As a Bazi practitioner whose primary focus is on business and career, I often receive consults from clients with the question, “Do I have business luck? Will I succeed if I start my own business? Do I have investment luck?”
When we get questions like that, the underlying question is… “Will there ever come a time, where everything will miraculously go my way without me having to lift a finger for it.” “Or will there come a time where things fall into place without me making a single change to myself or my activities.” In other words, “tell me, I have dumb luck!”
Now I wouldn’t deny the fact that some people really do have dumb luck. But for every success story you here involving dumb luck, you are not seeing the many failures that surrounded that success. Which is the crux of Chapter 2: Luck and Risk.
KEY EXCERPTS FROM THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MONEY (CHAPTER 2)
“Luck and risk are siblings. They are both the reality that every outcome in life is guided by forces other than individual effort. We can’t anticipate everything.”
A doctor cannot ‘guarantee’ that they can heal you. A lawyer cannot ‘guarantee’ that they will win your case. A Bazi and Feng Shui practitioner also cannot ‘guarantee’ that you will get results.
“Because the world is too complex to allow 100% of your actions to dictate 100% of your outcomes.”
Same as in Feng Shui. If we activate your nobleman sector, you need to do something to connect with the nobleman too!
“Someone else’s failure is often attributed to bad decisions. Our own failures are often chalked up to bad luck.” This is normal, isn’t it?
“Not all success is due to hard work, and not all poverty is due to laziness. Sometimes, there is just the missing factor of leverage.”
“Focus less on specific individuals and case studies and more on broad patterns.”
“The trick when dealing with failure is arranging your financial life in a way that a bad investment does not wipe you out.” Did you know, that the top traders in the world, only win about 40% of their trades? Yes, the media often idolizes those who risked everything on a throw of a dice and won! But we never hear about the millions who did just that and lost! They also never ask them a key question – how many times you wiped out?
DUMB LUCK IN YOUR BAZI CHART
But let’s talk about the Luck portion of the chapter first. Specifically, the presence of Dumb Luck in your Bazi Chart.
The first and most obvious is, we need to have your Indirect Wealth on your Hour Stem.
And the conditions are:
1. Must be the ONLY Wealth star in your Chart
2. Must be FAVOURABLE – which means the Day Master must be a strong Day Master. Weak Day Masters, sorry!
3. Must not be clashed, harmed, punished, or destroyed
You know how hard it is to meet these conditions? But for those who do have, yes, they have a tendency to enjoy windfalls. Regularly wins lottery, win raffles, lucky draws. If you have this in your Chart, good for you. Be grateful, ok? And contribute some back.
And then annually, there is an auxiliary star called the Fortune Virtue which talks about unexpected opportunities or sudden gains.
In 2024, the Fortune Virtue is in the Ox. So if you have the Ox in your Hour Pillar, and even better if it contains your Wealth star, then this year… somehow you find yourself with a bit of the Midas touch where investments are concerned.
In 2025, the Fortune Virtue is in the Tiger. So if you have the Tiger in the hour, time to prep!
The problem with the Fortune Virtue is… success is a lousy teacher. Because it cannot be replicated.
STAYING LUCKY
Staying lucky on the other hand, requires some work. But it’s as simple as this… follow the energy of our charts.
The luckiest people in the world, somehow know how to work with the energy of their charts. Somehow! For the rest of us, a Bazi consult wouldn’t hurt.
I know this is sounding like I’m selling you my consults, but really, if we can decode in advance, the opportunities and threats of the year, and tailor our plans accordingly, the Reward over Risk factor will be more in our favour!
As an example: if this year brings a lot of Wealth energies, which means that you are supposed to be going full throttle ahead… but you insist on keeping your foot off the pedal… how to get results? How to stay lucky?
Another example: if the year brings you opportunities to widen your network, but you insist on staying home, how can a potential nobleman help you if you don’t meet in the first place?
Get my drift?
Yes, this requires work. But infinitely replicable and sustainable.
Another way to achieve sustainability is to create a business or investment style that fits the natural energy of the Chart. If the Chart is naturally risk-averse, then go for growth investing, slow and steady type. If the Chart can handle risk better, then we need to remind the client not to bet everything on a single throw of the dice.
HANDLING RISK
But what about handling risk? To decode that, we need to go back to the fundamentals and look at the 5 Elements.
Each and every one of our chart will have a dominant element. This dominant element – whatever it may be – can be a strength or an advantage for us. If we know how to play it.
But again, following the principles of the Tai Chi, where there is strength, there will be weaknesses.
Our job, as always, is to be aware of these and tilt our perception towards the positive.
DOMINANT WATER IN THE CHART
If Water is the dominant element in your Chart, it brings you gifts of intelligence, wisdom and risk-perception.
People with healthy Water in their Chart tend to be able to assess risk better.
But on the other hand, this same element that showers you with gifts of intelligence and wisdom, also creates an environment where you experience the curse of too much knowledge.
Very good at imagining worst-case scenarios, you get so smart, you think yourself out of doing something.
Where does all these self-imagined fear come from? Emotional-overload. The brain is always thinking, thinking, thinking… until you’re all a-muddled.
If Water is dominant in your Chart, finding strategies to manage your thoughts and emotions is the key to success.
DOMINANT WOOD IN THE CHART
The gifts of Wood – plenty of drive and determination. A strong growth-mindset. Always willing to self-improve.
But what if you don’t control it and it turns negative? Dominant Wood in the Chart creates a fear of losing control.
Or to paraphase, a need for control so strong, that every little thing that is different makes you feel like you are losing control – so you become too afraid to change.
DOMINANT FIRE IN THE CHART
Dominant Fire represents someone with the ability or willingness to change. It’s always easier to change a chart with Fire. No Fire in the Chart? Takes a bit of self-work.
Dominant Fire in the Chart is not afraid to change. They are happy to change along with the world. First adopters of technology are usually those with strong or healthy Fire in their Chart.
But on the dark side, dominant Fire can create a feeling like you are outdated or late to the game. Because Fire represents advancement and illumination. So dominant Fire can cause a warped perception that you are already too late – like you don’t have the latest skillset, don’t know enough, that kind of scenario.
And the solution: Just join in the party! Who cares if you’re late.
DOMINANT EARTH IN THE CHART
Dominant Earth in the Chart imbues the Chart owner with a very solid and stable persona. Very reliable, and therefore, easy to inspire trust.
People somehow feel that they can trust you.
But on the other hand, because Earth is the only non-moving element, dominant Earth in the chart can create a lack of willpower.’
Like, “I want it, but not that badly!”
So what’s the solution? Give yourself a deadline to take action.
DOMINANT METAL IN THE CHART
On the positive spectrum, dominant Metal are great at decision-making. Decisive.
Strong Metal usually wants to win. So on the negative side, strong Metal can also be quite judgemental. Which means that you may find yourself, sometimes making decisions before you even fully consider the situation.
So you refrain from taking risks when you don’t think you can win.
The solution: study first, don’t make snap decisions.
LUCK AND RISK
So what’s the end game for this chapter?
Of course, consciously train yourself to use the positive spectrum of your dominant element
But at the same time, be aware of the pitfalls that the same gifts carry. Find strategies around it.
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Disclaimer: Paulynne is NOT a Medical, Legal, Financial advisor or Councilor. She is a Bazi and Feng Shui Consultant who utilises her knowledge of Bazi, Qimendunjia and Feng Shui to look at the energy imprint surrounding events, situations or people. These readings are for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY and should NOT BE TAKEN as absolute proof or concrete evidence or advice. Please treat them as such and enjoy your time on the channel.
