Wish Upon A Shooting Star

艷於春而盛於夏, 無心之怨一筆解決.....

Colours belongs to Spring while Magnificence is in Summer
Unintentional Grievances is resolved with a Stroke.......

This is another story by Zi Wei Master Yang set in the late part of the sixties in Hong Kong. It is a story about the ironical play of destiny in life from the interference of six relationships which influence the course in Destiny 六親 in the bazi chart. This will also partly explains why some people despite having the same birth chart have a different life.

One evening in the late autumn, a black color car was parked at the edge of a beach, facing the sea. In it, a young couple was enjoying the scenery after the sun had set and the feeling of being in love. The young man is called Ah Shan, thirty years old, holding a management post in a trading company. His partner is a sweet looking girl called Ah Feng in her twenties working as a bank teller.  

Suddenly, a meteor appear in the sky and Ah Feng excitedly says: 'Ah Shan, quick, make a wish...'

Coincidentally, Ah Shan started to cough badly and by the time he had stopped, the meteor was gone.

Ah Feng: 'Are you all-right? Have you caught a cold?'

Ah Shan: 'I am okay, don' t know where the cough suddenly comes from too?'

At this moment, another meteor shoot across the sky again and he started coughing non-stop again. By the time, he stopped, it was gone again.

Ah Feng: 'Oh no, I wanted you to make a wish as they say that when we see a shooting star, we can make a wish and it will become true.'

Ah Shan: 'Ah Feng, it is good to make a wish but nevertheless, our happiness is not dependent on this as more importantly, it is our actions that will decides our happiness in the end.'

Ah Shan in sensing her disappointment: 'Never mind, lets see whether any more will appear and I will make a wish for our future, okay?'

Strangely, now that Ah Shan prepared to control himself not to cough and make a wish, despite having two shooting stars appeared in a period of ten minutes, the rest of the night did not have any more meteors.

Ah Shan then started to talk about their future and asked Ah Feng whether she is agreeable if he will to inform his parents that he wants to marry her in that year. He is anxious to settle down as they have already know each other well after 3 years of courtships.

Ah Shan: 'Okay, I will get my parents approval tomorrow first and I will pick you up after work and we will go to your house to inform your parents about our request.'

The next evening, at about 6.30 pm, Ah Shan was waiting in his car  for Ah Feng outside the bank. When Ah Feng gets into the car, she saw that Ah Shan was not looking happy. She asked: 'What happened?'

Ah Shan: 'Let us find a place to eat and at the same time, I will tell you what my parent says.'

They then went to one of those restaurants by the beach, and while having dinner, Ah Shan started to explained.

Ah Shan: 'My parents have no objections but my father is still the old fashioned and superstitious type, he wanted me to ask for your birthdate. He wanted to consult his fortune teller about our compatibility and pick an auspicious date for the wedding. To think that our future is to be decided by a fortune teller had annoyed me.'

Ah Shan then looked at Ah Feng to see her reactions and was surprised that she was not affected at all.

Ah Feng: 'Well, I had thought that he had objected to our marriage which is more of a concern to me. Never mind, since he wanted to check fortune telling, let him be as it is not good to have any frictions with him before we are even married.'

Ah Shan: 'What if the fortune teller said we are not compatible?'

Ah Feng: 'Oh then, we don't get married then. ah, just joking, I am sure they will offer a solution since they are paid to check for problems. I will check with my mother on my birth time and called you to let you know tomorrow, ok?'

Ah Shan: 'All-right, I am glad that you are not angered by my father's ridiculous request.'

Ah Feng: 'It is more important to have a good relationship with your parents if I were to be married to you as I will be seeing them often.'

The next day, Ah Shan got a call from Ah Feng who gave him the birth-date details and immediately after work, Ah Shan went straight home to give it to his father. His father, however, told him to give it to the fortune teller with whom he had fixed an appointment the following day which was a Sunday.

On that day, Ah Shan thought of asking Ah Feng along but her parents had wanted her to accompany them for a visit to a relative. He then proceed to the fortune teller's house and was met at the door by the master himself. The fat silver haired master looked old however he had a ruddy color and jovial look on his face.

Master: 'Welcome, would you prefer coffee or tea before we proceed?'

Ah Shan: 'Oh coffee would be fine. Thank you.'

Master: 'Okay, let me have a look at the birth dates of you and your girlfriend.'

Ah Shan then gave him the details written on a piece of red paper which the master then started to check with a chinese calendar. Ah Shan then drank the coffee as the master started writing down the bazi charts on another piece of paper. While the master was doing it, Ah Shan noticed he was muttering to himself and shaking his head. After a while, the master apparently had finished analysing and stopped and with a smile asked Ah Shan:

'How is your father? I believed that he had interest in our chinese astrology and is knowledgeable, did he tell you anything about your destiny?'

Ah Shan: 'Not really, it is just that he is retired now and spend more time on reading books on this art as a hobby and for my matter, he said that it is better to consult an expert like you.'

The master looked pleased at the reply and says: 'Well, tell you what, you go back first as I will need time to pick an auspicious date for the wedding, I will then call you and let you know when a good date can be found.'

Ah Shan was disappointed as he thought that he would be given the date at the visit. However, he have no choice but to go back first and hope the master would give him a reply soon. As he don't believed in this fortune telling stuff and was more keen to get a wedding date, he decided not to ask about compatibility since the master did not mention about it, to avoid further complications to his wedding.

Days and months then started to go by with no news from the Master, Ah Shan was getting impatient and when he complained to his father about the delay, his father was nonchalant and told him to wait. The father was also persistent that an auspicious date be given by the master before the wedding can be proceeded. He had also try calling the master to see whether the date can be given earlier but was told that no suitable date was found yet and that he will be informed when it is ready
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Ah Shan then started feeling uneasy about it as he remembered that the master had shook his head while analysing their birth data. He then remembered he had a quiet classmate who was crazy about chinese astrology and by now, should be knowledgeable in this art. That classmate was considered weird by the rest and was often bullied and Ah Shan had always stepped in to help that classmate. He decided to give him a call to meet up and see whether he can offer any suggestion on an alternative solution to expedite his wedding.

This classmate of his was called Xiao Jin who was pleased to hear from him. He agreed to meet Ah Shan for dinner that night at a eating house near to his office. Ah Jin is working as a administration manager of a company and draws a high salary. After he left school, he had the affinity to meet a Zi Wei Astrology master who had liked him and took him as disciple though he had no intention to practise the art commercially. We can say that he had reached a proficient level in this destiny analysis when Ah Shan had called him that day.

When Ah Shan saw Xiao Jin, he was surprised that the latter had changed completely from a once wimpy, timid person to one with a quiet air of self-assurance. He almost could not recognised him if Xiao Jin had not called him first. They then sat down at the table and after having their orders taken, started chatting about the changes in their lives after graduation. After they had taken their dinner, Ah Shan then started to tell Xiao Jin the reason that he wanted to meet him.

Ah Shan: ' I am intending to get married this year and would like to know if it would proceed smoothly' and at which Ah Shan handed a piece of paper with Ah Feng and his birthdate to Xiao Jin.

Xiao Jin then looked at it and moved and counted his fingers to work out the chart and after a while, muttered to himself: 'Mmm, the Zi Wei Star is at Chen Palace....'

Ah Shan was curious and started asking what he meant by that but Xiao Jin was totally engrossed in working out the chart to answer him. What Ah Shan did not know is that Xiao Jin is not reading the bazi chart but converting it to Zi Wei Astrology chart. After about 15 minutes later, Xiao Jin says: 'Life palace at Mao, born in the year of Jia Wood and will have Tai Yang the Sun Hua Ji at Spouse palace.'

Of course Ah Shan don't understand what Xiao Jin meant by that as all along he have no interest in metaphysics. Ah Shan then asked: 'Are you reading my fortune?'

However Xiao Jin was not done yet and still totally engrossed with his fingers working out the chart, it was as he was in another world and there was nobody around.

After another ten minutes, Xiao Jin then stopped as if he have returned from another world and then looked at Ah Shan and said: 'You don't move, I would like to have a closer look at your face to confirm my readings,'

Ah Shan of course did not dare to move and by now was really curious to know what Xiao Jin have to say about his marriage.

Xiao Jin then asked Ah Shan to show him his palm and stared at it intensely for a few minutes before muttering to himself again: 'The Sun in negative aspect at spouse palace matchs the face's spouse palace and the palm's spouse line also branches out.' It is understood that in most destiny studies, what one read from one method would also reflect in another method of reading.

In Zi Wei Astrology, when the Sun is in negative aspect at Chou Palace, you would have Tuo Lou star the aggressor in the same palace and if meet the couple of Huo Ling Fiery and Siren stars combination in the same matrix, it is not favorable for the spouse palace.

Xiao Jin then looked at the paper on which the birth data was written again and then says: 'There is no possibility of you getting married within this chinese year.'

Ah Shan was shocked: 'What! We already have our parents' approval and now just waiting for an auspicous date. Did you read wrongly?'

Xiao Jin: 'I would not argue with you on this as we would only know by next year but this is what I have read from both your charts for this year.'

Ah Shan: 'Not possible, it is just that the other fortune teller that I have asked to pick the auspicuous date is busy and have not given me a date.'

Xiao Jin: 'Anyway, you will get married next year however there are certain precautions and things that you have to do as your spouse palace is not in favorable position. I will tell you what to do by then.'

Ah Shan was curious: ' Why wait until next year, you can tell me now, it would be the same, isn' it?'

Actually Xiao Jin do not want to tell Ah Shan further but was afraid that the latter might misundertand that he wants something in return as a favor then carried on: 'Based on your star chart, you have what we called harm in the spouse palace and you will need to take some actions to protect your spouse if you really love her.'

Xiao Jin was being diplomatic about it though he is not a professional ZWDS consultant and had just said that there is harm in the spouse palace which is normally termed as hexing the wife.

Ah Shan then asked: 'If there is this harm in the spouse palace, there are solutions for it right? Why don't you tell me now?'

Xiao Jin: 'Yes, not to worry, there is solution for it and it is pointless telling you now. Anyway, you will not get married this year so what's the hurry?'

Xiao Jin then carried on : 'Well, anything else you would like to know for your future?'

Ah Shan: ' Sure. I would like to know when my luck will be better and I will have a successful career.'

Xiao Jin: 'For career, you will start to progress after the age of 36 years old.'

They then chatted about other things and also of  trying to contact as many of the other classmates to meet up for Ah Shan's wedding next year. By the time they have finished, they realised it was quite late and they bade each other farewell.

As Ah Shan drove home, he keep thinking that Xiao Jin must have made a mistake as it is not possible that he will not get married this year. It was only July and there are several months more before the new year. It is just that the fortune teller that his father had entrusted, had been unable to give him an auspicious date yet.


To be continued........




Till-then, cheers.

The Blind Duke 盲公

A curious reader had asked me whether it is possible to share how the fortune teller had known there is a marriage in hand as I have say that Ah Qiang's father had not even tell the fortune teller anything. Well, not a problem, if you will to change all the line in the original hexagram no 41 Decrease from yin line to yang and vice versa, you will get the opposite hexagram no 31 Attraction which is an auspicious divination for marriage but however it is in opposition here which had caused the problem.


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Okay, lets continue with the story....

It was nightfall when Ah Qiang's father had returned home and he was glad when he saw that a group of Ah Qiang's friend had came to visit his son. He was thinking of who to look for among his son's friends to find out more about what the fortune teller had said. Moreover, his son was still delirious and had appeared to have lost control of his mental faculty, not being able to recognised anyone when he had went to visit the fortune teller in the Morning. Xiao Kang came up to him and says: 'Uncle, it looks quite bad to me, can't the doctors do anything about it?'

Ah Qiang's Father then remember what the fortune teller had told him and asked Xiao Kang whether there was such an incident of his son kissing a dead girl corpse. Xiao Kang shook his head and says that it is impossible as nobody in his right mind would do it. Ah Qiang's father then told Xiao Kang to check with the rest of the friends when Xiao Ming, who was standing nearby and had overheard the conversation says : 'Uncle, I remember now, the last trip, we had not gone scuba diving as the weather forecast says there might be a storm and we went to the beach instead.'

Ah Qiang's Father then got curious as he was initially skeptical about what the fortune teller had told him as it looks like the latter had use spirituality to reason as his son's situation can't be explained logically. It was also the first time that he had met a fortune teller that do not uses the conventional method like the previous Bazi master he had consulted. And it had reminded him of stories of how some people got cheated by these so called artists.

He then asked: 'What happened then?'

Xiao Ming then continued: 'Well, we decided to go swimming as there was no signs of rain yet. While we were playing in the water, somebody shouted for help and we saw a girl struggling far out in the sea. She was obviously pulled out into the deeper part of the sea by the strong underwater current of which she is ignorant. Ah Qiang and I then swam out to rescue her and managed to pull her back to shore.'

'By then, she was already quite lifeless and Ah Qiang had put his finger on her nostrils and said that he needs to perform CPR as she is not breathing. You know, in this case, he have to put his mouth on to her mouth to blow air into her lungs and at the same time push her stomach to force the sea water out of her. After quite some time, she still remains the same however but by then, the ambulance people had arrived. Well, I don't know if that is what you meant by asking whether he had kissed a dead girl corpse.'

Ah Qiang's father by now was anxious: 'Well, was she dead then?'

Xiao Ming: 'Well, apparently so, as the ambulance people that came had also tried to revive her but shook their heads. Later we saw a black Mariah Hearse came and I guess that she have to be dead as they did not use the ambulance.'

Xiao Ming: 'Uncle, why did you ask about this and how did you know something like that had happened.'

Ah Qiang's father: 'Never mind, I will explained about this another day. Meanwhile, I will need your help to do some errands. Can you come by everyday to my house for time being until Ah Qiang's situation have improved?'

Xiao Ming: 'Sure, Uncle Chan.'

Well, the next day, Ah Qiang's father without wasting anytime, went straight to the fortune teller to tell him and also wanting to know how to solve the problem. He was still hesistant about cancelling the wedding as his generations had believed strongly that in bad luck period, marriage is good to clash away the bad luck which in chinese is 衝喜. However this time he had to wait till the evening as he had not made any prior appointment and there were a number of customers.

The Master: 'Well?'

Ah Qiang's father: ' It is true but he did not kiss the drowned girl as he was trying to save her life by giving her air to revive her.'

The Master: 'Well, it is the same, isn't it?'

The Master then carried on: 'To a young adolescent girl who is unconscious though considered dead, she will have thought that she is being kissed and this should be the first time for her and had made her ghost falls in love with your son then.'

Ah Qiang's father: 'Master, tell me how we can solve this problem permanently as secondly, don't tell me my son cannot get married forever and there will be no one to carry on my family line.'

The Master: 'There is of course a way, the last time you have given me your son' s bazi chart and I have checked that his longevity star is being punished this year and is not in clash. This means that he will pull through this ordeal and I am allowed to guide you.'

Ah Qiang's father: 'So what should I do now?'

The Master: 'All-right, but you must promise one thing first before I tell you.'

Ah Qiang's father: ' I will promise you anything that I am able to do for my son's sake.'

The Master: 'Okay, first cancel the wedding and tell everyone that they will not get married. Secondly, you have to find out where she is buried. Then look for a Taoist master to do religious rites to help her get reincarnated earlier. Tell the master that you want her to be reincarnated and not destroyed or imprisoned by him. This will solve the problem immediately. However, I have checked and find that she will needs at least three years before she will be allowed to get reincarnated. I want you to make sure that your son do not get married until after the third year have passed from the date of the ceremony.'

Ah Qiang's father: 'Okay, this sounds easier than I thought and you have my words that my son will not get married for these three years. I would come back and give you a bigger red packet (Ang Pow) when all this have been settled.'

Ah Qiang's father went back and saw that Xiao Ming was already waiting for him as instructed. He then told the latter to tell all his classmates that the wedding is off. He also ask Xiao Ming whether it is possible to find out where the dead girl was buried. He was glad when Xiao Ming says that he knows a girl classmate of the deceased who had went on that outing that day and will be able to find out her grave. He also told Xiao Mei about the situation and the need to call off the wedding and to inform her parents and relatives.

The next day, Xiao Ming called and told him the burial place and Ah Qiang's father went to look for a famous Exorcist master instead who was recommended strongly by his friend who told him that it is better as the master have the power to protect them as well as do the religious rites. However, he comes with a hefty price tag which to Ah Qiang's father is not a problem if it can protect his family line.

The Master initially was reluctant to do the reincarnation rites as he preferred to have the spirit exorcised instead. However, after Ah Qiang's father had offered to pay him more as what the Blind Duke had stated in his conditions, he agreed. The Master then put up talismans at all the doors of the premises apart from giving the family members, each a special talisman to be carried at all times. He then did a house spiritual protection rites and put up an altar with the chinese ghost catcher deity Zhong Kui 鐘馗 at the living hall.

Surprisingly, Ah Qiang's condition started to improve immediately after all this were done. By the third day, he had revert back to his super fit conditions as with that of a sportsman. He had no inkling of what had happened all this time, just remembering glimpses of a shadowy girl figure that seems to be sitting by his bedside while he was delirious. His father then told him that he can only marry Xiao Mei after the third year as he is in bad luck without telling him everything as he do not want his son to think of the dead girl.

Well, everything was fine and the years passes by till the middle of the third year when Xiao Mei found that she had gotten pregnant. By right, this is an joyous occasion for everyone as the Chan family now have another member to carry on the family line. However, Ah Qiang's father was in a dilemma as he had remembered the promise he had made to the Blind Duke. He told Ah Qiang that Xiao Mei can go ahead and give birth to the baby and stay with them in a separate room until after this coming chinese new year where they can then offically get married. But Ah Qiang was adamant, insisting that by now so far, everything was fine and it is not appropriate to have the child born out of wedlock as Ah Qiang is also a man of principles which is why he have many friends who admired him. He also told the father not to be too supersitious and also said that it have been the wish of everyone including the grandparents for him to get married soon and have children to carry on the family line. Ah Qiang's father then reluctanly agreed to have the wedding held as soon as possible before the birth of the child.

Well, on the wedding day, everything proceed well and everybody had a good time. After a tiring day of ceremony and the boisterous wedding dinner with Ah Qiang's young friends getting Ah Qiang tipsy. Ah Qiang's father had on seeing this made the couple leaves with him earlier and asking Xiao Ming, the Best man to entertains the friends and relatives. On reaching home, everybody had then cleaned up and prepared to go to bed when suddenly there were loud wailing cries of a young girl outside the house. Ah Qiang's father told everyone to ignore it and to go to bed. After an hour or so, the sounds then stopped which Ah Qiang's father was immediately thankful for. Ah Qiang was already drunk to hear this sad cries although Xiao Mei was not but she was not afraid as she had strong survival instincts now that she was with child and she was not going to allow anything to stand in her way as she believed that both she and Ah Qiang have not done anybody injustice by getting married due to circumstances.

The next few days, Ah Qiang's father was at unease about his broken promise to the Blind Duke and finally decided to pay him a visit and make a clean breast about it. He was prepared to be admonished but he was also worried now as the girl ghost had reappeared though since after that night, she had not appeared. He do not know what is going to happened next as Xiao Mei is now with child and he do not want anything to happen further.

After climbing up to the second storey of the old block of the fortune teller, he knocked at the door and was met by a young woman whom he have not seen in his previous visits. She was the daughter of the fortune teller who told him that the father was in the hospital after falling into the sea, a day ago. He then went to the hospital and saw the fortune teller lying in the bed with his disciple beside him. He then greeted the master and saw that the disciple was behaving coldy towards him, kind of ignoring him unlike when he had met them in the old house. 

The Master: 'So you are here finally to tell me you have broken your promise to me.'

Ah Qiang's father: ' Master, I am here to convey my deepest apologies for breaking the promise as my son's girlfriend had gotten pregnant and they do not wish the child to be born out of wedlock. My old parents had also put pressure on me to acede to my son's request.'

The Master: ' I had initially not wanted to do any divination for you on that day as I had forgotten it was my 劫煞 Jie Sha day when I agreed to the appoinment made by my fellow villager for you. After meeting you, I had known this would happens but I had never expected the girl ghost to go all out to get me to the Netherworld for revenge at the expense of her reincarnation.'

Ah Qiang: 'How did you fall into the sea which your daughter have told me?'

The Master: 'I normally have some recreation time to relax which is needed being human even though I am blind. I will have some small drinks of wine with my fellow blind peers and play some dominoes game in a cafe near to my block which is accessible by a bridge or a walk by the beach. The bridge route is the one I always take as it is shorter and for the past 15 years, I have been doing this without mishap alone or with my disciple for company. On that night, my disciple was sick and stay at home instead of usually accompanying me.'

The Master: ' I had as usual then left early that night as my assistant was not with me. While I was walking towards the bridge, a young girl called out to me.'

She said: 'Blind Uncle, there is a hole on the bridge and the repairs people have left a sign asking people not to use the bridge, you better use the way by the beach.'

She then carried on: 'Since I am going that way, may I help you?'

'I of course agreed and say yes as I had not use that beach route for the last few years. I then turned to the right and walk onto the beach. She had then hold onto my arm as to help me and I felt the coldness immediately and I realised I have been tricked by a ghost. I struggled but was no match for her strength and in a short while, she pulled me into the water by the beach. I was also unable to shout for help as my mouth appeared to be stiffen by a frozen ice. Luckily, when I was almost up to the neck in the water, my neck protection talisman managed to come free from my shirt and float out on the water, she had then with a cry disappeared. I immediately started shouting for help as I find that my mouth was free and luckily, there was a young man passing by who came to my rescue and led me out of the water.'

'I had then caught a cold which had turned to pneumonia  which is why the doctor kept me here still. Ah, it is destined to be and I am not able to blame you as this is part of my destiny.'

'Woh Xiao Ma, do not blame this gentleman as such is our destiny when we made this choice in life which is what I have been telling you all the time. Though we may have the ability to know the future but there are still times when Heaven made sports of us at its whims.'

Ah Qiang's father felt really bad about the whole matter seeing the sad look of the disciple Xiao Ma and the bed- ridden master. He had actually prepared a big wad of cash in an envelope as compensation for his broken promise and which he then left at the table beside the bed as he was afraid the master might take it as pity if he will to offer it in hand. He then bade the Master and student good-bye and left the place. He heard the Master reciting a poem to himself as he closed the room door:

'潜藏自有光明日，守耐无如待丙丁；
龙虎相争生定数，春风一转渐飞惊'

Months later, Ah Qiang's father heard from the Nanny that the Blind Duke had shifted house and that no one knows where he is staying now as the Nanny had a relative who needed his help and wanted to know if Ah Qiang's father would know his whereabouts. Since then years later, though Ah Qiang's father had indiscreetly hired private investigators to check the whereabout of this Blind Duke for he had still felt very bad about the whole episode but it was fruitless. However, he was still very grateful to that fortune teller as by now, he had four great looking grandchildren which that Blind Duke had told him apart from other major events that had came true.

The End


For Dear Nathalie, Arrrgh!!! Why have I added you on Facebook? Just Kidding, good to have you stop me from lazing around too much.....

Cheers, have a great week for all my metaphysics friends here.

A Chinese Ghost Story

Woh, time passes fast and it is the Seventh Month of the Ghost Festival again, above is a picture of people making all kind of offerings at night to the Ghosts on a street during their annual holidays on Earth for this month. Keeping with the spirits of the festival, let me tell you a Hong Kong ghost story involving a Blind Man fortune teller. There are many versions and the one I like best was this one retold by a popular ZWDS Master Yang and I had made some adaption from other similar stories to it. So here we go,

'In the Fifties in Hong Kong, Scuba Diving was not that popular when it just started as equipments were very expensive, only the super rich can afford it. There was this young man from a reputable family who was crazy about anything to do with the sea and he particularly loves it. He happens to be the only son of this wealthy family and of course, his parents were concerned as there is a Chinese sayings that the chances of meeting danger in the sea is high normally for a sole descendant. However, they have no way of stopping him apart from telling him to be careful as knowing his unrestrainable character . The son to keep the parents from worrying too much went for qualified life guard course and was trained in CPR or resuscitation apart from being a good swimmer. As such, the parents are more at ease, taking comfort that all precautions have been taken.

Now lets call this young guy Ah Qiang, who happened to have a sweetheart named Xiao Mei from his schooldays however Xiao Mei do not like the sea and so do not join him on his weekly routine of boating around the little islands off Hong Kong. Apart from this hobby, most of the rest of the time Ah Qiang have were spent with Xiao Mei as both were very much in love. The parents were happy to see this and were hoping that they will get married early and they can then have additional family members to carry on the family line.

Ironically, when the parents were in the midst of discussing of how to get the couple to settle down early, when one weekend after returning from his scuba diving trip, Ah Qiang came back, pale faced and went straight to bed without taking his supper or bath. The parents were surprised and thought that he probably had too much fun and was tired. However, the next day, they found that he was running a high fever and was delirious and making unintelligible sounds. The House doctor that came then diagnoses that he was just running a high fever. Ah Qiang then recovered after a few days but however, started to behave strangely.

After that incident, Ah Qiang was no longer so loving to Xiao Mei and most of the time, appeared to be lost in his own thoughts. Xiao Mei in an attempt to strengthen their relationship decided to spend more time with him and thus at times, stay overnight with him at his house. Strangely, when Xiao Mei wake up in the morning, she will find faint finger marks on her cheek which looks like a slap and Ah Qiang will then fall sick for the next few days before recovering. This carried on for weeks and did not escape the notice of Ah Qiang's father who believes in Feng Shui and believes something must have happened during that diving trip and decided to seek advices (this was the Age 5 for flying stars school of feng shui). He had then asked his Feng Shui Master to recheck the house for problems and it was discovered that Ah Qiang was sleeping in a Gen Gua(North East) room and the annual star 4 was in that sector for that year. The Bedroom door was at the Kun Gua (South West) sector. It was then decided to shift Ah Qiang to another bedroom but however again after weeks, Ah Qiang shows no signs of improvement and still behaves strangely. Somebody then suggested that Ah Qiang's father to check his son bazi chart (birth astrology) to find out what is the problem.

A friend then recommended a famous bazi expert in Kowloon which the father went but was disappointed as the master could not offer a valid explanation. He then went to a spiritual master who told him that the solution was to get his son married to clash away the bad luck which he agreeds.

Ah Qiang 's parents then met up with Xiao Mei and her parents to discuss about the marriage proposal for Ah Qiang. Xiao Mei's parent have no objections and agreed to it as they have been wanting to see their daughter married rather than cohabiting which they have been uncomfortable with.

After the wedding date was fixed and the announcement was then made to all their relatives and preparations were made for the big day, Ah Qiang immediately fall sick seriously. Doctors were unable to find the cause and decided to have him warded in a hospital instead so that they can monitor his conditions and find out more. However, Ah Qiang's conditions got worse each day and he grows thinner. When asked about it by the parents, the doctors could only shook their heads and told them to bring their son back home as they could not do anything about it.

By now, the parents were worried and desperate and Ah Qiang's nanny then suggested that they seek the help of a Blind Man master called Zheng Mang Gong 鄭盲公. Here the word Mang Gong  盲公 refers to Blind Duke as the analysis uses the Yi Jing by Wen Wang, a Duke from the Shang Dynasty. Interestingly, in Hong Kong at that time, these Mang Gong or Blind Duke were suspected to keep a ghost child as their analysis were very accurate and they will able to foretells a lot of things that a normal fortune teller was unable to. Some says that these group of people have the 'Third Eye' and therefore able to see a lot of things in the future and past. It was not a surprise to visit one and have the master tell you your surname, and the number of siblings you have and whether your parents are still around or not accurately without giving your date of birth.

An appointment was then made with Zheng Mang Gong by the Nanny who was from his same village in China as this master would only divine for people related to him. On that day the master appeared unwilling to meet him, and despite being told to come another time, Ah Qiang' s father persisted by insisting that he had an appointment and after half a day, finally get to see the master. The master without saying much, starts to shake an old turtle shell with apparently some coins in it and then toss it out. After several similar actions, the master finally stopped and lit a cigarette followed by sipping the tea. He then says: 'A female ghost is in love with your son!'.

Ah Qiang's father was astonished as he have not even told him about the purpose of his visit. However he was shocked and stood up and says: 'I don't get what you means?'

The Master then took another sip of his tea and blew a ring of smoke from the cigarette and then said: 'Your son had kissed the corpse of a young girl causing that girl ghost to fall in love with him. The ghost had since then followed him everywhere and then you all had provoked her by arranging a marriage for your son and it looks like she wants his life so that they can be together forever.'

Ah Qiang's father thought for a while and says :' I don't understand why my son would want to go and kiss a girl corpse...'

The Master: 'It is wrong by thinking that arranging an early marriage would clash away his bad luck, I would suggested that you cancelled the wedding tempoary until you can find a solution to appease the girl ghost and keep your son safe for time being.'

▅▅▅▅▅ Dragon

▅▅　▅▅ Turtle

▅▅　▅▅ Tiger

▅▅　▅▅ Snake

▅▅▅▅▅ Worm

▅▅▅▅▅ Bird

Commentary: The above is an analysis based on the six lines of the hexagram called Liu Yao Yi Gua or Wen Wang Ba Gua. Here there are six Earthly branchs of Zi, Chou, Yin, etc attached to each line and there are six celestial animals attached to it. Just this hexagram alone contains Eight trigrams. E.g. The Lower trigram which is Dui Gua can represent a young woman or an open mouth. The Snake also represent ying spiritual energy.

Ah Qiang's father: 'Will you be able to find a permanent solution to this problem?'

The Master: 'For my solution to works, you need to have belief in me to take certain actions. So please go and check from your son or his friends whether what I have said is true as you still appears to be skeptical of what I have said.'

To be continued, have a great week.

Judgement

The Diary Of A Blindman

My master then continued:

'I deduce that this person is very much younger than you...'

The woman replied: 'By how many years you think?'

Master: 'Should be ten years at least ah...'

Woman: 'Yes, he is younger by thirteen years,' and then she excitedly asked: 'Do you think our relationship can lasts?'

Master: 'No need to be anxious about this, let me confirm more accurately about your this lover first from my readings before we go further.'

This is one strange habit of my master unlike the other fortune tellers who are more than glad to conclude when the customer is satisfied. He treat it as painting a masterpiece, not willing to sacrifice any single minute details to complete a satisfactory work of art. This perhaps differentiate him from the rest who are contented to be mediocre and therefore had make him as a legendary person in the metaphysics world today.

Master: 'I can tell that this person is one of your younger generation of relatives.'

Woman: 'Yes, he is...'

Master: 'And he has true affections for you...'

The woman: 'Yes, he is very close to me. Tell me what I should do and would he change his heart or not?'

Master: 'We will come to that later, let me first confirm who he is among your relatives.'

Woman: 'All-right, you tell me who he is?'

Master: 'This lover is not an outsider, he is your step son...'

Woman then laments : 'Oh Master, why you have to be so accurate in your readings? You tell me now, is my birth chart meant to have this fate of being lovers with my own step son.'

Now I understand why she refused to give her complete birth date when she first went around asking in the alley. She was afraid that it might be leaked out from being shared among others from those who cannot read the chart well. If she had not met my master, I doubt that she might find one easily to guide her on the outcome in the future and probably she would be keeping the secret for life.

This time the woman then started crying as she continued: 'It started five years ago when I started working in a ceramic factory and I had to work overtime at night. Since young, I doted on him and he reciprocate by having concern for me. He felt that it was not safe at night for me go back alone and insisted on fetching me back from work. He was very attentive and caring to me during that period and as time goes by, our feelings developed.'

'In 1990, it was time for him to get married as with our Chinese custom and a match was found for him by his insistent uncle as his father is no longer around, a honest and educated young village girl. They then got married in that year however as from then on when he speaks to his wife on intimate terms as a couple, I started having strange feelings, maybe jealousy.'

'I then took matters into my hands, I will summoned my stepson to my bed chamber and keep him till before midnight and then allowed him to go back to his bedroom. My daughter-in-law had shows no dissatisfaction as she is also normally a quiet girl who do not gossips. Even if she is not happy with the arrangement, I don' t think that she will dare to voice it out.'

The woman then suddenly went quiet and after which she said softly: 'Then out of the blue, a year ago, she committed suicide by taking rat poisons..'

I was shocked on hearing this, the daughter-in law probably have found out the mother and son relationship to be more than what it is and must have suffered a blow which she cannot accepted and ended her life. To be honest, I have come across many strange cases that my master had read the fortune for the customers and this is one that if I did not personally hear it, I would not believe it if anybody will to tell me this as such is our strict culture at that time.

'After her death, my son's attitude changed and he seems to kind of blame me for it as well as himself. He then remarries again later probably out to spite me. He then started ignoring me, I am now stuck as I cannot forget him though I have thought of trying to give up the relationship. Master, tell me what I should do now.'

The woman shows deep torments on her tears stained face by now.

My master then consoles her: 'You Ah, your life is destined to go through this, don't be too sad. Tell me your son's birth date and I will see what will happens in the near future for both of you.'

After working out the birth chart, my master says: 'Well, next year onwards, both you mother and son will undergo some major changes in your lives and when you go into your next luck pillar of Ji Wei luck pillar, both of you will get back together again but it will no longer be the same as in the past of being that loving.'

The woman sounds disappointed : 'Then what about for the future, will it ends.'

'Both of you no longer have that kind of affinity and it will definitely ends when that luck pillar is over when you reach the age of 54. During this period, you will also need to be mindful of your health and that will be all.'

She showed disappointment and sadness in her expression on hearing this, I felt sorry for her but at the same time still cannot accept the thought of her coming between her new daughter-in law for the next ten years or so. I also hope that she won't cause another tragedy in the family again.

After she left, I mumbled to myself : 'Such a despicable loose woman...' and my master on hearing it, the ears of the blinds are particularly sharp, rebukes me:

'Little Chao, do not speaks rubbish. Everyone have their own destiny to follow since born and this woman is no different though she unfortunately have a bad low grade chart. Character wise, she is in fact better than some of our so called model citizens. We are to guide them in their path in life and do not have the rights to judge them.'

However, I have never seen a birth chart like this and I was curious to want to know more,

'Master, why does she still have the affinity with her stepson to be together in the next ten years in Ji Wei pillar?'

'It is because in Wei, there is Ding Fire which represent her male offspring and it is a favorable element to her. The Ji Earth is also controlled by her Jia wood. And remember if the chart have strong parallel stars such as Bi Jian 比肩and Jie Cai 劫财, that person will look for a younger companion.'

'Then why did you says that at the age of 16, she found her ideal match in marriage.'

'It is because she have a hidden Geng Metal which is Qi Sha 七殺 in her year pillar which governs her life for the first two luck pillar and the year when she was 16, it was a Wu Shen year which is why she got married.'

'Then why did you say she married someone far away from her hometown.'

'Normally when the Direct Officer 正官or Qi Sha 七殺 is in the month pillar, it will be somebody close to her or in her hometown however she started her marriage star early in her year pillar.'

'But how did you know that she will be a stepmother when she got married.'

'Her first luck pillar was Yi Mao and probably her first child would be born in the Rabbit year but she was still young and not married. The hour pillar for children was already activated by the Mao pillar then. And as I have deduced further correctly, the second one was born in the horse year and is the secret lover.'

'Her chart is also called Prospers the sons and not the daughters by some masters, and there is one matter which I have not told her.'

I was curious, 'What was it?'

'In the future, one of her daughters is destined to pass away before her as the Eating God 食神(Output star)is weak in the chart. Some fortune tellers will also call it jinxing the daughter chart too.'

'Why will the daughter die and which one will it be as there are two, Master?'

My master then said: 'If you should see her again, ask her for the birth date of her second daughter and I will be able to give you the answers. If there is affinity, she would also come here to find out more at the same time and maybe can avert that disaster.'

I did meet her again later in the following year and I had remembered to ask her for it. She willingly give it to me but did not ask why or wanted to know further as I think that she probably was already back on better terms with her stepson in their relationship which is also one of the irony of Life. My master after looking at the birthdate had told me then that this daughter would contract a terminal disease in the year 1998 and will not live beyond 2004. When she came back to look for my master in the year 2002, my master had already passed on to his new paradise as he had foretold for himself.

What follows was really another personal tragedy for her own daughter in retribution for the deceased daughter-in law or perhaps you can call it Judgement Day.....

This is THE END

Okay, folks have a great weekend. Dedicated to Nathalie Mourier and Oey Opkwan at the same time.

Till-then, cheers.

Of Angels and Demons 神煞

Continued from The Diary of A Blind man

It was getting to noon and there was still no signs of her, I was starting to perspires under the hot sun. However, I was impatient to get to see her as I was hoping what my master had find out by just looking at her birth time which was Ding Mao 丁戼 Hour. I then saw her walking to Old Wang who was sick the last few days and was not around. This time, she was obviously frustrated as at the end she shouted: 'Even you Old Wang cannot read my destiny, I think I have to go to the city instead.'

I then waved my walking stick towards her direction, trying to catch her attention and fortunately she saw it. She hesitated for a while and then she came towards me, saying: ' I thought I am done with you...'

I interrupted her before she go further, also afraid that she might lose her temper as she carries on: 'Oh, I spoke to my master last night and he said he can give you the answers you are looking for but you must wait for the sun to set before I can bring you to him.'

She starts to show annoyance : 'How can I just wait till the evening and go all the way to your place and not knowing whether he really knows or not?'

I then said: 'My master said that it is about your children.'

Her expressions changes immediately and I can tell she was shocked, 'Ehmm, very well, I will go over...'

I then told her : 'But my master wants to have your full bazi chart if you want to have your readings done, if not, he said then he will not do it so as not to waste the time for both sides and he wants double the amount that we normally charges if he is correct.'

She then just nodded her head and look sheepishly.

It was nightfall when we reached my master home, we step into the house and there was no one around as I had put a signboard saying we are closed to visitors for that evening when I went out in the morning. I then prepared for tea and I can hear her telling my master her birth date and my master was using our Meteors Chase Moon method to work out her Birth chart. As I poured tea for my master and her, my master said: 'This is your birth chart and you are a Wood day master and your luck pillar starts from age 4, am I correct?'

She said: ' Yes.'

My master then said: 'Okay, as agreed that you will be paying me double the amount, I will give you a full reading from the age of four onwards and gives you answers for the doubts in your mind?'

She nodded her head, and I tapped on my master on his right thigh to let him know as he can't see.

Master : 'At four, you and your mother left home and you have two fathers....'

Woman: 'Correct.'

Master: 'Your stepfather treats you very well as he had always wanted to have a daughter and you have a very good childhood.'

Woman: 'Yes, he treats me very well.'

Master: 'At the age of seven, you started schooling but at the age of ten, you stopped.'

The woman's face show a look of amazement as she nodded her head and I again tapped my master thigh.

My master then paused and took a sip of the tea and after clearing his throat said:

'You got married as with our custom age at the age of 16 and you pick a match that was far away from your hometown.'

The woman nodded her head again,

'Your husband is very much older than you.'

The woman answered: 'Yes, he is forty years old.'

'From the moment, you step into his house, you became a step mother and your life is destined to have 5 sons and 2 daughters.'

'From then on after the age of twenty to thirty, you bear a lot of hardships.'

As I have seen my master done analysis for many times, I was not surprised at all this information but I was more curious as to why the woman was so anxious over her children and come for fortune telling instead of confiding to her close ones. I was also getting impatient, waiting for my master to come to that part.

Finally, my master as usual when coming to something important start to read a poem: '遇不遇，逢不逢。月沉水底，人在梦中。'

'To meet with purpose or by chance is not fated, just like the reflections of the moon in the water as being in a dream.'

My master then said:

'Lately, these few years, you have been living in torment for not being able to share this matter with anyone at all.'

The woman looks shocked at this but still do not believe that my master knows by insisting: 'Then you tell me what is my problem? '

'From my calculations, it can be seen that you have a lover.'

This time, the woman admitted readily and saying softly: 'Yes...' and she have an excited expression on her face probably maybe from having a chance to say it out finally.

'Then the last two years, another woman comes in between you and your lover, and you will not able to confront her and it has started tormenting you from then.'

I can see teardrops starting to well from her eyes though it was getting dark by then but at that times despite my failing eyesight, I found that I was able to see even clearer in the dark. I then started to nudge my master to stop him as I was worried she will start crying but my master ignored me and carried on:

To be continued............


:   ) Well, I thought for Now, this picture is more suitable as Angels and Demons should be using guns at least instead of swords as in the past.......


Till-then, cheers.
I will be back in the next few days.....

'

When A Blindman Cries

Taken from Chip and Candi :

West Gate & Blind Fortune Tellers

'Outside every gate in Jingzhou there are blind fortune tellers. This is how they make their living. They sit and wait for someone to ask them to tell their future and then they get paid. It is really sad to see them sitting there waiting everyday.'

Doubel Clicks on the picture to count how many blind people.

廖墨香的关门弟子瓦房店刘文元在其书《四柱命理正源》中对一些自封为“盲派宗师”的亮子举起了正义的刀！

刘文元在书中说道：“。。。。。。。盲人算命开头几个问题算得很准，。。。。但是如果求测者继续问更多的问题，盲人的预测结论就会出错！问得越多出错就越多，这就是盲派的局限所在！”

刘文元接着说：“我认为，只要你一个“睁眼人亮子”就不要去抢盲人那点吃饭的唯一“家什”，盲人本来就不容易，好不容易学点吃饭的本领，却被我们这些睁眼人亮子给偷学！亮子们学来自己用还不要紧，可是偏偏有些不讲江湖道德的人拿来（偷来）盲人唯一依靠这些来吃饭的“断言、口诀”大肆传播于天下！还不知耻地自封为“一代盲派命理宗师”！

我看这些人不是什么“宗师”，他们是睁着眼睛的真正“盲人”！

连盲人唯一吃饭的“家什”都拿出来办班、培训敛财了，就算你们教的是真的，学员也学到了，那你们将把盲人的饭碗置于何地？盲人的未来再靠什么来吃饭？

盲人只是生理上有缺陷，但是他们的心灵是光明的！自封为“一代盲派宗师”的亮子呢，虽然他们的眼睛是睁开着的，但他内心深处永远因为敛了黑心财而受到谴责，暗无天日！”


The above passage was quoted by a chinese metaphysics blogger:

'Liu Wen Yuan, an indoor disciple of Famous chinese bazi expert Liao Mo Xiang, Daliang, wrote in his book, 'Four Pillars Life Analysis Origins' in a passage on his viewpoints of the New School of Blindman in destiny studies.

'There is nothing to envy about the blindman technique in destiny analysis though they might be extremely accurate in the intitial readings but as it goes further into the analysis, it tends to get more errors prone and this is where we can see the limitations of this technique.

However, I still feel that if you are not a handicapped person (meaning you can still learn from other traditional schools of destiny analysis), you should not compete with these people livelihoods. As a blind person, there are already hardships for them in their daily lives and it is not easy for them to earn a living and yet there are unscrupulous people who try to learn secretly from them through manipulations (The blind apprentice is under oath to pass the knowledge to the blinds only). To learn it for analysing your own destiny is still all-right but then to steal their knowledge and share it publicly by conducting courses where a fees is charged reflected that it is more of a commercial intent. In this instance, where will that leaves the blind man fortune tellers if every normal person can do their unique technique of destiny analysis after learning the so called real blindman theory even if it is the correct stolen techniques.

Although the blind people are handicapped but not so in their hearts.It is unfortunate that people who are not blind but in doing so are themselves in the Dark for not being able to See the Heavens.'

End

Well, I leave it to you readers to decide again on the above comments and as lately I have been busy and to make up for it, let me tell you a story about the accuracy of the fortune telling readings of blindman from a case study in :

The Diary of a Blind Man (Xu Xian Chao)

In the summer of 1993, I had just started learning destiny analysis from a blind bazi master for 2 years and while as usual making a living outside in the Blindman alley, I chanced upon a frantic looking lady. At that time, my failing eyesight could still discern shadows and colors, she looks like a normal housewife but she was very fair looking and young. She was going from one to another of the fortune tellers' stalls however, refusing to pay after the readings was done saying it was incorrect. I can feel that she has some problems from my sixth sense as it is probably to compensate for our handicap. I beckoned her over and ask her: 'Would you like me to read your future?'

She answered back with a question: 'All-right, I can give you by my birth time and you tell me what is my situation now and what is going to happen to me in the future?'

At that time, my knowledge and experience was also almost the same as with rest of them in that alley, I was unable to tell much from her birth data and was hesitant at which she can tell, she then said: 'You are also the same, I don't think you are able to read my destiny.' after which she put a token and walk off.

I have met customers who refused to pay for their readings after being done, some were out to take advantage of us blind people but apparently, this was a different case. I then as usual after the sun starts to set, went back and told my teacher, Ching Feng who is a Taoist master too. My master smiling says: 'If you see her again, you can asked her over and tell her I will give her the answers that she is looking for. But let her comes only after you have finished your work and there is nobody else in our house at that hour.' I was curious too why my master had made such an arrangement on the time as I was also anxious to find out too as nobody in our alley managed to find out her problem.

To be continued...........


For Mulberry, this is her chart and the analysis was done about 18 years ago when she was at Chinese age of 41 in 1993 Gui You Year and still in Wu Wu luck pillar :

Till-then, cheers.