The Law of Change

   The Lichun Bazi for the year was 12:50AM 4 February 1873. Yin fire is relatively weak born in the month where wood element is strong, however, there were 3 water element and 2 metal element which drain the yin fire. 癸酉年柱 cause 丁亥柱落空亡, which represent some danger around May-June-July period. 丁亥柱 created a vacuum in 午(禄神) and 未(食神).  From Feng shui perspective, 一百当运, 三煞在东, 一百入中 Railroad was the most prosperous sector (流动性行业, 运输行业), like water, it moves and facilitates transportation. This was helped by US government giving away land grant to contractor in exchange for railroad. Businessmen were more than happy to build railroad from nowhere to nowhere in exchange for free land, as land speculation was a national pastime.   On I-Ching, 1873 was given Hexagram56 - 'Sojourning', 下下卦, 子孙持世, 求功名就艰难. A bad hexagram and can mean job loss etc. It doesn't really explain the Panic of 1873 in this case.  Moving to market itself, the composite model only expect some e...

In this article, i will try and explore the period from 1844 to 1863 which is governed by fire in feng shui.  Fire represents: 1. Brightness and hope or culture 2. War and revolution 3. Food and beverage industry 4. Technology sector and electricity 5. Energy sector like oil and gas industry 6. Eye. the eye can see many things analogous to the way sunlight shines on every corner of the earth 7. Mass communication Prior to the official entry into the 'fire' element period of 1844 to 1863, there were already some development around the subject of electric.  In 1833, Wilhelm Weber and Carl Friedrich Gauss invented the world's first electromagnetic telegraph In 1839, Michael Faraday published Experimental researches in electricity, with the second and third volume coming in on 1844 & 1845 In 1840, Warren De la Rue enclosed a platinum coil in a vacuum tube and passed an electric current through it, thus creating one of the world's first electric light bulbs.  In 1844,...

 The lichun bazi of 1966 was 14:32 4 February 2022, 月令建禄, a very strong Yang Wood. The fire element is strong in this bazi,  巳午未三会, 寅午戌三合. War and conflict is common, Vietnam war, China cultural revolution where the economy entered a period of stagnation. The book, 丙丁龟鉴 written in 1246AD, by柴望, showed a recurring pattern of war and civil unrest that centred on Yang Fire horse year and Yin Fire Goat year. This book covers a period of 1,260 years where 21 samples of Fire Horse and Fire goat years were available based on sexagenarian cycle.  From feng shui perspective: 六百运, 七赤入中, 三煞在北 The sixth star was the dominant star from 1964 - 1983.  In 1966, 丙午 was another chaotic year, where China initiated the cultural revolution, 文化大革命.  五黄 was located in the east, many people perished due to famine / persecuted / massacre in China. It's worth to note that the Sabbatical cycle began from Sep 1965 to Sep 1966, big disasters around the world also took place within this...

  The 1973 lichun bazi was 7:17AM 4 February 1973. Yin metal, weak by nature, not suitable to accumulate a lot of wealth. It was a chaotic year, where we have Vietnam War, Cambodia Civil war, Yom Kippur War, and China cultural revolution. From this perspective, it does pays to have a close look at Feng shui, because 三煞在东. Out of 4 wars and revolution that took place in 1973, 3 events were located in the east, while Yom Kippur was taking place in centre part of world map.  Feng Shui for 1973, 中元六百运, 流年九紫入中, 三煞在东 三煞 = Vietnam War + Cambodia Civil War + China cultural revolution 六百属金当令, 九紫退运, 坏的方面更凸显 = Yom Kippur War + oil embargo 二黑退运星 = oil price +400%, recession in western countries I-Ching, 1973's hexagram was Hexagram11 - 'Pervading' While the hexagram itself signifies prosperity, it is quite the opposite in reality, it was a chaotic year. Stock markets were bearish throughout the year, because 兄弟持世,求财艰难.  We have again the Sabbatical cycle beginning from the Sep 1972 -...

 Does 7 carry any significance outside of the bible? Less so, at least not in Islam or Chinese metaphysics. Though 7 can be destructive in feng shui, as it is represented by 七赤破军星, 化气为耗. 冲锋陷阵的敢死队.  Let's take a look at Sabbath Cycle, which is every 7 years. You harvest from your soil for 6 years, and you take rest and do not harvest on the 7th year.  Looking at the Hebrew calendar which begins from Sep to another year's Sep. Here we will have the following:  Sep 2021 - Sep 2022 Sep 2014 - Sep 2015 China A market crashed 45% by Aug 2015 Sep 2007 - Sep 2008 US Subprime mortgage crisis, global markets were down 50%  Sep 2000 - Sep 2001 Dot Com bubble burst & 11 Sep 2001 Terrorist attack on World Trade Center Sep 1993 - Sep 1994 Bond Market crisis, bond market lost $1.5 trillion globally.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_bond_market_crisis Sep 1986 - Sep 1987 Black Monday, 19 October 1987, index fell 22.5% in a day Sep 1979 - Sep 1980 Gold price peaked a...

  Above is the Lichun Bazi of 2007. 己土, is yin earth. The officer, 寅木, yang wood power is strong. Both the 壬 and 亥 water will strengthen the wood. There were also 3 fire elements in the bazi. Fire represent explosion and hot temperature. The 2007 European heatwave ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_European_heat_wave ) and the 2007 Asian heatwave ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Asian_heat_wave ) from March to July caused many wildfires and near collapse of the electricity grid system due to overconsumption of electricity for cooling purposes.  The heat also set off explosion of a chemical plant in Shanxi, China.  Moving to Feng Shui, 二黑入中宫 ( http://www.zyqmdj.com/3534.html ):  2007 is the year of the pig, the three killing, 三煞位, is located in the west. It marks the beginning of the Subprime mortgage crisis, originating in the US. On 9 August 2007, BNP Paribas blocked withdrawals from 3 hedge funds heavily invested in subprime mortgages.  The eighth s...

  So how does the 12 earthly branches came to appear in Chinese culture? Jupiter is the largest planet within the solar system, and visible to the naked eye. It takes about 12 years for Jupiter to orbit around the Sun. Hence, ancient Chinese dedicate each branch to a specific position of Planet Jupiter and this is the origin of the 12 earthly branches.  1. Rat                               2. Ox  3. Tiger                           4. Rabbit  5. Dragon                        6. Snake  7. Horse                        8. Goat  9. Monkey                     10. Rooster  11. Dog      ...

  Above is the Lichun bazi for 2022, 4 February 2022 4:58AM. 4 yang wood, represent the seven killings to 戊, the yang earth. It does give the impression that there will be a lot of conflict in the Year of 2022. Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The year and month pillars were identical, this will usually mean a lot of hiccups throughout the year, and progress will be slow.  Wood absorbs water, 木旺火相, when the wood is abundant, it provides ample of fuel to the fire. Hence, looking at weather, many places from North pole to United Kingdom to Spain witnessed record high temperature in July & August.                                                                            https://phys.org/news/2022-03-hot-poles-antarctica-arctic-degrees.html Droughts were so severe across Eu...