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Feng Shui Case Study 3 Table of Contents

Introduction....................................................................................................................5

Review of the Stems and Branches................................................................................6

The Ten Heavenly Stems (十天干)........................................................................6

The Twelve Earthly Branches (十二地支) ............................................................7

The Stem and Branch of Various Years (1924 through 2016) .......................8

The Directions................................................................................................9

Generalities about Personal Stars and Personal Directions .........................................12

Note on using the luo pan to find the door...........................................................14

Oppositions (liu chong 六沖) and the Consuming Direction .....................................17

Sleep Alone Direction ..................................................................................................21

Main Entrance Direction to Receive Valued Friends...................................................26

Case Study Using the Three Whites.............................................................................29

Conclusion ...................................................................................................................33

Appendix: The Monthly Flying Stars ..........................................................................34


Introduction In this class you will learn more about how a person fits into a building based on their birth information. The Feng Shui Case Study 3 Class doesn’t use the personal trigram (命卦 ming gua); instead it uses the stem and branch, especially of the year of birth. We will learn: 。 which directions lead to sleeping alone 。 which directions bring helpful people 。 which directions lead to money loss These directions affect an individual based on the birth information. Therefore one person in a house may feel the effects while another may not. These “personal stars” affect people, even if other aspects of the feng shui seem contrary. For example, a house may be wang shan wang shui and have good money stars in the entrance. Most people living there will do well financially. But if the entrance is in the “consuming” direction for one of the occupants, he will suffer losses while the others in the house prosper. Besides this, we will discuss a special configuration of the flying stars that brings celebration, marriage, and/or new babies to the occupants of a house. AS101 Stems and Branches Class is a prerequisite of Feng Shui Case Study 3. Without the Stems and Branches Class, you will not have a good understanding of the concepts involved. We will do a little review, but the full details of the Chinese calendar are explained in AS101.


Review of the Stems and Branches

The Ten Heavenly Stems (十天干十天干十天干十天干)

The ten stems are ten types of qi from heaven (yang). The ten are the yin and yang aspects of the five elements. They are laid out in the following table:

STEM NUMBER ELEMENT

甲 Jia 1 Yang Wood

乙 Yi 2 Yin Wood

丙 Bing 3 Yang Fire

丁 Ding 4 Yin Fire

戊 Wu 5 Yang Earth

己 Ji 6 Yin Earth

庚 Geng 7 Yang Metal

辛 Xin 8 Yin Metal

壬 Ren 9 Yang Water

癸 Gui 10 Yin Water

One of the personal directions in this class (Valued Friends) uses the stem of the year of birth. A quick way to determine this is as follows: Jia, the first stem, is the stem of all years ending in 4, for example 1954, 1964, 1974, 1984, etc. Then the Yi stem would go with years ending in 5 (1955, 1965, 1975, etc.), Bing with years ending in 6, Ding with years ending in 7, etc. There is also a table below that lists the stem and branch for 1924 through 2016.

In this class, as with the Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Feng Shui Classes, you need to start the year with February 4th (立春 li chun, the Beginning of Spring). If the birthday is earlier, you fall back to the previous year.


The Twelve Earthly Branches (十二地支十二地支十二地支十二地支)

The earthly branches flow in a cycle of twelve. They represent the qi of the earth (yin). Each branch corresponds with an element and with one of the twelve animals.

BRANCH NUMBER ANIMAL ELEMENT

子 Zi 1 Rat Yang Water

丑 Chou 2 Ox Yin Earth

寅 Yin 3 Tiger Yang Wood

卯 Mao 4 Rabbit Yin Wood

辰 Chen 5 Dragon Yang Earth

巳 Si 6 Snake Yin Fire

午 Wu 7 Horse Yang Fire

未 Wei 8 Sheep Yin Earth

申 Shen 9 Monkey Yang Metal

酉 You 10 Rooster Yin Metal

戌 Xu 11 Dog Yang Earth

亥 Hai 12 Pig Yin Water

Remember, you need to start the year with February 4th. If the birthday is earlier, you fall back to the previous year. The table below lists the stem and branch for 1924 through 2016. Of course, you could also look up each year in the Ten-Thousand Year Calendar.


The Stem and Branch of Various Years (1924 through 2016)

Year Stem and Branch Year Stem and Branch Year Stem and Branch

1924 Jia Zi 1955 Yi Wei 1986 Bing Yin

1925 Yi Chou 1956 Bing Shen 1987 Ding Mao

1926 Bing Yin 1957 Ding You 1988 Wu Chen

1927 Ding Mao 1958 Wu Xu 1989 Ji Si

1928 Wu Chen 1959 Ji Hai 1990 Geng Wu

1929 Ji Si 1960 Geng Zi 1991 Xin Wei

1930 Geng Wu 1961 Xin Chou 1992 Ren Shen

1931 Xin Wei 1962 Ren Yin 1993 Gui You

1932 Ren Shen 1963 Gui Mao 1994 Jia Xu

1933 Gui You 1964 Jia Chen 1995 Yi Hai

1934 Jia Xu 1965 Yi Si 1996 Bing Zi

1935 Yi Hai 1966 Bing Wu 1997 Ding Chou

1936 Bing Zi 1967 Ding Wei 1998 Wu Yin

1937 Ding Chou 1968 Wu Shen 1999 Ji Mao

1938 Wu Yin 1969 Ji You 2000 Geng Chen

1939 Ji Mao 1970 Geng Xu 2001 Xin Si

1940 Geng Chen 1971 Xin Hai 2002 Ren Wu

1941 Xin Si 1972 Ren Zi 2003 Gui Wei

1942 Ren Wu 1973 Gui Chou 2004 Jia Shen

1943 Gui Wei 1974 Jia Yin 2005 Yi You

1944 Jia Shen 1975 Yi Mao 2006 Bing Xu

1945 Yi You 1976 Bing Chen 2007 Ding Hai

1946 Bing Xu 1977 Ding Si 2008 Wu Zi

1947 Ding Hai 1978 Wu Wu 2009 Ji Chou

1948 Wu Zi 1979 Ji Wei 2010 Geng Yin

1949 Ji Chou 1980 Geng Shen 2011 Xin Mao

1950 Geng Yin 1981 Xin You 2012 Ren Chen

1951 Xin Mao 1982 Ren Xu 2013 Gui Si

1952 Ren Chen 1983 Gui Hai 2014 Jia Wu

1953 Gui Si 1984 Jia Zi 2015 Yi Wei

1954 Jia Wu 1985 Yi Chou 2016 Bing Shen

Remember, you need to start the year with February 4th. If the birthday is earlier, fall back to the previous year.


The Directions

The twelve branches are also twelve of the 24 compass directions, each a 15° section, as follows:

BRANCH

LETTER

ON

SANG’S

COMPASS

PART OF

45° DIRECTION

子 Zi a North

丑 Chou c Northeast

寅 Yin e Northeast

卯 Mao g East

辰 Chen i Southeast

巳 Si k Southeast

午 Wu m South

未 Wei o Southwest

申 Shen q Southwest

酉 You s West

戌 Xu u Northwest

亥 Hai w Northwest

The twelve branches and their animals are laid out on the compass on the next page.


You can see, rat (zi, A) is one of the three directions in the north. Ox (chou, C) is one of the three directions in the northeast. Tiger (yin, E) is also one of the three directions in the northeast. The four main directions (north, east, south, and west) each have one branch in the center of the three. The four intercardinal directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest) each have two branches separated by a 15° section that is not associated with a branch.


Note that every second 15° division is one of the twelve branches (animals). In this illustration, the directions associated with the twelve branches are colored yellow. These are the twelve directions used in this class.


Generalities about Personal Stars and Personal Directions One a person is born, they are “imprinted” with the qi at the time of their first breath. By calculating and analyzing this qi, we can make an astrological reading. There are different ways to determine and use the qi of the individual. You are already familiar with the personal trigram (命卦

ming gua). The qi of the personal trigram interacts with the qi of the house. This class uses the person’s birth stem and branch, rather than personal trigram. The stem and branch of the birth year also interact with the qi of a building, but in a different way than the personal trigram. With the personal trigram, we compare the person’s trigram to the eight directions of the house or to the nine flying stars. With these personal stars, in most cases we compare the branch of the year of birth with one of the twelve compass directions that are branches. Therefore, we use the personal stars as 15° directions. All the directions (at least in this class) refer to one of the twelve branches. Directions that are stems or trigrams are not affected, even if they lie in the same 45° slice of the eight directions. For example, if your house is sitting at gen (d on Sang’s luopan), the personal stars do not interact with the sitting. This is because gen (d) is one of the eight trigrams, not one of the branches. In another example, if the entrance falls in jia (f on Sang’s luopan), this will not interact with an individual’s personal stars, because this is a stem, not a branch. Besides the branch of the year of birth, sometimes we use the stem of the year of birth or some other part of the birth data. Personal stars work only on the individual (based on their birth data), not on everyone in the house or the house as a whole. Living in the same house, Person A could do fine while Person B has financial problems if


the entrance is in Person B’s consuming direction. This is true even if the house is good for money overall, even if the flying stars affecting Person B are financially beneficial. There is no remedy for this except avoiding a house that is not compatible for you or moving the entrance to a better spot. On the other had, some of the personal stars are beneficial. We will also discuss a direction that brings helpful people. If the door to your house or office is in your personal “helpful people” direction, you will find assistance when you need it. These directions are important, but so are the flying stars. Both need to be taken into account. However, these personal directions overwhelm the flying stars for a particular individual. Because of this, you cannot say a house has good or bad feng shui based solely on the flying star chart. You need to take into account the occupants and how they fit into the house (as well as the external and internal environment). Back to the personal stars… Whether you look at the house’s sitting, the entrance, the bed direction, etc., depends on the individual star. Different stars have different parameters. Each one will have its own description of how to use it or avoid it.


Note on using the luo pan to find the door: For finding the direction of the door, the square or rectangular section of the nine palace grid is NOT used.1 Instead, the pie-shaped method is used. There are two ways to determine a 15° slice of the ‘pie.’ � Use your luopan to make a reading of the house outside. Then bring

the luopan inside, to the center of the house and place it so that its box is squared with the walls (assuming the house is all 90˚ angles). Be sure you are in the exact center of the house. Make sure the side of the luopan with the facing direction is oriented toward the facing direction of the house. Do not worry if the needle is a little off when the compass is inside the house, as the metal and electrical currents inside the house can influence it. If the divisions of the luopan were extended out into space, in which of the twenty-four direction would the door fall?

� You can also use a floor plan that is made to scale. Find the center of the house on the floor plan. Make a transparency of the face of the luopan. You can use the earlier diagram of Sang’s Luo Pan for this purpose. Place the center of the transparancy’s luo pan over the center of the house in the floor plan. Adjust the transparency so the sitting and facing directions are in the correct place. Then, extending the lines out, see in which of the twenty-four direction would the door fall.

1 For more on this, please see FS275 Nine Palace Grid and Pie Chart Usage Class.


Example 1:

Assuming the luopan and the house are properly aligned with each other, the door is in the chen (I) direction.


Example 2:

Assuming the luopan and the house are properly aligned with each other, the door is in the shen (Q) direction in this house. You can also do the same thing for a room. Place the center of the luopan over the center of the room, and see where the door, the desk, or the head of the bed lies.

*** Besides the information in this class, we talk about other personal stars elsewhere. The peach blossom direction and the creativity directions are in Feng Shui Case Study 7 Class. There is also more information about this concept in the Day Selection 2 Class. Now let’s look at the consuming direction, the sleep alone direction, and the helpful people direction.


Oppositions (liu chong 六沖六沖六沖六沖) and the Consuming Direction

The theory behind oppositions was discussed in Stems and Branches, as well as the Day Selection 1 and 2 Classes. Oppositions cause conflict. In some cases, they cause financial loses or other problems.

OPPOSITIONS

Zi Wu

Chou Wei

Yin Shen

Mao You

Chen Xu

Si Hai

You already know we do not like two doors opposing each other for the same reasons. Here is a different application of the concept of oppositions. The birth year branch should not oppose the 15° direction (branch) where the door is located. This door is like a ‘leak’ in the house. Big windows that are left open in this direction can also have the same effect.


An individual should not live in a house that sits in the 15° direction (branch) that opposes his birth year branch. This is called a person’s consuming direction. This door or house will consume an individual’s resources, including money. Remember, personal directions work only on an individual, not on the house as a whole. One individual could do fine in the house, while the one affected by the consuming direction has financial problems, even if the house is good for money according to the xuan kong feng shui chart. There is no remedy for this except avoiding it.


Consuming Door and House, Example 1:

Assuming the luopan and the house are properly aligned with each other, the door is in the chen (I) direction. This is also the dragon direction. The opposite of chen (I) dragon is xu (U) dog. So for a person born in the year of the dog, this is a consuming door. It is better if a person born in the year of the dog doesn’t live in this house. If anyone uses this door, it will affect him, even if he himself uses another door. This is because the door is the qi mouth (氣口). If the door is open, it lets that type of qi enter the house. Of course, if the feng shui of the house is good otherwise, the person born in the year of the dog could choose to move the door to a better location. Besides this, the above house is sitting in the zi (A) rat direction. Therefore it is a consuming house for wu horse people. Others might do fine in this house, but not those born in the year of the horse. There is no remedy, as you cannot change the sitting of the house.


Consuming Door and House, Example 2:

Assuming the luopan and the house are properly aligned with each other, the door is in the shen (Q) monkey direction. This door will adversely affect yin branch tiger people. Since it is sitting east, in the mao (G) rabbit direction, it will be a consuming house for you branch rooster people.


Sleep Alone Direction (Unfavorable House Trigram or Pillow Direction)

This direction is harmful to relationships and is also sometimes called the lonely pillow direction. This unfavorable direction is different for males and females born in the same year. Remember, the year begins on February 4th. Here is the formula:

MALES: Gu Chen 孤辰 FEMALES: Gua Su 寡宿

Birth Year Direction Birth Year Direction Zi Rat Zi Rat

Chou Ox Yin e NE

Chou Ox Xu u NW

Yin Tiger Yin Tiger Mao Rabbit Mao Rabbit Chen Dragon

Si k SE Chen Dragon

Chou c NE

Si Snake Si Snake Wu Horse Wu Horse Wei Sheep

Shen q SW Wei Sheep

Chen i SE

Shen Monkey Shen Monkey You Rooster You Rooster Xu Dog

Hai w NW Xu Dog

Wei o SW

Hai Pig Yin e NE

Hai Pig Xu u NW


Here is another way to find these stars: summer

si summer

wu summer

wei autumn

shen spring

chen autumn

you spring

mao

autumn xu

spring yin

winter chou

winter zi

winter hai

Find the season associated with the branch of the year of birth. One position clockwise from the last branch of the season is the Gu Chen direction, affecting men. One position counterclockwise from the first month of the season is the branch of Gua Su, affecting women. This is in accordance with the principle that yang (male) moves forward and yin (female) moves backward.

If you are good at this, you can do the calculation on the palm of your hand anywhere and anytime. If this does not make sense to you, just use the tables on the previous page.


If the sitting of your house is in this direction, circumstance will not allow you to sleep next to your mate as much as you would like. This is true, even if your house is good for people, wang shan wang shui, or otherwise has good feng shui. If unmarried, it will be hard to get married. If married, it will be hard to have the spouse sleeping in the same bed. This could involve one spouse traveling frequently, illness, jail, military service, or even just a preference for sleeping alone. The reasons are many, but the result is that the spouse is not able to sleep next to you.


Sleep Alone Direction, Example 1: Here, a tiger (yin branch) female lives in a chou c Northeast sitting house. The house’s chart is like this:

↑

S 5 9

2

SW 7 7

4

W 3 2

9 SE

9 5 6

1 4

7

NW 2 3

8 E

8 6 5

NE 4 1

1

N 6 8

3

山

C to O (chou to wei) Period 7 This should be a peach blossom house because 1-4 is in the center and 4-1 is in the sitting. The stars in the sitting section affect all the people in this house, so everyone living there should have many opportunities for romance. However, the tiger (yin branch) female will have a hard time getting a partner. Many men may come around due to the peach blossom qi of the house, but no one will end up being there with her permanently. This is because chou is the sleep-alone direction for tiger women. She is the only one who cannot take advantage of the peach blossom, because of her sleep-alone star.


Sleep Alone Direction, Example 2:

Here the house is sitting in the east mao (G) direction. The entrance is a little in shen (Q), but is mostly in geng (R). If the tiger (yin branch) female moved out of the previous house and into this one, she still has a problem. Now the head of her bed (her pillow direction) winds up in the chou (C) direction, still her gua su sleep-alone direction. But she is a little luckier this time. All she has to do is move the head of the bed to a different location, and the bad direction will no longer affect her. When the problem is with the house’s sitting, there is no remedy. Note that even though the bed is oriented to the north, it still falls in the “pie slice” of chou (C). With the sleep-alone stars, the direction of the head of the bed has a stronger affect than the sitting of the house. The main entrance does not activate the sleep alone stars, but the entrance to the bedroom can. Measure it from the center of the bedroom.


Main Entrance Direction to Receive Valued Friends

論貴人甲戊並牛羊，乙己鼠猴鄉，

丙丁豬雞位，壬癸兔蛇藏，

庚辛逢虎馬，此是貴人方。

Valued Friends (貴人 gui ren)

Birth Year Year ends in Direction Jia 4 chou c ox NE Yi 5 zi a rat N

Bing 6 hai w pig NW Ding 7 you s rooster W Wu 8 wei o sheep SW Ji 9 shen q monkey SW

Geng 0 yin e tiger NE Xin 1 wu m horse S Ren 2 mao g rabbit E Gui 3 si k snake SE

A door in the direction of the Valued Friends branch will bring helpful people, a benefactor, high-ranking people. This can manifest in many ways. Friends will be glad to do favors for you. Clerks in stores will be more helpful. If you are sick, doctors might take a special interest in your case. If your car breaks down, someone may stop to help, etc. Having the sitting of the house in this direction can also be beneficial. In addition, in the year with the stem from the first column will tend to bring valued friends to the person whose birth branch matches the one in the direction column. For example, in a jia year such as 2014, a chou person (born in an ox year) will receive the help that they need.


Valued Friends, Example 1:

This is a hai door (w). If an occupant is born in a bing stem year, for example 1966, he or she will easily find helpful people.


Valued Friends, Example 2:

This is a shen door (q). If an occupant is born in a ji stem year, for example 1979, he or she will easily find helpful people.


Case Study Using the Three Whites (1 white, 6 white, and 8 white)

The house on the left of the page is G to S (卯山酉向 mao to you), built in 1989 (Period 7, 1984-2003). The house on the opposite side of the street (on the right of the page) will be the opposite, S to G (酉山卯向). Master Sang selected this lot for his client because the chart would be more suitable for having a baby. This was the goal of the owners.

6 1 6

1 5 2

8 3 4

1 6

6 5 1

2 3 8

4 7 2

5 5 9

7 3 7

9 → ←

2 7 5

9 5 7

7 3 9

2 6 1

9 4 3

4 8 8

6 2

1 4 9

3 8 4

8 The reading was done in 1991; the annual 9 Purple star was in the center:

8 4 6 7 9 2 3 5 1


Here is the relevant part of the layout for the house in question:

kitchen

entrance

→ ←

master

bedroom

6 1 6

annual 8

1 5 2

annual 4

8 3 4

annual 6

1 6 6

annual 8

5 1 2

annual 4

3 8 4

annual 6 7 2

5 annual 7

5 9 7

annual 9

3 7 9

annual 2 → ←

2 7 5

annual 7

9 5 7

annual 9

7 3 9

annual 2 2 6

1 annual 3

9 4 3

annual 5

4 8 8

annual 1

6 2 1

annual 3

4 9 3

annual 5

8 4 8

annual 1 This house can take advantage of the three whites formula. But first let’s analyze it a little. This house is wang shan wang shui. The reading was done during Period 7. It was not subject to a 20-year lock at the time of the reading. However, it had a money lock in 1991 because the annual 9 purple in the center duplicates the 9 purple on the right, in the money position (facing or water position). The entrance (SW) with an 8-3 could use a small amount of fire to reduce the domination, but not too much while the annual 6 white is there. A red or violet light was placed at the entrance. This also strengthens the 8 white (fire feeds earth) and reduces the domination of the 8 white. “Follow the 8 white to have a baby.” The master bedroom (NW) has a 4-8 combination, also wood dominating earth, so we need to place some fire there too.


During period 7, 8 white is fairly strong and is very beneficial. In this house, both 8 whites receive domination by wood, in sections that are quite important (entrance and bedroom). So softening the domination will bring a lot of benefit, but as always, we need to be careful of fire. We need to stay aware of the annual stars and not over-do the fire element.

6 1 6

annual 8

1 5 2

annual 4

8 3 4

annual 6

1 6 6

annual 8

5 1 2

annual 4

3 8 4

annual 6 7 2

5 annual 7

5 9 7

annual 9

3 7 9

annual 2 → ←

2 7 5

annual 7

9 5 7

annual 9

7 3 9

annual 2 2 6

1 annual 3

9 4 3

annual 5

4 8 8

annual 1

6 2 1

annual 3

4 9 3

annual 5

8 4 8

annual 1 The 3-7 in the west is a hard combination to fix. If possible, we should avoid this for an entrance or a bedroom. 3-7 is metal chopping wood. If we fix the domination, we reduce the wang star (7 red) and feed a star that is not very auspicious (3 jade). The 1-5 in the south could use a little metal to reduce the 5 yellow and feed the 1 white. The 9-4 in the north is good, but it has the annual 5 yellow, so for this year, it needs moving metal with sound, perhaps a grandfather clock. 6-1 in the SE with an annual 8 is a fabulous combination. This is the kitchen. We will comment more on this section later. The 7-2 in the east and 2-6 in the NE both have 2 black earth feeding one of the metal stars. 7 red is wang at the time of the reading and 6 white is not too old, so it is still fairly good. These are not great combinations because of the 2 black, but they are not horrible either. They do not need fixing if they are not in someone’s bedroom. If they are, then to some degree the remedy may depend on the personal trigram. If a xun of zhen


(wood) person stays there, perhaps some water in a metal container will help. This will prevent metal from chopping the wood person. In addition, water in the east during period 7 helps to bring income. G to S (卯山酉向 mao to you) Built 1989 (Period 7, 1984-2003)

6 1 6

annual 8

1 5 2

annual 4

8 3 4

annual 6

1 6 6

annual 8

5 1 2

annual 4

3 8 4

annual 6 7 2

5 annual 7

5 9 7

annual 9

3 7 9

annual 2

→

←

2 7 5

annual 7

9 5 7

annual 9

7 3 9

annual 2 2 6

1 annual 3

9 4 3

annual 5

4 8 8

annual 1

6 2 1

annual 3

4 9 3

annual 5

8 4 8

annual 1

kitchen

entrance

→

←

master

bedroom

As for the three whites: When the annual 1-8-6 (three whites) fall in the kitchen, entrance, and bedroom, the year will be very good for people living in the house. It is a time of celebration. It is good for money and for increasing the number of people in the house, for example marrying in or having a baby. If one of them is in the center, it can switch out with the annual 5, so if you use it properly, it can bring very good results. Note that in this house the kitchen (SE) has a 6-1 with an annual 8 white. The entrance (SW) has an 8-3 with an annual 6 white. The master bedroom (NW) has a 4-8 with an annual 1 white. The northwest is also the home of 6 white.


Conclusion In the Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Feng Shui Classes, you learned how to remedy or enhance a building, but not too much about helping an individual overcome specific situations or achieve certain goals. Although you still need to take the house into account, this class gives you the tools to help an individual in specific situations: on the negative side correcting money loss or sleeping alone, on the positive side receiving helpful people or increasing the number of people in the house. Some of our other classes have formulas for other personal stars. These are all very useful, especially when looking for a new house as you can search for a house with a door in the desired direction. It can also be taken into account when remodeling. In any case, sometimes this information will explain a situation when the feng shui of the house says one thing but the person is experiencing something different.


Appendix: The Monthly Flying Stars Feng Shui uses the solar aspect of the Chinese calendar. Each ‘feng shui month’ starts near the beginning of the Western calendar month. See the table below for the approximate start dates of each solar month. There is slight variation between the Western calendar and the Chinese solar calendar. This is why the start date is approximate. To find the exact date in a given year, you must look it up in the Ten-Thousand Year Calendar. All of this is explained in detail in the Stems and Branches Class. To determine the flying star in the central palace for a particular month, you need to know some information about the current year. You either need to know the flying star associated with the current year or the branch of the current year. (If you do not know about the branches, don’t worry. Knowing the annual flying star is enough.) In the following table, you can see there are three columns with this annual information at the top. Be sure to read from the appropriate column for the year in question.

MONTHLY FLYING STARS

STARTS YEARS: 1, 4, 7

Zi, You, Wu, Mao

YEARS: 2, 5, 8

Yin, Shen, Si, Hai

YEARS: 3, 6, 9

Chen, Xu, Chou, Wei

FEB 4-5 8 2 5

MAR 5-6 7 1 4

APR 5-6 6 9 3

MAY 5-6 5 8 2

JUN 6-7 4 7 1

JUL 7-8 3 6 9

AUG 7-8 2 5 8

SEP 8-9 1 4 7

OCT 8-9 9 3 6

NOV 7-8 8 2 5

DEC 7-8 7 1 4

JAN 6-7 6 9 3


Let’s look at an example. 2007 had 2 black in the center. It was also a hai branch year. The middle of these three columns lists 2, 5, and 8. It also lists yin, shen, si, and hai. Either way, we can see that this is the column to read for 2007. If we want to know the flying stars for June of 2007, we can then see that on June 6th or 7th, 7 red flies to the central palace. The rest of the stars follow, always ascending in the usual pattern (center… northwest… west… etc.). Therefore, in most of June of 2007, 8 white will be in the northwest, 9 purple will be in the west, etc.

The first month of the year always belongs to 2 black, 5 yellow, or 8 white, all earth. This is because everything comes from the earth and begins with the earth.

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