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12 August 2015

Bazi: Why is Lui Tuck Yew stepping down?

Disclaimer: Politics is a passionate affair.  The author apologise in advance if there are disagreements in interpretations. Opinions e... thumbnail 1 summary

Disclaimer: Politics is a passionate affair. The author apologise in advance if there are disagreements in interpretations. Opinions expressed are the author's freedom of speech and there is no need to be rude in disagreements. In addition being a blogpost, it is not feasible to cover birth chart in totality and hence the author had left out some factors which was deemed not fitting. 

If you are agreeable, do proceed. If not, do not proceed. 

Does the transport minister's birth chart support his decision to step down?

Mr Lui Tuck Yew is currently the transport minister of Singapore. Recently he had became a household name especially whenever the MRT breaks down. Collectively the commuters will go "Tuck Yew!"

Right. He is the mascot for every SMRT failures since the previous CEO had stepped down, arguably the internet trolls' favourite minister by popular voting and took the brunt for some of the fiercest anti-PAP bashing during his term.

Being such a  万人敌, I think if PAP ever offer me the million dollar job - i also scare le.

Recently I had read that Mr Lui had decided to step down honourably from his cabinet minister of Transport Minister.

I think Mr Lui is a Singapore son whom every parent will be proud of. Looking at his CV, he is living every bit the Singapore Dream - a distinguished career, gifted scholar, highly decorated navy chief and is one of the fastest-rising politicians in the unbeatable PAP ruling party for 50 years in Singapore.

Till...the hot potato got tossed into his lap, perhaps?

Hopefully, a look into his Chinese birthday bazi can be illuminating...



Mr Lui is a strong Yin Metal man, born in autumn season and securely rooted in month pillar.

Some Bazi nuggets - Metal represents justice and revolution. Most metal people are suitable to be in 武职 namely military, law enforcement or security.

Yin metal is likened to jewelry, they are flexible and can be crafted into shape under good conditions. I.e Jewelry can only be manufactured under intense heat, some water and take on constant hammering from an expert craftsman. 

Highlights 1: Power element (Fire)

金旺得火,方成器皿。Being a strong Yin Metal man with 2 Yang Bing Fire (fire is power element) closed by, the conditions are prime for Mr Lui to be crafted - 成才成器.

In addition, there are 2 Bing fire elements, aka power elements in Mr Lui's chart. Under the right conditions, someone with 1 power element in a chart - generally denotes his/her leadership and ability to become a boss.

With his 2 power elements = double responsibility. Hence his chart had predisposed him the ability to withstand much pressure and taking on heavy responsibility - previously as a Navy Chief and then as the transport minister of Singapore.


Highlights 2: Category of his Birth Chart 

It is little wonder that Mr Lui's birth chart puts him on the path of a minister, he is strong yin metal born in season - 刧财格 meaning he has lots of friends, supporters or followers in his life.

In my class, our Grand Master used to say that in politics, one will need lots of support from friends.

Strength wise, he is not quite a 羊刃 because strictly speaking there is no 阴刃 (otherwise he will be more suitable to remain in military). However his category is 刧财格, i think of it as the reverse 羊刃格, and instead of 羊刃驾杀, it is good to compliment with Proper Fire Power, which he has two bing fire in his chart. e.g.

And he got 正官 instead based on his chart, you will know that this is a man of "responsibility"

Most likely of dignified and mainstream structure. A government official.

Now the millionaire dollar question: Why did he step down? 



1) Luck is changing - “Cross-over" luck pillars: 

Situations can be explained by looking at his luck pillars. Every luck pillar will last for 10 years. In his case, Mr Lui is about 53 years old and had just crossed over into a new luck pillar from the 43 to 53.

I had noticed that during this "cross-over period" that most people will tend to make more drastic changes and some major decisions. Most visible in the first few years of a new luck pillar cross into the next luck pillar (no matter the elements are favourable or unfavourable). 

2) The election year is 2015 - 乙未:

乙未 is yin wood over yin earth. The 乾坤 lies in the 未.

First of all, Earth is the resource element for Mr Lui. In I-Ching, Earth is 坤, binary code is 0. This is a energy of going back to origin and for him, he is going back to original state of nothingness or quietness, basically a period of retirement. Resource luck sometimes means spirituality for certain people.

Generally when people cross into resource luck, they will also want to "retire" from something. Yours truly here also resigned from a mainstream career when in the resource luck. Resource luck can be considered as a potent indicator of what is coming and to be expected. 

However, this is a good sign for Mr Lui. Again in the I-Ching, 坤卦 is associated with a sign.

大象 (this does not mean an elephant, more like A Visible and Macro SIGN)大地承载万物以德服众仁者无敌。(Loosely translated: Mother Earth can carry the weight of a million things. Exercise virtue to gain public consent. The benevolent one has no enemies)

Perhaps in a strange way by retiring from politics, Mr Lui will once again will regain respect from the people whom originally had given him the most flak. Because 仁者无敌! 




3) Offending Tai Sui + Grave is in clash with his year of Ox, opened to collect Metal elements:

The chinese people will know this, Mr Lui is in the year of offending Tai Sui

Usually it is not that serious because millions are born in year of Ox and also collectively offending the Tai Sui. So the "offence of Tai Sui" is spread out and minimised by all the people. 

But Tai Sui energy usually carries the message of "turbulences", layman terms = changes.

In addition what is interesting is also, his Ox had clashed that yearly 2015 Goat Grave opened.

For benefit of non-bazi people, Grave is not always a bad thing. Grave simply means a vault to collect something. Many wealthy businessman had more than one vaults in their bazi, hence they can accumulate cash.

For Mr Lui, the goat vault energy is temporary and only visible during Goat periods. (According to some books i had read, temporary vaults are not real vaults hence its energy is weaker vs pre-existing vaults in bazi)

Therefore in layman terms again, only in 2015 he will have the feeling that his supportive "friends", same element as 辛 all dropped into the grave - he does not feel internal support from his colleagues.

Of course like that, he will feel sian la.


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Post update on 13 Aug 2016:

Just read that he had lost his mother at age 6. Assuming he is talking about his angmo birthday, it will be the year of 1967.

Incidentally, 1967 is a 丁未 and he was in the relatively bad luck period on the luck pillar of 乙未 (when he was age 3).

Hence this grave feature is interesting for him as a metal pot to metal man.

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4) Intuition or someone had given him a nudge? 

Interestingly, the Tiger earthly branch in his 53 year luck pillar will join up with the monkey and goat in his chart to form the infamous fire penalty (寅巳申), which can suggest intense underlying anxiety, health problems e.g. Skin/lung and much external pressure.

First of all, overwhelming fire is threatening his day master for some time now. He is likely to have been experiencing sleepless nights with allergies keeping him up, more anxiety situations etc.

For strong yin metal, optimal fire power is alright. But too much fire, the metal will be melted and become 废铁, a wasted metal nugget. For this current luck pillar, there is a higher possibility that his health may be impacted and so it is of utmost importance to prioritise health first.

I wonder how he knows, he is so SMRT (smart) ...

Based on intuition (earth resource luck will strengthen one's intuition) Mr Lui had probably made a right decision to retire from politics in the GE 2015 year.

First, I believed that when news broke out that his original constituency had been dissolved by his boss, the PM. He took it quite hard and that had shaken his confidence. Everyone knows that this is a calculated move by the PM. His boss wanted to save him and move him into a safe spot because hey, it is not entirely his fault.

This intuition can send one's thinking into an overdrive. At the back of his mind, a real worry being - he will be victorious or will he bring the team down?

For someone like Mr Lui, a soldier most of his life, honour is very important to him. Being an righteous general with strong belief in discipline, he will want to take responsibility for all assignments which he had undertook.

Secondly, realistically speaking, the opposition parties are all gunning to attack the ministry of transport for the recent total island paralysis of the MRT.

The PAP knows it and the people know it too. Mr Lui probably did not want to drag "the safe team" down, which he was newly assigned into.

All in all, currently Mr Lui has 3 traveling stars appearing in his life/radar right now.

More changes are ahead and it will do him good to be traveling much for the next few years too.

What does the future say?

In 2016 - fire monkey year, 丙申 - duplicate year with Mr Lui's month Pillar, denoting the ending of the past things. So it is good to make peace with endings.

Also next year, the monkey will clash with the Tiger Luck pillar (Age53), with prevailing Tiger Monkey clash. As he already have one monkey in his own chart to clash with the Tiger, as a matter of being kiasu, he can do some Feng Shui at home for better exposure to good directions and good energy.

And be careful of bones injury.

Maybe he should join world ventures for more benefits, but of course he does not need a travel club.

For Bazi Hobbyists

Elements in bazi, representing various aspects for metal people:-

Metal: Friends/followers/competitors
Earth: Resources/unconditional love
Fire: Power Element
Water:Intelligence element
Wood: Money element

Summary of Mr Lui Tuck Yew's Bazi:

-Strong Yin metal born in Autumn  - where metal is strong.
Category is : 刧财格

-Favourable elements are calculated using reverse method: e.g. 羊刃喜七煞.

-Unfavourable elements are Earth (resources) and Metal (friends/followers/competitors) due to over-strengthening Day Element.

Disclaimer: The author apologise in advance whereever there are disagreements in interpretation. Opinions expressed are the author's freedom of speech and there is no need to be rude in disagreements. In addition, being a blogpost, it is not feasible to cover birth chart in totality and hence the author had left out some factors which was deemed not fitting. Thank you. 

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