Notes from the 2026 Year of the Horse Feng Shui and Fortune Lecture

Preface

This lecture took a deep look at the fortune features of the 2026 Year of the Horse, the impact of the fire energy of the Ninth Period on the next 20 years, guidance on the fortunes of each zodiac sign, and practical methods for feng shui layouts. It covered many dimensions, including investment direction, industry trends, choosing a home and placing lucky charms, to give listeners comprehensive feng shui guidance.

1. The Era: The Fire Energy of the Ninth Period (2024–2043)

1.1 What is the Ninth Period?

From 2024 to 2043, we are in the "Ninth Period." The Ninth Period belongs to "fire," and the color of fire is red. This means that over the next 20 years, things related to "fire" and "red" will be especially vibrant.

"From 2024 to 2043 is the Ninth Period, and the Ninth Period is a fire period. Fire, right? What color is fire? Red. So for investments, you must go with HSBC, because the HSBC logo is red." Segment 1 00:02:39

1.2 Forecast for the Nation's Fortune

The Chinese national flag is red, so starting in 2024, China's technology will rise to a new level, and the nation's fortune over the next 20 years will be very good.

"What color is China's national flag? Red. So starting in 2024, China's technology will advance to a new level, and the next 20 years will all be very good." Segment 1 00:02:39

1.3 Favorable Industries

Under the fire energy of the Ninth Period, the following industries will enter a golden age of development:

• Artificial intelligence (AI)
• New energy
• Medicine and medical equipment
• Elderly care
• Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics
• Virtual industries (VR, blockchain, the metaverse and other things you "can see but can't touch")
• Film and entertainment

"What industries are best for you all? AI, new energy, and medicine and medical care, and elderly care. Virtual things, blockchain, VR, things you can see but not touch, those are all good." Segment 1 00:05:36

2. Feng Shui Basics

2.1 What is feng shui?

The lecture broke feng shui down into three understandable layers:

(1) Environmental science

Do you like living in a place with plenty of sunlight, clean and bright? Of course you do. That's how the environment affects people: a place bathed in sunlight naturally has better feng shui.

"Feng shui is actually very simple. Would you like to live in a place that is very dirty and dark? Definitely not. So a place where sunlight floods in and the view is pleasant has better feng shui a bit. That is environmental science." Segment 1 00:07:26

(2) Energy-field science (magnetic field matching)

Just as some plants like water and others like dryness, a person's birth year, month, day and hour are like a "seed" that needs to find the right "soil" and "climate."

"Some plants suit dry conditions, and some need a lot of water. Soil cultivation and hydroponics are different. If you get it backwards, the plant will rot. The year, month, day and hour you were born are the seed; you need to find the right magnetic field for it." Segment 1 00:08:10

(3) Psychology

The height and width of a space affect people's moods. For example, a 2.1-meter ceiling height makes people feel oppressed, while a tall lobby makes them feel comfortable.

"Look at that three-way overpass outside the window: it looks uncomfortable and unpleasant, and it affects your mood. This lobby has very high ceilings, so don't you feel comfortable? If the ceiling were only 2.1 meters, would you be happy? No. So when you buy a home, buy one with a higher ceiling. That's psychology." Segment 1 00:09:18

2.2 Why do Chinese houses "face south" (sit north, face south)?

This is a big-data conclusion built up over a thousand years of experience:

1. Best natural light: In the Northern Hemisphere, a house that sits north and faces south gets the most sunshine throughout the year
2. Shelter from the wind and cold: In winter, the northwest wind blows, and a tall building behind the house can block the cold wind
3. Ancient needs: Without electric lights in ancient times, people relied on sunlight, so facing south gave the best light

"China is in the Northern Hemisphere, and a house that sits north and faces south sees the most sunlight on average. More than 1,000 years ago there were no electric lights, so people relied on sunlight coming in. Another reason is that in winter the northwest wind blows, and a high wall at the back blocks it, so when you buy a home, try to choose one facing south." Segment 1 00:12:28

Special case: In Chongqing, where it is cloudy year-round, local people don't care much about orientation when buying a home, because there is little sunlight to begin with.

3. Zodiac Fortunes for the 2026 Year of the Horse

3.1 Basics of the zodiac

How the zodiac is calculated

The zodiac sign is not calculated from the first day of the first lunar month. It is calculated from Lichun (the start of spring).

"What zodiac sign is someone born on February 6, 2026? A Snake! The first day of the Lunar New Year is February 17. The zodiac starts from Lichun: only babies born after 3:17 a.m. on February 4, 2026, are born in the Year of the Horse." Segment 1 00:02:39

Important reminder: If you were born in the 1970s and your birthday falls around Lichun, you need to double-check your zodiac sign.

3.2 Zodiac signs affected by Tai Sui (needing special attention)

🐴 Horse (on Tai Sui)

Fortune features:

• ✅ Heavier workload and more responsibility
• ✅ Bosses, supervisors and clients will give you more tasks
• ⚠️ Prone to injury

Things to note:

• Avoid high-risk sports: skiing, diving, horseback riding, skydiving, small aircraft
• Pay attention to travel safety, especially when taking photos at cliffs and precipice edges

"Horse people, your workload will increase and your responsibility will be greater. But take care of your safety, because you're prone to injury. Don't ski, dive, ride horses or skydive; try to avoid all high-risk sports." Segment 3 00:14:30

🐭 Rat (clashing Tai Sui)

Fortune features:

• If 2025 was not good, 2026 will bounce back
• Rat people born in autumn or winter will see their wealth luck improve
• ⚠️ But don't chase oversized investment projects; be steady

Ways to resolve it:

1. Move the furniture at home (for example, buy a new sofa or adjust where the furniture sits)
2. Don't criticize your partner too much, as it can trigger impulsive reactions
3. In 2026, your partner may lose their temper more easily than usual

🐮 Ox (harming Tai Sui)

Fortune features:

• ✅ Good luck, and success comes easily
• ⚠️ But you may attract others' envy, slander and backstabbing

Strategy: Make your fortune quietly, keep a low profile, and don't brag about your achievements everywhere.

🐯 Tiger (punishing Tai Sui)

Fortune features: Prone to injury. Watch out for traffic safety. If someone picks a fight with you, give way and don't confront them head-on.

Ways to resolve it: Work on projects and consult on decisions with a noble person born in the Year of the Dog or the Year of the Pig. You can borrow their good luck.

🐰 Rabbit (breaking Tai Sui)

Advice: If you have a big project or a big idea, make it real first before telling your friends, so that you avoid getting cold water poured on it or being disturbed. Do it first; once it's done, then post about it on social media.

3.3 Fortunes of other zodiac signs

🐉 Dragon

Fortune rises and falls a lot, with both good and bad. Business trips bring in money: "one horse brings wealth." But you are prone to illness, and too much wealth weakens the body. Travel more for business, and after you earn money, donate some to charity.

🐍 Snake

Look for noble people. Prone to illness, and too much wealth weakens the body. After you earn money, it's advisable to donate to charity.

🐑 Goat (strong peach blossom luck)

✅ Likely to have a baby, especially a boy. ✅ If you are not having children, work will be very busy. ✅ Single people will easily find a partner. If you have plans for a baby, it's best to "start work" before the 31st day of the third lunar month.

🐵 Monkey (excellent academic luck)

✅ Children do well in exams (postgraduate entrance and school admissions). ✅ People who write copy or do design will have lots of inspiration and clear thinking. You'll need to keep traveling for work, so don't be too idle.

🐔 Rooster (peach blossom year)

✅ Heavenly romance is stirring, and it's a marriage year. If you already have a boyfriend or girlfriend, this year is suitable for getting married. Singles should actively go on blind dates (ask friends to introduce you, and don't spend much money on dating platforms).

🐶 Dog (strong wealth luck)

✅ Make a fortune and get promoted. ✅ Learn new skills (AI, painting, etc.). ⚠️ But you'll have many minor illnesses, so avoid places with heavy yin energy (quiet museums, mountain caves and caverns).

🐷 Pig (strong noble-person luck)

✅ Work goes smoothly. Employees will be promoted by their bosses, and business owners will be introduced to new clients by existing ones. ⚠️ But there will be small financial losses. It's advisable to put the losses to use in investments (buy gold, invest in children's education).

4. Practical Feng Shui Layouts

4.1 Doorway direction and carpet color for 2026

Based on the direction the front door faces, placing a carpet of the matching color can improve your fortune:

• Door facing east: Red carpet → good wealth luck, easier to conceive
• Door facing south: Black, gray or blue → use this if you want a boy
• Door facing west: Keep a low profile → prone to petty people and marital quarrels, so keep low-key
• Door facing north: Coffee-colored → stable fortune
• Door facing southeast: Red or green → strong peach blossom luck, single people find partners easily
• Door facing southwest: Black, gray or blue → manage your wallet and control spending

"If you want to make money, go check which direction your front door faces. If it faces east, put down a red carpet. This year your wealth luck will be good, and it'll be easier to get pregnant and have a child." Segment 3 00:09:57

4.2 Zodiac lucky charms (six-harmony noble people)

Each zodiac sign has a corresponding "six-harmony noble person" sign. Carrying the matching lucky charm can boost your fortune:

• 🐭 Rat → Dragon
• 🐮 Ox → Rooster
• 🐯 Tiger → Dog
• 🐰 Rabbit → Dog
• 🐉 Dragon → Rooster
• 🐍 Snake → Rooster
• 🐴 Horse → Goat
• 🐑 Goat → Pig
• 🐵 Monkey → Dragon
• 🐔 Rooster → Dragon
• 🐶 Dog → Tiger
• 🐷 Pig → Goat

How to wear it: It can be a pendant, bracelet or necklace. Just carry it with you.

4.3 Choosing the material of the lucky charm (based on birth month)

Choose the right material based on the solar month of birth:

• March 6 – May 6: Gold, white gold, green jade
• May 6 – August 8: Gold, silver, white jade
• August 8 – March 6: Wood, jadeite, ruby, amethyst, agate

4.4 Placing plants in the office or at home

❌ Taboo plants: cactus (spiky), aloe, azalea, bougainvillea

✅ Fine to place: lucky bamboo, fresh flowers, dragon fruit potted plants, chili potted plants, tomato potted plants (red things; the fire energy of the Ninth Period is strong)

"Don't keep cactus at home or in the office. Spiky things are bad and tend to cause gossip and quarrels. You can grow dragon fruit, chili and tomatoes, these red things. In the Ninth Period, it's very good to have everything red and bright." Segment 3 00:42:23

4.5 Placing feng shui ornaments

How to place a dragon turtle

Core principle: Head facing inward (toward the office desk or the inside of the room), not outward (not toward the door or window). This is how you draw wealth energy in.

How to place an elephant

Correct way: Buy an elephant with its trunk pointing down (to draw in wealth). If you have a pair, both trunks should point down.

❌ Wrong way: An elephant with its trunk pointing outward or open does nothing, and your wealth will leak out.

4.6 Animals not to keep as pets

❌ Not recommended: birds (parrots, etc.), fish, turtles

Reason: Keeping them confined deprives them of freedom and space, which is "a crime" and bad for feng shui.

✅ Fine to keep: cats and dogs (they are companion animals; you walk the dog and let it move freely)

5. Choosing a Home and Feng Shui

5.1 Common misconceptions about choosing a floor

Common online misconception: believing a certain number (such as the 8th or 18th floor) has especially good feng shui, or believing low floors are "grounded" while high floors lack "earth energy."

Correct understanding:

1. The floor number is psychology, and each region has different habits (in Hong Kong people like the 8th, 18th and 28th floors, while in Shanghai people avoid the 18th and 4th floors)
2. Heaven, earth and humanity: Ancient feng shui said "earth energy" because buildings only had three floors. Modern high-rises have 30 to 40 floors, so there is not just "earth energy" but also "sky energy."

5.2 The right way to choose a floor

Core principle: Look at the external environment, not the number

Step 1: Look at the external view

• If the 6th floor faces a sharp corner outside or an overpass points at the window → not good, switch to the 8th floor
• If the 8th floor faces a mountain grave outside → not good, choose another floor

Step 2: Consider natural light

• Older communities (narrow spacing between buildings) → choose a middle to high floor
• Newer communities with wide spacing → low floors are fine

Advantages of middle to high floors: more sunlight and more yang energy. Middle to low floors with close spacing between buildings get poor light and heavy yin energy.

5.3 Floor layouts to avoid

• ❌ Door facing door (drafty "through-hall sha"): the front door faces the balcony door or a window, creating a "through-hall sha" that lets wealth energy flow straight out
• ❌ Missing corners: an irregular floor plan with recesses affects the family's fortune
• ❌ Poor door orientation: see "Doorway direction and carpet color" above

5.4 Surroundings to avoid

❌ Surroundings you should not buy into:

• Too close to a hospital (lots of bacteria and viruses)
• Right next to an elevated bridge or expressway (heavy sha energy, noisy, and it affects mood and decisions)
• Facing a chimney

6. Auspicious Start Dates and Times

6.1 The best day to start work in 2026

Best date: the 9th day of the first lunar month (Zhengyue chu jiu)

Best time: 11:00 – 13:00 (the noon hour)

If you're a salaried worker and have to be at the office by 9 a.m.:

• Check in at the office at 9 a.m.
• Between 11 and 13 o'clock, turn on your computer, call clients and send emails

6.2 Why starting work matters

Psychological principle: If your first day at work goes smoothly and you're in a good mood, you'll do things and deal with people with a smile, and the whole year will go well.

7. Mindset for Success and Relationships

7.1 Giving and reward

Successful people and companies all give first and receive rewards later.

Case study: WeChat's free strategy: WeChat doesn't charge. It gives everyone free use first. After people get used to it and can't do without it, it starts to monetize later.

7.2 Looks and fortune

Double eyelids vs. single eyelids

People with double eyelids: The eyes are the windows to the soul. Double eyelids look friendly, cute and approachable.

People with single eyelids: If you want to improve your fortune, it's recommended to get double-eyelid surgery (or use double-eyelid tape). Jackie Chan and Louis Koo have both had double-eyelid surgery.

The importance of hairstyle

Advice for men: Don't let your hair cover your forehead. Look spirited and show positive energy.

Advice for women: Grow your hair long (at least to the shoulders). Don't wear short hair or let your hair cover your forehead.

Nose

A big nose = good wealth luck. Don't touch your nose. A big enough nose is a good thing.

7.3 Energy fields and relationships

Energy is contagious: If the people around you have good luck, and you spend a lot of time with them, their luck will influence you.

Advice: Go to positive-energy gatherings, and stay away from people who complain about negative things every day.

7.4 Everyday ways to lift your fortune

When your fortune is poor, you're unlucky or you feel gloomy:

1. Go on a spring outing in the suburbs
2. Sit in the park and soak up the sun
3. Get in touch with plants and trees

8. The Special Background of the Red Horse, Red Sheep Year

8.1 What is the Red Horse, Red Sheep year?

Cycle: once every 60 years

Characteristics: Everywhere in the world is unsettled. People are more likely to argue and fight, and important figures will change.

8.2 Investment advice

Investment strategy for 2026–2027:

• ❌ Don't invest aggressively
• ✅ Preserve capital and avoid risk
• ✅ Leave your money to professional institutions to manage

"The overall environment in 2026 isn't that easy. Preserve capital first, avoid risk, and leave your money to HSBC to manage." Segment 3 00:57:03

9. Selected Q&A

Q1: My house faces north, the door is on the north side, and the balcony is on the south side. What should I do?

Video clip Segment 3 00:46:10

Answer: This is "through-hall sha": door facing door, and wealth energy will pass straight through. You should have a feng shui master come to the site to look at it, as the layout may need to be adjusted.

Q2: Should the lucky charm be a plush toy or made of gold or silver?

Video clip Segment 3 00:52:52

Answer: Choose the material based on the birth month (see "Choosing the material of the lucky charm" above). If pure gold is too expensive, gold plating works too, or you can buy jade.

Q3: Do feng shui ornaments need to be changed every year?

Video clip Segment 3 00:51:06

Answer: No need to change them. They can stay in place for 20 years or even 100 years. But:

• The placement direction may change each year
• The lucky charm (six-harmony noble person) does not change; it is fixed

Q4: My son is a Dragon (born 1988), and my girlfriend is a Horse (born 1990). When is a good time to get married?

Video clip Segment 3 00:52:52

Answer:

• Dragon and Horse, a very good combination, "dragon-horse spirit"
• You can get married in the Year of the Horse, and it "brings joy and wards off three disasters"
• Best months: the 8th and 10th lunar months

Q5: My 7-year-old son has a high, full forehead, and he has bangs covering it. Is that necessary?

Answer: Segment 3 01:00:53

• ✅ Don't cover the forehead!
• A high, full forehead means very smart and strong drive to get ahead
• This is the same forehead Li Ka-shing had (Li Ka-shing also had this forehead when he was young)
• He may be mischievous and strong-willed, so don't force him, and give him plenty of room
• He will achieve a lot before age 30

10. Summary and Key Points

Core Takeaways

1. The Ninth Period of fire (2024–2043): Over the next 20 years, AI, new energy, medicine, elderly care and virtual industries will boom
2. 2026, Year of the Horse: Zodiac signs that clash with Tai Sui (Horse, Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit) need special attention, but there are ways to resolve it
3. Feng shui isn't mysterious: it is environmental science + energy-field science + psychology
4. Give first, receive later: successful people all give first
5. Energy is contagious: spend time with positive people who have good luck
6. Red Horse, Red Sheep year: the overall environment in 2026–2027 is unstable, so invest conservatively

Things to do right away

✅ Do these as soon as you get home today

1. Check which direction your front door faces, and lay down the matching color carpet
2. Buy the six-harmony lucky charm for your zodiac sign
3. Don't keep cactus in the office; replace it with a dragon fruit or chili potted plant
4. Check whether you have any elephant ornaments with trunks pointing outward, and replace them with ones with trunks pointing down
5. If you're in a Tai Sui year, move the furniture or buy a new sofa

✅ Near-term plans

• If you're a Rooster, consider getting married this year
• If you're a Goat and want to have a baby, "start work" before the 31st of March
• Start work on the 9th day of the first lunar month (11:00–13:00)

✅ Long-term habits

• Go to positive-energy gatherings
• Stay away from people who complain and bring negative energy
• Get out in the sun and spend time in nature more often

Note: The above content is for reference only and does not constitute investment advice. Invest with caution, and make rational decisions based on your own situation.

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