Feng Shui for 2023- Pt1

Hey guys, welcome to the Learn Feng Shui podcast where you'll learn Feng Shui from a classical point of view, taking out the myth and superstition. So if you're interested in learning Feng Shui, Chinese astrology, all things Chinese metaphysics as well as the superstitions and myths that connected all, you'll enjoy learning Feng Shui with me. Hey guys, welcome to 2023. Let's get into the best and worst Feng Shui sectors for the year. So the title or the intro of my podcast may have been a little bit deceiving.

Every year I take a look and I usually do two different podcasts, one for the best Feng Shui sectors and how to enhance them for the year and usually one for the worst Feng Shui sectors and how to negate the energy, what kind of cures you can put up, you know. However, this year is a little bit different because it seems like everything that's kind of good, like the good flying stars, you know, some of those good yearly energies that we get are also mixed with some bad energies. And so it's making the energy a little bit challenging this year. And let's kind of get into why this is and what we can do to enhance some good energies. So, you know, it's kind of the perfect opportunity to talk about, you know, what do we do in a situation?

Because occasionally we come across this energy where we're not really able to use a lot of different sectors within our home. So it's actually the perfect opportunity to look and kind of break that apart. And it's a good learning experience to learn how you can still activate these good energies, how you can still tap into these good energies within your home. So when we're looking at different energies for the year, one of the biggest things that Feng Shui practitioners, especially the ones you find like online, you go to the yearly seminars, they'll kind of show you where the flying stars are for the year. And they'll talk about how to enhance and to get those energies.

And usually when we're looking at the best flying stars, we're looking at flying star number one, number four, which is usually associated with academics and romance, number six, which is usually power and authority. And number eight, which is called the well star. And then number nine, which is usually associated with inspirations, spirituality, you know, beauty. So we usually enhance these stars and we will, you know, put out the things that enhance them for the year. So this year it proves actually a little bit challenging.

So there's some different energies we want to look at. Let's start, I think, looking at some of the different sectors where these stars are visiting and picking them apart. So looking for step flying star number one, it actually has to the Southwest this year. So and another style flying star number one is a good star. However, I don't love it in the Southwest.

If you think of the implications of water, which is represented by the one star, I'm flying to the Southwest, the Southwest is the element of earth and earth controls the water, you know. And so honestly, just being that one star in the Southwest is not necessarily a great anyway. So, you know, just you have to kind of take into account the strength that how it interacts with the palace. And I don't feel like it has a great interaction with it. If you think of the way water and earth make mud, I don't think it's a good combination.

Also in Southwest three, where the monkey resides is the three killings for the here. It's the robbery shot. So we don't want to activate that. It's definitely a palace in sector. We don't want to do renovation.

So in order to, I guess kind of take advantage of this area for the year, you're welcome to use the area, especially for career related opportunities. But I wouldn't activate it with a water activation or a fan or anything like that. Use the area is fine. Also, however, you're going to want to avoid renovations in the Southwest for the year. Next looking at flying star number four.

So, flying star number four is personally one of my favorites. It does represent literary achievements and it also represents romance. Sometimes it is called the flower romance. I heard somebody the other day call it the star of hearts and flowers or something. And I was like, that is so cute.

So it represents that sort of thing. It's a it's a in wood element. It represents like flowers. It's beautiful imagery. However, this year it's trapped in the center.

It is in the center of our homes for the year. So arguably, you can't activate the center of your home. It's not really a palace or a wall. It's kind of just the way it describes it. The center of your home actually directs the way the energy flows.

And so when you have a flying star in the center, in my opinion, it's kind of trapped there, but it also sets the tone and the theme for the entire year. And so I do think even though it's trapped there and we can't activate it, it does represent you know, maybe more romance this year. Maybe it's a year where we do have more global love, you know, it can definitely set the tone of for the year in that way. And so I do think that maybe a more compassion, more understanding is on the horizon for the year kind of globally just because that's the theme. But as far as activating that flying star, we're going to be missing our flying star number four.

So we're unable to activate that this year. Looking at the flying star number six that we'd like to associate with power and authority, that young metal energy, that big metal, often associated with like organization or, you know, if you're a boss of a company, maybe like to use flying star number six. So unfortunately, it's landing in the West this year. And so the West also has some challenging energies that are associated with the earth's jaws, which is the yearbreaker. So the yearbreaker resides in the animal sign that opposes the energy of the year.

So of course, in West two sits the animal sign of rooster. And that is afflicted by both the the the sansa, the three killings and the soy poe, which is called the yearbreaker, you know, so it offends the grand duke this year. So this is not an area we can do renovations. Furthermore, when the six flying star lands in the West, remember that's we have to look at what that energy is in in a way that it's, you know, natal to the home. So the West is always associated with the energy of yen metal.

So when we have a flying star combination of six seven, you know, represented by the West, that does represent like two swords fighting. So it's generally not thought to be a great combination. So, I mean, honestly, again, use the sector of it should be fine to use, should be perfectly fine. However, avoid renovations also in the West. And one of the things that we want to make sure we're doing is we're facing West.

And so I'll talk about that in just a minute. I'm going to look at what's called affinding the grand duke and appeasing the grand duke. And we'll talk about that in just a second because I want to talk about how we can use these energies as opposed to, you know, not using them for the year. You can totally use the sector. You can totally use this the West area, but it's definitely a spot we want to avoid renovations for the year.

Now looking at flying star number eight. So this is the one people most love to activate. You know, they look for the eight star because usually it's called the wealth star. And, you know, eight, it to me, it's not necessarily a wealth star. The way that I've heard is described.

And I've used is that you can actually use it to secure more work. It's the start of that promotes working. And so honestly, this is the sector, the South this year's where it's visiting. This is sector you can place your employees however, however, I will warn you, I don't agree with activating the sector. And if you can avoid using it for the year, I actually would, you know, if it's your already your bedroom or if it's already a sector in your home that you use it quite often, you know, don't worry about it.

But if you were thinking about moving to the South or moving your desk to the South and you were going to use that sector for the year, I would avoid it. And so the South, unfortunately, has one of the fiercest energies for the year. If you look, and if you look on, sometimes the Joey App software will have it. And definitely the Chinese medicine, this is the one I use. But if you look, you'll notice there's something called a woo capital and G capital.

This is known as the Wu Ji Sa. And so this energy is often called the five tiger shop. So unfortunately, it's activated by both renovations and movement. And it said to be one of the fiercest, most aggressive energies. And so every year, again, it moves to a different sector.

This year, it is affecting specifically the area associated with South two, which is where the horse resides. So if you want to activate the well star or in you, you are using this sector for the year, all you have to do is position your desk, your bed, you know, your couches, whatever, all you have to do is position out of the sector of South two associated with the horse. If you need help with this, totally message me. I'll help you out. I'm if you're like, oh no, my bedroom's in the South message me.

I'll help you out. Okay. We'll get you fixed up for the year. So specifically it affects the sector of South two and Southwest one. So that is the animal signs in your home where the horses and where the goat is.

So you can tap into energies on both sides of those, but you have to be very precise in your activations. So I'm just going to warn you against activating the eight star with movement like a fan this year. So just be very careful. So that brings us to flying star number nine. So flanks number nine is moving to the north.

You might wonder, you know, what that means for the element of fire moving into a palace that is generally associated with water. So when we when we look at that, we actually, it actually interacts fairly nicely. You would think it would not. However, when you move in a flying star combination of nine one, remember the ones associated with the north, it's just always there. It's always going to be there despite whatever flying star during your own.

The nine star is going to move in and make a nice little combination of 10. So I really love the energy in the north this year. If you can, you know, locate your office and stuff in the north. So flying star number nine, it's closely associated with inspiration and beauty and being inspired, being, you know, spiritual having new ideas. So I really like the idea of using the flying star number nine in the north this year.

It's going to give you some pretty good energy for the years. So if you can't focus on any of these other sectors, make sure you focus on the north. You can definitely enhance it. You can enhance with water. You can work in the sector and you can, I think you can do light renovations in the area too.

So yeah, all in all, the north is a really good sector to use. I do want to touch on the fact that specifically I told you not to renovate in certain areas and that they're using them is quite fine. So why is that? You might be wondering like how can I can't renovate in the area. So let me just explain a little bit.

These energies that are called like grand duker tai soy or soy poe near your breaker. Okay, you might wonder what those are, you know, or the three killings. You know, you might hear these terms. So basically these are energies that are affected by the earth. So they're called at earth shawl and they specifically lay with what are called the earth branches or the zodiac signs.

And so they are only going to affect again those little sub sectors of the area. So you may know us, they said like north one or north two or north three, right? So there's a nice article on my blog. I updated it the other day because it was a little bit out of date, but it talks about finding these sectors within your home. And again, if you haven't had these sectors mapped out and you need me to help you shoot me a message, I need a floor plan and I'll help you find them that way.

You can avoid a renovation in the area for the year. I mean, it's super easy. I have to avoid renovating. But the thing is these energies are activated by moving earth and digging and doing renovations. So that's why kind of distinguish between you can use the area, but you can't renovate it.

So there's definitely certain sectors in areas within, you know, like the south, the southwest, the west, that you do not want to renovate for the year. So if I tell you not renovate it, don't renovate it because this will definitely trigger these energies. So the difference in that and the flying stars is that the flying stars are actually activated by movement and motion. And that's why we do things like place a fan in the area or you know, I say to use the area because this is going to activate and circulate the cheer energy around. So this can be done by using a candle, a fan using the sector or even having a front door located within that area.

So this is what activates these flying stars. So again, use of the areas. Okay. But it is the digging and the earth working that is going to activate this. And it's kind of speaking about that.

If you, you know, have some construction going on around you, sometimes that can trigger that energy too. And we have no control over this. So sometimes, you know, the city may come in and start digging in your alleyway or on the street in front of or next to you. And it can trigger these energies off. Most of the time these energies can be calmed down.

The one thing that I've learned about the five-tiger Shaw, which I talked about previously, is that this energy actually is very hard to calm down. And there's only a couple different activations you can do to calm it down. And the timing has to be absolutely perfect. And that doesn't occur very often. That's why it's so hard to calm that energy.

So but most of the other times, the energy can be calmed by activating some other sectors or other specific energies within your home. And I kind of talk about this as like acupuncture for your home, you know, triggering a very specific area within your home can calm energy everywhere else. It's actually pretty cool. So if you, at some point during the year, like, oh no, one of these sectors has been activated. And I notice something happening, you know, sometimes we're just under, you know, this divine protection where things don't happen.

And sometimes we definitely notice them happening. This is a little bit further explanation because you can't actually calculate who in your house will be impacted. But that's too specific of a discussion to have on a podcast, you know, that has to be more of a one-on-one session. Because it can affect different people differently. So again, sometimes the energies don't impact certain people in your home.

And sometimes it will deeply impact certain people within your home. So if you notice that having throughout the year, shooting message, and we could talk about how to calm these energies, usually you can calm it down just fine. It's okay. I know a lot of functuary masters will say like to change rooms for the year or to move, you know, move to a different room for the year or whatever. But what happens when we can't do that?

I want to look specifically at the energy, you know, speaking about the tysoir, the grand duke, and those three killings energies. What can we do to kind of negate these energies? So I want to focus on first the tysoir, the grand duke. So the tysoir, the grand duke, is the energy that is governing the years, the animal side that governs the year. So this year it is the rabbit.

And it is located in east to, it's located right in the center of east. And it's said that you are not supposed to face the grand duke. And so this also applies to if you're working, you don't want to put your desk facing the east. You want to sit with your back of your head to the east. It is said to appease the grand duke and give you power.

Also, you don't want to be sleeping within the grand duke specifically for children. And elderly, it can cause some health issues. And it can actually cause some mental health issues. It can give you some issues. So I will kind of warn you this.

Last year I was working with a client. They had some issues with the family member, some mental health issues at that time. A very bad issues. When I looked, they were actually sleeping right smack dab in the tysoi energy for the year. So not they were sleeping directly in the sector that house, that tysoi energy.

Not only were they sleeping in the sector, they were, they had their bed positioned facing that energy. And it was causing nightmares and all kinds of stuff. And as soon as I saw that I knew they had a change of bed position. All I did was shift their bed over and it helped. It really helped the issues a whole lot.

I put their bed in a better position within that same room. They didn't have to move out of the room or anything. So sometimes it's just a matter of positioning your bed and using those energies to your benefit. So again, it helped a whole lot just kind of calming that energy down and moving the bed out of that position. That's all you have to do.

So sometimes there's some easy things you can do like that. Similarly, when we're looking at the energy of the grand Duke and putting the back of your head or appeasing the grand Duke, sitting with the grand Duke, you're going to want to face the three killings. So it's the same concept facing those three killings or facing the west next year is said to, same thing, it's a piece of the grand Duke. And it's said to have you actually tap until a little bit of a certain energy that's associated with these three killings. So it is said that if you control the three killings, that they actually bring you power and wealth.

And so again, avoid the renovations. But facing this energy, facing it, face on and facing the west positioning furniture. That's important like your bed or your desk or maybe you sit on a certain couch or you work a certain way every day. Try to face the west and sit east if you can, especially if you are in either the east or west sectors. You're going to want to tap into these energies.

So this is actually called a facing and sitting shot also for the year. So again, just working with energy you have and reposition your furniture in a very simple way. You can tap into these energies and you can kind of negate some of the negative energy that it's going to bring. You can use it to your advantage instead. And this is really the way we do funch way.

It's not again feasible to switch rooms every year. You can't move houses every year. You can't make things perfect. But what we can do is tap into some good energies and kind of negate and calm down the energies that we don't want to tap into. So this is a really easy way to do it is to sit with your back to the east and face the west as you're.

Let's take a quick sponsor break. And we're going to come back and talk a little bit about the rabbit as a zodiac sign. In honor of the upcoming year of the water rabbit, I want to talk about the rabbit as a zodiac sign and what it represents. So if you're born in 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, or 2023, you were born under the year of the rabbit as long as you were born after February. I might add the month of March is also represented by the rabbit.

So if you're born in March, you'll also have a rabbit in your nail chart. Or if you're born from five to seven a.m., you'll also have a rabbit in your nail chart. If you were born in 1963, 60 years ago, that means you were actually born under sign of the water rabbit. So you're going to have a little bit of repeating energy within your chart. So again, this year being the year of the water rabbit and you being born in the year of a water rabbit means you will have something called a fuyen year that is generally refers to when the heavily stemmed earth branch are exactly the same as the one year in the nail chart.

So that means that's the year of the water rabbit and you are born under the apple sign of the water rabbit. The rabbit represents the east sector of your home or the east. It is the element of yin wood and it is considered a peach blossom animal. So a peach blossom animal found in your nail chart generally represents that you're attractive to potential suitors. You may have more charisma or you may just tend to attract people around you so people tend to like you.

It kind of speaks to your, again, your charisma, your charm, and your attractiveness to others. Of course one of the most popular symbolism of the rabbit is fertility. So as we're going into the spring months and of course the year of the rabbit, you know, maybe it's signifying a more fertile time in our society I don't know. From aduzzyanimals.com, it says that rabbit symbolizes fertility, luck, and creativity. Rabbit's also symbolized compassion and intuition.

The rabbit is a popular symbol in many cultures around the world and often is associated with springtime and new beginnings. These happy critters are a reminder that life is full of possibilities. And in Chinese culture the rabbit also symbolizes the moon, which I think is pretty relevant with this lunar new year occurring and going into the year of the rabbit. So the rabbit also symbolizes the moon and this comes from the legend of called Changi flying to the moon. So Changi actually is said to have drink the elixir of life, which make her immortal, and then flew to the moon with a white rabbit, her arms.

There's other accounts that kind of vary that say that the rabbit actually took the blame for her taking this elixir and volunteered to go to the moon with her so she wouldn't be alone. Either way, if you look up at the moon, it's said that you can see the shape of a rabbit with the mortar and pestle. This is a little bit of a case of what's called peridolia and seeing a shape and an object. So it kind of does look like it. Like if you look up rabbit on the moon, you can see that it looks like a rabbit standing up, stirring a mortar and pestle.

What I think is really interesting is this tale actually spans across different cultures too. So there's a lot of different cultures that actually have a rabbit in the moon's story. And according to TaoistSorcery.blogspot.com, there's a really cool article which I'll link to. And it talks about all the different folklore and cultures and traditions that this story can span. And so there's an Indian tale in which the rabbit comes across a beggar asking for food and he's with these other animals.

So these other animals are actually able to gather food for this beggar and offer it to them. Well, the rabbit can only gather grass. And so the rabbit actually willingly sacrifices itself and throws itself on to a fire for the beggar who then reveals it himself to be a Buddha. And when that happens, he was touched by the rabbit's nobility. This is virtue, you know, that he actually drew a rabbit on the moon for everybody to see.

And according to the Asset legend from Mexican folklore, the god Quetzal Quattro was living on earth as a man started on a journey and been walking a long time. It was really hungry. And there was no food or water to be found. So he thought he was going to die. Then a rabbit grazing nearby offered himself as food to save the life of Quetzal Quattro.

And of course, moved by the noble offering elevated her to the moon. And then lower her back to ours and told her, you may be just a rabbit, but everyone will remember you. And your image is in the moon. And the last one I think is really cool. A Native American legend.

So this was said to be a pre-elegant. So there's a different variation. And it says here that a young rabbit who wished to ride to the moon. And the only way to get there was to ride a crane. So the trip actually stretched out the crane's legs as the heavy rabbit held onto them tightly, leaving them elongated.

And to this day, these cranes don't have long legs. When they reached the moon, the rabbit touched the crane's head with a little bloody paw, leaving a red mark for the crane to wear as forehead today. According to the legend, on clear nights, the rabbit can be seen riding to the moon. So if you liked learning about the rabbit zodiac sign and maybe have a rabbit in a natal chart, you want to know more. Consider joining me next week for a live zoom session.

The Animal Signer's zodiac forecast for 2023, Year of the Water Rabbit. So you may be wondering, you know, what is in store? Sometimes people like if you have the zodiac sign of the rooster, you may be wondering what that clash can mean for you. So these all mean different things. I use something called the symbolic stars.

And so these are kind of shoveled around each year and assigned to each of the zodiac signs. Remember you have four different zodiac signs in your natal chart, one for the year, month, day, an hour that you're born. So you're bound to have some good stars with one or two of those that you can make the most of it. So if you're wondering what's in store for the Year of the Water Rabbit, you know, come join me live. I'll have the registration linked below.

So again, we'll have an episode next week for the 20th, but join me on the 27th. And I'll be back for Funxue, a year of the Water Rabbit Part 2. And we're going to talk a little bit about some of the negative impact of the energies that are coming in. So those native flying stars will focus on next time and look at what we can do. Like here negate and really how strong are these?

How strong are these stars? Is it going to impact me a lot? So we're going to kind of look at all that on the 27th. So yeah, stay tuned for the rest of the month and I'll catch you guys very soon. For free energy mapping of your floor plan, please check the link in the show notes.

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