http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1357743/Cancer-stricken-Apple-boss-Steve-Jobs-just-weeks-live.html

I will try my hand at predicting the outcome to this news

Steve Jobs is the subject and in the same palace resides Kai Men 开门 Open Gate and Tian Zhu 天柱 Heaven Pillar which signifies he is undergoing operation.  Inside this palace there are signs also of affliction with cancer. 

Sickness star is strong.  Another star indicates it is an ailment related to one of the eating organ.  Is pancreas related to this?  Unfortunately where Chinese Medicine is concerned, pancreas is an alien concept and it is something more common in the arena of Western Medicine.

Subject is also housed with Sheng Men 生门 (Prosperous Gate), Tian Peng 天蓬·（Heaven Vigor) and Liu He 六合 (Six Combinations).  He is operated by a team of surgeons, still in relatively strong position although there is also signs that his life may be seized away.  It is also being clashed by Death Gate 死门, further signs of doom beckoning.  Subject is in strong position so likelihood he is still not dying as yet.

Currently, the time is still in the Yang Dun阳遁, while the Sickness Star and Gui stem is in Yin Dun阴遁.  Hence, there is a likelihood that his death will not be a swift one.  The only inconsistent signal to these arguments is that Yi stem is also in the Yang Dun.  I hope the date of birth obtained from the internet is accurate, otherwise it may throw a spanner in the works of this prediction.

http://fengshuiforward.com/396/apple-rises-to-become-no-1-tech-firm/

The doctor star is in strong position in the chart.  Hence, this is another indication that Steve Jobs may not go in a short time.
I believe Steve Jobs is likely to pass away in the sixth month (7th July – 8th august 2011) of the Chinese Calendar.

Disclaimer : – This prediction is done solely for the purpose of the practice of the Chinese Divination method and any reliance upon this prediction by readers is at their own risk without any form of recourse whatsoever to Fengshuiforward Forum, Fengshuiforward Blog and Ken.  Incomplete information, which includes lack of a credible source providing the birth information of Steve Jobs, may render the prediction imprecise.

For more detailed analysis, visit: http://fengshuiforward.com/forum/index.php?topic=2446.msg17279;topicseen#msg17279

I obtain the following I-ching 易经 Oracle:

 　火地晋　　　水山蹇　　火雷噬嗑　　　水天需　　地火明夷

     Advance          Trapped      Larynx Congestion　　　　
　　▆▆▆▆▆　　　▆▆　▆▆　　　▆▆▆▆▆　　　▆▆　▆▆　　　▆▆　▆▆
体　▆▆　▆▆　　　▆▆▆▆▆　　　▆▆　▆▆　　　▆▆▆▆▆　　　▆▆　▆▆
　　▆▆▆▆▆　　　▆▆　▆▆　　　▆▆▆▆▆　　　▆▆　▆▆　　　▆▆　▆▆
　　▆▆　▆▆　　　▆▆▆▆▆　　　▆▆　▆▆　　　▆▆▆▆▆　　　▆▆▆▆▆
用　▆▆　▆▆　　　▆▆　▆▆　　　▆▆　▆▆　　　▆▆▆▆▆　　　▆▆　▆▆
　　▆▆　▆▆　动　▆▆　▆▆　　　▆▆▆▆▆　　　▆▆▆▆▆　　　▆▆▆▆▆

Originating Hexagram  Process Hex   Resultant Hex
　　　[本卦]　　　[互卦]　　[变卦]　　　[错卦]　　　[综卦]

Excerpt of our conversation is as follows:

Friend says:

Good or bad for this split.  i m lost now

We have different perspective

Ken says:

Actually the divination looks favorable to me

Although the start and process is uncomfortable

Friend says:

This means?

Means split is good?

Ken says:

Yes

Friend says:

I knew it should be good.

But i find very tough process…

12yrs business ; 28 yrs friendship.

Ken says:

The first gua name is 晋

This means you are advancing actually

Friend says:

What does it mean?

Ken says:

It means the step is advancement for you

The end gua says 噬嗑

This means you will feel like something stuck in your throat

Friend says:

Advancing mean i am moving forward..is that what you meant?

Ken says:

Yes

This also means you got to be patient and bear with it

Friend says:

What does it mean to be patient.. does it mean don’t split??

Ken says:

No

Friend says:

Ken; you know what?

Ken says:

I mean patient as in the process of splitting you got to be patient as it will even be more unbearable

You must also summon the resolve to remove the choke in your throat

Friend says:

I’m not sure..that subconciously that i always wanted to leave..this partnership..but somehow it became more powerful that it takes off…eventually

Friend says:

I begin to see things i don’t like…; and i felt i have prejudice..

And for all this reason..I felt that i always trying to find a reason to split it

But if i don’t split this …is very unbearable..because he is not focus with business

Ken says:

I do hope i am giving the correct advice for good karma

Friend says:

Yes; you are; actually i knew the answer; but i need affirmation and have been dragging over

I know i want a partner who has the same perspective with me

Last time he was..few years ago..he changed.

I felt exhausted

Next yr…i have HO/DO 伤官/正官..

In Ziwei紫薇 ..is Wen Chang Hua Ji 文昌化忌?

Ken says:

And i remember your Wen Chang 文昌in quite strategic position of your Zi Wei Dou Shu 紫微斗数 chart

Friend says:

My partner in Ding Hai 丁亥Day master. snake year

Friend says:

Anyway is ok..since we have decided.

He banged the table and just walk out

Ken says:

To me benefit you more from the split

Friend says:

Ken..why you said that?

Ken says:

I just see your respective position in the Qi Men Dun Jia 奇门遁甲 chart

Ken says:

Calm down

Life will always have ups and downs

时间：2010年10月07日11时56分
农历：庚寅年八月三十日午时
干支：庚寅　乙酉　庚寅　壬午
旬空：午未　午未　午未　申酉
白露：2010年09月08日02时41分
秋分：2010年09月23日11时48分

秋分：下元　　壬午时旬首为己
阴遁四局　值符天冲落九宫　值使伤门落四宫
┌─────────┬────────┬─────────┐
│　　螣蛇　　│　　值符　　│　　九天　　│
│　　伤门　癸│　　杜门　己│　　景门　戊│
│　　天任　戊│　　天冲　壬│　　天辅　庚│
├─────────┼────────┼─────────┤
│　　太阴　　│　　　　　　│　　九地　　│
│　　生门　辛│　　　　　　│　　死门　壬│
│　　天蓬　己│　　　　　乙│　　天英　丁│
├─────────┼────────┼─────────┤
│　　六合　　│　　白虎　　│　　玄武　　│
│　　休门　丙│　　开门　丁│乙　惊门　庚│
│　　天心　癸│　　天柱　辛│禽　天芮　丙│
└─────────┴─────────┴────────┘

With such sky high transacted prices, that has caused some anxiety among home buyers.  I received an earnest request of advice of how to proceed with their property purchase back in April this year.  Being able to empathize with their worry, I set out to give them good advice, with the use of my arrays of tools in Chinese Metaphysics.

Then I decided on employing Qi Men Dun Jia (”QMDJ”, Mysterious Door) divination method as it is precise.  After the Qi Men Dun Jia chart is erected, the results suggested that the purchase should only be made after the Chinese 7th month.  I conveyed the message to the requestor and then he took the leap of faith in my QMDJ divination and shelf his plan to purchase a property until August, the Chinese 7th month.

Those of you living in Singapore would have known by now that last week on 30 August 2010 (within the last week of the Chinese 7th month), the Singapore government announced a series of drastic measures to cool the red hot property market.  The result of which has prompted many real estate experts to confidently predict that a huge volume of the property prices should come down quite a fair bit.  If that’s not enough to convince readers, please refer to the attached front page of a newspaper article following up on the sentiments in property market after the announcement.

After the announcement was made, I exchange text messages with the requestor.  You can see for yourself from the screen shot how happy he is with my advice.

Today I received a series of text messages on my mobile phone from my brother.  He was updating me an important appointment he had for the day.  Out of curiousity, I plotted the Qi Men Dun Jia chart to predict how the important event panned out for him. 

In fact a Qi Men Dun Jia chart can tell more than just the event I am divining.  It basically can tell everything about the environment of the diviner and the divinee.  I noticed something in this Qi Men Dun Jia Chart and spontaneously asked him if he is experiencing some form of stomach problem or upset.  His feedback was negative.  I did not pursue it further.  But some 20minutes later, he send me a text message again to ask how I managed to foresee his stomach problem because he just felt the discomfort in his stomach.

The power of Qi Men Dun Jia divination!

Qi men Dun Jia is often regarded as one of the three prized metaphysics knowledge in imperial China together with Da Liu Ren and Tai Yi Shen Shu. Because of the success in using Qi Men Dun Jia in military operations, the system of Qi men Dun Jia was regarded by the Imperial house as a closely guarded knowledge and known only to a few. Often, this system of Chinese Metaphysics is usually associated with great Chinese military strategists like Jiang Ziya (11th century B.C), Zhang Liang(3rd century B.C) and Zhuge Liang ( 3rd century B.C).

 Qi men Dun Jia is literally translated as ‘concealing the marshall’. The word ‘qi’ refers to the three heavenly stems yi(symbol of Sun), bing(symbol of Moon) and ding(symbol of star). Yi would be best represented by the military strategist whose role will be to advise the marshall on tactical warefare. Bing would be referred to as the warrior within the camp. His main duty will be to protect the marshall and organise the troops. Ding is the logistic officer and his duties are of prime important to the whole army if they were to fight a prolonged battle.’Men’ (gates) refers to the three auspicious gates; open gate, rest gate and life gate among eight main gates. ‘Dun Jia’ would refer to protecting the Marshall Jia wood from the evil enemy Geng Metal.

A text knowned as  ’Huandi Yin Fu Jing’ was later incoporated by a Ming scholar into a book known as ‘Dun Jia Yan Yi’ and later compiled in the ‘Qingding Siku Quanshu’(Qing dynasty). In the book, the origin of Qi Men Dun Jia is attributed to the legendary Yellow Emperor. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor was engaged in a battle with another tribe leader called Chi You. However, Yellow Emperor was unable to defeat his enemy in several attempts. It was only when he received a secret military art from a godness that he managed to defeat Chi You. After the great battle ended, the Yellow emperor instructed his minister Feng Hou to compile the secret military art into the system of Qi men Dun Jia.

As we can see, Qi men Dun Jia is an art closely related to military operations. Although, modern military science has advanced, the great knowledge of Qi men Dun Jia has not become obsolete . It is very common nowadys to find the use of Qi Men Dun Jia in the business world, education, fengshui as well as many other fields. Hence, Qi Men Dun Jia  still thrive among our modern society although its usage has varied from its original intention.

Finally! Red Cliff (II) has hit the movie Screens in Singapore!  I have to admit sheepishly that the number of movies I have watched in a year is countable with my fingers.  Yet this is one such movie I am awaiting with rushing adrenaline for its launch. 

Well that’s because I am an avid fan of The Romance of the 3 Kingdoms and Chinese Metaphysics too!  I have already read the novel but yet can barely conceal my excitement over the chance to watch the Red Cliff (II) which is based on The Chronicles of the 3 Kingdoms, a variant of The Romance of the 3 Kingdoms. 

One of the most talked about battle in either versions of the novel would be The Battle of the Red Cliffs.  In this battle, warlord Cao Cao is leading his troops southwards to invade the land occupied by warlord Sun Quan.  Cao Cao’s troops outnumber those of Sun Quan and warlord Liu Bei combined by many times.  Hence, Sun Quan and Liu Bei were in an alliance to ward off the troops of Caqo Cao.  In the runup to this lendendary battle, Liu Bei’s wise advisor Zhuge Liang was at Sun Quan’s camp to work out strategies of the alliance and warding off Cao Cao’s troops.  The allies had devised an ingenious fire warfare to attack Cao Cao’s troops but what is not in their favor is that the North and North-Easterly winds at that time of the year means that shooting fire arrows will only result in the fire arrows turning back by the winds to burn themselves!  It was the proverbial “almost but not yet ready”. 

In either versions of the novel, there is not much variation in the classic scene of the legendary Zhuge Liang concocting his trick of borrowing Easterly & South-Eastly winds  to aid the allies.  Zhu Ge Liang volunteered to perform a ritual to the Heaven to borrow Easterly & South-Easterly wind.  While the rest of the people in their alliance could not believe he has the power to ask for winds from the Heaven, nonetheless, they can only pin their hope on it because there is no way they could have ward off Cao Cao’s troops without the success of the fire warfare.  Eventually Zhu Ge Liang succeeded and they successfully defeated Cao Cao’s troops to a hasty retreat.

While it seemed inconceivable how Zhuge Liang had the supernatural power to borrow winds from Heaven, there were clues abound the novel that he what he really did was to practice Chinese Metaphysics or more precisely Qi Men Dun Jia to an alarming level of accuracy and confidence.

We will be releasing our analysis of the event on why we believe he had used Qi Men Dun Jia to achieve this feat at our forum : http://fengshuiforward.com/forum/index.php/topic,669.0.html

Stay tuned.