First, Chi can be basically defined as life energy or spiritual force. Everyone living person has Chi. However, some people are better able to cultivate and channel their Chi while others block or leak their Chi. For example, the Chinese martial arts of Tai Chi focuses on conducting and flowing energy throughout the body. Masters of Tai Chi believe that you can control your body's Chi by controlling your breathing with practice and concentration. Furthermore, Yoga which is gaining in popularity is the Indian version of controlling Chi through breathing.
Second, in Chinese Astrology, one believe that their Chi is controlled by the Chinese Zodiac animal sign and elements which is determined by the year one is born in. So Chinese Astrology regulates the flow of Chi over time. A person has inherent Chi, but one's level of Chi can also change based on their Chinese Astrology sign and Chinese Zodiac animal and elements.
Finally, Feng Shui also plays a role. Feng Shui governs the flow of Chi over space. To illustrate, if your living space or working space is not properly arranged, then the flow of Chi over that space will be blocked which produces suboptimal results for the person living or working there. One can manipulate their internal Chi with Tai Chi and physical Chi with proper Feng Shui. But one cannot change their birth year.
So to optimize your Chinese Astrology Chi, one leverages the principles of Chinese Astrology to reach out to the right friends, colleagues, and others to balance their Chi level that is unbalanced due to their birth year and elements.
Traditional Chinese studies are still relevant and alive today. Arguably, the most popular study being the study of Feng Shui. Feng Shui, I Ching Divination, Chinese Astrology and even Traditional Chinese Medicine have Taoist roots, and the are based on this set of fundamental principles:
1. , which is the energy that flows through matter, time and space in living systems;
2. , opposing forces that creates motion and the existence of all things.
Each of these are deep philosophical concepts, and are the basis of the meanings behind the Chinese Zodiac.
3. , which represents the relationships between matter, forces, directions, etc.
The 12 Zodiac animals are, Rat, Ox, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Buffalo, Horse, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. Each of these have a yin or yang property and is represented by one of the five elements. Every aspect of time is represented by a Chinese zodiac animal.
The full study of Chinese Astrology goes beyond just studying the year of birth of a subject. The birth month, day and hour is also taken into consideration and plotted out on to a map.
An experienced and intuitive astrologer can analyze the charts with amazingly accuracy.
As humans we go through ups and downs, nothing is ever constant because change happen. The charts indicate these changes, and we analyze this change
by observing the interaction of the zodiac animals in the passage of time.
How successful a one is, depends largely upon how one is able to make full use of ones advantages in life, while avoiding the potential pitfalls along the way.
Chinese business people tap on the knowledge of astrology to help them make the right decisions at the right time. For example if a person finds that
his "money luck" for the next decade is poor, he is advised to hold back risky investments until the decade after.
Knowing our astrology can give us the edge of being to see our life path more clearly so that we can take steps to improve and enhance our good luck while minimizing hurt from unfortunate events.
The Chinese Astrology study called Zi Wei Dou Shu is especially interesting, because of it's descriptive charts. It describes the fate of an individuals 12 aspects of life, namely, the Self, Career, Marriage, Wealth, Travel, Karma, Brothers, Peer, Parents and Health. It also reads the changes that can happen to these aspects over 10-year and 1-year cycles.
This study is very complicated even for the most avid practitioners. In our website is a free mini-course, and an online calculator attached for all to learn this wonderful ancient study.
Chinese Astrology is not a fortune teller's crystal ball. It is actually a measure of "qi" or energy forces acting on an individual. The qi in different aspects of our lives flows and ebbs with time. To have good "luck" is to be able to go with that flow, and not against it. Ultimately we have the power to direct our destiny with our deeds and action.
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