Issue 39 - Tse Qigong Centre

Mr Kwok studied
with three Masters, one of
whom was a priest in Sha
Tin. Two of his three
teachers are still alive and
he visits them each time he
returns to Hong Kong.
His studies took place
during the summer
holidays, after school and
weekends. During his
studies he quickly came to
realise how important the
Tong Sing is to a fortune
teller. A fortune teller
needs to be able to
identify auspicious days
for any number of
different occasions. The
most common is to find a
good day for a couple to
marry. To do this, one
needs to look at the
persons’ Ba Zi, (their four
pillars of destiny that
relate to their hour, day,
month and year of birth)
and see which day is
favourable to their
personal element, known
as Yat Yuen.
As he talks, Mr
Kwok leans forward and
opens his almanac to this
day’s date. “For example,”
he says, “Today is a very
someone, someday will produce an English translation.
Therefore, you can imagine my delight when I learned that author
Man Ho Kwok had done just that.
Man Ho Kwok was born in China but moved to Hong
Kong with his parents when he was less than a year old. Later
still he immigrated to England where he now resides
permanently with his family. He has been studying the art of
Feng Shui, Ba Zi (Chinese horoscopes) and Head/Face and
Hand reading for over twenty years. He says, “In those days,
during the 60’s, study was not like it is today where you have
classes and colleges. You studied in a one to one relationship
and if you had any questions, you had to write them down
and then ask the next time you saw your Master.”
“You will see a pictur
shepherd with an ox. If
without shoes, then it m
be a dry year. If he is we
it means that there will
auspicious day but it is not suitable for everyone. It depends
upon your element which is gained by astrology from your date
of birth. Today is a gold (metal) day, so if the animal sign is
against you, then you will need to choose another day.” I quickly
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