FSW is delighted to introduce
David Burton, mathematical genius and
very successful astrologer from Australia. David and his Russian
wife the lovely Elena, who is herself an expert in medieval
astrology were in Kuala Lumpur recently to learn feng shui, and in
the course of the week long Master Practitioners Program, impressed
us all with the mathematical co-relations he picked up instantly
from all the formulas used in feng shui. In this feature on the
magic of numbers, David walks us through the vital significance of
the auspicious numbers and how they are "hidden" beneath the
numbers of the Lo Shu square and in the compass of directions- two
vital tools of feng shui, in particular the supreme whole number-
9!
EVERYTHING IN FENG SHUI CAN BE EXPLAINED IN
NUMBERS!!
WHY THE
NUMBER 9
IS THE MOST SUPREME OF
NUMBERS
The Master Number 9 is an
important number signifying wholeness and completion exactly as
Lillian has taught, and while attendtng the recent MPC in feng shui
in Malaysia, I also discovered that all the angles and "degrees" of
the compass, the flight of the "stars" in the Lo Shu chart with 5
in the centre that is the basis of all flying star charts expressed
as numbers in the three by three grid...all added up to 9!
Not surprising as 9 is the highest digit before we
go back to 1.
The Lo Shu square in Feng Shui has
nine numbers placed in an arrangement with each number in each grid
so that any three numbers in a straight line - whether
horizontally, vertically or diagonally add up to 15, which as
Lillian explained is the number of days it takes the moon to reach
fullness. It doesn't matter which way you
add the numbers they add to 15. The Lo Shu square is the magic
square of three. It is also the square of the planet Saturn, so 3X3
= 9! Feng Shui definitely has a correlation to astrology, which 1
see as the basis of all systems, and this can be proven
mathematically.
Note that when you add up all the number 1 to
9, i.e. 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9 they add up to 45 degrees, representing
each major direction on the compass, and here we see that once
again 4+5 also adds up to 9.
The 9 hidden in the COMPASS and the Feng
Shui formulas
The number 9 transcends the feng shui compass, and all the
formulas of feng shui thus have the 9 hidden in each of the
direction houses. Take the Eight Mansions formula for instance.
According to this formula, there are eight directions major
direction categories and these are 45 degrees each. Eight times
forty-five equals three hundred and sixty degrees which is one
circle or a complete cycle. Note that all the important 45
degree angles add up to nine. One eighth = 45 degrees, (4+5=9),one
quarter = 90 degree (9+0=9),three eights = 135 degrees
(1+3+5=9),one half = 180 degrees (1+8+0=9), five eights = 225
degrees (2+2+5=9),three quarters = 270 degrees (2+7+0=9), seven
eights = 315 degrees (3+1+5=9) and the last comes back to 360
degrees (3+6+0=9). So all the important angles add up to 9! This
suggests that 9 is the most important number in feng shui formulas
that use the compass.
Connection to STOCK
MARKET
The Chinese agricultural (HSIA or solar) calendar starts
on the 4th February each year; the 4th February on the
astrological calendar is 315 degree and this too adds up to the
number nine. The astrological year start on the 21st March each
year and if you add 45 degrees to the starting point of zero
degrees Aries you end up with the following eight dates
which are important turning points in the stock markets,
commodities and currencies.
NOTE THESE DATES- they are turning points for the
financial markets. We have underlined the dates that are coming
soon.
The 6th May (45 degrees),22nd June (90
degrees), 8th August (135 degrees),22nd September (180 degrees),
7th November (225 degrees), 22nd December (270 degrees), 4th
February (315 degrees) and back to the beginning again completing
the circle or cycle.
FLIGHT OF THE STAR NUMBERS IN THE LO SHU
SQUARE ... i.e. moving alternately down and up
The way the numbers fly in the Lo Shu square (i.e. the flight
pattern) also transcends the number 9. Thus note that the number 5
moving down 135 degrees to 6 in the NW, then up 180 degrees to 7 in
the West pattern, then down 45 degrees across to 8 the Northeast
and so forth - the angle of flight of the numbers going from one to
nine move in angles of 135, 135, 45, 180, 45, 135 and 135, and
every angle of degrees adds up to 9. Even when these total angles
in degrees are added together, they make a sum of 810, which again
add up to 9. Not just that, but drop the zero from 810 and you have
81, which is the square of nine. This stands for the moon, and the
moon of course is always related to the passage of time i.e. to the
calendar! I am thus not surprised when Lillian tells us that the Lo
Shu square holds many secrets, and that the square unlocks the
change of energy over time.
There are other magic squares with one up to nine
in the centre that relate to the other planets and numbers. This is
also reflected in the number of squares per side; so the "square"
is sequentially enlarged. The reason Feng Shui uses the
magic square of three or which belongs to the planet Saturn, is
that Saturn stands for real-estate or home and feng shui is about
improving the home, so that it is in harmony with the cycles of a
home's life.
The square of the numbers 1 and 6 is for the Sun,
while the magic square of 6, 2 and 7 are for the moon; these two
numbers are added together to make the magic square of 9 for the
moon. 3 is for Saturn which is also the Lo Shu square, 4 is the
magic square of Jupiter,5 is the magic square of Mars, 7 is the
magic square of Venus and 8 is the magic square of Mercury. Lillian
explained that these "magic squares" are also used in advanced feng
shui.
The 12 animals and the Five Elements in
Feng Shui
The earth rotates 15 degrees every hour and 24 hours x 15 = 360
or 1 day. The 24 Mountains relate to the 15 degree movement of the
earth. Every year Jupiter moves 15 degrees and the is where
the twelve animals comes from in Chinese astrology and Feng
Shui. The elements run Earth, Metal, Water, Wood and Fire.
These elements are 72 degrees apart. The 5 pointed star that is the
symbol of the 5 elements is also the symbol of the Vitruvian Man.
The pattern of the five pointed star starts at zero which has to
start in the earth sign at 4th February and moves 144 degrees times
five which equals a movement of 720 degrees to get back to
zero.
David Burton has been a Financial Astrologer since
1983 and is the world's leading expert in the methods of W.D.Gann.
David attended the Feng Shui workshop in Malaysia in October 2011.
His websites are www.schoolofgann.com and corporateastrologers.com
FengShui World November/December 2011 Pg 56-58
