Centre Of The World - PostBlog 1

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The recent Hawaiian earthquake again seemed to re-affirm the geographic reference for the Centre Of The World. It reportedly struck at 7:07am on 15 October, about 11 miles offshore from Hawaii's popular Kona Coast.

Referring to the Period 8 Luo Shu chart for the 9th solar month (see my blog on 2006-10-15), Hawaii falls within the W sector where 1-White base star resides. 5-Yellow annual star has been lurking incognito since the beginning of Bing Xu solar year, but with the arrival of another earth star, the 8-White monthly star, it is finally making its presence felt. The earthquake occurred offshore, seemingly because 1-White is a water star. Fortunately, both 1-White and 8-White are timely, auspicious stars in Period 8, which probably render the earthquake harmless despite measuring 6.6 magnitude on the Ritchter Scale!

Luo Shu chart for Period 8 (2004-2023), 8th solar month 2006

Turning back the clock to the 8th solar month, Southeast Asia appeared to have been mapping out the potentialities of its corresponding sector by way of three widely publicised incidences.

SE sector in the 2006 Luo Shu chart is characterised by the 2-7 combination of early heaven fire. Its previous monthly star was 6-White, representing metal and the Authority, and when co-existing with 2-7, was inevitably under attack (by fire). The world thereby witnessed:

(i) the Thai military coup that ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from power;

(ii) criticisms of the Singapore government for its supposed mis-handling of the activist groups during the IMF-World Bank meetings; and

(iii) Malaysia's outcry over MM Lee's remarks on Chinese marginalization in the former country. In this scenario, the Malaysian government may also be seen to have been challenged.

These incidences are definitely not exhaustive. Nonetheless, they are valuable traces of evidence that help piece together our meta-architectonic cartography of the world.

Centre Of The World

Location of the Centre Of The World has always been a debatable subject in Feng Shui. Its implications are wide, since it is the reference point for making predictions. Some argue that China or Middle Kingdom, where Feng Shui first originated, is the inevitable choice. Others prefer to regard Middle East as the centre, since the region is more characteristic of the element earth, being laden with deserts and rich oil reserves.

Luo Shu chart for Period 8 (2004-2023), 9th solar month 2006

The currrent haze incidences in parts of Southeast Asia seem to support the later. Based on the Luo Shu chart for Period 8 (2004-2023), 2006 sees the 2-Black annual star arriving at the SE sector. In the month of October, which mostly falls within the 9th solar month, SE sector will also experience the much dreaded sickness star 5-Yellow. Now, when 2-5 stars coincide, we can anticipate troubles, may be even disasters.

2-Black is known to physically manifest as clouds or fogs. Combining with base star 7 in the Luo Shu chart, it connotes fire. The phenomenon appears to explain the haze situation.

On a macro-scale, 5-Yellow may bring environmental upsets, eg. heat waves, draughts, earthquakes, typhoons, floods, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, mudflows, etc.. In this Bing Xu (Fire Dog) year, let's hope Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, do not pose further threats.

Hence, Southeast Asia may jolly well be, as the name implies, right in the SE sector. If this is the case, then Middle East will appear more appropriately located as the Centre Of The World.