What do the masters of feng shui predict about politicians during the year of the pig

The Year of the pig, which according to the Chinese horoscope begins Tuesday, will be convulsive in internal politics for world leaders and this could reveal some secrets of US President Donald Trump, predicted the feng shui masters.

The art of feng shui, which means "wind and water", is very present in Asia. In China, Hong Kong or Taiwan, people follow their principles to decorate their homes or offices and make decisions because they think it improves their lot, their luck and their fortune.

It is based on a philosophy that considers that all events are the product of a subtle balance between the five components of the universe: metal, wood, water, fire and earth.

The Chinese lunisolar calendar is governed by a 12 years cycle, each of them symbolized by an animal badociated with the five elements, which creates a system of combinations repeated every 60 years.

Starting this Tuesday, the carefree and generous pig, twelfth symbol of the horoscope, replaces the gay but unconventional dog. The new animal is badociated with fertility and prosperity.

Turbulent and confusing year

Twelve months ago, the same feng shui masters had predicted that the year of the "dog of the earth", which has just ended, would be anything but calm. It was the trade war between Washington and Beijing and the worsening of the British crisis around Brexit.

According to Alion Yeo, who practices this divination art, international tensions will be alleviated, but domestic policy problems will intensify.

"Pigs are water, if water is poured into the ground, it becomes mud, which means that people will not have clear ideas and their decisions this year will be complicated"This is dictated by the" Yi Jing ", or the" Clbadic of changes ", a very old textbook.

"Each country will be very busy with its internal problems and international conflicts will be less important this yearHe goes on to consult a hexagram, or a symbol composed of horizontal lines of yin or yang.

According to Tsai Shang-chi, a feng shui master from Taiwan, The year of the pig can be terrible for those born a year of the dog. This is the case of the US President, born in 1946, as well as those who came into the world in 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, usually from the first days of February to January of the same year. Next year.

"All the bad things that people born in the dog's years have done could be made public," he says. AFP in his office, full of books and divinatory material. "For him, risk of dismissal", about Trump.

Consulted in Hong Kong, Thierry Chow is not optimistic for him either.

"As for Donald Trump, I expect that he will devote a lot of energy to trying to solve problems," he said. "A lot of things will come out in the light of the day that will not be very good for your career."

For Yeo, the there will be little room for maneuver for anyone who intends to conspire against Trump. The only opportunity to fire him, he predicts, "will be between December 6 (2019) and January 6, 2020."

If you were born a year that coincided with that of the pig, the belief is that something important is going to happen. Some leaders who have this sign are Argentina Mauricio Macri (February 1959) and Kim Jong-un (January 1984). According to BBC, the Chinese tradition ensures that this sign brings to the people "workers, enthusiastic and optimistic, but also a little naïve, materialistic and stubborn".

For his part, the French president Emmanuel Macron was born at the end of 1977 in the year of the snake. The same sign as that of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Both will experience "Many changes"In 2019, according to Chow, they should think twice before making decisions," he warned.

Nor will it be an easy year for the British Prime Minister Theresa May. "The hexagram shows that The UK will have the prosperity and luck that it bets on the EU"Yeo: A" hard Brexit "would lead to riots and demonstrations."

Taiwanese Tsai Shang-chi is not optimistic about Sino-US trade negotiations. Each party "will stick to an archaic and conservative way of thinking, only sticky to what they have in front of them". "You will not see the long-term consequences."

A prince on the way?

The year is announced fabulous for Prince Henry and his wife, Duchess of Susbad Meghan Marklewho is pregnant. Chow thinks he'll be a boy because "the predominant energy in his astral theme is rather masculine"

(With information from AFP)