I just got back from our Miami trip after a short stopover in Japan for a couple of nights. It's not unusual for me to have a lot of faxes waiting for me after being away for so long but one in particular caught my attention. It had the words URGENT marked across it in LARGE bold letters. It was a thank you note with a big “It Worked” as the subject heading. Her husband had managed to grow more hair! This was an interesting development in my practice of Xuan Kong. I remember the audit for Lisa and one of her minor requests was that her balding husband be able to grow more hair! Of course, this was something new to me … classical Feng Shui does not include any formulas for 'growing hair' as part of its methodologies.

So I thought about it for a while and my research led to me the star #4. Hair is represented by Wood. Soft, flexible, yin wood. So this makes it #4.

If I want #4 to grow, I will definitely need some water. Not a lot of water as the plant may die. So, just a little bit of water. Water is represented by star #1. Naturally, for real Wood to grow, it needs a little bit of soil. Not many types of Wood grow only on Water. So I got to thinking and came to the conclusion that Earth had to be a prerequisite in this formula. But which type of Earth? In this case, it would be ideal to use a little bit of #8 earth.

My study of BaZi also has shown me that loss of hair is usually due to strong Fire or Metal, as these two elements counter the Wood element. Looking at Lisa's house, I suggested her husband sleep on the #4 Annual in their room and have his head pointed to the #1 Annual Star. The room he was in was already an Earth room (SW), so the element of Earth is already present. Even though not exactly good earth, but we have to make do with what we have.

Because last month the star #5 was present here, I asked Lisa to increase the (very still) Water element in that room. Water can help dilute the earth and weaken it. Because her goal was for her husband to grow back his hair, this goal was achieved. This month, the visiting #4 expedited the process, much to her pleasure.

I called and spoke to Lisa today. I informed her that now that she had got the desired results, her husband need not continue to use that room. The rest is up to him to manage the situation with medical or herbal treatments.

Key Points: Stars #4, #1 and a little bit of Earth helps the growth of hair.