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Twelve short videos, each explaining one idea from Chinese astrology or feng shui in under half a minute. Start with your own chart, look at what the coming year brings, then try a few changes at home. Every reel links to a full guide if you want the detail. Tap any reel to watch it on its own page.
Your animal, Kua Number, Day Master and element: the four things every reading starts from.
Watch: Zodiac compatibility in 20 seconds
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The Three Harmonies (三合) are four groups of three animals that naturally get along. Animals six years apart clash, but a clash is not a verdict: your full chart matters more.
Watch: Your zodiac animal might be wrong
Chinese New Year follows the moon, but feng shui and BaZi follow the sun. If you were born between Li Chun and Chinese New Year, your feng shui animal is different.
Watch: Find your Kua Number in 15 seconds
Your Kua Number (命卦) comes from your birth year and decides your best directions. Born before Li Chun (about 4 Feb)? Use the year before. For 2000 or later the formula changes, and the calculator handles it for you.
Watch: What's your Day Master?
Your Day Master (日主) is the element of the day you were born: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal or Water. It describes the core of who you are.
Watch: The Five Elements in 20 seconds
Wood feeds Fire, Fire makes Earth, Earth bears Metal, Metal carries Water, Water nourishes Wood. Balance matters more than any one element.
What the 2027 Ding Wei year brings, from Li Chun on 4 February 2027.
Watch: 2027 Fire Goat year in 20 seconds
2027 is a Ding Wei (丁未) year. Keep the North and West quiet, use the Southeast and Northwest for work. For reflection and cultural interest, not professional advice.
Watch: Tai Sui 2027: 4 animals affected
The 2027 Tai Sui is General Miao Bing (繆丙), and the year runs from Li Chun, 4 Feb 2027. Goat, Ox, Rat and Dog are the four animals affected. For reflection and cultural interest, not professional advice.
Small, practical changes for the rooms you actually live in.
Watch: Is your front door lucky for you?
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Stand inside and look out to find your door's direction. East group Kua (1, 3, 4, 9) suits North, South, East and Southeast; West group Kua (2, 6, 7, 8) suits West, Northwest, Southwest and Northeast.
Watch: 3 desk feng shui rules
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A solid wall behind you, the door in view, and never directly in line with it. Then turn to face your Sheng Qi (生氣) direction.
Watch: 4 feng shui fixes for an HDB flat
Door facing a neighbour's? Keep your side bright and tidy, and don't aim a bagua mirror at them. Plus a straight line from door to window, the household shelter and the west sun, no hacking required.
Watch: Which way should your desk face?
Your Sheng Qi (生氣) direction is your best one in the Eight Mansions school. Try facing it when you work.
Watch: 3 bedroom feng shui mistakes
Fix these three first, then point your headboard toward your Tian Yi (天醫, health) direction.
