The Year Of The Monkey

Released: April 25, 2013

The Chinese calendar, commonly known as the Farmers calendar, or the Hsia calendar, is a fascinating
system, which not only records the passage of time, but is also a tool for fortune-telling. The famous
traditional fortune-telling system - the Four Pillars of Destiny - is eactly referring to reading a person!s
destiny from his birth data as presented in the Hsia calendar format. The uni"ue feature of such calendar is
that all information about time # year, month, day and hour are presented in terms of the fi$e basic elements
# metal, water, wood, fire, and earth, which are belie$ed to be the basic components of e$erything in the
%ni$erse.
The &ear of the 'onkey, ())*, in the Hsia calendar, is symboli+ed by two elements - with wood sitting on top of
metal. ,ccording to the cycle of birth and destruction, which go$erns the inter-relationship between elements, metal
will destroy wood. Therefore, wood sitting on its destroyer - metal, is a symbol of disharmony and this may lead to
international conflicts. The yang wood is always compared to a tall tree, with the characteristic of being proud, tough,
stubborn and sticking to principles, infleible and uncompromising. The metal sitting under the &ang wood is like a
dagger cutting into the roots of the tree and kills it from underneath. ,s such, the "uality of yang wood monkey could
bring serious political struggles which will bring unrest, re$olution, and o$er thrown of -o$ernment. .t is a year more
difficult to compromise and not easy to make peaceful settlements without using forces. ,nd this may bring conflicts
and regional wars. 'iddle east could be trouble spot again. .n accordance with feng shui flying stars, the bad star /
&ellow will be present in the centre in ())*. Therefore, areas with its name related to 0Central1 or 0'iddle1 will be
more easy to encounter conflict or natural disasters. 2uch areas include 'iddle 3ast, Central ,merica, China, Central
,frica4etc.
The Chinese calendar year goes on 5)-year cycle. This means that we had eperienced the same year of yang wood
on metal 'onkey in 67** when the world is deep at war and the allies are winning with the in$asion at 8ormandy on
5th 9une. ())*, sity years after, the same pair of elements wood on metal may bring such fierce fighting again, and
we should see it as a year of decisi$e battle against international terrorism. :ike the D-day, it will be a deciding year
for long term world peace, but such peace can only come after a final struggle. ,nd conflicts and skirmishes here and
there will be ine$itable.
The &ang wood - in the system of Four Pillars of Destiny, is a symbol of spring with prospect of growth. .t is the first
Hea$enly 2tem of the 6) year cycle so it is signal of a new beginning, like plants starting to germinate and grow. ,s
such, the yang wood year will bring rebirth and reco$ery and new hope. ())* is also the beginning of a new () year
cycle in Feng shui called 0,ge of ;1 when there is big shift of energy and we are entering a new () years of new
influences under the trigram 0<an1 which is the symbol of young son. Therefore, it will be a year full of new
opportunities and re$olutionary changes. The 0,ge of ;1 represents young son and we will see young people come
up in power and achie$e success at younger age. &ounger world leaders will be more in control. ,lso the Trigram <an
represents the hand, which may bring us into another re$olution of new technology - it is anticipated that ,rtificial
.ntelligence and =obots will be the focus of this high-tech industry in the coming () years . 0,ge of ;1, representing
youthhood, may bring prosperity to health industry with re$olutionary disco$ery in the field of anti- aging. Howe$er,
the Trigram <an will also bring negati$e influence on young people and tragedy in$ol$ing young people as well as
social problems amongst the youngsters may also arise.
,s the year of yang wood 'onkey is wood being destroyed by hidden metal, it also symbolises hidden danger and so
we may see increase terrorist acti$ities, secret plots and political assassinations which may bring regional unrest and
conflicts.
.n the Four Pillars of Destiny system, the 'onkey is one of the > animals forming a big configuration called 0Three
Penalty1. This includes the 'onkey, the Tiger, and the 2nake and together they will generate strong fire elements. ,s
such, it is epected there will be more fire accidents and eplosions happening this year.
The elements appearing in each year in the Chinese calendar is a signal re$ealing areas that we should pay attention
during the year. ?ith the appearance of wood being destroyed by metal in ())*, it is a warning that there could be
problem in wood area and this is associated with trees and the en$ironment. There could be natural disasters leading
to serious damage of forest and the en$ironment. ?e can pro@ect that troubles may also emerge in area of
agriculture, forestry area.
The 'onkey is a 0Tra$eling Horse1 in the system of Four Pillars of Destiny. 2o a 'onkey year will bring more
tra$elling which is good for tourism. Howe$er, it is also a symbol of traffic accidents. ,nd we may see serious traffic
accidents occur this year especially in the months of February and ,ugust.
The fi$e basic elements also represent different parts of our body, wood is the li$er, and metal is the breathing organ,
teeth, and skin. ,s wood is $ery weak this year, it means it will easily trigger diseases related to the li$er. ,lso wood
represents principle and infleibility in ad@usting to pressure. ,s such, people born in days of yang wood are more
easy to collapse and suffer ner$ous breakdown. .t will not be surprising that more celebrities or famous people suffer
from ner$ous breakdown in the year of the 'onkey. This may e$en lead to tragedy such as committing suicide. The
metal attacking wood is also a cause of motion sickness # such as ,l+heimers and Parkinson sickness which may be
more serious this year. . ,lso the metal is $ery strong this year, it could symboli+e sickness related to breathing organ
as well. ,s wood is source of the fire element, when it is weak, the other area to be careful will be sicknesses related
to fire, which is heart, blood circulation and ner$e system.
=egarding the economy, the year of the 'onkey shows wood on the Hea$enly stems and this wood will bring strong
fire element, which is the dri$ing force behind the old economy. This is particularly important for ,sia, as the
economic powers in 2outh 3ast ,sia are close to the e"uator # in an area of fire element. The 677A ,sian currency
crisis was actually brought to ,sia by the demise of fire element. .n ())*, the wood will bring strong fire and earth in
the spring and summer months between February and 9une. .t is epected such fire and earth will be helpful to
support the economy with stronger performance in the stock market.
?ith respect to the hi-tech economy, as represented by the 8,2D,B. . ha$e postulated that this industry is mainly
represented by metal element. .n ())*, the wood element symbolises money to the metal industry. This is positi$e.
Cut the strong metal underneath will bring more competitors into the industry to erode the money profit. Howe$er, the
optimistic $iew is that the later months in the year of the 'onkey contains strong water which is the producti$ity and
creati$ity of metal industry. Therefore . can epect there could be a mini boom in this sector in the last "uarter of
())*.
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Property industry is classified as 3arth element, as earth produces metal, the strong presence of metal this year will
bring strong acti$ities in the property market. This will be more ob$ious in autumn and winter. The other industries
represented by 3arth elements are insurance, mining, chemical, computer software 4etc. These industries will be
acti$e and producti$e in ())*. ,nother industry more fa$ourable in ())* will be business related to fire element which
are energy, electricity, entertainment, restaurant, and electronic goods4. .t seems there will be more acti$ities in fire
industries as fire con"uers metal, so a strong metal year means money profit for the fire industries. This fa$ours oil
prices.
The most unfa$ourable industry will be business related to wood element. This is industries including tetile, fashion,
clothing, paper, maga+ines, furniture, plants, flowers and other consumer products related to wood.
.n summary, the industries that will perform well in the year of the 'onkey will be industry related to earth and fire
elements # 3arth industries including property, insurance, mining, and chemicals. Fire industries are energy,
electricity and entertainment. Dn the other hand, industries related to wood element # such as tetile, fashion,
maga+ines, books, plants, etc. are into an unfa$ourable year. The remaining two elements, water - transport, tra$el,
shipping, communication, bars, drinks, spa4.. may see impro$ement this year as wood is producti$ity of water. ,nd
metal industry, such as hea$y industry, engineering, high- tech, cars, will be neutral to weak as their money element
wood shows up, but being con"uered by o$erwhelming metal underneath the wood.
.n general, the yang wood 'onkey is symbol of re$olution, mo$ement and changes. The metal cutting the root of the
tree represents hidden danger and disturbance to the foundation. 2o it will be a year of more conflict and disharmony
in international relationship but there are good chances of seeing new light and brighter future after struggles. The
animal sign, which are not so fa$orable, is the Tiger, which is into a year of clash against the 'onkey. 2uch clash
usually bring about mo$ements. 2o people born in the year of the Tiger will anticipate more changes and mo$es this
year, such as tra$elling, mo$ing house, changing @ob4etc. .t is necessary to carry a pendant of 2nake as protection
to attract the 'onkey away. For the Tiger people, it is also recommended to a$oid dri$ing cars too fast as the 'onkey
Tiger clash may bring traffic accident. ,lso it is not good to tra$el so much directly to the 2outhwest especially in the
month of ,ugust and February, as southwest is the position of the -rand Duke of the 'onkey year.
The other animal sign under negati$e influences is the 'onkey, which is offending the year. ,lso the 2nake is ha$ing
a penalty relationship with the year. Penalty is related to hidden danger, hidden sickness. 2o people born in year of
Tiger, 2nake, or 'onkey should also be careful of their health this year, as this three penalty is of fire nature and they
may bring sickness related to blood and heart.
The better animals signs in the year of the 'onkey are the =at and the Dragon, as they are in combine relationship
with the 'onkey, so will be into a more harmonious year. There is some good news for people born in the year of the
=ooster, they will be into a year fa$orable for romance. Howe$er, such animal astrology is not totally reliable as the
system is not recogni+ed as formal kind of fortune-telling. .t re"uires more information than @ust the birth year to
determine a person! s luck.
Feng 2hui energies also changes from year to year. Therefore, it is necessary to watch out for the reallocation of
good and bad energies at the beginning of each year, so that we can take necessary precautions if some bad energy
happens to arri$e at important locations of our residence or office. .n the year of the 'onkey, the bad energy called
0Fi$e &ellow1 # symboli+ing obstacles and misfortune, arri$es at the centre. .f your centre of the house is $ery acti$e
area such as passage ways, it is recommended to hang a metal windchime there to dissol$e this bad energy. The
worst months will be in February, ,ugust and 8o$ember. ,nother bad star number (, symboli+ing sickness, will arri$e
at the 2outhwest in ())>. The traditional method to dissol$e is to hang a string of 5 metal coins in the affected area in
the 2outhwest of the house. The -rand Duke this year is also in the 2outhwest, hence it is not fa$orable to 0'o$e
earth1 or making substantial construction work in the direction. .t is also not suitable to sit with back against eact
2outh as you will be sitting against the unfa$orable energy called EThree shars1 or 0Three <illings1. The bad star > is a
star of conflict and robbery. This is present in the 3ast. .t is also good to put a piece of red paper in the east of the
house to minimise its bad influences.
,s from *th February, ())*, we enter a new () year feng shui cycle called 0,ge of ;1. This cycle fa$ours regions with
mountain in the 8ortheast and facing water in the 2outhwest. ,s such, we will see prosperous de$elopments in the
2outhwest region of a country or a city. .n Hong <ong, we already ha$e our .nternational airport in the 2outhwest and
the Disney ?orld is being built in the southwest as well. .n the coming () years, mountain in the 8ortheast represents
human harmony and water in southeast represents money prosperity in the net () years. ,s such, we can anticipate
Hong <ong will o$ercome the difficult time of the past and enter a new prosperous era in the net () years.