House Moving

[myfs_148934]

Dear Master,
My house renovation will be completed on 20 June, 2014 (hopefully). Is it true that it is not auspicious to move in the lunar 6th month for Chinese?
I am thinking of moving into the house before lunar 6t month which starts on 27th June. So I only have a few days to select. Please advise any auspicious dates, how about 24 June ?
Kind regards.

[Cecil Lee]

Yes:27 Jun 2014 (Fri) is the first day of the Chinese lunar6th month, 1 day.

There is some "truth" in this. However, this belongs more towards "symbolism" in Chinese culture.
As in the past; some matriarch of a family would caution moving in on the 6th lunar month. As she would say that it is considered "inauspicious" as the 6th lunar month is half-way towards the end of that year. And thus signifies : doing things "half-half". Thus she fears that the person would always not have something full but always 50% (half) only.
Again, given that Qing Ming, the Chinese 7th ghost month... some have limited choice or really have no choice if they need to vacate a home they already sold on or by the Chinese 6th lunar month.

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On 5/27/2014 10:46:16 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear Master,My house
renovation will be completed
on 20 June, 2014 (hopefully).
Is it true that it is not
auspicious to move in the
lunar 6th month for Chinese?I
am thinking of moving into the
house before lunar 6t month
which starts on 27th June. So
I only have a few days to
select. Please advise any
auspicious dates, how about 24
June ?Kind regards.

[myfs_148934]

House Moving date selection

Dear Master Cecil,

There are some people said that it is just superstition to avoid marriage in the lunar 6th month. It is normally meant to avoid wedding on lunar 6th month. In Tung Shu there seems to have more auspicious dates (like 16 Sept ) than the lunar 8th month. I am a bit confused.
What is your opinion?

Some dates in Tung Shu are auspicious but a friend said if one further refer to the Dong Gong selection, they are not so good dates. For example, In Tung Shu, 25th August and 6 September are generally good dates for house moving. But my friend said according to Dong Gong selection, these 2 dates are not so auspicious. What's your opinion?With kond regards

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On 5/28/2014 4:21:49 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Yes:27 Jun 2014 (Fri) is the first
day of the Chinese lunar6th month,
1 day.There is some "truth" in this.
However, this belongs more towards
"symbolism" in Chinese culture.As in the
past; some matriarch of a family would
caution moving in on the 6th lunar
month. As she would say that it is
considered "inauspicious" as the 6th
lunar month is half-way towards the end
of that year. And thus signifies : doing
things "half-half". Thus she fears that
the person would always not have
something full but always 50% (half)
only.Again, given that Qing Ming, the
Chinese 7th ghost month... some have
limited choice or really have no choice
if they need to vacate a home they
already sold on or by the Chinese 6th
lunar month.On 5/27/2014 10:46:16 AM,
Anonymous wrote:
Dear Master,My house
renovation will be completed
on 20 June, 2014 (hopefully).
Is it true that it is not
auspicious to move in the
lunar 6th month for Chinese?I
am thinking of moving into the
house before lunar 6t month
which starts on 27th June. So
I only have a few days to
select. Please advise any
auspicious dates, how about 24
June ?Kind regards.

[Cecil Lee]

These are some considerations:
1. Avoid marriage and even move house during Chinese Lunar 6th month?
1.1. There is some "truth" in this. As in the past and even today; some old folks or elders say that 6th lunar month is "half-half". As this is the mid-point of the lunar year.
1.2. And doing thing or getting married on a half-half 50-50 month is as inauspicious as e.g. 7th lunar month or Qin Ming month.
2. Lowest common denominator:
2.1. Traditionally, there are two methods in selecting dates:-
2.1.1. Tung Shu
This book comes out a few months before the next year. It is not tagged to anyone's birth-date(s). And often, very popular with road-side fortune-tellers. Thus if one were to approach quite a few fortune-tellers, they will use this book to tell whether a date is good or not. By flipping to the correct date. Therefore, no need to do any personal calculations etc... In general, this is the easiest method to "earn money".
2.1.2 Ba Zi to derive auspicious dates. For example: http://dates.geomancy.net
The lowest common denominator are several fields that are required:
YYYY (Year of birth)
MM (Month)
DD (Day)
and if one has Time of birth should "input" this.
As you can notice, Tung Shu does not rely on anyone's YYYY MM DD or even HHHH. But, Ba Zi needs at least Year/Month/Day of birth to "calculate" auspicious dates.
3. Are the two methods complimentary?
As mentioned above: Tung Shu method does not take into consideration a person or even combined person's specific birth-dates. For some people, what is considered "bad" in the Tung Shu may be the contrary.
4. Which method do I use?
4.1. If you consult professional geomancers, they will often based auspicious dates on one's Ba Zi details or a combination of both partner's ba zi details (YY/MM/DD/HHHH).
4.2. Most likely if one were to approach a road-side fortune teller; they will have a Tung Shu in hand. Or if you can get hold of it etc... then use this "method".
5. As mentioned, earlier: one is personalised and needs birth-date details; the other depends on a published annual book.
6. This is why often, some who in the past, who had to rely on the Tung Shu had to wait for that book to be available before selection of dates.
7. A parallel to this is akin to two websites:-
http://lovesigns.net vs http://geomancy.net
8. Lovesigns.net is all about the Chinese 12 Zodiac signs. And the only field required is one's Year of birth: Dragon boy or Tiger girl or born in the Year of the Rat etc...
9. While Geomancy.net for example, applies Ba Zi which requires at least three fields: YYYY/MM/DD (and if possible but not compulsory time of birth).
9.1. Here, there can be 1 billion people born in the Year of say the Dragon. But if we consider their YYYY/MM/DD input, this field can even be further reduced to e.g. 1.6 million out of say 1 billion who were born in the year of the Dragon.
10. From a common sense point of view: which is suppose to be more accurate?
11. In my opinion: and in theory: Ba Zi is similar to today's MRI scanning. While the Tung Shu is equivalent of taking an X'ray.
11.1. An MRI scan nowadays is so colourful and able to provide slice by slice insights into any organ of a person. And able to build a 3D map.
11.2. While an X-ray even by today's standards cannot even see into real flesh. Unless e.g. a lung has foreign matter or a screw or too imbedded into the body. It is useful for rudimentary parts like detecting broken bones etc...
11.3. There is no right or wrong method. The reason why Tung Shu is so popular today is that it is as easy as opening a book and flipping to the relevant page and digesting the information. While some have even got a person's Ba Zi calculated wrongly. If so, this lies the risks, here.

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On 6/3/2014 8:49:53 AM, Anonymous wrote:
House Moving date selectionDear
Master Cecil,There are some people said
that it is just superstition to
avoid marriage in the lunar 6th month.
It is normally meant to
avoid wedding on lunar 6th month. In
Tung Shu there seems to have more
auspicious dates (like 16 Sept )
than the lunar 8th month. I am a
bit confused.What is your
opinion?Some dates in Tung Shu are
auspicious but a friend said if one
further refer to the Dong Gong
selection, they are not so good dates.
For example, In Tung Shu,
25th August and 6 September are
generally good dates for house moving.
But my friend said according to
Dong Gong selection, these 2 dates
are not so auspicious. What's your
opinion?With kond regardsOn 5/28/2014
4:21:49 AM, Cecil Lee wrote:
Yes:27 Jun 2014 (Fri) is the
first
day of the Chinese lunar6th
month,
1 day.There is some "truth" in this.
However, this belongs more towards
"symbolism" in Chinese culture.As in
the
past; some matriarch of a family
would
caution moving in on the 6th lunar
month. As she would say that it is
considered "inauspicious" as the 6th
lunar month is half-way towards the
end
of that year. And thus signifies :
doing
things "half-half". Thus she fears
that
the person would always not have
something full but always 50% (half)
only.Again, given that Qing Ming,
the
Chinese 7th ghost month... some have
limited choice or really have no
choice
if they need to vacate a home they
already sold on or by the Chinese
6th
lunar month.On 5/27/2014 10:46:16
AM,
Anonymous wrote:
Dear Master,My house
renovation will be completed
on 20 June, 2014 (hopefully).
Is it true that it is not
auspicious to move in the
lunar 6th month for Chinese?I
am thinking of moving into the
house before lunar 6t month
which starts on 27th June. So
I only have a few days to
select. Please advise any
auspicious dates, how about 24
June ?Kind regards.