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Navigating August Chaos: Feng Shui, Mercury Retrograde, and Celestial Insights

• Sam Plovie

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Can you truly shape your future amidst chaos? Join us as we explore the transformative energies of August, driven by the mischievous Monkey and the complexities of Mercury retrograde. We promise you'll discover how these celestial forces will impact world events, finances, and your personal life. Learn to navigate this month's unpredictable nature without succumbing to panic. Instead, find out how to leverage past experiences to create a brighter future during these volatile times.

This episode uncovers the beneficial and challenging Feng Shui areas for August, like the East for clarity and the Northwest for relationship growth. Learn practical tips on how to harness these energies in your home and avoid the pitfalls of the West and Southwest. We also delve into astrology insights, particularly the significance of having a tiger in your Chinese zodiac chart. Finally, get introduced to ChiCast, a personalized video forecast offering monthly guidance based on your birth date. Stay tuned for invaluable advice to help you remain safe, informed, and even have a bit of fun this August!

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Okay, my peeps, we're here today to talk about the August Feng Shui and Astrology forecast because it is monkey month. So the question is what will the monkey bring into our realm? Are we going to swing high, swing low, or will we be left hanging? I just want to give people a place to go to get information. I want them to enjoy learning about qi and how it's easy to learn about it and affect change in your own life. So Qi Pro is here for the curious seekers and for the professionals looking to get ahead. It's the bottom line. I want to empower people with information because the one thing that can't be taken from you is your knowledge. And there it is. I say it every month and I will keep saying it every month until you really, really, really believe me the one thing that can be taken away from you is your knowledge. So you always owe it to yourself to be informed. Hey, it's Chipro Sam here, your favorite feng shui master and Chinese astrologer, and we're going to have a lovely chat about the August month. So you know me, I love my little cheekiness here, but I find it kind of fits with the monkey because he is a bit mischievous and we do have to wonder what's going on.

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Okay, well, let's back up first. August is something called run shun. Run is yam water, shun is monkey. Now, in a nutshell, everything is mobile this month and nothing. Nothing will stay still or stay as it was. Everything is transforming, from landscapes to thoughts, to processes, to everything. World events, natural events, financial events. They're all going to swing haphazardly, with momentum, to a destination we don't recognize. So do we run for the hills and prepare for the apocalypse? Nah, august monkey is playing games with us and, no matter what we do, we won't outsmart him. So we kind of have to wait him out.

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Know that you will worry this month. Okay, I'm going to put it right down. I'm going to lay down the information you need to know. You will worry this month. You will have fears. You'll have fears about financial stability and how you view your personal environment will come under siege. But is it all as it seems? Is it as bad as it seems? Likely not. That's our mischievous monkey swinging cheekily through our lives. Now. Layer in that August is also as if we needed another thing. But August is also Mercury retrograde. Now, during this time, we know that our thoughts will head into high gear and they'll reverse, because Mercury retrograde is all about things going backwards. So we're going to be questioning the moves we made in our past, in our history. Don't do that. Okay, don't make me come over there. Stop doing that. The moves you made got you here, good or bad. They got you here and here is where you're meant to be Now.

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If you think you could have foreseen stock stopping, real estate issues or emotional problems before and you know, landslides, hailstorms I mean, my God, everything's happening out there Give your bloody head a shake. You could not have foreseen any of that. 2024 continues to stake its hold over our next 20 years. Remember, this is the first year of the next 20. So this is a massive change. This was never going to be easy year of the next 20. So this is a massive change. This was never going to be easy. It was never going to be simple. But I do love the fact that we're in August because we're in the second half of the year and that's massive. It means that everything is now going to get better.

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Now, if you just kind of raised your eyebrows at me when I said that and you're thinking well, hang on a minute. Stocks fell, wars are massively going on. We've got political mayhem in different countries. I know, I know all of that's going on. It has to, because things will not change unless they get volatile like this. The status quo will be sought after. The wanting to remain the same will stay. The only way things can change is in this volatility, so it kind of has to happen.

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I know I don't like it either, I'm not a fan of all the things going on, but the world is going to do this, so you may as well get used to it and go with it. So what I want you to do this August considering we've got all this conflict and we've got Mercury retrograde is I want you to review your history and I want you to learn from it. But do not dwell there or lay blame to a current situation from there. That is not. The blame game is never going to work. This is not the way to do this. Your past is your past. So move on. August will and I'm going to say this again August will change, and I'm going to say this again August will change our landscapes emotionally, physically, emotionally, financially.

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But that doesn't mean we crumble into the ground. It means we rise into our future with new landscapes. You've got to think of it like when a mountain rises up from beneath, it cracks the earth to come forward, right, it dislodges things, it displaces things and people go oh my god, bloody hell, look what's happening around us. This is awful. Well, it is momentarily, but then new things evolve, new things come out of the ground and new things come out of the what appears to be a negative, and that's where we are.

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Continue to walk your path and stop walking the path of others, because everyone else is doing it like stop being a sheep, stop doing what everyone else is doing. It Like stop being a sheep, stop doing what everyone else is doing, thinking what everyone else is thinking and towing the line Stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it. Be you in the present, right here, right now, and recognize your future. While everything is moving, you have the best opportunity to make changes in your life now. Your life could have only a small, you know a few small hiccups in it. Your life could have massive, massive changes that are really hard to deal with. There's everything occurring out there. I know that. So I'm not being flippant with what's occurring in your life, but what I am saying is you have a choice, and you can choose to be beaten or you can choose to see it as you're being pushed in a new direction. Choose the new direction. All right, I've kind of lectured you enough there.

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Let's move on to a different part of this podcast. Let's move into feng shui and talk about areas you can use lots and areas that you should avoid if you can. Okay, we have to be realistic with feng shui. You can't not use your front door. You can't not use your kitchen you got to make a cup of tea, right, so it's not going to work. But there are areas when you understand there are areas you can use more and areas to use least. It helps you.

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So the two beneficial areas of Feng Shui this year in the month of August First one is the East. This is an awesome area for clarity of thought, so it's great for decision making and planning your future. And hello, what have I just been saying? So how you use this is you you. Maybe the East is your kitchen counter, right when you sit and have your morning cup of coffee. So maybe just spend some more time there with your iPad, your notepad, whatever tickles your fancy, make some plans, write down your ideas. Maybe you're stuck on a decision on something. So put your pros and cons down and actually make a call on what you need to do, because the energy what I'm talking about is the energy that's in the eight parts of your home, coming from the eight directions. This is a good one. In the east, it's going to help you make decisions now.

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Another good area for August is the northwest. This is all about growth and developing long-term relationships, so maybe this could be on a personal front. You want to heal some things with family, a loved one. This is a good time to have conversations in that area. Maybe make a phone call from that area. If it's business, if you're trying to start a new partnership or just create better business relationships, use the Northwest. Again, it can be done for phone calls, it can be done for emails. The energy that's in the Northwest is going to help you with this. You don't actually have to do anything. That is the beauty of Feng Shui. The energy's there. I just want you to tap into it. It's a Wi-Fi signal. Tap into it.

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Now, two areas that I would love for you to avoid, if you can. The first one is the West. You see, this one has a potential for blockages in thought processes, in the bladder, the kidney area. So be mindful of spending time here, or too much time here, because if those areas are weak for you in your body or in your mind, they're going to become worse this month because that's the Wi-Fi that's there. It's not a very good one. The other area that's not so great is the southwest. It's a bit of a confusing area. Okay, it's different from the west, but it's you know. They're right next to each other, so you can see there's a pattern here. So avoid this if you have important discussions to to have, as misunderstandings will escalate. So if you've got a bone to pick with someone, for God's sake, don't do it in the southwest.

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Use your smarts, use something I've already told you Go to the east, because it's very clear, right, it's good for decision making, you will reach an agreement with the other person because the energy is more in tune with that and wants to help you do so, is more in tune with that and wants to help you do so. Now I totally understand that your home could be 500 square feet, could be 3,000 square feet, so you can't actually avoid an area or sometimes use an area because maybe it's not there, maybe it's the hallway outside and you can't get to it. So I'm just asking you to use this when you can. Feng shui is energy Wi-Fi. Now you have a permanent Feng Shui chart, but each month, each year, the Feng Shui, it doesn't change, but it has another layer that comes to it and reacts with it. So your permanent Feng Shui is the winner. It is the long-term Feng Shui, but this monthly Feng Shui that I give you is very good because it's fast moving, it's instant and it's also short term. So it's instant. So use it.

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All right, changing gears again, let's move into the astrology forecast for August. Now, remember, if you don't have your astrology chart, go to chiprosamcom. You'll see astrology calculators. Pick the first one I think it's baza and work out your astrology chart, take a picture of it and then you have everything you need. Okay, because what we're looking at here is not your day master. That's something different. We're looking at the animals in your chart. They're called branches. So the top of your chart will have words like ding and gung and shin, and, and they're elements. Basically, okay, fire, metal, earth, water, but the bottom of your chart will have animals out of the 12 Chinese zodiac. That's what we're talking about here. So let's begin.

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Have a look at your chart. Do you want to know his who is clashed this August? Well, it's the tiger. So if you've got a tiger in your chart now, that could be in your year, your month, your day or your hour, and each place means something different. If you've got a tiger in your chart now, that could be in your year, your month, your day or your hour, and each place means something different. If I give you a quick once over here, just this one time, so you have to pay attention because I'm not going to repeat it in the other ones if it's your year, if you have a tiger in your year, it's to do with your corporate standing, your social media, your world at large, and it can be grandparents, mentors, powerful people in your world.

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If you have the animal I'm speaking to in your month, it can be to do with your parents, your career, your life focus, where you actually physically work, parents and sometimes friends around you. If it's your day, if it's in the day that the animal I mentioned, that's you, that's completely you, and it can be your thoughts, but it's all to do with your health, your career. It's everything about you, but it can also be about your significant other. We call it the house of spouse. If it's in the day pillar, so it can mean a lot too. If it's in the day pillar, so it can mean a lot too. If the animal I'm speaking to is in the hour, that is quite private. That's to do with your children, your innermost thoughts, your dreams, your visions, sex, intimacy, sex and investments and retirement. So there's a lot there. Okay, back on track. Okay, you can always rewind and listen to that again if you didn't get it.

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If you have a tiger in your chart, you're experiencing a clash in one of the areas I just spoke to Now, because it's monkey month. The tiger and the monkey are both traveling animals, which means we have movement afoot. If you have a tiger in your chart, this can be positive. It's not necessarily a bad thing, as it could be holidays, it could be career opportunities. So don't be afraid of changing direction on something, as the August monkey is showing you a different path. So why not try it?

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Okay, next one up. Who's harmed this August? Well, my dear little piggies, see, if you have a piggy in your chart Now, don't be freaked out by the word harm. It has many layers. These words are very old, from the ancient Chinese study of Chinese astrology study of Baza, so I use them, but we have to explain them, okay. Astrology always has more layers to it than what can first be seen. So this one also leans to travel. So give yourself extra time to get to your destination and don't fret if plans keep changing. Simply go with it. So you'll probably meet some cancellations along the way or some problems along the way that kind of stop you in your tracks. Just find a way around it and take time to center yourself as well and focus on your needs, because if you overextend yourself for others they'll be okay, but you'll hit a wall not good, and that's where the actual harm could come in right now.

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Who has a punishment this August? Well, it's somebody we've already talked about. If you have a tiger in your chart and you're probably thinking bloody hell, sam, you already talked about it. Why didn't you mention it in one go? Well, they're two very different things so I have to separate them. If you have a tiger, you're on the hot seat again, but remember we already spoke to change a foot, so this is kind of on the same theme, it's a reminder to observe carefully what your plans are, for example, if you're traveling, don't make an impulsive decision based on what you think and I have to say what you think. So what singular what you're thinking? Get information from other people, from other sources, because your decision could be the wrong one. You might cause the issue. It's not a self-penalty, that's a little different. This is a punishment, but you could be the wrong one. You might cause the issue. It's not a self-penalty, that's a little different. This is a punishment, but you could be backed into a corner and it will be because you made the wrong choice. Now, if we consider what's going on around the world, we've got freakish storms, we've got fires, we've got, you know, turmoil in so many places. So maybe just check and double check when you're going somewhere that everything's okay, because you will be creating this yourself. If you don't do that, get the facts and be informed to avoid the issue.

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Okay, one more well, actually, a couple more to talk about who is destructive this august. Well, this one. This one I actually like, even though the word destructive does not sound good, I actually like this one. This is all surrounding the snake this month and I have to kind of put my hand up and say, oops, I have a snake in my birth chart. Now, because of where it is, I know what it is and it's not going to be as bad as I think, but it has affected something to do with my finances because it's in my hour. Okay. So there you go. You got some secret intel there.

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I'm born year, hour of the snake, so this one sounds awful when we say destruction. But it's not. It's your opportunity to destroy something that is holding you back, preventing you from moving forward. So do not shy away from it. Face it and make it what you want it to be. So, again, a destruction. The way I like to describe this is like a renovation in your house. You want to put the picture window in the living room, so you've got to knock a big hole in the wall to take the small window out, to put the big window in. Well, there's, it's a pain in the ass when you do that. Lots of mess, probably more expense than you thought, right, but ultimately it's good. It's the same here no pain, no gain. I'm afraid.

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Now, who has a secret combination this month? I do wish this was me. Well, it kind of is Spoiler alert. It kind of is Because it's a snake again. Yes, so I left these two to a loss because I wanted you to see that, the sort of negative bit, that there's a destruction there.

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But what the combination mean when you have a combination with the month, it means you will get assistance, people will come to your aid and not because it's terrible, they will come and rally around you and they will provide you what you need. So it's a month of collaborations and assistance and it's positive. It's not like, oh my God, life is so terrible you're going to be rescued? Not at all. No, no, no, no, no. Do not think that. So, connect with the people you need, ask for help if you need it and you will get where you want to go.

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Okay, so I'm deliberately using these two things this month in actions. I'm taking around my career and to do with money, so you can do the same thing does depend on where it is in your chart, okay, so I want, as we come to a close here, I want to just say it's so easy to be successful this August month with so much turmoil in the world, so much changing and quite possibly so many things going on in your life and the fact that your mind is going to go backwards right Mercury retrograde is going to make you go back and think about previous lovers, previous situations, and you might sort of think, oh God, I should never have left him, I should never have dumped her, I should have stayed in that other job. No, you're here now and the decisions you made got you here, so stay on track. You need to swing amidst the movement that is August and don't try to keep your feet on the ground, because the ground is moving right now. This is not the month time going to say, oh, plant your feet on the ground and find ground is moving right now. This is not the month that I'm going to say, oh, plant your feet on the ground and find your stability. Good luck with that, because you ain't going to find it. This is not the time to be super serious either. It's a time to be light and playful and follow the flow. The monkey is going to keep things moving, so just go with it. All right, go with it.

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I know that disasters are occurring occurring. I don't like it either, but you and I cannot prevent them, so don't take on their weight. It's far too heavy for you. In fact, by bringing some lightness into your life, by bringing some playfulness into your life, you will handle everything that's going on in the world way better. We we're not ignoring it, we're not burying our heads in the sand. We're just keeping our noses clean and going forward. Focus on your world. Make it the amazing place that others want to come into. Help them Think about it.

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Other people maybe don't hear this podcast. They don't know what information I'm giving out. They have no idea how to deal with this. So how about you be the light for them? How about you help them? Bring them into your positive world? Let the ripple effect of your small moves make a difference as they ripple outward to the world. And if you're looking for some precise direction, I've got that covered for you in your personal forecast too. So what I want you to do, if you're thinking well, this is great, sam. I love the information you've given. It's been super helpful, but I want more, I get it and I've created that for you.

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Go to chiprosamcom and you will see the ChiCast. It's a video forecast based on your day of birth, so it's a very specific part of your astrology chart. So go there, it's free to try. Just go try it. You are going to freaking love it and it's going to help you specifically with your actions this month and every month moving forward. All right, I've had enough chatting here. You know me, I can always talk your ear off, but I like to keep things short and sweet and keep us moving. So I'm going to say until next time, be safe and have some fun this month. Thank you.