Taboo to move in during Chinese 7th Month?
For the benefit of those not familiar with Chinese culture, Chinese 7th Month is commonly known as Hungry Ghosts’ Month mainly because there is a practice to make spiritual offerings during that particular month to ghosts.
I am not too sure how this culture came about but it is widely believed by those Chinese that ghosts are let out to roam the streets during this 7th month. That is why offerings are made to the ghosts to keep them occupied so that they are too busy to “disturb” humans.
As such, the 7th month is widely believed by Chinese to be inauspicious month so much so that any happy events like marriage and moving in to a new abode are seldom planned for the 7th month.
In the Fengshui arena, date selection requests for marriage and moving in to new abode are common. Now, are the 7th month also taboo in Fengshui date selection perspective for such activities?
The answer is a NO. There are equal probabilities of good dates in the 7th month as with the rest of the months. In any case, ghosts that are let out in the 7th month are, according to a Taoist priest, are those that are let out from the hades during that particular month and will be summoned back after the month ends and logically not linger in your house.
So, a little bit of research and common sense helps in decision making!
2 Responses to “Taboo to move in during Chinese 7th Month?”
August 10th, 2010 at %1:%Aug %p
how about going for surgery….is it advisable to do it during the chinese 7th month?
August 10th, 2010 at %1:%Aug %p
I am not an expert in Religious or Taoism practices. However, a greater part of Chinese 7th month falls in a month whereby Bazi theories indicate slightly higher likelihood of accidents. To the more risk-adverse people, they may want to avoid it. To others, the slightly higher likelihood is not going to be a deterrent.
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