Feng Shui and numbers
Chinese who believe in FengShui are extremely superstitious about the numbers they choose such as their phone number, house number, car number, and the like. The categorization of some numbers as lucky and others as unlucky depends on the way they sound when pronounced. For example, in Western numbers ‘eleven’ sounds like ‘heaven’ or the number ‘eight’ sounds like ‘weight’ or the number ‘one’ sounds like ‘son’.
Numbers considered failed by the Chinese:
The number 4 (pronounced as Sei) is known to be a bad number because in Cantonese it sounds like the word “death”. The number 13 is unlucky because it adds up to 4. Apart from this, the number 24 and 104 are also unlucky for the same reason.
Figures considered lucky
numbers like 108, 168, 99, 88, 84, 80, 68, 54, 48, 38, 28, 18, 8, are all good numbers. The main reason why 8 is lucky is because if you pronounce the word (patt) it sounds like “faat” which denotes “prosperity and abundance”.
Consequences of some lucky figures and combinations:
- 289: Long-Term Prosperity
- 5: myself
- 518: I will bloom
- 5189: I will flourish for a long time
- 516289: I will walk a long, smooth and prosperous road
- 5918: Soon I will prosper
- 6: smooth and easy
- 7: together
- 8: sudden prosperity or fortune
The cure
If you have a home or business with 4 or 13, just draw a circle around that number. The circle is tremendously powerful and captures the dire effects of the negative number. There are two ways to do this, one is to go to your local hardware store and find a ceramic door number that can be personalized with a circle. However, if you can’t afford to keep too much money, then a simpler method is to simply go outside and circle the number. Also note that if you live or work in a place that has an unlucky number but is outside of China, consider what that number sounds like in the native language of that particular country.
How seriously should these figures be taken? If you’re still looking for a house, office, or car number, make sure you adhere to the rules set forth by feng shui. However, if you’ve already bought one with the number 4 or 13, don’t worry too much, just use the cure provided above or consider changing the number to a name like “rose cottage”, “your company name”, etc.