Combative Trump to thrive in Year of Rooster
Feng shui experts predict that new US President will ruffle more feathers
Hong Kong, Jan. 24: US President Donald Trump will strut through the Year of the Rooster, thriving as Hong Kong geomancers predict 2017 will be marked by the arguments and aggression — characteristics attributed to the animal.
With Mr Trump at the top of the pecking order, the volatile traits of the rooster — combined with the year’s signature element of fire — mean rocky times ahead, particularly in the western world, feng shui masters say. “The rooster likes to pick fights, loves to have verbal arguments and is combative,” Hong Kong soothsayer Thierry Chow said. Mr Trump’s inauguration was met with mass protests in the US and he has already riled China, prompting fears of a trade war between the world’s top two economies.
Mr Chow predicted he would ruffle more feathers in his first year as President. “There will be a lot of strikes and even riots,” says Mr Chow.
Although born in the Year of the Dog, Mr Trump can afford to be
The rooster likes to pick fights, loves to have arguments and is combative. There will be a lot of strikes and even riots.
— Thierry Chow, Soothsayer
cocky due to his flock of faithful followers and his personal “bazi” element of earth, which is compatible with the fire element defining 2017.
According to the philosophy of feng shui, all events are dictated by the varying balances in the five elements that make up the universe: metal, wood, water, fire and earth.
“Bazi” are fate-setting traits linked to the exact time and date of a person’s birth. “The year will have all these elements, these people, these things and environment which will help him personally as a president,” says Mr Chow.
Celebrity feng shui master Alion Yeo said the US economy would benefit due to the rooster’s signature element of metal, which also represents money and stocks.
“Trump’s ‘bazi’ shows he will be prosperous, so the US stock market will perform well in 2017,” Mr Yeo said. But he says Mr Trump’s good luck will only be temporary as the elements turn against him in future years.