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One student complained that there are those who, using mere calculations, pass off their Feng Shui and astrology as scientific. Another student said that there should be the kind of causes and effects seen in scientific disciplines like physics, chemistry, biology or medicine - this kind of criterion is hardly seen in some Feng Shui and astrology articles which claim to be "scientific". Yes, mere calculations may be "scientific" only in the sense like in gambling, where there are mathematical odds what numbers or cards would come up. But when it is asked if Feng Shui or astrology is scientific, the questioner is thinking of causes and effects sciences like physics, chemistry, biology or medicine - then the claims of a number of practitioners that their Feng Shui or astrology are scientific are not wrong but misleading. The approach of these practitioners can never unravel what are the scientific nature of qi and sha and how geography or astronomy effect Feng Shui and astrology. But people want to know what actually causes Feng Shui or astrology effects. Are Feng Shui and astrology so difficult to prove such that current practitioners do remain at best an art based on faith rather than fact? |
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Seasonal Variations in Solar Radiation Basis of Qi Let us start off the search for a scientific basis for Feng Shui and astrology by looking at their most basis common principle - that of the Tao evolving into the Yin Yang, Four Cardinal Directions and the 8 trigrams of the Early Heaven Bagua. Too many see this as a magical thing and some would wave the Bagua as a device to magically ward off evil spirits. ![]() The remarkable thing is that there is a scientific reason why the ancients came up with this evolution of the Tao into the Yin Yang, Four Cardinal Directions and the 8 trigrams of the Early Heaven Bagua. There is nothing magical about it. That scientific reason lies in the daily measurements of the solar shadow with the 8 feet gnomon stick. Since the Chou dynasty, 1126 to 220 BC, the ancient astronomers measured the daily variations of the solar shadow with the 8 feet gnomon stick.
Recognise this very important scientific finding:
The production and distribution of qi and sha, or negative and positive ions, will be affected by a wide range of physical factors present in both geography and astronomy. |
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It used to be said that the stars are too far away to affect Earth. This may sound true and cloud the mind of people when they are searching for some scientific basis to astrology. The real astronomical bodies affecting astrology are the planets and the Sun and Moon. The timing of the movements of the solar bodies is tracked with the help of the backdrop of the stars patterns. When astrologers talk about stars they are in reality referring to time movements and positions of the solar bodies. Planetary positions at solstices, equinoxes and conjunctions are particular important - as demonstrated in our courses ( www.guiculture.com/fscourseziwei.htm), many of the stars in Zi Wei Dou Shu and Ba Zi Eight Characters are actually special planetary patterns. Yes, it can be true that the distant stars cannot affect Earth - but in Truth they are only Time markers of the movements of the solar bodies which exert the real scientific Feng Shui and astrology effects. The tidal influence of the Moon is well known. Modern astronomy shows that the planets exert both gravitational and electromagnetic influence on the Sun and will cause variations in solar radiation reaching Earth. The solar sunspot cycles can be tracked to the position of Jupiter, whose magnetic field is so large that if visible could be seen as large as the Moon in the sky. Jupiter has the most powerful effects and is rightly known as the "Nien" or Year Star in Chinese astrology. As the planetary patterns have cycles, they cause cyclic changes in the atmosphere and weather on Earth. Modern astronomy also shows that the surface of the Sun is not homogeneous - as the Earth makes its annual orbit around the Sun, there will be different monthly solar radiation on Earth - hence the monthly Zodiac signs.
The different planetary movements will cause variations in the balance of negative and positive ions on Earth and these will affect the development of the foetus as well as human behaviour. As there are significant effects on foetal development, their effects will ripple into the future as astrological effects. So, astrology is a medical science once known to the ancients. Modern scientists are beginning to recognise this in the new science of cosmo-biology but have yet to catch up! Correlations are being found in modern medical research between months of birth and the patterns of a wide range of diseases! Hence, it is possible to tell from the birth date a number of things which will affect the person in the future. As there are cycles in the planetary effects, they can be predicted from mathematical formulas.
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The geographical landform affects the distributions of negative and positive ions (hence qi and sha) in these major ways:
![]() In our Luan Tuo Feng Shui course (www.guiculture.com/fscourseluantuo.htm), scientific explanations are given to the nature of qi and sha, as well as how landform affect human biology. Significant passages of the ancient texts are presented to show how they refer to scientific phenomena. The unfortunate fate of Bruce Lee and the good fortune of Li Kai Sheng are also analysed with respect to the physical features of their residences. |
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Both Feng Shui and astrology have real scientific basis like in the sciences of physics, chemistry, or biology, not just the mathematical calculations basis. The scientific evidence are out there. Skeptics are out of date and vastly ignorant!
One thing sad about modern Feng Shui and astrology is that they tended to be applied separately and independently of each other. You should guess that a total qi effect will be the sum of both Feng Shui and astrology. The ancient emperors would not call just one person but usually a group of experts who would include not only the Feng Shui master and astrologers, but also the rituals priests. That is, there was a holistic science where Feng Shui and astrology are meant to be integrated together.
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