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The following is an excerpt from Master Simon Wong's comprehensive 2005 Feng Shui book |
15th Jan - Thanking the Kitchen God
18th Jan - Clean and decorate the house
Below we have listed the essential things that you should do to ensure good fortune and prosperity in the coming year. Most western people will not believe in these Chinese Customs, so this section will mainly be of interest to Chinese people.
However Master Wong advises that they are based on Chinese Astrology and therefore they do work. They work by using the different types radiation emitted by each planet in the solar system.
Although invisible to the naked eye scientists have been able to produce spectacular multicoloured pictures of this ultraviolet radiation.
Various western superstitions work in the same way. For instance hanging a horse shoe above your door will bring good luck or finding a four leaved clover gives good luck.
It is important to realise the difference between science and psychology. Feng Shui is purely scientific, however a positive mind can also increase the good effects of Feng Shui. Even if people live in a place with good Feng Shui, if they are always thinking negative thoughts they will still cause themselves problems.
The Year God needs to be changed on the 2nd of February (24th December on the Chinese calendar). The suitable times for this are between 9am - 1pm and 5pm - 9pm. To do this you need the Year God talisman.
In Chinese Astrology, Chicken people coincide with the Year God (jupiter) this year. This means that they they get the full effect of the negative influence of Jupiter and may have more trouble than usual this year. This is entirely scientific, based on the planetary radiation in relation to your own. It is a Chinese custom to treat the Year God like a King. Therefore if you try to sit on the King’s throne, you can expect trouble!
Also against the Year God in 2005 are Rabbit people, and to a lesser degree, Horse and Rat people.
In Master Wong’s experience, particularly when combined with other negative astrological influences, it can be fatal. Statistically more people suffer from health problems, have accidents, court cases and die when they are against the Year God.
Anyone against the Year God should go to their nearest temple and put their name on the Year God shrine. This is the traditional Chinese way of reducing the negative influence of the planet Jupiter and at the same time offering yourself greater spiritual protection. As mentioned, those directly against the Year God will also require a talisman to carry with them.
If you cannot get to a temple, Master Wong can empower a Taoist talisman to reduce the negative effects of ‘The Year God’. If your local temple doesn't have a shrine for the Year God, send your name and a donation to our temple, Jen Wai Tong. We would be able to help you because we have the Year God shrine. When doing this a donation is offered to pay your respects to the Buddha for giving you protection.
Send your request to: Jen Wai Tong at Suite 7, 87 Great Eastern St, London EC2A 3HY, UK enclosing a stamped addressed envelope and donation (by obligation).
Even when you are on the Year God shrine and have a talisman, don’t expect that you will have no problems. You should try not to rush whenever possible, and not take any unnecessary risks. However it is worth remembering that without this protection those problems would have been a lot worse. For example it might mean the difference between being knocked over by a bus and being knocked over by a bicycle!
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A suitable time to thank tthe Kitchen God is 7th February 2005 (29th December according to the Chinese calendar). The best time to do this will be between 9am - 11am, 1pm - 3pm and 7pm - 11pm.
There is a legend that the Kitchen God is from the Jade Emperor. He comes down to peoples houses and checks on what things they are doing. It is his job subsequently to report back to the Jade Emperor when their punishment or reward will be decided. If they do good things, they will receive a reward, if they do bad things, they will be punished.
These are the offerings for the Kitchen God :
a) 3 amber incense sticks
b) 2 red candles
c) 3 small cups of chinese tea
d) 3 small cups of rice wine
e) 1 pair of chopsticks
f) 8 fruits (Eg. 8 oranges, 8 apples, 4 apples or 4 pears etc)
g) 8 sweets
h) vegetarian dish of fried vegetables
i) spiritual money paper
j) 8 mochi (glutinous rice cakes), plain or with sweet fillings. These are
offered to the Kitchen God so that when he tastes the sweet cake, he will say
some sweet things about the family to the Jade Emperor. (This sounds a little
bit like a bribe!)
This is the order for the ceremony of making offerings to the Kitchen
God:
a) set up a small shrine for the Kitchen God in the kitchen. Make sure that:
• it is not near any doors or windows (so the chi will not escape)
• it is not under any pillars
• it is not facing the door (the chi will be too strong)
• it is not facing the toilet
• it is not facing anything with sharp angles or corners
• it is not positioned under the stairs
• it is not positioned with the stairs behind it.
By avoiding these 7 problems you will ensure that the shrine is much more effective.
These are Feng Shui tips that will help in setting up any type of shrine.
b) put the offerings in front of the small shrine
c) light the 2 red candles
d) light the amber incense and put them in the incense holder
e) visualise the offerings multiplying to fill up the whole sky
f) place your hands palms together and make a number of wishes eg. for the
business to be successful, good relationships, good health, no accidents whatsoever
etc.
g) burn the money paper. That is the end of the ceremony.
The 7th February is the best time to clean and decorate your house (29th December on the Chinese calendar,). The best time to start is 3am - 5am, 9am - 11am, 1pm - 3pm and 7pm - 9pm.
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