Astrologer Musings: Is It “Bad Luck”, Or Are You Simply Just Dumb AF?

I bet you weren’t expecting another post so soon. I am riding on the momentum of the previous post. There are a few things and stories I’ve been wanting to write about for a while now, and I think the time is finally right. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to make the title sound like clickbait. I am asking a legit question.

Before I begin, I just want to let everyone know that I am well. Just really tired from juggling a lot of things, with parenthood and trying to be an involved father being the main bulk of it. I would love to write more, or maybe even vlog, and there’ll come a point when I can. I’m working towards it.

So yes! You’ve not done true adulting until you’re a parent, and boy, it is not easy. It’s not just about energy levels, but also finances, whether your spouse is OK, and making sure the family unit is functional, warm, loving, and conducive to everyone’s growth. It’s challenging, but I am embracing it and trying to grow along the way.

The year-end is coming, and I will, as with tradition, write a reflective post about my year.

We always say that people should respect one another, and yes, if you are a functioning, responsible adult, trust me, I have a lot of respect for you because it is not easy to get to where you are today.

Of course, all these niceties and pleasantries will immediately be ejected out of my ass, right out the window, when you are the opposite of a functional, responsible adult.

Yes, triggers in the form of Cat 4s BaZi charts. What in Satan’s anus are they thinking when they did what they decided to do that sent everyone’s life spiralling down?

Revisiting Some Really Old Topics

You Are Born The Way You Are

You are really born the way you are. We might be born with equal rights, but humans are certainly not equal in our natural abilities. I don’t think you need a philosopher to tell you that, and I hope no one is delusion or naive enough to think that everyone is equal, or the same.

We are not.

I agree that our parents will influence us somewhat, but what kind of parents we have and how they influence us, as fatalistic as it sounds, are also written in the chart. So in a way, you are born the way you are because the environment you’re born into is somewhat set. Your Moon and 10th House Ruler are afflicted and debilitated? Your mother must be a bitch. Your Sun has issues? Your father must be really absent.

That said… Do we rebel? We most definitely do.

I refuse to believe that our environment determines everything. Our hearts, minds, souls, and wills also play a part. We can also put ourselves in better environments. So what if you have a weak Moon or Sun? You can still attain success and happiness if you work on the weaknesses in your chart, and, as I said before in one of my old posts, a chart shows you the path you need to take to reach enlightenment.

But I guess it’s very hard to reach this state of enlightenment when you have the cognitive ability of a cactus, but that’s OK – you can comfort yourself by repeating “we’re born the way we are”.

“Luck” Has No Place In Astrology

I hate this word.

This word has single-handedly bastardised Chinese metaphysics and astrology because people are made to think that good things can happen to you arbitrarily, somehow detached from your actions and its consequences.

To make things worse, people have also been made to believe that inanimate objects can invite “luck”, not realising it is so pathetic that you need an item from Taobao to tell yourself, “I think I need to work harder and smarter.”

If you believe that everything has a first cause, there is absolutely no need for “luck”, and perhaps you will understand why most successful people believe in “making their own luck”.

I know some people and chart-holders have a better life than most. Perhaps they were born into a good family. Lucky? Perhaps. Good karma from a past life? Plausible. Regardless of whether you want to throw the label “luck” or “karma” onto someone who has a good life, I think the important thing to remember is that it’s none of your business because it is not your life, and it would be wiser just focusing on it rather than wondering why someone has it better than you because nothing is going to change that.

There is no need to debate about whether it is “luck” or “karma”.

But if you do believe in karma… Good on you.

Some People Are Simply Just Born Stupid AF

I didn’t say it. Practitioners, way before I came around, said it. Let me say it loudly and proudly, 「天才與白痴亦天生注定」。To translate, with a bit of flair and flavour, “Whether you’re a genius or f***ing imbecile is destined at your tragic birth.”

And yes, that is all I’m going to say for this section. Self-explanatory.

“Bad Luck”? Bad Chart” Or Plain Stupidity?

Before I begin, I just want to say I’m sorry that I have to use some of the stories I’ve come across that I know are personal. But rest assured, no one knows who you are, as long as you keep these stories to yourself. Besides, the lady is my client, not the guy I am about to mention.

The above chart belongs to a guy one of my clients is unfortunately dating. A quick breakdown:

• Strong Yin Water Daymaster.
• The chart ideally needs Wood, followed by Fire. Earth, Metal, and Water are negative elements.
• Most definitely a Spouse-Harming (克妻) chart because of the excessive Water, showing up as 比肩 + 劫财。I’ve written about this way back, and there are two ways to interpret Spouse-Harming:
  • The most obvious interpretation is that anyone who chooses to be with someone like that will get dragged down and burdened. It’s called “spouse-harming” for a reason.
  • The second interpretation is that whoever ends up with a man like him will most certainly have a bad chart and is meant to have a chart that will be dragged down by her husband.

For the sceptics will think,” Just 8 characters, eh? Can you really tell that much”?

So here’s the timeline of events for this magnificent case study:

• 2017: He met a masseuse who provided sexual services. At this point, she was already under investigation. In the same year, she came back saying she was pregnant.
• 2018: The chart-holder married the masseuse, and she gave birth to a son. Within months of birth, investigations closed, and she was deported.
• 2023: The masseuse reappeared with a vengeance and began raining hell and havoc on the chart-holder.

It was basically a series of malicious police reports, lawsuits, and, thereafter, throwing money at the lawyers. The conflict is still ongoing, and this scorned lady is back for the money and the house.

Oh yes, the masseuse’s chart:

A “wife-harming” male chart-holder who ended up with a “husband-harming” female chart-holder. I wonder why…

I’m not going to bother breaking down the above chart other than to say that few charts strike terror in me, but this is definitely one of them.

Kind? Compassionate? Same Same But Different?

In the meantime, this Mr Itchy P***s has also conveniently borrowed $80,000 from my client, a single mother, with whom he is not married. Oh, and in case this is useful information, this guy works in HR!

You all know I don’t make up my stories:

I don’t wish pain and suffering on anyone, that is, of course, unless someone harms my loved ones. But if there’s anyone who needs pity here, it’s the children who were born into this world and don’t even know how to utter a proper “What in the flying f***?”

I am trying to decide whether I should be heartened by my client’s attempt to embody Guanyin by ‘gifting’ $80,000 to someone with a history like that, still in the middle of a legal battle, and whom she isn’t even married to. Don’t get me started on her chart.

For the love of f***, Guanyin has never given me $80,000 before. But I did win free-flow chicken drumlets before!

Because you can trust Guanyin to know that cash is jacks*** when you can’t buy food with it, especially when it’s fried fuggin’ chicken. What’s better than $80,000? It’s 80,000 chicken drumlets, my friend, because you will never go hungry ever again, and you will be licking your fingers for the next five reincarnations and be born under the Rooster zodiac in each one just so you cover all 5 elements. What’s better than a 丁酉自坐贵人的火鸡 – it’s a 干您娘的炸鸡。

Fun useless fact: I won the lucky draw because I was working at the cafe so much that the waitress decided to give it to me. It’s rigged. Those were my early BaZi reading days in 2016. Which cafe? Doesn’t matter.

It’s either I utterly suck at what I do, or I have just met two amazing chart-transcenders on the way to tuck astrology by the balls and overturn everything we’ve learned.

Granted, this ‘gift’ of $80,000 is kind, and that it is kind if I were to look at it on a surface level. But is it wise? That is up for debate.

You know, $80,000 invested safely can send two of your children to university. But no, I will invest in someone who got a ‘lup sup’ (sleazy) masseuse pregnant, and hedge the risk by calling him “my boyfriend who has done a lot for me”.

Compassion, in Buddhist terms, is the desire to alleviate suffering. We shall see if suffering is alleviated in the long run. The worst-case scenario is that when all this is over, and when the chart-holder is finally ready to move on, he goes ahead and finds someone else he fancies more.

I hate to say such things, but when your life is a mess like this, you will cling to just anyone who is willing to give you attention, what more a lady who is willing to give you $80,000 just like that?

The big question now is whether this will be the love story of the century with a happily-ever-after ending. That’s for me to already know, and you to find out.

My Dear Cat. 4s – If You Want A Good Life, Stop Believing In Luck

As I’ve said time and again, it’s not that I don’t take up Cat. 4 cases. If you are open to what I have to say and you trust in my ability to read charts, I am more than happy to do the reading for you. It puts food on the table, after all, and if the reading helps, of course, I’d be happy.

That said, forgive me if I give you a cheeky reply if you ask me a stupid question, or if I challenge your assumptions. The only way for you to transcend your chart is to shift your perspective and change the way you think, because if you are stuck in your reality, nothing changes.

I hate to say this because it is politically incorrect, but I will say it anyway. But do Cat. 4s not realise that their predicament, most of the time, is due to their own actions and reactions to things?

In what universe does a man think that indulging in frivolous fornication and unprotected coitus is a good idea? Oh, your life sucks? Well, serves you right.

In the same spirit of my previous post on the tragic death of a four-year-old, the ones who need our sympathy, empathy, and compassion are not adults here – it’s the children.

Now, before anyone calls me a heartless son of a bitch, I just want to say that it’s perfectly OK to call me “a son of a bitch” because I am one. If anyone is sick of me being a broken recorder and just needs one key takeaway, just remember I am a son of a bitch, yeah?

As for the heartless part, irreverence aside: Cat 4s. do deserve sympathy, empathy, and compassion too – because there is enough suffering around the world. But please, for the love of f*** and the almighty God whom I know doesn’t exist, please don’t let our sympathy, empathy, and compassion go wasted on you.

Because if you do, you will soon realise that Hell is already here on Earth with you, and the wrath of Heavens will be merciless.

– Sean