Tong Shu

Bing Shen 2016

Nohemi Dragonné Fei Xing, Feng Shui, Qi Men Dun Jia, Warcraft , , , , ,

Nunca es tarde para actualizarnos. Una buena parte del año ha pasado ya, pero si es cierto lo que asevera mi buena y nunca bien ponderada amiga Bernice, la información que compartiré con Ustedes no sólo resultará relevante sino que es plenamente vigente porque según los cálculos de la BaZi Queen, la energía del Mono 申 apenas acaba de entrar en acción; hasta el pasado Julio prevalecía la de la Cabra 未. Créanme, esta mujer sabe lo que dice; sugiero que tomen en cuenta su opinión. Me interesa que tengamos una base común, que estemos todos en la misma página cuando hagamos un análisis, por eso les comparto parte del curso que impartí el semestre pasado en la Ciudad de México.

Mise en Place.

1 Desmitifiquemos. «Las estrellas se curan».

No. Las estrellas que vuelan anualmente a los sectores de cualquier propiedad son energía latente y sirven únicamente para saber qué tipo de energía se encuentra localizada en cada área. No es necesario colocar objetos para curar estrellas ni sectores. La razón es muy simple, al Qi no se le modifica con cosas inertes sino con actividad. Bastaría con pasar más tiempo en esos lugares para despertar la energía; mientras más usemos un sector auspicioso mayor impacto tendrá no sólo en el individuo mismo sino en la casa entera. Si es un baño, pues a tomar largas duchas o baños de sales con velas y música de fondo. Maquíllense, rasúrense; coloquen nuevos enseres, reubiquen los actuales, instalen equipos o luminarias; y hasta podrían remodelar completamente en una buena fecha.

A los sectores afligidos los dejamos tranquilitos y los usamos lo menos posible, eso dice la teoría. Pero en la práctica sabemos que eso no siempre se puede; sólo imaginen, ¿Cómo no usar la cocina? si se trata de un restaurante. ¿Qué hacer cuándo a nuestro vecino se le ocurre abrir un hoyo en el jardín del Gran Duque? Cada caso requiere una estrategia diferente, las técnicas que uso para ello son diversas y probablemente trataremos en este foro más de una.

2 Desmitifiquemos. «Los colores importan».

No. Los colores tienen un impacto psicológico sobre la mayoría de las personas, pero no afectan el Feng Shui.

El Feng Shui es una ciencia ambiental; y ese tipo de suerte terrenal deriva del entorno natural o urbano, no de la decoración de los interiores.

3 Desmitifiquemos. «Las estrellas blancas pueden contra la 5».

No. No se jueguen la vida por favor. Sólo muy pocas personas saben cómo manejar la estrella 5 en propio beneficio y casi todas ellas han terminado como gallos de pelea eventualmente ganado la guerra, pero han perdido la batalla en algún momento. Además de conocimiento, experiencia y pericia se requiere un Gua específico y un tipo de personalidad estilo 7K para llevar a cabo con éxito este tipo de manipulaciones.

¿Cómo pinta el 2016?

Suroeste. 8 Recibe la visita de la estrella 8, próspera en este periodo. Imaginen que el hijo pródigo menor llega de visita a la casa de la mamá. Este es uno de los sectores mejor aspectados del año, pero no sólo por la 8, sino por otras razones de mayor peso, incluidas varias relativas al QMDJ.

Este. 9 Púrpura. Una de mis estrellas favoritas, representa ascensos en el trabajo, eventos felices, oportunidades de inversión para adquirir activos. En el Primer Cielo, el Este es el lugar de la 9 lo cual la hace más positiva. El E2 (83°-97°), el Conejo (Mao卯) Hx Arriving 乙(Yi) 卯(Mao) tiene además a uno de los 4 Nobles del año: Dragon Virtue esta estrella representa la habilidad de convertir lo negativo en positivo. Por si esto fuera poco, también tiene Emperor Star y Jade Hall. Quienes tengan una puerta de entrada en el E2 o al Conejo en alguno de sus 4 Pilares gozarán de la protección de estas estrellas durante el año. Su efecto varía dependiendo de qué pilar ocupe, pero aún en caso de choque debido a la constelación actual, podríamos decir que el Conejo la tiene arreglada este año.

Sureste. 1. Otro buen sector. Apoyo de mentores, buenos jefes, médicos, abogados, etc. El SE3 (142°-157°), la Serpiente (Si巳) Hx Big Livestock 壬(Ren) 辰 (Chen) tiene a uno de los 4 Nobles del año: Fortune Virtue esta estrella representa el advenimiento de eventos felices, relaciones interpersonales placenteras y prosperidad entendida como un estado de satisfacción, con lo que se tiene y se ha logrado hasta la fecha, independientemente de que exista dinero de por medio o no. Hay un combo 4/1 Flor de Melocotón en este palacio. Aprovéchenlo todos aquellos que necesiten pasar exámenes, mejorar su desempeño académico, persuadir para vender ideas o productos o para conseguir pareja. En QM este es el mejor sector del año.

Sur:6. Avance profesional, autoridad, liderazgo, poder. Si requieren llevar a cabo, concretar o ejecutar negocios o proyectos, usen este sector. Hay una combinación no tan evidente en el Sur entre el Primer y el Segundo Cielo que forma 10, lo cual potencia los beneficios. Para las personas de Gua 9, romance a la vista.

Noreste: 5. El peor sector del año bajo todos los criterios posibles. Mi vehemente sugerencia es NO ACTIVARLO bajo ningún motivo o pretexto. Hace poco leí que alguien quería activar la 8 mensual en el NE. Dios lo ampare y lo agarre confesado. Recuerdo que JY nos dijo un día en un arranque malévolo que si encontrábamos a alguien que dudara del poder del Feng Shui, le pidiéramos que activara la 5.

Abajo un diagrama que generosamente compartió Lee Eng Tanner en Enero pasado. Y con esto tenemos suficiente para empezar.

Lee Eng Tanner

Breve Introducción al Qí Mén Dùn Jiǎ 奇門 遁甲

Nohemi Dragonné Feng Shui, Qi Men Dun Jia, Warcraft , , , ,

Qí Mén Dùn Jiǎ 奇門 遁甲 es una antigua forma de adivinación utilizada mayormente en China, Taiwán, Singapur y la diáspora china en el sudeste de Asia. Junto con Liu Ren y Tai Yi Shen Shu, el QMDJ forma parte del grupo Sān Shi (三 式), la triada más poderosa de las artes metafísicas chinas.

Cuenta la leyenda que el complejo sistema de QMDJ fue ideado en la Antigua China alrededor de 2697aC – 2597aC. Su objetivo primigenio fue el de determinar estrategias y definir tácticas militares en la corte del Emperador Amarillo Huáng Dì 黃帝/黄 帝. Se trataba de una poderosa herramienta para decidir por ejemplo, cuándo iniciar un ataque o cómo repelerlo. Pero también y sobre todo, para analizar la posición, el estado y las intenciones precisas de su enemigo, un rebelde llamado Chī Yóu 蚩尤.QMDJ CaracteresHoy en día las batallas se libran en otros campos, el de los negocios, la política y las relaciones interpersonales, pero los mismos principios siguen vigentes: es el Arte de la Guerra lo que debemos dominar en una sala de juntas cuando lo que queremos es persuadir, vender una idea, defender una posición y ganar dinero. Y en general, planificar a tiempo y con base segura para vencer obstáculos aparentemente imposibles de salvar y lograr metas personales.

Implementado correctamente el QMDJ representa una ventaja competitiva en cualquier terreno. Aún en cuestiones aparentemente de menor envergadura pero igualmente relevantes como la de programar viajes, inauguraciones, enlaces matrimoniales y antes, para analizar el estado de la relación amorosa. O para saber las posibilidades de éxito de una cirugía y de ahí determinar el mejor tratamiento. También podemos aplicarlo para buscar y encontrar personas u objetos desparecidos y hasta para la resolución de crímenes mayores.

¿Parece que habláramos de una panacea, verdad? Y lo es hasta cierto punto, sólo que su eficacia depende en gran medida de la sensibilidad, de la habilidad individual para descifrar los numerosos escenarios posibles. Y es ahí donde el margen de error puede ser enorme porque para que el QMDJ funcione, debemos ser capaces de discernir cuándo, cómo y dónde se puede aplicar de la manera más eficiente. Pero una vez que comprendemos cómo funciona el sistema y atinamos a decodificarlo correctamente en cada situación, el QMDJ se convierte en magia, puede hacer lo que ningún otro método en Metafísica China: no solamente podemos visualizar el futuro sino que nos permite alterarlo; en otras palabras, no sólo podemos predecir de dónde vendrá la bala sino también saber cómo desviarla.

Inception anyone? Cheers, Nohemi

Qi Men Dun Jia in the Modern Context -Second Part-

Nohemi Dragonné Feng Shui, Qi Men Dun Jia , , , , ,

WHAT IS QI MEN DUN JIA?

For a number of years now, Qi Men Dun Jia has been widely discussed as a much sought after technique in the current metaphysical world. It has grabbed the imagination of both students & practitioners alike. Referred to as the Mysterious Gates Escaping Technique and also sometimes as the 8 Mystical Doorways, by name, no matter, it is still THE hot topic right now, on the top of every discussion list. Till recently, the practice of Qi Men was shrouded in secrecy and the usual intrigue that surrounds the relatively unknown, till Joey Yap simplified it in order to bring it to the Western world.

IS IT SUPERIOR TO THE OTHER SYSTEMS WE ALREADY KNOW?

As a seasoned practitioner, it has taken me a while to understand what magic can actually be achieved by this particular system, and what makes it superior to all the other systems we have been using, very successfully, I may add, for the past 15 years. I have been initially playing with it since November 2013, and now use it daily, for my personal ventures as well as a must in all my consultations.

What I have gathered is that each system has its position in a complex mix of tools that are used to help a client. Every system has its application and uses, and is not replaceable by any other. Used correctly, every system contributes in their own specific way. For instance, traditionally, I used to start any assignment with a BaZi reading to understand where exactly the client stood at that point in time, regardless of their request for a BaZi reading or not. I also looked at the BaZi chart of the hour they arrived. This gave me a fair idea of the nature of the problem and pointed me to the right direction of discussion.

Now I begin by looking at the Qi Men chart for the hour I first connected with them, and so clearly, it points to the area of their problem. Very often, a client comes saying one thing, but the Qi Men says something else, and this is what we are then actually looking at as the main issue. Qi Men can do that better than any other system. While BaZi can lead you to the forest, Qi Men will show you the tree.

IS IT THE SAME AS GOING TO A MASTERY ACADEMY CLASS?

Let me assure you that by no means is my class a substitute for Joey Yap’s classes, which every serious student must attend, if for nothing else, just the sheer magical flow of his chart readings, which clearly put into perspective, how a chart must be read. Nobody can do it like him, and I just hope that you can use the learning of my class, to make things easier when you do attend his classes, some day soon. Meanwhile, what you learn with me will empower you to get the full depth of his teachings as you will then be able to get the finer points of his teachings instead of wrestling with the basics.

WHAT WILL YOUR CLASS TEACH?

My class will do what I do best, clarify the basics, re-affirm the essential understanding, show you HOW to approach each problem and set you well on your way to interpreting a Qi Men chart in whatever application you desire. There are many approaches, and they are all different based on what you want to use it for. Presently there is a lot of confusion on methods and techniques; I will help put it all into perspective. In addition, you will get all your information clearly set out in charts and manuals that make the evaluation of your readings as easy as, well, 123….

Being a full-time practitioner, I will share invaluable information based on my own day-to-day use, practical ways of doing things including my charts and shortcuts, and a bonus, free chart plotting software.

IS QI MEN VERY COMPLICATED?

Yes and no. Now it could be, and after my class NO!

Actually in the beginning, Qi Men can be very intimidating. It doesn’t help, either, when a Qi men chart looks so complicated. It is made up of multiple layers, Initially very intimidating, but once it is actually broken up piecemeal, one can easily understand the chart and interpreting it becomes a breeze.

Needless to say, you need to have a basic working knowledge of the 5 Elements, a little bit of the hexagrams and the stems & the branches. Knowing a few of the Chinese characters always helps. All of the above has been included in the introductory material. Reference manuals will be suggested during the class and as long as you know how to get from point A to point B, (which I will teach you), it is easy enough to use all the Mastery Academy Reference Series manuals, hard or eBooks, to support you. Initially it will be impossible (and unnecessary) to know all this information by heart, but as time goes by, a lot of it will come to you automatically.

While there has been plenty of literature on the subject, the authenticity of the sources is either questionable or simply not easily understood. Just having access to books, or professing knowledge of the Chinese language so as to be able to read them, is not enough to know how to practice Qi Men. (There is no such thing as Chinese language by the way, China has umpteen number of spoken languages, dialects & sub-dialects so much so that someone from one province cannot really understand someone from another province, let alone decipher the contents of ancient volumes). Imagine going to a doctor who studied only by reading books, and never actually went to college, in a language that was not his mother? Get the drift?

Sherry Merchant

Qi Men Dun Jia in the Modern Context -First Part-

Nohemi Dragonné Feng Shui, Qi Men Dun Jia , ,

WHAT IS QI MEN?

Qi Men Dun Jia (simplified Chinese: 奇门遁甲; traditional Chinese: 奇門遁甲; pinyin: Qí Mén Dùn Jiǎ) is an ancient form of divination from China, which is still used in China, Taiwan, Singapore and the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia. Qi Men Dun Jia along with Da Liu Ren and Tai Yi Shen Shu it is one of the collective Three Arts or Three Styles (三式 sān shì), China’s highest metaphysical arts.

Traditionally, Qi Men Dun Jia was a technique broadly applied to varied aspects of day to day life such as business, inaugurations, burials, crime-solving, marriages and matchmaking, medical divination, Feng Shui, military affairs, finding missing people and lost objects, initiating or undertaking travel, personal fortune divination and so on. The original system was devised to help form military strategy and tactics, basically to aid in Warfare, among other things, to decide when to proceed to war, using the “wind on your side” theory, which specified the time and precise direction to proceed to succeed in war after ensuring, with the usage and interpretation of the Qi Men charts, that the “force was with you”.

Today the battlefields translate into boardroom battles and the same principles are used to form strategy to beat the odds in day to day living and business. Correctly implemented, Qi Men can get you places you have never imagined and overcome difficult and seemingly impossible issues with perfect planning.

WHAT EXACTLY CAN QI MEN DO?

Practicing Qi Men successfully involves the understanding of how and where it can be applied efficiently. It is not a panacea for all ills, nor a one-stop shop for all issue solving. However, it can do what no other method of metaphysics can do, see into the future and help you alter the predictable outcome, in short it can not only teach you how to dodge the bullet but also deflect it. You need to understand how exactly the study can be deployed in order for it to help you properly.

While Qi Men is touted as a stand-alone system, in reality, a background of good Feng Shui understanding goes a long way in making your learning much simpler, and the implementation far more efficacious.

It is important to understand where Qi Men can be used and where it cannot. To be a perfect metaphysics practitioner, it is best to use the right tool for the right application. Qi Men cannot do what others methods can and vice versa. While your BaZi can tell you if generally you are in the right zone to say, get married, a quick Qi Men ask can help you decide if a particular girl “is the right one”. Qi Men is chillingly accurate about details, often glossed over in a BaZi chart. You can use it to fine tune actions to very specific outcomes, using direction, timings and tactics. No other practice gives you this level of precision.

On the flip side, use Qi Men to tell you initially if a property is good for you, but do not neglect to use Feng Shui for a proper analysis. In Qi Men Feng Shui, you can “see” a property without actually going there, or you can reasonably get a vision of what the property will bring to you by way of a prediction. This is particularly useful when you are unable to physically visit a site and have to give an instant answer.

HISTORY

Qi Men Dun Jia was in use as long ago as the period of Chinese history known as the Warring States, and is believed by Chinese scholars to have been used at the Battle of Red Cliffs in the defeat of Cao Cao’s ship-borne army. Liu Bowen is believed to have secured the throne for the Ming dynasty’s Hongwu Emperor by applying Qi Men Dun Jia to his strategic planning.

Over the centuries of Chinese history, Qi Men Dun Jia grew in popularity and was expanded to include a number of other types of divination, including medical divination, matchmaking, childbirth, travel, personal fortunes, and today includes contemporary applications, most notably, that of business and finance. Today Qi Men Dun Jia is especially popular in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong & Taiwan and surreptitiously in mainland China, and in some other nations of Southeast Asia.

HOW DO WE USE QI MEN DUN JIA?

Essentially, Qi Men Dun Jia is based on astronomical observations, and consists of various aspects of Chinese metaphysics, relying heavily on:

  • The doctrines of yin and yang,
  • The study of the five elements,
  • Understanding of the eight trigrams,
  • The Ten Heavenly Stems
  • The Twelve Earthly Branches,
  • The twenty-four solar terms or seasons
  • 28 constellations.

These concepts will be explored in detail in the next posts, so its not required to panic and faint at this stage.

Understanding Qi Men begins with a look at the Qi Men Dun Jia chart or “cosmic board” that consists of a 3 X 3 magic square of nine palaces, also known commonly as a LUO SHU. This diagram consists of a basic chart of 9 squares which are then loaded, layer by layer by information that include:

  • Heaven plate or heaven pan containing Stems
  • Earth plate or Earth pan, also containing stems
  • A spirit pan, also known as the 10 DEITIES
  • The eight gates more commonly known as the 8 DOORS
  • The star pan also known as the 9 stars
  • The elements of the Luo Shu are also to be considered.
  • Flying stars that appear as a single number in the chart.
  • Death & Emptiness (DE)
  • Horse Star (HS)
  • 7 star power
  • Structures

Some of these layers have elements and some don’t. It is important to remember this during analysis but don’t worry it is easy. You will be given each and every diagram that you will ever need.

These “pans” referred to are sets or layers of information also known as “plates” or in simple terms “layers”. The various symbols rotate around the palaces with each double hour, (one Chinese hour = two hours as we know them) either following the Luoshu path or the leaning palace method in yin or yang order. Skip this part if it sounds complicated, it is not relevant as you will be given the charts as required.

The above combinations of various “pans” and hours give you 1080 possible configurations that repeat in a predetermined pattern. This implies that every two hours you get a different predictable chart, one of the 1080 referred to above. These charts are characterised or identified by a series of descriptions starting with a Yin or a Yang, a number from 1-9 and finally by the hour, that uniquely identify each chart.

The Chinese hour is actually 120 minutes of two of the hours as we know them, hence we end up with a total of 1,080 different configurations which are commonly referred to as the 54 Yin and 540 Yang charts. These charts can describe (provided you know how to interpret them, which is the point of his course) situations (also known as «ju»)and are recycled four times per year, and are divided between the Yin and Yang halves of the year.

  • The Yang charts begin from 21 or 22 December (Winter Solstice) until 21/22 June of the following year.
  • The Yin charts follow starting from the 21/22 of June until 21/22 December of that year.

Each type of Qi Men Dun Jia divination carries its unique set of “Use Spirits”(Yong Shen). For example, medical divination relies mainly upon the Tian Rui Star, the Tian Xin Star, and Yi Qi. The task of the Qi Men Dun Jia analyst is to interpret and analyse the meanings of the symbols in relation to questions asked. Any Qi Men Dun Jia ju may be interpreted or analysed to respond to a wide variety of questions, or to solve a multitude of problems.

Qi Men Dun Jia is rooted in non-western concepts of time, where time takes on qualities and characteristics, and one segment of time is not necessarily comparable with another. The analyst makes reference to the configuration of the cosmic board at the time when a question is posed, or for birth times of individuals or corporate entities, such as businesses or nations. At times, the same or very similar configurations of the cosmic board will appear in relation to the same series of questions or problems.

A warning: Before embarking on any Qi Men studies, I would advise you to get some basic information under your belt. If you are armed with some background information, you will effortlessly understand what is going on in class. For those who sign up for my class, I have created a primer to take you through a few metaphysical terms and concepts to make you familiar with the system. For the first timer, in Qi Men terms, a stem is definitely not what appears on a plant and words like palace may sound like a royal residence when in fact it refers to one of the nine boxes in a Luo Shu, and a Luo Shu is…. well never mind, wait for the next posts.

Sherry Merchant