Steve Jobs' Spaceship-shaped Campus: Is it good for him?

On June 7, 2011, Apple CEO Steve Jobs presented his idea about a spaceship-shaped new Apple campus to the Cupertino City council.  The 4-storied building is like a donut with empty space or courtyard in the center and curved glass all the way around.  The campus will have 3.1 million square feet space and  house 12,000 workers with 90% underground parking and 6000 trees for landscaping.  

http://www.cupertino.org/index.aspx?page=26&recordid=463

No cost estimates are given.  But anyone with half a brain should know it will cost many arms and legs-- of the stockholders.

This news reminds me of an old blog that I had written in 2002.

http://kenlaifengshui.blogspot.com/2007/08/blog-post_9185.html

Below is some excerpts from that blog:

"Most of us know that ancient Egyptian Pharaohs had built huge pyramids and grand monuments to memorialize their reigns and feats at huge expenses to their people and treasury........

Modern Pharaohs do not build tombs but grandeur office buildings. They are the CEOs and executives of big corporations." 

Is Steve Jobs a "green" visionary or simply another "modern Pharaoh"?  Is this a reflection of his insecurity about his own mortality?

Bloggers and some readers of newspapers like the Wall Street Journal, wonder if this spaceship campus spells the beginning of the end of the Apple empire.  Given Steve Jobs' health conditions, others even doubt if he will live to see the building completed.

I am not a business analyst.  However, when I link the dots with Feng Shui of the spaceship campus and  Steve Jobs' 4-Pillars of Destiny Chart, some patterns emerge that may not be favorable to him.

CHINESE ASTROLOGICAL READING OF STEVE JOBS' BIRTH CHART

This reading is based on Chinese Bazi or "4-Pillars of Destiny".   I try to keep jargon  to  a minimum for the average readers here.

Steve is a weak fire-person with many earth elements in his chart.  Earth stands for his talent and creativity.  People with many talent elements in their charts are likely to be demanding, perfectionist and egoistic.  Earth produces metal.  Metal is the wealth element of a fire-person.  So Steve Jobs is great in using his talent and creativity to produce wealth.  Wood is the energy source of a fire person.  His wood energy is pretty strong, so he is very resourceful. 

In Chinese astrology, luck is calculated in terms of 10-years and annual luck periods. Between 2001 and 2010, Steve  had entered a 10-years luck period with strong fire and metal energies which resulted in metal and wood energies battling each other in his chart.

Wood energy seemed losing the battle.  Wood stands for liver and gallbladder in Chinese metaphysics.  Steve had pancreatic cancer in 2004 and a liver transplant in 2009.   This shows metal energy is not good for his health though it is great for his wealth.  Metal stands for wealth for a fire-person.

Steve has just moved to a new 10-year luck period this year (2011).  Unfortunately, it is still dominated by strong metal energy.  He will have three major "astrological hurdles" to jump through during this (current) 10-years luck period.

The first hurdle is shared by everyone who will be be 60 years old in 2015 (including Bill Gate).  The Chinese calender system is measured in terms of a sixty years cycle.  People who were born in 1955 or the year of "wood-ram" (yi-wei) will reach another wood-ram year in 2015.  This will create an astrological condition of "Fu-yin" or the "overlapping of annual luck pillar with birth-year pillar".   Depending on individual astrological chart and life history,  this Fu-yin condition can be auspicious or bad omen for the person with this condition.

Unfortunate for Steve, wood or "yi" stands for liver in Chinese astrology and also Chinese Traditional Medicine.  Ram or "wei" is "wood-storage or tomb" in Chinese metaphysics.  So yi-wei year (2015) means "wood is entombed" or to Steve, his liver is "entombed".  This could mean major liver problems for him.

What this means is that Steve Jobs should avoid metal energy, especially during 2015!

"Will Bill Gate or anyone born in 1955 have this liver problem?"

No, it is simply Steve Jobs had a liver transplant and a history of metal-wood energy confrontations.  So he is more prone to have this entombment problem.

Besides the "big 60 hurdle",  Steve Jobs is likely to have gallbladder and/or limb injuries in 2016 and a major health issue in 2017.   The energy distributions of his astrological chart in 2017 is similar to that of 2004 when he had pancreatic cancer.   2018 will also be a rough year for him.  The energy of that year will be similar to 2009 when he had his liver transplant.

The years that you should be careful with Apple stocks (if Steve Jobs is still the CEO) are: 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2021.
 

FENG SHUI OF STEVE JOBS' SPACESHIP CAMPUS

To keep things simple, this reading will focus on the "spaceship" building.  One major problem of circular-shaped building is the determination of the building's  facing and sitting, especially if the building is surrounded by curved glasses.   It is difficult to give an accurate Feng Shui audit without accurate data about the facing and sitting of a building.   Energy will come in from all directions of the "spaceship".   Energies inside the building will be mixed and "confused".   People living in a circular-shaped building will prosper for a few years and then falling into hard time pretty quick.

The "blade"

In terms of basic Form Feng Shui, a circular building like this one is very Feng Shui unfriendly to  buildings around it.  This "spaceship" looks like a circular knife or cutter that can cut  into ANY direction.  Residents of buildings located within 100 meters with the view of the "blade" of this spaceship are likely to suffer disharmony between family members, surgeries, accidents, affairs, back-stabbing and losing money.

From the floor plan photo, the entrance seemed to be in the Northeast side, which is the auspicious wealth direction of the current 8th Feng Shui period (ends in 2023).  This reflects Steve Jobs' current good wealth luck period even he  takes only $1 salary per year!

Campus land shape and floor plan

Apparently Steve Jobs likes wood energy as he plans to increase tree counts from 3700 to 6000.  This is interesting as his astrological chart needs wood energy to protect his liver.  There will be many many trees inside the middle of the donut or spaceship building.   This will constitute a large concentration of wood energy inside the perimeter of a metal energy building.  The result will be these two antagonistic energies fighting against each other.  The manifestation to people working in this building will be limb injuries, traffic accidents and wood related sickness.

Chinese character for "stranded"

 In terms of Chinese symbology,  the word for "stranded" or "tired" is 困 (kùn).  This word consists of wood or tree inside a perimeter.  This spaceship and trees formed the imagery of the Chinese word "stranded"-- definitely not auspicious according to the Chinese.

What can be deduced  from the shapes of this campus land and buildings?  The land looks like the bust of a bird with a gigantic eye and a huge mouth instead of a tiny beak.  In terms of Chinese metaphysics,  bird is considered a metal element.  A ring or circular object is also considered a metal element or Qian.  Qian stands for heaven, father, ruler, boss, active, thinking and more.

As mentioned above, metal is the wealth element for a fire-person like Steve Jobs.  But metal here means more than wealth to Steve, it also means control like heaven, huge eye to pay attention to every details, big mouth to "eat" or expand into other business channels beyond computer (now in music and phone already).  The shape of this campus echoes Steve Jobs' "Big Brother is watching" theme in his famous 1984 Mac commercial.  

IS THE SPACESHIP-SHAPED CAMPUS GOOD FOR STEVE JOBS?
If you have read  this far,  you should know the answer already!  Here are the major points:

• Steve Jobs has wood-related sickness (liver and pancreas).  
• Metal energy "chops" wood energy (so it is bad for liver)
• Circular building is strong in metal energy

The invisible hands of destiny seem to be toying with Steve Jobs.  It reflects from his unconscious pursuit of metal and wood energy-- wealth and health.  You can guess what will happen to Steve's new liver if he works inside the "spaceship" over an extended period.

Therefore, if Steve Jobs builds and moves into this spaceship edifice, it could possibly be his last office and a new beginning for Apple.

"Can you suggest some Feng Shui or metaphysics remedies for Steve?"

There are some Feng Shui and metaphysical remedies in my "Advanced Form Feng Shui"  and "Destiny and Luck Management" courses that Steve could possibly use.  But I think the effective remedy for him is following Bill Gate lead to donate a significant amount of his wealth to life-saving charities to build up his karma credit.   Steve Jobs' health deteriorates when the new Millennium begins with the exponential increases of his fortune.  This is a case of someone who is astrologically not strong enough to handle immense wealth.  The likely consequence is severe illness or even sudden death.  By unloading excess wealth for good causes, hopefully Steve Jobs can regain his health with the karma points generated.


 (Disclosure:  I do not own any Apple or Microsoft stocks)

Ken Lai
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Fate and Destiny: Joe's Choice

Joe,  a friend of mine in Hong Kong,  always runs into bad luck with financial decisions.  He had lost his shirt when running a printing business many years ago.  Property price shot up after he had sold his house.  We check what stocks he bought and stay away from those stocks because the chance of price drops are very high.   Earthquake happened while he was in Japan a few months ago and got stuck there for a while.  We call him "Dark Dude" (黑仔 hēi zǐ)  because he always runs into bad luck with financial matters.

The male side of Joe's family has a history of dying at middle age (around 50).  Joe is approaching the big 50.  He wants to quit his job, travel the world and spend all his money before he dies.

"What happens if you do NOT die after you have spent all your money?"  I asked Joe.

"That probably is as worse as death -- I'll be penniless and homeless."  Joe replied.

Here are Joe's choices and possible outcomes:
1.  Do nothing and accept death at around 50 years old-- and died with money left
2.  Do nothing and accept death at around 50 -- and survived with money and job intact
3.  Quit job, travel the world and spend all money-- and died a happy man
4.  Quit job, travel the world and spend all money-- and survived as a homeless man

What choice will you advise him to take given his "track records" with his destiny?   What advice can you give him to improve his chance of surviving beyond 50?


Ken Lai

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Dog Story II: Dogs also grief

In 2008, I had blogged about a Chinese brown dog trying to save its deceased partner after a traffic accident.   A few days a go I have stumbled onto the actual video footage in YouTube.  The video is more moving than words.  Here is the link:

The following is another incident about two stray dogs.  The female dog was killed on the road and the brown male dog tried desperately to "revive" her.  The video was broadcasted in Chinese TV and touched the hearts of millions.

The Chinese subtitles at the end of the video explain that the helper had fed  the male dog a sausage.  He ate half and stuffed the remaining half into the mouth of the deceased dog.  The helper then poured some water into his mouth.   He licked the mouth of the female dog.  Eventually the male dog was exhausted trying to "revive" his partner.  Helplessly,  he lay on top of the female dog.

Later,  the volunteer helper had found a tree near a farm house, dug a one foot deep grave and buried the female dog under the watchful eyes of the male dog.

Proper burial or disposal of deceased animal or roadkill is good for one's karma too.

Cats also grief like dogs.  Here is a video showing a cat trying to revive its partner with its paws for hours.

Animals grief too.



Ken Lai

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Client-based favorable element testing in Bazi

The following is an extract from the chapter "Client-based favorable element testing" in my "Destiny and Luck Management: Basic Bazi Therapy and Enhancement" course. 

Sometimes we run into situation that the favorable and unfavorable elements ("yong-shen" and "chou-shen"; aka "useful god" and "annoying god") derived from standard Bazi techniques does not match the life experience of the client.  Other scenario is client’s chart is a tough one to decipher such as the one that is in the borderline of either fake follow or fake extreme strong profile.  Another scenario is: when we said favorable element or good luck period—client thinks that he must be hitting the lottery or making tons of money if it is a “good luck period”.  People have different definitions of “good” and “bad” luck. 

To overcome these “definition of realities” problems, we have designed a "Life Experience Decoder Questionnaire".  This questionnaire can calculate client’s “subjective” luck experience down to 6-months interval.  By “subjective” we mean the evaluation of  “good” and “bad” luck is based on client’s own subjective rating.

The results found from this questionnaire will match client’s own subjective life experience.  This should be a more accurate reflection of how a client interprets his own destiny even though outsiders or objective observers may have a different interpretation.  This method may not work well with client younger than 20 years old due to his relative short life history.  But it  gives better results with older clients.

This questionnaire is simple to administer, even without the supervision of the practitioner. Another advantage of this questionnaire is that the client can use the results to predict future lucks by filling in the scores in terms of favorable and unfavorable elements in the future year slots.

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4P/ Bazi Terminology Conventions

NOTE: In 2009, I have posted "Translations of 4P or Bazi Terms" article.  It becomes one of the most read message.  People found it helpful to the understanding of the so-called "10 Gods" or transformation stars, especial those who have studied with different Bazi teachers using different terminologies.  The article is a subset of the Appendix section of my "4P Bootcomp" video course.  Here I post the whole Appendix with more information below.

TRANSLATIONS OF 4P OF BAZI TERMS

There are no commonly agreed translations of 4P terms. Different schools or teachers translate 4P terms according to his/her personal preferences. There are three major rules used in translations:

1. Literal translations: This simply gives a faithful and very often, horrible (in terms of culture shock) translations of the terms. For examples, “shi-shen” is translated as “eating god”, “qi-sha” becomes “7-killings”, “shang-guan” becomes “hurting officials or officers” and the likes. Problem with literal translations is that it may bias student perceptions towards certain terms as “bad” or negative because it sounds horrible. In reality, every one of the “10 gods” or ‘transformation stars” (my terminology) can be positive or negative depending on the composition of the 4P chart. Another common misconception is the ubiquitous uses of the term "god" in 4P, like "useful god" (yong shen), "enmity god" (chou shen) and the like, making 4P sound "religious" when it is actually more statistical and logical in nature.

2. Pin-yin translations: This gives a transliteration of the 4P terms like “shi-shen”, “zheng-guan” and etc. It takes some time to get used to these foreign terms. But it is great when you go back to the original Chinese texts or switching teachers/school.

3. Translation based on interpreted meanings: This translates the 4P terms based on the understanding of the translator. For example, shi-shen and shang-guan are translated as “output” stars. But different people have different understanding of the terms, so the translations can sometimes be confusing and shocking as well. Good translations under this should be “value-free” or NOT “value-laden”. It should also give meanings that are faithful or close to the original meanings of the terms. The translated terms should not influence the perception of the readers and students.

4. Mixing of all of the above

The following examples are the common translations of 4P's "10 gods" or "transformation stars": 

Diagram showing the productive cycle of 10 transformation stars (blue or hollow arrows for productive cycle and black arrows for controlling cycle).  If you understand the dynamics of this diagram, you already know 60%+ of 4P.  Most 4P operations revolves around this diagram.

10 GODS OR TRANSFORMATION STARS TRANSLATIONS
Jie-cai 劫财
Ken: JC, +peer ("+" stands for polarity "yang", not necessarily means positive!)
Others: rob wealth, competitor, unfriendly parallel, contender-star, unfriendly partner
Bi-jian 比肩
Ken: BJ, -peer ("-" stands for polarity "yin", not necessarily means negative!)
Others: friend, collegue, unfriendly parallel, friend-star, friendly buddy 

Zheng-cai 正财  

Ken: ZC,  +wealth

-- direct wealth, wealth, proper wealth, earned wealth, earned property, property-star, possession 
Pian-cai 偏财
Ken: PC, –wealth
Others: indirect wealth, wealth, unbecoming wealth, unexpected wealth, unexpected property, windfall star, godsend wealth, unexpected possession 
Zheng-yin 正印
Ken: ZY, +resource
Others: direct resource, resource/education, proper resource, main funds, proper care, mother-star, willingly nourished
Pian-yin 偏印
Ken: PY, –resource
Others: indirect resource, resource/education, unbecoming resource, unexpected funds, unbecoming care, guardian star, unwillingly nourished
Shang-guan 伤官
Ken: SG, +output
Others: hurting officer, intelligence/aspirations, drastic ouput, actor-star, offending-star, harsh output
Shi-shen 食神
Ken: SS, –output
Others: eating god, intelligence/aspirations, gracious output, artist-star, food-star, emotional IQ
Zheng-guan 正官
Ken: ZG, +power
Others: direct officer, power/status, proper power, discipline, angel star, the obedience
Qi-sha 七杀
Ken: QS, –power
Others: 7-killings, power/status, unbecoming power, unbecoming discipline, evil star, the stern 

STEM AND BRANCH INTERACTIONS 

Five Stem Combinations (天干五合)

-- combinations 

Stem Clashes (天干相剋 )“ke” 

-- clashes and countering 

Six Branch Combinations (地支六合) ”he” 

-- combinations 

Six Branch Clashes (地支六冲) “chong” 

-- clashes 

Branch 3-Meeting (地支三会) “san hui” 

-- frame, directional combinations, regional combinations 

Branch 3-Unity (地支三合)  “san he” 

-- 3-harmony, triangular branch combinations, 60-degrees combinations 

Half 3-Unity (半地支三合) “san he” 

-- semi/half 3-harmony 

Branch Six Harms (地支六害) “hai” 

-- harms 

Earthly Branch Six Damages (地支六破) “po” 

-- destruction 

Branch 3-Penalties (地支三刑) “san xing” 

-- punishment 

Branch Self-penalties  (自刑) “zi xing” 
-- self-punishment  

MISCELLANEOUS TERMS
Favorable element (“Yong Shen”) 用神 

-- “useful god”: the element that a chart needs most 

Unfavorable element (“Ji Shen” ) 忌神 

-- “annoying god”:  the element that hurts a chart most 

Supporting element (“Xi Shen” ) 喜神 

-- “happy god”:  the element that nurtures the favorable element 

Vengeful  element (“Chou Shen” ) 仇神 

-- “vengeance god”:  the element that nurtures the unfavorable element 

Trivial  element (“Xian Shen” ) 閑神 

-- “trivial god”:  the element that does not affect Day-master much 

Transformation platform (“Fa Shen”) 化神 

-- “transformation god”:  the element needed for combination and transformation to take place 

4P PROFILES/ CHART TYPES 

Extreme strong 专旺格 

w/ Extreme wood曲直格, Extreme fire炎上格, Extreme earth稼墙格, Extreme metal從革格, Extreme water 潤下格

-- ultra-strong 

Extreme weak 從弱格 

w/ Follow wealth 從财格, Follow sha (power) 從杀格, Follow offspring從兒格, Follow the powerful 從势格

-- ultra-weak 

Follow the strong 從强格 

-- follow strength 

Qi-transformation 化氣格 

JIA-JI EARTH transformation甲己化土格 

YI-GENG METAL transformation乙庚化金格 

BING-SHEN WATER transformation丙辛化水格 

DING-REN WOOD transformation丁壬化木格 

WU-GUI FIRE transformation戊癸化火格 
-- qi-transformation

My personal bias is trying to make the translated terms as neutral as possible, so as not influencing the reader's perception. Each of these 10 "stars" or "gods" can be positive or negative depending on the combination of the natal chart and luck periods.

I do not mean other translations are not as "good" or "horrible" as mine. Translations reflect the worldviews, command of the Chinese language and mental conditions of the translators.


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Who has killed Osama Bin Laden?

My last message discusses the influence of Feng Shui on Bin Laden's death and skipped the destiny and karma aspects.  This message will focus on the astrological aspects using Chinese Bazi astrology using Laden's birth day and hour.

Bazi or "4-Pillars of Destiny" translates one's birthday and hour into 5-elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth.  By analysing the proportions, combinations and interactions between within one's birth chart, we can explain why some events happened and predict what will happen.

OBAMA VS. BIN LADEN:  metal ox vs. fire rooster
The epic struggle between "righteous and evil" bought  President Obama and Bin Laden into a direct confrontation (note: both claim to be the righteous side).  Let's check their current luck by examining their 4-pillars charts.  Don't worry if you do not know Bazi terminology.  There will be "plain language" explanations after listing the charts.

BIN-LADEN 4P CHART
YEAR: DING-YOU (fire-metal; clashing 2011 Grand Duke)
MONTH: GUI-MAO (water-wood; fan-yin with current 10-year luck)
DAY:  XIN-SI  (metal-fire)
HOUR:  GUI-SI (water-fire)

CURRENT 10-YEAR LUCK:  DING-YOU (fu-yin year-pillar, fan-yin month-pillar)
2011 ANNUAL LUCK: XIN-MAO (fan-yin 10-year luck and  year-pillar)

Many people had read Bin Linden's chart before, so we will only focus on his current luck.  He  is a strong xin metal.  His favorable elements (yong-shen) are: fire, wood and water.  Unfavorable elements are: earth and metal.  Bin Laden's current 10-year luck are ding-you (fire-metal) and 2011 annual luck is xin-mao (metal-wood).  Therefore half of the current luck elements are unfavorable.  But just looking at favorable/unfavorable elements is not enough.  We have to check the interactions between luck pillars and the pillars within the natal chart.

Here are Bin Laden's destiny problems in 2011:
1.  Year pillar is identical to 10-year luck pillar (fu-yin)
-- this can be positive or negative, but negative in the long run
2.  10-year luck pillar fights with month pillar (fan-yin)
-- this is very serious as month branch is the "dam" of the chart, can be death for people over 50
3.  10-year luck pillar fights with 2011 annual luck pillar (fan-yin)
-- prone to accident/injury and obstacles

In summary, 4 out of 6 pillars in his chart are "shaken" and his "dam" is clashed.  His animal sign rooster also clashes the Grand Duke or ruler of the year (rabbit). Something will happen even if there is no raid.

The date he died was a strong earth day which is not good for strong metal.  The way he died reflects ding-you fu-yin.  Ding stands for fire, eye and heart in Bazi.  Ding-you is his year pillar and located in the left side of a traditional Bazi chart.  Bullet is small metal (you-metal).  One bullet blew his left eye away and one bullet hit his chest (likely to be his heart).

OBAMA 4P CHART  (short form!)
YEAR: XIN-CHOU (metal-earth)
MONTH: YI-WEI  (wood-earth)
DAY:  JI-SI  (earth-fire)
HOUR:  JIA-XU  (wood-earth)

CURRENT 10-YEAR LUCK:  GENG-YIN  (metal-wood)
2011 ANNUAL LUCK:  XIN-MAO  (metal-wood)

Obama is a strong earth, likes metal, wood and water and dislikes earth and fire.  The date he ordered action was not good for strong earth.  But Obama's current 10-year luck is geng-yin  (metal-wood) with annual luck xin-mao (metal-wood)--- all are his favorable elements.  But the major differences between his current luck and Bin Laden's are:  Obama has no major clashes or fighting action in the pillars (other than the clash between year and month pillar, which was born with.  Bin Laden had the same situation. So both of them had divorced parents at early age).

The person with better curernt luck won the cat and mouse game.  It is a game over for Bin Laden.

If Bin Laden had escaped this raid, he probably could last till 2017 or ding-you (fire-metal) year. 

WHO HAS KILLED BIN LADEN?
The Navy Seals? Obama? Karma? Fate? Feng Shui? Bin Laden himself? I do not have the exact answer.

Some people on the web argued that bad Feng Shui has killed Bin Laden. We could have fired CIA and let Feng Shui masters do the assassination jobs if Feng Shui were so powerful. Do you remember the Chinese saying about destiny -- "Fate first, luck second and Feng Shui third"?  I would think Feng Shui at most contribute  20- 30% to his demise.

In Bin Laden's case, Feng Shui and personal luck were synchronized.  My experience always finds bad personal luck associates with bad Feng Shui most of the time.  My past blog had written about firing your Feng Shui guy if you think your current luck is great (and hiring one if your luck sucks!).

How about karma?  This is a sensitive subject and we prefer not touching it since different people have different ideas about Bin Laden's role in all these global events.

Mono-causal theory could not explain the forces behind Bin Laden's death. A combination of the factors listed here--- fate, karma, Obama, Feng Shui and Bin Laden himself, would probably explain it, though people may assign different weight to each factor.

Personally, I would give Feng Shui 20- 30% influence, fate and luck 60% and the balance is karma.  Karma reward or retribution do not necessarily happen in current lifetime but can be carried over to next life or even spread across a few lifetimes.


Ken Lai

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Hidden Feng Shui Secrets of Bin Laden's Hideout Compound

Osama Bin Laden's hideout compound in Pakistan illustrates some principles of classical Chinese Form Feng Shui. 

Floorplan of Laden's hideout compound, click to enlarge

SHAPE OF THE COMPOUND PLOT
The compound plot shape is an imperfect  triangle.  The big triangle can further be distinguished into 3 smaller triangles and one imperfect square where the main residence is built.

According to Form Feng Shui, the "5-element" nature of triangle is fire.  House on a triangular plot is prone to violence, injuries, fire, sickness, lawsuits, bad luck, dwindling wealth and accidents.  This is due to energy or qi  distribution is uneven on a triangular plot.

How do Feng Shui experts fix a plot like this one?  Amazingly, the remedy is "almost" there in Laden's compound. The designer of this house has partitioned the plot into different sections with the main residential area shaped into a square.  He could have done a good Feng Shui fix IF he was not preoccupied with privacy and security.  He has reshaped the plot back into a giant triangle by building connecting walls on the triangular plot. Is this karma or not?

Normal and simple Feng Shui fix would have been simply planting lots of trees on the triangle sections to mask out the negative Feng Shui effect.

FACING AND LAND FORMS

Landforms of the hideout, click to enlarge

Based on the data from the New York Times, Laden's hideout compound is approximately facing NNW or largely North.  Bin Laden was known for having kidney problem.  Kidney problem is related to water energy within the human body. North is water in nature according to Chinese Feng Shui.  So unconsciously he had lived in a house with a facing direction beneficial for him.  Yet the house shape of the compound is fire in nature.

Photo showing back-support mountain

The surrounding landform of the house has all the "4-animals" of classical Feng Shui.  It has back support moutain or black turtle at the back (south), green dragon mountains at the left (west) and white tiger mountains in the right (east). However, the white tiger mountains are huge and dominant and green dragon mountains are the weakest.

Green dragon stands for "noblemen" or helpful people.  White tiger stands for "mean people" or people who make your life (or Bin Laden's) miserable.  From the landform we can deduced that Laden had some support but  people who are against him are much stronger.

"What can you do to fix this landform Feng Shui Problem?"  The answer is simple if done on paper. Simply turn the base of the triangle facing east or have the back of the house facing east and facing of the house to west side.  This will convert the original white tiger into extreme strong back support, the old back support into stronger green dragon and turns the white tiger into a tiny pussy cat.

Satellite photo of Linden's hideout.  Click to enlarge

HIDDEN FENG SHUI SECRETS 
Chinese Feng Shui asserts that living environment affects the well-being and behaviors of its residents. Its residents will in turn shape or reflect the Feng Shui nature of the environment. The satellite photos of Laden's hideout compound give stunning reflection of this Feng Shui principle.

At first glance, the satellite photo does not seem exciting other than seeing a triangular compound. With a little imagination and "Feng Shui eye", you will see quite a few "knives" around the compound.  Triangles can be considered as knives too, but here we just look at the knife-shaped areas.

Satellite photo pointing at the "hidden knives".  Click to enlarge

In Form Feng Shui, knife-shaped forms stand for bloody events, fighting, surgery and even deaths. If the house is on the "blade" of a knife form, the individual represented by that direction will likely be affected.

The satellite photo on the left shows a long army knife cutting into the southwest corner. Southwest side represents older woman or wife of the house.  In the raid, it is reported that one of Laden's wives was killed.

A chopping knife blade cuts into the northeast side of the plot.  Northeast stands for the younger son.  One of Laden's sons was killed.

The compound is part of a big cleaver form. Click to enlarge

Last but not the least,  if you look carefully, the land plot of Bin Laden's compound is part of a big cleaver knife.  He was lucky that the main residence is built on the upper part of the knife and not on the blade. That may explain why he could hide there for five to six years.

WHO HAS KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN?
Is it bad Feng Shui, karma, fate or President Obama?  For the time being, we keep things simple by looking only at Feng Shui part.  Other factors will be discussed in another message.

According to Wikipedia, "Osama consistently dwelt on the need for violent jihad to right what he believed were injustices against Muslims perpetrated by the United States and sometimes by other non-Muslim states."  So he believes in using violence to change the world.  And amazingly, the nearby Feng shui or environment of his hideout compound reflects his belief.  This could be an example of individual's power in affecting Feng Shui environment.  With so many knife-forms hidden, his hideout compound can be named as "Knife Vein". Knife stands for violence and bloody events.

Bad Feng Shui land forms like this one normally will unlesh its negative effects within 3 to 6 years of residency. Osama should have left the compound after 5 years at the most.  Another possible fix would be purchasing the triangular shaped farmland in the east side and merge it with existing plot to form an imperfect rectangle and hence getting rid of the triangular shape.

In conclusion, bad Feng Shui is partially responsible for Osama bin Laden's demise.  Come back here to check out the destiny part of the equation.


Ken Lai
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