The first factor is your destiny. Having your Chinese astrology chart read by a trained professional can be the first step in understanding and accepting life’s journey.

Every person is unique and your birth date has an influential factor on determining the experiences you have in life. Your birth date is translated from the Chinese Hsia or farmer’s calendar and is based on the solar concept of time (not the lunar). Hence, the New Year in the farmer’s calendar usually starts on February the 4^th.

For commercialism and mass marketing, it is widely considered favourable in Chinese Astrology to wear the animal talisman correlating to your Chinese Year of birth. For example if you are born in the year of the Rat then you should wear a Rat for good luck. However, in authentic Chinese Astrology and a branch called the Four Pillars of Destiny, the day you were born represents who you really are. It will reveal your personality, the emotions that drive your life and other special qualities that make you unique. While the year has a bearing on your life, particularly as a child, the day represents you and the correct animal talisman to wear can only be recommended once looking at the whole of your translated birth data including the year, month, day and hour (if known).

2. Luck

The second influential factor and layered on top of a person’s destiny is their luck which is measured in 5 to 10 year cycles – each cycle focusing on a set of themes and experiences. For example your Chinese Astrology chart can show:

• Love – whether true, unrequited or an affair
• Relationships – both harmonious and tense interactions with family, friends and work colleagues
• Health and well being – the likelihood of diseases like cancer, blood pressure and heart disease; deficiency in immune system and essential vitamins and trace elements; and predisposition to mental illnesses like depression, the blues and anxiety to name a few
• Finances – one’s aptitude for great wealth, entrepreneurship or a regular salary
• Career – The industry a person will work within and their chances of promotion and success
• Family – Chances of having children, number of children and best time to fall pregnant
• Study – Aptitude for study, whether logical or lateral and their success in exams.

Your Chinese Astrology chart will examine all facets of life and be able to pin point when these events are likely to occur. Knowing your chart provides empowerment and a positive will to create balance in your life. Your Chinese Astrology chart can also be used as a predictive tool to forecast the most auspicious days for important occasions and to see if your new love is a lasting match for you.

Everyone has free will. For example: you may have up to 3 children in your chart, however, with contraception you may choose not to fulfil your potential or you replace children with pets. You may have marriage prospects in a certain year, however, in modern relationships you may choose not to get married. The people supporting or un-supporting in your life can influence the decisions you make and therefore alter the specific events you go through. Fundamentally the themes you will experience will be the same. The choices we make ensure we are individuals. Wouldn’t life be boring if we all had the same lives!

In knowing your Destiny and luck cycles you can pro actively reduce or better prepare for the negative impacts coming up in your life and embrace and start activities that will maximise the great fortune still to come. In seeing ill health in a chart your Chinese Astrology and Feng Shui practitioner can recommend certain types of foods and supplements as well as ensuring the Feng Shui of your home supports good health. In seeing the start up of a new business, your Feng Shui practitioner can help you make short term decisions leading up to that time in terms of finances, current job and family.

With Destiny and Luck as the first 2 influential factors in your life, there are 3 other factors that we can control and have the power to alter to ensure a much smoother journey.

3. Feng Shui

The Eastern cultures are great believers in creating a positive and harmonious life through their environment. We do not have a term for this in the West, however, in the East is it called Feng Shui.  

Good Feng Shui in the home and office is crucial for our health, wellbeing and relationships. If a person comes into health issues in their destiny and luck then sleeping a bedroom with good Feng Shui and conducive to good health can minimise the severity of an illness. If a person is coming into good money luck, then activating the correct sector of their home will further enhance their fortune.  If a woman is trying to conceive and it is the right time in her destiny, being in a home with good Feng Shui will ensure success without obstacles.

There are many simpler kinds of Feng Shui that have been popularised by DIY books. These will provide some benefit, however, if you want lasting benefits, authentic Chinese Feng Shui is about understanding the unseen energies in your home that affect your health, relationships and finances. If learning from a book, ensure you read ‘Flying Star’ Feng Shui.

4. Attitude

Positive thinking; being humble and having humility contribute greatly to the joy we experience in life. How often have you seen success stories of people battling life threatening illness to survive through mental determination, good diet and incorporating meditation or other relaxation exercises into their life? Lance Armstrong’s ‘It’s not about the bike” illustrates an excellent example of this (and is a great read).

A person who has a great destiny but poor attitude may not achieve their full potential. In fact it is often noted that a person experiencing obstacles in life but who is in a great positive frame of mind with love and support around them will get more out of life than an Ebenezer Scrooge.

Attitude is where I believe Feng Shui symbols fit. Many Feng Shui symbols are irrelevant in today’s life, but their meaning and symbolism have transcended time and provide positive thinking which sub consciously can move mountains. For example, placing a pair of mandarin ducks in a prominent part of your bedroom is a daily reminder of the type of love and relationship you want.  I liken Symbols to the mantras that some Life Coaches get you to write – a phrase you say everyday when you wake up to help you visualise and materialise your life’s goals. I see symbols as visual and passive recognition while a mantra is verbal. Each one creates a positive attitude and wish for attainment of something you want in life.

Hence, attitude cannot be underestimated as an influential factor of how we perceive and enjoy (not endure) our life. And I think it is contagious and even more infectious than Swine Flu!

5. Wisdom

The fifth and final factor is our education. For example, in most countries today a tertiary educated person will have greater opportunity in obtaining a job in a bank than someone that left school as a teenager. And if they did both get a job, the more qualified individual would start from a higher base. As another example, an older and wiser individual will not be cheated by a business supplier second time around. And an individual in tune with their senses will sense when danger is near and to move out of the way.

With mass media at our finger tips and in our ears, it is much easier to access the information we need to maintain healthy and productive lives. The trick is to listen and act on this information. By providing these articles on Chinese metaphysics, I hope I am providing you with additional education that prompts you to think about how your environment is affecting your life. Perhaps just by cleaning your home and recognising a difference or moving your furniture and experiencing some change has helped you better recognise that Feng Shui as a term is foreign, but as a concept might just have some benefit.  Certainly if any of the above sounds like sense, then you should consider a Chinese Astrology Consultation as a first step or dive right into a Feng Shui consultation that will assess all 5 factors together for you and your family.

Lastly, those that know me have been surprised by my interest in Feng Shui. I am a logical and methodical person. What I have found is that Chinese metaphysics appeals to me because it is also logical and methodical. By seeing and believing the benefits that Feng Shui has had on my life I have the experience and aptitude to share it and guide people who want to make positive changes. Feng Shui in itself is only one part of a larger puzzle. Knowing the other 4 pieces has been crucial in giving my clients expert recommendations that are genuine and lasting with tangible outcomes.

Through my consultancy, FengShui by Sakura, I aim to educate people on the benefits of Chinese metaphysics (including Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology, Acupuncture etc) and remain true in each of my consultations to provide authentic assessments using all my knowledge and experience to help those who need and want to improve their life.

If you have an interest, I run 1 day Feng Shui Immersion workshops and I also host Grand Master Raymond Lo’s only licensed practitioner – Master Juliana Abram to teach his certified courses – Feng Shui Part 1 and Four Pillars of Destiny Part 1 here in Sydney.

For those that love to give a gift with symbolism and meaning, or are struggling to find a gift for someone that has everything I offer an online store with a range of  Feng Shui products that are gifts, homeware, jewellery both traditional and modern.

If you would like information on any of my services, please visit my website www.fengshuibysakura.com.au or contact me directly on 0414930092 or mariko@fengshuibysakura.com.au .

Posted on Saturday, June 13th, 2009 and is filed under Articles, News. You can leave a comment.