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Feng Shui Uses of the Sixty Nayin and the Twelve Transports (Advanced Case Study 13)

Introduction................................................................................................................................. 5 Part 1: Selecting Days for Yang House and Yin House............................................................. 6

Yang house feng shui:......................................................................................................... 6 Yin house feng shui: ........................................................................................................... 8 Six Oppositions (六沖 Liu Chong):.................................................................................... 9 Quiz 1................................................................................................................................ 13 Quiz 1 Answers................................................................................................................. 14

Part 2: The Nayin Sixty Jiazi (納音六十甲子)......................................................................... 15 The Calculation of the Nayin Sixty Jiazi Element............................................................ 17 Day Selection for Construction, using the Nayin: ............................................................ 19 Quiz 2................................................................................................................................ 21 Quiz 2 Answers................................................................................................................. 22

Part 3: Personal Year Sha 本命年煞 (benming niansha).......................................................... 23 Personal Year Sha, Part 1.................................................................................................. 23 Personal Year Sha, Part 2.................................................................................................. 25 Quiz 3................................................................................................................................ 28 Quiz 3 Answers................................................................................................................. 30

Part 4: The Twelve Transports (Chang Sheng)......................................................................... 32 A Different Application: Breaking through Obstruction.................................................. 38 Quiz 4................................................................................................................................ 39 Quiz 4 Answers................................................................................................................. 41

Part 5: Pushing the People and Pushing the Wealth ................................................................. 43 Pushing the wealth [流年催財 liunian cuicai]:................................................................. 43 Pushing the people [流年催丁 liunian cuiding]: ............................................................. 45 Quiz 5................................................................................................................................ 50 Quiz 5 Answers................................................................................................................. 51

Conclusion ................................................................................................................................ 53


Feng Shui Uses of the Sixty Nayin and the Twelve Transports (Advanced Case Study 13)

Introduction Prerequisites for this class:

1. FS102 Advanced Feng Shui Class 2. AS101 Stems and Branches

Please make sure you have reviewed the branch relationships of the six oppositions (六沖) and the three combinations (三合). You should also review the five combinations (五合) of the stems.

This class teaches practical information on both Yin House and Yang House Feng Shui and includes information on:

� Choosing an appropriate sitting/facing based on the directions that are usable in a particular year.

� Even though a house or grave may have a good feng shui chart, building it during certain years may bring good or bad feedback for a short period of time.

� Calculating the timing for marking the ground for a new building based on its sitting/facing.

� Calculating the timing for remodeling or additions based on their direction in the house.

� A technique called ‘pushing the wealth’: to increase wealth based on the current year.

� A technique called ‘pushing the people’: to increase the number of occupants by marriage or birth.

� To do these calculations, we need to learn the following: o The nayin sixty jiazi and the five elements. o The twelve transports (chang sheng).


Part 1: Selecting Days for Yang House and Yin House Yang house feng shui:

• There are two aspects to yang house feng shui: new construction and remodeling.

• The effects of feng shui are calculated for the occupants, but we should also consider the workers.

• It is best to move out during remodeling. Try not to move in until all the construction and landscaping is done.

For yang house, the feng shui affects the construction workers as well as those who live in the house. Therefore, moving in after completing all the construction and landscaping protects the owners, but not the workers. Don’t move into a house where someone has died a violent death (murder, suicide, accident – including during construction); sometimes the effects linger. Sometimes, this information is not known before the purchase. In that case, it must be the owner’s destiny to purchase a house where someone has died. Even if the owners do not care about the construction workers, they should care about worker safety, as a death by accident can bring feng shui problems later. For example, blood going into the earth leaves a bad type of qi there. (Don’t build on a land that previously held a slaughterhouse or something of that sort. The only way to clean this land is by placing dry grass on it and burning it for 3 days! But after fire, it is considered ‘wang land’ according to the old books.) In addition, even a non-fatal accident implies that there is a problem with the feng shui or the timing of the construction. Whatever aspect is not harmonious can affect the occupants after they move in. Accidents can be caused by problems in the feng shui chart. For example, 6-7 means injury by metal. 3-5 can mean an explosion.


Accidents can also be caused by improper day selection. If this is the case, as time passes, the bad effects will dissipate, since the problem is not built into the house. It is okay to buy a house that had groundbreaking on a poorly selected day after it is already complete, as long as no one died there during construction. In fact, if the house has already been built, it is next to impossible to find out when the groundbreaking took place. 陽宅以坐為主. In yang house feng shui, the sitting governs. It is a basic principle of yin-yang theory that yin and yang are inseparable and depend on each other. The sitting is the yin side of a house (quiet, closed, heavy). The residents of a yang house go out in the daytime and are active. They need a refuge where they can return, a place of safety and rest to balance the yang activity of life. This is why the sitting governs yang house. When applying a xuankong feng shui chart for yang house, we use the nine-palace grid.

4 9 2

3 5 7

8 1 6 A square shape is the symbol of the earth (round symbolizes heaven). Most houses are built with 90° angles. Qi fills a house and takes on its shape just like water takes on the shape of its container. Once the roof is placed on top and the qi is captured in a house, the building is plugged into the earth. The qi is guided by the walls in the house and is more closely related to earth qi (square) than heaven qi (round).


Yin house feng shui: This class will NOT give enough information for you to practice yin house feng shui, although it is important to understand some of the general principles.

• Yin house means the burial site. • Even if the feng shui of a grave is good, if buried at a bad time, the benefits

won’t come quickly or something bad may happen to a family member. • The bad effects in yang house only affect one family: the family that lives

there. In yin house, it can affect many families: all the descendants for a few generations.

Day selection: Traditionally, a day was selected for the ceremony (funeral) and for the burial. They might be the same day, or they might not. Day selection for burial is based on the day the grave is covered, not the day the hole is dug or the day the marker is placed. 陰宅以向為重. In yin house feng shui, the facing has the weight.

The marker is like an antenna to receive the qi. The facing is based on the marker, not the position of the body. There are different burial customs in different places with regards to the marker and the position of the body. If the marker is flat to the ground, as it often is today, take sitting and facing by the big environment (upward slope behind, open space in front, etc.).

The facing is considered more important in yin house feng shui, as yin needs the warmth and movement of yang to activate it. Otherwise, a grave-site is too inert. When applying a xuankong feng shui chart for yin house, we use pie slices.

A grave is not enclosed like a yang house. There are no walls to contain and shape the qi. There is no roof to prevent free interaction with the qi of heaven. Heaven is said to be round, which means that the qi is free in every direction. Hence, the pie slices are appropriate.


Six Oppositions (六沖六沖六沖六沖 Liu Chong): You should already be familiar with these.

Oppositions Branch Opposes

Zi Wu Chou Wei Yin Shen Mao You Chen Xu

Si Hai Wu Zi Wei Chou Shen Yin You Mao Xu Chen Hai Si

The oppositions are quite important in Day Selection. Both Day Selection Classes (1 and 2) spend a lot of time discussing oppositions. We will restate some rules for construction here, but if you want to understand it at a deeper level, please refer to those classes.


In burial, groundbreaking, or beginning a remodeling job, the oppositions are avoided in terms of:

• Time: avoid the year breaker and month breaker. (This is when the current day branch opposes the branch of the current year or month.) In addition, the branch of the month should not oppose the branch of the year.

• Person: avoid consumers for the occupant in yang house or the deceased in yin house. (This is when the person’s birth year branch opposes the branch of the current day. You should also avoid opposing the year and month.)

• House: The 15° of the sitting (for yang house) or the facing (for yin house) cannot oppose the current year, month, or day branch, even if the feng shui is good otherwise. This is true for new construction or for remodeling. The sitting (for yang house) or facing (for yin house) also should not oppose the occupant’s birth year branch (yin house) or the deceased birth year branch (yin house).

• Direction: In remodeling, the direction(s) of the work cannot oppose the year, month, or day branch.

All the above refer to the day of groundbreaking (for new construction), the first day of remodeling, or the day of the funeral or burial. They do not affect on-going construction. The tradition in China is that if someone’s birth year branch is in conflict with the current year, they should not attend burials, or if they do, they must turn their back to the open grave as the body is being lowered. They are especially vulnerable to this type of earth qi. In addition:

• Don’t disturb the taisui or year breaker when digging in the yard. (The taisui is the direction associated with the branch of the current year, and the year breaker is the opposite direction.)

• Don’t disturb direction of the annual or monthly 5. • Don’t do construction or renovation when the annual or monthly 5 is in the

center or in the sitting for yang house (or facing for yin house). • Don’t disturb the three sha.

All of these apply, not just for groundbreaking, but for the whole period of time when construction or remodeling is being done. Construction that was begun earlier needs to be finished by the time these stars arrive. When a bad day is selected, the effects usually last for a short time. It may result in one bad event and then the problem is past.


Day Selection

Yang House Avoid Yin House Construction Remodeling

Avoid day, sitting

Avoid day, sitting, direction for renovations Year and

month breaker

Avoid day, facing Avoid for groundbreaking or first day of

construction; on-going construction is okay. Avoid sitting,

center Avoid sitting, center, direction Annual or

monthly 5 Avoid

facing, center Avoid for the duration of time

Consumers

Avoid day or facing

direction for deceased

Avoid day or sitting direction for occupants, owner

Avoid digging, construction, if possible Month

opposes year Avoid burial,

if possible For groundbreaking or first day of construction, on-going construction is okay.

Avoid day, sitting, direction for disturbing the earth or construction

Three sha Avoid day,

facing Avoid direction or sitting for the duration of time. Avoid groundbreaking on this day, but on-going

construction is okay on sha days. Taisui Avoid disturbing the earth in this direction for the duration of time

These concepts are discussed in more detail in the Day Selection 2 Class and the Taisui, Year Breaker, and Three Sha Class. To understand these concepts more fully, please refer to these classes. To calculate these days, you need to refer to the Ten-Thousand-Year Calendar.


Example: Someone born in 1953 (a gui si year) wants to build a house that will sit south, in the wu (m) direction. It is currently 2005, a yi you year. He wants to begin construction after June 5th, the ren wu month. The annual 5 and the monthly 5 are both in the northwest, neither the center nor the sitting.

The sitting and facing of the house are not affected by the taisui (you, s, west) or the year breaker (mao, g, east).

The monthly sha are in hai zi chou. The annual sha are in yin mao chen. The house does not sit in any of these directions, so construction is okay. (See Day Selection 2 Class for details.)

3

south sitting

8 1

2 year

breaker 4

6 taisui

7 9

annual and

monthly 5

The month (wu) does not oppose the year (you). Now we need to pick a day. Even if you don’t know how to pick a good day, at

least you can avoid a bad day. We need to avoid: Hai days (consumer for the owner) Zi days (consumer for the house, breaker for the month) Mao days (year breaker) Hai zi chou days (month sha) Yin mao chen days (year sha) So we can use any si, wu, wei, shen, you, or xu day that month. June 5th, a

shen day, is the first available day to begin construction.


Quiz 1 Owner’s birth year: 1976, bing chen House sitting: east, mao (g) Current year: 2010, geng yin Current month: After April 5 th, geng chen Directions:

1. Where is the annual 5? 2. Where is the monthly 5? 3. Where is the year breaker? 5. Where is the month breaker?

5. Can we do construction on this house at this time? Timing:

6. Does the month oppose the year? 7. What is the owner’s consumer? 8. What is the house’s consumer? 9. What is the year breaker? 10. What is the month breaker?

11. On which days can we begin construction? List the branches: 12. What is the first day we could begin construction on this house?

a. April 5th yi you b. April 6th bing xu c. April 7th ding hai d. April 8th wu zi e. April 9th ji chou f. April 10th geng yin


Quiz 1 Answers Owner’s birth year: 1976, bing chen House sitting: east, mao (g) Current year: 2010, geng yin Current month: After April 5 th, geng chen Directions:

1. Where is the annual 5? southwest 2. Where is the monthly 5? north 3. Where is the year breaker? shen (q) 5. Where is the month breaker? xu (u)

5. Can we do construction on this house at this time? Yes, none of these interfere with the sitting of the house. Timing:

6. Does the month oppose the year? no 7. What is the owner’s consumer? xu 8. What is the house’s consumer? you 9. What is the year breaker? shen 10. What is the month breaker? xu

11. On which days can we begin construction? List the branches: zi, chou, yin, mao, chen, si, wu, wei, or hai. (If you know the three sha, also eliminate zi, chou, si, wu, wei, and hai.) 12. What is the first day we could begin construction on this house?

a. April 5th yi you b. April 6th bing xu c. April 7th ding hai d. April 8th wu zi e. April 9th ji chou f. April 10th geng yin

If you know the three sha, the answer is f. April 10 th geng yin. If you don’t know the three sha, the answer is c. April 7 th ding hai.


Part 2: The Nayin Sixty Jiazi (納音六十甲子納音六十甲子納音六十甲子納音六十甲子) The sixty nayin were first discussed by a Chinese doctor and alchemist named 葛洪 Ge

Hong (284-341 CE) in a book called 《抱朴子》 Baopuzi. 納 Na means to take or accommodate. 音 Yin is a sound or tone. (The nayin are also

discussed in the Partner Selection Class.) The sixty nayin are listed in the following table: jia zi

yi chou metal

in the sea

bing yin ding mao

fire in the oven

wu chen ji si

wood in the big forest

geng wu xin wei earth

on the side of the road

ren shen gui you metal

of the sword's edge

jia xu yi hai fire

on the mountain top

bing zi ding chou

water in the bottom of

the ravine

wu yin ji mao earth

on the top of the city wall

geng chen xin si metal

of white wax

ren wu gui wei wood from a

willow tree jia shen yi you water

in a spring

bing xu ding hai

earth on the top of

the house

wu zi ji chou

fire of a thunderbolt

geng yin xin mao wood

from a pine tree

ren chen gui si water

constantly flowing

jia wu yi wei metal

in sand

bing shen ding you

fire on the bottom of a mountain

wu xu ji hai wood

on level ground

geng zi xin chou

earth on a wall

ren yin gui mao metal

of gold foil

jia chen yi si fire

inside a lampshade

bing wu ding wei

water in the heavenly

river

wu shen ji you earth

in a big post station

geng xu xin hai metal

of hairpins and bracelets

ren zi gui chou

wood from a

mulberry tree jia yin yi mao water

in a big creek

bing chen ding si earth

in sand

wu wu ji wei fire

in heaven

geng shen xin you wood from a

pomegranate

ren xu gui hai water

in the big sea

The concept of nayin is very profound, although it is not well known. It has many applications. The nayin are especially important in yin house feng shui.


Each pair of adjacent stem-branch combinations has an associated element that is generated by that combination. However, it is not just a generic quality of the element; it has a characteristic associated with it. For example:

• Either jiazi or yichou are metal in the sea. Seawater corrodes metal, so this metal is relatively weak.

• Either jiawu or yiwei are metal in sand. Sand is part of earth, which supports metal.

• Either renshen or guiyou are metal of the sword's edge. This is metal as a weapon, aggressive and sharp.

• Either gengxu or xinhai are metal of hairpins and bracelets. This is a delicate and elegant use of metal.

• Either gengchen or xinsi are metal of white wax. Something made of wax and painted to look like metal may look hard on the outside but easily melts.

• Either renyin or guimao are metal of gold foil. This is bright, reflective, and decorative, but not very strong.

You can see the characteristics of each type of metal are different. Please use your common sense and imagination to understand the other elements in a similar fashion.


The Calculation of the Nayin Sixty Jiazi Element When it comes to nayin, the stems and branches each have associated numbers, given in the table below:

Stems 9 8 7 6 5

jia or ji

yi or geng

bing or xin

ding or ren

wu or gui

Branches 9 8 7 6 5 4

zi or wu

chou or wei

yin or shen

mao or you

chen or xu

si or hai

These numbers come from an old memorization poem. Note that in the above table, the stems with the same value are in the relationship called the five combinations. The branches that have the same value are in the relationship called the six oppositions.

a. Each nayin group is shared by two stem-branch combinations which are adjacent in the cycle of sixty, for example: jia zi and yi chou. b. Add up the values of the two stems and the two branches in the group. c. Divide the sum by 5, and take the remainder. (Take a remainder of 0 as 5.) d. The remainders of 1 through 5 are associated with an element, given in the table below:

1 2 3 4 5 fire earth wood metal water

Example: Jia zi and yi chou are combinations 1 and 2 in the cycle of sixty. Jia is 9, zi is 9, yi is 8, chou is 8. 9+9+8+8=34. 34/5 = 6 with a remainder of 4. 4 corresponds to metal. So the nayin for jia zi and yi chou is metal.


For your convenience, the table below contains the nayin information for various years:

Stem, Branch, and Nayin Years Stem, Branch, and Nayin Years 1 Jia Zi 1924 1984 31 Jia Wu 1954 2014 2 Yi Chou

metal in the sea 1925 1985 32 Yi Wei

metal in sand 1955 2015

3 Bing Yin 1926 1986 33 Bing Shen 1956 2016

4 Ding Mao fire in the

oven 1927 1987 34 Ding You

fire on the bottom of a mountain 1957 2017

5 Wu Chen 1928 1988 35 Wu Xu 1958 2018 6 Ji Si

wood in the big forest 1929 1989 36 Ji Hai

wood on level ground 1959 2019

7 Geng Wu 1930 1990 37 Geng Zi 1960 2020

8 Xin Wei

earth on the side of the

road 1931 1991 38 Xin Chou earth on a wall

1961 2021

9 Ren Shen 1932 1992 39 Ren Yin 1962 2022 10 Gui You

metal of the sword's edge 1933 1993 40 Gui Mao

metal of gold foil 1963 2023

11 Jia Xu 1934 1994 41 Jia Chen 1964 2024 12 Yi Hai

fire on the mountain top 1935 1995 42 Yi Si

fire inside a lampshade 1965 2025

13 Bing Zi 1936 1996 43 Bing Wu 1966 2026

14 Ding Chou

water in the bottom of the

ravine 1937 1997 44 Ding Wei water in the

heavenly river 1967 2027

15 Wu Yin 1938 1998 45 Wu Shen 1968 2028

16 Ji Mao

earth on the top of the city wall 1939 1999 46 Ji You

earth in a big post station 1969 2029

17 Geng Chen 1940 2000 47 Geng Xu 1970 2030

18 Xin Si metal of

white wax 1941 2001 48 Xin Hai

metal of hairpins and

bracelets 1971 2031

19 Ren Wu 1942 2002 49 Ren Zi 1972 2032 20 Gui Wei

wood from a willow tree 1943 2003 50 Gui Chou

wood from a mulberry tree 1973 2033

21 Jia Shen 1944 2004 51 Jia Yin 1974 2034 22 Yi You

water in a spring 1945 2005 52 Yi Mao

water in a big creek 1975 2035

23 Bing Xu 1946 2006 53 Bing Chen 1976 2036

24 Ding Hai

earth on the top of the

house 1947 2007 54 Ding Si earth in sand

1977 2037

25 Wu Zi 1948 2008 55 Wu Wu 1978 2038 26 Ji Chou

fire of a thunderbolt 1949 2009 56 Ji Wei

fire in heaven 1979 2039

27 Geng Yin 1950 2010 57 Geng Shen 1980 2040 28 Xin Mao

wood from a pine tree 1951 2011 58 Xin You

wood from a pomegranate 1981 2041

29 Ren Chen 1952 2012 59 Ren Xu 1982 2042

30 Gui Si

water constantly flowing 1953 2013

60 Gui Hai water in the big

sea 1983 2043


Day Selection for Construction, using the Nayin: Compare the current year nayin element to your own birth year nayin element. You can also compare the current month and/or day. There are a few possibilities:

1. The current year, month, or day nayin is the same element as or produces

your birth year nayin element. This is considered good. 2. The current year, month, or day nayin reduces your birth year nayin

element, or your birth year nayin element dominates the current year. In this case you may need to spend some time and money to take care of the house. The house will be a burden to you.

3. The current year, month, or day nayin element dominates your birth year nayin element. This is the worst condition. Beginning construction should be avoided.

But remember, there is rarely a perfect day. Don’t be too fussy. The more you know about day selection, the fewer days look good! There is a saying: the perfect can be the enemy of the good. If you wait for perfection, you may never be able to start. There is also a Chinese saying that 8 or 9 out of 10 is not what you want. Accept reality and realize that something doesn’t have to be perfect to be adequate. Remedy: If the current year nayin element dominates your birth year nayin element, you can remedy it through day selection, using the five combinations.

The Five Combinations (Wu He 五合) The heavenly stems try to combine in the following way (This was discussed in the Stems and Branches Class):

STEMS ELEMENT 1 Jia + 6 Ji = Earth 2 Yi + 7 Geng = Metal 3 Bing + 8 Xin = Water 4 Ding + 9 Ren = Wood 5 Wu + 10 Gui = Fire

You can use the five combinations to break apart the current year nayin element. Once the year stem is more attracted to something outside, it no longer combines with the year branch to make a nayin element.


Here is how to do it: Look at the stem of the current year. Find the paired stem according to the five combinations. Pick the month that has this stem to begin construction. The current year stem will be attracted to the current month stem and will no longer pay attention to the current year branch. When the year stem and branch don’t pay attention to each other, the nayin is broken apart. If you cannot wait for the month, you can use the day or hour, but this is not as strong. The year is close to the month, but far away from the day and time. That is why you need to use the month stem is better to do this.

Year Month Day Hour Do you see how the year is close to the month but far away from the day and hour?

Examples:

1. An owner was born in 1962, a ren yin year, so he has a metal nayin. He wants to build a house in 1995, an yi hai year with a fire nayin. The fire of 1995’s nayin dominates the owner’s birth year metal nayin. Yi is the stem for 1995. It combines with geng according to the five combinations. In 1995, the third month is a geng chen month. During that month, the yi withdraws from hai and focuses on geng instead. This breaks apart the yi hai fire nayin.

2. 2003 is a gui wei wood nayin year. It dominates a person with geng zi earth nayin. The gui of 2003 combines with wu stem. The fifth month of 2003 is a wu wu month. Beginning construction in this fifth month will remedy the domination of the current year’s wood nayin. Another alternative would be to wait until 2004, a jiashen water nayin year.

Using the five combinations changes the chemistry. However, using the three combinations does not work in this context.


Quiz 2 1. Right now it is 2008. What is the stem and branch of the year and what is the nayin element? What is the special nayin characteristic of that year? 2. Ms L. wants to build a house this year. She was born in 1971. What is the stem and branch of the year and what is the nayin element? What is the special nayin characteristic of that year? 3. Is this a favorable year for Ms L. to build a house? 4. Does it need a remedy? If so, what can we do?


Quiz 2 Answers 1. Right now it is 2008. What is the stem and branch of the year and what is the nayin element? What is the special nayin characteristic of that year? Answer: 2008 is a wu zi year, with a fire element nayin, fire of a thunderbolt. 2. Ms L. wants to build a house this year. She was born in 1971. What is the stem and branch of the year and what is the nayin element? What is the special nayin characteristic of that year? Answer: 1971 is a xin hai year, with a metal nayin, metal of hairpins and bracelets. 3. Is this a favorable year for Ms L. to build a house? Answer: It is not favorable. The fire nayin year dominates the metal nayin person. 4. Does it need a remedy? If so, what can we do? Answer: Yes, it needs a remedy. We need to choose the month that has a five combinations relationship with the current year stem. The current year stem for 2008 is wu. Wu combines with gui, so we need a gui stem month. The tenth month of 2008 is a gui hai month. It begins November 7th. If she can wait until then, construction should go more smoothly.


Part 3: Personal Year Sha 本命年煞本命年煞本命年煞本命年煞 (benming niansha) The personal year sha is used in both yin house and yang house feng shui. In yang house, it is applied more for renovations, as it affects where you are living or working. It does not affect you if you are not there. Since the owner is usually not living in a house while it is being built, personal year sha is not significant in new construction. When we discussed the太歲 taisui or ‘great year’ in other classes, we only paid attention to the current year branch. Actually, the taisui consists of the current year stem and branch. For example, the taisui for 2006 is bing xu because 2006 is a bing xu year. Personal Year Sha, Part 1

1. Put the taisui (current year stem and branch) inside the center of a nine palace grid.

2. Flow the cycle of 60 until you arrive at the stem and branch of the person’s year of birth. You often need to flow through more than one cycle through all nine palaces.

3. The palace where the person’s birth year appears is an area of very bad sha for that person during that year. � No construction should be done in that direction (all 45 degrees) in a

building where that person spends significant time that year. � No landscaping outside the house should be done in that direction. � If it falls in the center, no construction should be done for that person

in any direction for that year. � Don’t face a grave in this direction for the deceased.

4. You can also flow the current month stem and branch and the current day stem and branch in the same way. In these cases, we are still looking for the person’s birth year stem and branch. The same prohibitions apply, but last only as long as the time period on which they are based, i.e., if the month stem and branch were used, the prohibition lasts for that month. However, you can make yourself crazy if you apply it to every time period. Master Sang does not do this in yang house, although he does use it in yin house.


By the way, some people may prefer to take the number of the current year in the cycle of sixty, put that in the center and flow the numbers (1-60) of the stem-branch combination through the nine palaces. Then look for the number of the person’s birth year. This personal year sha can also be applied for other things: gambling, surgery, etc. Builders need not worry about their own personal year sha, but they are affected by the annual 5, the three sha, etc. Example: Mr. A, born in 1930, a geng wu year wants to renovate his home in 1985, an yi chou year. � Yi chou, the current year taisui, is placed in the center, in the 1st place. � The next stem-branch combination (bing yin) goes in the northwest, the 2nd place. � It then flies to ding mao in the 3rd place, east. � On to wu chen in the northeast (4th place). � Next, ji si in the south, the 5th place. � Finally, we arrive at the owner’s birth year, geng wu, in the north (6th place). � Everything that comes after isn’t important, now that we know the north is the

personal year sha for the owner in 1985. He should not do construction in the north that year.

gui you 9th

ji si 5th

xin wei 7th

ren shen 8th

yi chou current year

1985 1st

ding mao 3rd

wu chen 4th

geng wu 6th

bing yin 2nd

Please note that south is always at the top unless otherwise noted.


Note that often you must flow the stems and branches around the nine palaces more than once. For example, let’s say Mr. A’s wife was born in 1940, a geng chen year:

gui you 9th

ji si wu yin

5th

xin wei geng chen

7th

ren shen 8th

yi chou current year

1985 jia xu

1st

ding mao bing zi

3rd

wu chen ding chou 4th

geng wu ji mao

6th

bing yin yi hai

2nd We flow from yi chou, the current year in the center, and eventually wind up with geng chen in the southwest. So the southwest is Mrs. A’s personal year sha and construction in that direction is bad for her in 1985. Personal Year Sha, Part 2

1. Add the nayin element for the birth year stem and branch into the grid from part 1.

2. Flow the day stem and branch for the first day of construction one time around.

3. Look at the palace that contains the birth year stem and branch. Compare the nayin of the flowed current construction day stem and branch and the nayin of your birth year stem and branch.

4. If the day nayin element in that palace dominates the nayin element of your birth year, bad things will happen within 30 days if you begin construction on the day placed in the center.

5. You can check the description of the nayin element to see nature and degree of difficulty. See below for examples.

6. You can also do the same process for the current month stem and branch, but the day stem and branch combination is more important.


Let’s look at the example of Mr. A, given in Part 1. Mr. A was born in 1930, a geng wu year, which we found in the north. The nayin element of geng wu is earth. We add the nayin elements into the above calculation as follows:

gui you metal 9th

ji si wood 5th

xin wei earth 7th

ren shen metal 8th

yi chou metal current year

1985 1st

ding mao fire 3rd

wu chen wood 4th

geng wu earth 6th

bing yin fire 2nd

Let’s say he wants to begin construction on July 26th, 1985, a bing yin day. Now we put bing yin in the center and flow it one time around, adding in the nayin:

gui you metal jia xu fire

ji si wood geng wu earth

xin wei earth ren shen metal

ren shen metal gui you metal

1985: yi chou metal July 26: bing yin fire

ding mao fire wu chen wood

wu chen wood ji si wood

geng wu earth xin wei earth

bing yin fire ding mao fire

Here the nayins in the north are both coincidentally earth element. This is fairly harmonious, so construction can begin on an yi chou day (although the north is still Mr. A’s personal year sha).


What if Mr. A wanted to start on July 23rd, 1985 instead? July 23rd is a gui hai day. We put gui hai in the center and float it as follows:

gui you metal xin wei earth

ji si wood ding mao fire

xin wei earth ji si wood

ren shen metal geng wu earth

1985: yi chou metal July 23: gui hai water

ding mao fire yi chou metal

wu chen wood bing yin fire

geng wu earth wu chen wood

bing yin fire jia zi metal

The nayin of the day stem and branch that arrives in the north (wu chen wood) dominates the earth nayin of geng wu (Mr. A’s birth year). If construction begins that day, bad things may happen to Mr. A within 30 days. He should wait for a better day. How bad is it? Look at the description of that nayin. Wu chen is wood of the big forest and would cause a harsh domination (and therefore big problems) to geng wu earth on the side of the road, small earth. If it were ren wu which has wood from a willow tree, that would be a little milder than wood of the big forest.


Quiz 3 1. It is 2007. Find the taisui and flow it until you get to the birth year of 1953. Add in the nayin element.

yi wei metal

xin mao wood

gui si water

jia wu metal ding hai earth current year

2007 ji chou fire

geng yin wood ren chen water wu zi fire 2. What is the direction of this person’s personal year sha? What does it mean? 3. Can this person begin renovations on August 25th, 2007? If not, how bad is the problem, based on the description of the nayin?

yi wei metal

xin mao wood

gui si water yi wei metal

jia wu metal 2007: ding hai earth August 25: xin mao wood

ji chou fire gui si water

geng yin wood jia wu metal ren chen water

wu zi fire ren chen water


4. Can this person begin renovations on September 15th, 2007? If not, how bad is the problem, based on the description of the nayin?

yi wei metal

xin mao wood

gui si water bing chen earth

jia wu metal 2007: ding hai earth September 15: ren zi wood

ji chou fire jia yin water

geng yin wood yi mao water ren chen water

wu zi fire gui chou wood


Quiz 3 Answers 1. It is 2007. Find the taisui and flow it until you get to the birth year of 1953. Add in the nayin element. Answer: 2007 is ding hai. 1953 is gui si.

yi wei metal

xin mao wood

gui si water

jia wu metal ding hai earth current year

2007 ji chou fire

geng yin wood ren chen water wu zi fire 2. What is the direction of this person’s personal year sha? What does it mean? Answer: southwest. He should not do renovations or construction in this direction if he is staying in the house.


3. Can this person begin renovations on August 25th, 2007? If not, how bad is the problem, based on the description of the nayin?

yi wei metal

xin mao wood yi wei metal

gui si water ding you fire

jia wu metal 2007: ding hai earth

August 25: xin mao wood ji chou fire gui si water

geng yin wood jia wu metal

ren chen water bing shen fire

wu zi fire ren chen water

Answer: This date is not very good because the nayin element that arrives in the same palace as the birth year nayin is dominated by it. Ding you is fire on the bottom of a mountain. However, this is not as bad as if it dominates the birth year. Gui si is water constantly flowing. 4. Can this person begin renovations on July 2nd, 2007? If not, how bad is the problem, based on the description of the nayin?

yi wei metal

xin mao wood xin chou earth

gui si water gui mao metal

jia wu metal 2007: ding hai earth July 2: ding you fire

ji chou fire ji hai wood

geng yin wood geng zi earth

ren chen water ren yin metal

wu zi fire wu xu wood

Answer: This date is good because the metal nayin in the same palace as the birth year produces the water nayin of the birth year.


Part 4: The Twelve Transports (Chang Sheng) The twelve transports are a life cycle. Sometimes they are also called the twelve chang sheng after the first one. They are used in Ziwei Doushu (a type of Chinese astrology), and some other types of Chinese metaphysics.

Twelve Transports shi2er4 yun4 十二運 Number Transport Chinese Translation

1 Chang Sheng 長生 Long Life 2 Mu Yu 沐浴 Wash and Bathe 3 Guan Dai 冠帶 Hat and Belt 4 Lin Guan 臨官 Arrive at Official Position 5 Di Wang 帝旺 Emperor Prospering 6 Shuai 衰 Decline 7 Bing 病 Sickness 8 Si 死 Death 9 Mu 墓 Grave 10 Jue 絕 Exhausted 11 Tai 胎 Fetus 12 Yang 養 Nourish

A simplified form is used in xuankong flying star fengshui: We call the current star of the 20-year period wang, prosperity (for example, 8

white during period 8); this is comparable to the fifth of the twelve transports di wang, the emperor prospering.

The coming two 20-year periods are called sheng, life (for example, 9 purple and 1 white during period 8); this is comparable to the first of the twelve transports chang sheng, long life.

The previous two 20-year periods are called shuai, decay (for example, 6 white and 7 red during period 8); this is comparable to the sixth of the twelve transports shuai, decline.

The three furthest away 20-year periods are called si, death (for example, 3 jade, 4 green, and 5 yellow during period 8); this is comparable to the eighth of the twelve transports si, death.


When the branches are placed in a twelve-palace grid, they are always laid out as follows:

Si

Wu

Wei

Shen

Chen

You

Mao

Xu

Yin

Chou

Zi

Hai

The twelve transports are placed in order in a twelve palace grid according to the branches. This placement of the twelve transports is based on the five elements as follows:

Element Chang sheng is located in wood hai fire yin

earth shen metal si water shen

The other eleven follow clockwise in order. Below, we will explain the method and application of the twelve transports for this class. But before we do, note that chang sheng is always located in one of the four corners. The four corners represent a new start, a change of direction. All (except earth element) are in the corner before their own element appears. For example, the metal element places chang sheng in si, which is the corner before shen, metal. Lin guan (arrive at official position) goes in this corner. Di wang will also land in the element you used to find chang sheng, in one of the four main directions (zi, mao, wu, or you). So with metal, chang sheng is located in si and di wang is located in you, the west, the metal direction. This makes sense as metal is most prosperous, most wang, in the west.


Charts for the four possible arrangements of the twelve transports look like this:

Si Chang Sheng

Wu Mu Yu

Wei Guan Dai

Shen Lin Guan

Chen Yang

You Di Wang

Mao Tai

Metal Changsheng is in Si

Xu Shuai

Yin Jue

Chou Mu

Zi Si

Hai Bing

Si Bing

Wu Si

Wei Mu

Shen Jue

Chen Shuai

You Tai

Mao Di Wang

Wood Changsheng is in Hai

Xu Yang

Yin Lin Guan

Chou Guan Dai

Zi Mu Yu

Hai Chang Sheng

Si Lin Guan

Wu Di Wang

Wei Shuai

Shen Bing

Chen Guan Dai

You Si

Mao Mu Yu

Fire Changsheng is in Yin

Xu Mu

Yin Chang Sheng

Chou Yang

Zi Tai

Hai Jue

Si Jue

Wu Tai

Wei Yang

Shen Chang Sheng

Chen Mu

You Mu Yu

Mao Si

Water or Earth Changsheng is in Shen

Xu Guan Dai

Yin Bing

Chou Shuai

Zi Di Wang

Hai Lin Guan


Now that you have the background, let’s see one way of using the twelve transports: In construction, when determining exactly where to make the walls of a building, the builders often use a string that is permeated with chalk dust. They lay the string out tightly along the length of the future wall. Then the string is lifted up and allowed to snap down on the ground. It leaves a line of chalk, so the builders can see where to dig the foundation. This is called “opening the mountain and establishing the facing (開山立向 kai1 shan1 li4 xiang4).” The ‘mountain’ refers to the sitting side.

(This picture shows marking a chalk line on a wall. This is not the same as doing it on the ground to determine where the walls go, but I couldn’t find a picture of that.) We can pick a special day to open the mountain and establish the facing, in order to bring prosperity or other characteristics to the building. To choose the day to make the chalk line to mark where the walls of the house will go:

1. Place the taisui of the year the construction will begin (current year stem and branch) in the center of a nine-palace grid.

2. Flow the stem-branch combinations one time around, adding the nayin elements.

3. Find the sitting direction of the house to be built. Note the nayin element in the sitting direction.

4. Find the branch for chang sheng based on the element of the sitting direction. 5. Choose a month and/or day with the same branch to mark the chalk line. 6. As with all things related to construction, you must avoid breakers, consumers,

etc.


Here is an example: In 2001, your client wants to build a north-sitting building. 2001 is a xin si year. We put xin si in the center and flow the stems and branches into the other eight palaces. Then we add in the nayin element.

ji chou fire

yi you water

ding hai earth

wu zi fire

xin si current year 2001 taisui

gui wei wood

jia shen water

bing xu earth

ren wu wood

Since we are building a north-sitting house, we take earth, because that is the nayin of the stem and branch combination in the north. Find the chang sheng for earth: it falls in the shen palace. So, we choose a shen month or a shen day to mark the lines. But we must also make sure that shen is not a consumer for the owner, a breaker, or sha. If, for example, this same year another client is building an addition on the west part of his house, we would use wood, the nayin in the west to find the chang sheng. Chang sheng is in hai, so the ‘footprint’ of the addition can be marked on a hai day or month. What are the benefits of this? If you use a chang sheng day, the home will have a qi that is long lasting and growing. The house will last a long time. Children can grow up and money can accumulate here. This is a building you intend to stay in for a long time. Sometimes you want something else from a building. In that case, you can select one of the other transports. For example: Mu yu : marriage, proposals, peach blossom Lin guan: job promotion, good position Di wang: stirs up money luck, but it is not so long lasting as you are already at the peak


As an example, let’s say the owner in the previous example was a successful business woman, but never found a satisfying relationship. She is building her dream house, but wants to find someone to share it with. You have helped design some peach blossom into the house, but want to do a little more. Here is the plan: Year 2001 xin si, north-sitting building:

ji chou fire

yi you water

ding hai earth

wu zi fire

xin si current year 2001 taisui

gui wei wood

jia shen water

bing xu earth

ren wu wood

Since it is a north-sitting house, the earth nayin means the chang sheng falls in the shen palace. But we want mu yu in order to bring peach blossom qi.

Si Jue

Wu Tai

Wei Yang

Shen Chang Sheng

Chen Mu

You Mu Yu

Mao Si

Water or Earth Changsheng is in Shen

Xu Guan Dai

Yin Bing

Chou Shuai

Zi Di Wang

Hai Lin Guan

We can see in the diagram that mu yu coincides with the you palace. Therefore, we should mark the lines for this north-sitting house on a you day or month in 2007 (as long as it avoids breakers, consumers, sha, etc.). But there may be a side affect. Once she finds her mate, the house will still have peach blossom qi, which can cause problems in her relationship.

***


A Different Application: Breaking through Obstruction If a project keeps having problems and never can be completed, you can break though the delays like this: pick the mu (grave) branch for the year based on the nayin element. Then use a mu month and a guan dai day to restart the construction. Mu and guan dai are opposite each other (the breaker), so you are using guan dai to break the grave open. Note that this is based on the nayin of the year’s stem and branch, not on the sitting direction of the building. Example:

2003: a gui wei year. Gui wei has a wood nayin. The chang sheng of wood is in hai.

Si Bing

Wu Si

Wei Mu

Shen Jue

Chen Shuai

You Tai

Mao Di Wang


Xu Yang

Yin Lin Guan

Chou Guan Dai

Zi Mu Yu

Hai Chang Sheng

Mu is in wei. Guandai is in chou. So use a wei month and a chou day to restart. If you get out your Ten-

Thousand Year Calendar, you find this could be July 15th or July 27th of 2003. This is one time you want to use the month breaker. In very special circumstances, you can use it to break through obstruction.


Quiz 4 1. A client is about to start construction on a new building. It is 2011. The building will sit southeast. Find the chang sheng days in March for marking the chalk lines.

ji hai wood

yi wei metal

ding you fire

wu xu wood

xin mao wood current year

2011

gui si water

jia wu metal

bing shen fire

ren chen water

2. You find out this same client has a scheme (but legal and ethical) to make a lot of money. He wants to do this project and then sell it quickly so he can retire. He will not stay here long. What type of day would you pick for him instead of changsheng, and what dates in April 2011 would that be?

Si Bing

Wu Si

Wei Mu

Shen Jue

Chen Shuai

You Tai

Mao Di Wang


Xu Yang

Yin Lin Guan

Chou Guan Dai

Zi Mu Yu

Hai Chang Sheng


3. Mr. M. (a different client) started construction on a house a year and a half ago. Problem after problem has arisen. The first contractor did shoddy work. He was fired and they had to start over again. The second contractor was doing good work, but the city suddenly revoked the building permit for no reason. After some months, that was fixed, but then the weather was too bad for construction for a month. Because of the delays, Mr. M. had money problems and could not start up. He is wondering how to break through this period of difficulty to finish the house. It is currently 2025. What do you suggest to break through?


Quiz 4 Answers 1. A client is about to start construction on a new building. It is 2011. The building will sit southeast. Find the chang sheng days in March for marking the chalk lines. Answers: The taisui for 2011 is xin mao.

ji hai wood

yi wei metal

ding you fire

wu xu wood

xin mao wood current year

2011

gui si water

jia wu metal

bing shen fire

ren chen water

The sitting direction, southeast, has a wood nayin. Chang sheng for wood is in hai. We need a hai day in March of 2011. March 9th and 21st are hai days. As long as the client is not born in a si year, this day is good (because hai opposes si, so it would be the owner’s consumer).


2. You find out the client has a scheme (but legal and ethical) to make a lot of money. He wants to do this project and then sell it quickly so he can retire. He will not stay here long. What type of day would you pick for him instead of chang sheng, and what dates in April would that be? Answer: A di wang day stirs up money luck, but won’t last so long. The fact that it is short-lived doesn’t matter in this case, as the client will not be there long.

Si Bing

Wu Si

Wei Mu

Shen Jue

Chen Shuai

You Tai

Mao Di Wang


Xu Yang

Yin Lin Guan

Chou Guan Dai

Zi Mu Yu

Hai Chang Sheng

Di wang for the wood nayin is in mao. We need a mao day in March 2011. March 1st, 13th, and 25th are Mao days. In addition, from March 6th on, it is a mao month. There is no conflict with these dates unless the client was born in a you branch year. 3. Mr. M. (a different client) started construction on a house a year and a half ago. Problem after problem has arisen. The first contractor did shoddy work. He was fired and they had to start over again. The second contractor was doing good work, but the city suddenly revoked the building permit for no reason. After some months, that was fixed, but then the weather was too bad for construction for a month. Because of the delays, Mr. M. had money problems and could not start up. He is wondering how to break through this period of difficulty to finish the house. It is currently 2025. What do you suggest to break through? Answer: We can pick a mu month and a guan dai day to break through obstruction. 2025 is an yi si year. The nayin element for yi si is fire. Fire places changsheng in yin. Mu is in the xu palace. Guan dai is in chen. So we find the xu (mu) month and the chen (guan dai) day to restart construction. In 2025, this is the month that begins October 8th and ends November 6th. Chen days are October 14 and 26. He should restart construction on one of these days.


Part 5: Pushing the People and Pushing the Wealth This class has two additional techniques, unrelated to the nayin and twelve transports:

Pushing the wealth [流年流年流年流年催催催催財財財財 liunian cuicai]: This method is used to bring in additional income. 1. Use the annual 3 whites: 1 white, 6 white, and 8 white. 2. Add enhancements according to the element: metal to the 1 white, earth to the 6 white, and fire to the 8 white.

� If the enhancement is moving, it is stronger. � You cannot do this if the enhancing element conflicts with the feng shui of

that area. � If one of the numbers is in the center, place the remedy all around the house,

wherever it won’t cause any harm. 3. Place the enhancements on a prosperity day and/or time for the client, based on their birth year stem.

Birth Year Stem

祿 Lu Prosperity

jia yin yi mao

bing si ding wu wu si ji wu

geng shen xin you ren hai gui zi


� You should not use the prosperity day if it is your consumer or the year or month breaker. (If you are desperate you can use it and get results, but you may also get some side-effects. It is likely you will spend as much as you receive.)

� Also, a person with their birth year in the prosperity branch will tend to bring you money.

4. This should bring in more money or income. Results should come within about 30 days. Example 1: A ren zi person would use hai as their prosperity day. However, they should not use it in a si year or month, as si and hai oppose each other. Example 2: A geng yin person would use shen as their prosperity day. However, he cannot really benefit from it, as yin and shen oppose each other. He has the bad luck to be born in a year that opposes his prosperity day. Example 3: 2003 is a gui wei year. 6 white is in the center. The annual stars are as follows:

5 1

metal 3

4 6

2003 8

fire

earth 9 2

earth 7

� 1 white is in the south. We add metal to enhance it, as long as metal is okay with

the other stars in that palace. � 8 white is in the west. We add fire or the red color to enhance it, as long as fire

will not cause any harm in that section. � 6 white is in the center. The center is the potential. It doesn’t have any of its own

space, but it does govern the house as a whole. We enhance it by adding earth wherever it won’t cause harm. We can put it in the northeast with the annual 9 purple and in the northwest with the annual 7 red, as long as earth doesn’t conflict with the other stars in those sections.


� If any of these enhancements can be moving, so much the better. If this house belongs to a gui mao person, we place these remedies on a zi day. This is their prosperity day. There is no conflict with the current wei year or with their birth year. But it cannot be done in the wu month, as that would conflict with the zi day. Pushing the people [流年流年流年流年催催催催丁丁丁丁 liunian cuiding]: This method is used to bring additional people into the house. This could be used for someone who wants to have more children, or for someone who wants to get married. Perhaps it could even be used by a landlord who wants to rent out more units in an apartment building or a hotel owner. 1. Use the annual 8 white (for more children) and 9 purple (for marriage, promotion, receiving an honor, and celebration). You can also use the mountain and water stars, instead of the annual stars, but use the mountain star (the people side). At this time, 8 white is especially strong as it is wang, and 9 purple is growing in strength as we approach period 9. Master Sang says that if you only use the 8 white when looking for a spouse, the person you find may live with you, but not marry you. But if you overdo the 9 purple, it is too much fire and may burn you or make you a little crazy. 2. Add enhancements: fire to the 8 white and wood or wood and a red lamp to 9 purple. � You cannot do this if the enhancing element conflicts with the feng shui of that

area. If you do, you will have side-effects. � If one of the numbers is in the center, place the remedy all around the house,

wherever it won’t cause any harm. � If this technique is to increase rentals in an apartment building or hotel, use the 8

white and 9 purple for the whole building, not the unit.


3. Add the enhancements on a three combinations month, day, and hour for the person, based on the chang sheng of his birth year stem (for the mother if a couple wants children).

Year Month, and Day for Pushing the People birth year

stem stem element chang sheng in

three combinations

jia yi

wood hai hai, mao, wei

bing ding

fire yin yin, wu, xu

wu ji

earth shen shen, zi, chen

geng xin

metal si si, you, chou

ren gui

water shen shen, zi, chen

There is more information on this step and examples below. Of course, you must avoid breakers, consumers, and other inauspicious days. 4. This should increase the number of people in the house. Results should come within 30 days.


Step 3 is a little complicated, so let’s work it out some more. It is best if all three branches in a combination are represented in the month, day, and hour. For example, a person born in a jia or yi day could choose any of the following times to place the remedies:

Birth Year Stem Month Day Hour

hai mao wei

hai wei mao

mao hai wei

mao wei hai

wei mao hai

jia or yi

wei hai mao

You will need to look up the month and day in a Ten-Thousand Year Calendar. For your convenience, the hour chart is repeated here. Remember to adjust for daylight savings time, if in use when you want to place remedies.

The Branches and Their Hours

BRANCH HOUR Zi 11pm-1am

Chou 1-3am Yin 3-5am Mao 5-7am Chen 7-9am

Si 9-11am Wu 11am-1pm Wei 1-3pm Shen 3-5pm You 5-7pm Xu 7-9pm Hai 9-11pm


Examples: It is 2003, a gui wei year, so 6 white is in the center. Here is the chart for the year:

5 1

3

4 6

2003 8

fire

wood or fire

9 2 7 8 white is in the west, so we add fire to enhance the earth of 8 white. 9 purple is in the northeast, so we add wood, fire, or wood and fire to enhance the fire element of 9 purple. Note that this chart can be used all year for anyone. Before we add these remedies, we check to be sure they will not cause harm with the stars that reside in these palaces. Now we need to check for the appropriate date and time. Example 1: Mr. X is lonely and wants to find a wife quickly. You check the feng shui in his house and the remedies for 2003 will not cause any harm.

Mr. X was born in 1963, a gui year. Gui is water element. The chang sheng for water is shen, so we need shen zi chen for the month, day, and hour. Since 2003 is a wei year, shen, zi, and chen do not conflict. Chen is the first month in 2003 that is available. Now we need to look for a shen or zi day. � Shen days in this chen month are April 5, 17, and 19. He needs to pick the zi

hour (11 pm the night before – 1 am on that morning) to place the remedy on any of these days. If he is a night owl, why not?

� Zi days are April 9, 21, and May 3. He needs to pick the shen hour (3 – 5 pm) to place the remedy on any of these days.

So at the chosen time and date, he needs to place fire in the west and wood or fire in the northeast.


Example 2: Mrs. Y wants to have a baby, and she hopes feng shui will increase her chances of getting pregnant quickly. She was born in 1980, a geng shen year. The chang sheng for geng is in si, so we need to add the remedies on a si, you, chou month, day, and hour. However, the chou branch opposes 2003, a wei year. We cannot us a chou day, as that is the year breaker. Even a chou month is no so good. However, the chou hour is not a conflict, as the hour is too far away from the year. So we need a si month and a you day or a you month and a si day. In either case, we will take a chou hour. The si month comes up first, so we will look up you branch days in the si month of 2003. These are May 12, May 24, and June 5. A chou hour completes the three combinations. This is 1-3 am. Quite early, but if Mrs. Y feels strongly about it, she will place the remedies at that time.


Quiz 5 It is 2007. What are the flying stars for the year?

1xxx 6

8xxx

9 2

2007 4

5 7 3 What is the stem and branch for the current year? 1. Client J. is in a money crunch. He was born in 1970. A big bill is due in two weeks, and he doesn’t know how he will pay for it. Figure out how he can ‘push the wealth.’ What remedies go in what areas? When should the remedies be placed? 2. Client K. is trying to have a baby. She was born in 1967 and her husband was born in 1966. She wants you to help with fengshui. You decide to try ‘pushing the people.’ What remedies go in what areas? When should the remedies be placed? It is currently the first week of 2007 in the Chinese calendar, the beginning of February.


Quiz 5 Answers It is 2007. What are the flying stars for the year?

1

2007 6

8 2007

9 2

2007 4

5 7 3 What is the stem and branch for the year? Ding hai. 1. Client J. is in a money crunch. He was born in 1970. A big bill is due in two weeks, and he doesn’t know how he will pay for it. Figure out how he can ‘push the wealth.’ What remedies go in what areas? When should the remedies be placed? Answer: Client J. needs to: Put metal in the southeast to enhance the 1 white.

Put earth in the south to enhance the 6 white. Put fire in the southwest to enhance the 8 white.

If there are any conflicts with other stars in these areas, you may not be able to do it. 1970 was a geng xu year. Since Client J. was born in a geng year, his prosperity day is shen. These remedies need to be placed on a shen day. However, a shen day cannot be used in a yin month. If it is currently a yin month, Client J. is out of luck.


2. Client K. is trying to have a baby. She was born in 1967 and her husband was born in 1966. She wants you to help with fengshui. You decide to try ‘pushing the people.’ What remedies go in what areas? When should the remedies be placed? It is currently the first week of 2007 in the Chinese calendar, the beginning of February. Answer: Client K. needs to: Put live plants, maybe with a red lamp in the east to enhance the 9 purple.

Put fire in the southwest to enhance the 8 white. If there are any conflicts with other stars in these areas, you may not be able to do it. Client K. was born in 1967, a ding wei year. We do not need to work with her husband’s birth year. Ding is a fire stem. The chang sheng of fire is in yin. The three combinations that include yin are yin wu xu. We need to find a month, day, and hour that is a combination of yin wu xu. We have just started the yin month, since we are in the beginning of February.

Wu days in the yin month of 2007 are: February 5, 17, and March 1. The remedies must be placed in the xu time (7-9 pm).

or Xu days in the yin month of 2007 are: February 9, 21, and March 5. The

remedies must be placed in the wu time (11 am - 1 pm).


Conclusion This class covers a variety of topics involving yin house and yang house, day

selection, advanced calculations for construction, and two special techniques for pushing the people or the money. You also learned two new types of calculations: the sixty nayin and the twelve changsheng.

It may take you a while to absorb these ideas and try them out. Be patient. This material is quite advanced. Play with it, but be sure any remedies don’t conflict with what you have already learned.

Start to pay attention to the day that you apply the remedies or enhancements. Choosing a good day can make the effect stronger and/or quicker. If this type of information interests you, you might want to try our day selection classes.

Soon you will be able to use these techniques confidently to help your clients and to build your reputation as a professional fengshui consultant.

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