Only the hardiest plants survive the harsh winters. While the ground is frozen solid, the Yi Wood lies dormant, in hibernation. But beneath that stillness, there is still growth underground. Never discount the resilience of the Yi Wood! Like the hardy plant that represents you, January 2023 is a great time to focus on self development for the Yi Wood Day Masters.
Self development, like a hardy plant in winter, requires resilience and determination in the face of challenges and adversity. Just as a hardy plant must weather the harsh conditions of winter, we must also find ways to thrive and grow despite the difficulties we may face in life.
One way to cultivate self development like a hardy plant in winter is to set clear goals and work towards them consistently, even when faced with setbacks or obstacles. This can involve setting aside time for personal growth activities, such as learning new skills or pursuing new hobbies, and staying focused on your long-term goals.
Another important aspect of self development is to maintain a positive attitude and mindset, even in the face of challenges. This can involve finding ways to stay motivated and inspired, and seeking out support and guidance from others when needed.
Finally, it is important to take care of your physical and emotional well-being, as these are key factors in your overall sense of well-being and ability to thrive. This can involve engaging in activities that nourish your body and mind, such as exercising, eating a healthy diet, and getting enough rest.
Overall, cultivating self development like a hardy plant in winter requires a combination of focus, determination, and self-care. By taking these steps, you can weather the winter of life and continue to grow and thrive.
Whilst our Gui Water Day Master friends may be enjoying an adventurous January, Jia Day Masters will have a different task at hand. For the Jia Day Master, January 2023 represents a great opportunity to start the new year with a clear perspective of your finances.
When you remove the ambiguities and take off your rose-tinted glasses, having a clear understanding of your finances can bring a number of benefits, including:
Better budgeting: With a clear understanding of your financial situation, you can create a budget that accurately reflects your income, expenses, and debts. This can help you make more informed decisions about how to allocate your money, and avoid overspending or falling into debt.
Increased financial security: Knowing where you stand financially can help you feel more secure and in control of your financial future. By understanding your assets, liabilities, and net worth, you can make informed decisions about saving and investing for the long term.
Improved financial planning: With a clear understanding of your financial situation, you can make more informed decisions about your future financial goals. This can include things like saving for retirement, paying off debt, or saving for a down payment on a home.
Fewer financial surprises: By keeping track of your finances and understanding where your money is going, you can be better prepared for unexpected expenses or financial emergencies. This can help reduce stress and anxiety related to your finances.
Overall, having a clear idea of your finances can help you make better financial decisions, feel more financially secure, and achieve your financial goals.
As sluggish as the January 2023 Bazi Chart may be, it still represents opportunities for micro strategies for each of the 10 Day Master. For the Gui Water? Grab a friend! Go on an adventure together! This is the best month for the Gui Water Day Master to create some bonding.
Going on an adventure with friends can be a rewarding and enriching experience. It allows us to step outside our comfort zones, explore new places and cultures, and create lasting memories with the people we care about. Here are just a few of the benefits of going on an adventure with friends:
Bonding: Adventures can bring people closer together and create strong bonds. When we’re out of our comfort zones and facing new challenges together, we rely on each other for support and encouragement, and this can strengthen our relationships. In other words, stronger together.
Personal growth: Adventures can push us to try new things, step outside our comfort zones, and learn more about ourselves. They can also help us develop skills such as problem-solving, communication, and leadership, which can benefit us both personally and professionally.
Fun and excitement: Adventures are a great way to have fun and break up the monotony of everyday life. Whether you’re hiking through the mountains, exploring a new city, or trying a new activity, there’s always something exciting and new to discover.
Meaningful experiences: Adventures can create meaningful experiences that we’ll remember for a lifetime. Whether it’s a once-in-a-lifetime trip or a spontaneous weekend getaway, these experiences can bring us joy and fulfillment and provide us with stories to share with others.
Overall, going on an adventure with friends can be a rewarding and enriching experience. It allows us to bond, grow, have fun, and create meaningful memories with the people we care about. So why not gather your friends and plan your next adventure today?
It’s January 2023 and things seem to be moving at a snail’s pace. The January 2023 Bazi chart feels like we’re just waiting for the other shoe to drop, and everything is in a state of stasis. It can be frustrating to feel like we’re stuck in a rut, but it’s important to remember that this is just a temporary phase. Here are a few suggestions for getting through a sluggish January:
Geng Metal and Xin Metal Day Masters:
Find small ways to stay active and engaged: Even if you’re feeling stuck, it’s important to find ways to stay active and engaged. This could mean taking a walk, trying a new hobby, or volunteering your time. By finding small ways to stay active, you can help keep your energy up and your spirits high.
Wu Earth and Ji Earth Day Masters:
Set goals and work towards them: Another way to get through a sluggish month is to set small, achievable goals and work towards them. This can help give you a sense of purpose and direction, even when things feel slow.
Jia Wood and Yi Wood Day Masters:
Take care of yourself: It’s important to remember to take care of yourself, especially during times when you’re feeling stuck. This could mean getting enough sleep, eating well, and finding ways to relax and recharge.
Ren Water and Gui Water Day Masters:
Reach out for support: If you’re feeling overwhelmed or down, it can be helpful to reach out for support. Talk to a friend, family member, or a mental health professional if you need to. You don’t have to face these challenges alone.
Bing Fire and Ding Fire Day Masters:
Create a daily routine that schedules variety into your life. Ideally, this schedule should be aimed at helping you create some work-life balance as the long dark days of winter continues.
SUMMARY: JANUARY 2023
Overall, January 2023 may feel like a sluggish month, but it’s important to remember that this is just a temporary phase. By finding small ways to stay active and engaged, setting goals, taking care of yourself, and reaching out for support, you can get through this challenging time and come out stronger on the other side.
After a year as the self-starter of 2022, the Rat must be ready to launch into stratosphere. Because in 2023, you are undoubtedly, the comeback kid of the Water Rabbit!
ABOUT THE 2023 CHINESE ZODIAC SERIES
In creating this new series, I’ve endeavoured to shift your perspectives of the positive and negative stars. They are neither promises nor guarantees. Instead, these are tools given to you for 2023, and it’s up to you to choose which one works better for you. The results become more obvious when we match our actions to the effects.
And when we learn to use these stars, that is when life happens for you, instead of happening to you.
Therefore, this post will include descriptions of the effects of the stars, followed by some ideas (or suggestions, if you will), on how the stars can be used. Please note that critical thinking is required on your part. Because without looking at the full information from your unique Bazi Chart, the ideas cannot be customized and must be kept as broad as possible.
THE RAT IN 2023
2022, as far as the Rat was concerned, was a year of self-cultivation. It was a year for us to create our own opportunities. Because there were no external support or external opportunities. This load of negative stars were here to teach us that we are not helpless. They were here to show us how to shift our perspectives and create opportunities even when there were none.
So the Rat is the undisputed comeback kid of 2023. With a smorgasbord of positive stars littered with words we like to read – Prosperity, Fortune Virtue, and many more! But before we get there, we must have successfully changed our perspectives.
DRAPES, CURLED TONGUE AND CROSSING SHA
Drapes talk about emotional instability. If you are emotionally vulnerable, it could be a concern. Curled Tongue and Crossing Sha are miscommunications and potential for arguments.
If you are the type who tends to intellectualize your emotions, I doubt you would even feel the presence of these three.
YEAR PUNISHMENT
However, it’s the Year Punishment, that with your permission, I would like to share a little more detail about.
When the Rat and the Rabbit meets, they form a type of punishment called the Uncivilized Punishment. This punishment conveys a feeling of being victimized.
In the traditional texts, the explanation for Uncivilized Punishment can be scary. It can manifest as assault, harassment, incest and even rumours and gossip of a carnal nature. Now before you start freaking out… it does not have to happen! I repeat: it does not have to happen! It’s just a warning of a potential threat. That’s all.
Some Masters would describe the Uncivilized Punishment as a problem caused by morality. But to me, Uncivilized Punishment is a problem about boundaries and power imbalance. After all, assault, particularly sexual assault, harassment, stalking, and incest… are at its most basics, a breach of personal boundaries. Somebody has overstepped their bounds. Now mind you, this could pan out both ways – the person who is suffering the Uncivilized Punishment could either be the victim OR the aggressor.
Since the Rat will be facing an Uncivilized Punishment in 2023, here are some suggestions:
Let’s ensure that we keep all our dealings professional. Since this punishment can manifest in the form of rumours and gossip, and since we are all surrounded by spy cams everywhere these days, it would be in our favour to keep all our dealings professional. No improprieties. Not a whiff!
Ladies would already know this. Most women already practice this. Be vigilant about personal safety. All those rules – you know, at a party, get your own drinks, don’t lose sight of our drinks, if walking late at night, try to stay to the populated areas. I’m not saying don’t party! Just make sure your safety precautions are in place.
Since the Uncivilized Punishment conveys a sense of victimization, it is particularly important in 2023, for those with the Rat in our Bazi Charts to establish, communicate, and stand firm on the topic of our boundaries – particularly personal boundaries and personal space. Because, when we add all the negative stars together (Year Punishment, Drapes, Curled Tongue, and Crossing Sha), when we consolidate their effects into one, this can possibly spell Emotional Blackmail and Gaslighting.
But now that we’ve dealth with the punishment, it’s time to look forward to all the goodies that are coming to the Rat in 2023. So back to the positive stars!
HEAVENLY VIRTUE
The Heavenly Virtue is a blessings star. It helps dissolves the negative stars, and remove obstacles. To effectively use the Heavenly Virtue, requires us to install new beliefs.
Now that we’ve broken out of Prison, using the Heavenly Virtue calls for new goal-setting, and a re-alignment of our actions.
THRIVING
The Thriving star, simply, energizes! It gives us this extra boost of courage and energy. When we have this additional boost of courage and energy, we behave in a more confident manner, leading to potentially, wealth opportunities brought to you by your friends.
These two stars, the Heavenly Virtue and Thriving, are the jumping off point for a successful 2023.
FORTUNE VIRTUE AND PROSPERITY STAR
To enhance the effect of the Heavenly Virtue and Thriving Star, comes two more money stars. The Fortune Virtue brings wealth opportunities and enhances the effects of the other Wealth stars. How does it enhance? By working hand-in-hand with the Prosperity Star, it brings us many opportunities to enrich our network. Here comes the chance to build strong and mutually beneficial relationships.
So far, these four money stars do not say that we will suddenly get rich. How I wish! Right? What it says is that, the contacts we have may bring us opportunities. We need to be ready to say yes, take action, and nip problems in the bud, and the Heavenly Virtue will gift us with a relatively smooth year ahead.
RED MATCHMAKER, PEACH BLOSSOM AND SALTY POOL
Building relationships will be easy for the Rat in 2023. Our likability has zoomed up by 1000%! All these likability stars! The Red Matchmaker brings relationship luck. For those who are single and looking, pay attention. It brings this flash of recognition. Somehow, people just like you!
Same for the Peach Blossom! There is this aura of likability about you.
And finally, the Salty Pool! Personal desirability has increased. Typically, it points to fleeting romances, short and exciting flings. Things get exciting on the dating front.
RAT 2023: SUGGESTED CAREER CHECKLIST
On the career front, 2023 would be a good year to review your career goals and then, create alliances within your industry or organization to grow together.
For the negative stars, as always, this is an issue about boundaries. Not only should we communicate our boundaries to others, at the same time, please be mindful to respect other people’s boundaries as well.
We get this sorted, likability increases. Be sure to keep all your dealings professional.
RAT 2023: SUGGESTED BUSINESS CHECKLIST
For the Business Owners, these positive stars are a great opportunity to create new income streams for your business. Specifically, new projects brought to you by your contacts. These stars don’t really talk about partnerships. They talk about people giving you opportunities.
To deal with the negative stars? Filter your customer list. All business owners understand this. Some clients have got to go.
Alternatively, still on the negative stars, you could take this opportunity to ensure a safe and comfortable environment in your workspace. This would be a positive way to dissipate the effects of the negative stars.
And finally, with the likability stars, you need to take the lead in the sales pitch. People like you. They want to do business with you. Awesome!
WHERE IS YOUR RAT?
YEAR PILLAR
If you have the Rat in your Year Pillar, the people in your industry, friend list, LinkedIn connections, contacts, acquaintances are brimming with projects and wealth opportunities. In fact, it’s almost a party out there!
Your job? Join them. Initiate discussions.
This can work for both the business owner and the career professional. For the career professionals, especially, this may be the start of your side gig or your own consultancy!
MONTH PILLAR
With the Rat in your Month pillar which is literally the business or career pillar, this is the year to supercharge your career. Be on the lookout for career growth opportunities be it internally or externally.
Talk to your friends about your career plans. They may know someone who needs someone just like you!
For the business owners, when your business has reached the thriving stage, this could be the best year to re-innovate your business model.
DAY PILLAR
The Day Pillar governs your personal relationships, particularly in 2023, there seems to be a lot of support for romantic relationships.
For those who are already in committed relationships, 2023 could be the year you bring back that ‘spark’ that may have lost its lustre in the day-to-day grind.
For the singletons, perhaps, an existing friendship is ready to transition into something more?
HOUR PILLAR
The Hour pillar governs staff. Business owners, this may be the year you create a safe working environment where every one of your staff can thrive.
Parents, from your perspective, your children are thriving. This is a great year to encourage them to explore new horizons.
The Hour Pillar also governs investments. Be on the lookout for new investment opportunities that you can capitalize on.
ABOUT ME
It’s been a long article, hasn’t it? If you’ve gotten this far, thank you!
A little about me. My name is Paulynne Cheng and I am a Bazi and Feng Shui practitioner with a bias for career and business development. Mind you, I’m not a business guru or some such. My role, is to interpret the energies of your Bazi Chart and the corresponding 2023 energies for you. To help you identify potential opportunities and possible threats, depending on your goal for 2023.
Should we meet for an onward conversation, my goal is to help you align your actions, not just to the effects of the stars, but also to the flow of energies in your unique Bazi Chart.
When we do that, you really go with the flow and things become easier because you are no longer fighting the energies, but using the energies.
GET YOUR FULL 2023 ANALYSIS
Now, remember! The Annual Auxiliary Stars make up only about 20% of your Year. To understand and create strategies for a successful year ahead, hit me up for a personal consult. Let’s co-create your strategy together and make 2023 your best year yet!
If you have the Rooster in your Bazi Chart, come 2023, it’s time to take on the Year Breaker role.
Since around 2019, the Rooster had been blessed with a run of positive stars. However, in this crucial Year Breaker period, unfortunately, there seems to be a lack of external support. Almost akin to a temporary feast-famine cycle. In other words, without external support, it’s up to you to create your opportunities in 2023.
ABOUT THE 2023 CHINESE ZODIAC SERIES
In creating this new series, I’ve endeavoured to shift your perspectives of the positive and negative stars. They are neither promises nor guarantees. Instead, these are tools given to you for 2023, and it’s up to you to choose which one works better for you. The results become more obvious when we match our actions to the effects.
And when we learn to use these stars, that is when life happens for you, instead of happening to you.
Therefore, this post will include descriptions of the effects of the stars, followed by some ideas (or suggestions, if you will), on how the stars can be used. Please note that critical thinking is required on your part. Because without looking at the full information from your unique Bazi Chart, the ideas cannot be customized and must be kept as broad as possible.
THE ROOSTER IN 2023
YEAR BREAKER
A Year Breaker is but a fancy name for a clash of energies affecting your Bazi Chart. A clash is very straight forward. It simply means, change! Often viewed as a negative, because from the traditional perspective, change is always unwelcome. A good life in the olden days, literally translates into a long and boring life.
But in today’s world, a Year Breaker brings power to propel us out of our plateau. Without change, there can be no growth.
A Year Breaker is only negative when we resist change. If you open yourself up to change, and learn to reframe your perspectives (think opportunities, not problems; think challenges, not obstacles) you may find that 2023 could be an exciting and fulfilling year.
Because this Rooster-Rabbit clash is clashing outwards (your Metal clashing out to the Wood), the good news is, there is some element of control which signifies that you still get to decide which aspects of your life needs changing.
But there are signs that maybe, you will face some internal resistance to change.
OBSTACLES, PRISON INMATES AND SKY SADNESS
Under the influence of the Obstacles star, you may be more easily influenced by the negativity out there. Somehow, you are more willing or susceptible to negativity which may start a downward spiral.
If you find yourself sucked in by the Obstacles star, the Prison Inmates may also be activated. This star describes a feeling of entrapment, of feeling physically, mentally or even emotionally trapped. And that is when the Sky Sadness (representing depression and other emotional issues), comes along to join the pity-party.
Together, the Obstacles, Prison Inmates and Sky Sadness stars combine to form the sunk-cost fallacy. More on this later.
GREAT CONSUMER
The Year Breaker comes hand in hand with its twin, the Great Consumer. It represents an increase in expenses. If the Year Breaker represents problems, then the Great Consumer is the opportunity to use money to resolve those problems. Therefore, it is always best to keep some budget aside for contingencies.
But where could this money possibly be needed? There are some clues.
CALAMITY SHA
The Calamity Sha is a disaster star. It could mean that you somehow find yourself trapped in a disaster area such as floods, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, etc! It could also mean potential damages to your property or home. Therefore, as you begin the year, why not take the trouble to inspect your home for any damages that you can repair immediately. Since the Calamity Sha is in the Rooster, prioritize areas in the West sector of your house.
SALTY POOL
The other way that money could flow out? Salty Pool – the star of instant gratification which translates to money flowing out due to impulse purchases.
However, there is some good news here. The Salty Pool is actually a type of Peach Blossom star. It’s often viewed also as a negative due to its connotations of unbridled lusts or desires. If you are able to control the effects of the Salty Pool, it can act like a Peach Blossom star, and increase your desirability and likability.
JADE HALL AND MONTH EMPTINESS
But is there support? Yes! The Jade Hall signifies that something you own, be it a material thing, asset, investment, knowledge, skill, talent, anything really… has increased in value.
Perhaps more importantly, you also have the support of the Month Emptiness. This is a rather neutral star. What it does is that it connects us to the universal energy. It is, in fact, a wish-fulfilling star. Its presence is asking you to connect to your inner self or higher self.
But why would I describe a wish-fulfilling star as neutral? Shouldn’t they be good? It depends! When given the chance for your thoughts to manifest your reality, it’s only a good thing when you are positive thinker! Negative thinkers will find the reality manifested is as unpleasant as they expected!
WHERE IS YOUR ROOSTER?
YEAR PILLAR
A clash to the Year Pillar is quite easy to deal with. List down all the energy vampires, takers, whiners, and complainers in your friend list… and delete, block, unfollow!
MONTH PILLAR
What if the Rooster is your Month Pillar that represents your career and business? Look for certain parts of your job or business that is now redundant and keeping you tied down. 2023 may be the time to divest and prioritize more time on your core skills or core business.
DAY PILLAR
Because the Day Pillar represents our close relationships, certain parts of your lifestyle or household routine can be changed for the better. A second honeymoon, anyone?
HOUR PILLAR
Rooster in the Hour Pillar which governs our children, employees, investments, ideas or ideals. In terms of employees, your staff could be getting comfortable in their roles and getting set in their ways. Perhaps it’s time for a reshuffle to challenge everyone to take on new growth.
ROOSTER 2023: SUGGESTED CAREER CHECKLIST
The first rule of the Year Breaker, be willing to drop the redundant roles. Remember the sunk-cost fallacy? Sometimes, we cling on to roles that are no longer serving our career growth. Often, we do this for no other reason apart from the fact that we’ve been doing that for years. Perhaps you have outgrown them? Is it time to pass it to someone more junior?
Secondly, of course, please budget for contingencies. If you feel that you can do so, consider allocating some funds to invest in yourself! Maybe it’s time to acquire a different or new skill?
Thirdly, beware the sunk-cost fallacy that could be keeping you tied to a miserable job. It’s up to you if you want to change jobs this year, but at least start taking steps towards changing your perspective of your career.
Finally, with the Jade Hall, identify your super skill. When negotiating for an increment or promotion, this is your leverage!
ROOSTER 2023: SUGGESTED BUSINESS CHECKLIST
For the Business owners, let’s start by looking into the sunk cost fallacy. What is no longer serving your business? Are they projects? Divisions? Clients? Products? Services?
Next, something has grown in value. Your job is to identify what that something is. It could be physical assets such as property that is owned by your business. Their value has matured and this may be the time to divest and keep your cash flow healthy?
Thirdly, with the Year Breaker, be willing to pivot your product or service.
And finally, with the Great Consumer, Calamity Sha and Salty Pool, please keep an eye on your cash flow and stay liquid for any contingencies.
THE ROOSTER 2023 IN A NUTSHELL
When this collection of stars are seen as a whole, they are encouraging a sense of detachment. Mind you, every practitioner will have different interpretations because we all have different perspectives. While the core effects of the stars remain the same, every one of us will have a different view of how to use these stars. To me, they spell detachment.
With attachment, change can be very painful. But here’s the thing, you become very powerful, when you learn to detach. Because in that detachment comes objectivity and rationality. Am I asking you to intellectualize your feelings? Yes, a little! For 2023 at least, for the Rooster, there needs to be a rather zen-like approach to life.
ABOUT ME
It’s been a long article, hasn’t it? If you’ve gotten this far, thank you!
A little about me. My name is Paulynne Cheng and I am a Bazi and Feng Shui practitioner with a bias for career and business development. Mind you, I’m not a business guru or some such. My role, is to interpret the energies of your Bazi Chart and the corresponding 2023 energies for you. To help you identify potential opportunities and possible threats, depending on your goal for 2023.
Should we meet for an onward conversation, my goal is to help you align your actions, not just to the effects of the stars, but also to the flow of energies in your unique Bazi Chart.
When we do that, you really go with the flow and things become easier because you are no longer fighting the energies, but using the energies.
GET YOUR FULL 2023 ANALYSIS
Now, remember! The Annual Auxiliary Stars make up only about 20% of your Year. To understand and create strategies for a successful year ahead, hit me up for a personal consult. Let’s co-create your strategy together and make 2023 your best year yet!
It’s that time of the year again when the New Year Resolution looms. In 2023, what goals are you looking to achieve? Have you created an actual plan to turn your New Year Resolution into reality? Myself, Jonath Lee and Shamaine Ho (the Talk3Talk4 trio), are proud to present again, our annual workshop – Hack My 2023.
I know you have questions…
WHAT IS HACK MY 2023?
Hack My 2023 is a one-off annual workshop where we give you the tools, the cheatsheets, and the related information from Bazi, Qimendunjia, and Feng Shui to create a detailed action plan to turn dreams into reality.
It’s akin to getting a Bazi Consult, but in this case, you learn to self-diagnose. Give us 5 hours of your time, and we give you the shortcuts you need to apply the same methodology for, not just 2023, but also the coming years.
IS HACK MY 2023 A BAZI COURSE?
No, it’s not designed to turn you into a Bazi Consultant overnight. In fact, it would be crazy to think that we can teach a Bazi Course within 5 hours. What it is, is a workshop that helps you extract relevant information from your Bazi and Qimen charts. This is why the workshop comes packed with detailed cheatsheets.
WHAT WILL I STAND TO GAIN FROM HACK MY 2023?
Hack My 2023 is designed to be a zero-to-user workshop.
Here’s what you stand to gain:
➡️ Discover what has already been given to you
➡️ Discover the dynamics of 2023 and how it affects you specifically
➡️ Discover your strengths and opportunities to craft your strategy to make 2023 your best year ever
➡️ Discover your theme for 2023
➡️ Find out if there are any actions that MUST be undertaken in the coming year
➡️ Fine tune your plan for 2023
➡️ Find out what you can maximize
➡️ And most importantly, a detailed monthly planner that pulls together Bazi, Qi Men Dun Jia and Feng Shui to align Heaven, Earth, and Man for you.
WILL I BE REQUIRED TO SIGN UP FOR MORE COURSES AFTER THIS?
Not at all! As mentioned, Hack My 2023 is a one-off event. There will be no upsell or cross-sell. Our goal is to help you use your Bazi Chart (primarily) to create a final action plan for 2023.
If you have the Horse in your Bazi Chart, 2023 could be the year to unleash your inner entrepreneur and play the role of the disruptor.
These days, we seem to use the term ‘entrepreneur’ and ‘business owner’ synonymously. But there’s a distinctive line between the two. People who bring their unique ideas to run a startup company are known as entrepreneurs. Business owners, on the other hand, start a business on an existing concept or idea. Business owners make their place in the market with their efforts and dedication, whereas entrepreneurs creates the market for their own business.
And for those of you with the Horse in your Bazi Charts, this may be the year you make the leap between the two!
ABOUT THE 2023 CHINESE ZODIAC SERIES
In creating this new series, I’ve endeavoured to shift your perspectives of the positive and negative stars. They are neither promises nor guarantees. Instead, these are tools given to you for 2023, and it’s up to you to choose which one works better for you. The results become more obvious when we match our actions to the effects.
And when we learn to use these stars, that is when life happens for you, instead of happening to you.
Therefore, this post will include descriptions of the effects of the stars, followed by some ideas (or suggestions, if you will), on how the stars can be used. Please note that critical thinking is required on your part. Because without looking at the full information from your unique Bazi Chart, the ideas cannot be customized and must be kept as broad as possible.
HORSE: 2022 RECAP
Your three top stars in 2022 were the General Star, Golden Lock, and Three Stages. These three, when acting together, gives you access to the movers, shakers and decision-makers.
However, having access is one thing. Building a mutually-beneficial relationship with these movers, shakers, and decision-makers are a whole different ballgame. This is where the energies of 2023 come into play.
THE HORSE IN 2023
SKY HAPPINESS
At the most basic level, the Sky Happiness represents the existence of happy events. In the ancient days, these usually refer to landmark life events such as weddings, birth of children, those type of stuff. Today, the Sky Happiness points to the opportunities to be a part of parties and celebrations. But… we’re talking about using the stars, right?
So how about… instead of sitting home and waiting for invitations, with the Sky Happiness in your chart, why don’t we be the ones to organize the event and bring people together? This is what the Sky Happiness is great for – bringing people together in a joyful and harmonious environment. So remember all those new contacts that 2022 brought you? Why not create mini events to bring them together so that you can have the opportunity to nurture your relationship with them in a less stressful environment? That’s an idea!
MOON
Who we hang out with can literally change our outlook. If we spend time with these entrepreneurs, leaders and decision-makers, inevitably, this will give us the chance to develop our own ideas. This is where the Moon comes in. Apart from being a traditional nobleman star, the Moon has a specific benefit – it is the star of entrepreneurial ideas.
So now, we have both a network as well as the seed of a business idea. And by the way, it has been forecasted that come 2023, even more people will start their side gigs. This may be particularly so for the Horse because…
PIERCING ROPE
As I write this, economic pressure is mounting everywhere. With inflation going through the roof, the economy shrinking, many businesses will be looking for ways to tighten their belts and maybe even downsize. This is what the Piercing Rope represents – fear and insecurity brought on by external pressures. These could be political, economical, or social, or a myriad of other external factors.
HOOK SPIRIT AND GREAT ASSEMBLY
Triggered by the fear and insecurity, the next two negative stars are the ones to pay attention to. The Hook Spirit represents the unresolved problems from the past. It’s a little like an unclosed chapter begging for closure. The Great Assembly is like an endless infinity loop, like a broken gramophone. When these two come together, the influence they create is the tendency to play out negative memories, or project past failures… on a loop.
REST GOD
So, there is opportunity; and there is pressure. Your job, with the Rest God, is to keep physically and mentally fit. The Rest God acts by enhancing our physical and mental well-being. But it needs a little nudge. It doesn’t work on its own. Note that they didn’t call this the Lazy God? Using the Rest God requires the corresponding effort to keep ourselves in good shape. So go to the gym; prioritize taking walks in the morning; or maybe martial arts is your thing? Anything, really, that keeps you trim and fit!
Why is this so important? Ever noticed that all successful people have one thing in common? High energy levels! They don’t walk around sighing and moaning? They’re too busy. Once we manage to dial up our own physical energy, we will automatically sound more convincing when we talk, our minds become more agile, better focused, and we are able to accomplish more in a single day. In other words, maintaining our physical energy makes us better and more convincing leaders.
HEAVENLY OFFICER
Which takes us to the Heavenly Officer which represents the ability to garner support for your leadership skills. This nobleman star can be used in many different ways. For employees, it can bring promotion luck. It’s also good for academics, by the way. For business owners, this can mean a good reputation. Now, a good reputation by itself, may not be so useful? However, the Heavenly Officer means more than that. It means that our customers or our business partners become our noble people by putting their trust in us, and following our lead.
At the beginning of this post, I made a clear distinction between a business owner and an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs creates their own markets. Think of disruptor businesses like Uber or AirBnB. When they came up with that idea, it was revolutionary. They needed the trust from their customers (both drivers and users) to adapt to this new way of doing business.
So yes, Heavenly Officer can represent customers – customers who are willing to follow your lead. But to benefit from this star, you must always remember that we owe it to them to always give them our very best.
HORSE 2023: IN A NUTSHELL
Now when we put ALL these stars together, it tells a story. It says that, in the face of a volatile economy (Piercing Rope), the ones who spot the opportunities (Moon) and has the resources in the form of networks (Sky Happiness), could potentially overcome the self-limiting mindset (Hook Spirit and Great Assembly). It also says that we can differentiate ourselves by the energy we radiate (Rest God)
Because the end goal for 2023, is to gain support for your leadership. To have people follow you. Customers who are your Heavenly Officers.
Where is all these positioning heading to? To 2024 where you should be in place to solve a problem of a higher value.
WHERE IS YOUR HORSE?
YEAR PILLAR
If you have the Horse in your Year which governs your social networks, industry, contacts, social media followers, acquaintances and not-so-close friends. In this case, the most likely scenario is that from your perspective, the industry is vulnerable to volatile economic conditions or even downturn. Alternatively, the people you know are, most of them, feeling pressured by the external environment.
Could you then, instead of waiting for invitations from the Sky Happiness, create regular small gatherings that bring diverse people together to talk, exchange ideas, maybe even explore working together? These could even be fund-raising events. If you are a Fire Day Master (either Bing or Ding), I would certainly at least explore this idea.
The Heavenly Officer is not technically an investment star. But, from the perspective of a business looking for seed money, aren’t investors noble people too? Noble people who are willing to buy into our ideas?
MONTH PILLAR
If the Horse governs your Month, it could be that your own business or the organization you work for is feeling the pressure of a volatile and unpredictable economy.
Let’s talk about career professionals first. In this case, you would be hesitant to leave the security of a full time career for the uncertainties of the business world, wouldn’t you? However, the Moon star has already given you an idea that you would like to pursue. With the Heavenly Officer, this could be a good time to get your research and business plan together, and present it to your boss. Ask him or her to invest in your idea and let you work on it in exchange for equity in the new business. Now, suddenly, you go from being just an employee, to having a stake in your boss’s business. That’s what they mean when they say intrapreneur.
Alternatively, be the one who leads change in your organization. Textbook interpretation of the intrapreneur: a manager within a company who promotes innovative product development and marketing.
What about Business Owners with the Horse in your Month? If your business is reliant on equipment, here, please take note of the Great Assembly. While there may be a need to cut down on unnecessary spending, maintenance must be top priority because the Great Assembly’s literal definition is a warning of equipment failure. No skimping on equipment maintenance if you have the Horse in your month pillar. Because equipment breakdown will cost you more in lost business than any amount of maintenance.
DAY PILLAR
What if the Horse falls in your day? If you are in a committed relationship, your personal relationships or spouse might be feeling the economic pressure and thereby, causing stress within the relationship. What sort of stress? Most likely, there may be more instances of arguments caused by old grievances triggered by monetary issues.
However, with the Sky Happiness also comes the opportunity to create new happy memories in your relationship.
HOUR PILLAR
If you have the Horse in your Hour, let’s start with the Business Owners or Corporate Managers first. These 3 negative stars can represent Quiet Quitting or even Malicious Compliance. Your employees have checked out. Only skating by, putting in the hours, working like robots. However, with these positive stars, there’s a chance to turn things around. This could be a good opportunity for you to make some changes within your organizational culture. A great opportunity, in fact, to convert ‘mere employees’ into a fighting team with an entrepreneurial mindset. Train your staff to have entrepreneurial mindset by using the Sky Happiness to create team bonding events.
In terms of investments, these stars may represent opportunities to pick up some new investments or even new businesses for cheap.
On a personal level, pay attention to sudden ideas or casual suggestions that suddenly pop up in your head.
HORSE 2023: SUGGESTED BUSINESS CHECKLIST
For business owners, here’s a simple 3-step checklist to use all the stars in the Horse for your business development efforts in 2023:
Stay current on business and consumer trends. Period 9 is almost upon us, and the ability to leverage on attention will be pivotal to most businesses.
Stay lean and competitive. Make sure to stay on top of your business maintenance. Nothing is more expensive than loss of business due to equipment breakdown.
Improve your customer experience. Turn customers into Heavenly Officers by giving them an unforgettable experience. So unforgettable, in fact, that they become your influencers.
HORSE 2023: SUGGESTED CAREER CHECKLIST
For business owners, here’s a simple 3-step checklist to use all the stars in the Horse for your career development efforts in 2023:
Be sure to network. What’s the one thing that differentiates leaders from functionary employees? Leaders are resourceful!
Motivate. Train your staff to embrace an entrepreneurial mindset.
Lead change. Champion innovative ways of doing things within your organization.
ABOUT ME
It’s been a long article, hasn’t it? If you’ve gotten this far, thank you!
A little about me. My name is Paulynne Cheng and I am a Bazi and Feng Shui practitioner with a bias for career and business development. Mind you, I’m not a business guru or some such. My role, is to interpret the energies of your Bazi Chart and the corresponding 2023 energies for you. To help you identify potential opportunities and possible threats, depending on your goal for 2023.
Should we meet for an onward conversation, my goal is to help you align your actions, not just to the effects of the stars, but also to the flow of energies in your unique Bazi Chart.
When we do that, you really go with the flow and things become easier because you are no longer fighting the energies, but using the energies.
GET YOUR FULL 2023 ANALYSIS
Now, remember! The Annual Auxiliary Stars make up only about 20% of your Year. To understand and create strategies for a successful year ahead, hit me up for a personal consult. Let’s co-create your strategy together and make 2023 your best year yet!
If you have the Snake in your Bazi Chart, come 2023, it’s time to take your previous year’s accomplishment to the next level and stretch that influence as far as it can go.
ABOUT THE 2023 CHINESE ZODIAC SERIES
In creating this new series, I’ve endeavoured to shift your perspectives of the positive and negative stars. They are neither promises nor guarantees. Instead, these are tools given to you for 2023, and it’s up to you to choose which one works better for you. The results become more obvious when we match our actions to the effects.
And when we learn to use these stars, that is when life happens for you, instead of happening to you.
Therefore, this post will include descriptions of the effects of the stars, followed by some ideas (or suggestions, if you will), on how the stars can be used. Please note that critical thinking is required on your part. Because without looking at the full information from your unique Bazi Chart, the ideas cannot be customized and must be kept as broad as possible.
SNAKE: 2022 RECAP
The Snake enjoyed a variety of nobleman stars in 2022. Noblemen in all shapes and sizes, in fact! Did you find them? Or better yet, were you a nobleman to others in 2022?
You also had the Moon star which, in addition to being a nobleman star, is also a star of entrepreneurial ideas. Did you act on those ideas? Because if you did, this is also your year to take that core idea and stretch its influence as far as it can go!
Why do I say that? Let’s first explore the opportunities available to you in 2023.
THE SNAKE IN 2023
SKY HORSE
The Sky Horse represents the opportunity to spread your wings! Perhaps break into a new market which could either be geographic, demographic, or even psychographics in nature.
What if your goals are related to your passions? Again, this can help. It represents an opportunity to meet with people who share your passions but again, are part of a different spectrum of the social strata.
To use the Sky Horse, you need to either travel, change your routines, or establish a presence on social media.
SKY GRACIOUS
The more you open up to new changes, the more you grow and learn – inadvertently, activating the Sky Gracious nobleman star which is a star of likeability and intelligence. The Snake had this last year, it’s sticking around for one more year.
SKY FORTUNE
As you grow from strength to strength, your reputation grows along with it, which is the gift of the Sky Fortune. When we put all three together, yes, this is a year to build a name for yourself, to stretch your influence to further your goals. This could be in the form of your career, or business, or even as a person!
Let me hang an easy example on these opportunities. Imagine yourself in the hand-woven shoes of a merchant in ancient China (complete with a scraggly beard and long flowing robes). When they see the Sky Horse, the merchant knows it’s time to pack up a wagon and head over to the next village, or the next town – to sell his goods.
There’s the Sky Gracious – people in the next town were receptive of his goods. And now, he and his products are known in both his home town and the next one. So far… our Mr. Merchant is a happy puppy.
But are there any potential threats? Yes, there are…
BROKEN STAR, SEPARATING EDGE AND SOLITARY
In the form of haters. Jealous people. The Broken Star and Separating Edge talks about the possibility of haters spreading rumours about you, rumours that could have a negative impact to your social standing and cause hindrances in your career path.
Essentially, just as you are getting ready to fly, these people get uncomfortable, because they have you pegged or profiled in a certain way Sometimes, when we grow, it causes discomfort to the people around us. It could be because our growth reminds them that they have stagnated, or more commonly, our growth has caused a cognitive dissonance within their heads. The person you have become, and the person they think you are… is now different. And it’s uncomfortable. But it’s their problem!
Allow them to affect you, and the consequences are not pretty. Allowing them to influence your action, you may shut yourself away or shy away from other people, thereby triggering the Solitary star. You are limiting yourself to fit other people’s perspective of you! It’s human to want to be liked. That’s how peer pressure work! But when you trigger the Solitary star… how then, to use the Sky Horse, Sky Gracious and Sky Fortune?
The biggest caution with the Separating Edge would be this: pay extra attention to your documentation. This star can signify problems or issues with documentation. So if you have a contract to sign, if you can afford it, hire a lawyer! Otherwise, read the fine print!
But we can’t stop people from talking, right? So, what’s to do? You don’t start! Don’t get involved in all the petty jealousies and meaningless rivalries, the games of one-upmanship. Because all these causes negativity which in turn, causes stress!
FUNERAL DOOR AND EARTH FUNERAL
These two, the Funeral Door and Earth Funeral, are illness stars. When these show up, the conventional advice is typically to not attend funerals. But in modern times, it’s usually a health warning. They can also point to the fact that your resistance to negativity is lower this year.
But let’s put other people aside for a minute. In all, when we put these together, you could potentially experience this cognitive dissonance within yourself, especially if the Snake is in your internal pillars – the Hour or the Day! You see the opportunity to grow, but there is resistance because it may not ‘fit’ with your image of who you are. No, I’m not talking about psychotic break! But if you are experiencing this, you need to work this through, either by figuring it out yourself, coaching yourself, talking to trusted friends and family or even a coach.
GREAT SHA
The biggest warning actually comes from the Great Sha, which carries a warning against gambling or speculative investments. So do be conservative, but make full use of the opportunities to stretch your influence.
SNAKE 2023: WHAT ARE WE BUILDING TOWARDS?
Keeping an eye on 2024, we are building a reputation, stretching your influence so that, come 2024, you will be able to access a better class of noble people. Is that enough encouragement for you?
SNAKE 2023: SUGGESTED CAREER CHECKLIST
How then, can we use all these stars for career growth? Here are two ideas:
Strategic Networking – making the conscious effort to connect with people who share our vision and can help us stretch our influence. This may entail being a nobleman to them!
Let’s give them something to really talk about! Since we can’t do much about the haters (coz haters will hate), why not wow them with our accomplishments? Since they are inclined to feel envy and jealousy, let those feelings be over something of substance.
SNAKE 2023: SUGGESTED BUSINESS CHECKLIST
As for the business owners, the presence of the Sky Horse, Sky Gracious and Sky Fortune is a good opportunity to undertake a small re-branding exercise with an eye to appeal to a different subset of your market.
The negative stars? Great to address common misconceptions about your business, to educate potential new customers.
SNAKE 2023: IN A NUTSHELL
“All of us are put in boxes, some just have the courage to break free.”
Geena Rocero, American model and transgender advocate.
If I may, I’d like to add to that, “Sometimes, we put ourselves into boxes, and it takes extraordinary courage to break free.”
WHERE IS YOUR SNAKE?
So where exactly are these opportunities? In which area of our lives can we stretch our influence? To know that, we need to find out where is the Snake in your Chart?
YEAR PILLAR
If the Snake falls in your Year, take this opportunity to broaden and enrich your network of contacts It could be people from other parts of the globe, or from other industries, other walks of life, other socio-demographic segments with different perspectives. It’s about Strategic Networking.
The Sky Horse cannot work unless you are in position to use it. You need to go out, be pro-active, and create the opportunity to stretch your influence. In the olden days, the Sky Horse shows up, and the poor dude basically ponies up and heads off to the next village 5 days away.
In today’s world, it’s easy to use the Sky Horse. Establish a presence on social media. Give value first, without expecting anything in return. The Snake is susceptible to the Ungrateful Punishment, which means, people may not appreciate what you do. So just give, consistently. Have patience, it takes time to build up momentum on social media.
MONTH PILLAR
If the Snake governs your Month pillar, one possibility for the career professionals is to increase your value within the organization by offering to spearhead new projects designed to reach a new market.
Similarly for business owners, one way to use these stars is to engage in a small re-branding exercise designed to, yes, again, reach a new market segment.
Remember, the stars in the Snake for 2023 talks about stretching your influence. We can’t guarantee you will earn a lot of money in 2023, but… if you successfully tap into the Sky Horse energy, there is money to be made.
DAY PILLAR
If your Snake is in your Day Pillar, your personal growth may have caused a cognitive dissonance with the people close to you. Could be your spouse, siblings, even parents maybe… close family members and friends. Suddenly, they don’t know how to deal with you anymore!
Most likely scenario? You had the Moon in 2022, and you had this great business idea! So in 2022, perhaps you started a side gig. And, I hope, it went well enough that you are now considering leaving your 9-to-5, to focus solely on this business. In many cases, especially in conservative Asian families, especially for women, this type of change may scare the living daylights out of your close family members.
Being aware of this can help you create strategies to educate them and maybe even bring them around to your point of view.
HOUR PILLAR
Apart from investments, the Hour Pillar also represents the value we create. Because it also represents our ideas and passions. With the Sky Horse here, it could mean that you may find yourself seeing opportunities for investment in other countries. Whether or not you are in position to take advantage of those opportunities will vary. Some of us can; some of us may not.
Another way to use these for the entrepreneur? Search for a different subset of the market that will find your new ideas appealing while maintaining the customer base for your regular products. Yes, this represents the opportunity to create a new stream of income. The only caution here – make sure your staff is ready to follow you. Otherwise, Broken Star and Separating Edge? Passive-aggressive resistance.
ABOUT ME
It’s been a long article, hasn’t it? If you’ve gotten this far, thank you!
A little about me. My name is Paulynne Cheng and I am a Bazi and Feng Shui practitioner with a bias for career and business development. Mind you, I’m not a business guru or some such. My role, is to interpret the energies of your Bazi Chart and the corresponding 2023 energies for you. To help you identify potential opportunities and possible threats, depending on your goal for 2023.
Should we meet for an onward conversation, my goal is to help you align your actions, not just to the effects of the stars, but also to the flow of energies in your unique Bazi Chart.
When we do that, you really go with the flow and things become easier because you are no longer fighting the energies, but using the energies.
GET YOUR FULL 2023 ANALYSIS
Now, remember! The Annual Auxiliary Stars make up only about 20% of your Year. To understand and create strategies for a successful year ahead, hit me up for a personal consult. Let’s co-create your strategy together and make 2023 your best year yet!
Reciprocity is the name of the game in 2023, if you have the Dragon in your Chart. Because you need to get ready to welcome, the most powerful Nobleman star of all!
ABOUT THE 2023 CHINESE ZODIAC SERIES
In creating this new series, I’ve endeavoured to shift your perspectives of the positive and negative stars. They are neither promises nor guarantees. Instead, these are tools given to you for 2023, and it’s up to you to choose which one works better for you. The results become more obvious when we match our actions to the effects.
And when we learn to use these stars, that is when life happens for you, instead of happening to you.
Therefore, this post will include descriptions of the effects of the stars, followed by some ideas (or suggestions, if you will), on how the stars can be used. Please note that critical thinking is required on your part. Because without looking at the full information from your unique Bazi Chart, the ideas cannot be customized and must be kept as broad as possible.
DRAGON: 2022 RECAP
2022 for the Dragon was a lesson in emotional management, and like the Rat, it was about how you dealt with the limitations that we enforce on ourselves.
No denying, the Dragon has had a bad run of stars the last few years. But in all honesty, 2022 was just bad stars. Nothing was happening to the Dragon. No clash, or combination, or punishment, or destruction… nothin’!
Basically, there was no external support. In 2022, you had to be self-reliant and teach yourself how to deal with your own emotions.
THE DRAGON IN 2023
SKY EMPTINESS, SIX HARM AND BAD QI
The lessons in emotional management continue for yet another year. Why? Because while the decision to change comes in an instant, the process of change takes time!
Therefore, there is a need to manage your own expectations and emotional reactions on how much progress you have made. Basically, that learning process takes time! And well… the Dragon is nothing if not hard on yourself!
That’s the warning when the Sky Emptiness, Six Harm and Bad Qi come together. Together, they either create a sense of perpetual dissatisfaction at best, or form the experience of Learned Helplessness at worse, which can keep us stuck in a downward spiral.
The Sky Emptiness is the star of unrealistic expectations. Big Talk! Lofty ambitions! The Bad Qi warns of inertia and lethargy. When unrealistic expectations meets lethargy, logically, the results may not match up to your expectations. That’s when the Six Harm triggers, it’s a feeling of betrayal. When the Six Harm is activated, there is always a need to manage expectations – other people’s expectations, and more importantly, your own.
THE SUN AND PULLING SADDLE
But come 2023, there is hope, and there is help… in the form of one of the most powerful Nobleman stars – the Sun. The Sun is, as its name suggests, the Sun, up in the sky.
Let’s think a little about this idea of the Nobleman. See! There is a common misconception about the concept of the Nobleman. Many people think that someone comes along (maybe even riding a white horse), and fixes your life for you. But the reality is, nobody is coming to our rescue! In most cases, Nobleman help comes in the form of perhaps an advice, perhaps a contact, perhaps just a suggestion, or perhaps in the form of knowledge.
But how can we access this Nobleman star? The Pulling Saddle holds a clue. In the traditional interpretation, the Pulling Saddle represents rapid change that can bring positive luck. The operative word is ‘change’. Hence, there is a need to make the effort to change your status quo or perspective.
Therefore, to use a nobleman star requires us to be open to advice. We need to be paying attention! If we reject every suggestion given to us, sooner rather than later, the advice will stop. If we want help, are we helpable in the first place? Sometimes, these advices may sound unpleasant, but they may be what we need to hear.
DRAGON 2023: USE THE STARS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE
But here comes the flip – the positive stars, the Sun in particular, has the power to diffuse all the rest of the negative stars.
To use the Sun to diffuse the negative stars, we need a shift of perspective. Instead of searching externally for the nobleman, let’s look inside ourselves and realize that we are the nobleman in our own lives. Which would you rather be – the one who has been blessed with the capacity to help others, or the one always in need of help?
Are we not blessed when we have the capacity to help others? The negative stars disappear when we give our help selflessly, and radiate warmth, optimism and hope like the Sun. It’s about triggering the laws of reciprocity. Reciprocity happens when we give freely so much and so often, without expectations, that others can’t help giving back. Share, teach, empower, and lift up others. It will come back around.
Care for a simple way to use the Sun? Think about the environment you create around you. Make a conscious effort to create a tension-free environment within your personal space. Do people walk on eggshells around you? Or do they leave your presence feeling light-hearted at least? In other words, are you pleasant to be with? So simple, yet so profound, right? Don’t forget, guys, next year is the Dragon’s turn as the Grand Duke.
DRAGON 2023: SUGGESTED CAREER CHECKLIST
Using the Dragon’s stars in 2023 for career development will require a mindful exercise in managing expectations. In other words, be mindful to never over-promise and under-deliver. Also, do keep your expectations realistic, grounded and real! Get clear on your desired outcomes and communicate exactly what you can contribute towards those goals.
DRAGON 2023: SUGGESTED BUSINESS CHECKLIST
For the business owners, here’s your chance to be a nobleman to your customers.
Customer complaints are great feedback to either improve our products and services or research. Look at what the market is saying about your competitors. Within those complaints are opportunities.
By tweaking your solutions to fit the problems, you effectively become a nobleman to your clients. Because in the eyes of a consumer, the one who can solve their problems really is a nobleman.
And who ever said nobleman help has to be free? Another misconception!
WHERE IS YOUR DRAGON?
So where exactly are these opportunities? In which area of our lives can we be a nobleman to others? To know that, we need to find out where is the Dragon in your Chart?
YEAR PILLAR
If the Dragon falls in your Year, the people in your social network or industry is searching for a noble person. Maybe it’s you?
Basically, there is the possibility of meeting two groups of people in 2023. The first group are optimistic, hard working, and hopeful people. The second group are maybe Qi-vampires who talk a big talk, but are constantly complaining. Your job, could be to help this group and encourage them to also help others instead of complaining.
Whether your goals are related to business, career or personal life, a lot of people are complaining out there. Go out, listen to what they are complaining about, and offer your solutions to them.
MONTH PILLAR
Likewise, if the Dragon governs your Month pillar, this Nobleman could likely come from someone connected with your work or career. It could be your boss, your peers, your colleagues, your clients, your suppliers. Remember, what do we need to do to use a Nobleman star? Yup! Pay attention!
In this case, you need to first figure out what type of help you need! Is it to get a promotion? A new job? Expand your business? Help you to pivot? Once you got your goal figured out… then you need to identify the Noble Person’s skillsets – what type of knowledge, resources, contacts, abilities does that person need to have to help you achieve your goal? Then, look within your existing contacts for someone who fits the bill.
This is if you are actively seeking the help of a nobleman.
Conversely, if you are right now inspired to be a nobleman to others, it seems like there may be a number of dissatisfied people in your working environment. Again, these could be bosses, colleagues, or peers.
Don’t contribute to the grumblings. Use your leadership skills here to help create a change of perspective. Create a tension-free environment around your immediate vicinity. Be a pleasant person to work with. The goal is, when people come to us for a heart-to-heart talk, they leave feeling better, not worse. That’s how you can be a nobleman at work.
If you are a business owner, all the better! These stars are good for those in the business of helping people feel better about themselves, businesses that help people overcome that feeling of learned helplessness. Do your research. Listen to what your market is talking about, create a service that provides a solution, and market it!
DAY PILLAR
If your Dragon is in your Day Pillar… the Nobleman is likely to come from your personal relationships, could be your spouse or close friends.
In this case, how you literally carry yourself will determine if a Nobleman is going to come into your life. Energy management is the key. If you are constantly slouching, sighing, moaning, complaining – watch your Nobleman run for the hills!
HOUR PILLAR
The hour is our legacy pillar. It governs our ideas, ideals, and aspirations. It is also known as our Knowledge Pillar. Here, the nobleman may come in the form of a teacher – someone with knowledge to impart – knowledge that could change your life. Since the Hour pillar also governs investments, it could be someone who could teach you about investment strategies? Or, if you are a manager, this year’s challenge to you could be a lesson in staff motivation.
DRAGON 2023: 10 SIMPLE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE 10 DAYS MASTERS
Here are 10 simple ideas for the 10 day masters to consider. But remember! Critical thinking on your part is required during the execution of these ideas.
Wood Day Masters with the Dragon in your Bazi Chart: Jia Wood Day Masters who are good at financial management skills can offer that knowledge to others. This could include ideas such as creating money-saving hacks. Conversely, Yi Wood’s type of help can come in the form of acting as an accountability coach.
Fire Day Masters with the Dragon in your Bazi Chart: Most Bing Fire Day Masters come with innate writing skills. If you have already discovered yours, you could possibly offer your help in the form of writing. Ding Fire Day Masters? If you’ve got killer PowerPoint or Canva skills for presentations, that could be the help that you might be able to render others. Otherwise, Ding Fire Day Masters are naturally inspiring. How about teaching your inspirational vocabulary to others?
Earth Day Masters with the Dragon in your Bazi Chart: For the Wu Earth Day Master, perhaps the easiest nobleman of all – offer your time, your comforting presence, and listen! Sometimes, all someone needs are the simple presence of someone next to them to not feel alone. Ji Earth Day Masters could consider using your selling skills to help someone kickstart their business.
Metal Day Masters with the Dragon in your Bazi Chart: Geng Metal Day Masters, if you have amazing research skills, that could be how you help others. Other ideas for this? Offer to be beta-readers or conduct user experience test runs? Any Xin Metal Day Master with the Dragon in your natal chart will, in certain aspects of your life, be an erudite person. As such, the suggestion is easy – teach!
Water Day Masters with the Dragon in your Bazi Chart: Ren Water Day Masters could possibly offer your troubleshooting skills – fact checking, auditing, proof reading, and such. Gui Water Day Masters could consider helping others by offering to be a coach.
ABOUT ME
It’s been a long article, hasn’t it? If you’ve gotten this far, thank you!
A little about me. My name is Paulynne Cheng and I am a Bazi and Feng Shui practitioner with a bias for career and business development. Mind you, I’m not a business guru or some such. My role, is to interpret the energies of your Bazi Chart and the corresponding 2023 energies for you. To help you identify potential opportunities and possible threats, depending on your goal for 2023.
Should we meet for an onward conversation, my goal is to help you align your actions, not just to the effects of the stars, but also to the flow of energies in your unique Bazi Chart.
When we do that, you really go with the flow and things become easier because you are no longer fighting the energies, but using the energies.
GET YOUR FULL 2023 ANALYSIS
Now, remember! The Annual Auxiliary Stars make up only about 20% of your Year. To understand and create strategies for a successful year ahead, hit me up for a personal consult. Let’s co-create your strategy together and make 2023 your best year yet!
