As is my custom, let me have a heart-to-heart with you first — then I’ll walk through the purpose and use of each image in detail.
A person must read the times and understand the bigger picture. Take 2024 — whether you look at it objectively or through the lens of Chinese metaphysics (xuanxue), it simply isn’t a year of great ascent in the traditional sense.
What do I mean by that?
Life and macro-trends work the same way. When you’re in an upswing, chase the wind and race the moon without hesitation. But when you’ve entered a valley phase, the coiled dragon and crouching tiger know better than to raise their heads.
So this year, moderate your expectations. Let go of unrealistic fantasies, and absolutely do not convince yourself there’s some wealth you’re owed to earn.
What you really cannot afford is that particular illusion — “Why is everyone else getting rich and moving forward, while I’m the only one being left behind?”
Master Chi here moves in broad circles — I know people across every industry, every station in life. I won’t get into complicated details, but a thousand words come down to one: every family has its own hard book to read. If someone looks polished and prosperous to you, it’s because they’ve only shown you the side they want you to see.
So this year, if you pass through without illness, without disaster, steady and smooth — that alone is worth quietly lighting a stick of incense in gratitude.
But does that mean we simply lie flat and give up entirely?
Of course not. The approach is this: go with the flow on the big picture, while making deliberate adjustments in the small details.
Today I’ve personally crafted a new set of profile avatars, each with its own meaning and intention. My hope is that they’ll help us walk steadily through the remaining four months of this year.
1 — Good Cause, Good Fruit: If you’re hoping for significant unseen assistance, and your goals are genuinely noble and kind-hearted, this is your best choice.
2 — Golden Pool Encircling: Especially beneficial for those who’ve lacked wealth fortune (caiyun) this year. Its blessing is for tangible new opportunities — the kind where you can actually see the returns.
3 — Peach Blossom Embrace: Several women have tried this one before and felt the difference — promising connections that once seemed out of reach began moving forward on their own.
4 — Earth Wood Protection: If you’ve been feeling physically weak, run-down, or mentally and emotionally drained throughout this year, this one is for you.
5 — Jade Treasure Basin: The most straightforward of the set — purely for filling your bowl to the brim. Wealth you can earn and hold onto. Personally, this is one of my favorites.
6 — Great Sage Breaks Through: Made to ride the recent wave of the Great Sage (the Monkey King). Its meaning: smash through stagnation and deadlock, and send petty people and dark influences packing.
7 — Fortune and Prosperity Fill the Hall: If this year has simply exhausted you and you want all good fortune gathered in — to truly restore your vitality — reach for this one.
8 — Spirit Bird Calls Blessings: I deliberately made this one especially vivid and bright. It suits those who need to stand out, shine, and draw all eyes and adoration toward them.
I’ll spare you any more auspicious words and leave just two sentences from the heart: May September be kind to you.
May all that is good stay close, and all that is bad be scattered away.