Water-mouth
A water-mouth is the meeting point of the Green Dragon and White Tiger. This may refer to real water intersection such as when a river touches the sea. 'Intersection of roads' and 'round-about' are referred to as virtual water-mouth.
A real water-mouth should be located at one of the following 4 locations to bring about good feng shui: Chen (South-east), Xu (North-west), Chou (North-east), Wei (South-west). |
Types of Chi or QiChi or energies can be broadly classified as Sheng Chi or Sha Chi. Such energies could also be more specifically classified according to their sources:
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Chi-mouth
This refers to the main door or most frequently used door of a house or building.
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Jia Zi (甲子) Cycles or Sexagenary Cycle 六十花甲Also known as the Stems-and-Branches (Chinese: 干支; pinyin: gānzhī). This is a cycle of sixty terms used for recording days or years. It appears as a means of recording days in the first Chinese written texts during the Shang dynasty on oracle bones from the late second millennium BC.
Its use to record years began around the middle of the 3rd century B.C. This traditional method has no significant role in modern time. However, the sexagenary cycle continues to have a role in contemporary Chinese astrology and fortune telling. |
Lichun or Start of Spring
Lichun or “Start of Spring” (立春) normally falls on the 4th or 5th February each year, and does not necessarily coincides with the first of the Lunar New Year.
The traditional calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms (節氣). Lìchun is the 1st solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 315°, and ends when it reaches the longitude of 330°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 315°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around February 4 and ends around February 18 (February 19 East Asia time). It's also the beginning of a Sexagenary cycle. In the lunisolar calendar, New Year's Day might be before or after Lichun. A year without Lichun is called 無春年 ( no spring year ) or 寡婦年 ( widow year ) in northern China or 盲年 (blind year) in southern China. Marriage is believed to be unlucky in a year without Lichun. |
Winter Solstice
The earth approaches the winter solstice on 21st or 22nd December each year in the northern hemisphere. Traditional Chinese families usher in this season with the making and offering of glutinuous balls or dumplings to deities and their ancestors.
The effect of Heavenly Luck is said to start kicking in from the onset of the winter solstice. |
Earth Luck
Earth Luck refers to the bad energy or Sha Chi affecting where we live, work and play. There are three major Sha Chi ( 煞氣 ) affecting us each year, and they are affecting the following sectors in 2012:
1. Tai Sui ( 太歲 ) or Grand Duke located at the South-east, 2. San Sha ( 三煞 ) or Three-killings located at the South, and 3. Five Yellow (五黃) located at the South-east. They have the power to override any flying stars combination regardless how good the natal flying star chart is. The number one rule to deal with Sha Chi or bad energy is to avoid digging the ground or renovating in those areas/sectors inside or outside the house, office, and/or any other building. _ |
Luni-Solar Calendar
Two separate cycles interacting with each other to form the astrological 60-year cycle. The first is the cycle of ten heavenly stems, namely the Five Elements ( Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water in sequential order ) in their Yin and Yang forms.
The second cycle comprises the twelve Chinese Zodiac signs ( 生肖 shēngxiào ) or Earthly Branches ( Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig in sequential order ). The current cycle began in 1984. Years that end in an even number are Yang while those with an odd number are Yin: If the year ends in 0, it is Yang Metal; If the year ends in 1, it is Yin Metal; If the year ends in 2, it is Yang Water; If the year ends in 3, it is Yin Water; If the year ends in 4, it is Yang Wood; If the year ends in 5, it is Yin Wood; If the year ends in 6, it is Yang Fire; If the year ends in 7, it is Yin Fire; If the year ends in 8, it is Yang Earth; and If the year ends in 9, it is Yin Earth. Since the Chinese astrology follows the Chinese calendar, the switch-over date is the Chinese New Year, not January 1 as in the Gregorian calendar. As such, a person born in January or early February may have the Chinese zodiac sign of the previous year ( commonly referred to as the 'year-end child' ). For this reason, many online Chinese zodiac sign calculators and templates may give a person the wrong sign if he/she wwere born in January or early February. |