Dear Joey,
I've consulted your consultant, gotten your reports on my bazi and read your bazi series of books I bought and attended some of your seminars. I thought I have the basics understood until my parents brought me to a couple of traditional bazi readers.
The thing that got me puzzled is the term golden rat year. They say golden rat year only occurs 1 every 60 years. When I checked with your analysis, the year I was born is the Wood Rat (My Day Master should be a weak Ding Fire). But still the term, pen written on my birth cert upon my birth is the golden rat year. And of late, the traditional bazi readers refer to my birth year as the golden rat year. I could not find any written information on this.
What is the difference between the golden rat year and the wood rat year? Is the golden rat year a metal element on the year pillar?
The reason I ask is because to them, only the golden rat has a serious conflict with the fire snake and their analysis starts with the year pillar before moving on to the spouse palace. I have someone dear to me that would like to move on to the next level but because of this, and the age gap, my family, relatives and friends are very worried. We are open to any advice and are willing to forego the next level if the conflict does have negative impact and complicate matters as we can still be supportive friends.
I hope and greatly appreciate your sharing and advice on this. Thanks a lot, Joey. Warmest regards.
