Master Andy Goh
Master Andy Goh is a maverick personality and a Ba Zi and Feng Shui researcher. He was born in Singapore to an upper middle class family. Within the first year of his life, he lost his left eye to a toy related accident. During the early years, he found himself to be too restricted by the regular school and college curriculums. As a result, he dropped out of college and became an entrepreneur. He made his first million in real estate construction business at the early age of 24.
His early successes led him to live a hedonic lifestyle but he soon got bored of it. He started exploring the reasons behind life, death, riches, and destiny. Since he wasn’t able to find satisfactory answers, he started exploring ancient Chinese texts for answers. His exploration soon turned into passion for Feng Shui and Ba Zi. He spent 6 years researching these ancient texts, conducting field research in many countries, and exchanging knowledge with many masters on the subject. His hard work paid off well. He was able to consolidate the work of different schools of Ba Zi and Feng Shui and get insight into predicting future events like no one else.
Today Master Goh is a Ba Zi and Feng Shui consultant to the executive management of the top banks and businesses in the Far East. He resides in Singapore and has never been married. His daily routine includes client consultations and conducting research on Ba Zi and Feng Shui.
Chinese Zodiacs
Ancient Chinese devised various methods of telling a person’s destiny. Many of these methods became popular during the Tang dynasty (618-907 AD). The most popular of these methods, Symbolic Star sect, uses birth year for a person’s characteristics and destiny predictions. This method divides birth years into twelve zodiacs each represented by an animal sign - Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. This method was mainly used for matchmaking and war strategies. Even today, this method is used for basic destiny analysis and is considered to be, by many in the West, the complete Chinese astrology.
Ba Zi or Four Pillars of Destiny
Yu Zi Ping, who lived during Song dynasty (960-1279 AD), made revolutionary changes to the Chinese astrology that came to be known as the Zi Ping sect. His work was collected in the book “Yuan Hai Zi Ping.” Unfortunately, Yu Zi Ping passed away before completing his work.
This method tells a person’s destiny from his birth year, month, day, and hour. Each of these entities is called a “pillar” and, therefore, this method is sometimes called the Four Pillars of Destiny. Each pillar is represented by two Chinese characters resulting in eight characters in all. This method, therefore, is known as Eight Characters or Ba Zi.
The first Chinese character of each pillar is one of the Heavenly Stems. There are ten Heavenly Stems which are the Yin and the Yang versions of the five elements - Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood. The second Chinese character of each pillar is one of the Earthly Branches. There are twelve Earthly Branches which are the same as the twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac - Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
Due to incomplete nature of Yu Zi Ping’s work, predictions based solely on his work are not very accurate.
Later Works
Since Yu Zi Ping, there have been many Chinese astrologers who have worked on completing Yu Zi Ping’s method. Although their works are not as well known as Yu Zi Ping’s, accuracy of predictions can be dramatically enhanced by combining their works with Yu Zi Ping’s. Unfortunately, most practicing Ba Zi masters have not spent time researching these later works. As a result, majority of their predictions are inaccurate.
Master Andy Goh has spent many years researching all major works of Ba Zi and has incorporated them in his predictions. It is no surprise that Master Andy Goh’s predictions are the most accurate of any astrologer, Chinese or otherwise.
Feng Shui
Feng Shui, which translates to “wind-water,” is a collection of ancient Chinese methods to utilize energies of a space to benefit health and prosperity of the people inhabiting it. In other words, Feng Shui of a place affects only its inhabitants (and descendants) in proportion to the time they spend in it. Feng Shui, unlike Ba Zi, is not a predictive method but purely a corrective or enhancing one.
A central concept in Feng Shui is the concept of Qi (Chi). It is the universal energy related to a place and its surroundings. The goal of Feng Shui is to direct the Qi in a way so that it benefits the residents of that place. Feng Shui techniques are applied to homes, work places, and grave sites (for the benefit of the descendants).
Interaction of the energies by a place’s surroundings is studied in the so called Form School of Feng Shui. The many Compass Schools of Feng Shui study interaction of direction and time in addition to a place’s surroundings. As expected, the methods of the Compass Schools are much more complex. Xuan Kong, or the Flying Star School, is the most popular school of Feng Shui today. Frequently it is asked which Feng Shui School is the best one. The answer simply is - all, since different schools apply to different situations.
Although Feng Shui is a corrective or enhancing technique, its effect depends upon a person’s Ba Zi. In other words, Feng Shui of a place affects differently to different people. This means that Feng Shui should not be prescribed without investigating how it will affect that person.
Feng Shui and Ba Zi
Synergies between Ba Zi and Feng Shui are not always well understood. Ba Zi is like a diagnosis and Feng Shui is like prescription. Feng Shui is not about wealth creation. If it were, all Feng Shui masters would be rich. Ba Zi determines a person's destiny and potential while Feng Shui is used to maximize it and expedite its attainment. Feng Shui can only increase a person's potential by up to 25%. Feng Shui can also minimize a person's negative potential. For example if a person is destined to suffer financial losses, Feng Shui can help to minimize them by creating a harmonious environment.
Feng Shui cannot tell when and what areas does a person need help with. It is Ba Zi that provides this information. Feng Shui provides ways to help that person overcome or avoid those issues.
