A Celebrity Introduction to the Chinese Destiny Stars Astrology by Ting-Foon Chik 2015
What is Chinese Destiny Stars Astrology? At Chinese New Year you hear about the animal sign that is going to rule the year ahead. Babies born in that year are said to be born under that animal sign. Personality and luck are influenced by the energies of the year animal sign. There are a total of twelve different animal signs. Year Animal Astrology is a simple form of Chinese Astrology based on a cycle of twelve years. The same cycle of twelve animals also rule months, days and double hours (the twenty four hours in the day are divided into units of two hours). The twelve animals are pseudonyms for the twelve earthly branches, and time is measured with the twelve earthly branches together with the ten heavenly stems. 2
There is far more to Chinese Astrology than your year animal sign. The heavenly stems and earthly branches form a cycle of sixty pillars. A pillar is a unit of time written vertically, with the name of the heavenly stem above the name of the earthly branch. When a baby is born you can write out the date and time of birth as four pillars: a year pillar, month pillar, day pillar and hour pillar. These four pillars become part of a chart for the method of Chinese Astrology known as the Four Pillars of Destiny. The Four Pillars gives you a far more personalized picture of your innate characteristics and luck than your animal sign. An experienced astrologer can analyze and interpret the Four Pillars chart to give a life reading. Learning the art of life readings using the Four Pillars is complex, and it can take years of practice to become highly competent. There is the simple Year Animal Astrology and there is the rather more sophisticated Four Pillars of Destiny. The question remains, what is Chinese Destiny Stars Astrology? Chinese Destiny Stars Astrology is another name for the Master Ghost Valley system of life reading. We have translated the 3
ancient Chinese poetry classic known as "Ghost Valley Art of Life Reading" ( 鬼谷子算命術 Gui Gu Zi Suan Ming Shu) into English and packaged it into a brand new app launching soon. With Chinese Destiny Stars Astrology ( Destiny Stars ) you do not need to study a Four Pillars chart in detail in order to obtain a life reading. You still plot the Four Pillars, and you can use our free Four Pillars Calculator included in the app to do that quickly and accurately. Our Four Pillars Calculator is a little different from the other Four Pillars calculators in that it is programmed with the Master Ghost Valley system. This means as well as working out a Four Pillars chart and accompanying luck pillars, the Four Pillars calculator also finds your Destiny Numeral and Stars. In Year Animal Astrology your luck is influenced by one animal sign. You could say it is quite general as it predicts that everyone born in the same year will have the same luck at the same time. In the Four Pillars Astrology you get a far more personalized reading because the influences of the year, month, day and hour are studied, but you need to know how to interpret a Four Pillars chart, or consult an astrologer to read your chart. 4
The life readings in Chinese Destiny Stars Astrology are done for you readings. There is no need to analyze all the intricacies of the Four Pillars, yet you get a more individual reading than you would from one of the twelve animal signs. With Chinese Destiny Stars Astrology you have a poetic life reading from: A Year Star (free in the app) A Numeral (in-app purchase) An Hour Star (included in the inapp purchase for the Numeral) Not only were you born under the auspices of a year animal sign, you have two stars shining on your life and a Numeral predicting your fate and fortune. You can get your brief Year Star reading for free in the app. If you want to know more about what Master Ghost Valley says about your luck you can purchase the full life readings from within the app. 5
You can even input birth information of famous people to see what sort of luck your favorite celebrities will be facing. In this little ebook, we are going to take a quick look at the year stars for some celebrities. You can find your own year star for free when you download the Chinese Destiny Stars Astrology App onto your smartphone, ipad or tablet. To make sure you get the app as soon as it is available, we invite you to put your name on the guest list to get notified of the launch: https://learnfengshui.leadpages.net/destinystarsapp/ 6
Prince William (June 21, 1982) was born in the year of the Water Dog. What is more interesting is that his year star is the Heavenly Chronology Star. The Heavenly Chronology Star has a metaphor for Prince William s life: Phoenix going out to meet companion. What does that mean? An explanation is included under the metaphor carried by each of the year stars in the Master Ghost Valley system. The meaning of Phoenix going out to meet companion is that the person s career depends on the help from the spouse. Do you think that is a fitting description of Prince William s luck? That s just from the year star. There is more from his Destiny Numeral and hour star. 1 1 Photo attribution: by anonlinegreenworld [CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons 7
Mark Zuckerberg (May 14, 1984) was born under the auspices of Chinese year animal sign of the Water Rat. The Heavenly Noble Star was shining on all the babies born in the Water Rat Year. What sort of luck does the Heavenly Noble Star bring? The answer is Fast wind, fast rain, which is a metaphor for being lucky and having helpful benefactors. The year star is only one part of the Master Ghost Valley system. Are you curious about what else the Destiny Numeral and hour star might reveal for Mark 2? 2 Photo attribution: by Elaine Chan and Priscilla Chan [CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons 8
Those were two lucky young men. What about the ladies? Taylor Swift (December 13, 1989) was born in a year which was ruled by the Heavenly Gloomy Star. Is this a fortunate star to be born under? The name does not sound too promising, but this star tells those who born in 1989 to Cherish your great talents regardless of what goes on in the world. Is that a message for Taylor? There are more messages from the Destiny Numeral and hour star for Taylor 3 and for everyone who wants to consult the Master Ghost Valley system. 3 Photo attribution: by Paolo Villanueva Uploaded by MyCanon (Taylor Swift) [CC BY 2.0 9
A lot of the stars have star names beginning with Heavenly, but stars in the Destiny Stars are not actual stars in the sky. It is still a bit of a mystery as to how Master Ghost Valley came up with the star names and with his system of astrology which has a set of done for you life readings. To prove our point that not all the star names begin with the word Heavenly, there is the Purple Qi Star. Who has the luck of the Purple Qi Star? Anyone born in the Chinese solar year of 1986 (February 4th 1986- February 3 rd 1987) will be under the influence of the Purple Qi Star and that includes Lady Gaga 4 (March 28, 1986). Toasting the Moon is the metaphor of the Purple Qi Star. What does this metaphor mean? It means that in your prime years you have everything you want and in retirement you can enjoy doing nothing. Sounds like the Purple Qi star can bring a lot of luck. In the full life readings, which are found under the Destiny Numerals, a person s luck is described in a set of luck verses which talk about career, marriage and children as well as retirement and later years. 4 Photo attribution: (http://www.flickr.com/photos/luigioss/5829582089/) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 10
The celebrities we have looked at so far were all born in the 1980 s, what about those celebrities who have been famous for a long time? Prince Charles 5 (November 14, 1948) has the Heavenly Noble Star shining on his life. Haven t we already had the Heavenly Noble Star? Mark Zuckerberg born in 1984 has the Heavenly Noble Star, but this Heavenly Noble Star has the same name, but a different reading. The Heavenly Noble Star for those born in 1948 carries the metaphor Cool breeze under the moon, which sounds rather agreeable and means that the person has a comfortable lifestyle and can go through life without any worries. One of the fascinating things about the Destiny Stars is that the same star name can give different readings for different birth years. Why is that? If we had a time machine and could travel back to around over two thousand years to the period, 475BC to 221BC, we might see if we can visit the place in China known as Ghost Valley to find the sage who was known as Master Ghost Valley and ask him. It is a bit of a mystery as to why the Heavenly Noble Star as a year star for 1948 has a different metaphor to the Heavenly Noble Star for 1984. Maybe you can spot a pattern if you were to look at all the Destiny Stars and Destiny Numerals? 5 By Reza Akram of British Council Sri Lanka (Source) [CC BY 2.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 11
Oprah Winfrey (January 29, 1954) was born in a Water Snake year. The Chinese solar year starts on or around February 4 th each year, but the celebrations for Chinese New Year take place at the start of the lunar year. Oprah was born under the Heavenly Responsive Star. What does that star say about Oprah s life? The year star for Oprah says You stand up and show your ability and everybody will listen. That just about sums it up. Wonder how the Destiny Numeral and hour star will fill in some more details? You will need to find the Destiny Numeral for Oprah 6 then read the luck verses to find out. time of birth. You don t have to think about how to work out the Destiny Numerals. The free Four Pillars Calculator in the app will work it out for you when you input a date and To make sure you get the app as soon as it is available, we invite you to put your name on the guest list to get notified of the launch: https://learnfengshui.leadpages.net/destinystarsapp/ 6 Photo attribution: by vargas2040, Cropped by OsamaK [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 12
About the Author Ting-Foon Chik, known as Foon, has been helping people improve their luck with feng shui and Chinese astrology for over twelve years, professionally. As an official lecturer of the Feng Shui Research Center, Foon teaches classical feng shui and four pillars of destiny (Chinese astrology) in live classes and webinars. The two year feng shui training programme taught by Foon has accreditation from the UK Feng Shui Society. To find out more about how you can learn feng shui visit www.learnchinesefengshui.com. Foon and her teacher, Master Joseph Yu, worked together to translate, into English, the ancient Chinese poetry classic known as "Ghost Valley Art of Life Reading" ( 鬼谷子算命術, Gui Gu Zi Suan Ming Shu). We called this system of Done for You life readings Chinese Destiny Stars Astrology and we are delighted to bring 13
it to a new audience in the modern age in the form of an app for smartphones, ipads and tablets. To join in the excitement of the launch of the first app by the Feng Shui Research Center sign up on our guest list to get notification https://learnfengshui.leadpages.net/destinystarsapp/ Since 2011, Foon has been writing a daily Chinese astrology column for www.gbtimes.com. You can read your Chinese horoscopes on www.daily-chinese-astrology.com. You can find Foon online: www.fengshuibritain.co.uk www.facebook.com/learnchinesefengshui https://twitter.com/astrologerfoon 14