Feng Shui: Past, Present and Future

Feng Shui: Past, Present, and Future

Many people know that the art and science of feng shui has a predictive quality to it. A consultant, such as I can evaluate a home and determine when something might happen to the occupants based on the “feng shui” of the environment. As an example, a house might be generally considered lucky for attracting career opportunities to the occupants, but in a certain year that same good energy might be muted or sabotaged.

Another example of timing in conjunction with location could be a scenario where in certain years the occupant might succumb to illness.

But feng shui calculations and predictions, though general, can also interpret circumstances or events on a larger scale. We live in what might be referred to as “20- Year Eras” and these eras are associated with the classical trigrams from the I-Ching, also used for every day feng shui diagnosis. These trigram represent parts of the body, different types of people, as well as elements.

From 1984-2003, that was a 20-Year Era called “Construction Cycle 7.” Construction cycle 7 is related to the Tui trigram and that is connected to the mouth and the breasts as body parts. In that era, feng shui experts found it amusing that the development of the cell phone and the internet came into our everyday lives and revolutionized the way people communicate and do business. The Tui trigram is symbolic of the mouth, so all things related to communication, talking and gossip became more prevalent in that era. Didn’t it seem like everyone had a talk show or was confessing their “diseases” or demons on a talk show? Wasn’t it ironic that every president in United States history has had a mistress, but Bill Clinton got caught? (Think: gossip and the mouth).

Also relevant to that scandal was Monica Lewinsky’s youth. The Tui trigram is symbolic of young, flirtatious girls. The porn industry drives the internet and that is the perfect alliance of sex and hi-tech inventions such as the cell phone and the internet. Note that breast augmentation surgery went main stream in the last era, even as high school seniors requested boob jobs as graduation presents.

The current 20-Year Era is from 2004-2023. This is Construction Cycle 8, associated with the Ken Trigram. The Ken trigram is symbolic of the bones, muscles, and the hands and fingers in particular. In terms of family members, Ken is representative of a youthful male, as compared to the last era associated with a young girl.

What we can expect to see more of in this current 20-Year Era is inventions related to artificial limbs, robots for personal and professional use as well as remote surgeries performed by en electronically controlled hand. It is the age of the young man so we will see younger world leaders or younger men having more control. Bill Gates was considered very young when he founded Microsoft and we will see more young men with enormous wealth and influence in this current era.

And what about the future? Construction Cycle 9 will be the 20-Year Era of 2024-2044. The Li trigram is associated with the eyes and heart. Perhaps we will see medical breakthroughs regarding heart disease and vision. The Li trigram is also symbolic of the fire element which is connected to aviation. Travel
will take on a whole new dimension as people move toward personal aircrafts (think the Jetsons—it’s coming.) And finally, the Li trigram represents the middle-aged woman. We can look forward to a more matriarchal world with more female world leaders.