Kung Hei Fat Choy!
The Year of
Earth Pig
己亥猪年
The Year of
Earth Pig
己亥猪年
Happy Lunar New Year
恭喜发财 新年快乐
Happy Lunar New Year
恭喜发财 新年快乐

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Pigs may fly . . .

. . . but they're unlikely birds

Welcome to the Year of the Earth Pig and our 25th Feng Shui guide, offering you an alternative look at what's in store to help the luck flow in your direction. Hardworking and affectionate, the Pig is the twelfth and last sign in the Chinese Zodiac. Scroll down to snout out all manner of forecasts for the year ahead.

We reveal your zodiac's health, wealth, love and career stars, speculate on what awaits some celebrities, suggest a good place to park your trotters and how to mitigate negative energy, highlight auspicious days and, most importantly, predict the Hang Seng Index's monthly pig path.

Wild boars no more, pigs as we know them - the housetrained variety - have been with us for a little over 10,000 years. Domesticated independently in the Near East and in East Asia, they began to appear in our literature and arts almost as early as those forms came into being; few of us grow up without a pig in the imagination, from the fun pigs of Zhu Bajie, McDull and Piglet to the towering malevolent Napoleon of Animal Farm.

Some predictions - All the thrills and spills

Pound sterling hits parity with the US dollar • Major corruption scandal • Elon Musk sends a car into space piloted by a pig • Dust storms in the west • Renminbi breaks 7 • China outperforms the USA • Global temperatures hit new highs • Arsenal wins the Europa League • Vietnam market takes off • Enterprise-malware vaccines quadruple following serious hacking incident • SenseTime includes pig facial recognition in its latest software • Theresa May takes up knitting • New TV service knocks HBO and Netflix off the podium • Strongest hurricane in living history lashes west coast of the USA • Australian laboratory discovers bushfire-retardant tree species • Amy Adams wins an Oscar • Global emissions increase prompting huge climate rally • US president retreats to Miami and does not tweet for days • Fresh wave of emigration • Mexico digs a long trench to keep US citizens out • Pigs gain recognition as builders of most Mesolithic stone circles • Robotic process automation makes major gains

And here's our forecast!

CLSA Feng Shui Index, 2019

On Monday, 4 February, the Earth Pig hogs the limelight . . . oink, oink. Again, we attempt to call the pattern and relative magnitude of the Hang Seng's monthly movements based on the interplay of the Pig's destiny chart and the birth date of the Index (24 November, 1969), which makes it an "Earth Rooster". The spirits forbid us from associating ourselves with any number masquerading as a scientifically determined HSI target!

The Hang Seng has a complicated fate this year and is likely to end up with his cockscomb a little dishevelled. Yet money is there to be made, and feathers will shake and fluff out some gold dust, though you'll need to pick your moments. Fortunes will shine in May, June and the final trimester, with November shaping up as the best month to fatten your wallet.

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Previous Pig Years

How did we fare?

A knife-in-the-ribs year if ever there was one in 2007; Pigs might not fly, but our Rooster did a very good impersonation in 1995; some unwelcome winds huffed and puffed in mid-1983, but autumn witnessed a complete turn of events; and the index gritted its hen's teeth in 1971 to finish on a higher perch than it began.

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So what's Feng Shui?

Earthly forces at play

In China, life’s sucesses and failures are more often attributed to the workings of mysterious earth forces, known as Feng Shui, than to human actions. Whether making an investment, travelling abroad, arranging office furniture or choosing a spouse, timing and positioning in accordance with Feng Shui are considered crucial in order to achieve health, prosperity and happiness.

Our focus, first and foremost, is to forecast the monthly moves of the Hang Seng. We compare the Bazi fortune chart for the Earth Pig with the chart of the Hang Seng. Next, we assess wu xing (the five energies) and the interaction of xuan kong (flying stars).

Then, we blend it all together, add a gratuitous garnish of our own divining and serve it up on a platter. Water and fire are unsettling the Pig's fortune chart this year, while metal - which our Rooster has in spades - is mostly absent, and the little there is clashes with wood. With so much volatility, it's a case of limiting losses rather than chasing large gains.

Small quarrels and pesky spirits may upset the Pig's usual good-natured enthusiasm this year. Rabbit and goat-shaped amulets will offer some protection. May, June and November look to be the best months to find those golden eggs.

The Bazi destiny charts for the Pig and the Hang Seng Index

Sectors

Where to invest your precious funds

Wood brackets the year, fire burns a hole through the spring, earth and metal load us down over the summer, while water flows through the autumn. Match your season with your element, consider all the cardinal directions and, as they like to say, invest rationally!

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The Zodiac

What sign are you?

How will you fare in the Year of the Earth Pig

Pig

1899  1911  1923  1935 1947
1959  1971  1983  1995  2007

Rat

1900  1912  1924  1936  1948
1960  1972  1984  1996  2008

Ox

1901  1913  1925  1937  1949
1961  1973  1985  1997  2009

Tiger

1902  1914  1926  1938  1950
1962  1974  1986  1998  2010

Rabbit

1903  1915  1927  1939  1951
1963  1975  1987  1999  2011

Dragon

1904  1916  1928  1940  1952
1964  1976  1988  2000  2012

Snake

1905  1917  1929  1941  1953
1965  1977  1989  2001  2013

Horse

1906  1918  1930  1942  1954
1966  1978  1990  2002  2014

Goat

1907  1919  1931  1943  1955
1967  1979  1991  2003  2015

Monkey

1908  1920  1932  1944  1956
1968  1980  1992  2004  2016

Rooster

1909  1921  1933  1945  1957
1969  1981  1993  2005  2017

Dog

1910  1922  1934  1946  1958
1970  1982  1994  2006  2018

Affliction deflection

How to mitigate negative energy

Feng Shui determines the points on the compass assigned to potential negative energies, or malevolent qi in their various guises. The usual suspects are the Tai Sui, Tsui Po, San Sha and Wu Wang: ghostly forces meandering across the Feng Shui firmament, so if the predictions are not in your favour, purchase a cannister of reality and breathe deep . . . you'll be fine.

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Celebrities

How will these famous faces fare in the Year of the Earth Pig?

Kim Yo-jong

26 September 1987
Fire Rabbit

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

13 October 1989
Earth Snake

Adrian Cheng

2 November 1979
Earth Goat

Bill Shorten

12 May 1967
Fire Goat

Michelle Yeoh

06 August 1962
Water Tiger

MTR

01 October 1979
Earth Goat

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

26 August 1962
Water Tiger

Shek Wai Hung

10 October 1991
Metal Goat

Masayoshi Son

11 August 1957
Fire Rooster

Property outlook

Where to park your trotters?

Welcome to the Battle Royale where good stars fight bad influences and vice-versa.

We highlight hotspots and notspots in Hong Kong worth your attention. The Centre is best; avoid the Northeast and Southwest; and don't dig in the West.

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