THE BAZI BUZZ
知人口面不知心
Frivolous quickie post today. My mother is fond of unleashing the occasional pithy Cantonese saying and one of her favourite ones is the one above. Loosely translated it means 'to see someone's face does not mean you...
When a consultant…sees a consultant!
People often find it hard to believe that a BaZi consultant would well, see a astrological consultant. But just like doctor's don't operate on themselves, and lawyer's hire other lawyers when they get into trouble, so...
How to train a Gui 癸 Water
First, imagine Gui. It is the mist. It hangs in the air, giving a certain romance to images of the early morning. A dewy ethereal quality to everything around it. Blurring the lines, enhancing the light, softening the...
The Art of the Bazi question
One of the single biggest reason why clients are dissatisfied with a BaZi consultation is that the consultant did not give them any answers. A close second is the view that the consultation did not yield the answers...
Change is possible…if you have the right ticketing machine
A friend sent me this picture because he knows I'm rather curmudgeonly on the subject of Change. Last time I blogged about this topic briefly: Elements of Change. So I'm going to expand a little bit about this idea...
Gilding the Hour (Pillar)
One of the most common problems that I face as a consultant is clients doing what I call 'Gilding the Hour'. This is the BaZi equivalent of Gilding the Lily - essentially, the person 'decides' that their Hour MUST be...
2011: Winners, Losers and Of Uncertain Regard
Important disclaimer: generic BaZi forecasts are never as accurate as an actual forecast predicated on your full BaZi including Luck Pillars. These forecasts are general in the sense that they look at the effect of the...
Of Parenting and BaZi
This week, an article on Asian style parenting appeared on the Wall Street Journal, entitled 'Why Chinese Mothers are Superior' - it is written by Amy Chua, a professor of law at Yale University. Naturally a lot of...
What if there was a 13th?
According to news reports, there is actually a 13th Zodiac Sign for Western Astrology. The CSMonitor has the story that is scientifically complex but potentially astrologically disastrous! Yahoo has 13th Zodiac Sign...
2011：Forecast for 辛 卯 (Part II)
In Part I, I took a thematic/conceptual approach to the reading of the BaZi chart for 2011. Here, the objective is to read the chart the conventional way (assuming it is a genderless person if you like) and see what...
2011：Forecast for 辛 卯 (Part 1)
Before I launch into 2011, it's instructional to think about how forecasts ought to be done, especially if one is looking to study the socio-economic effects. The first thing is that the forecast must look at the chart...
BaZi & Wall Street.
I'm currently reading this book: Potted synopsis: it's essentially a brilliantly written behind the scenes look at the events of 2008 surrounding the Financial Crisis, and specifically, the failure of Bear Sterns and...