Consult the Chinese Feng Shui Almanac.
It is all about timing. Can I renovate this sector? Is it a good year forit? Is it a good month for it? Finally, is it a good day for the mind?
For important tasks such as installing a new water fountain to activate wealth, or moving to a new home, starting a new business or signing a contract, you
should strive to pick a good day for it to ensure success.
*** TIPS ***
1. Do not buy any luxury goods on inauspicious days (marked grey ‘Avoid Important
Tasks’) for it is said that goods bought on these days may get stolen, lost or broken shortly afterwards.
2. For tasks such as landscape, felling of trees, major digging in
the garden for swimming pool, pond and well, please ensure that the location in question is not afflicted by an annual affliction such as;
For the year of the Fire Dog 2006
The Three Killings in the north
The Annual Five Yellow in the west
Tai Sui (also known as the 'Grand Duke of Jupiter') in the northwest
When choosing a date, do not choose a day when the earthly branch of the day is not in conflict with your personal animal sign.
About the Almanac
In the old days, the practice of Feng Shui was not only a matter of finding a suitable site for dwelling, but the actual building tasks also had to be
taken seriously in terms of sequence and timing in order to ensure harmony. The best dates and hours to carry essential
tasks required prudent attention in order to heighten harmony and forestall adversity.
Tung Sing (originally named Tong Shu) almanac used by
many ethnic Chinese all over the world to select auspicious days for important tasks such as a wedding, starting a new business,
grand opening etc. In former times, even days for cutting hair or washing hair and personal grooming have to be chosen with care too.
When
we were young and still living at home, the almanac was an important manual frequently seen in my mother’s hand. Auspicious dates had to be chosen
carefully to determine when we moved house through the different stages of our lives, or even negotiated a day to attend an
interview for a new post or travel abroad. The principle behind it is to make sure that the interaction of these temporal elements is in affinity with the
time we were born, otherwise nothing works and we find only obstacles in our way.
The Chinese names for the almanac, Tung Sing or Tong Shu are used
interchangeably but the Chinese prefer to call it Tung Sing as in the Chinese language the sound of Tung Sing suggests
‘achievements’ whereas the Shu of Tong Shu has the same sound as ‘Defeat’. As such, Tung Sing is a much preferred term for the Chinese.
In the present market, there are two versions of the almanac on sale. There is the original version and also a more modern abbreviated version. The
original version is packed with exciting features such as a general explanation of the good and bad palaces for the year, basic
techniques in face reading, palmistry, a list of the twenty four filial piety teachings with graphics, the one hundred year yin yang calendar,
special talismans for protection against annual afflictions and lastly good and bad days of the year in question.
The Almanac is printed annually and most
of the contents mentioned above are repeated every section on the year’s good and bad days assigned for various tasks differs every year
and this is when the abbreviated version of the almanac comes in handy.
The annual almanac contains valuable information (which you will find in our monthly
update) such as:
- The quality of the stars (‘Xing Yao’). Each star holds a different quality of auspiciousness which indicated those tasks
that may be embarked upon on this day.
- Favorable and unfavorable times of the day. These are all evaluated as good, average or bad.
- Feng Shui
advocates that having chosen a date for the task in hand, one should also strive to choose the right moment (hour) to begin the task. You can
follow this link to pick the auspicious hours of each day for the present month.
- The lunar calendar, the day’s heavenly stem and earthly branch and the energy (qi) of the day. There are twelve different type of qi in total and they
revolve around a twelve day cycle.
- The unfavorable locations (‘Shen Sha’) of the day.
Click here
for the Chinese Almanac for the month.
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