如何納財氣

You've seen the Japanese lucky cat and heard of the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Chinese culture has its own version: the ju bao pen, or treasure bowl, a vessel said to multiply whatever is placed inside it. This guide to gather treasure basin placement starts with the basics: why the bowl...

Thinking about buying lucky charms for wealth? In BaZi, the Chinese birth chart built from your birth year, month, day and hour, your relationship with money is written into the chart long before any charm sits on your desk or rides in your wallet. This guide starts with the basics: the Four Pillars...

Money tree, ZZ plant, golden pothos: all three get pitched as lucky indoor plants for wealth. BaZi, the Chinese birth chart built from your birth year, month, day and hour, reads them differently. A plant stands for wood, one of the five elements, and whether wood means wealth, support or pressure d...

Most people think money tree feng shui starts and ends with a potted plant by the door. In BaZi, the Chinese birth chart built from your birth year, month, day and hour, the money tree is a picture of how your wealth potential is put together. The roots are your own strength, the trunk and branches ...

The lucky cat waves from the shop counter, and the pot of gold waits at the end of the rainbow. Chinese folk tradition has its own answer to where wealth comes from: the ju bao pen, or gathering treasure basin, an ordinary-looking bowl said to fill itself with more of whatever is placed inside. This...

You may have seen one beside the register at a Chinese restaurant: a small statue, part lion and part dragon, with its mouth wide open. That's a pixiu, a wealth-guarding mythical beast that nobody treats as a god. This guide explains what the pixiu looks like, what its job is, and where it sits in C...

If you've ever pulled up a Western natal chart, you already have a head start on BaZi, the Chinese birth chart built from your birth year, month, day and hour. This guide explains what the "wealth star" is, the element your Day Master controls, and walks you through 3 steps to find it in your own ch...

That little cat rocking its paw beside the cash register at your favorite Chinese restaurant isn't waving hello. It's calling you in. This guide to the beckoning wealth cat starts from zero. It explains why the East Asian beckoning gesture looks like a goodbye wave to American eyes, and what role th...

In Chinese tradition, good fortune is something you open, not something you buy or wait around for. That is the idea behind kai yun, literally "opening your luck": fortune is a road, and your job is to clear it. This guide explains what open luck really means and where Caishen, the Chinese god of we...

Curious about the five color thread bracelet meaning, and whether the cord belongs on your left or right wrist? This guide skips the wearing instructions and the sales pitch and goes straight to the two ideas underneath the Chinese folk custom: the five elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, water) and...