If you are planning renovation or redecoration this year, beware of the annual taboos. Chi changes every year from Feb 4th and will last till Feb 3rd the next year.
Grand Duke Jupiter
The Grand Duke Jupiter changes every year and follows the animal sign. This year the Grand Duke Jupiter is in the direction of the Rat, which is North 2 (compass degrees 352.5- 7.5 degrees). It occupies 15 degrees of the compass, and in this part of your home, you should not renovate or dig holes for this entire year. Digging holes or loud banging here is said to offend the Grand Duke Jupiter and causes mishaps and loss to occur. Legend has it that wars and battles have been lost when moving in the direction of the Grand Duke. Apart from not renovating here, you must not sit facing the North 2 direction this year. So if you belong to the East Kua Group, ensure you do not face North this year.
Cure: The classic cure for offending the GDJ or preventing harm from accidentally offending him is to place a Pixie or Pi Yao in the North 2 sector of your living room, or home, facing the direction of the Grand Duke. These mythical creatures have no anus, which means they suck up all the bad chi, and doesn’t release it back out again!
3 Killings
The Three Killings is said to bring bad luck such as gossip, back-biting and accidents. It only becomes malignant if you sit wiht your back facing the 3 killings, or if your renovate or dig holes in its location. This year the 3 Killings is located in the South direction. The 3 Killings occupy 90 degrees, between 135-225 degrees of the compass.
Cure: Place the Three Divine Guardians in the South sector of your living room and home, facing the south direction.
5 Yellow
As mentioned in my Lucky and unlucky Sectors posting, the 5 Yellow is a very malignant star and causes loss. Try not to renovate or dig any holes here. This year the 5 Yellow lands in the South - which makes the South sector very afflicted indeed with both the 5 Yellow and the 3 Killings. Best not to live here this year, and keep the place quiet. If you do not have a choice about moving rooms, make sure you place your 5 element pagoda cure.
Cure: Place the 5 element pagoda in the South.
What if you have to renovate?
If you are renovating the entire house or more than 2 sectors, for example - replacing carpet for the whole house or repainting a large part of your home - as long as you don’t start or end your renovation in any of these afflicted sectors, you’ll be fine. Still, I’d play it safe and display those cures and then renovate.
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2008 Lucky and Unlucky Sectors
2008 Wood Rat Horoscope Forecast
Miss lim i born on 8th of march 1973 .
and i just bought the PI YAO creature for good luck, further more i am a business man.
and do not know where to place the creature in to my house to have good luck and fortune .
could you kindly advise me on this.
thanking you.
honey replies:
I am new to feng shui but now I feel it affects you believe it or not. Before I began looking into this school of thought, I had a water leak that came out of a wall that I had hun a painting of trees and water on. I now know that I should not hand a picture of water on a wall that has plumbing pipes behind it. This water caused my floors to buckle and have to be taken up and replaced. They are in a north room. Not knowing about pi Yuo and the grand Duke, I proceeded to have the floors fixed. Shortly therafter,my elderly male cat of 17 years worsened and had kidney failure. We lost him. Now I will always take the Grand Duke seriously because I have seen first hand what can happen.
Dear Honey,
I am thinking of cleaning my roof tiles and re coating and re painting them thereafter. I read your article about not being allowed to renovate or disturb anything in the south sector. Will my actions activate all the bad stars etc in the south sector? And if so, what are the possible bad incidents that could happen and how can I prevent them from happening?
Thanks
Please advice me what to do. I need to put the fencing in the north 2009 as 5 yellow is there this year 2009 I need to put the fence means it will need to make the hole on the ground. The reason I need to because somebody tried to broke into my house. I need to protect myself and my house from robery but the other side, I dont want to suffer from loss or any unfortunete matter due to this renovation. My house is facing north. Please reply me to my email. Thank you so much.
If the fence stretches beyond the NOrth, then start at a different location and then move to the north. As long as u don’t start or end at the North it should be fine. But don’t start and end at the East (3 killings) and NOrtheast this year (GDJ). Good luck for 2009!
Thanks Honey Lim.
All the best for you as well.
Dear Honey Lim.
Could you please advice - is it good to put the bird bath - in the garden ( south direction) for 2009?
If not, which direction is the best to put the bird bath?
Please advice. Thank you vey much.