Trump set to ruffle feathers in his 1st year as president
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HONG Kong geomancers predict 2017, the Year of the Rooster, will be marked by arguments and aggression.
With US President Donald Trump at the top of the pecking order, the volatile traits of the rooster — combined with the year’s signature element of fire — mean rocky times ahead, particularly in the Western world, according to feng shui masters.
“The rooster likes to pick fights, loves to have verbal arguments and is combative,” said Hong Kong soothsayer Thierry Chow.
Trump’s inauguration was met with mass protests in the US and he has already riled China, prompting fears of a trade war between the world’s top two economies.
Chow predicted he would ruffle more feathers in his first year as US president. “There will be a lot of strikes and even riots,” he said.
Although born in the Year of the Dog, Trump can afford to be cocky due to his flock of faithful followers and his personal bazi element of earth, which is compatible with the fire element defining 2017.
According to the philosophy of feng shui, all events are dictated by the varying balances in the five elements that make up the universe — metal, wood, water, fire and earth.
Bazi are fate-setting traits linked to the time and date of a person’s birth.
“The year will have all these elements, these people, these things and environment which will help him personally as a president,” said Chow.
Celebrity feng shui master Alion Yeo said that the US economy would benefit due to the rooster’s signature element of metal, which also represents money and stocks. “Trump’s bazi shows he will be prosperous, so the US stock market will perform well in 2017,” Yeo said.
But Trump’s good luck will only be temporary, he said, as the elements turn against him in future years. “He will have a good run in 2017, but this won’t be the case for 2018 (the Year of the Dog),” Yeo said.
Feng shui, literally “wind-water,” is influential in many parts of Asia, where people adjust their lives and carefully position items in offices and homes to maximize their luck and wealth.
Practitioners of the ancient philosophy were highly sought-after by Chinese dynastic rulers as far back as 1,000 years ago.
“One traditional method was to shake three coins in a turtle shell and see which way they fell in order to judge important topics, including picking dates for marriage or how to fight a major battle,” said Yeo.
He still rolls coins to make predictions but uses a cup not a turtle shell.
Yeo said the world will be like a “sick ox” in 2017, with an even less favorable outlook than tumultuous 2016.
“It can barely even get up to eat the grass around it,” he said, adding that Europe will fare particularly badly.
The rooster’s metal element signifies Western countries, especially Europe, and will come under pressure from the year’s fire element, he said.
Brexit and the refugee crisis will drive more chaos for the continent in 2017, said Chow, who makes her predictions based on constellation positions.
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