Aquino's 'wedding star' this year-and other fearless feng shui forecasts

Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - The Chinese lunar calendar welcomes the Year of the Water Snake on Feb. 10, but according to feng shui master Joseph Chau, toting snake-skin leather items, wearing snake-print accessories or keeping a snake figure (or live animal) in your house does not guarantee good luck.

What could you do to keep the luck in? Put an electric fan or aquarium facing the northeast or south side of your house to "keep the energy flowing." Fill it with gold fish instead of koi because "kois are Japanese, and it will not matter."

Chau recently gave a Chinese New Year forecast in Tin Hau, Mandarin Oriental, Manila's in-house restaurant. He has been a feng shui practitioner for over 30 years, and is the go-to geomancer of popular personalities and corporations in the Philippines. He is based in Hong Kong, and has clients in Australia,

Brunei, Mauritius, South Africa and the United States.

He has also been writing Mandarin's annual feng shui guide book since 2001.

Lucky colors

Chau said metallics such as gold and silver are the lucky colors this year, as well as white (but never go all-white), yellow, beige and brown. Avoid the colors green, blue, gray and black.

For more luck, one may place lucky fruits on the dining table on Chinese New Year's Eve: pomelo, pineapple, apple, banana, orange; plus a bunch of Chinese celery with roots.

Chau said the Year of the Water Snake is a "challenging year." Money comes easily but goes as fast, so save up. The fashion, furniture and food industry will be very competitive. There will be a lot of competition in businesses dealing with banking, car sales, jewelry and computers.

It will be a good year for the media, entertainment and movies. The real estate, tourism and hotel sectors will also be prosperous.

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Aquino's 'wedding star' this year-and other fearless feng shui forecasts