Feng Shui Gossips ~ The Feng Shui Trader

Author: Amy Lee

It is a tragedy that we lost our King of Pop without seeing him on stage for at least one last time. Was his life simply a path he had to take based on his destiny? Was there something he could have done (or not done) to live a happier, more fulfilling life? To answer these questions from a Chinese Metaphysics perspective, we will look at the three factors of Chinese Destiny: Heaven, Earth and Humanity. Heaven Luck is governed by a person’s Chinese Astrology chart or BaZi. Earth luck is how the Feng Shui of our living environment affects us. Man luck or Humanity represents the actions we take. In Michael Jackson’s case, I think it will be interesting to examine how he changed his own destiny by altering his facial features.

First of all, let’s take a look at Michael Jackson’s BaZi chart - Male born 29 August 1958 at 8:47am:

The structure of this chart is called Eating God structure. Eating God represents artistic talent, creativity and intelligence. This chart belongs to someone who truly believes in art and creates art for art’s sake. People with Eating God structure are perfectionists. Their art tends to last through time. They are proud of themselves, like to do their own thing and do not care about what others think. Because of that, they tend to be viewed as eccentric by the public. Gianni Versace is another example of Eating God structure.

While Eating God people are artists, they are best at working behind the scenes. They are not the performing types and should stay away from the limelight. I am not saying that Michael Jackson was not a good performer. I am saying that he would have found more satisfaction working as a song writer or producer and mentoring the next generation of musicians. The fact that he had to come out into the spotlight and perform again must have created a lot of pressure and anxiety for him. As for timing, this year is simply not the best year for him to return to the stage. This year is Ji Chou which is stacking earth. Earth covers up metal which represents his talents. If he was looking for any new ideas and breakthroughs in either his music or his performance, he would have had a very difficult time.

You will notice that this chart is almost all Yang. In Chinese Metaphysics, we prefer balance. This chart is clearly imbalanced. A person whose chart has more Yang than Yin is more of an extrovert. However, when Yang becomes extreme then it reverts to the opposite. This chart tells us that while Michael Jackson could have been a talkative person, he liked his solidarity. He was born in the autumn season with metal being the strongest element in this chart. When metal becomes very strong, it means depression and loneliness. It is clear that he had a tendency to become depressed. To bring balance to a chart that is cold, we will prescribe fire element to warm up the chart. Western medicine is an example of fire element. However, a more effective fire element recommendation would have been spiritual studies. If Michael Jackson had pursued some spiritual studies (not necessarily in the religious sense) such as Buddhism, he may have found more peace with himself and would been able to appreciate more of what he had accomplished.

In addition to the basic BaZi chart, we all go through life cycles in ten-year blocks. Michael Jackson entered one of these ten-year life cycles back in 2000 and was about to enter a new ten-year life cycle. During the last ten years, his creativity and artistic abilities were affected. In other words, he suffered from artist’s block. The sad thing was he was about to get out of this writer’s block and rediscover his creativity. 2009 is a transition point for him going from one ten-year life cycle to the next. We all tend to be a little more fragile during our transition points. Heath Ledger also died of sudden death as he was moving from one ten-year life cycle to the next. While not all of us will suffer from sudden death or serious illness at our transition points, it is worthwhile to note these transition points so we can take extra care of ourselves during these sensitive times.

Even after a person dies, his BaZi chart lives on. Michael Jackson was plagued with legal problems throughout his life. His BaZi chart indicates more legal problems in the next ten years. Therefore, we can expect a long legal process as far as the resolution of his estate is concerned.

Next let’s take a quick look at the Feng Shui of Neverland Ranch. From Google Maps, we can see that Neverland Ranch is located at a point which two rivers merge into one, creating a Y-shape. In Feng Shui, a Y-shaped river is called “Open Feet Water.” It is not desirable to live in areas with a Y-shaped river or road. In less severe cases, it creates relationship or marital problems. In more serious cases, it means sex scandals. Another undesirable Feng Shui feature we can see from Google Maps is the straight long stair cases running down the Neverland Train Station. Straight long stair cases are called “Pulling Nose Water,” which drains the wealth of the residents of the property.

Our face also governs our destiny. By altering our faces, we are altering our destinies. Generally speaking, we prefer a fleshy face. There should not be any sunken parts except for the philtrum (the groove between the nose and the upper lip.) Michael Jackson had a series of plastic surgeries. Photos of the young Michael Jackson shows he had a chubby face and a big nose with a fleshy tip. In face reading, that is considered a good face. The nose, in particular, is the wealth palace. Notice that Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and other wealthy individuals all have a fleshy nose. By making his nose smaller and pointier, Michael Jackson sabotaged his own wealth luck. As the flesh of his face thinned out, so did his happiness. His philtrum also appeared to have been flattened. The philtrum represents age 50. A flat philtrum denotes challenges and troubles at age 50. Even if Michael Jackson had made it through this year and moved on into his fifties, he would have had a very challenging time ahead because he made his lips thinner and he put a cleft in this chin. How our lips and chin look tells us how well our lives are going to be in our fifties. The lesson to learn here is that if you are going to perform plastic surgery, make your face better. Generally speaking, it is desirable to make your face fleshier, not skinnier.

Contrary to rumors and speculation, I do not believe that Michael Jackson bleached his skin. Based on his BaZi, he was supposed to have some kind of skin problem. Therefore, I believe that his pale look and heavy makeup was really the result of his skin illness rather than an effort to “look white.”

Michael Jackson was born with a decent BaZi, with a wealth of talent and creativity. It was sad to see that he did not live up to the full potential of his BaZi. If he had pursued some spiritual studies, avoided the bad Feng Shui house and not altered his face, his fans would likely have benefited greatly by enjoying more of his music which I am sure would have brought him a more fulfilling and satisfying life.

© Amy Lee Feng Shui Consultations 2009

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Feng Shui Trader's reaction to Penn and Teller's Feng Shui Bullshit !!!

Feng Shui Trader decided to blog about an American reality TV show, that in one episode addressing on the topic of Feng Shui. Penn and Teller host this show in 2003, they called it the ‘Penn and Teller: Bullshit!’ The show aimed to debunk pseudoscientific ideas, supernatural beliefs, woo-woo, popular fads and misconceptions, and often from a libertarian point of view. Like most of ‘Bullshit’ episodes, Feng Shui is a total bullshit. I have loved the show so much and embedded them below from YouTube on trader’s blog. There were three parts in it; I have only embedded two parts as the last part is just describing the consumptions of water by the humans.

Part 1 of 2

Part 2 of 2

Eight House Theory Feng Shui featured in the Video (Ba Zhai Feng Shui) or Maybe Ming Kua 9 Qi Feng Shui
During the earlier part of the video, Kartar mentioned to her client that she (client) belong to the ‘West’ type people and advised her to sleep head west while Milan advised the same client to sleep head south. P&T made no second attempt to understand the basics principle of Feng Shui and took the advantage to comment on the inconsistencies of Feng Shui.

In the theory and practices of Ba Zhai Feng Shui, the grouping (East or West) or the ‘Kua’ number of a person is determined by his or hers date of birth. There are four auspicious and four inauspicious directions for each type of people. There are no such things as the most auspicious directions, as most of the time, there are many physical constraints created from the premise itself. It will be beneficial to the client as long as she is sleeping heading to any one of the four auspicious directions. There is one common consideration, where the grouping of the husband and wife is different. Then, they will need to integrate both the directions of the early and later trigrams to select their appropriate heading direction. Simply, there is more then one auspicious direction for an individual.

Xuan Kong Feng Shui featured in the Video
P&T commented that the three Feng Shui consultants, each have different opinions about the positions and color of the couches. The simple answer to the inconsistencies is that each of the consultants had a different opinion of the facing directions of the house, which is the most critical factor in eradicating the Feng Shui’s floor plan. There is another consideration, which may affect the calculations process. All three consultants might have come to same facing directions; however, the actual reading in degree of the facing direction lies in the middle of two sectors on the compass and the two sectors differs in polarity. An alternate solution to the problem is to apply substitution stars. Usually, both the original floor plan and the modified floor plan are draft out simultaneously. The Feng Shui people will relates both floor plans with the client to determine the more ‘accurate’ floor plan. The video could be edited, cut or the client providing different information to different consultant. Milan and David might have received the same piece of information from the client while what Kartar heard was of different story.

Omg lolz Mistakes
One of the commandments of Feng Shui is never overdoing it. Every adjustment made to the arrangement of the house must remain within the comfort zone of the family. In the video, David had reallocated the positions and orientations of the couches, which leave a narrow walkway for the client and her family. Well, we cannot blame P&T the duo scrooges who are fame for finding faults. Maybe David should be more cautious and aware of whom he is dealing with next time.

So if Feng Shui is really a Science?
In the show, P&T (Penn and Teller) efforts seem to direct onto distinguishing the differences between Science and Art. Feng Shui Trader says; Feng Shui is an Art but it cannot be completely detached away from Science. The methodology of Feng Shui’s is a huge compilation of actual occurrences observed by the ancient Chinese sage. They will predict the likely outcome base on experiences and occurrences. Every scientific or mathematical theory in the world is also derived in a much similar fashion. I could still remember the dreadful statistics lessons during my collage days.

I will tag Feng Shui along with science thru an analogy (mimicking what Mr. David Cho had done in the video), Now we all knew a very important concept of Feng Shui, which is the intangible Yin and Yang. Suppose, I told you that there were two people in a room which one person being a male. I asked you to predict the gender of the other person and my hint was, that person was of a different gender. I suppose you can predict the gender of the other fellow without much difficulty after you have worked out the solution, base on super scientific theories and mathematical calculations. Well, in a similar fashion, Feng Shui Masters are also doing that. They predicted that in this world that we live in, it is either Yin or Yang so their answers will most likely be a female. (Although people like Chris Crocker and Bruno does exist)

Conclusions
There is possibility that the video altered and dubbed to serve the purpose of the show. It is insufficient to draw any conclusions to proof that Feng Shui is bullshit. My personally preference and views about the Feng Shui guys in the video is that I like Kartar very much and have read on her Feng Shui book, which I am going to share further insight. She would be ideal as a personnel and professional Feng Shui consultant whom you can relate with. Milan trends to oversell Feng Shui. David made some mistakes and the mistakes amplified by P&T.

Here below is the official website of the three guests Feng Shui consultants from the video.

To contact Kartar Diamond;
http://www.fengshuisolutions.net/

To contact Milan;
http://fengshuiyourhome.com/index.php
To contact David Cho;
http://davidchofengshui.com/