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Naked Eye Feng Shui

Lately I have been picking on a lot on formula, therefore today it is going to be some naked eye Feng Shui.

A temple, or lair, of one of those „Free“ Churches

By coincidence i ran across one of the congregation centers of those people knocking at anybodys door, asking questions like „do you think it is possible to be happy until the end of your life“, or „we want to talk about god with you“, you possibly know the type. So just from a naked eye Feng Shui point, their facade (face) here has barely any eyes, or organs to see with. Windows are present at ground level, all barred up. Actual windows are present at the Tiger wing of the builing, but they cannot see very far and their perspective is narrow. The facade is just a big mouth, with two tongues, or a split tongue. If you ever got into a conversation with these people, you might have noticed their modus opreandi is largely putting people on a guilt trip.
Aside from naked eye Feng Shui, the building fittingly is facing the Snake mountain.
There is a big male reproduction organ on the male side of the building and a coffin type structure on the female side of the building. The facade is all mouth, frowning and crammed with teeth. The face has a cheeky chin beard too, like talkers tend to have. The roof behind is of a different building, however it looks like a hat, with some crude antenna on top of it. The gate in front of the parking lot looks like a cattle fence gate. You just got to trust those guys ;)

Other than that, the form Feng Shui is supporting them very well, Turtle good, Dragon and Tiger supportive.

My guess would be some strict assertive guys and more in numbers yielding females with some more or less disorganised thoughts. There also might be some slagging going on. On the premises, there is not a single tree and it is pretty barren.

Basel: using the Rhine’s Feng Shui for Wealth

For a very long time, Basel is a very wealthy city. Basel in the medieval ages was a primary hub for commerce and trade, connecting the southern and northern parts of Europe. Today, a huge amount of world class companies have their postboxes registered in Basel, with no actual real branch office there.

This Swiss city borders to France and Germany. Nowadays, a huge proportion of its work force is coming from other countries, mainly working for the pharmaceutical and financial industries of the city. In medieval times, a huge proportion of the work force also came from the neighbouring Alsace to find work there. The Townhall of Basel in its recent form dates back to the years 1504 to 1517. Although the Grossrat of Basel regularly makes statements about geopolitical issues, nobody seems to hardly take any notice. Nevertheless, Basel continues to be a very wealthy city. The main water feature here is the Rhine. Cities like Zürich or Geneva are wealthy because of their relative position to major lakes, Basel has no lakes, but it has the Rhine. How does the Feng Shui of the Rhine serve the wealth of Basel?

The Townhall of Basel is built with Gen as the Sitting. The Rhine enters the city limits from straight East, and it exits them to the North. The first bridge to have been built was the middle bridge, dating back to around 1225, just as a sidenote: Basel has five bridges, just as it happens to have five incoming Dragons. With this Sitting and main water flow coming from the East, the Townhall enjoys incoming Later Heaven water. This formation makes for a lot of wealth. The river exits at North, this is called the VIP direction. Water entering at the VIP direction is not a good thing, however exiting there is not bad. So the actual political and sociological situation in Basel matches with the theory of the Feng Shui formula. Had they built the Townhall a bit more to the East, they could have enjoyed not only wealth, but also much higher political power potential.

5 Dragons for Basel

Mountain ranges are the bodies of Dragons in Feng Shui. The Dragons in Feng Shui are said to bring different energies to the areas around them, good and bad. Dragons also are related to Power. There are 9 types of Dragons in total. Where the Dragon ends, there is its head.

In Basel, we have the centre of the world wide spiders web of currency, here the headquarter of the IWF/BIZ is located on an extranational plot of land. Also here are the headquarters of Roche and Novartis, the Pharma giants. Roche recently made a bold move with their skyscrapers, now dominating and suppressing half of the city. So we have the theme of money and medicine/poison. Lots of power here, how about the Dragons?

We got 4 Dragons of the Tan Lang type incoming towards Basel. The 5th one on the far east terminates at Augusta Raurica (now Kaiseraugst), the ancient capital of the Roman helvetian province, this Dragon is cut and does not have much power anymore to provide might and power to the town of Kaiseraugst where it terminates. All Tan Lang Dragons originate from the mighty backbone of the Jura mountains. The Tan Lang of Muttenz terminates in a beautiful form, resembling a poison animal, the scorpion. This is where the medicine/pharmaceutical influence for Basel comes from.

The Po Jun branch comes from the far off Vogesen mountains and terminates on the territory of France. In the medieval ages, the people of Basel and St. Louis were mortal enemies, with the power of their Po Jun Dragon they could fend off the expansionist Basel authorities by the use of cannon balls.

On the German side, we find a Fu Dragon, allocated to Star Nr. 8, named Fu. It originates from the huge and mighty Po Jun Dragon of the Black Forest in Germany.

Fu Dragon, Star Nr. 8

For a long time, i was wondering about the rather weird mountain forms across Basel on the German side of the Rhine valley. It was only after i had translated the Nine Stars of the Dragon/Shaking the Dragon classic, before i came to know what these mountains are: they belong to the category of Star Nr. 8, Fu.

Der Meister schreibt:

前高后低大小球，伸舒腰长如杖鼓
Vorne hoch/steil dahinter niedrig/flach grosse und kleine
Bälle, lang ziehend die Taille wie ein Trommelstock

后大前小驼峰侔，下有两脚平行去
[Oder] hinten gross und vorne klein mit einem kleinen
Gipfel ähnlich einem Höcker, darunter gibt es zwei Füsse
welche flach laufend [gleichzeitig/parallel] schreiten

或在武曲左右游，此龙如何近武曲
Möglicherweise wird Wu Qu links und/oder rechts
[nahebei] schwimmen, von diesem Drachen kann man
annehmen dass Wu Qu nahebei ist

自是分宗为伯叔，分宗定作两贵龙
Seine Klasse verzweigt sich wie nach Onkeln und
Schwiegersöhnen, diese Klasse verzweigt sich und hat zwei
edle Drachen

此与他星事不同，武曲两傍必生辅
Dies und die Angelegenheit seiner Sterne sind
unterschiedlich, wenn zwei Wu Qu nahebei sind dann wird
sicherlich Fu erzeugt

方正之垣号太微，垣有四门号天市
Gerade und aufrecht sind seine Wände sein Zeichen steil
abfallende Wände, die Wände haben vier Tore das Zeichen
der Himmlischen Stadt

紫微垣外前后门，华盖三台前后卫
Purpurn abfallende Wände aussen herum um die
Vorderseite dahinter das Tor, den glänzenden Baldachin
mit drei Terrassen rundum beschützend

中有过水名御沟，抱城屈曲中间流
Darin gibt es das querende Wasser die berühmte Rinne
durchfahrend, die umarmenden Stadtmauern darin fliesst
der sich krümmende und windende Strom

紫薇垣内星辰足，天市太微少全局
Purpurne Königsfarnwände darin Sterne an des Drachen
Füssen, die Himmlische Stadt gross [aber] wunderbar klein
in der Gesamtanordnung

Feng Shui is truly fascinating.

Feng Shui Analyse Migros Dreispitz Basel

Der Migros am Standort Dreispitz Basel zeigte über die letzten 15 Jahre ein stetiges Wachstum, welches diesen zu einer der wirtschaftlich erfogreichsten Migros Filialen in der Schweiz werden liess – eine Gelegenheit für mich das externe Feng Shui dieser Fläche einmal näher zu betrachten. Gemäss Wikipedia begann der Bau der Anlage in 2001 und wurde im Jahre 2010 nach drei Bauphasen fertiggestellt. Zur Aufteilung des Innenbereichs möchte ich nur anmerken, dass der grosse äussere Ming Tang (Parkplatz) mit einem äusserst grosszügigem inneren Ming Tang (Foyer mit Backwarenverkauf) wunderbar komplementiert wird. Lediglich die Anlage der Rolltreppen könnte besser sein, da in der derzeitigen Form der zweite Stock an Qi-Mangel leidet und dementsprechend die Umsatzzahlen dort nicht so hoch ausfallen dürften, wie das Potential der Gesamtanlage an sich verheissen würde.

Formbetrachtung

Die Schildkröte ist ausreichend, der Drache hat genügend Raum, der Tiger freut sich über die Hauptstrasse und der Phönix hält ausreichend viel Qi zurück. Das Gelände ist im wesentlichen von einer Hecke bzw. Bäumen umsäumt, das Qi kann daher gut auf der Fläche vor dem Haus angereichert werden. Die Zu- und Abfahrten sind sehr gut definiert und einfach auszumessen. Nachteilig wirkt sich die extrem gross ausfallende falsche Fassade aus, auch wenn auf deren Rückseite Solarpanele angebracht sind. Dies betrifft allerdings nur das festangestellte Personal – es fühlt sich kleiner bzw. weniger gewertschätzt, als es in Wirklichkeit ist. Insgesamt dürfte die Arbeitsstimmung aber eher gut sein.

Der Gebäudeumriss selbst erweckt den Eindruck eines Containerschiffes, mit der Schiffsbrücke am Platz des Gebäudekopfes – perfekt. Die Form des Gebäudes legt eine starke weibliche Besetzung nahe, Frauen bilden die Basis und den „Körper“ des Betriebes. Die Männer halten sich hier im Ausdruck eher zurück, können sich allerdings sobald nötig in aller Schärfe durchsetzen. Dies betrifft insbesondere das Führungspersonal. Die Basisform des Grundstücks ist scharf rautenförmig (Feuerdominanz), nicht optimal für eine Wohnstätte, allerdings ganz Ok für einen Verkaufsbetrieb, insbesondere im Lebensmittelbereich. Insgesamt ist das Form Feng Shui also recht gut.

San He Analyse

Blickrichtung 癸 Gui, Haupt- Qi-Austritt 乙 Yi, Neben-Qi-Austritt 辛 Xin: wirklich nicht besonders spektakulär in bezug auf die Hauptwasserformel. Die Interpretation ergibt „kein Wohlstand, keine Nachkommen, ruhiges ereignisarmes Leben ohne grosse Vorkommnisse“. Markante Gully-Abflüsse habe ich keine gefunden, Bäche und Flüsse sind weit entfernt, der Einfluss realen Wassers dürfte hier zu vernachlässigen sein. Am San He Setup der Strassen kann der Erfolg dieser Filiale also kaum liegen.

Xuan Kong Da Gua (XKDG) Analyse

Die Blickrichtung der Anlage liegt bei 24° und fällt damit unter das Hexagramm 51: 8/1, Vaterhexagramm der Familie Zhen Sun. Die Hauptzufahrt liegt, egal wie man diese ausmisst, im Hexagramm 21: 3/6, Tochterhexagramm Zhen Sun. Die Hauptzufahrt läuft nicht direkt auf den Haupteingang zu, sodass die förderliche Wirkung dieser Kombination gegeben ist. In Stern und Gua finden wir jeweils eine sehr günstige He Tu Kombination. Zudem befinden sich beide Hexagramme nicht nur in derselben Hexagrammfamilie, sondern die Bedingung dass mindestens ein Elternhexagramm beteiligt sein sollte ist über das Vaterhexagramm ebenfalls erfüllt. Yin/Yang sind ausgeglichen, die Töchter unterstützen den Vater. Diese Hexagrammfamilienkombination verspricht einen langsamen, aber sehr nachhaltigen und kontinuierlichen Aufstieg und Erfolg. Die Kombination dieser bedien Hexagramme reicht schon um den derzeitigen Erfolg dieser Filiale zu erklären.

Die Hauptausfahrt liegt im Hexagramm 61: 2/3, Familie Heng Yi/Sun Xian. Über das Gua finden wir eine Zehnerkombination: gut für Geld. Es gibt keine Hexagrammfamilienanbindung und der Stern ist ausserhalb seiner Zeit.

Die Nebenausfahrt fällt ins Hexagramm 39: 7/2 und Familie Zhen Sun. Dies ist beinahe perfekt: die Hexagrammfamilie bekommt eine zweite Tochter und über das Gua ergibt sich eine 15er Kombination. Der Stern ist leider ausserhalb seiner Zeit.

Etwas weniger wichtig ist die Zufahrt zum Dachparking, es gibt dort auch keine signifikanten förderlichen Einflüsse was das XKDG betrifft.

In der Gesamtbetrachtung sehen wir also vollständig alle XKDG technisch möglichen guten Gua Kombinationen aktiv: 5er, 10er, 15er und HeTu sind miteinander verbunden und aktiv, was an sich schon eine recht seltene und gute Sache ist. Der Umsatz hat durch Stammkundschaft sowie auch durch Zufallskundschaft Bestand und die He Tu Kombination legt nahe, dass die Geschäftsleitung die jeweiligen Zeichen der Zeit rechtzeitig erkennt und sich entsprechend und erfolgreich an eine neue Lage anpassen kann: es werden die richtigen Entscheidungen getroffen.

Die Nachhaltigkeit und der Erfolg des Unternehmens wird durch die Vater/Tochter/Tochter Kombination in der Zhen Sun Familie gewährleistet.

Fazit: Dauerhaft gute Aussichten für den Migros Standort Dreispitz!

Bad Feng Shui? Good Success!

Lately i visited some big store in Switzerland. That store is located in one of those rather bleak zones where all the big shops coagulate, this is the aerial view:

Shop Area delineated in orange, main entrance marked in yellow

This shop is suffering a massively huge Sickle Sha, which is considered very bad. However, business appeared to be good and in addition the staff was friendly and relaxed. The interior of the shop was pretty well laid out. Outside influence are more powerful than inside Feng Shui, so at the place i checked the view from the door:

Again, not really pretty, but the core Form Feng Shui is intact: the sickle is buffered by a solid hedge and then a considerable Ming Tang. Tiger is very strong, Dragon not, Red Bird has nice rolling hills and a table. The sharp aggressive Qi from the sickle has to climb over the hedge and can collect in front of the door. Pretty nice. I still was intrigued, so i checked the main XKDG setup for the place:

Entrance 9/9, incoming sickle blade 2/9, confluence 2/7. Hexagram Families not matching, Gua’s not matching but countering in, Stars in harmony. Not the best setup, but obviously the setup like it is, is fully supported by the landform. I learned you need to see the Qi mouth, so perhaps landform does its job without the formula, however the formula even with the blocked view to the Qi mouths supports the landform. One thing that would help further would be if the main entrance would be visible from the access street, which is behind the building – not applicable in this case.

Annual Feng Shui Influences 2025

YiSi, the Green Snake

The Earthly Branch for 2025 is 巳 Si, Snake. The Heavenly Stem for 2025 is 乙 Yi, small wood. Both symbols resemble a snake. So in a way, 2025 is a double snake year. The main element of the Snake is Bing, great Fire, or Sun. Metal is born at the Snake in the form of 辛 Xin, small knife of Dagger. Also, there is 戊 Wu Earth hidden in the Snake. Si resembles a coiled snake, Yi resembles a moving snake, also vines, ropes, brushes, small wood. Snakes are said to be cold, conniving, deadly, either by poison or constriction. Snakes like to hide and strike suddenly and unexpectedly. Snakes also are said to be vessels of wisdom. The biblical snake is a seducer. Snakes shed their old skin to grow. Snakes are coldblooded creatures, they need the sun to be able to move. Snakes have a split tongue, liars and double speakers, delivering falseness. Snakes are great hypnotisers. Snakes have no friends. Moses, the great (evil?) wizard of the bible was a snake sorcerer, he carried a staff he could turn into a snake. His staff ate up the staffs of the ancient egyptian Pharao’s priests.

The Greeks also had strong symbols with snakes, e.g. the caduceus:

Greek Caduceus: two snakes winding up a staff: image of nervous system and spine

The original caduceus also depicts the Kundalini force of Yoga. In the West, this symbol was crippled by taking away one snake. You might know it, the medical professions in the West use this crippled caduceus as their emblem (their philosophy on medicine is onesided).
The Caduceus belongs to Hermes, the greek god of communication, trade, money, travel, news, propaganda. All the above are going to be major themes for 2025, the overarching major theme likely will be: Transformation. So many dogmas are going to be challenged. So much poison and lies will be delivered, however this year it likely will be mutual, i.e. the lower classes, the people (巳 Si, Earthly Branch) will be ready to defend themselves (coiled snake) while the upper classes, or government (乙 Yi, Heavenly stem), will continue their effort to restrict, constrict and fetter. The general advice for those wanting to grow is:shed your skin, leave the old house of your soul behind to rot, because it will not be fit to the new circumstances. In an extreme form this means: transform, or die.

I live near the main place of Paracelsus, the „grandfather“ of modern medicine. There is a Paracelsus clinic in Basel. What those proud Basiliens (their town is built around the well of the Basilisk, a type of Dragon) like to suppress is the fact that the senate of the town at the time chased Paracelsus out of the city under the threat of death. On the middle bridge you can also find a tiny metal badge, commemorating the countless witches, male and female, burnt in the city. Paracelsus, at the time, was not politcally correct. Well, times and circumstances change, the themes do not. 2025 is likely going to be a year when the people start fighting back. Paracelsus coined the medical phrase „Dosis facit venetum“ – the dosis makes the poison. Poison has the power to heal in the correct amounts, too much of it and it becomes deadly. Wisdom equals poison, no?

Looking at the elements hidden in the branches, there is great Fire, small Metal, great Earth. With the purple white Stars in Earth palaces (see below), Satan (the symbol of the biblical snake in paradise) will shed his light all over the Earth. The shadows will become visible by contrast. More wars, changing of the boundaries of countries, everybody prodding (see Moses above) and stabbing at each other. Truth vs. Lies, poison to counterpoison.

Snakes can endure extremely long times of not getting food. Food prices are likely to go up. The moods are HOT. Anger and petty fights abound. Make peace with your own self. Truth in lies, lies in truth, doublethink and doublespeak turn against themselves. Transform or die. Horses are being used to produce antidotes against snake poison, so watch out for the Horse born people this year, or people with Horse in their four pillars. They may or may not be able to provide you with proper antidotes for the poison at work, at home, in the country, in the world. The snake lured Eva into Adam eating the apples of wisdom in paradise, such propelling both out of paradise. Out of paradise is where you want to be in 2025. The two snakes of the caduceus entwine the spine, therefore depicting the nervous system AND the spine. I think a flexible yet strong and healthy spine is what everybody should look for. Snakes are all spine, no extremities. Not a good time for spineless people.

Feng Shui influences for the Year of the Wood Snake

Chinese New year is around the corner, and so is the „changing of the guards“ for the different Feng Shui influences for the upcoming year. Before I comment on some of the most important influences, let us have a look at an image of those I would like to discuss in this article:

Main yearly Feng Shui influences for the year of the Green Snake, 2025

Tai Sui, Sui Po, San Sha

You can see that the Tai Sui lands in SE3 sector, which is the mountain/sector of the Snake. Tai Sui means sth like „General of the Year“, or „Leader of the Year“. Last year that was the Dragon, this year it will be the Snake, next year the Horse is in charge. Although it is not per se a negative energy, it is a very powerful energy nobody should dare to offend. The same, a bit less powerful, goes for the force of „Sui Po“. Both energies like it quiet. It is very important to keep these two areas quiet, bright and clean this year, emphasis on „Quiet!“. This means, no renovations here in 2025. Least movement as possible too; in case you have a door in these sectors, be sure to open and close the door quietly, never slam it. Even putting a nail in the wall: no good idea. Keep these areas free of Radios, TV’s, loudspeakers. If you can, make sure you are not putting your back to Tai Sui for extended periods of time, like sitting in an office. Turning your back towards Tai Sui will offend the General just like a soldier turning his back towards an officer. Facing/Opposing Tai Sui is no good idea neither, Tai Sui might feel challenged and retaliate. In general, avoid the axis of Snake/Pig altogether if you can. To ward off some of the evil influences, you can place a small round metal plate into the respective sectors of Snake and Pig. Houses or apartments which are facing Tai Sui will have a weakened energy in 2025, it is a good idea to strengthen the Feng Shui of these sites. You can pacify the Tai Sui energy by using its combination animal, in the year of the Snake that would be the Monkey.

Next very strong influence is the 3 Sha, or San Sha. Same like with Tai Sui/Sui Po, avoid any renovations or strong vibrations in the entire East sector or palace. Keep it quiet. If you need to do renovations, use the relatively safe times of the great Sun and Moon formula, or postpone to another year. Annoying Tai Sui, Sui Po, San Sha can lead to various problems, like accidents, mishaps, sickness, failure, etc.

The annual Purple White Stars

Before discussing the annual Stars, the so called „natal chart“ of the property and the people living there needs to be assessed. However, the power of the annual Stars in general is more potent than that of the natal Stars of the building. There are various different methods to arrive at the „natal“ flying stars chart of the site, differing schools have different formulae. With this, you need to trust the Feng Shui practitioner of your choice.

These are commonly known as the „Annual Flying Stars“. These Stars change position each year. There are good, neutral and bad annual Stars. The bad guys are: 5 yellow, 2 black, 7 red, 3 jade. Neutral is 4 green. Auspicious Stars are 1 white, 6 white, 8 white and to a certain extent 9 purple. Like in the westerns, the guys dressed in white are always the good guys. 9 purple usually is a „Joker“, meaning that it enhances either good or bad. As this Star Nr. 9 now is timely, it behaves more like an auspicious Star. In Feng Shui, one first neutralises or „cures“ any bad influences before enhancing the good ones.

The bad Stars

The worst Star is Star Nr. 5, the energy of the ruler. In 2025, it flies to the Northeast, the Ghost Gate. As Star 5 is the energy of the just but stern ruler, my hunch is that some of the power and influence of the dead souls might be granted access via this gate to exert influence on the Earth. Its element is Earth, its sigil is of Fire. Use metal to pacify it. Metal is justice, concentration, righteousness. Because this Star, besides being a Star for general misfortune, also is a sickness and poison Star, you can use a three legged toad (toads are poisonous animals) made of brass to subdue and mitigate its effects. Avoid the colour red as taboo in an annual 5 sector. Do not use green. Use metal colours: white, silver, gold. Avoid action there too, keep the sector quiet. If you like to use sound here, use metal sounds, such as metal gongs, singing bowls, or piano.

Next in line is Star Nr. 7. This is a metal Star. Its symbol is a dagger or a knife. Accidents, backstabbing, theft, robbery, injury, quarrel are its favourite themes. Avoid red, green, brown and earth colours. Avoid any images depicting any violence, destruction or discord. Use blue, water, or vinegar to rust the metal of this Star and render it useless. If you have a little daughter in the family, skip the above and use a Dragonturtle figurine made of brass instead.

Star Nr. 3 Jade is another troublemaker. This is a Wood Star. Avoid plants in the NW this year. Stay clear of Water in any form in this palace too. Keep it quiet in this sector. Do not use green/wood, blue/black/water and white/metal in the NW. Actually, all these elements except Metal should stay out of the NW anyway, no matter which year. Normally one would use Fire to reduce the power of this Star, however Fire is not a good idea in the NW. You can use Earth elements here, colours are yellow and earthen.

Sickness Star Nr. 2 black visits the centre, or TaiJi. Note that all Earth Stars visit Earth palaces this year. Their effect will be stronger than in other years. Star Nr. 2 flies to the centre, its effect will permeate everywhere. If you can, put a golden calabash there to trap some of the sickness energy. Also use metal, white, gold, silver objects and colours. Avoid any triplets there. If you cannot place items there, use a round rug in a metal colour and put it in the centre.

The good Stars

Star Nr. 1 is a pretty benevolent Star anyway, and its energy is on the rise. Used correctly, it can mitigate some of the effects of the Tai Sui energy, as it lands in the Southeast sector this year. It stands for nobilty, academic success, status, reputation, drive. Its ancient name is „Greedy Wolf“, so it helps your ambition too. In Xuan Kong, this is a Water Star, in San He a Wood Star. In short, use the spirit of the bamboo.

Star Nr. 6 is a metal Star, it flies to the South Fire sector in 2025. Use Earth to help its effect in 2025, avoid Fire and Wood. For those having nobleman luck this year, activate Star Nr. 6 to enhance chances to gain fame and success.

Star Nr. 8 is a good Star too, its element is Earth. It flies into Kun Palace, or SW sector. Avoid Wood and Metal, use Fire.

All good Stars align on the Yang Southern side of the chart. All bad Stars align around Yin Northern side of the chart. Good vs. Evil.

Bräuche zum Chin. Neujahr, Update 2025

Das Chinesische Neujahr nach dem lunaren Kalender fällt in 2025 auf den 29. Januar. Dies ist der erste Tag des Neuen Jahres. Die in diesem Artikel genannten Termine fallen dieses Jahr entsprechend auf folgende Daten:

24. Tag des letzten Monats des alten Jahres, Verabschiedung des Küchengottes: 23.1.2025

28. Tag des letzten Monats des alten Jahres, Waschen aller Kleider: 27.1.2025

29. Tag des letzten Monats des alten Jahres, Besuch der Ahnengräber: 28.1.2025

Chinesischer Neujahrstag: 29.1.2025

2. Neujahrstag, Tag des Gottes des Reichtums: 30.1.2025

3. Neujahrstag, Im Hause bleiben: 31.1.2025

6. Neujahrstag, Verjagung des Gottes der Armut: 3.2.2025

7. Neujahrstag, Fest der Erschaffung des Menschen: 4.2.2025

Während der Zeitspanne des Neujahrsfestes soll man:

Nichts kaputt machen oder zerbrechen, insbesondere Spiegel

Mit Mitmenschen den Ausgleich suchen

Nichts Schlechtes, sondern Gutes über andere reden

Gute Dinge denken, keine schlechten

Den eigenen Raum sauber und ordentlich halten

Vorsichtig fahren (gilt eigentlich das ganze Jahr ;) )

Kein Geld ausleihen

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Andere aufstellen bzw. ermuntern

Feng Shui is mere coincidence

That is what I think about the metaphysical side of Feng Shui. The physical or material side is easy to understand and apply. The metaphysical side is more like an Art or a game, because you can arrive at a similar effect using very different approaches. One example from my early experiments may illustrate what I mean:

Cutting a tree without touching it

About 15 years ago, i had a case of a some tenants apartment. One of the problems was located at the backyard. The apartment was in one of those housing blocks built in the 60ies, very common in big Swiss cities. The facing of that apartment was towards that backyard. The property management some years ago had planted pine trees, and those pine trees, while being nice at first when being small, grew like bamboo fighting for sunlight, in the process stealing the light from the house and because of a lack of proper space were about touching the house. That is bad in Feng Shui.

The solution would be to trim or cut the young aggressive pines. However, not advisable for the tenant to take a chainsaw and cut them down just like this. So what to do? Time to get creative, i guessed. So i looked up a GengShen (big axe upon big axe) day and the tenant got himself a real hatchet. That hatchet on that day on a certain hour (i took a clash date) was mounted vertically (attack position) on a stand, with the blade of it directed towards the stem of the pine next to the apartment. While mounting the hatchet to its position, I focused on the wish that pine would be removed. No formula involved, just some very basic Date selection, precise positioning and intention.

I forgot the exact time span, after about 2 weeks or a bit less, that pine was chopped down by professional workers the property management must have had sent. The tree next to the house was gone, light came into the apartment.

So you might say: „Just mere coincidence“! I fully agree. This is not science. It may or may not be able to be repeated. Problem with science is: it demands the same result under any condition. Science has a day of 24hs and that is valid for everyone. So science assumes every day is like the same, within the rules of the seasons. However it neglects the fact that every day is different and that people born on different days, in different seasons, in different years, do have different mental and physical qualities or characteristics. It also suppresses or ignores any real occurences not in line with scientific dogma, e.g. the gravitational anomalies which can be found and be verified by anyone (e.g. in Italy there is a spot in the mountains where you have to push the brakes uphill, and push the gaspedal downhill).
So for the more „magical“ aspects of Feng Shui: it works or it does not. When it works it is just a mere coincidence. I can live with that, what does it matter as long as the purpose is fulfilled?

This case study might also highlight the power of intention and imagination. If you are really good at that, i think you will not need the energy of the Date.
Imo, in that specific case it would not have worked without the power of intention and also timing the proper time of putting out that intention.

Putin’s Palace Feng Shui

Youtube washed up this video for me. It features the locations of Putin’s 13 residences in and around Europe and Asia. Besides being very informative, it enables anyone to have a look on the Feng Shui of his buildings.

Some of you might know that i research European Renaissance Feng Shui, so i was baffled and electrified to see that the guys who built this palace for him, obviously are using ancient Chinese Feng Shui principles in sync with the European Renaissance Garden and Palace Feng Shui. By the way, do you know who was the first person to experimentally use it at the time? Ya, of course, the Pope in Rome, who else… research it yourself if you do not believe me ;)

The residence i like to portray just a bit is Putin’s Neo-Renaissance Palace, located at Cape Idokopas, Russia. According to Wikipedia, it was constructed in 2005. So they built a Renaissance inspired Palace all anew in 2005. Most people might think that is just another quirk of some megalomanic individual, and why should they not, apart the fact that he simultaneously is the Head of a Superpower. However, he apparently uses the principles of Power Feng Shui based on landform, which most people will unlikely be able to spot. Everything just looks natural, right? Well, yes and no. Have a look at the macrosetup of his Palace:

Anybody can see that the residence is sited at the end of a ridge which is terminating towards the Black Sea. Anybody can see the main axis is running aligned with the direction of the ridge. Anybody can see the 9 fold bended road incoming. Anybody can see the two Helipads. Have you heard of the Vesica Pisces? Just asking. I leave it at these teasers.

Way back i did some work on the Palace at Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel (depicted in this article is the 2nd building phase, after remodeling). Unlike most other Renaissance Feng Shui projects, in Wilhelmshöhe the building Master used the Mountains to charge the Palace in a rather obvious way. Within 70 years, the small Electorate of Hessen-Kassel was catapulted to be a player at the European Powergame of the time. Then the park and the Palace were remodeled and it took just 15 years to fall back to insignificance for the Electorate by being conquered by Napoleon. Well, never change a running system ;)
Both Kassel (1st builing stage) and Idokopas share the similarity that their Power Feng Shui is not as disguised as other functional Power Feng Shui hubs like in London, Washington, Paris etc. The setup is simple and rather transparent. Anyone just notice the similar patterns of the setup and composition of the space. I will not spill details here. However, just like in the case of that bygone first Wilhelmshöhe Palace, Putin did make a steep rise, and seems to still be on a steep rise. From the outside it looks like Putin actually IS in Power, just like some Renaissance Duke – a thing i doubt with a lot of contemporary other leaders „in power“. Coincidence? And if so, does it matter? I think it does.

If someone is out there doing some similar type of research like me, i might be be interested in some conversation.

General Luck forecast for 2025

As one of the simpler and more general ways to arrive at a prediction for the upcoming year, the interaction between the pillar of the current year (valid for everyone) and your own birthyear pillar can be assessed. In its most simple form, only the interaction between the respective Earthly Branches can be used. 2025 will be the Year of the Wood Snake, or Green Snake. In 2025, the Chinese Lunar New Year starts on January the 29th.

Just look up your animal sign of your birthyear to find your general forecast of 2025, year of the Snake. Please keep in mind these are general readings, just showing large trends for anyone born in a given year. You can use the forecast to adapt to your own situation. For a more detailed and individual forecast, contact the Feng Shui or Bazi agent of your choice.

Born in a Rat year

The Rat can look forward to more good than bad in 2025, it can be a promising year for these people. First of all, be ready to receive help from people who are in a position to help you, Nobleman Luck will be strong for the Rat in 2025. You got a total of three astrological Stars indicating nobleman luck for you.
In case you are suffering from a disease or illness, 2025 will be a good year for you to get rid of it, or dissolve it. In such a case, your Doc could be your nobleman.
People earning their money by travelling around will get that extra pinch of luck delivered to themselves. For people in the academic field, success shines on the horizon. Do not be afraid in 2025 to take on more responsibilities, the Emperor Star shines on your fate and you will likely be able to take the lead and gain good reputation.

The challenges for the Rat in 2025 can be more of a more brutish nature. We are talking about natural disasters, flood, fire, etc. So perhaps the Rat should have their insurances covered. It need‘ nt be natural disasters, though, it could also be unexpected troubles, even violence. For the individuals prone to it, there could likely be instances of short fated romances or relationships. So if you have a say in it, perhaps be a little cautious regarding these areas.

Born in an ox year

All in all, 2025 is likely to be a challenging year for the Ox. On the good side, there is good wealth luck indicated around properties: either selling or buying could bring you gains. Also this year, the Oxens creativity and intelligence will be enhanced, however there is a tendency to loneliness for the Ox in 2025.

On the bad side, the Ox is especially prone to sadness in 2025, even perhaps depression; because there is the risk of several sad events in a row. The Ox should also take heed of scammers, thieves, robbers and perhaps getting injured in 2025.

Born in a Tiger year

The Tiger in 2025 is likely to face some tough fights, largely stemming from the actions of petty people around them. The Stars indicate a theme of gossip, robbery, theft, backstabbing and legal problems, subsequently the Tigers are likely to face internal emotional problems, like e.g. the feeling of being mobbed, betrayed or wronged, unease or even depression. Pretty tough.

However, the Tiger is assisted by the Heavenly Virtue Star in 2025. This Star has the power to significantly reduce the effect of all those bad Stars and keep them at bay. There also are Stars indicating good Luck for Wealth, prosperity and blessings, helping the Tiger in 2025. So overall, the outlook for 2025 is balanced for the Tiger. My guess is that virtuous personalities will be protected the most, while the not so virtuous people could be in for „the chicken come home to roost“ scenario.

Born in a Rabbit year

The Rabbit encounters a relatively small number of Stars for 2025, these are: Thriving, Calamity Sha, Sky Dog, Funeral Guest, Prison. The main theme for 2025 is to take heed of accidents or injuries.
The „Prison“ Star, as its name indicates, relates to a prison. That prison need not be physical, it can also be emotional or mental. One form of a mental prison e.g. could be „thoughts running in a threadmill“. Like one is revolving around the same 3 thoughts in a circle all day long. The „Funeral Guest“ Star denotes possible demise of friends or far relatives.

Relief for the Rabbit in 2025 comes from the „Thriving“ Star. This Star primarily stands for friends helping with opportunities for Wealth. If the Rabbit in 2025 is in a „Prison“, any visiting friends will be of help, right? So I’d assume a good way to go for the Rabbit in 2025 would be to meet as many friends and make new ones as is available.

Born in a Dragon year

If you are born in a Dragon year and are working in the academic field, either teaching or learning, 2025 is likely going to be a successful year. Your studies will likely go well as you put in the work to succeed. Even in a non-academic field, prospects are good: for employees promotion is likely and for businessmen and entrepreneurs the good News is that their reputation is on the rise. Furthermore, the Dragon may expect more good news, festivities and happy events.

On the flipside, the challenges for the Dragon in 2025 tend to be to encounter some obstacles and setbacks, going through a phase of instability and insecurity (either physical, emotional or mental). Also, family members might fall ill, and there could be issues with the immune system. So the challenge for the Dragon in 2025 mainly is to take best care of their physical and mental health and dont fall into sadness or confusion.

Born in a Snake year

The Snake encounters itself in 2025. For the „bad Stars“, there is not such a clear theme indicated like with some of the other Animals this year. The challenges are on a broad band, ranging from the general obstacles and challenges, to backstabbing by petty people, family members falling sick, possible legal disputes due to ones own miscommunication, ups and downs, disease.

Much more specific and clear is the common theme of the „good Stars“: the Snake in 2025 is likely to encounter very solid and strong Nobleman Luck! With the help of influential others, together with the Snakes own effort, all problems can be solved and be cleared out of the way. So do appreciate and do not alienate your possible nobleman or noblemen! In 2025 the Snake has a good chance to be admired or recognised by others for their own qualities. In case the Snake chooses to do the work, the „Eight Seats“ Star will help facilitating a steady, smooth and rich outcome. Yes, the Snake can also make good money in 2025.

Born in a horse year

The Horse in 2025 is likely to be its own worst enemy. The topics challenging the Horse in 2025 the most are of an internal nature and move between the poles of either being overly ambitious and having unrealistic expectations, combined with a heavy workload; or becoming a bit lethargic and uneasy. Tame yourself, Horses.

Internal challenges cant be easily seen by others, so the Horse in 2025 might also be envied for others for its external success: the Horse‘ s Nobleman luck is good, they are more liked by others than in other years, they display good talent and creativity at work, they act smart, their studies likely will succeed.

Born in a goat year

The Goat in 2025 has a higher chance of being liked by others. Otherwise it looks like 2025 might going to be a rather difficult year for them, it is 1 auspicious Star vs. a total of 7 inauspicious ones. Sadness is a major theme for the Goats, there are 2 Stars denoting possible demises of friends or family members. Also gossip, badmouthing, false friends. Many obstacles and a long uphill stretch will require a lot of mental strength to overcome. The natural stubbornness of the Goat might be of help, also to remind oneself of the fact that the night is darkest just before dawn. The general advice is to keep on fighting, to keep ones spirits high. In that sense, spiritually minded individuals might benefit the most, because if they succcessfully conquer 2025, their Spirit will gain tenacity and resilience. Goats, focus and concentrate on your real goals, do not falter in 2025.

Born in a monkey year

2025 looks like more good than bad for the Monkey, however the Monkey still can expect to be up to a stiff fight. On the difficult side, they might lose some of their wealth, encounter some petty people causing trouble, even perhaps legally, face some betrayal by trusted ones, perhaps some fleeting romances, and encounter fear about the external situation. Like, most people are concerned and worried right now, the Monkey will be even more worried.

However, there are quite a few powerful Stars in good favor of the Monkey. If you worked well in the past, promotions and raises might wait for you. Your magic asset, just like with the Rat or a bit less with the Rooster, is the power of Nobleman Luck assisting the Monkey, there are a total of 3 Stars indicating good Nobleman Luck. So look out for people in positions to help you and appreciate them. Nobleman Luck might just propel you to that raise, promotion, financial gain and gain of reputation. If the Monkey uses its smarts and teams up with their Noblemen, victory and success are in sight. A year to toss the bad friends and to nurture or gain the good friends.

Born in a rooster year

Roosters, do not cock up, because the chicken are coming to roost this year. Roosters in 2025 got a total of 6 bad Stars alltogether indicating the possibility of legal troubles or entanglements; 6 Stars are an awful lot and indicate a very strong theme. All bad Stars this year are connected to the legal theme! Be extra careful with contracts, what you say, how you behave, the Law in 2025 will be watching you. Observe speed limits, pay your taxes fair and square, dont take short cuts. Any old scores might be likely to begin being settled this year. Perhaps scout a good lawyer and in advance set some cash aside to pay them. Good luck and Godspeed!

With a clearcut theme like this, let’s look at the good Stars assisting the Rooster in 2025. Roosters,cheer up, because you get help. The auspicious General Star is on your side, this Star has the power to grant you the energy you are going to need to tackle all the external attacks. It will provide you with good luck too, raising the chance that obstacles and difficulties can be successfully surmounted. The „Earth Relief“ Star will assist you in overcoming physical ailments. Another Star helps to give you the mindset of „The Fool“ card in Tarot, no matter how deep the abyss in front of you, you dont care. That is a benefit in diffult situations, because you keep a clear mind. With the General Star, you will have the capacity to lead, either in your own life, or in any given team situation. Meaning you can successfully influence and lead others. Make use of this. Next, 3 Stars indicate Nobleman Luck. So do the same as the Rat and the Monkey. Your intelligence and creativity will be enhanced in 2025, you have some Peach Blossom Luck on your side, so people are more likely to like you. Finally, with the „Golden Lock“ Star on your side, dont be afraid too much about losing wealth this year, it might turn out at the end of the year you have turned in a profit. Get up early, do the work, the early bird catches the worm.

Born in a dog year

In 2025, the Dog, just like the Goat and the Pig, will favor spiritually minded people. However, the challenges for the Dog are way less severe than e.g. for the Goat or the Rabbit. A strong positive influence for the Dog is going to be the „Monthly Virtue“ Star. This Star will help charitable people, its influence stays dormant for selfish people. So Dogs, if you shared your wealth with others in the past, Universe will remember and delete a lot of the pressure for you in 2025. If you were‘ nt a charitable Dog in previous years, get your Karma delivered and deal with it. Or you just might want to start contributing to society. Never too late! Apart from that, the Dog has a good chance for beneficial Romance Luck and happy events in general. The changes which are going to happen have a good chance to change things for the better. Go on career related trips and journeys, your career luck will get a good boost by that.

The Dog in 2025 should brace for some sudden or conceiled bad events. Probabilty is high, these hidden attacks will be launched by colleagues or „friends“. Gossip targeting anyone is never a comfort. So know what your values are, decide yourself what you are about. Those petty people most likely are just envious of your skill, achievements and talent. It might be pretty difficult to spot the origin of the attacks. Beside that, being the target of revenge acts from others is high this year. Also do your best to control your expenses, think twice when you feel the urge to buy something.

Born in in an pig Year

2025 will favor the Pig who is on a spiritual pursuit. If you are a spiritually minded Pig, in 2025 ask and it will be answered. In 2025 it is favorable for the Pig to go on journeys and trips, these are likely to provide you with opportunities to make money. In 2025, the Pig will be recognised and appreciated for their talent and knowledge. Another Star points in the same direction: use your talents to step up and receive promotion or salary increase. For the Pig, the action-response interval is likely to be rather short in 2025, so you can try out several things and go with what works for you. Your input and effort will make all the difference this year. Keep your spirits high.

The Pig is heads on with the Year’s energy of the Snake, so brace for changes, troubles and disharmony. Two Stars indicate sadness and depression to the Pig, energies the Pig is naturally prone to anyway. Expect many emotional issues, there will be obstacles to your growth provided this year. It is even possible to be negatively influenced by friends, so follow your own ethics as your guiding Star. In short, again, keep your spirits high, rely on your own effort and talent and through all those obstacles, make the universe as you want it, work on healing yourself from old bad Karma. Good Luck!