Bazi: 10 transformation stars ("10 Gods") on void 十神空亡

This time we discuss application of the "void" concept in Bazi.  It's void theory is based on the pairing of stems and branches and not borders between two mountains or palaces as in Feng Shui.

10 heavenly stems and 12 earthly branches are the "ABC" of Chinese metaphysics.  So almost every subject like Bazi, QMDJ, date-selection, divination and etc.,  have something on "void branch" due to the imbalance of this "10 stems" vs. "12 branches".  Two of the branches will be left out with no stems to pair with them.  These two branches are called "void branches".

There are 60 binomials (pairing of a stem and a branch of the same polarity or gender) categorized into 6 groups or "Xun".  Each xun has 10 binomials.  Members of each of these 6 groups have the same two void branches.  For example, members of the Jia-zi group ( Jia-zi, Yi-chou, Bing-yin, Ding-mao, Wu-chen, Ji-si, Geng-wu, Xin-wei, Ren-shen, Gui-you) have the same Xu and Hai as their void branches.

"Void" means nothing or disappeared.  The effects of a branch sitting on void is usually minimal or discounted by over 50%.

Void branches are classified in terms of:
--  year, month, day and hour branches
--  10 transformation stars
--  5-elements
--  "breaking bridge"
--  "horseback"
--  "mutual exchange"
--  and more

Here we just cover the 10 transformation stars or "10 Gods" on void.  For further info and remedies, please consult my "Destiny and Luck Management with Bazi" courses.  The following table is an excerpt from this "Destiny and Luck Management" course manual. 

TRANSFORMATION STARS AND VOID

Another way of looking at void branch is to check the branch in terms of the transformation star it represents.  For example, if the star is zheng-yin (resources) sits on void branch, it stands for lack of help or relationship with mother or older females or lack of or reduced academic progress for that period represented by the pillar.

Transformation star in void:	INTERPRETATIONS
Jie-cai 劫财 +peer	sibling rivalry; no or little help from siblings; problem accumulate wealth; easily over-spending/wasting money
Bi-jian 比肩  -peer	Male jinxes wife; female has poor spousal relationship; few siblings; sibling rivalry; no or little help from siblings
Shang-guan 伤官 +ouput	Orphan; marital discords or divorce; easy to miscarriage for female
Shi-shen 食神 -output	Likely to die prematurely; can mitigate the negative effect  with clash or combinations
Zheng-cai 正财 +wealth	Little or no relationship with wife; failures and rough life during old age
Pian-cai 偏财 –wealth	Little or no relationship with father; father is of little help or die prematurely; does not have “non-regular” wealth luck (like gambling, stocks and shares)
Zheng-guan 正官 +power Qi-sha 七杀 –power	Male has few or no sons; female has poor relationship with spouse; Can’t excel in careers; avoid public positions (government jobs); destined to leave hometown
Zheng-yin 正印 +resource	Problem to have academic success or power (authority); poor or no relationship with mother
Pian-yin 偏印–resource	Suffer obstacles in school or academic career; diffcult to achieve success; jinxing step-mother

Ken Lai

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Void Lines Causes and Effects in Feng Shui

Note:  The following is taken from the chapter "System of void lines" in the  "Feng Shui Toolbox: Sha-qi, Health/ Wealth and Career” course manual.  

“Void line” means “out of gua” (trigram) or outside a sector.  A house sitting on void line means it has no direction and also no 5-elements “qi” coming in.  Human beings are products of yin and yang. They need 5-elements qi to survive and prosper.  So if a house is located on a void line, it implies the occupants will have little or no luck, suffer sickness, suicide, murder, mental illness, chronic sickness, robbery, bankruptcy, incest, dwindling wealth and poor familial relationship.  It is like a house sitting on top of Mt. Himalaya with insufficient oxygen for the occupants.

We definitely should NOT put a door or house-facing on a void line.

Sometimes a house becomes sitting on a void line over a period.  It could be attributed to:

1. change of earth luck—“earth qi” or “dragon qi” runs away or expires
2. change in external environment, like suddenly a big building or sign is built in front of your property, blocking the flow of qi into your house.
3. change of indoor environment, like improper partitions and furniture arrangement
4. accumulated bad karma of occupants
5. occurrence of tragic event/s

However, temples are normally built on a void line because spirits and ghosts do not need 5-elements qi to prosper.   Spirits are "pure yang" and ghosts are "pure yin" entities.  Both do not need 5-elements qi to survive.  Specifically, temples are built on metal void line for fame and still letting their monks/ nuns survive without wealth.

Bagua void line and 24 mountains void lines.  Click to enlarge

There are different systems of void lines that can co-exist within the same house.  So a responsible Feng Shui practitioner should be familiar with the locations of these void lines.  It is not uncommon for some practitioners who have tried to remedy client’s void line problem by relocating the house to another void line!

It is recommended to stay away from plus or minus one degree from a void line, to compensate for the inaccuracy of most luopan measurements. The followings are different systems of void line: (Note:  there are 5+ types and only 2 are covered here) 

BAGUA VOID LINES 大空亡

These are the borderlines between the 8 trigrams.  This is also called "big void lines".  This is the worst type of void line and has no cure but moving away.

Borderline between	Degree
Qian and Kan	337.5
Kan and Gen	22.5
Gen and Zhen	67.5
Zhen and Xun	112.5
Xun and Li	157.5
Li and Kun	202.5
Kun and Dui	247.5
Dui and Qian	292.5

24 MOUNTAIN VOID LINES 小空亡

These are the borderlines between 24 mountains and also known as “Indistinguishable yin-yang”. This is also called "small void lines"  that may be curable.  Consult your Feng Shui master or take the "Feng Shui Toolbox" course for remedies. 

FEELING VOID LINE ENERGY

If you are a psychic or energy-sensitive, you may be able to "feel" or "sense" void energy.   House sits on "big void line" is easily detected by a psychic (and luopan too).  The feeling is similar to the inside of a haunted house-- you feel like suffocating inside and time seems to remain static.

Row houses in UK

I was walking with a psychic student at night in an UK street with row houses 10 years ago.  Most of the houses have similar facing direction.  We had played a "feeling qi" (energy) game while walking without looking at the houses.  We would stop at the house that has different "qi" than other houses in the same street.  Eventually we had stopped in front of a house and used a luopan to measure the facing direction.  This house was is in one of the "24 mountains void lines" or small void line!  Then we looked at the house-- it had a "for sale" sign.  The house was empty.

Maybe some day I can leak the secrets of feeling "qi" without being a psychic to you.

Ken Lai

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Stock-trading Feng Shui Secrets

The followings are some main points for people who do stock trading or speculation.  No detail explanations are included for brevity.

1.  Your computer desk should be placed in the "wealth position" of your house/ office or at least your personal "wealth position" (check my previous posts on how to locate your wealth position).
2.  The front space of your desk is called "ming-tang" which represents wealth potential in Feng Shui.  The bigger the better.  Hence, your computer desk should not face a wall or a narrow space.
3.  Your desk should not be under a beam.  It is bad for both wealth and health.
4.  The back of your chair should not be a window or empty space.  It should be a wall acting as back support for you.
5.  Your chair or front of desk should not be "clashed" (facing) by a door or sharp object like a wall edge.
6.  Your desk should not face a bathroom door.
7.  Your waste basket should not be put in the green dragon or left side of the desk.  Green dragon symbolizes helpful mentors and dislikes dirt.
8.  You should put some wealth symbols (in terms of your own culture) on your desk.  You may put natural crystal to energize wealth energy too.
9.  The desk location should be bright and not dim.
10.  Donate some money to charity whenever you hit it big to replenish your blessing in heaven.

Actually the above pointers are also good for any office desk placement.


Ken Lai

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Green Dragon and White Tiger-- Adult Edition 青龙白虎成人版

"Green dragon" and "white tiger" are two of the four major Feng Shui animals in classic Form Feng Shui.  The other two are black tortoise (back) and red phoenix (front).  Green dragon stands for the left side or protection of a house and white tiger the right side.

In terms of people, green dragon stands for men and helpful mentors whereas white tiger for women and "mean people".

Today is your lucky day.  Here are some secret meanings of green dragon and white tiger.  You can figure it out right the way if you remember the "No Bush" or "No more Bush" anti-Bush presidential campaigns in the early 2000's. 

In traditional China, women with no pubic hair are called "white tigers".  Traditional belief thinks white tiger women bring bad luck or jinxing their husbands.  Just a few weeks ago in Taiwan, a white tiger woman was berated by her husband for his bad fortune over the years.  This woman gets a hair transplant done in her private part area.

White tiger women's ideal marriage partners, according to traditional belief, are the "green dragon" men-- guys with no public hair.  Two jinxes neutralize each other and happy coexistence thereafter.

"How about those 'DIY white tiger women''?  Will they jinx their husbands?"

No jinx at all.  This is just one of the Chinese superstitions or folklore.  You probably jinx yourself more not washing your hands after going to the bathroom than being a white tiger or green dragon person.

Ken Lai

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"Fire Burning Heaven's Gate" in Feng Shui 火烧天门

Northwest or Qian direction is the "heaven" or ruler direction in "post-heaven" Bagua.  Hence Qian is also known as "heaven's gate" in Feng Shui.

Generally speaking, when a kitchen or stove is located in the NW or Qian sector of a house, it has "fire burning heaven's gate" Feng Shui problem.

Qian is metal in nature.  It stands for the head, respiratory system, career and oldest male in the house. With "fire burning heaven's gate" Feng Shui, the residents of this house are likely to suffer head injuries/ sickness, mental illness, respiratory problem, rebellious children, lung or brain cancer, fire and career problems.  The oldest male is the likely victim though young girl and boy can also suffer.

There are more than one type of "fire burning heaven's gate"

TYPES OF "FIRE BURNING HEAVEN'S GATE"
1.  Xuan Kong Flying Star versions:
a.  when 9-purple star flies to NW (Qian palace)
b.  when 6-white metal star flies to the south (Li Palace)

2.   Bazhai or 8-Mansions Feng Shui version:
--  when Wu-gui (5-ghosts, also known as Lian-zhen star, fire in nature) lands on NW.  For example, a house with Mao (East) sitting and You-facing (West).

3.  General Feng Shui versions:
a.  when kitchen, stove, fridge, TV, computer or electronic items  indoor OR outdoor tall objects like power tower, tall building, chimney....etc, are located in NW sector 
b.  when kitchen, stove, fridge, TV, computer or electronic items  indoor OR outdoor tall objects like power tower, tall building, chimney....etc, are located in the south sector. 

How do you fix this "fire burning heaven's gate" problem?  Obviously, move the kitchen or related hot items out of NW or the south.

"Ken, how about if we cannot relocate the kitchen or these objects, especially the outdoor ones?"

There are remedies and simple fixes for it that cost little or almost next to nothing.  Simply consult a Feng Shui professional or your teacher.

Ken Lai

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Dos and Don'ts of "Wealth Position"

After you have located the wealth positions of your house using the info from my previous blog article,  you may want to know what to do with it.  Below is a list of dos and don'ts of wealth position.

Wealth position SHOULD:

1. be bright and not dark--  this position should "see" sunshine or illuminated by a light.
2. have vitality or "sheng-qi"-- you can put soil-based plants with large leaves like rubber plant, dracaena cane and epipremnum.
   
3. have residents sitting or have the dinner table put there, so residents can "absorb" the wealth energy.
4. have residents sleeping there-- to absorb "wealth energy"
5. look and feel "auspicious"-- put some wealth symbols like treasure bowl, wealth god statue or your own cultural symbols of wealth there.
6. have a wall or support behind it

Wealth position SHOULD NOT:

1. be dim or dark -- darkness reflects lacking vitality and will affect wealth luck.
2. be cluttered and dirty-- blocking and hurting wealth energy
3. have spiky and thorny plants like cactus
4. be empty or lacking support-- window in a wealth position will leak wealth energy.  Wealth energy cannot accumulate without a wall there
5. have water there-- wealth is metal in nature and water will "drain" metal in Chinese 5-elements theory 见财化水
6. have no pressure or heavy objects like cupboards, storage chest, bookcase and etc.
7. no over-beam on wealth position
8. no clash or "chong" by sharp corners or wall edges

Ken Lai

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Revenge of the homeless DOGS 流浪狗复仇记

I know you are disappointed.  Yes, it is the dogs, not the nerds. 

This incident had happened in December, 2015 at the Shijiazhuang City
石家庄 of China's Hebei Province.  A man had kicked a homeless dog out of his parking space located in front of his apartment.  He thought the dog would leave his parking space quietly......

But,  this doggie is no ordinary tramp.  He had rallied his dog pals back to the parking space when the man was not home.  They had a chewing party or did the "revenge of the homeless dogs" show.

"I have marked this my territory.  You big red monster go away!"

"Yummy and chewy.  Is this your ear?"

"It is nice to share!  Here communism still rules the land."

A Chinese netizen commented, "Dogs have self-respect too."

Another wrote:  "Homeless dogs also have sensitive feeling.  Please do not hurt them.  Dogs are human's best friends. "  "其实流浪狗也有细腻的情感，请不要再伤害他们。他们本是人类最好的朋友...。"

Dogs behave like human beings too.  They remember what you did to them and react accordingly.


Ken Lai

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