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Thursday, January 16, 2025

DOPE Edition of Grand Duke Talisman Charity Drive 2025

This is the DOPE (Dept. of Personal Efficiency) version of Grand Duke Charity Drive. It cuts all the fat and presents only essential materials. If you want to know more about the background of GD talisman, click the following link:

Ken's Cyber Cave: 1/1/24 - 2/1/24

DO YOU NEED A GRAND DUKE TALISMAN?

1. If you have the Chinese zodiac birth animal sign of pig (born in 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983 1995, 2007, 2019)

2. If ANY pillar of your Bazi natal chart has a "Hai" or pig: Click the following link and enter your birthday and birth hour in the "birth chart" windows, to generate you Bazi natal chart. Then check if there is any Hai or pig in the chart. You only need to check the left side Birth Chart. For example, this Nov. 16, 1995, 21:01 chart:

From right to left: Year, Month, Day, Hour

-- This person is in big trouble this year with pig branches because Grand Duke clashes all the pillars. This could be major misfortunes or even death.

MEANING OF GRAND DUKE CLASHING EACH PILLAR:

Year pillar: you or your senior relative may have obstacles or misfortune
Month pillar: your parents or siblings may have misfortune
Day pillar: you or your spouse may have misfortune, divorce or even death
Hour pillar: your children or younger relative may be in trouble

You are strongly recommended to get a GD talisman if you have a pig in any pillar in your natal chart, especially the day pillar (Yi-hai, Ding-hai, Ji-hai, Xin-hai and Gui-hai). A MUST if you have Yi-hai or Ding-hai day pillar because both you and your spouse are in danger.

People with the following Chinese zodiac animal signs could also be benefited from a GD talisman: snake, monkey and tiger.

HOW TO GET THIS GD TAILISMAN? This year we use digital delivery of Grand Duke Talismans. Ken Lai will create a GD Talisman, blessed and "activated" with your name on screen digitally in front of a Dou-Mou altar. This personalized activated GD file will be emailed to you with notes. You can print as many copies as you want (but for one unique-named person or family only). In this way, you can replace soiled or damaged talismans. You can carry one talisman in your wallet and post one in your home and/or office for Feng Shui remedy.

Below are some charities that you can send your donation to. But you can always support your local charities like food-shelf or soup kitchens.

homeless shelter
Save-the-Children (www.savethechildren.org)
UNICEF (United Nation Children's Fund)
Smile Train (www.smiletrain.org)
children hospital
food shelves/soup kitchen
Red Cross
animal shelter/ humane society
Doctors without border (https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm)
Los Angeles fire victims charity

If you are worried about privacy issues and future solicitations-- please be assured that no future solicitation or email will be sent to you in the future. You send me NO money. You send your donation directly to your favorite local or international charity. No purchase involved now or in the future. This offer is for people who have no access to Daoist temples. Please support your local temple if you have access to one.

SUGGESTED DONATION (same old 2010 pricing!)

If you need more than one Grand Duke Talismans, here is the discount schedule:

--one talisman US$30 donation (US$5 if you are unemployed/under-employed)
--two talismans US$50 donation ($10 if unemployed/under-employed )
--three talismans US$60 donation ($15 if unemployed/under-employed )

You may go to www.xe.com to calculate the equivalent of US$30 to your local currency.

NOTE: People from countries with Big Mac Value Meal sold under US$ 6, may use the "under-employed and unemployed rate".

NO MONEY? NO PROBLEM

Simply perform an act of kindness like visit a senior citizen, feed a homeless animal, buy a meal for the hungry, tutor a needy student-- any help or emotional support to all living being and the like can be a substitute of a monetary donation. Email me what you have done (great if you show photo, but not compulsory) and I shall email you the talisman.

Talisman that is grounded with a charitable event works more effectively because it has an exchange of one type of energy for protection energy.

To claim your talismans and application instructions, please forward your donation receipt with the talisman recipient names and gender info to kenlai88@yahoo.com with the following info:

User Name:

Gender:

Your consecrated digital talisman will be emailed to you in about 1 week after receiving your proof of donation.

Thank you for participating in this charity drive.

Ken Lai

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com
Email: kenlai88@yahoo.com

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Pet Feng Shui: Cats and Dog Edition 猫狗风水

Some pet owners may wonder why their pets are weak, getting sick a lot and not smart, but finding their pals with active, strong and active pets. This may have something to do with the Feng Shui of their residences.

Below are some simple pet Feng Shui for dogs and cats.

IDEAL HOUSE DOOR-FACING FOR DOGS

In the Chinese Zodiac system, dog is earth in nature and represented by the Chinese character 戌"Xu". Dog "likes" (combines) with tiger ("Yin"), horse ("Wu") and rabbit ("Mao") in this system. Hence, houses with door-facing represented by these four animals in terms of direction will be favorable for raising strong and healthy dogs.

Dog direction is Qian palace or NW
Tiger direction is Gen palace or NE (NE3 or NE-E)
Horse direction is Li palace or South
Rabbit direction is Zhen palace or East

NEGATIVE HOUSE DOOR-FACING FOR DOGS

Dog "clashes" with dragon or SE direction. Dogs living in house with SE door are sickness-prone.

Dog "penalizes" ox or NE (NE-N). Dogs living in house with NE-N door get minor problems.

Dog clashes dragon or Xun palace or SE
Dog penalizes ox or Gen palace or NE (NE1 or NE-N)

If you live in a house with negative door-facing for dogs but like dogs, you can put the dog house/ bed in the NW, NE-E, south or east side of your house. Avoid dog house made with metal or wood.

Suitable colors for dog house. mat and etc.: brown, yellow, red, purple, orange

Avoid these colors for dog house. mat and etc.: green, white, grey

IDEAL HOUSE DOOR-FACING FOR CATS

In the Chinese Zodiac system, cat is wood in nature and represented by the Chinese character 寅"Yin". Cat "likes" (combines) with pig ("Hai"), horse ("Wu") and dog ("Xu") in this system. Hence, houses with door-facing represented by these four animals in terms of direction will be favorable for raising strong and healthy cats.

Dog direction is Qian palace or NW
Tiger direction is Gen palace or NE
Horse direction is Li palace or South
Pig direction is Qian palace or NW

NEGATIVE DOOR-FACING FOR CATS

Cat "clashes" with monkey or SW direction. Cats living in house with SW door are sickness-prone.

Cat "penalizes" snake or SE. Cats living in house with SE door are getting minor problems.

Cat clashes monkey or Kun palace or SW
Cat penalizes snake or Xun palace or SE

If you live in a house with negative door-facing for dogs but like cats, you can put the cat house/ bed in the NW, NE or south side of your house. Avoid cat house made with metal.

Suitable colors for cat house. mat and etc.: black, blue, green

Avoid these colors for cat house. mat and etc.: red, purple, orange, white, grey

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Ken Lai

Video Correspondence Courses: (click for details)

“Visual Bazi: Wealth Secrets and Maximization” w/ 18 hr. HD video
“Advanced Visual Form Feng Shui” w/23 hr. HD video
“Visual Form Feng Shui” w/13 hr. HD video
“Applied Bazi: Sickness Forecasting and Management” w/33 hr. HD video
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. 1: Forecasting and Decision Support” w/32 hr. HD video
“Luck Enhancement and Misfortune Mitigation with Bazi and Feng Shui” w/ 45 hrs. HD video
“Feng Shui Toolbox: Sha-qi, Health/Wealth and Career” w/ 7 hr. HD video
“Period 9 Feng Shui Bible w/ P8/ 9 Period Upgrade Advisor” w/ 14 hr. HD video
“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG) w/ 12 hr. video
“Practical Imperial Qi-Men-Dun-Jia 4G” w/ 12 hr. video
“Professional Imperial QMDJ 4G” w/ 21 hr. video
“EZ QMDJ series: Astrology, Date/Task Selection, Annual Luck/ FS”w/ 3 hr. HD
“EZ QMDJ Advanced Feng Shui” with 4 hr. HD video
“Daoist Talismans for Feng Shui/Blessing” w/ 24 hr video
“Practical Door Feng Shui for Wealth” w/ 3 hr. video
“4-Pillars Forecasting Bootcamp+ ″ w/ 18 hr. video

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Annual luck reading secrets 八字流年秘訣

How do you interpret the combinations between a Bazi chart and annual luck period? The following pointers should help you to do Bazi annual luck readings. This article assumes you have basic Bazi knowledge and will not explain the why and how.

While 10-years-luck put emphasis on the branches, annual luck reading focuses on the stems. It reflects the event types of the interactions between each pillar stem for the year.

1. Annual luck combines with the daymaster (DM, chart owner) 流年合日主: For example, Geng-metal DM combines with the annual luck Yi-wood of 2025. DM does not feel good emotionally, face obstacles and make wrong decisions. DM should be conservative and avoid new venture or take risk for the year.

2. Annual luck combines with the +wealth star (zheng-cai) of natal chart 流年合正财: For example, Geng-metal DM's +wealth star is Yi-wood, combines with the annual luck Geng-metal of 2030-- DM may suffer major wealth losses. If Yi-wood is in year pillar, DM may suffer total loss of ancestral wealth. DM's wife may have chronic illness. Single male is prone to romance failure, married male's wife may have affairs or high chance of getting divorced. Older male may become widower.

3. Annual luck combines with the -wealth star (pian-cai) of natal chart 流年合偏财: For example, Geng-metal DM's -wealth star is Jia-wood, combines with the annual luck Ji-earth of 2029-- DM's father suffers illness or DM faces major wealth losses. Young male DM may get caught with affair or losing money due to lust or sexual traps. Older DM should wary of his/ her father's health condition. He may not survive.

4. Annual luck combines with the +power star (zheng-guan) of natal chart 流年合正官: For example, Geng-metal DM's +power star is Ding-fire, combines with the annual luck Ren-water of 2032-- Male DM may suffer legal problems, single woman is prone to romance setback, married woman's husband may have affairs or high chance of getting divorced. Older woman may become widow.

5. Annual luck combines with the -power star (Qi-sha) of natal chart 流年合七杀: For example, Geng-metal DM's -power star is Bing-fire, combines with the annual luck Xin-metal of 2031-- is favorable for weak but not strong DM. Female DM with only -power and no +power star, should beware of marital problems.

6. Annual luck combines with the +resource star (zheng-yin) of natal chart 流年合正印: For example, Geng-metal DM's +resource star is Ji-earth, combines with the annual Jia-wood of 2024 -- DM should pay attention to the health of his/ her mother, including the in-law. Weak DM may have problem getting helpful mentors/ noblemen.

7. Annual luck combines with the -resource star (pian-yin) of natal chart 流年合偏印: For example, Geng-metal DM's -resource star is Wu-earth, combines with the annual Gui-water of 2033 -- DM should keep his/her idiosyncrasies or temperaments private. Weak DM is unable to get helpful mentors/ noblemen.

8. Annual luck combines with the + or -peer star (bi-jian/ jie-cai) of natal chart 流年合比劫: For example, Geng-metal DM's +/- peer star are Geng- and Xin-metal combines with the annual Yi-wood of 2025 or Bing-fire of 2026-- DM should stay away from peers/ friends to block his/ her money leaking/losing channels.

9. Annual luck combines with the +output star (shang-guan) of natal chart 流年合伤官: For example, Geng-metal DM's +output star is Gui-water combines with the annual Wu-earth of 2028 -- single female DM will not be picky as before in mate-selection. Married couple would temporary stop bickering to fix marital relationship.

When there is no interaction between annual luck and the natal chart, DM will act out the characteristics of that annual luck. However, there are 3 scenarios meriting serious attention:

1. +Output star meeting +power star 伤官见官为祸百端: "Numerous disasters created when Shang-guan meets Zheng-guan". These disasters include predictable legal, wealth-losing, life-threatening and health problems.

2. -Resource star meeting -output star 枭印夺食: These disasters include unpredictable legal, wealth-losing, life-threatening and health problems.

3. Weak DM running into -power luck: DM suffers bloody event, lawsuits, backstabbing, losing wealth, divorce, accident and the likes.

The topic on how to interpret annual luck clashing the natal chart could be a possible future topic.

If you want to know more about Bazi, please check out the following courses:

“4-Pillars Forecasting Bootcamp+ ″ w/ 18 hr. video

“Luck Enhancement and Misfortune Mitigation with Bazi and Feng Shui” w/ 45 hrs. HD video

Ken Lai

Video Correspondence Courses: (click for details)

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com

Sunday, November 24, 2024

2025 year of wooden-snake annual luck reading 乙巳蛇年運勢預測

2025 is the year of wooden-snake or Yi-Si in the Chinese zodiac. Yi is yin-wood and Si is yin-fire.

Annual luck reading is a bread-and-butter item for Bazi readers. Below is a quick demo of what to look for each of the 10-stems DM (daymaster) in an annual reading.

Unlike 2024 Jia-chen year with wood controlling earth, 2025 Yi-si is a mutual nurturing combination with wood nurturing fire.

Please check the Appendix below on how to find out your daymaster element.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR ANNUAL READING:

10 transformation stars ("10-gods") auspiciousness or inauspiciousness in terms of Yi-si annual luck.
The interactions between stems and Yi-wood
The interactions between branches and 2025 Si-fire

10 DM ANNUAL LUCK PREDICTIONS WITH SI-FIRE

1. Jia/ Yi Wood DM: Si-fire is the output star (Shi-shen/ shang-guan)

Fire is unfavorable: sickness, depression, losing wealth
Fire is favorable: promotion, gaining wealth, new birth (baby)

2. Bing/ Ding Fire DM: Si-fire is the peer star (Bi-jian/ jie-cai)

Fire is unfavorable: injury, separation/ divorce (esp. male Ding DM), losing wealth
Fire is favorable: gaining wealth, romance/ marriage, starting new business/ career

3. Wu/ Ji Earth DM: Si-fire is the resource star (zheng-yin/ pian-yin)

Fire is unfavorable: sickness, depression, losing wealth
Fire is favorable: promotion, buying real estate, certifications

4. Geng/ Shen Metal DM: Si-fire is the power star (Zheng-guan/ qi-sha)

Fire is unfavorable: pressure, mean people (back-stabbing), lawsuits
Fire is favorable: promotion, gaining wealth, starting new business/ career

5. Ren/ Gui Water DM: Si-fire is the wealth star (zheng-cai/ pian-cai)

Fire is unfavorable: being swindled, losing wealth, injury
Fire is favorable: gaining wealth, romance/ marriage, starting new business/ career

2025 STEM COMBINATIONS WITH YI-WOOD

Metal is unfavorable: poor health, poor performance in general
Metal is favorable: good health, good performance in general
Female Yi-wood DM: your husband/ BF may be stolen by your close pals
Male Yi-wood DM: promotion (if strong DM) or illness/ lawsuit/ back-stabbing (if weak DM)
Female Geng-metal DM: gaining wealth (if strong DM) or losing wealth (if weak DM)
Male Geng-metal DM: gaining wealth/ romance (if strong DM) or losing wealth due to woman (if weak DM)

2025 STEM CLASH WITH YI-WOOD

Yi-wood controls Ji earth

Positive if Ji-earth is unfavorable, negative if Ji is favorable
Positive if Ji-DM is strong (promotion, fame), negative if Ji-DM is weak (illness, lawsuit)

Xin-metal controls Yi-wood

Positive if Yi-wood is unfavorable, negative if Yi is favorable
Positive if Xin-DM is strong (gaining wealth), negative if Xin-DM is weak (losing wealth)

2025 BRANCH COMBINATIONS WITH SI-FIRE

Si and shen combine to form water: Positive if water is favorable, negative if water is unfavorable
Si, You and Chou 3-unities combination to form strong metal: Positive if metal is favorable, very negative if metal is unfavorable
Si, Wu and Wei 3-meetings combination to form strong fire: Positive if fire is favorable, very negative if fire is unfavorable

2025 BRANCH CLASH, PENALTIES, DAMAGE AND HARM

Si clashes Hai
Si-Yin-Shen 3-penalties
Si damages Shen
Si harms Yin

Above interaction on:

Year Pillar: changes in ancestral, grandparents/ parents
Month Pillar: work/ career changes
Day Pillar: changes in DM or marriage
Hour Pillar: changes within family or children

This is a basic "generic" annual reading outline of all 10 possible DMs without explanations. You could use the same basic format to read other years too. You or your Bazi reader would add the explanations, remedies and enhancements for the client (detail of the reading depends on how much is charged). A more accurate reading should also integrate your client's current 10-year-luck and natal chart into the analysis.

Please be aware that when adding annual luck and 10YL to the natal chart for analysis, there are possibilities that the favorable/ unfavorable elements may change for the year! For example, if fire is the favorable element in the natal chart, by change both annual luck and 10YL bring in 4 fire elements into the system, fire may become unfavorable!

If you want to know more about Bazi, please check out the following courses:

“4-Pillars Forecasting Bootcamp+ ″ w/ 18 hr. video

“Luck Enhancement and Misfortune Mitigation with Bazi and Feng Shui” w/ 45 hrs. HD video

APPENDIX: FIND A PERSON'S DAY-PILLAR AND DAYMASTER

1. Log into www.bazi-calculator.com

2. In the right-side of the screen panel box, select "Ken Lai Method". No need to bother with anything else.

3. Key in your birthday and hour in the left side of the screen. Ignore the right side screen for "date to compare".

4. Click the "calculate" box to get results.

5. Scroll down the screen and see his Bazi chart in the left side with a table similar to the one here.

6. The first box of second column (the one with "day master" in it) shows the elemental nature of his daymaster (example here is geng-metal DM in grey color). Below are the colors of 5 elements:

Metal (Geng and Xin) in grey color
Wood (Jia and Yi) in green color
Water (Ren and Gui) in blue color
Fire (Bing and Ding) in red color
Earth (Wu and Ji) in yellow color

Ken Lai

Video Correspondence Courses: (click for details)

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Property acquisition method as reflected from your natal chart

Your birthday may have data showing how your real estate property is acquired. This is done by converting your birthday into a Bazi natal chart and check the distributions of different stars ("transformation star" or "10-gods").

If you do not know how to create a Bazi chart, you may search this blog archive or the web for
this info.

PROPERTY ACQUISITION SIGNALS IN BAZI

1. Chart with resource star (zheng-yin) and is favorable: Year and/or month pillar has resource star and DM (daymaster) also sits on a resource star; plus resource star is favorable for the chart-- DM is likely to inherit parental property OR parents take care of property acquisition for DM. Property purchasing timing likely in +/- peer luck year (bi-jian/ jie-cai year).

2. Weak DM with +/- peer star (Bi-jian/ Jie-cai) and unfavorable +/- power star (Zheng-guan/ Qi-sha): Chart with these conditions may purchase property due to peer or other pressure. DM is likely to borrow money or trying every possible means to buy a property.

3. Chart with unfavorable resource star (zheng-yin) and favorable +/- wealth star (Zheng-cai/ Pian-cai) to control resource star: Chart with these conditions may get unexpected help from "nobleman" or wealth luck to purchase property without any sweat or calculations.

4. Chart with resource (zheng-yin) and power star mutual nurturing: Year and/or month pillar has resource star with power star nurturing each other, day branch has +resource star-- DM (daymaster) may get property due to work benefit (employment/ career) or help from work.

In short, presence of resource star is a major factor in property purchase or ownership.

If you do not understand my version of Bazi terminology, please read the following article:

Ken's Cyber Cave: 4P/ Bazi Terminology Conventions (kenlaifengshui.blogspot.com)

Ken Lai

Video Correspondence Courses: (click for details)

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Marriage timing: Early or Late? 看早婚晚婚　

In the marital context of Bazi, wealth stars represent wife or mistress for male; power stars stand for husband or lover for female.

The enemy of wealth star is peer star because peer star "snatches" or steals wealth star in Bazi.

The enemy of power star is output star because output star "hurts" power star.

The above brief introduction may help you to understand the marriage timing summary below.

"Early marriage" means getting married before the age of 25.

"Late marriage" refers to marriage after age 30.

If you do not understand my version of Bazi terminology, please read the following article:

Ken's Cyber Cave: 4P/ Bazi Terminology Conventions (kenlaifengshui.blogspot.com)

MARRIAGE TIMING: EARLY VS. LATE

1. Natal chart stem level has "jealous combination", chart owner (daymaster or DM) likely has early marriage ("Jealous combination" is when two identical stems or branches combine with ONE stem or branch),

2. Natal chart has 3-meetings (San-Hui 三会) or 3-unities (San-He 三合), DM has early marriage tendency.

3. If the stem and branch of luck periods formed has 6-combinations 六合 or 3-unities with natal chart, DM will have higher probability of getting married during this 10-years-luck or annual luck period.

4. Strong male DM with strong wealth stars (Zheng-cai/ Pian-cai) but no peer stars (Bi-jian/ Jie-cai) in stem level, when running into wealth luck period (10YL or annual luck)-- marriage time.

5. Strong female DM with strong power stars but no output stars (Shi-shen/ Shang-guan) in stem level, when running into power luck period (Zheng-guan/ Qi-sha, 10YL or annual luck)-- marriage time.

6. Male DM with numerous peer stars but no wealth star (or wealth star is weak or imprisoned) and his first two 10-year-lucks are peer luck, he is prone to late marriage.

7. Female DM with numerous output stars but no power star (or power star is weak or imprisoned) and her first two 10-year-lucks are output luck, she is prone to late marriage.

8. Male DM has excessive strong wealth stars but is not qualify for "follow wealth" profile chart, is likely to marry late.

9. Female DM has excessive strong power stars but is not qualify for "follow power" profile chart, is likely to marry late.

If you want to learn more about family, love and relationship in Bazi, you may want to take the following video corresponding course:

“4-Pi llars Forecasting Bootcamp+ ″ w/ 18 hr. video

Ken Lai

Video Correspondence Courses: (click for details)

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com

Thursday, October 3, 2024

All you can absorb vital energy-- FREE!

I have passed by my local supermarket Cub Food today. It has displayed many varieties of mums (chrysanthemum) at the entrance. The mums are blooming and emitting positive vital energy that could cheer anyone up on the spot.

I took out my old 2007 DSLR camera and shot the following photos. You can feel the vital energy by staring at these pictures and imagine these flowers are in front of you. Then absorb this energy to cheer yourself up.