Pu Kua Divination

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Dear Masters,

I recently went for a Pu Kua reading, which entails the drawing of a card froma stack of cards. Readings are made from the drawn card with reference to an octagon chart.

According to the personalised reports, my element is strong wood. However, the reading from the Pu kua suggested that my element is metal. I was advised to abstain from the colour red and avoid a career with fire element in it. The advise givencontradictswith that of the personalise report which says my favourable element is fire n red.

In general, the Pu Kua readings onthevarious aspectsof my life are pretty accurate. I'm not sure about his predictions about my future. Would like to seek your advise if there is any differencebetween Pu Kua and Ba Zi reading? Or has the master made a wrong reading? I am very confused.

Thanks for your time.

Anthea.

[Robert Lee]

Dear Anthea,

You cannot compare two different method's analysis. This will be like comparing an apple to an orange.

Even in just the feng shui / horoscope, if you use Eight House gua element, this also does not match the ba zi element. Why? Eight House calculates fromthe year of birth, while Ba Zi calculates from date and time of birth. However, even though both gives you different analysis, but you will know that certain analysis you use Eight House while certain analysis uses Ba Zi. Same with nearly all concepts.

Pu Kua or any Divinity method is aconcept to attempt to predict what might happen or to help choices. This is entirely different from like Ba Zi which only is suppose to reveal the kind of luck you might have. So again it is entirely different concept altogether. Most people use divinity to attempt to get answers to what might happen or what best to do. However, no matter what, no one can accurately foresee the future. You can only make use of these tools to attempt to culculated guesses what might happen. This is usually one method a fortune teller will use in attempting to forecast your past or future.

In fact, a very accuratefortune teller will use a series of tools, ie ba zi, horoscope, i-ching, face reading, palmistry, character analysisetc. Each tool has a purpose, and a good fortune teller can take bits and pieces of information to piece up into a good prediction of your past. Remember, that a fortune teller will often look at how you dress and talk, this already give them the information to be able to guess how is your currently luck. So it is very easy to tell you what you like to know that makes it seems that they are very accurate.

However, personally we do not go into fortune telling. Why this is because no one can really tell youwhat the future will be. Even with the use of ba zi and I-Ching, you can only attempt to forecast what might happen. Ultimately, whether or not it happens depends a lot on yourself. The decisions you make today will affect your future. ie if a child decides not to further his study, his future will be affected because he will likely not have the qualification to obtain a job that will bring him wealth. Thus, no matter how good his ba zi, he may not enjoy it as well.

Often any predictions that are suggested by the fortune teller will come true simply because you believe it to come through. Thus, you actually make it happen.

So if you ask me, I will use divinity method to forecast future or get an opinion of what options to choose. I will use ba zi because this gives you the type of element that influence your own luck. I will use eight house for assessing personal suitability etc. Each theory has it's own uses so I will use the strengths of the theory rather than use all the analysis that comes from a theory. Thus, in terms of element, I will not use the I-Ching or Eight House element as that is not showing your luck. And for feng shui knowing what is your given luck is important to enhancing future luck.

I would also advise that you take note that there are many different types of divinity (Chinese I-ching, Western Tarot) etc. Also, there is Chinese Horoscope / Western Horoscope.So remember that you cannot mix and match the different concepts unless they are related. Else, you will definately get conflicting results. You must make sure for example that there is a related concepts. Even for related concepts you must know which concept is good for what. Only then can you make the best of the various results you get. But again, I would like to caution about fortune telling predictions. It is ok to just to listen but donot believe it too much. It is ultimately your decisions today that will define your future. Nothing else.

Hope that helps.

Warmest Regards
Robert Lee
GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research