Master Raymond Loh
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The five basic elements also represent different parts of our body,
yin wood is the liver, the neck and the back bone, and metal is the
breathing organ, teeth, and skin. As wood is very weak this year,
it means it will easily trigger diseases related to the liver, the
neck and the back area. . Also wood represents principle and
inflexibility in adjusting to pressure. As such, people born in
days of yang wood are more easy to collapse and suffer nervous
breakdown. It will not be surprising that more celebrities or
famous people suffer from nervous breakdown in the year of the
Monkey. This may even lead to tragedy such as committing suicide.
The metal attacking wood is also a cause of motion sickness - such
as Alzheimers and Parkinson sickness which may be more serious this
year. Also the metal is very strong this year, it could symbolize
sickness related to breathing organ and skin. In recent research,
metal is also associate with motion sickness such as Parkinson
disease and Alzheimer. The former US President Regan died of
Alzheimer in 2004 the year of Monkey also confirmed the link
between metal and motion illness. As such, it is anticipated that
this sickness will be more in focus this year.
Regarding the economy, the year 2004 showed the yang wood on the
Heavenly stem was able to bring fire element, which is the driving
force behind the old economy. Hence there had been strong signs of
economic recovery in the USA and other industrial countries with
anticipation of inflation coming back in 2004. In 2005, the yin
wood is not as powerful as the yang wood to bring about strong fire
to support the economy. Hence we still expect moderate improvement
in the economy in the spring and summer months between February and
June but the upward trend will not be as drastic as 2004. But we
can still see strong growing economy activities and stock market
especially in the strong fire months of June and July. .
With respect to the hi-tech economy, as represented by the NASDAQ.
I have postulated that this industry is mainly represented by metal
element. In 2005, the wood element symbolises money to the metal
industry. This is positive. But the strong metal underneath will
bring more competitors into the industry to erode the money profit.
However, the optimistic view is that the early springs months in
the year of the Rooster contains strong water and wood which is the
productivity and money of metal industry. Therefore I can expect
there could be a boom in this sector in the first quarter of 2005.
However, as metal gets strong from August to Oct. It will bring in
strong competition in the high tech market and these months may not
be favourable for high tech business.
Property industry is classified as Earth element, as earth produces
metal, the strong presence of metal this year will bring strong
activities in the property market. This will be more obvious in
autumn and winter. The other industries represented by Earth
elements are insurance, mining, chemical, computer software... etc.
These industries will be active and productive in 2005. Another
industry more favourable in 2005 will be business related to fire
element which are energy, electricity, entertainment, restaurant,
and electronic goods.... It seems there will be more activities in
fire industries as fire conquers metal, so a strong metal year
means money profit for the fire industries. This favours oil prices
which will continue to be high since 2004..
The most unfavourable industry will be business related to wood
element. This is industries including textile, fashion, clothing,
paper, magazines, furniture, plants, flowers and other consumer
products related to wood.
In summary, the industries that will perform well in the year of
the Rooster will be industry related to earth and fire elements -
Earth industries including property, insurance, mining, and
chemicals. Fire industries are energy, electricity and
entertainment. On the other hand, industries related to wood
element - such as textile, fashion, magazines, books, plants, etc.
are into an unfavourable year. The remaining two elements, water -
transport, travel, shipping, communication, bars, drinks, spa...
may see improvement this year as wood is productivity of water. And
metal industry, such as heavy industry, engineering, high- tech,
cars, will be neutral to weak as their money element wood shows up,
but being conquered by overwhelming metal underneath the
wood.
In general, the yin wood Rooster is symbol of more moderate changes
and flexibiltiy . The metal cutting the root of the flower still
represents hidden danger and disturbance to the foundation. But the
flower is by nature moderate and easy to submit. So it will be a
year of resolving conflicts and disharmony in international
relationship by compromise. And this may lead to longer term peace
as from 2006.
The animal sign, which are not so favorable, is the Rabbit, which
is into a year of clash against the Rooster. Such clash usually
bring about movements. So people born in the year of the Rabbit
will anticipate more changes and moves this year, such as
travelling, moving house, changing job... etc. It is necessary to
carry a pendant of Dragon as protection to attract the Rooster
away. For the Rabbit people, the clash against the rooster could
also mean surgery, accidents involving breaking of neck or back. It
is also recommended to avoid dangerous exercise and pay attention
to sitting posture or position. It is not good to travel so much
directly to the west especially in the month of September and March
, as west is the position of the Grand Duke of the Rooster
year.
The other animal sign under negative influences is the Rooster ,
which is offending the year and is in self penalty with the year.
Penalty is related to hidden danger, hidden sickness and self
penalty may relate to disharmony with colleagues, bad competition,
or trouble bought about by oneself due to carelessness. So people
born in year or day of Rabbit or Rooster should also be careful of
their health this year. If clash occurs at the day pillar, it may
also affect harmony in the family, it is recommended to minimise
chance of such disharmony but taking more trips, or taking the
chance to move house if necessary.
