Kung Hei Fat Choi! 2013 is the year of the Gui Si Water Snake, which, based on the Lunar Calendar, begins today. It’s also that time of the year that I metamorphose and channel my Chinese ancestry, practicing my feng shui expertise on family and friends.
As Indiana Jones might say: Why did it have to be the Year of the Snake?
A stock market slide, escalated conflict between Japan and China and more Gangnam-styled success for South Korean singer Psy will shape the incoming Year of the Snake, say Asian soothsayers.
The Chinese lunar calendar welcomes the Year of the Water Snake on Feb. 10, but according to feng shui master Joseph Chau, toting snake-skin leather items, wearing snake-print accessories or keeping a snake figure (or live animal) in your house does not guarantee good luck.
Energies are shifting as the stars and heavenly bodies realign for the coming of the Year of the Water Snake. It’s a time of tension during this time of transference.
I haven’t stopped laughing since I met geomancer and feng shui master Aldric Dalumpines.
Want to know what’s in store for 2012? Who will win the US election? Will the eurozone implode? China’s feng shui masters tackle the big issues with their predictions for the Year of the Dragon.
We are approaching another Dragon Year. While everyone is busy preparing for the coming Chinese Lunar New Year on Monday, Jan. 23, it is worth knowing that, officially, the Year of the Rabbit year will end Feb. 4, at 6:40 p.m.
Feng shui specialist Maritess Allen walked into Manila Hotel’s Mabuhay Palace restaurant in a beaded honeysuckle-pink long gown toting a matching Hèrmes Birkin. Pink, she said, is one of the lucky colors for 2012.
A Feng Shui consultant and expert on Chinese charms warned Saturday that the Year of the Water Dragon might usher in a turbulent period for the government, with the last half of 2011 wrought with accusations of and retribution for wide-spread corruption.
