Besides the views of the HSBC Global Asset Management team, Feng Shui master Joey Yap also shared his thoughts on the possible impact of the Water Dragon on the world's economy in year 2012.
I had predicted that the year 2011 of the Metal Rabbit would be volatile and towards the end of the year we would see the possibility of Europe abandoning the Euro as the elements of metal and wood clashed.
Before we go into the forecast, you need to understand that in Feng Shui, there are 5 Elements that come into play: Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal. The 5 Elements share three types of relationships known as Cycles, through which an element can affect another element as illustrated on the chart below. Depending on the cycle, these elements Produce (grow), Control (counter) or Weaken one another.
The Productive Cycle is where the 5 Elements produce one another, - i.e. Water provides nourishment for trees (Wood), etc. It is an element that strengthens and grows the element it produces. The Controlling Cycle is where the 5 Elements keep each other under control - i.e. Fire melts Metal - which is an element countered or subjugated by its controlling element. The Weakening Cycle, on the other hand, is the reverse process of the Productive Cycle - i.e. Wood absorbs Water, therefore weakens it.
In terms of the outlook and forecast for 2012, we study the BaZi Chart of the year itself. BaZi, literally translated as Eight Characters, is known as the Four Pillars of Destiny under the study of Chinese Astrology. Developed by the Chinese, it is an ancient and sophisticated discipline of Destiny and Personality Analysis, which utilises birth information - Year, Month, Day, Time - to analyse and determine with much accuracy an individual's path in life. In this case, we can also determine the forecast of a particular year based on the said year's "birthday", which falls on the February 4 of each year.
Looking at the BaZi chart, every time there is a clash between the elements such as metal and wood which happened in 2011, it normally indicates uncertainties and problems. But looking at the chart for 2012, I do not see so many clashes, contrary to what people are so afraid of 2012 being the end of the world and there would be economic disasters and all. But if we look at the chart, it is actually not that bad, though, there are still some problems compared to 2011. So after 2011, towards mid-2012, which is the Water Dragon year, we should be able to see things stabilising.
In the 2012's BaZi Chart, there are only elements of water and wood, which do not clash with each other. If you refer to the 'Month' and 'Year' on the chart, they are yang water elements while the 'Day' and 'Hour' are yin wood elements. There are more water element as compared to the wood element. If we take cues from nature, we will know that wood floats on water. This reveals to us that we may face the possibility of a lot of water-related issues and natural disasters like floods. Meanwhile, as the Dragon and Goat are both earth elements, there could be earth-related problems such as earthquakes as well.The general theme for 2012 where water produces wood, represents healing and recovery. So towards the mid-year onwards, we may see things stabilise.
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