Each fortune comes with a story, and mine is a tale about when a primordial being named Pangu visited Earth during a time when humans weren’t created. During his visit, he separated heaven and earth, creating the in-between space for humans to live. 

Much like the in-between, my luck will hover in the middle as well, explained Master Tsang. “You’ll be under a lot of pressure at work, and will be surrounded by lots of gossip in your daily life,” he says. “However, after June of this year, the pressure will ease at work and in your personal life.” 

Aside from the slight worry about my work, everything else seems like it’ll be more or less stable. However, Master Tsang did note that I’ll be going through fan tai sui, and reminded me to follow the following core steps to invite better luck in my life this year.

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Visit a temple 

Visit a Taisui temple to pay respects to Tai Sui to ask for the God’s blessing. You can prepare a package containing a piece of paper with your name and date written on it. Pray, and kau tau (磕頭), which means bowing your head to the ground to all of the 60 Tai Sui Gods to show respect, and burn the package afterwards. 

Avoid funerals and hospitals visits

Funerals and hospitals are the hotspot for evil spirits, which will add on to the bad luck you’re already suffering due to fan tai sui. Attending funerals and visiting patients at the hospital are highly discouraged, and if it’s an unavoidable situation such as a family member’s death, try and avoid seeing the body and wait outside the room after offering incense. 

Attend more “red” events

To absorb more positive energy, attend more “red”, joyous events such as weddings and birthday celebrations. 

Carry a Tai Sui protective amulet

While wearable jade objects such as pendants, earrings and rings are recommended, other Tai Sui protective amulets are also able to help protect yourself against Tai Sui’s fury. Many temples also sell protective blessing cards that you can tuck away in your wallet to give yourself 24/7 protection against fan tai sui. 

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