Feng Shui Concepts
2012 Global Forecast
 
By Jenny T. Liu, M.A.

There is a lot of buzz about 2012 being a climactic year of change. I believe that there is
a higher purpose to the chaos and suffering is happening in the world. The current crises mark the end of archaic ways and make way for new consciousness.

The great evolutionary teacher, Barbara Marx Hubbard, describes crisis as birthing. At the juncture of birth, mother and child are at a critical point of survival.

Similarly, earth and its inhabitants are at this same critical point. The crises we experience are essential to growth and evolution. This brings to mind a meaningful story my sister shared with me.

A man found the cocoon of a butterfly.
One day a small opening appeared.
He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours
as it struggled to squeeze its body through the tiny hole.
Then it stopped, as if it couldn’t go further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly.
He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bits of cocoon.
The butterfly emerged easily but it had a swollen body and shriveled wings.
The man continued to watch it, expecting that any minute the wings would enlarge
and expand enough to support the body
Neither happened!
In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling.
It was never able to fly.
What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand:
The restricting cocoon and the struggle required by the butterfly
to get through the opening was a way of forcing the fluid
from the body into the wings so that it would be ready
 for flight once that was achieved.

Sometimes struggle is exactly what we need to "fly" in our lives. When we view crises not as nature's punishment, but instead as exercises for becoming stronger and smarter, our whole being shifts gear, we rise to the test, and evolution takes place.

Because everything is connected, we are integrated into the cause-and-effect cycles of nature. Thus, the clues for activating positive growth and evolution can be found in the encoded laws of nature. This makes us co-creators of our future. Every choice we make and action we take manifests what we have in our lives.

Every year, my father and I decipher the Flying Nine Star and Zi Wei Do Shu astrology charts, as well as the Chinese Almanac, and Yi-Jing to forecast the energies of the new year on global and personal levels.

These oracle systems are gifts from our ancestors that will help guide us in our evolution. Based on the laws and cycles of nature, the systems increase our awareness of the cause and effect governing our environment, allowing us to make good decisions and reminding us that the truth of nature prevails on every level.

Overview – Center Stars 2, 1, 6

The center stars represent the energy of the centers of all nations and provide an overview of the global energy for 2012.
Base Star 6 is associated with academia, political leaders, government, and patriarchy. During Periods 6 and 7 (1964-2003), Star 6 represented Western dominance. This forty-year period has passed and we are in Period 8 (2004-2023), Star 6 is out of cycle, which means the West will lose its footing as the world's role model. Western modern science and governing systems will be questioned and new research will reveal its limitations and misconceptions.

The aim for long-term benefits along with new strategies created through academia results in improved methods for boosting global economy. Worldwide, governments strategize to improve their nation's economy. Enterprises and affluent people increase. New niche businesses and freelancers invent unique services and new daily-use products.

Star 2 represents the matron and ethnic communities. Star 1 is associated with alternative methods and spirituality. This combination shows that female leaders and ethnic societies will influence spiritual leaders with a viral impact.

Out-of-cycle Star 2 has energies associated with theft and therefore has a negative influence on water Star 1, which is associated with transportation and technology. This indicates computer hacking, fraud, scandal, and theft among civilians that increases illegal movement of money. Nonetheless, new modes of technology, energy, transportation, and communication drive the economy. Internet security is a growing field.

Star 6 is associated with trade, Star 2 is an ailment star, and Star 1 relates to the reproductive system and the brain. This combination indicates that bacteria or ocean parasites can contaminate goods on commercial sea freights causing problems related to the brain, nervous system, or the uterus. It can also foreshadow questionable masterminds in the stock market that corrupt or embezzle from the system.

Earth Star 2 and water Star 1 can also bring storms and flooding that destroy crops and increase food prices. New farming methods are developed.

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Master Jenny Liu holds a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Design from UC Berkeley and a Masters Degree in Architecture from UCLA. She is an expert in Feng Shui who shares her knowledge through consultations, seminars, periodicals, and the internet. For more information, see Liu-Fengshui.com