Feng Shui, Karma, and Donald Trump

Without Chinese Feng Shui, Trump might have "died" long ago

After Trump's assassination, some people in the US Chinese community said, "Trump must not have looked at the Almanac when he went out." Indeed, according to the old almanac, the timing of Trump's speech in Pennsylvania on July 13th was not very appropriate. Trump was assassinated on July 13th at 6 pm US time, Below is the translated version of the old Almanac at that time.

In the US, "Feng Shui" has long become another popular Eastern mysterious symbol after "Kung Fu". As early as 2013, 17 universities in the US opened Feng Shui colleges, and since the establishment of the Florida Feng Shui Professional School, the number of graduates has exceeded 10,000.

After graduation, they are called "Feng Shui experts" and are responsible for providing consultation on the location and layout of landmark buildings, celebrity cemeteries, wealthy mansions, and real estate development.

Due to their growing influence, even a course called "Feng Shui Principles" has appeared in the training of real estate agents.

Feng Shui has always been closely related to real estate. Chinese architectural design master I.M. Pei once publicly stated:

Architects all believe in Feng Shui. It's not superstitious Feng Shui, there are several types of Feng Shui. For example, when we build a house, we need to be backed by mountains and rivers, which is also Feng Shui here. I think we should believe in Feng Shui, but if we go too far with it, it will become superstitious, which I oppose.

In fact, he is the biggest "Chinese Feng Shui" spokesperson on Wall Street. It may even have reached the level of "going too far" as I.M. Pei said. You should know that he has said on many occasions that Chinese Feng Shui has helped him make a lot of money. And in the past, it has "saved" him once.

It is well known that Trump was a real estate developer in his early years and owns multiple properties in New York.

The most important real estate project for him is naturally the Trump Tower located at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Central Park.

Just because the building's design was too avant-garde, its all-glass curtain wall design style was ridiculed by many people. At that time, Time magazine reporter Paul Goldberger jokingly wrote:

"The skyscraper with a glass exterior... can be said to be stupid, artificial, and vulgar." "The dark glass cover gives it enough dignity, but the whole building is still a bit too cramped, even a bit excited, especially when it is next to the strong and quiet Tiffany building next door.

On both sides of Fifth Avenue north of Rockefeller, there are various new and old buildings. Trump Tower is almost meticulously displaying its elegance: like a newly successful nouveau riche, never born into nobility, everything is flawless, but undeniably overdressed.

After the completion of Trump Tower, it was a low point in Trump's life.

Not only did he lose money no matter what he did, but even the Wall Street bank that had been lending him money lost hundreds of millions of dollars, causing the investment community to privately ridicule him as a "Wall Street pariah".

Due to his bad reputation, no US bank was willing to lend him any more money at that time. In order to get out of trouble, Trump had to constantly sell assets, but still couldn't get out of financial trouble. In 1994, he wanted to sell a 77-acre piece of land west of Manhattan, but no one dared to take it over.

By chance, a friend from Wall Street told him that Hong Kong had a broad "money" scene at that time, so he might as well ask Chinese people. So, Trump came to Hong Kong with a try-it-out attitude.

Through intermediaries, Trump met with the consortium led by Zheng Jiachun and Luo Kangrui at that time.

Zheng Jiachun is the eldest son of Zheng Yutong, the founder of Hong Kong New World Group, while Luo Kangrui is the founder of Hong Kong Rui An Group. He is best known for marrying Guo Jingjing's mother-in-law, Zhu Lingling, the ex-wife of Huo Zhenting...

Manhattan real estate in New York undoubtedly had great appeal to Hong Kong conglomerates at that time.

Faced with Trump, who was eager to sell the land at that time, these "top gifters" said that before buying the land, they should check the feng shui of the land. That was the first time Trump heard the word "Feng Shui" (Feng Shui). Although he thought it was a bit absurd, it was still a matter of seeking help, so he had to agree to cooperate.

At that time, it was the peak period of "buying unfinished properties" in Hong Kong. The boom of Hong Kong conglomerates investing in real estate also rushed to the US on the other side of the ocean. Hong Kong people have always believed in feng shui and must seek advice from masters when buying properties, especially billionaires. After all, it is hard to believe that these billionaires have relied solely on their own abilities to succeed. After negotiating with Trump, the two Hong Kong billionaires invited a master (some say it was Chen Bo) from Hong Kong to Manhattan.

The master was very satisfied with the feng shui of Manhattan. Subsequently, several Hong Kong consortia successively injected funds, giving Trump a life-saving straw in financial difficulties. If it weren't for the master's nod, he might have "died" at that time. Since then, Trump has also seriously studied Chinese feng shui and regarded it as a model.

Afterwards, Trump decided to renovate Trump Tower and invited a 27-year-old Chinese female feng shui master, Pun-Yin (Tian Shan Ben Yan), to serve as the building's occupant.

At first, Trump was skeptical about the so-called "feng shui", and he has always had his own ideas about the renovation of his building.

But Pun-Yin said, "We won't do this project unless you agree to follow our plan." The stubborn Trump met a more stubborn feng shui master, and after several negotiations, Trump compromised. At the suggestion of Pun-Yin and his daughter, Trump Tower first planted a green grove outside the dark glass curtain wall.

According to Pun-Yin, this green "barrier" is designed to guide the green energy of Central Park in New York to the atrium, and then soar to the top floor, where Trump's luxury apartment is located. The dark glass exterior wall can lock in this energy, allowing the entire atmosphere to circulate only inside the building. The purpose of this design is also to allow the entire Trump family to thrive in both career and family by leveraging the vitality brought by Central Park.

Gold is Trump's favorite, representing wealth and sunshine, and also a manifestation of vigorous vitality In fact, this is also Pun-Yin's suggestion. She said that Trump's eight characters lack gold and water, so he needs to supplement more gold elements in daily life.

In fact, Trump really likes gold. Not only are all his mansions decorated in gold, everywhere is magnificent, even when he later entered the White House, he also replaced the deep red curtains and carpets in the oval work room of the Obama era with gold.

It is worth mentioning that Trump Tower actually only has 58 floors, but Trump's top-floor luxury apartment is labeled as "68".

This is because Trump also accepted Pun-Yin's suggestion. The number "6" is the number of six lines, and every six lines in his life will go smoothly.

By the way, Trump's birthday is June 14th. Therefore, when he learned that due to New York City's regulations and land area restrictions, Trump Tower could not be built above 60 floors, he was very unhappy and changed the top floor to "68", which also borrowed the meaning of "8" in China. This approach is very similar to some Chinese tycoons... In this way, Trump happily moved into the luxury penthouse labeled "68" and lived there for more than 30 years.

And his Trump Group office is located on the 26th floor; during the 2016 presidential election, his campaign headquarters was located on the 6th floor... Interestingly, Trump won the presidential election in 2016 (another 6) and eventually became the 58th president of the US (of course, this time Trump couldn't change it to the 68th). In another project, Trump International Hotel, Trump still listened to Pun-Yin's advice. Pun-Yin thought after inspecting the site that "the Trump International Hotel faces Columbus Circle, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue and Broadway Avenue.

From a high place, the layout is like two arrows shooting straight at it." In order to transfer the traffic negative energy brought by Columbus Circle, the building not only uses a brown glass appearance to reflect the negative energy in feng shui, but also specially arranges a giant metal globe to resolve the "straight arrow" pattern. At the same time, she also changed the main entrance of the International Hotel (where the "arrow" was shot) from the original south to the east, facing Central Park.

The renovated Trump International Hotel Building also held a grand opening ceremony in June 1995. For whatever reason, Trump's career did indeed improve. He said in his autobiography, "Whether you believe in feng shui or not, feng shui did help me make money."

There was once a photo circulating online of Trump's office hanging, which was a photo of Pun-Yin and Trump at the opening ceremony of the Te Trump International Tower Hotel.

In the photo, Pun-yin stood in the C position wearing a quaint Chinese dress. It is said that Trump wanted Pun-yin to wear a suit at that time, but Pun-yin refused, explaining that Chinese people should wear their own clothes.

So, how much does Trump believe in Feng Shui? In 2016, CNN reported that Trump's feng shui consultant had calculated that Trump, who was born in the Year of the Dog, would have good luck in the Year of the Monkey, and Hillary, who was born in the Year of the Pig, would have an unfavorable year in 2016. After hearing this, Trump was overjoyed and arranged the itinerary for speeches and campaigning according to the consultant's advice. In that year, he won the election.

Obviously, this series of events made Trump more confident. Perhaps he really believed that he was the savior of the US with a clear destiny. His granddaughter speaks fluent Chinese, sings Chinese songs, and recites Chinese poems, which may have something to do with this. In fact, at this critical moment of the election, Trump's assassination can be considered a blessing in disguise. He originally had a higher approval rating than Biden, and this time he is even more likely to return to the presidency. However, since Trump's promotion of "feng shui" is well known, it is difficult to guarantee that his competitors will not use this to counterattack.

After all, South Korean President Yin Xiyue was once involved in the "witchcraft disaster", attacked by the opposition party, and even searched by the police, which is a warning from the past.

On the afternoon of March 15, 2023, the Seoul Police Department dispatched investigators to the Ministry of National Defense to investigate whether the relocation of the presidential palace was related to feng shui.

According to South Korean media reports, Yin Xiyue was encouraged by his wife to move away from the "bad feng shui" Blue House, hoping to escape the "Blue House curse" that the South Korean president would face. After the Trump assassination, Taiwanese netizens joked that the US had finally caught up with Taiwan 20 years ago. Therefore, it is not surprising to catch up with South Korea a year ago. At the critical moment, it depends on whether Trump's life is hard enough.

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