Change is happening all the time,
- people’s attitude change,
- different businesses prosper and established business close or prepare a new business plan,
- parts of the city or country prosper or decline

It might appear to be random but within Chinese Philosophy, change is happening all the time.
One of the key books in the “I Ching” or “Yi Jing” it is known as the “book of changes”

Therefore, change is part of the way of life.

How can this change be predicted?

In Feng Shui, it deals with a number of cycles – 2 hr, 1 day, 1 month, 1 year, 12 years, 20 years, 180 years.

We encounter cycles in all our lives.

We are a cycle in it self – we are born, grow up, produce children, live and then die
This is similar to a product cycle
Other cycle includes – fashion – long or short skirts, colour
Types of businesses – filofax, PC, PDA, mobile phones, smartphones
Attitudes – Behaviour and dress was once very formal. At the office, we were only called by our surnames and expected to wear formal suits. Now, we use first names and casual attire is acceptable.

Secondly, in each 20 year cycle, the direction of the predominant energy is different. This change of energy direction explains the rise and fall of cities, or why certain parts of the city thrives or become ghost towns.

There are nine 20 year cycles. Each cycle, also known as Period, has a different characterisitics, each characterised a family member – parents (father, mother) and 6 children (3 sons and 3 daughters). In each period has the predominant energy energy coming from a particular compass direction.

Table of the nine 20 year cycles.

Dr Michael Oon