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TRIGGER AND ENHANCE YOUR LUCK WITH FENG SHUI

Feng Shui theories stem from what the Chinese refer to as the Trinity of Luck: the Heaven Luck , the Man Luck and the Earth Luck .
You might be very ambitious, hard working and willing to tirelessly pursue goals – an order for a consignment, a million dollar contract or the evasive `letter of approval` or MOU - but someone else, a laidback nincompoop doesn’t seem to worry and yet, gets the nod! This is his Heaven Luck . We can’t control the Heaven Luck. We are born with it. It is believed that the Heaven Luck affects 40 percent of our life.
The Man Luck is when you exercise your free will. The Man Luck controls 25 percent of your life. Your success is even more defined if your Heaven Luck is in your favour.
The Earth Luck is the domain of Feng Shui. The Earth Luck controls 35 percent of our life. Feng Shui can enhance, augment and trigger the Earth Luck. Internationally famous Feng Shui Master Mohan Deep who is an authority on ancient science of geomancy (popularly known as Feng Shui and pronounced as Fung Shway) has been giving Feng Shui advice for over a decade.


Elements and Business / Career

Feng Shui treats big and small alike. Narendra Gupta who publishes a Hindi weekly tabloid (Kingstar) from Andheri, Bombay had a problem. His weekly was successful but he had a very rough time running it, and he neither received the fame and recognition he deserved for the amount of work he put in nor made the kind of money he merited. I found out that his birth element was Metal and the birth element of his business (publishing, newspapers) was Wood. Wood always clashes with Metal. His struggle had to be uphill!
I suggested some changes in his office. Besides the usual Feng Shui changes in his Wealth & Fortune corner and Fame & Reputation corner I also asked him to include his wife as a partner in this business. His wife's birth element was Water. Water has a positive relationship with Wood. His own element Metal has a friendly disposition towards Water. Besides the door of his office was not in his shengh chi (success direction). I checked the best direction of his wife. Lo! It was her shengh chi. Her name was added to the business.
The result? The changes were incorporated in August 2001 and by December in the same year Narendra had acquired two more weekly tabloids in Hindi; 'Karamchand' and 'Film City'. Film City was a rival paper! The same group was publishing Karamchand too. Now Narendra works as much as before but his turn over and profits have multiplied threefold. That is 300 percent growth within 4 months! He also has more respectability, more recognition and more power. Prosper the Feng Shui way.
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How to work out your animal sign?

The legend is that Buddha called all the animals to come before him, but only twelve arrived. The rat was the first to arrive followed by the ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, cock, dog and finally the pig. In return, each was given a year to express their personality.

Every year, month, day and time of birth denotes one of these animals and their characteristics. The interplay between different animals together with the five elements is the key to every personality.
The animals are Yin and Yang . The animals in the years ending with an even number are Yang , and those ending with an odd number are Yin .

The rat, tiger, dragon, horse, monkey and dog are Yang .

The ox, rabbit, snake, goat, cock and pig are Yin .

The Chinese New Year is on a different date each time, as the lunar calendar doesn't exactly match with the solar calendar. This is why the year of each animal begins on various dates in January and February. A person born before the Chinese New Year belongs to the animal of the previous year.


1924 Feb 5 th
1925 Jan 24 th
1926 Feb 13 th
1927 Feb 2 nd
1928 Jan 23 rd
1929 Feb 10 th
1930 Jan 30 th
1931 Feb 17 th
1932 Feb 6 th
1933 Jan 26 th
1934 Feb 14 th
1935 Feb 4 th
1936 Jan 24 th
1937 Feb 11 th
1938 Jan 31 st
1939 Feb 19 th
1940 Feb 8 th
1941 Jan 27 th
1942 Feb 15 th
1943 Feb 5 th
1944 Jan 25 th
1945 Feb 13 th
1946 Feb 2 nd
1947 Jan 22 nd
1948 Feb 10 th
1949 Jan 29 th
1950 Feb 17 th
1951 Feb 6 th
1952 Jan 27 th
1953 Feb 14 th
1954 Feb 3 rd
1955 Jan 24 th
1956 Feb 12 th
1957 Jan 31 st
1958 Feb 18 th
1959 Feb 8 th
1960 Jan 28 th
1961 Feb 15 th
1962 Feb 5 th
1963 Jan 25 th
1964 Feb 13 th
1965 Feb 2nd
1966 Jan 21 st
1967 Feb 9 th
1968 Jan 30 th
1969 Feb 17 th
1970 Feb 6 th
1971 Jan 27 th
1972 Feb 15 th
1973 Feb 3 rd
1974 Jan 23 rd
1975 Feb 11 th
1976 Jan 31 st
1977 Feb 18 th
1978 Feb 7 th
1979 Jan 28 th
1980 Feb 16 th
1981 Feb 5 th
1982 Jan 25 th
1983 Feb 13 th
1984 Feb 2 nd
1985 Feb 20 th
1986 Feb 9 th
1987 Jan 29 th
1988 Feb 17 th
1989 Feb 6 th
1990 Jan 27 th
1991 Feb 15 th
1992 Feb 4 th
1993 Jan 23 rd
1994 Feb 10 th
1995 Jan 31 st
1996 Feb 18th
1997 Feb 8 th
1998 Jan 29 th
1999 Feb 16 th
2000 Feb 6 th
2001 Jan 26th



The Chinese animal signs, corresponding to the year of birth, are given below:

Rat 1936 1948 1960 1972 1984 1996 Yang
Ox 1937 1949 1961 1973 1985 1997 Yin
Tiger 1938 1950 1962 1974 1986 1998 Yang
Rabbit 1939 1951 1963 1975 1987 1999 Yin
Dragon 1940 1952 1964 1976 1988 2000 Yang
Snake 1941 1953 1965 1977 1989 2001 Yin
Horse 1942 1954 1966 1978 1990 2002 Yang
Goat 1943 1955 1967 1979 1991 2003 Yin
Monkey 1944 19 56 1968 1980 1992 2004 Yang
Cock 1945 1957 1969 1981 1993 2005 Yin
Dog 1946 1958 1970 1982 1994 2006 Yang
Pig 1947 1959 1971 1983 1995 2007 Yin



Each month too corresponds with an animal sign. The table is given below:

(The date of every month has to be in coordination with the date on which the Chinese New Year starts.)


Animal Sign Month
Tiger February
Rabbit March
Dragon April
Snake May
Horse June
Goat July
Monkey August
Cock September
Dog October
Pig November
Rat December
Ox January

The time of the birth also has the characteristics of the symbolic animals. The table is given below:

Rat 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Ox 1 a.m. to 3 a.m.
Tiger 3 a.m. to 5 a.m.
Rabbit 5 a.m. to 7 a.m.
Dragon 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Snake 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Horse 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Goat 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Monkey 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Cock 5 p.m to 7 p.m.
Dog 7 p.m to 9 p.m.
Pig 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.

The full, detailed Chinese horoscope needs to take the time, month and year of birth into account for more accurate conclusions, but popularly, the 12 animal signs are used to determine the compatibility between couples.


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LAUGHING BUDDHA

Budai is almost always represented as carrying a cloth or linen sack, which never empties, and is filled with many precious items, including rice plants (indicating wealth), sweets for children, food, small mammals, and the woes of the world. Sometimes it can be filled with children, as they are seen as some of those precious items of this world. His duty is patron of the weak, the poor and children. In some Japanese representations, Budai may be found sitting on a cart drawn by boys, or wielding a fan called an oogi (said to be a "wish giving" fan -- in the distant past, this type of fan was used by the aristocracy to indicate to vassals that their requests would be granted).

In Chinese Buddhist temples of the Chán sect, Budai's statue is traditionally placed in the front part of the entrance hall. He is depicted in the familiar likeness of the above described Laughing Buddha; a stout, smiling or laughing shaved man in robes with a largely exposed pot belly stomach symbolic for happiness, good luck, and plenitude. The stomach is also considered the seat of the soul in Chinese mythology and so the large stomach can be taken as an allegory for Budai's open heartedness.

Some sculptures have small children at his feet. Another item that is usually seen with the Budai figure, is a begging bowl; to represent his Buddhist nature. All of these images display Budai as a wandering monk who goes around and takes the sadness from people of this world. Because he represents prosperity and happiness, statuettes are often found in homes and businesses in China and Japan.

Chán Buddhism
The primary story that concerns Budai in Chan is a short koan. In it, Budai is said to travel giving candy to poor children, only asking a penny from Chan monks or lay practitioners he meets. One day a monk walks up to him and asks, "What is the meaning of Chan?" Budai drops his bag. "How does one realize Chan?" he continued. Budai then took up his bag and continued on his way.


Folklore
One belief surrounding the figure of Budai in popular folklore is that if a person is to rub his belly, it brings forth wealth, good luck, and prosperity. This belief however does not form part of any Buddhist doctrine, but more of a pseudo-Chinese practice. He is often admired for his happiness, plenitude, and supposedly wisdom of contentment.


I Kuan Tao
Statues of Budai form a central part of shrines in the I Kuan Tao. He is usually referred to his Sanskrit name, Maitreya, and is taken to represent many important messages from Taoist teachings, including generosity and open kindheartedness.

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feng shui
Feng shui (literally "wind water") is part of an ancient Chinese philosophy of nature. Feng shui is often identified as a form of geomancy, divination by geographic features, but it is mainly concerned with understanding the relationships between nature and ourselves so that we might live in harmony within our environment.

Feng shui is related to the very sensible notion that living with rather than against nature benefits both humans and our environment. It is also related to the equally sensible notion that our lives are deeply affected by our physical and emotional environs. If we surround ourselves with symbols of death, contempt, and indifference toward life and nature, with noise and various forms of ugliness, we will corrupt ourselves in the process. If we surround ourselves with beauty, gentleness, kindness, sympathy, music, and with various expressions of the sweetness of life, we ennoble ourselves as well as our environment.

Alleged masters of feng shui, those who understand the five elements and the two energies such as chi and sha (hard energy, the opposite of chi), are supposed to be able to detect metaphysical energies and give directions for their optimal flow. Feng shui has become a kind of architectural acupuncture: wizards and magi insert themselves into buildings or landscapes and use their metaphysical sensors to detect the flow of good and bad "energy." These masters for hire declare where bathrooms should go, which way doorways should face, where mirrors should hang, which room needs green plants and which one needs red flowers, which direction the head of the bed should face, etc. They decide these things on the basis of their feel for the flow of chi, electromagnetic fields, or whatever other form of energy the client will worry about. (If you and your lover are having trouble in the bedroom, call a feng shui master. You probably need to move a few things around to get the bedroom chi flowing properly. Only a person with special metaphysical sensors, however, can tell what really needs to be done.)

In short, feng shui has become an aspect of interior decorating in the Western world and alleged masters of feng shui now hire themselves out for hefty sums to tell people such as Donald Trump which way his doors and other things should hang. Feng shui has also become another New Age "energy" scam with arrays of metaphysical products from paper cutouts of half moons and planets to octagonal mirrors to wooden flutes offered for sale to help you improve your health, maximize your potential, and guarantee fulfillment of some fortune cookie philosophy.

According to Sutrisno Murtiyoso of Indonesia, in countries where belief in feng shui is still very strong, feng shui has become a hodgepodge of superstitions and unverified notions which are passed off in the university curriculum as scientific principles of architecture or city planning. Mr. Murtiyoso wrote me about a university lecturer who had written an article in Indonesia's biggest newspaper "advocating feng shui as a guiding principle to Indonesia's future architecture." This upset Mr. Murtiyoso: "if it is done by a so-called 'paranormal', I wouldn't be that mad. But a 'colleague', an architect . . . I just can't imagine how my people can face the next millennium still under this ancient spell. How can we progress....through this techno-jungle." If I were Mr. Murtiyoso, I wouldn't worry until the architects start advocating ignoring the laws of physics in favor of metaphysical principles. We still bring in our priests to sprinkle holy water and utter incantations at the dedications of skyscrapers. So far, none have collapsed that I know of. And if being superstitious were a hindrance to progress, we'd all still be wandering the savannas with our hirsute ancestors.


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desai2rn
Dimple ,

Thanks for posting and interesting article. I don't know much about either one but wonder how similar it is to our Vastu Shastra.



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