the most serious and dangerous aspect of the Ox is it forms Three Earth Penalty with the Goat and the Dog and bring misfortune and worries, even serious sickness such as cancer. Examples of famous people who will have such three penalty configurations are Bill Gates, Arnold Swarzenegger, J.K. Rowling, Julia Roberts, David Bowie, Angela Merkel, Tzipi Livni and Colin Farrel. Such penalty means hidden danger and could bring trouble and health problem. It is also good to people having such penalty with the Ox to carry a pendant of the Rat to minimize its bad effects. There are numerous examples that such Three Earth Penalty caused complicated health problems and misfortunes and breaking up marriages and causing accidents . The tragic deaths of Lady Diana and Gianni Versace in 1997 year of the Ox can also be attributed to these three earth penalty Ox, Dog and Goat which showed up on that day they passed away..

Feng Shui energies also change from year to year. Therefore, it is necessary to watch for the re-allocation of good and bad energies at the beginning of each year, so that we can take necessary precautions if some bad energy happens to arrive at important locations of our residence or offices. In the year of the Ox, the bad energy called “Five Yellow” – symbolizing obstacles and misfortune, arrives at the North. If your North of the house is an important area such as bedroom or entrances, it is recommended that one hangs a metal wind chime there to dissolve this bad energy. The worst months will be in March, September and December. Another bad star number 2, symbolizing sickness, will arrive in the West in 2009. The traditional method to dissolve this 2 is to hang a string of six metal coins in the affected area in the west of the house The Grand Duke this year is in the North-east, hence it is not favorable to “move earth” or make substantial construction work in this direction. It is also not recommended for one to sit with back against North-east as you will be sitting against the unfavorable energy called “Three Shars” or “Three Killings”. Southwest is the “Crash position” against the Grand Duke which is also not good to sit. The bad star 3 is a star of conflict and robbery. This is present in the North east of the house. It is necessary to put a piece of red paper in the North-east to minimize such bad influence. Also the bad star 7, representing scandals is in the East, the traditional solution for this bad star 7 is to place 3 piece of bamboo plant grown in clear glass vase of water in the east location.

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2010 - Year of the Tiger
by Raymond Lo

The Chinese calendar, commonly known as the Farmers’ Calendar, or the Hsia Calendar, is a fascinatingly accurate system, which not only records the passage of time, but is also a tool for fortune-telling. The famous traditional fortune-telling system – The Four Pillars of Destiny – is exactly referring to reading a person’s destiny from his birth data as presented in the Hsia calendar format. The unique feature of such calendar is that all information about time – year, month, day and hour are presented in terms of the five basic elements – metal, water, wood, fire and earth, which are believed to be the basic components of everything in the Universe. The relationship between the five elements accurately helps one predict what is to come by way of one’s fortunes and thus, one can by using this knowledge, multiply the good luck or minimize the bad luck in one’s life.

The Year of the Tiger, 2010, in the Hsia calendar, is symbolized by two elements – with metal sitting on top of wood. According to the cycle of birth and destruction, which governs the inter-relationship between the elements, metal is the destroyer of wood and so they are on the destructive cycle and have conflict relationship. .Unfortunately this means the year 2010 will not be peaceful with more international conflicts coming up. The yang metal element on top is weapon metal which symbolizes a sword. And this element always associate with the masculine military power. The Tiger underneath is actually matching with the fierce strength of the cold metal sword. The tiger is also a travelling star in Chinese metaphysics. As such, the best symbol for this year is a heavy armored fighting vehicle – a tank. I anticipate this elemental relationship will bring a year of conflict and disharmony in inter-national relationships and it is a year for more clashes and fighting. The yang metal is also symbol of leadership, loyalty to friends, and sense of justice. Yang metal people will come to support when their friends are under attack. As such, this may cause more danger of a global conflict with countries taking side and making military alliances. The yang metal is also a destructive element as it symbolizes weapon., so it could cause more harm and damage from careless mistakes. As such, it is necessary for all world leaders to exercise restraint and play calm in face of disagreement and conflicts. We have already learnt many lessons from past history and hope not to commit the same mistake again.

The Chinese calendar year goes on 60-year cycle. This means that we have experienced the same year of yang metal over Tiger in 1950. This was a year when the world is competing in making atomic bombs. President Harry S. Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb in Jan. 1950. And the Soviet Union claimed to possess atomic bomb in March. And in June, the Korean war broke out and US troops joined in defense of South Korea with North Korean troops captured Seoul. Chinese army marched into Korea in November and launched a massive counter attack against South Korean and US forces…All these are bitter lessons from the past associate with the destructive yang metal. The tendency of loyalty and sense of justice leading to big powers coming to aid of friends and blew up small conflicts into big scale destruction.

The Chinese character for “Yang Metal” represents a metal weapon, a sword, a gun or cannon. . It is associated with the quality of leadership, loyalty to friends, brotherhood, and Justice and destruction. Yang metal man has masculine charm and heroic outlook. Their strong sense of justice and helping the weak often bring them to politics, the military and legal career. As such, people born in a day of “Yang Metal” .often shows an image of strength. They appear to be masculine, heroic and powerful. Some examples of famous people born on a “Yang Metal ” day are Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Queen Elisabeth II, Pop Benedict VXI, Carlos Santana, Gianni Versace, Tiger Woods, Keith Richards, Rene Zellweger, Sheryl Crow, Margaret Thatcher, Hamid Krzai ... . The Yang metal element is often found in high tech business as well as medical industries. Many high flyers in high-tech computer business also born on a day of yang metal, some typical examples are Jerry Yang of Yahoo, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Steve Case of AOL.

The Tiger belongs to wood element and it is representing early spring when trees and plants are getting prosperous. The Tiger contains the seed of fire and is the month February which is consider as the birth month of fire element. As such, inside the Tiger there are very powerful hidden fire energy. History has showed that the Tiger is associate with atomic or nuclear energy. In the last year of Metal Tiger in 1950, both USA and USSR are racing to develop hydrogen bombs and atomic bombs. It is also a year full of accidents related to such nuclear weapons. On 12th Feb. 1950, it is Tiger day, Tiger month in Tiger year, Albert Einstein warned that nuclear war could lead to mutual destruction. And on 13th Feb. The US Air force lost a bomber that carried an atomic bomb off the west coast of Canada. And again on 10th November, same year 1950, another US air force bomber jettisoned and detonated a nuclear bomb over Quebec, Canada. And on 8th March, the Soviet Union proclaimed that she had her first atomic bomb. Also the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred in 1986 a year of Tiger on a day of Yang Metal. So in a Metal Tiger year there is strong possibility that nuclear safety is a major issue and may even trigger nuclear accidents. Other natural disasters involving fire such as forest fire and volcanic eruptions are also very possible in 2010. The yang metal being a destructive element could bring sizable damages and casualties. The danger of nuclear weapons coming under control of North Korea, the Taliban and Iran becomes a major issue threatening world peace. This could bring new development in international relationship with more military alliances which could even escalate the chance of nuclear war.

The Tiger is actually complicated wood element and it contains wood, fire and earth. . Firstly, it is not strong wood as the it is threatened by metal and exhausted by earth and fire. As wood element is symbol of trees and the environment, we can expect the metal attacking wood in 2010 will cause more accidents leading to more destruction of the environment. Natural disasters like forest fire will happen to cause damage to the atmosphere. Metal is 了also a symbol of breathing organ and lung. The conflict involving wood, fire and metal indicates worsening of air quality and more sickness related to breathing organ. The Tiger is also part of a serious configuration in animal astrology called “ Three Fire Penalty”. This configuration is formed when the 3 wood, fire, and metal animals Tiger, Snake and Monkey appear at the same time. Such penalty can cause serious misfortunes related to fire element. such as fire disaster, nuclear energy accidents, eruption of volcano, even inflammation, skin and breathing organ, intestine diseases.

In 2009, as I correctly predicted, was not a good year for airline business, besides many plane crashes and other incidents, there are also less travelling because of the fear of Swine flu. The idea is that airline business is in the category of fire element, so when fire element is absent in 2008 and 2009 it will also weaken the airline business hence causing accidents and problems. This will improve in 2010, as this year of Tiger is seed of fire element . Also the Tiger is part of 3 animals forming fire penalty, and is an active travelling star. As such, we will see more people travel and this should be beneficial to airline and tourism business.

The clash between the Tiger and Monkey is a serious clash between wood and metal elements. Both Tiger and Monkey are travelling stars, so the clash will often bring serious traffic accidents especially car crashes. Therefore people born in years of Monkey have to be particularly careful in 2010. As it is metal and wood clashes the danger could be associate with cars, machineries. So people having such clash must take extra care when driving cars and travelling. Therefore, for people born in the year of Monkey, it is recommended that they carry the pendant of a Pig which will help to attract away the Tiger, so as to minimize the negative influence of the clash. Anyhow, people who are born in the year of Monkey will experience a more turbulent year with more movements, traveling and changes. It is suitable to engage in such movements, such as moving house or moving offices. Traveling is also good but one should refrain from driving fast cars and avoid going straight towards the North east direction as it is the direction of the Grand Duke in 2010. For people born in the year of the Monkey, if possible, it is also good to minimize activities involving fast speed sports, such sports are skiing, car racing, etc.

The Tiger also forms a three penalty relationship with the Snake and the Monkey. Such penalty is hidden danger and may cause disharmony, worries and irritations, or hidden sickness. Therefore people born in the year of the Monkey or Snake is also recommended to carry the pendant of the Pig to minimize such penalty influence in the year of the Tiger.

The Five basic elements represent different parts of our body, Metal in general relates to skin, breathing organ, the lung. As such, the health problems related to Metal year could be breathing organ problem such as flu. Yang metal is also associate with intestines so it may increase chances of colon cancer , food poisoning, and diarrhea. The wood tiger involves both elements of wood and fire. Wood is symbol of the liver, and the Tiger, Monkey and Snake generates serious fire penalty which could cause burning, heart and blood diseases and inflammation. Typical examples of such fire penalty causing health problem or fire tragedy are Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, C Disorder of fire elements can mean problems of heart and blood and this bring inflammation and cancer … these kinds of health problems will also come in focus in the Tiger year in 2010. It is important to take more omega 3 oil and anti –oxidant as a preventive measure.

Continuing on the issue of health problems. As metal sitting on wood will indicate weakness of metal element, year 2010 is also not favorable for people who has weak immune system, . Metal is the element symbolizing lung and breathing organ and skin, with metal further weaken by fire penalty of Tiger, Monkey and Snake, breathing organ problems related to poor air quality, allergy of the nose, and flu will be more serious in 2010.

In recent years the most imminent issue threatening the survival of human race is Global warming. The polar ice caps have been melting down in an alarming speed and there are forecasts that many coastal populated cities will be submerged under the sea by the year 2050. The pair of elements in 2010, yang metal sitting on the tiger shows dryness with total absence of water. Also the flying star 8 goes in the centre in 2010 which is earth element attacking water. So it is anticipated that 2010 could be a more dry year with drought occurring in many parts of the world. Also the apparent weakness of metal element showing up on top of Tiger also reflect bad air quality damaging breathing organ, and that the metal element is destroyer of wood which is a symbol of the environment, these all indicates there may be deteoriation in global warming, leading to more pollution and worsening of the atmosphere and more unusual climate changes could be experienced in 2010.. Global warming is an issue concerning the whole human race and every one of us has the duty to take up effective measure to preserve our environment and support the move to reduce CO2 emission.

In 2010, the feng shui flying star number 8, symbolize earth element and children, is in the centre. This centre number often reflects the focus of events prevailing in the year. Take for example, in 2005 we have Flying star 4 in the centre and the number 4 symbolizes the chicken. So this the year the threat of avian flu began. In 2006 the star 3 in the centre represents conflict and earthquakes, 2007 the number dominate the centre is 2 which is sickness and it has brought the alarm of avian flu in focus again. In 2008 the number 1 in the centre is water element. Hence in 2008 we experienced more cold weather and snowstorm and flooding. In 2009, the fire number 9 is in centre and we did experienced devastating fire in areas such as Australia. So we have to assume the earth element in the centre of 2010 will also bring some problems with earthquake and misfortune involving children.

Regarding flying star feng shui, the current twenty year period from 2004 to 2024 is called “Age of 8” and this number 8 represents the Trigram of Mountain and it also is symbol of young children. Therefore since stepping into Age of 8 in 2004, it seems there are more disasters and misfortune affecting children. The latest incidents included the big earthquake in China in 2008 killing a lot of school kids, also the disaster of contaminated baby milk powder caused serious kidney stone problem to children.. This number 8, representing children is always present in the centre of the flying star chart in this 20 years from 2004 to 2024. But in 2010 the same year star 8 also goes in the centre so the double number 8 could symbolize a year of more danger to children.

Regarding the economy, fire element is often the driving force behind the stock market. The five elements are also affecting peoples mood. In general fire is joy, water is fear, Earth is meditation, metal is sadness, and wood is anger. As such, fire year often generate optimism and drive up the stock market, such as 2006 and 2007. But in 2008 the water arrived and obviously people began to have fear about worsening of the USA sub-prime problem and recession. In the year 2009 there is pure earth on earth. . The earth element is not as fearful as water but is meditation. So it means people will be conservative and play safe. As such, it is a year of continue cooling down but gaining more stability. Fire is the symbol of the financial market and strong fire will stimulate optimism and speculative mentality. Without fire investors will play cool and conservative. In 2009, despite the absence of fire element in the year , the spring and summer months still showed strong wood and fire influences bringing upward surge in the stock and property market. But investors will be more cautious and practical and there will not be dramatic fluctuations such as in the magnitude of yin fire year in 2007. In general 2009 is a year of continual cooling down but showing signs of more stability and calmness with steady upward trend in the stock market. But in 2010. the Tiger carries the seed of fire element and so there is strong chance of a more substantial economic recovery with stronger optimism starting from the spring season.

The metal element of 2010 is expected to bring prosperity to to fire industries and productivity to earth industries, this is because fire conquers metal, so the metal element is a symbol of money to the fire industry, which includes finance, entertainment and energy. Earth element produces metal, so metal is the output and productivity of Earth industry. As such metal year will bring activities to Earth industry which includes property, hotel, mining, insurance. The second best industries could be metal and water, as metal sees the wood tiger as money element and water sees wood tiger as creative element. Metal industries are banking, machinery, high tech, cars. Water industries are shipping, transport, communications. So we can see some recovery in the banking and financial aspect in 2010. The industry which is not that favorable is wood element. This includes forestry, furniture, fashion, textile, paper, media, newspaper and magazines, and the recently coming up new industry of environmental protection is also falling into the category of wood. Wood industries is not so good in 2010 because there is no earth for it to conquer and no obvious fire for wood to produce.

The banking and financial tsunami that started in 2008 is mostly triggered by the absence of fire elements and the dominating water element which generated fear. Banking is Metal and it needs fire to melt it into useful tools. And finance and stock market are more related to fire which generates optimism. As such, the total absence of fire element in 2008 and 2009 is responsible for the slow down in economy and the banking crisis. However, the Tiger of 2010 is mother and seed of fire and it is also essential part of the fire penalty. Therefore it is anticipated that such wood will create a condition for a steady improvement in optimism and that will bring more healthy economic recovery and growth in 2010.

With respect to the hi-tech industries sector, as represented by the NASDAQ. I have postulated that this industry is mainly represented by the metal element. As such, the prosperity of hi-tech industry requires the strong appearance of water and wood, which are symbols of productivity and money of the metal industry. In 2010 the wood element, meaning money profitability to hi-tech industries is not weak but is hidden underneath the metal. Also there is absence of water to support the wood. As such, it is anticipated that the year is favorable for hi-tech or internet types of business with some recovery and progress. But the absence of water and the suppress of wood under metal in this year could mean there are more activities without real substantial money gains.

In summary, the industries that will perform well in the year of the Tiger will be industries related to Fire and Earth elements. Fire industries are entertainment, finance, energy, The earth industry such as property, hotel, mining, insurance etc is active but not making obvious profit as their money element – water is absent. The metal industry such as banking, machinery, engineering, computer, and high tech industries will enter a year of investment with more stability than previous two years. And the sectors relating to water such as shipping, communication, drinks, spa will be moving ahead with conservatism. Wood industry may not be doing very well as their money element earth is absent.

In general, the Yang Metal Tiger year, with Metal on top and wood below, is symbol of power and conquer. It will bring more conflict and disharmony than 2009 so it may not be a peaceful year with international clashes and disagreements. The yang metal is a destructive weapon so it requires more patience and restraint to prevent skirmishes and wars. Especially the Tiger is hidden seed of fire and there could also be danger of nuclear weapon getting out of control. However, the positive side of yang metal is it is also an element of Justice, loyalty and hopefully such virtuous quality will help world leaders to make wise decisions to minimize any disagreement and conflicts. Yang metal is a hero image who is willing to sacrifice personal interest for the good of the public and who is willing to come to the aid of people who are in need of support. . So this good quality will bring more charitable actions, good sense of brotherhood in co-operation to solve global problems. The theme is brotherhood to heal and cure common problem that the whole world is facing, such as natural disasters, global warming, and the spreading of massive destructive weapons. We will also see economic recovery from the turbulent time of 2008 and begin to reconstruct our world and allow planet earth to heal.

The animal sign which is most unfavorable is the Monkey which is in direct clash against the Tiger. Such clashes will usually bring about turbulence, movements, accident or changes... So people born in the year of the Monkey will anticipate more traveling, or movements such as changing jobs or moving house. It is necessary to carry the pendant of a Pig as protection to attract the Tiger away. For the Monkey people, the clash against the Tiger could bring accidents related to travelling and traffic, injury during travelling or fast speed sports such as skiing, car racing, etc. For people who are under clash with the year, it is ok to travel more, making changes such as moving house, or change job. However, for people born in the year of the Monkey it is recommended not to travel directly towards the direction of the Grand Duke, which is the north-east direction. . The other animal’s signs facing unfavorable positions are the Snake and the Tiger. When Snake encounters Tiger year will be forming part of the Three Penalty.. . Such penalties will usually bring disharmony, irritation, worries and frustrations, as well as sickness, especially when the Monkey also come to join the Snake and the Tiger. . Also people born in year of the Tiger are offending the Grand Duke which is also not auspicious and it is necessary to carry Pig pendant to minimize the negative effect. The imbalance of earth and the absence of fire this year will bring serious problem of the breathing organ, skin, heart and blood circulation problem and colon and blood cancer. . As such, it is necessary to take heavy dosages of anti-oxidant, omega 3 oil which is good protection against cardiovascular diseases and prevent our cells attack by free radicals to cause inflammation and cancer.

The animals combining with the Tiger year are the Pig, the Horse, and the Dog. These animals are into a year of harmony. However, such animal astrology is not totally reliable as the system is not recognized as a formal type of fortune-telling. For more reliable assessment of ones fortune in the year of the Tiger, it is recommended that one checks the full Four Pillars of Destiny, which requires full birth data information of the Year, Month, Day and Hour of birth. As the animal signs can appear in all four pillars in a person’s birth data, the clash and penalty relationship with the Tiger will not only cause impact on people born in the year of Monkey and Snake and Tiger. Such clash and penalties can also impact any one who has such animals in the birth month, or day or hour.

Some examples of famous people born in the year of the Monkey and under clash in 2010 are Celine Dion, Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Hanks, Michael Douglas, Edison Chan, Mahmound Ahmadinejad, Owen Wilson, Halle Berry, Donald Tsang, Yao Ming, Diana Ross, Daniel Craig. There are people who are not born in the year of Monkey, but they are also under clash because they are born on the day of Monkey, so they will also face a challenging year. Some examples of these people are – David Beckham, Benjamin Netanyahu, Kate Winslet, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Li Ka Shing…... The clash against the Day Pillar will usually cause movement or conflict in the family or human relationship area, especially in the relationship with the spouse or opposite sex.

People born in year of the Tiger is said to be “offending the Grand Duke” and it is also recommended to carry pendant of the Pig. Examples of Tiger people are Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Eason Chan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jon Bon Jovi, Stevie Wonder, Richard Branson …...

For people who are born in the year of the Rabbit, the Tiger year will bring “Flower of Romance” so one can anticipate a more sociable year with more opportunity to develop friendship with the opposite sex... People born in the year of the Monkey, Rat and Dragon will be into year of “Travelling Horse” and the Tiger year will trigger more travelling and movement.

People born in yin metal day or yin metal year – years ending with 1, such as1951, 1961, 1981, 1971 will meet nobleman in the year of tiger, this means they will encounter supportive people who brings them benefits and help.

However, the most serious and dangerous aspect of the Tiger is it forms Three Fire Penalty with the Snake and Monkey and bring misfortune and worries, even serious sickness such as heart attack and inflammation . Examples of famous people who will have such three penalty configurations are, J.K. Rowling, Mel Gibson, Such penalty means hidden danger and could bring trouble and health problem. It is also good for people having such penalty with the Tiger to carry a pendant of the Pig to minimize its bad effects. There are numerous examples that such Three Fire Penalty caused complicated health problems and misfortunes and breaking up marriages and causing accidents . The tragic deaths of Christa Macauliffe who died in The Challenger explosion in 1986, Elivs Presley died in 1977 of complicated health issues, Jimi Hendrix died in 1970 by choking in his sleep, Tom Cruise divorced Nicole Kidman in 2001 and Nathasha Richardson died of head injury when skiing in 2009, all can be attributed to these three fire penalty of Tiger, Snake and Monkey which showed up on that day or year when the misfortune happened..

President Barak Obama is a strong earth person and he needs metal and water elements to exhaust his excessive earth energy. Wood is also favorable as it helps to suppress his excessive earth elements. The metal in 2010 is his favorable elements representing his skill and intelligence. As such, it is a year he has chance to show off his talent and gets recognition in his performance. The Tiger is not only his power element but is also his nobleman as he is born in 1961. As such, it will be a favorable year for Obama with achievements and successes.

Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Chief secretary is born in year of Monkey and day of Monkey. So in 2010 he will be under double clash which will bring him a turbulent year. This could mean he will be busy performing a fire fighting role owing to more international conflicts and disharmony.

Feng Shui energies also change from year to year. Therefore, it is necessary to watch for the re-allocation of good and bad energies at the beginning of each year, so that we can take necessary precautions if some bad energy happens to arrive at important locations of our residence or offices. In the year of the Tiger, the bad energy called “Five Yellow” – symbolizing obstacles and misfortune, arrives at the Southwest. If your Southwest of the house is an important area such as bedroom or entrances, it is recommended that one hangs a metal wind chime there to dissolve this bad energy. The worst months will be in May, August. Another bad star number 2, symbolizing sickness, will arrive in the Northeast in 2010. The traditional method to dissolve this 2 is to hang a string of six metal coins in the affected area in the Northeast of the house The Grand Duke this year is in the North-east, hence it is not favorable to “move earth” or make substantial construction work in this direction. It is also not recommended for one to sit with back against North as you will be sitting against the unfavorable energy called “Three Shars” or “Three Killings”. Southwest is the “Crash position” against the Grand Duke which is also not good to sit. The bad star 3 is a star of conflict and robbery. This is present in the South of the house. It is necessary to put a piece of red paper in the South to minimize such bad influence. Also the bad star 7, representing scandals is in the Southeast, the traditional solution for this bad star 7 is to place 3 piece of bamboo plant grown in clear glass vase of water in the Southeast location.

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psychic discreetguy_mideast ano po ang personal prediction nyo sa year 2010?