The year 2024 represents an important turning point in all areas of life. Not only have we moved from 2023, the year of the Water Rabbit yin, to the new 2024, the year of the Wood Dragon yang甲⾠, but we have also entered Period 9, the last phase of the 180-year cycle, which will last until 2043, when the Period will begin again at 1, and start a new cycle of 180 years.

Period 8 and Star 8 are connected to the Northeast region, which is connected to the Earth’s Axis and the so-called Spirit Gate. This is one of the reasons why in the previous 20-year cycle the interest in the alternative increased so much.

In addition to all that, the spirit of the Wood Dragon yang joins this year, which is very stubborn, warlike, does not give up, fights to the last atom of strength, does not give in and will break rather than allow itself to be bent.

Pillar 2024, the Wood Dragon yang 甲⾠ is in conflict with the Earth yang ⻰ : it brings control and attack. Feng Shui language tells us: Heavenly Qi (Dragon yang) controls Earthly Qi (Earth yang). Heavenly Qi is fast, strong, powerful, sudden. The yang earth beneath him is slow, it takes time to move, but when it does, it collapses everything below it.

The energy of Wood grows upwards and expands. Ideas grow and develop. Individual, loud energy (children/young people up to 23 years old who scream), brave, proud, competitive, impatient.

But since we are talking about a yang Tree here, we are talking about a mature, strong and large Tree, like a sequoia. The yang tree is tall, developed, independent, self-reliant. It does not tolerate rules or orders; it is arrogant, because it knows that it is the strongest, it cannot be bent.

This is a picture of a huge tree on a hill. A Tree that sees everything, even from a great distance. The image of the Eye of Sauron in The Lord of the Rings. Whatever starts to approach it, it can notice it and react accordingly.

Wood likes challenges, especially if it is something new. It is decisive, resistant, independent, sure of itself. Too much yang energy affects the growth of arrogance and stubbornness, ambitiousness and aggression. Let’s remember the wood that grows in incredible places, on concrete, between rocks, from asphalt. The Wood element is associated with everything new, with new discoveries, pioneering work, conquest (army). A tree does not tolerate rules, reprimands and injustice. It is adaptable and can be bent (like bamboo) if there is an energy which nourishes or harmonizes it, but if there is no element that controls it (Metal), it goes on the attack and goes to war against the Earth, wanting to subdue it. At any cost.

Earth yang consists of 3 elements: Earth yang ⻰ , which is the primary energy, and 2 hidden energies: Wood yin乙 and Water yin癸-both of which give support to Wood yang and therefore in the annual conflict between Wood and Earth, Wood wins. Except in the months when Earth and Metal will be the

main energies, which will support Earth yang: the transition from one season to another and the autumn period. The element that harmonizes this conflict is the Fire – summer months will be favorable because they will “employ the Wood to feed the Fire that will support the Earth”.

Keywords for 2024 and the entire Period 9: Information. Speed. Adaptation.

Period 9 brings a twist. Uncovering secrets and bringing the truth to light. Collection of energy and karmic debts. The transformation and destruction of everything old: old ideas, tendencies, habits, structures, ways of thinking and acting.

Just like the Internet and mobile phones that revolutionized our lives about 30 years ago, the development of the most modern technology, artificial intelligence, and the high-speed flow of information will make our lives even faster (not necessarily better).

We will be too busy and amused by ourselves, going in the direction of robotization of life, body, relationships.The words “humanity” and “empathy” will become expressions whose meaning will be sought in the dictionary of foreign words, especially among the younger generation, which is already born with a technological genome and for whom a fast life, a mountain of information, superficiality and self-centeredness is a natural state.

Superficiality, speed, what happened this morning becoming old information this afternoon, scandals, moral depravity becoming the norm, and morality, ethics, “slower but better quality”, become a rarity, almost qualities of someone else, of past times.

Period 9, associated with the energy of Fire, the south and the trigram of the Father, the strongest male energy, strengthens the male principle, so we will see and feel the strengthening of male energy in the sense of suppressing women’s rights, men deciding the fate of women or figuratively speaking: “putting a woman in her place “,either by thought, word, deed, omission, verbal or physical.

But this will also be a year full of creativity, artistic expression, new trends. News and growth of everything related to wood energy: forests, wood industry, gardening (it’s more Wood yin energy, but we can include it here), paper production, fabrics, fashion, journalism, food industry, (preventive) medicine, alternatives, new medical discoveries. As the column of the beginning of the year of the Wood Dragon yang (February 4, 2024) is in conflict with the column of the year of the Dragon, this means that this year will be marked by conflicts and tensions in all areas of life. (See a more detailed forecast by signs in the previous article: Chinese Horoscope for 2024).

As for Feng Shui for this year, pay special attention to sudden and unpredictable situations. Be prepared for possible challenges in such a way that you have more than one solution, that you have a plan (and not just one). And if you can’t find an active solution, take cover. Sometimes not reacting and moving away is also one of the solutions.

As the Tree penetrates the Earth with its roots, we will feel more earthquakes this year than before. Problems with floods will also be possible, because the Dragon contains the hidden energy of Water in its interior, so during an earthquake (the Tree penetrates the Earth), the structure that holds the embankment collapses, pipes burst, water is lost and spilled. Of course, this can also happen in households, on a micro level.

This year, be especially careful if you are engaged in hiking, alpinism, free climbing or going to isolated, wooded places. Always be in company, because the Dragon brings with it Star 5 this year – speed, unpredictability; Tree yang: forest; Yang land: mountains, rocks. Star 5: a moment of recklessness, carelessness, speed, lead to a fall, injury or disappearance.

This year we have to keep our own economic and financial situation under control. Don’t spend, but save.

Feng Shui of residential and commercial spaces in 2024 and Period 9

Entering Period 9, the energy of residential and commercial buildings automatically changed. The directions and areas that were optimal in Period 8 have now changed. Flying Stars for 2024 and Period 9 as well.

Renting or buying residential and/or commercial space is now a much better prospect than last year, which was the final year of Period 8.

We must know that feng shui is very personal and is tailored for every person / family / work group in accordance with the space and time in which we live, and therefore it is very difficult and reductive to give general advice for everyone.

This is mainly because the strongest feng shui affects the living space outside the house or apartment. The energy of the outer space and the forms found there will have a stronger effect on the house than the inner space. Therefore, it is important to pay special attention to the exterior when buying an apartment or house, because in Feng Shui, the exterior and interior spaces are always active, either by actively using them, or by activating them artificially (by planting trees, for example). They can already be activated thanks to some external form, placed independently of us (an electric pole, a skyscraper, a monument of harmonious or incongruous shape, etc.)

The external and internal space should complement each other, cooperate, be complementary.

For example, we want to direct good and high-quality energy from the outside into the interior space and vice versa. We want to actively organize and use both the outdoor space (garden, yard) and the indoor space in such a way that it works for our highest good, whether it is a bedroom, the position of the bed for rest, the living room where we want to relax and support good family relationships, the position of the child’s desk in order to be successful at school, room changes for one of the family members who, for whatever reason, needs the most support at the moment, etc.

At the same time, special attention should be paid to sensitive areas that must not be disturbed during this year (whether by construction, internal or external remodeling or changing / moving furniture).

Do you need help with buying, renovating or checking residential or commercial premises, but you are not sure what and how to do?

Send me an inquiry. I would be happy if together, in accordance with your wishes and needs, we can manage to find the best solution for an optimal life for you and your loved ones in the new Period 9.