Some of you may think it is no big deal given that there are some write ups in the market on what are the tell-tale signs in a Bazi or ZWDS chart of a gay.  However, having research extensively these writeups in the market, I remain convinced the authors of these writeups made little headway in the technique of determining a gay Bazi or ZWDS chart.  The reason for my saying so is because they use very general rules like “overly Yang or overly Yin Bazi” or “Yang star in the Self Palace of a female ZWDS chart or Yin star in the Self Palace of a male ZWDS chart.  This is like the chef proclaiming he can whip up a dish of Indian curry because he can best describe the dish as spicy – the fundamental description is right but vague and does nothing to suggest the efficacy of the sayer.

Bazi and ZWDS originated from ancient China whereby homosexuality does not exist or is not known to exist.  Naturally, there are no classical text from the forefathers of Bazi and ZWDS that touch on determining homsexuality from their respective astrological charts.  However, the principles of these arts are applicable in the modern society as well.  What is required, is for a practitioner of these arts that are able to apply the principles of these 2 arts in the modern context by thorougly understanding the principles behind rather than by memorizing classical texts of these arts by hard.

There are some Bazi and ZWDS practitioners that staunchly takes the view that being gay is an acquired lifestyle because in the Bazi and Zi Wei Dou Shu clearly divides the line between Yin and Yang and therefore gay-ism (whereby Yin and Yang are mixed) does not conform to the laws of nature.  Likewise the staunchest of followers of religion will also take the stand that homosexuality is not inborn because their gods will not have in their blueprint, gays that are neither end of the sexuality spectrum.

For those that are practising Bazi or ZWDS and takes the view that gay-ism is an acquired lifestyle (because Yin and Yang are distinct) can do better with understanding the classical phrase in our study of “in every Yin there is Yang, in every Yang, there is Yin).  If homosexuality is not inborn, we will never be able to determine it from the astrological (ie Bazi and Zi Wei Dou Shu) charts of gays.  Having analysed the astrological charts of many celebrity and non-celebrity gays, I am convinced that my self-developed methods of determining gay-ism from the astrological charts are accurate.

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!

In my previous post on how buddhism win the hearts of the chinese part-1, we discussed about the reason why Buddhism was not accepted by the Chinese society. One interesting denial of Buddhism came from the Confucians as they argued that Buddhism drained the people of their all too inadequate funds and made them crave for what they are not destined to have, and that it undermined the social order by destroying families through monastic celibacy. They also reason that Buddhism undermined the state by wothdrawing monks and nuns from productive economic life (exemption from tax) as well as military conscription.

Conflict between the state and religion was an issue early in Chinese history but in the late Han dynasty, governments became so weak that Buddhists found it easy to maintain the independence of their monks from the earthy authority. However, it was not until the six dynasties period (epoch after the fall of later Han dynasty) that Buddhism came to establish its foothold in China. During this period, foreign powers and influences Chinese civilisation as invaders overran North China.

 North China, the heartland of the Chinese empire, was completely overrun by the ‘barbarians’ from outside China. South China, been incapable of restoring imperial unity, could not resist the entry of foreign religion and philosophy into China. This was also the period whereby Buddhism became widespread as the foreigner rulers were less resistance to Buddhism. (as a variant of Taoism since it has a magical appeal to the barbarian rulers)

The whole epoch from the 4th to 9th century is called the’ Buddhist age of both Chinese and Asian history. It was this period of time whereby Buddhism was embraced by the whole of Asian continent(except Siberia and West Asia). The Barbaric invasion of Chinese Empire is similar to what the Rome Empire experienced when they became completely destroyed. What is different is that the Chinese Empire managed to recover from the setback . We will leave this topic to another day.

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Do you know how Buddhism gain entry into China? Afterall, we all know that Buddhism originated in India and that Confucian and Taoism were seen as the major philosophical traditions in China then.

Buddhism did not win favor and flourish in china without opposition as many aspects of Buddhist teachings were at odds with the evolved nature of Chinese. Buddhism pessimism about the worldly life conflicted with Chinese familism and views about social harmony.

One of the more bizarre aspects of Buddhist history in China is the long controversy that raged between Buddhists and Taoists over the birth time of Buddha(Buddhism founder) and Lao-Tzu (Taoist founder). In India, little attention was paid to historical recording and hence, the life of Buddha was mostly guesswork. Even whether a person named Lao-Tzu ever existed was full of suspicion. Both camps responded to each others’ attacks by reassigning the birth date of their founders to even earlier dates. (Wonder if they took account of the structure of the bazi lol)

Confucians were more rational of their criticisms of Buddhism. They were against the Indian notion of karma which has invalidated by the Chinese doctrine of the Mandate of Heaven. (See the influence of Indian culture on the Chinese? We use the term karma quite often today!)

So how did Buddhism fights its way to the heart of the Chinese? I shall continue the story in my next post….

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Yet, it is bad news when it also mean that some have abandoned their original faith. It appears that Taoism has been the most affected religion given that many of the younger believers consider the faith as supersitious. The misconception here is that Taoists need to pray to the numerous mythological Gods and adhere to strict rituals and chanting. As someone interested in chinese Metaphyics, arts and culture, I am very affected by this thought and would like to share with you the actual practise of Taoism. ( I am a Catholic if readers may like to know) 

The foundation of Taoism is ascribed to two mystics known as Lao Tsu and Chuang Tze (lived during 6th and 4th centuries b.c) Tao de Ching was believed to be written by Lao Tsu and the writtings voice a growing concern of worldly values. In the writtings, the inherent weakness of human emotion and their human judgement are questioned. In fact, Taoism can be said to be a constrast to the political and social ideas of the authoritarian or Confucian writers of that era. In fact, many confucian scholars have turned to Taoism during the Song dynasty when the country was constantly engaged in wars and politics. Famous poet like Li Bai considered themselves as Taoist and they live a secular life embracing arts and calligraphy.

Taoists constantly observe the nature to seek answers to solve problems inherent in the cosmic order and they often adopt a rational approach to these issues. In fact, the scientific searches of the Taoist naturalists could well have contributed to the study of the problems in physics and chemistry! One school of thoughts introduce by Taoism is the Yin Yang theory which is an atempt to explain the principles of cosmic creation and destruction. It was done so through the cyclic interaction of the five material elements of the material world ( Water, fire,wood,metal and earth) with the natural and complementary forces of Yin and Yang. And the principles of Chinese Metaphysics is based on this simple theory.

But, the yin yang theory had been abused as a political tool and it has departed far from a path that might led to rational and scientific investigation over the course of history.Furthermore, popular leaders were always ready to exploit the supersitiuos tendencies of the Chinese public by incoporating magical powers as part of the cult of Lao Tzu. This was especially popular with established government usurpers claiming authority or leaders of rebel groups have tried to associate themselves with taoist practises in a way to reach out to the public. Having said that, the established authority of the Chinese empires in the past have always regard Confucianism as the country faith and hence frowned on the cults since their practices were at a sharp contrast to the forms and orders of a disciplined society.

Hence, my conclusion is that we should  seek to understand the world and its meaning first before  making any choice in life. Sometimes, there is a likely hood of religious groups  relying on mass media in a way to gain more followers. Does more followers mean that a particular religion is the better choice? Sometimes, the harder thing in life is to learn how to let go. And for a taoist,  this is their way…