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Feng Shui Uses of the Sixty Nayin
and the Twelve Transports
(Advanced Case Study 13)
Introduction................................................................................................................................. 5
Part 1: Selecting Days for Yang House and Yin House ............................................................. 6
Yang house feng shui:......................................................................................................... 6
Yin house feng shui: ........................................................................................................... 8
Six Oppositions (六沖 Liu Chong):.................................................................................... 9
Quiz 1................................................................................................................................ 13
Quiz 1 Answers................................................................................................................. 14
Part 2: The Nayin Sixty Jiazi (納音六十甲子)......................................................................... 15
The Calculation of the Nayin Sixty Jiazi Element............................................................ 17
Day Selection for Construction, using the Nayin: ............................................................ 19
Quiz 2................................................................................................................................ 21
Quiz 2 Answers................................................................................................................. 22
Part 3: Personal Year Sha 本命年煞 (benming niansha).......................................................... 23
Personal Year Sha, Part 1.................................................................................................. 23
Personal Year Sha, Part 2.................................................................................................. 25
Quiz 3................................................................................................................................ 28
Quiz 3 Answers................................................................................................................. 30
Part 4: The Twelve Transports (Chang Sheng)......................................................................... 32
A Different Application: Breaking through Obstruction .................................................. 38
Quiz 4................................................................................................................................ 39
Quiz 4 Answers................................................................................................................. 41
Part 5: Pushing the People and Pushing the Wealth ................................................................. 43
Pushing the wealth [流年催財 liunian cuicai]:................................................................. 43
Pushing the people [流年催丁 liunian cuiding]: ............................................................. 45
Quiz 5................................................................................................................................ 50
Quiz 5 Answers................................................................................................................. 51
Conclusion ................................................................................................................................ 53

Feng Shui Uses of the Sixty Nayin
and the Twelve Transports
(Advanced Case Study 13)
Introduction
Prerequisites for this class:
1. FS102 Advanced Feng Shui Class
2. AS101 Stems and Branches
Please make sure you have reviewed the branch relationships of the six oppositions
(六沖) and the three combinations (三合). You should also review the five
combinations (五合) of the stems.
This class teaches practical information on both Yin House and Yang House Feng
Shui and includes information on:
Choosing an appropriate sitting/facing based on the directions that are usable

in a particular year.
Even though a house or grave may have a good feng shui chart, building it
during certain years may bring good or bad feedback for a short period of
time.
Calculating the timing for marking the ground for a new building based on its
sitting/facing.
Calculating the timing for remodeling or additions based on their direction in
the house.
A technique called ‘pushing the wealth’: to increase wealth based on the
current year.
A technique called ‘pushing the people’: to increase the number of occupants
by marriage or birth.
To do these calculations, we need to learn the following:
o The nayin sixty jiazi and the five elements.
o The twelve transports (chang sheng).

Part 1: Selecting Days for Yang House and Yin House
Yang house feng shui:

• There are two aspects to yang house feng shui: new construction and
remodeling.
• The effects of feng shui are calculated for the occupants, but we should also
consider the workers.
• It is best to move out during remodeling. Try not to move in until all the
construction and landscaping is done.
For yang house, the feng shui affects the construction workers as well as those who
live in the house. Therefore, moving in after completing all the construction and
landscaping protects the owners, but not the workers.
Don’t move into a house where someone has died a violent death (murder, suicide,
accident – including during construction); sometimes the effects linger. Sometimes,
this information is not known before the purchase. In that case, it must be the
owner’s destiny to purchase a house where someone has died.
Even if the owners do not care about the construction workers, they should care
about worker safety, as a death by accident can bring feng shui problems later. For
example, blood going into the earth leaves a bad type of qi there. (Don’t build on a
land that previously held a slaughterhouse or something of that sort. The only way to
clean this land is by placing dry grass on it and burning it for 3 days! But after fire, it
is considered ‘wang land’ according to the old books.)
In addition, even a non-fatal accident implies that there is a problem with the feng
shui or the timing of the construction. Whatever aspect is not harmonious can affect
the occupants after they move in.
Accidents can be caused by problems in the feng shui chart. For example, 6-7 means
injury by metal. 3-5 can mean an explosion.

Accidents can also be caused by improper day selection. If this is the case, as time
passes, the bad effects will dissipate, since the problem is not built into the house. It
is okay to buy a house that had groundbreaking on a poorly selected day after it is
already complete, as long as no one died there during construction. In fact, if the
house has already been built, it is next to impossible to find out when the
groundbreaking took place.
陽宅以坐為主.
In yang house feng shui, the sitting governs.
It is a basic principle of yin-yang theory that yin and yang are inseparable and
depend on each other. The sitting is the yin side of a house (quiet, closed, heavy).
The residents of a yang house go out in the daytime and are active. They need a
refuge where they can return, a place of safety and rest to balance the yang activity of
life. This is why the sitting governs yang house.
When applying a xuankong feng shui chart for yang house, we use the nine-
palace grid.
4 9 2
3 5 7
8 1 6
A square shape is the symbol of the earth (round symbolizes heaven). Most houses
are built with 90° angles. Qi fills a house and takes on its shape just like water takes
on the shape of its container. Once the roof is placed on top and the qi is captured in
a house, the building is plugged into the earth. The qi is guided by the walls in the
house and is more closely related to earth qi (square) than heaven qi (round).

Yin house feng shui:
This class will NOT give enough information for you to practice yin house feng shui,
although it is important to understand some of the general principles.
• Yin house means the burial site.
• Even if the feng shui of a grave is good, if buried at a bad time, the benefits
won’t come quickly or something bad may happen to a family member.
• The bad effects in yang house only affect one family: the family that lives
there. In yin house, it can affect many families: all the descendants for a few
generations.
Day selection: Traditionally, a day was selected for the ceremony (funeral) and for
the burial. They might be the same day, or they might not. Day selection for burial is
based on the day the grave is covered, not the day the hole is dug or the day the
marker is placed.
陰宅以向為重.
In yin house feng shui, the facing has the weight.
The marker is like an antenna to receive the qi. The facing is based on the
marker, not the position of the body. There are different burial customs in different
places with regards to the marker and the position of the body. If the marker is flat to
the ground, as it often is today, take sitting and facing by the big environment
(upward slope behind, open space in front, etc.).
The facing is considered more important in yin house feng shui, as yin needs
the warmth and movement of yang to activate it. Otherwise, a grave-site is too inert.
When applying a xuankong feng shui chart for yin house, we use pie slices.
A grave is not enclosed like a yang house. There are no walls to contain and shape
the qi. There is no roof to prevent free interaction with the qi of heaven. Heaven is
said to be round, which means that the qi is free in every direction. Hence, the pie
slices are appropriate.

六沖 Liu Chong):
Six Oppositions (六沖
You should already be familiar with these.
Oppositions
Branch Opposes
Zi Wu
Chou Wei
Yin Shen
Mao You
Chen Xu
Si Hai
Wu Zi
Wei Chou
Shen Yin
You Mao
Xu Chen
Hai Si
The oppositions are quite important in Day Selection. Both Day Selection Classes (1
and 2) spend a lot of time discussing oppositions. We will restate some rules for
construction here, but if you want to understand it at a deeper level, please refer to
those classes.

In burial, groundbreaking, or beginning a remodeling job, the oppositions are
avoided in terms of:
• Time: avoid the year breaker and month breaker. (This is when the current day
branch opposes the branch of the current year or month.) In addition, the
branch of the month should not oppose the branch of the year.
• Person: avoid consumers for the occupant in yang house or the deceased in
yin house. (This is when the person’s birth year branch opposes the branch of
the current day. You should also avoid opposing the year and month.)
• House: The 15° of the sitting (for yang house) or the facing (for yin house)
cannot oppose the current year, month, or day branch, even if the feng shui is
good otherwise. This is true for new construction or for remodeling. The
sitting (for yang house) or facing (for yin house) also should not oppose the
occupant’s birth year branch (yin house) or the deceased birth year branch (yin
house).
• Direction: In remodeling, the direction(s) of the work cannot oppose the year,
month, or day branch.
All the above refer to the day of groundbreaking (for new construction), the first day
of remodeling, or the day of the funeral or burial. They do not affect on-going
construction.
The tradition in China is that if someone’s birth year branch is in conflict with the
current year, they should not attend burials, or if they do, they must turn their back to
the open grave as the body is being lowered. They are especially vulnerable to this
type of earth qi.
In addition:
• Don’t disturb the taisui or year breaker when digging in the yard. (The taisui is
the direction associated with the branch of the current year, and the year
breaker is the opposite direction.)
• Don’t disturb direction of the annual or monthly 5.
• Don’t do construction or renovation when the annual or monthly 5 is in the
center or in the sitting for yang house (or facing for yin house).
• Don’t disturb the three sha.
All of these apply, not just for groundbreaking, but for the whole period of time
when construction or remodeling is being done. Construction that was begun earlier
needs to be finished by the time these stars arrive.
When a bad day is selected, the effects usually last for a short time. It may result in
one bad event and then the problem is past.

Day Selection
Yang House
Avoid Yin House
Construction Remodeling
Avoid day, Avoid day, sitting, direction for
Year and
Avoid day, sitting renovations
month
facing Avoid for groundbreaking or first day of
breaker
construction; on-going construction is okay.
Avoid sitting,
Annual or Avoid Avoid sitting, center, direction
center
monthly 5 facing, center
Avoid for the duration of time
Avoid day or
facing
Consumers Avoid day or sitting direction for occupants, owner
direction for
deceased
Avoid digging, construction, if possible
Month Avoid burial,
For groundbreaking or first day of construction,
opposes year if possible
on-going construction is okay.
Avoid day, sitting, direction for disturbing the earth
or construction
Avoid day,
Three sha Avoid direction or sitting for the duration of time.
facing
Avoid groundbreaking on this day, but on-going
construction is okay on sha days.
Taisui Avoid disturbing the earth in this direction for the duration of time
These concepts are discussed in more detail in the Day Selection 2 Class and the
Taisui, Year Breaker, and Three Sha Class. To understand these concepts more fully,
please refer to these classes. To calculate these days, you need to refer to the Ten-
Thousand-Year Calendar.

Example:
Someone born in 1953 (a gui si year) wants to build a house that will sit south, in the
wu (m) direction. It is currently 2005, a yi you year. He wants to begin construction
after June 5th, the ren wu month.
The annual 5 and the monthly 5 are both in the northwest, neither the center
nor the sitting.
The sitting and facing of the house are not affected by the taisui (you, s, west)
or the year breaker (mao, g, east).
The monthly sha are in hai zi chou. The annual sha are in yin mao chen. The
house does not sit in any of these directions, so construction is okay. (See Day
Selection 2 Class for details.)
south
3 sitting 1
8
2
6
year 4
taisui
breaker
annual
and
7 9
monthly
5
The month (wu) does not oppose the year (you).

Now we need to pick a day. Even if you don’t know how to pick a good day, at
least you can avoid a bad day. We need to avoid:
Hai days (consumer for the owner)
Zi days (consumer for the house, breaker for the month)
Mao days (year breaker)
Hai zi chou days (month sha)
Yin mao chen days (year sha)
So we can use any si, wu, wei, shen, you, or xu day that month. June 5th, a
shen day, is the first available day to begin construction.

Quiz 1
Owner’s birth year: 1976, bing chen

House sitting: east, mao (g)
Current year: 2010, geng yin
Current month: After April 5th, geng chen
Directions:
1. Where is the annual 5?
2. Where is the monthly 5?
3. Where is the year breaker?
5. Where is the month breaker?
5. Can we do construction on this house at this time?
Timing:
6. Does the month oppose the year?
7. What is the owner’s consumer?
8. What is the house’s consumer?
9. What is the year breaker?
10. What is the month breaker?
11. On which days can we begin construction? List the branches:
12. What is the first day we could begin construction on this house?
a. April 5th yi you b. April 6th bing xu c. April 7th ding hai
d. April 8th wu zi e. April 9th ji chou f. April 10th geng yin

Quiz 1 Answers
Owner’s birth year: 1976, bing chen
House sitting: east, mao (g)
Current year: 2010, geng yin
Current month: After April 5th, geng chen
Directions:
1. Where is the annual 5? southwest
2. Where is the monthly 5? north
3. Where is the year breaker? shen (q)
5. Where is the month breaker? xu (u)
5. Can we do construction on this house at this time?

Yes, none of these interfere with the sitting of the house.
Timing:
6. Does the month oppose the year? no
7. What is the owner’s consumer? xu
8. What is the house’s consumer? you
9. What is the year breaker? shen
10. What is the month breaker? xu
11. On which days can we begin construction? List the branches:

zi, chou, yin, mao, chen, si, wu, wei, or hai.
(If you know the three sha, also eliminate zi, chou, si, wu, wei, and hai.)
12. What is the first day we could begin construction on this house?
a. April 5th yi you b. April 6th bing xu c. April 7th ding hai
d. April 8th wu zi e. April 9th ji chou f. April 10th geng yin
If you know the three sha, the answer is f. April 10th geng yin.
If you don’t know the three sha, the answer is c. April 7th ding hai.

納音六十甲子)
納音六十甲子
Part 2: The Nayin Sixty Jiazi (納音六十甲子
The sixty nayin were first discussed by a Chinese doctor and alchemist named 葛洪 Ge
Hong (284-341 CE) in a book called 《抱朴子》 Baopuzi.
納 Na means to take or accommodate. 音 Yin is a sound or tone. (The nayin are also
discussed in the Partner Selection Class.) The sixty nayin are listed in the following table:
jia zi bing yin wu chen geng wu ren shen
yi chou ding mao ji si xin wei gui you
metal fire wood earth metal
in the sea in the oven in the big forest on the side of of the sword's
the road edge
jia xu bing zi wu yin geng chen ren wu
yi hai ding chou ji mao xin si gui wei
fire water earth metal wood
on the in the bottom of on the top of the of white wax from a
mountain top the ravine city wall willow tree
jia shen bing xu wu zi geng yin ren chen
yi you ding hai ji chou xin mao gui si
water earth fire wood water
in a spring on the top of of a thunderbolt from a pine tree constantly
the house flowing
jia wu bing shen wu xu geng zi ren yin
yi wei ding you ji hai xin chou gui mao
metal fire wood earth metal
in sand on the bottom on level ground on a wall of gold foil
of a mountain
jia chen bing wu wu shen geng xu ren zi
yi si ding wei ji you xin hai gui chou
fire water earth metal wood
inside a in the heavenly in a big post of hairpins and from a
lampshade river station bracelets mulberry tree
jia yin bing chen wu wu geng shen ren xu
yi mao ding si ji wei xin you gui hai
water earth fire wood water
in a big creek in sand in heaven from a in the big sea
pomegranate
The concept of nayin is very profound, although it is not well known. It has many
applications. The nayin are especially important in yin house feng shui.

Each pair of adjacent stem-branch combinations has an associated element that is
generated by that combination. However, it is not just a generic quality of the element; it
has a characteristic associated with it. For example:
• Either jiazi or yichou are metal in the sea. Seawater corrodes metal, so this metal
is relatively weak.
• Either jiawu or yiwei are metal in sand. Sand is part of earth, which supports
metal.
• Either renshen or guiyou are metal of the sword's edge. This is metal as a weapon,
aggressive and sharp.
• Either gengxu or xinhai are metal of hairpins and bracelets. This is a delicate and
elegant use of metal.
• Either gengchen or xinsi are metal of white wax. Something made of wax and
painted to look like metal may look hard on the outside but easily melts.
• Either renyin or guimao are metal of gold foil. This is bright, reflective, and
decorative, but not very strong.
You can see the characteristics of each type of metal are different. Please use your
common sense and imagination to understand the other elements in a similar fashion.

The Calculation of the Nayin Sixty Jiazi Element
When it comes to nayin, the stems and branches each have associated numbers, given
in the table below:
Stems
9 8 7 6 5
jia or yi orbing or ding or wu or
ji geng xin ren gui
Branches
9 8 7 6 5 4
zi or chou or yin or mao or chen or si or
wu wei shen you xu hai
These numbers come from an old memorization poem. Note that in the above table,
the stems with the same value are in the relationship called the five combinations.
The branches that have the same value are in the relationship called the six
oppositions.
a. Each nayin group is shared by two stem-branch combinations which are adjacent
in the cycle of sixty, for example: jia zi and yi chou.
b. Add up the values of the two stems and the two branches in the group.
c. Divide the sum by 5, and take the remainder. (Take a remainder of 0 as 5.)
d. The remainders of 1 through 5 are associated with an element, given in the table
below:
1 2 3 4 5
fire earth wood metal water
Example:
Jia zi and yi chou are combinations 1 and 2 in the cycle of sixty.
Jia is 9, zi is 9, yi is 8, chou is 8. 9+9+8+8=34.
34/5 = 6 with a remainder of 4.
4 corresponds to metal.
So the nayin for jia zi and yi chou is metal.

For your convenience, the table below contains the nayin information for various
years:
Stem, Branch, and Nayin Years Stem, Branch, and Nayin Years
1 Jia Zi metal in the 1924 1984 31 Jia Wu 1954 2014
metal in sand
2 Yi Chou sea 1925 1985 32 Yi Wei 1955 2015
3 Bing Yin 1926 1986 33 Bing Shen fire on the 1956 2016
fire in the
bottom of a
4 Ding Mao oven 1927 1987 34 Ding You 1957 2017
mountain
5 Wu Chen wood in the 1928 1988 35 Wu Xu wood on level 1958 2018
6 Ji Si big forest 1929 1989 36 Ji Hai ground 1959 2019
7 Geng Wu earth on the 1930 1990 37 Geng Zi 1960 2020
side of the earth on a wall
8 Xin Wei 1931 1991 38 Xin Chou 1961 2021
road
9 Ren Shen metal of the 1932 1992 39 Ren Yin metal of gold 1962 2022
10 Gui You sword's edge 1933 1993 40 Gui Mao foil 1963 2023
11 Jia Xu fire on the 1934 1994 41 Jia Chen fire inside a 1964 2024
12 Yi Hai mountain top 1935 1995 42 Yi Si lampshade 1965 2025
13 Bing Zi water in the 1936 1996 43 Bing Wu 1966 2026
water in the
bottom of the
14 Ding Chou 1937 1997 44 Ding Wei heavenly river 1967 2027
ravine
15 Wu Yin earth on the 1938 1998 45 Wu Shen 1968 2028
earth in a big
top of the
16 Ji Mao 1939 1999 46 Ji You post station 1969 2029
city wall
17 Geng Chen 1940 2000 47 Geng Xu metal of 1970 2030
metal of
hairpins and
18 Xin Si white wax 1941 2001 48 Xin Hai 1971 2031
bracelets
19 Ren Wu wood from a 1942 2002 49 Ren Zi wood from a 1972 2032
20 Gui Wei willow tree 1943 2003 50 Gui Chou mulberry tree 1973 2033
21 Jia Shen water in a 1944 2004 51 Jia Yin water in a big 1974 2034
22 Yi You spring 1945 2005 52 Yi Mao creek 1975 2035
23 Bing Xu earth on the 1946 2006 53 Bing Chen 1976 2036
top of the earth in sand
24 Ding Hai 1947 2007 54 Ding Si 1977 2037
house
25 Wu Zi fire of a 1948 2008 55 Wu Wu 1978 2038
fire in heaven
26 Ji Chou thunderbolt 1949 2009 56 Ji Wei 1979 2039
27 Geng Yin wood from a 1950 2010 57 Geng Shen wood from a 1980 2040
28 Xin Mao pine tree 1951 2011 58 Xin You pomegranate 1981 2041
29 Ren Chen water 1952 2012 59 Ren Xu 1982 2042
water in the big
constantly
30 Gui Si 1953 2013 60 Gui Hai sea 1983 2043
flowing

Day Selection for Construction, using the Nayin:
Compare the current year nayin element to your own birth year nayin element. You
can also compare the current month and/or day. There are a few possibilities:
1. The current year, month, or day nayin is the same element as or produces
your birth year nayin element. This is considered good.
2. The current year, month, or day nayin reduces your birth year nayin
element, or your birth year nayin element dominates the current year. In
this case you may need to spend some time and money to take care of the
house. The house will be a burden to you.
3. The current year, month, or day nayin element dominates your birth year
nayin element. This is the worst condition. Beginning construction should
be avoided.
But remember, there is rarely a perfect day. Don’t be too fussy. The more you know
about day selection, the fewer days look good! There is a saying: the perfect can be
the enemy of the good. If you wait for perfection, you may never be able to start.
There is also a Chinese saying that 8 or 9 out of 10 is not what you want. Accept
reality and realize that something doesn’t have to be perfect to be adequate.
Remedy:
If the current year nayin element dominates your birth year nayin element, you can
remedy it through day selection, using the five combinations.
The Five Combinations (Wu He 五合)

The heavenly stems try to combine in the following way (This was discussed in the
Stems and Branches Class):
STEMS ELEMENT
1 Jia + 6 Ji = Earth
2 Yi + 7 Geng = Metal
3 Bing + 8 Xin = Water
4 Ding + 9 Ren = Wood
5 Wu + 10 Gui = Fire
You can use the five combinations to break apart the current year nayin element.
Once the year stem is more attracted to something outside, it no longer combines
with the year branch to make a nayin element.

Here is how to do it: Look at the stem of the current year. Find the paired stem
according to the five combinations. Pick the month that has this stem to begin
construction. The current year stem will be attracted to the current month stem and
will no longer pay attention to the current year branch. When the year stem and
branch don’t pay attention to each other, the nayin is broken apart.
If you cannot wait for the month, you can use the day or hour, but this is not as
strong. The year is close to the month, but far away from the day and time. That is
why you need to use the month stem is better to do this.
Year Month Day Hour

Do you see how the year is close to the month but far away from the day and hour?
Examples:
1. An owner was born in 1962, a ren yin year, so he has a metal nayin.
He wants to build a house in 1995, an yi hai year with a fire nayin.
The fire of 1995’s nayin dominates the owner’s birth year metal nayin.
Yi is the stem for 1995.
It combines with geng according to the five combinations.
In 1995, the third month is a geng chen month.
During that month, the yi withdraws from hai and focuses on geng instead.
This breaks apart the yi hai fire nayin.
2. 2003 is a gui wei wood nayin year.

It dominates a person with geng zi earth nayin.
The gui of 2003 combines with wu stem.
The fifth month of 2003 is a wu wu month.
Beginning construction in this fifth month will remedy the domination of the
current year’s wood nayin.
Another alternative would be to wait until 2004, a jiashen water nayin year.
Using the five combinations changes the chemistry. However, using the three
combinations does not work in this context.

Quiz 2
1. Right now it is 2008. What is the stem and branch of the year and what is the
nayin element? What is the special nayin characteristic of that year?
2. Ms L. wants to build a house this year. She was born in 1971. What is the stem
and branch of the year and what is the nayin element? What is the special nayin
characteristic of that year?
3. Is this a favorable year for Ms L. to build a house?
4. Does it need a remedy? If so, what can we do?

Quiz 2 Answers
1. Right now it is 2008. What is the stem and branch of the year and what is the
nayin element? What is the special nayin characteristic of that year?
Answer: 2008 is a wu zi year, with a fire element nayin, fire of a thunderbolt.
2. Ms L. wants to build a house this year. She was born in 1971. What is the stem
and branch of the year and what is the nayin element? What is the special nayin
characteristic of that year?
Answer: 1971 is a xin hai year, with a metal nayin, metal of hairpins and bracelets.
3. Is this a favorable year for Ms L. to build a house?
Answer: It is not favorable. The fire nayin year dominates the metal nayin person.
4. Does it need a remedy? If so, what can we do?
Answer: Yes, it needs a remedy. We need to choose the month that has a five
combinations relationship with the current year stem. The current year stem for 2008
is wu. Wu combines with gui, so we need a gui stem month. The tenth month of 2008
is a gui hai month. It begins November 7th. If she can wait until then, construction
should go more smoothly.

Part 3: Personal Year Sha 本命年煞 (benming niansha)
The personal year sha is used in both yin house and yang house feng shui. In yang
house, it is applied more for renovations, as it affects where you are living or
working. It does not affect you if you are not there. Since the owner is usually not
living in a house while it is being built, personal year sha is not significant in new
construction.
When we discussed the 太歲 taisui or ‘great year’ in other classes, we only paid
attention to the current year branch. Actually, the taisui consists of the current year
stem and branch. For example, the taisui for 2006 is bing xu because 2006 is a bing
xu year.
Personal Year Sha, Part 1

1. Put the taisui (current year stem and branch) inside the center of a nine
palace grid.
2. Flow the cycle of 60 until you arrive at the stem and branch of the person’s
year of birth. You often need to flow through more than one cycle through
all nine palaces.
3. The palace where the person’s birth year appears is an area of very bad sha
for that person during that year.
No construction should be done in that direction (all 45 degrees) in a
building where that person spends significant time that year.
No landscaping outside the house should be done in that direction.
If it falls in the center, no construction should be done for that person
in any direction for that year.
Don’t face a grave in this direction for the deceased.
4. You can also flow the current month stem and branch and the current day
stem and branch in the same way. In these cases, we are still looking for the
person’s birth year stem and branch. The same prohibitions apply, but last
only as long as the time period on which they are based, i.e., if the month
stem and branch were used, the prohibition lasts for that month. However,
you can make yourself crazy if you apply it to every time period. Master
Sang does not do this in yang house, although he does use it in yin house.

By the way, some people may prefer to take the number of the current year in the
cycle of sixty, put that in the center and flow the numbers (1-60) of the stem-branch
combination through the nine palaces. Then look for the number of the person’s birth
year.
This personal year sha can also be applied for other things: gambling, surgery, etc.
Builders need not worry about their own personal year sha, but they are affected by
the annual 5, the three sha, etc.
Example: Mr. A, born in 1930, a geng wu year wants to renovate his home in 1985,
an yi chou year.
Yi chou, the current year taisui, is placed in the center, in the 1st place.
The next stem-branch combination (bing yin) goes in the northwest, the 2nd place.
It then flies to ding mao in the 3rd place, east.
On to wu chen in the northeast (4th place).
Next, ji si in the south, the 5th place.
Finally, we arrive at the owner’s birth year, geng wu, in the north (6th place).
Everything that comes after isn’t important, now that we know the north is the
personal year sha for the owner in 1985. He should not do construction in the
north that year.
gui you ji si xin wei

9th 5th 7th
yi chou
ren shen current year ding mao
8th 1985 3rd
1st
wu chen geng wu bing yin

4th 6th 2nd
Please note that south is always at the top unless otherwise noted.

Note that often you must flow the stems and branches around the nine palaces more
than once. For example, let’s say Mr. A’s wife was born in 1940, a geng chen year:
gui you ji si xin wei

9th wu yin geng chen
th
5 7th
yi chou
current year ding mao
ren shen
1985 bing zi
8th
jia xu 3rd
1st
wu chen geng wu bing yin
ding chou ji mao yi hai
th th
4 6 2nd
We flow from yi chou, the current year in the center, and eventually wind up with
geng chen in the southwest. So the southwest is Mrs. A’s personal year sha and
construction in that direction is bad for her in 1985.
Personal Year Sha, Part 2

1. Add the nayin element for the birth year stem and branch into the grid from
part 1.
2. Flow the day stem and branch for the first day of construction one time
around.
3. Look at the palace that contains the birth year stem and branch. Compare
the nayin of the flowed current construction day stem and branch and
the nayin of your birth year stem and branch.
4. If the day nayin element in that palace dominates the nayin element of your
birth year, bad things will happen within 30 days if you begin construction
on the day placed in the center.
5. You can check the description of the nayin element to see nature and
degree of difficulty. See below for examples.
6. You can also do the same process for the current month stem and branch,
but the day stem and branch combination is more important.

Let’s look at the example of Mr. A, given in Part 1. Mr. A was born in 1930, a geng
wu year, which we found in the north. The nayin element of geng wu is earth. We
add the nayin elements into the above calculation as follows:
gui you metal ji si wood xin wei earth

9th 5th 7th
yi chou metal
ren shen metal current year ding mao fire
8th 1985 3rd
1st
wu chen wood geng wu earth bing yin fire

4th 6th 2nd
Let’s say he wants to begin construction on July 26th, 1985, a bing yin day. Now we
put bing yin in the center and flow it one time around, adding in the nayin:

jia xu fire geng wu earth ren shen metal
ren shen metal 1985: yi chou metal ding mao fire

gui you metal July 26: bing yin fire wu chen wood

ji si wood xin wei earth ding mao fire
Here the nayins in the north are both coincidentally earth element. This is fairly
harmonious, so construction can begin on an yi chou day (although the north is still
Mr. A’s personal year sha).

What if Mr. A wanted to start on July 23rd, 1985 instead? July 23rd is a gui hai day.
We put gui hai in the center and float it as follows:

xin wei earth ding mao fire ji si wood
ren shen metal 1985: yi chou metal ding mao fire

geng wu earth July 23: gui hai water yi chou metal

bing yin fire wu chen wood jia zi metal
The nayin of the day stem and branch that arrives in the north (wu chen wood)
dominates the earth nayin of geng wu (Mr. A’s birth year). If construction begins that
day, bad things may happen to Mr. A within 30 days. He should wait for a better day.
How bad is it? Look at the description of that nayin. Wu chen is wood of the big
forest and would cause a harsh domination (and therefore big problems) to geng wu
earth on the side of the road, small earth. If it were ren wu which has wood from a
willow tree, that would be a little milder than wood of the big forest.

Quiz 3
1. It is 2007. Find the taisui and flow it until you get to the birth year of 1953. Add in
the nayin element.
yi wei metal xin mao wood gui si water
ding hai earth

jia wu metal current year ji chou fire
2007
geng yin wood ren chen water wu zi fire
2. What is the direction of this person’s personal year sha? What does it mean?
3. Can this person begin renovations on August 25th, 2007? If not, how bad is the
problem, based on the description of the nayin?

yi wei metal
2007: ding hai earth ji chou fire

jia wu metal
August 25: xin mao wood gui si water
geng yin wood wu zi fire

jia wu metal ren chen water ren chen water

4. Can this person begin renovations on September 15th, 2007? If not, how bad is the

bing chen earth

jia wu metal
September 15: ren zi wood jia yin water
geng yin wood wu zi fire

yi mao water ren chen water gui chou wood

Quiz 3 Answers
1. It is 2007. Find the taisui and flow it until you get to the birth year of 1953. Add in
the nayin element.
Answer: 2007 is ding hai. 1953 is gui si.
ding hai earth

jia wu metal current year ji chou fire
2007
2. What is the direction of this person’s personal year sha? What does it mean?
Answer: southwest. He should not do renovations or construction in this direction if

he is staying in the house.

3. Can this person begin renovations on August 25th, 2007? If not, how bad is the

yi wei metal ding you fire

jia wu metal
August 25: xin mao wood gui si water

jia wu metal bing shen fire ren chen water
Answer: This date is not very good because the nayin element that arrives in the
same palace as the birth year nayin is dominated by it. Ding you is fire on the bottom
of a mountain. However, this is not as bad as if it dominates the birth year. Gui si is
water constantly flowing.
4. Can this person begin renovations on July 2nd, 2007? If not, how bad is the

xin chou earth gui mao metal

jia wu metal
July 2: ding you fire ji hai wood

geng zi earth ren yin metal wu xu wood
Answer: This date is good because the metal nayin in the same palace as the birth
year produces the water nayin of the birth year.

Part 4: The Twelve Transports (Chang Sheng)
The twelve transports are a life cycle. Sometimes they are also called the twelve
chang sheng after the first one. They are used in Ziwei Doushu (a type of Chinese
astrology), and some other types of Chinese metaphysics.
Twelve Transports shi2er4 yun4 十二運

Number Transport Chinese Translation
1 Chang Sheng 長生 Long Life
2 Mu Yu 沐浴 Wash and Bathe
3 Guan Dai 冠帶 Hat and Belt
4 Lin Guan 臨官 Arrive at Official Position
5 Di Wang 帝旺 Emperor Prospering
6 Shuai 衰 Decline
7 Bing 病 Sickness
8 Si 死 Death
9 Mu 墓 Grave
10 Jue 絕 Exhausted
11 Tai 胎 Fetus
12 Yang 養 Nourish
A simplified form is used in xuankong flying star fengshui:

We call the current star of the 20-year period wang, prosperity (for example, 8
white during period 8); this is comparable to the fifth of the twelve transports di
wang, the emperor prospering.
The coming two 20-year periods are called sheng, life (for example, 9 purple
and 1 white during period 8); this is comparable to the first of the twelve transports
chang sheng, long life.
The previous two 20-year periods are called shuai, decay (for example, 6 white
and 7 red during period 8); this is comparable to the sixth of the twelve transports
shuai, decline.
The three furthest away 20-year periods are called si, death (for example, 3
jade, 4 green, and 5 yellow during period 8); this is comparable to the eighth of the
twelve transports si, death.

When the branches are placed in a twelve-palace grid, they are always laid out as
follows:
Si Wu Wei Shen
Chen You
Mao Xu
Yin Chou Zi Hai
The twelve transports are placed in order in a twelve palace grid according to the
branches.
This placement of the twelve transports is based on the five elements as follows:
Element Chang sheng is located in

wood hai
fire yin
earth shen
metal si
water shen
The other eleven follow clockwise in order.
Below, we will explain the method and application of the twelve transports for this
class. But before we do, note that chang sheng is always located in one of the four
corners. The four corners represent a new start, a change of direction. All (except
earth element) are in the corner before their own element appears. For example, the
metal element places chang sheng in si, which is the corner before shen, metal. Lin
guan (arrive at official position) goes in this corner. Di wang will also land in the
element you used to find chang sheng, in one of the four main directions (zi, mao, wu,
or you). So with metal, chang sheng is located in si and di wang is located in you, the
west, the metal direction. This makes sense as metal is most prosperous, most wang,
in the west.

Charts for the four possible arrangements of the twelve transports look like this:
Si Wu Wei Shen
Chang Sheng Mu Yu Guan Dai Lin Guan
Chen Metal You
Yang Changsheng is in Si Di Wang
Mao Xu
Tai Shuai
Yin Chou Zi Hai
Jue Mu Si Bing
Si Wu Wei Shen
Bing Si Mu Jue
Chen Wood You
Shuai Changsheng is in Hai Tai
Mao Xu
Di Wang Yang
Yin Chou Zi Hai
Lin Guan Guan Dai Mu Yu Chang Sheng
Si Wu Wei Shen
Lin Guan Di Wang Shuai Bing
Chen Fire You
Guan Dai Changsheng is in Yin Si
Mao Xu
Mu Yu Mu
Yin Chou Zi Hai
Chang Sheng Yang Tai Jue
Si Wu Wei Shen
Jue Tai Yang Chang Sheng
Chen Water or Earth You
Mu Changsheng is in Shen Mu Yu
Mao Xu
Si Guan Dai
Yin Chou Zi Hai
Bing Shuai Di Wang Lin Guan

Now that you have the background, let’s see one way of using the twelve transports:
In construction, when determining exactly where to make the walls of a building, the
builders often use a string that is permeated with chalk dust. They lay the string out
tightly along the length of the future wall. Then the string is lifted up and allowed to
snap down on the ground. It leaves a line of chalk, so the builders can see where to
dig the foundation. This is called “opening the mountain and establishing the facing
(開山立向 kai1 shan1 li4 xiang4).” The ‘mountain’ refers to the sitting side.
(This picture shows marking a chalk line on a wall. This is not the same as doing it
on the ground to determine where the walls go, but I couldn’t find a picture of that.)
We can pick a special day to open the mountain and establish the facing, in order to
bring prosperity or other characteristics to the building.
To choose the day to make the chalk line to mark where the walls of the house will
go:
1. Place the taisui of the year the construction will begin (current year stem and
branch) in the center of a nine-palace grid.
2. Flow the stem-branch combinations one time around, adding the nayin
elements.
3. Find the sitting direction of the house to be built. Note the nayin element in the
sitting direction.
4. Find the branch for chang sheng based on the element of the sitting direction.
5. Choose a month and/or day with the same branch to mark the chalk line.
6. As with all things related to construction, you must avoid breakers, consumers,
etc.

Here is an example:
In 2001, your client wants to build a north-sitting building. 2001 is a xin si year. We
put xin si in the center and flow the stems and branches into the other eight palaces.
Then we add in the nayin element.
ji chou yi you ding hai
fire water earth
xin si
wu zi gui wei
current year
fire wood
2001 taisui
jia shen bing xu ren wu

water earth wood
Since we are building a north-sitting house, we take earth, because that is the nayin
of the stem and branch combination in the north. Find the chang sheng for earth: it
falls in the shen palace. So, we choose a shen month or a shen day to mark the lines.
But we must also make sure that shen is not a consumer for the owner, a breaker, or
sha.
If, for example, this same year another client is building an addition on the west part
of his house, we would use wood, the nayin in the west to find the chang sheng.
Chang sheng is in hai, so the ‘footprint’ of the addition can be marked on a hai day or
month.
What are the benefits of this? If you use a chang sheng day, the home will have a
qi that is long lasting and growing. The house will last a long time. Children can
grow up and money can accumulate here. This is a building you intend to stay in for
a long time.
Sometimes you want something else from a building. In that case, you can select one
of the other transports. For example:
Mu yu: marriage, proposals, peach blossom

Lin guan: job promotion, good position
Di wang: stirs up money luck, but it is not so long lasting as you are already at the
peak

As an example, let’s say the owner in the previous example was a successful
business woman, but never found a satisfying relationship. She is building her dream
house, but wants to find someone to share it with. You have helped design some
peach blossom into the house, but want to do a little more. Here is the plan:
Year 2001 xin si, north-sitting building:
ji chou yi you ding hai

fire water earth
xin si
wu zi gui wei
current year
fire wood
2001 taisui
jia shen bing xu ren wu

water earth wood
Since it is a north-sitting house, the earth nayin means the chang sheng falls in the
shen palace. But we want mu yu in order to bring peach blossom qi.
Si Wu Wei Shen
Jue Tai Yang Chang Sheng
Chen Water or Earth You
Mu Changsheng is in Shen Mu Yu
Mao Xu
Si Guan Dai
Yin Chou Zi Hai
Bing Shuai Di Wang Lin Guan
We can see in the diagram that mu yu coincides with the you palace. Therefore, we
should mark the lines for this north-sitting house on a you day or month in 2007 (as
long as it avoids breakers, consumers, sha, etc.).
But there may be a side affect. Once she finds her mate, the house will still have
peach blossom qi, which can cause problems in her relationship.
***

A Different Application: Breaking through Obstruction
If a project keeps having problems and never can be completed, you can break
though the delays like this: pick the mu (grave) branch for the year based on the
nayin element. Then use a mu month and a guan dai day to restart the construction.
Mu and guan dai are opposite each other (the breaker), so you are using guan dai to
break the grave open.
Note that this is based on the nayin of the year’s stem and branch, not on the sitting
direction of the building.
Example:
2003: a gui wei year.
Gui wei has a wood nayin.
The chang sheng of wood is in hai.
Si Wu Wei Shen
Bing Si Mu Jue
Chen Wood You
Mao Xu
Di Wang Yang
Yin Chou Zi Hai
Mu is in wei.
Guandai is in chou.
So use a wei month and a chou day to restart. If you get out your Ten-
Thousand Year Calendar, you find this could be July 15th or July 27th of 2003.
This is one time you want to use the month breaker. In very special circumstances,
you can use it to break through obstruction.

Quiz 4
1. A client is about to start construction on a new building. It is 2011. The building
will sit southeast. Find the chang sheng days in March for marking the chalk lines.
ji hai yi wei ding you

wood metal fire
xin mao wood

wu xu gui si
current year
wood water
2011
jia wu bing shen ren chen

metal fire water
2. You find out this same client has a scheme (but legal and ethical) to make a lot of
money. He wants to do this project and then sell it quickly so he can retire. He will
not stay here long. What type of day would you pick for him instead of changsheng,
and what dates in April 2011 would that be?
Si Wu Wei Shen
Bing Si Mu Jue
Chen Wood You
Mao Xu
Di Wang Yang
Yin Chou Zi Hai

3. Mr. M. (a different client) started construction on a house a year and a half ago.
Problem after problem has arisen. The first contractor did shoddy work. He was fired
and they had to start over again. The second contractor was doing good work, but the
city suddenly revoked the building permit for no reason. After some months, that was
fixed, but then the weather was too bad for construction for a month. Because of the
delays, Mr. M. had money problems and could not start up. He is wondering how to
break through this period of difficulty to finish the house. It is currently 2025. What
do you suggest to break through?

Quiz 4 Answers
1. A client is about to start construction on a new building. It is 2011. The building
will sit southeast. Find the chang sheng days in March for marking the chalk lines.
Answers: The taisui for 2011 is xin mao.
ji hai yi wei ding you

wood metal fire
xin mao wood

wu xu gui si
current year
wood water
2011
jia wu bing shen ren chen

metal fire water
The sitting direction, southeast, has a wood nayin.

Chang sheng for wood is in hai.
We need a hai day in March of 2011.
March 9th and 21st are hai days.
As long as the client is not born in a si year, this day is good (because hai opposes si,
so it would be the owner’s consumer).

2. You find out the client has a scheme (but legal and ethical) to make a lot of money.
He wants to do this project and then sell it quickly so he can retire. He will not stay
here long. What type of day would you pick for him instead of chang sheng, and
what dates in April would that be?
Answer: A di wang day stirs up money luck, but won’t last so long. The fact that it is
short-lived doesn’t matter in this case, as the client will not be there long.
Si Wu Wei Shen
Bing Si Mu Jue
Chen Wood You
Mao Xu
Di Wang Yang
Yin Chou Zi Hai
Di wang for the wood nayin is in mao.

We need a mao day in March 2011.
March 1st, 13th, and 25th are Mao days.
In addition, from March 6th on, it is a mao month.
There is no conflict with these dates unless the client was born in a you branch year.
3. Mr. M. (a different client) started construction on a house a year and a half ago.
Problem after problem has arisen. The first contractor did shoddy work. He was fired
and they had to start over again. The second contractor was doing good work, but the
city suddenly revoked the building permit for no reason. After some months, that was
fixed, but then the weather was too bad for construction for a month. Because of the
delays, Mr. M. had money problems and could not start up. He is wondering how to
break through this period of difficulty to finish the house. It is currently 2025. What
do you suggest to break through?
Answer: We can pick a mu month and a guan dai day to break through obstruction.
2025 is an yi si year. The nayin element for yi si is fire. Fire places changsheng in yin.
Mu is in the xu palace. Guan dai is in chen. So we find the xu (mu) month and the
chen (guan dai) day to restart construction. In 2025, this is the month that begins
October 8th and ends November 6th. Chen days are October 14 and 26. He should
restart construction on one of these days.

Part 5: Pushing the People and Pushing the Wealth
This class has two additional techniques, unrelated to the nayin and twelve transports:
流年催
流年催財 liunian cuicai]:
Pushing the wealth [流年
This method is used to bring in additional income.
1. Use the annual 3 whites: 1 white, 6 white, and 8 white.
2. Add enhancements according to the element: metal to the 1 white, earth to the 6
white, and fire to the 8 white.
If the enhancement is moving, it is stronger.
You cannot do this if the enhancing element conflicts with the feng shui of
that area.
If one of the numbers is in the center, place the remedy all around the house,
wherever it won’t cause any harm.
3. Place the enhancements on a prosperity day and/or time for the client, based on
their birth year stem.
Birth 祿 Lu
Year Stem Prosperity
jia yin
yi mao
bing si
ding wu
wu si
ji wu
geng shen
xin you
ren hai
gui zi

You should not use the prosperity day if it is your consumer or the year or
month breaker. (If you are desperate you can use it and get results, but you
may also get some side-effects. It is likely you will spend as much as you
receive.)
Also, a person with their birth year in the prosperity branch will tend to
bring you money.
4. This should bring in more money or income. Results should come within about 30
days.
Example 1: A ren zi person would use hai as their prosperity day. However, they
should not use it in a si year or month, as si and hai oppose each other.
Example 2: A geng yin person would use shen as their prosperity day. However, he
cannot really benefit from it, as yin and shen oppose each other. He has the bad luck
to be born in a year that opposes his prosperity day.
Example 3: 2003 is a gui wei year. 6 white is in the center. The annual stars are as
follows:
5 1 3
metal
6 8
4
2003 fire
earth earth
9 2 7
1 white is in the south. We add metal to enhance it, as long as metal is okay with
the other stars in that palace.
8 white is in the west. We add fire or the red color to enhance it, as long as fire
will not cause any harm in that section.
6 white is in the center. The center is the potential. It doesn’t have any of its own
space, but it does govern the house as a whole. We enhance it by adding earth
wherever it won’t cause harm. We can put it in the northeast with the annual 9
purple and in the northwest with the annual 7 red, as long as earth doesn’t
conflict with the other stars in those sections.

If any of these enhancements can be moving, so much the better.
If this house belongs to a gui mao person, we place these remedies on a zi day. This
is their prosperity day. There is no conflict with the current wei year or with their
birth year. But it cannot be done in the wu month, as that would conflict with the zi
day.
流年催
流年催丁 liunian cuiding]:
Pushing the people [流年
This method is used to bring additional people into the house. This could be used for
someone who wants to have more children, or for someone who wants to get married.
Perhaps it could even be used by a landlord who wants to rent out more units in an
apartment building or a hotel owner.
1. Use the annual 8 white (for more children) and 9 purple (for marriage, promotion,
receiving an honor, and celebration). You can also use the mountain and water stars,
instead of the annual stars, but use the mountain star (the people side). At this time, 8
white is especially strong as it is wang, and 9 purple is growing in strength as we
approach period 9.
Master Sang says that if you only use the 8 white when looking for a spouse, the
person you find may live with you, but not marry you. But if you overdo the 9 purple,
it is too much fire and may burn you or make you a little crazy.
2. Add enhancements: fire to the 8 white and wood or wood and a red lamp to 9
purple.
You cannot do this if the enhancing element conflicts with the feng shui of that
area. If you do, you will have side-effects.
If one of the numbers is in the center, place the remedy all around the house,
wherever it won’t cause any harm.
If this technique is to increase rentals in an apartment building or hotel, use the 8
white and 9 purple for the whole building, not the unit.

3. Add the enhancements on a three combinations month, day, and hour for the
person, based on the chang sheng of his birth year stem (for the mother if a couple
wants children).
Year Month, and Day for Pushing the People

birth year chang sheng three
stem element
stem in combinations
jia
wood hai hai, mao, wei
yi
bing
fire yin yin, wu, xu
ding
wu
earth shen shen, zi, chen
ji
geng
metal si si, you, chou
xin
ren
water shen shen, zi, chen
gui
There is more information on this step and examples below.

Of course, you must avoid breakers, consumers, and other inauspicious days.
4. This should increase the number of people in the house. Results should come
within 30 days.

Step 3 is a little complicated, so let’s work it out some more. It is best if all three
branches in a combination are represented in the month, day, and hour. For example,
a person born in a jia or yi day could choose any of the following times to place the
remedies:
Birth
Month Day Hour
Year Stem
hai mao wei
hai wei mao
mao hai wei

jia or
yi
mao wei hai
wei mao hai
wei hai mao
You will need to look up the month and day in a Ten-Thousand Year Calendar. For
your convenience, the hour chart is repeated here. Remember to adjust for daylight
savings time, if in use when you want to place remedies.
The Branches
and Their Hours
BRANCH HOUR
Zi 11pm-1am
Chou 1-3am
Yin 3-5am
Mao 5-7am
Chen 7-9am
Si 9-11am
Wu 11am-1pm
Wei 1-3pm
Shen 3-5pm
You 5-7pm
Xu 7-9pm
Hai 9-11pm

Examples:
It is 2003, a gui wei year, so 6 white is in the center. Here is the chart for the year:
5 1 3
6 8
4
2003 fire
wood
or fire
9 2 7
8 white is in the west, so we add fire to enhance the earth of 8 white.

9 purple is in the northeast, so we add wood, fire, or wood and fire to enhance the
fire element of 9 purple. Note that this chart can be used all year for anyone.
Before we add these remedies, we check to be sure they will not cause harm with the
stars that reside in these palaces. Now we need to check for the appropriate date and
time.
Example 1: Mr. X is lonely and wants to find a wife quickly. You check the feng
shui in his house and the remedies for 2003 will not cause any harm.
Mr. X was born in 1963, a gui year. Gui is water element. The chang sheng for
water is shen, so we need shen zi chen for the month, day, and hour. Since 2003 is a
wei year, shen, zi, and chen do not conflict.
Chen is the first month in 2003 that is available. Now we need to look for a shen or zi
day.
Shen days in this chen month are April 5, 17, and 19. He needs to pick the zi
hour (11 pm the night before – 1 am on that morning) to place the remedy on any
of these days. If he is a night owl, why not?
Zi days are April 9, 21, and May 3. He needs to pick the shen hour (3 – 5 pm) to
place the remedy on any of these days.
So at the chosen time and date, he needs to place fire in the west and wood or fire in
the northeast.

Example 2: Mrs. Y wants to have a baby, and she hopes feng shui will increase her
chances of getting pregnant quickly. She was born in 1980, a geng shen year. The
chang sheng for geng is in si, so we need to add the remedies on a si, you, chou
month, day, and hour. However, the chou branch opposes 2003, a wei year. We
cannot us a chou day, as that is the year breaker. Even a chou month is no so good.
However, the chou hour is not a conflict, as the hour is too far away from the year.
So we need a si month and a you day or a you month and a si day. In either case, we
will take a chou hour.
The si month comes up first, so we will look up you branch days in the si month of
2003. These are May 12, May 24, and June 5. A chou hour completes the three
combinations. This is 1-3 am. Quite early, but if Mrs. Y feels strongly about it, she
will place the remedies at that time.

Quiz 5
It is 2007. What are the flying stars for the year?
1xxx 6 8xxx
2 4
9
2007
5 7 3
What is the stem and branch for the current year?
1. Client J. is in a money crunch. He was born in 1970. A big bill is due in two weeks,
and he doesn’t know how he will pay for it. Figure out how he can ‘push the wealth.’
What remedies go in what areas? When should the remedies be placed?
2. Client K. is trying to have a baby. She was born in 1967 and her husband was born
in 1966. She wants you to help with fengshui. You decide to try ‘pushing the people.’
What remedies go in what areas? When should the remedies be placed? It is currently
the first week of 2007 in the Chinese calendar, the beginning of February.

Quiz 5 Answers
It is 2007. What are the flying stars for the year?
1 6 8
2007 2007
2 4
9
2007
5 7 3
What is the stem and branch for the year? Ding hai.
1. Client J. is in a money crunch. He was born in 1970. A big bill is due in two weeks,
and he doesn’t know how he will pay for it. Figure out how he can ‘push the wealth.’
What remedies go in what areas? When should the remedies be placed?
Answer: Client J. needs to:
Put metal in the southeast to enhance the 1 white.
Put earth in the south to enhance the 6 white.
Put fire in the southwest to enhance the 8 white.
If there are any conflicts with other stars in these areas, you may not be able to do it.
1970 was a geng xu year. Since Client J. was born in a geng year, his prosperity day
is shen. These remedies need to be placed on a shen day. However, a shen day cannot
be used in a yin month. If it is currently a yin month, Client J. is out of luck.

2. Client K. is trying to have a baby. She was born in 1967 and her husband was born
in 1966. She wants you to help with fengshui. You decide to try ‘pushing the people.’
What remedies go in what areas? When should the remedies be placed? It is currently
the first week of 2007 in the Chinese calendar, the beginning of February.
Answer: Client K. needs to:
Put live plants, maybe with a red lamp in the east to enhance the 9 purple.
Put fire in the southwest to enhance the 8 white.
If there are any conflicts with other stars in these areas, you may not be able to do it.
Client K. was born in 1967, a ding wei year. We do not need to work with her
husband’s birth year. Ding is a fire stem. The chang sheng of fire is in yin. The three
combinations that include yin are yin wu xu. We need to find a month, day, and hour
that is a combination of yin wu xu.
We have just started the yin month, since we are in the beginning of February.
Wu days in the yin month of 2007 are: February 5, 17, and March 1. The
remedies must be placed in the xu time (7-9 pm).
or
Xu days in the yin month of 2007 are: February 9, 21, and March 5. The
remedies must be placed in the wu time (11 am - 1 pm).

Conclusion
This class covers a variety of topics involving yin house and yang house, day
selection, advanced calculations for construction, and two special techniques for
pushing the people or the money. You also learned two new types of calculations: the
sixty nayin and the twelve changsheng.
It may take you a while to absorb these ideas and try them out. Be patient. This
material is quite advanced. Play with it, but be sure any remedies don’t conflict with
what you have already learned.
Start to pay attention to the day that you apply the remedies or enhancements.
Choosing a good day can make the effect stronger and/or quicker. If this type of
information interests you, you might want to try our day selection classes.
Soon you will be able to use these techniques confidently to help your clients
and to build your reputation as a professional fengshui consultant.

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Choosing an appropriate sitting/facing based on the directions that are usable

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Yang house feng shui:

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The month (wu) does not oppose the year (you).

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Owner’s birth year: 1976, bing chen

5. Can we do construction on this house at this time?

11. On which days can we begin construction? List the branches:

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5. Can we do construction on this house at this time?

11. On which days can we begin construction? List the branches:

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The Five Combinations (Wu He 五合)

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Year Month Day Hour

2. 2003 is a gui wei wood nayin year.

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3. Is this a favorable year for Ms L. to build a house?

4. Does it need a remedy? If so, what can we do?

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Answer: 2008 is a wu zi year, with a fire element nayin, fire of a thunderbolt.

3. Is this a favorable year for Ms L. to build a house?

4. Does it need a remedy? If so, what can we do?

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Personal Year Sha, Part 1

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gui you ji si xin wei

wu chen geng wu bing yin

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gui you ji si xin wei

Personal Year Sha, Part 2

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gui you metal ji si wood xin wei earth

wu chen wood geng wu earth bing yin fire

gui you metal ji si wood xin wei earth

ren shen metal 1985: yi chou metal ding mao fire

wu chen wood geng wu earth bing yin fire

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gui you metal ji si wood xin wei earth

ren shen metal 1985: yi chou metal ding mao fire

wu chen wood geng wu earth bing yin fire

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yi wei metal xin mao wood gui si water

ding hai earth

geng yin wood ren chen water wu zi fire

yi wei metal xin mao wood gui si water

2007: ding hai earth ji chou fire