Year 2008 demonstrates a similar half-year prosperous and half-year slow down phenomenon. The cool down turn point is sudden and sharp. The world is still contained with lots of conflicts and fluctuations. The most prosperous part will be the East Asia. Epidemic disease may attach the tropical regions at the end of the year. Similar to year 2007 the financial world may be trembled by sudden financial issue.  Economic growth will slow down a bit and restore by the end of the year.

China is especially prosperous region and the region that intense investments are made where the growth rate is still sharp.

Singapore still continues to growth and benefit from Southeast Asia’s growing trend.  Grow rate maintains and economically prosperous. The situation is especially good in the 1st half year. However avoidably the upward trend is affected by external factors and slow down after the middle of the year. There may be argument with Neighborhood County at around August. 

Property Markets shows a price up trend due to shortage of space supply. However as the stock market drop the buying mood also fall after midyear.

Year 2008 continues to be an unfavorable year for United States of America. However, in the start of the year there are signs that the country restores to prosperous.  However, the bounce back situation can’t sustain for too long, and turn back to down trend due to occurrence of unexpected event. The financial situation and US currency may continue to be weak.

The economic environment may start to restore when approaching the end of the year.

In this year the flying star (“FS”) no. 1 is the dominant star that governs the yearly luck of fengshui.  Base on the 3 Phases and 9 Flying Stars (“3P9FS”) According to Luck Trend principle, years between 2004 to 2023 are counted under the Lower Phase FS No.8 luck trend.  So No. 1 is not a lucky star in Lower Phase FS No. 8.  A lot of criminals and unstable bad luck will be happened in this year.   With the FS no. 1 situated in the center, the effect in different directions is as follows:

Center of the dwelling

The FS no. 1 star lay on the direction.  This is a fade out star within this phase, so it will bring in theft or frequent travels.  Do not activate the direction and if anything goes wrong, place 4 pieces of bamboo stalks in the direction.

Northeast

FS No. 4 will fly to this direction in Yr. 2008.  It will enhance the studies result and/or study interest in this year.  During the period of Oct 8, 2008 to Nov 6, 2008, FS no. 3 will fly to west also.  It’s better to put a red carpet at west direction in these 2 months to ease the stress of the young lady who is still not getting married.

South

The disastrous emperor FS no. 5 dominates the direction.  The star is the most drastic fatal star.  So for the whole year, do not put any plant in this direction, since plants will dash this star and release the bad effect of this star.  The star prefers calm, so no decoration or construction of any kind is advised.  A five layers golden metal wind chime is recommended to place at this direction.  In Mar 5 to Apr 7, 2008, and Dec 7, 2008 to Jan 4, 2009, FS no. 2 also flies to South.  These 2 months need to be very careful as family members will have a lot of diseases. 

West

The FS no. 3 for the year occupies this direction.  This star is a woody element representing suitcase and wealth diminishing.  In order to reduce the bad effect, it is advised to place red carpet or red lightning at Northwest to dilute the adverse effect.

North

FS no. 6 flies to south direction in this year.  Metal is the represented element.  This star is not one of the lucky stars within the lower phase of the 3P9FS luck trend. However, if there are no adverse stars located at the South of the dwelling, the strengthening of the direction will bring in wealth and prosperous luck.  The position is not suitable to be occupied by fire-related appliances and large quantity of plants.

Southwest

FS no. 7 flies to the North position. The star is a metal element, which does not like to be opposed by fire.  This is not a lucky star in lower phase FS no. 8 and it represents robbery.  It’s better to place some vinegar at North direction especially when the door is located in this direction.

East

FS no. 8 is the lucky star dominants this direction. This star is an earthy element, which does not like to be opposed by plants.  So do not place plants at this direction since that it will deter your good luck.

Northwest

FS no. 2, the earthy star means sickness.  In year 2008 this star flies to the Northwest.  It is advisable to place a two-needled gold plated round clock in this direction.  During Jun 5, 2008 to Jul 6, 2008, the monthly FS no. 5 flies to this direction as well.  The combination of these two stars will cause fatal effect.  A five layers golden metal wind chime is needed to place in the center of the dwelling in this period of time.

Southeast

FS no. 9 controls the direction in this year; the star is a fire element that denotes happiness and celebrations.  To enforce it, one can place plants in this direction to activate the star’s effect.

Remark:
The above comments are isolating effect of the stars in respective directions. For individual dwelling and buildings, the fengshui effect has to be analyzed based on the combination effects of the building's direction, location and it's own flying stars in respective direction. So the captioned mentioned information are for reference only.