RAYMOND LO
ABSTRACT
The Chinese calendar, commonly known as the Farmers’ Calendar, or the Hsia Calendar, is a fascinatingly accurate system, which not only records the passage of time, but is also a tool for fortune-telling. The famous traditional fortune-telling system – The Four Pillars of Destiny – is exactly referring to reading a person’s destiny from his birth data as presented in the Hsia calendar format. The unique feature of such calendar is that all information about time – year, month, day and hour are presented in terms of the five basic elements – metal, water, wood, fire and earth, which are believed to be the basic components of everything in the Universe. The relationship between the five elements accurately helps one predict what is to come by way of one’s fortunes and thus, one can by using this knowledge, multiply the good luck or minimize the bad luck in one’s life.
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THE YEAR OF THE GOAT
The Year of the Goat 2027, in the Hsia calendar, is symbolized by two Chinese characters – with Yin Fire sitting on top of Goat which is Earth element. So it is a Fire and earth year with Fire on Heavenly Stem and Earth at Earthly branch According to the cycle of birth and destruction, which governs the inter-relationship between the elements, if the two elements are in the productive cycle and have supporting relationship, then the year will have more harmony and easier to negotiate for peace. However, despite such supportive relationship of fire with earth, we cannot be too optimistic about peace and harmony, as Yin Fire is compared to the Candle Fire with sensitive and unstable quality. Yin Fire is also associate with guns and bullets. The Goat is dry earth and represents the dessert. Hence the Goat year may stimulate war in dessert and middle East. The previous Gulf wars between USA and Iraq happened in 1991 and 2003, also the 6 days war between Israel and Egypt and Syria happened in 1967, all are year of the Goat.
The 2027 Yin Fire element represents the Flickering candle Fire which is unstable, sensitive, sentimental and emotional. Fire is the Heart, nerve system and the brain. So Yin fire people are kind hearted and sentimental and caring, but has the drawback of quick temper, tense and emotional, and sometimes tense and over worried , Like the candle fire which triggers explosion and fire disaster. Take for example, the terrorist attack on New York World Trade Center 11/9/2001 happened on a yin Fire day, also the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on 6/8/1945 was a Yin Fire day. Hence there could be more fire disasters and explosion in the yin fire year of 2027. Yin Fire also has dramatic quality. Typical examples of talented yin Fire artists include Mr. Bean and David Bowie, and Harrison Ford. There are also famous politicians who are born on Yin fire day, such as Boris Yelstin of Russia and Many Chinese political leaders including Xi Jinping, Mao Zedong, Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the First Emperor of Ming Dynasty, Jack Ma, Fan Bing Bing…
Fire is the element of heart and blood circulation. It is also symbol of yang energy in our body. Yin Fire people is active, energetic, forceful and sporty. Fire also affects emotion and the brain. Hence symbolize the heart. hence Yin Fire people often emotional and warm hearted but quick temper and impulsive. Imbalance of fire will cause heart and blood circulation health problem and inflammation. As Fire is strong and water is lacking. There are also problem related to kidney and immune system. Fire destroys Metal element which is our breathing organ and skin, there will also be sickness in such area. Yin Fire also symbolizes the brain and nerve system. So Yin Fire year may also cause more psycho problem. Stroke and heart attacks.
Related to internal organs, yin Fire represents the heart and happy mood. Hence there is strong tendency of confidence and positive optimism. Such confidence will be the driving force behind the stock market and the economy. Hence the strong yin fire of 2027 will bring strong economy recovery and optimism in investment and stock market. The economic atmosphere and consumption market will enjoy a boom especially during the wood and fire months of spring and summer. And the stock market will go high from the month of February to July. There will be some setback and slow down during the autumn and winter months between August and January as the yin fire is illusory fire and the following year 2028 fire totally disappears.
The Goat is strong earth element with wood and fire hidden inside. It is powerful earth which may trigger earth disasters such as earthquake, landslide and collapse of buildings. . With ying fire on top of heavy earth, it also symbolize volcanic eruption . the powerful fire element will trigger massive heat and explosive fire disaster. Looking back history, The 911 terrorist attack on World Trade Towers in New York and the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima are both Yin fire days. The Hindenburg Fire disaster happened in 1937 which is also a Yin Fire Ox year….
The Goat, in Chinese astrology, is a “Flower Hat”. This is a star of Art . It means the year 2027 will trigger more artistic activities, Romantic incidents, love affairs and sex scandals. It will be beneficial to art, music, entertainment, cooking… The Goat is also “ lonely star”, this combines with the Yin fire on top will stimulate more psycho and mental problems and there will be more suicide cases. The Goat also creates Three Earth Penalty with the Ox and the Dog. This will stimulate earth disasters, traffic accidents, and cancer problems in the body. The Chinese calendar goes in 60 years cycle, this means 60 year ago in 1967, the world experienced the same yin Fire Goat year as 2027. Looking back in 1967, it is the peak year of entertainment and pop culture with pop music bands like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones conquered the whole world with their pop music and free lifestyle. The first color TV Broadcast by BBC also started in July 1967…TVB Hong Kong was also set up in November 1967.
The Goat is in clash against the Ox, and makes Three Earth Penalty with Goat, Ox and Dog. this is serious Earth clash which will cause Earth disasters such as avalanche, earthquake, industrial accidents. Looking back 60 years ago in 1967, there was serious earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela in July killed 240 people. On 10 July, heavy rain caused landslide in Kobe, Japan killed 371 people…
1967 was also not a peaceful year. It was the peak of the Vietnam war with plenty of war protests and demonstration in the USA against the war. In Hong Kong there was anti government riot with big clashes between striking workers and police, also borderline clashes between Chinese troops and Hong Kong Police. In the middle-east, the Six Days War between Israel and Egypt and Syria broke out in June 1967…The worlds biggest environmental disaster- the big oil spill caused by the supertanker SS Torrey Canyon also happened on 18th March, 1967.
The Goat encounters Ox and Dog created serious Earth Penalty. As earth is related to the human cells, this imbalance of earth often triggers cancer particularly to people whose unfavorable elements is earth, This includes people born on dates of strong metal, weak wood, weak fire. There are many examples of people suffered from cancer sickness caused by Goat, Ox, Dog earth penalty.. Such as Steve Jobs, David Bowie, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis…It is recommended to take higher dosage of anti-oxidant this year to minimize the earth effect.
In Flying Star feng shui, the star number 9 occupies the center in 2027, and 9 is star of current prosperity and represents positive prosperous energy. But 9 also is Fire element so it will not be surprising that there will be big fire disaster particularly associate with areas in the “Middle” and the North– take for example- China, Middle East, Central Africa, or Central America are likely affected areas.
As Water conquers Fire, so Fire represents Money to Water people. So 2027 Fire year will be favorable to Water industry and bring financial gain to strong water people. So industries like shipping, transport, communication will enjoy a profitable year with strong financial gains. Famous business people born on strong Water day include Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, John Lee, Lawrence Wong, Peter Woo ….. will be in good position to make money.
2027 year of strong fire is the peak of fire cycle. There had not been a fire year since the year of Earth Dog in 2018, the Dog is Grave of Fire, and in 2019 the fire is totally terminated in the Pig. Then the massive water cycle began in 2020 Metal Rat year bringing the pandemic of COVID 19. As Fire element is associate with happiness, energy and economic activities, the absence of fire between 2018 to 2024 also resulted in setback in stock market and in world economy. the fire element eventually returned with the Snake and Horse years of 2025, 2026 and continue into Goat year 2027. sure it will bring strong drive in confidence and economic activities bringing up the stock market and global growth and investment. The Fire cycle began in 2025 year of Snake and intensifies in 2026 year of Fire Horse. As such, stepping into spring of 2027 we can expect upsurge of economic activities, travelling, tourism, bringing up the stock market. As Fire element belongs to the south and Goat is located in South, this prosperous energy is particularly beneficial to S and SE Asia and we can expect a boom in Asian market, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and other South Asian countries. This phenomenon is similar to the previous fire cycle started in 2013 and 2014 year of Snake and Horse. It was a year bringing prosperity to many Chinese business such as Ali baba, Tencent , Huawei …until the economic set back brought by COVID 19 in 2020 – year of Metal Rat. So the going into the peak of Fire cycle in 2027, we can expect a boom of new generation of high tech industries from China, such as Deep Seek, Bytedance, Xiaomi….etc.
The fire element is happiness, it is also related to finance, stock market, entertainment and beauty, and flying objects… fire element makes people more optimistic and have confidence to purchase, to spend money and to invest. This will bring optimism to the financial market, including shares and stocks, tourism industry, crypto currency, airline and transport business, property, banking and gold business. There is always the believe that “Fire makes gold into useful tools”. So gold price will often go up in a strong fire year. As banking business is also symbolized by metal element, fire year will also bring prosperity to banking related business.
Fire element is associate with space and flying objects. Fire year will trigger more space exploration.
Back in 1967, there is UFO sightings in Finland, so the interest in UFO and Aliens in 2026 will move on to 2027. In 1967 The Mariner 5 probe flies by Venus in October, In April, the Surveyor 3 probe landed on the Moon.
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Fire in the human body is related to heart and blood circulation and inflammation.. As such, for people who are having imbalance of fire in their Four Pillars, it is easier to suffer from heart disease, blood pressure and inflammation problem. As fire supports earth which represents our muscle and cells, fire year will make it easier to gain weight and will also bring obesity and diabetes ..
As fire attacks metal and there is total absence of water element this year, there is also weakness in the kidney and immune system area which will trigger flu or pandemic related to breathing organ. Yin Fire is the Heart and brain , it also relates to energy, blood circulation and activities. When fire is weak, if it is your important element, it may cause energy and blood pressure and heart, eye sight and mental problems are also closely related to yin fire.
So in 2027, people who have Goat in their birth year will offend the Tai Shui and in potential earth penalty with the Ox and Dog. For people who have Ox in their Four Pillars will be in clash against the Tai Sui. Such clash will bring changes and movement and sometimes accidents and bloodshed. All these people need to carry pendant of the Horse to reduce the negative influence of the Goat. As the Horse will combine with the Goat and will help to attract away the hostile Goat so as to reduce the intensity of clash or penalty.
Famous people born in the Goat year are Nicole Kidmanl, Julia Roberts, Bill Gates, Rowen Atkinson…. Celebrities born in year of Ox and so in clash against the Goat are Meryl Streep, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Barak Obama, George Clooney… There are people who are not born in Ox year but born on a Ox day , hence they are also under clash and penalty in the year of Goat. And the clash and penalty against Day Pillar will also affect relationship area particularly at home with spouse. Examples are Madonna, Rupert Murdoch, Kim Jong Un, Vivian Kong….. were born on Ox day.
President Donald Trump of USA is a strong earth person, hence fire and earth are not his favorable element and will stimulate obstacles, challenges and health problem. So he may encounter more opposition and obstacles in carrying out his policies in the year of Fire Goat, and he has to beware of sickness related to heart , blood circulation and cancer. The Chinese President Xi Jinping is also a strong fire person, so excessive amount of fire will also bring competition and challenges to China. There is a prophecy in China called “The curse of the Fire Horse and Red Goat”. As all through Chinese history, any fire horse and fire goat years used to bring political turbulence and natural disasters. For example, in the previous Fire Horse year 1906, there is big typhoon bringing devastating damage to the SE province of China, killing over 4000 people, also there was big flooding of the Yangtze river killing over 40,000 people. And in the last Fire Horse year 1966, the Cultural Revolution started in China bringing 10 years of political turbulence and destruction. As such, the fire Goat year of 2027 could also be a year of big changes and challenges in China. However, being strong fire, earth Goat is Xi Jinping’s favorable Intelligence element and he is in good luck of earth and metal. Hence his position will be stable and secured in 2027.
Lai Ching Te, the leader of Taiwan, was born in year of Pig and under clash with the Snake in 2025. He is strong metal person and Fire is his power and status element. But Goat is strong earth unfavorable to him. So 2027 Fire Goat year is not so smooth to him and this may mean the tension in relationship between Taiwan and China may intensify in 2027.
Another world leader showing negative influence from the strong fire Goat is the president of Philippines – Bongbong Marcos who is born on 13/9/1957 and is extremely weak earth person, as such fire and earth element is unfavorable and the strong fire bring along by the year of the Goat may mean challenges and obstacles. All these points to tension and troubles in the East and South China sea area.
Vladimir Putin of Russia and Zelensky of Ukraine are both extremely weak fire person. As strong fire element are their enemies. So both into not so favorable year in 2026. However, both sees earth goat as favorable element in 2027, yin fire may mean competitors threatening their position and status , so both leaders may suffer loss of power and control.
In Europe, most of the leaders favors strong fire which will bring stability and economic gains. For example, the French President Macron is a strong water person and fire will bring him money benefit. The European leader von de Leyen is a weak earth lady needing the support of strong fire, hence European countries will be benefited by the strong fire goat year with improvement in power and economy.
The strong fire of 2027 is expected to bring prosperity to water industries, this is because water conquers Fire, so the strong fire element is a symbol of money to the water industry, which includes shipping, transport, communication. Logistics…. The second best industries could be wood, as wood conquers Earth, so the earth Goat means money to Wood industry and makes wood prosperous and profitable. Wood industries are fashion, textile, media, paper, forestry and environment….As “fire melts metal into useful tools”. The strong fire year is also beneficial to metal industry which include banking, car, machinery, skin care and health products, high tech hardware….etc. the price of gold will also have strong tendency to go up. Fire industry – such as restaurant, entertainment, finance, energy, power generating, are also active but they will see serious competitions. Earth element sees water as money, without water element, they are not seeing financial gains, but the fire still will generate optimism which will often supportive of property business. .
In summary, the industries that will perform better in the year of the Horse will be industries related to Water element and wood element. Metal industries such as banking, machinery, engineering, car , beauty and skin care will also be favorable….. Water industries are transport, shipping, logistic, drinking, spa…
With the arrival of “Age of 9” in 2024, there are more attention on the development of metaverse business which includes cryptocurrency and NFT…such activities are of speculative nature and the market behavior is similar to the stock market. As such, its price level also fluctuates with confidence like the stock market. Therefore, fire element is essential for its prosperity. As fire is returning in 2027, the enthusiasm to invest in metaverse business and cryptocurrency may also be picking up in the Goat year like the stock market.
In general, the Yin Fire Goat year, with yin Fire on top and Earth Goat below, is symbol of creativity and growth and it brings back optimism after the past years of fear brought about by water cycle from 2018 to 2024. And the atmosphere will be positive and the yin fire will offer more positive energy and optimism and flexibility to compromise and negotiate. However, as the yin fire often brings hot temper and impulsive actions, there will still be war, unrest, conflict and turbulence before a compromised settlement. Also the yin Fire is illusory fire and there may be set back in the stock market when the fire seasons of spring and summer is over, and the metal and water elements returns in second half of year.
The animal sign which is most unfavorable is the Ox which is in direct clash against the Goat. Such clashes will usually bring about turbulence, movements, accident or changes, bloodshed... People born in the year of the Ox will anticipate more travelling, or movement sch as changing job or moving house. . So for people having such Ox and Goat clash in their Four Pillars, it is good to refrain from travelling direct towards the SW direction of Tai Sui. It is also good to beware of traffic accidents. It is necessary to carry the pendant of a Horse as protection to attract the Goat away. For people who are under clash with the year, it is ok to travel more, making changes such as moving house, or change job. However, as Goat, Ox and Dog causes serious earth penalty it is necessary to refrain from climbing mountains and also take more anti-oxidants.
The animals combining with the Goat year is the Horse. the Pig and the rabbit.. These animals are into a year of harmony. However, such animal astrology is not totally reliable as the system is not recognized as a formal type of fortune-telling. For more reliable assessment of one’s fortune in the year of the Goat, it is recommended that one checks the full Four Pillars of Destiny, which requires full birth data information of the Year, Month, Day and Hour of birth. As the animal signs can appear in all four pillars in a person’s birth data, the clash and penalty relationship with the Goat will not only cause impact on people born in the year of Goat and Ox. Such clash and penalties can also impact anyone who has such animals in the birth month, or day or hour.
Some examples of famous people born in the year of the Goat and offending the Grand Duke are Angela Merkel, Jennifer Lawrence, Kristen Stewart, Hu Jin Tao, Erdogan, Kiefer Sutherland ……. There are people born in the year of Ox so they are in clash against the Goat year, these people include Prince Harry, Mark Zuckerberg, Emperor Naruhito, Robert Plant…. .There are people not born in year of Ox but they are born in a day of Ox, they will also face a challenging year especially in relationship aspect. Some examples of these people are Madonna, Rupert Murdoch, Kim Jong Un, Vivian Kong….. The clash or penalty against the Day Pillar will usually cause movement or conflict in the family or human relationship area, especially in the relationship with the spouse or opposite sex.
In Chinese astrology, the Goat is “nobleman” for people born in year or day of Yang wood, Yang Metal and yang Earth. Nobleman are Angels from Heaven who will give you support and make the year more smooth and peaceful. This means people who are born in years ending with 4, 8, or 0 will have a more smooth year of the Goat.
Feng Shui energies also change from year to year. Therefore, it is necessary to watch out for the re-allocation of good and bad energies at the beginning of each year, so that we can take necessary precautions if some bad energy happens to arrive at important locations of our residence or offices. In the year of the Goat, the bad energy called “Five Yellow” – symbolizing obstacles and misfortune, arrives at the North. It is recommended that one hangs a metal wind chime in the North side of the house, to dissolve this bad energy. The worst months will be in July, October 2027. Another bad star number 2, symbolizing sickness, will arrive in the west in 2027. The traditional method to dissolve this 2 is to hang a string of six metal coins in the affected area in the west of the house. The Grand Duke this year is in the South-west, hence it is not favorable to “move earth” or make substantial construction work in this direction. It is also not recommended for one to sit with back against North-east as you will be sitting against the unfavorable energy called “Three Shars” or “Three Killings”. The North -east is also the “Crash position” against the Grand Duke which is also not good to sit. The bad star 3 is a star of conflict and robbery. This is present in the North-east. It is necessary to put a piece of red paper in this position to minimize such bad influence. Also the bad star 7, representing scandals is in the East , the traditional solution for this bad star 7 is to place 3 piece of bamboo plant grown in clear glass vase of water in the East location.
The strong earth Goat of 2027 is favorable to both Zelensky and Putin, so both will be under pressure to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Also regarding the Israel Palestine war, the fire and earth element is not favorable to President Netanyahu of Israel so the year of Goat may affect his future political position. The Yin Fire symbolize new girl friend to Prince Harry, it could also affect his relationship with wife…