Feng Shui and the Philippine Elections

Former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos was a feng shui addict. Unfortunately, a feng shui master from the Binondo-Tondo area advised him to hold snap elections on a February 7, correlating it to the former president's lucky number belief.

Technically, President Marcos won. Practically, however, he lost all of his personal career struggles that brought 21 years of martial law in the country as a result.

The natural law - whether natural born or not - when it comes to feng shui is the law of karma.

You reap what you rip, not what you sow. That is where the tweak lies!

Successive presidents after Maros have turned out to be feng shui freaks too. One even declared believing in feng shui, begged not to be asked how to spell it!

In its present state, in 2016, the use of feng shui by political aspirants, especially to the top offices of the land, continues. Even, at times, abused!

But no matter what, feng shui will prevail and in tenet of "each according to his or her fate." But this is dictated as well by the matter of faith. Faith in what the geomancer prescribes. Unlike elections, feng shui application cannot be cheated or tweaked.

Many a Philippine politician has come out victorious in elections or failed miserably, as a product of his balance of faith and fate.

After all, feng shui comes from the heart of the beholder. Not as mere eye candy for politics.

So, beware in using feng shui as political eye candy in the coming national elections. Is it really likely to be practiced? Well, it has been practiced since the beginning of governance in ancient China. It is a timeless virtue to use feng shui in politics as service to humanity. Yes, for both natural born or naturalized.