2008 Year of the Rat Predictions for Sheep/Goat/Ram

THE SHEEP / RAM / GOAT 

17 Feb 1931-05 Feb 1932	05 Feb 1943-24 Jan 1944	24 Jan 1955-11 Feb 1956
09 Feb 1967-29 Jan 1968	28 Jan 1979-15 Feb 1980	15 Feb 1991-03 Feb 1992
	01 Feb 2003-21 Jan 2004

People born in the Year of Ram are elegant and highly accomplished in the arts. They seem to be, at first glance, better off than those born in the zodiac’s other years. But ram year people are often shy, pessimistic, and puzzled about life. They are usually deeply religious, yet timid by nature. Sometimes clumsy in speech, they are always passionate about what they do and what they believe in. Ram people never have to worry about having the best in life for their abilities make money for them, and they are able to enjoy the creature comforts that they like. Ram people are wise, gentle, and compassionate. They are compatible with Rabbits, Pigs, and Horses.

2008 Predictions

1. After a year of ups and downs in 2007 the Goat has a nice year to look forward to, there are a few little hiccups in May and November but if you follow my advice you will have a great year.

2. 2008 will be a year of changes for the Goat and wealth luck is good.

3. With regards to relationships there will be changes for the better, Goat born in 1991 can look forward to strong peach blossom in 2008 giving new romantic opportunities.

4. Health should be good although with success there is always a price to pay somewhere and health can be affected if you do not take time out and relax, it will be a great year but you will work hard and stress levels can get high as can your blood pressure, please take time to relax and 2008 is the perfect time to take up Qi Kong, tai chi or similar exercise to relax the body and mind.

5. You should be careful of rivals/competitors this year.

6. You will need to be careful with money as it can arrive and depart very quickly, so some careful money management is needed.

7. Your lucky sector: (astrological zone) is the Southwest (202.5º – 217.5º) of the home or office.

8. If you are relocating your desk this year to face one of your favourable personal directions, please be aware of the directions and locations of the annual afflictions.

9. You are in affinity with the Horse. For your protection, you should have a key chain pendant of a Horse.

10. Be careful if your main door, bedroom or office or any other important room is located in the south, northwest or west this year 2008.

11.  If your office or bedroom is located in the southeast or southwest please be aware that in the months of April & July 2008 make sure you place a Wu Lou or six Chinese coins tied in a row with red ribbon for the month especially if you are not in good health or very stressed.

12. To further enhance 2008 check out the monthly almanac, flying stars and animal predictions as it not only gives you advice of good and bad days to do certain tasks it also advises you if it is good for your animal sign.

13. When at work, you may sit facing the south direction if this is one of your personal good directions, but do not sit with your back to the south or you may find unscrupulous people working against you or you may encounter undue gossip and back stabbing during the year.

14. Because the south has the three killings and Sui Po combined with the #5 bad luck star this makes the south very undesirable in 2008.

15. An exceptionally powerful cure in 2008 and can only be used in certain years is by placing a six metal Dragon hanging Pagoda. The Dragon is part of the three combinations (San He) and if placed correctly not only can it cure the negative effects of the south in 2008 it can also enhance a very inauspicious area making it an extremely powerful cure and enhancer.

16. With Tai Sui, you may rely on him for support in that you may sit with him in the north and face the south.

17. Do not confront him by undertaking any renovation or construction works in the north or by sitting in a position that is directly opposite him (south).

18. In 2008, this means do not sit with your back to the south facing north even if this is your best direction.

19. Most traditional Chinese families would place a Pi Yao and a gold coloured three legged toad in the south of the home facing north or if your main door is in the north, place it just inside the door facing north.

20. Sui Po year breaker occupies the division directly opposite Tai Sui Grand Duke, which for 2008 is south.

21. You should treat this area the same as the other annual afflictions with no groundbreaking work, renovations or any noisy activities.

22. If disturbed this area can and normally will cause immediate health problems especially for the elderly, so please be very careful.

23. If you have to carry out work or emergency repairs in the south place a six hollow metal rod wind chime between the building and where the work is being carried out.

24. To soften the effects of the year you should hang six Chinese coins tied with a red ribbon and place it in the northwest of your home or office this year to control the #2 star.

25. You should also place a six rod metal wind chime in the south along with a set of six Chinese coins tied together with ribbon in your home this year to weaken the #5.

26. 2008 is a perfect time to gather your thoughts and take stock of what you have and your life.

27. This year is ideal for those who are or want to be creative and if you are in a position you should really try and travel this year as not only will the change be good for you, financially you could benefit too.

28. Do not take risks this year in any sector of your life, so no gambling, playing stock and shares or even high-risk sports.

29. Take it easy but stay alert as you will need your wits about you, this will be a year of “discovering yourself”, seriously, this may sound a bit of a cliché but you will find you discover things about yourself that you never realised were there.

30. To enhance romance and career in 2008 place four pieces of hematite crystal along a very auspicious i-ching coin placed in a bowl of still water, this cure is very important in 2008 as is the Four Pillars Taiyang enhancer placed in the inter-cardinal compass sectors SW-SE-NW & NE.

31. Take extra care in the months of September, December and January 2009.

  the article above is from this feng shui website …. I had viewed over 300 search tags entitled ” 2008 year of the rat” … so here I am giving you a good summary of what the feng shui site published. I slightly ommitted some selling products since I basically don’t want to personally do that myself… if you want you may check their website to know more about your sign or if you want to find out more about their feng shui products.