The year of Tiger is normally considered inauspicious for weddings and this Tiger year being the Blind Year, it is doubly bad.

The Tiger year brings abundant rain; ,low lying farms beware for water- damaged crops  can be a pain. High-land crops will yield the best, but vegetables and soya beans will be vulnerable to pests. So too, with rice and cotton; while young children will be sickly cereals will good yield good results only if harvested early.

Cereals harvested later will have problems aplenty. May every family take precaution and thank the haven for a good bounty.

2009 was a very difficult year for the world. most of what we forecast for the year, back in 2008, came true unfortunately. For the record, these were some of the more disturbing predictions:

Worldwide

1. In the prediction for 2009, we mentioned bad weather will be the major factor that triggers many negatives events in various regions; and thus will cause countries that performed poorly in year 2008 to face economic crises. In fact, forest fire in Australia and the hit of typhoon in Taiwan and Philliplines in the eyar 2009 has affected not only local but world economy.  Taiwan politics, once again tensions due to the aftermath of typhoon. Besides that, the southern region (relative to Mount Everest) was also affected by the bad weather. The productions of agricultural products in Bangladesh was very much affected by the disasterous weather system and thus, causing the country to suffer badly.

2. We also predicted for 2009 as a fiery year and with unprecedented disasters. Foreest fire happened all over the world, ie, Australia in February, Canada in June and Greece in August; caused serious loss and killed many people. All these were able to prove the accuracy of MING's predictions.

3. Suffered from 2008's gloomy outlook, the property market crunched in 2009 worldwide , with the exception of a few-managed or prime property areas.

4. Just as predicted, 2009 was also a year of the economic crunch, more so in the Eastern and Western sectors (relative to Mount Everest). Among those that are more seriously affected are: Western United States, Indochina countries (Thailand, Vietnam and Burma) and Taiwan, in the East; and Pakistan, Nepal and Middle Eastern countries in the West.

5. The outbreak of epidemic was also predicted and proved by the occurance of Influenza- A, H1N1 virus. The outbreak affacts every regions in the world. The number of affected was very high and the number of casualties were alarming.

6. We also predicted the world economy does not look encouraging in year 2009. most countries put in great effort to recover their losses in 2008. We can see from the end of 2008 onwards, espcially after the US general election and its new adminstration, a new pace for the world economy. As predicted, that was a short-lived artificial pace. By the middle of month two (March), the markets tumbled down again, a repeat of 2008 and worse. Our graph indicates the direction of the market (the scale and points are relative numbers for comparison purposes only).

• Misunderstandings, arguements, quarrels and fights between people and countries are far from over. Will these be further aggravated in 2010?
• Is there a fool-proof financial formula to prevent another economic tsunami or downtown?
• Are there preventive measures to stop another economic tsunami or downtonwn?
• Are there preventive measures to stop another Madoff case from recurring?
• Are we able to predict outbreaks of pandemics and epidemics; and be prepared with vaccines in advance?
• With all the tech know how at our disposal, are we able to predict- and take preventive measures to minimise the impact of - natural catastrophes such as earthquakes, tsunami, and wildfires and floods before they occur?
• Air travel is supposed to be safe and yet we have witnessed many air accidents in 2009 that claimed so many livhes. What are we doing?

Outlook 2010- The World

The year 2010 has a different element from 2009. Hence the outlook is different.
Basic information:
Year stem: Geng, Metal
Year root: Yin, Wood
Year Stem/Root: Geng, Yin, Wood
Year Gua: 8, Earth
Five cycles and six forces: Metal
Animal sign: Tiger

The effects of 2008's financial meltdown spilled into 2009. Goverments all over the world put in enormous amounts of money and effort to stop the economic collaspe and the situation appears to have stabalized. Many economists and analysts predict the downtown bottoming out by end of 2009. We hope and wish for this to be true.

The H1N1 panademic and the rate it spread are another cause for great alarm. H1N1 not only threatened the health and lives of everybody, it also affected the world economy and share markets negatively.

Weather

The year 2010 will see another year of erractic weather. initially there will be good and normal weather but there will be sudden- and - alarming- changes. The first 60 days of spring will be marked by strong winds, bringing about a cooler spring. the second 60 days- between spring and early summer- will be extremely hot and damp,  by contrast. The 60 days (summer) will be very hot, coupled with plenty of rainfall.

The fourth 60 days (autumn) will be very wet with heavy rainfall and floods. The fifth 60 days- late autumn to the early- will be cool, followed by the sixth and last 60 days which will be an extremely cold winter.

The weather changes wiull be sudden and erratic. This will not be favourable to certain crops, such as soybeans, rice and vegetables. Those who plant and harvest early will suffer less while later planters will suffer more. Heavy rainfall and floods will argricultural output and hence commodity prices will soar.

Epidemic

The worldwide spread of H1N1 in 2009 will worsen in 2010. The most badly affected areas will be in south west sector, namely the African continent. The death toll will be alarmingly high. This will be further aggravated by natural fires.

The next badly affected sector will be northeast, namely eastern China, Japan, North Korea and South Korea. We urge the world leaders to take early preventive measures to reduce or curtail the spread.

Natural Disasters

Worldwide occurances of earthquake since 2001

MINGS believe changes in weather, global warming and human self-destruction- deforstation, burning, extraction of minerals and petroleum, nuclear teats- contributed to the increasing frequency of earthquakes. The year 2010 is going to be the worst in recent years, in terms of earthquakes, natural fires and floods. Based on the data ablve, the H1N1 pandemic is far from over. The entire world is under threat and the affliations listed above are the more serious ones.

Sectors afflicted by unrest seem to be more widespraed and this is certainly for great concern.

Natural disasters are comparatively fwever in 2010, but looking at the records (see attached chart), they have been occurring more frequently in recenty years. Thses are events that we cannot control and they are also very alarming. 

Politics

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continued unabated in 2009 with terrorist attacks, bombings and tension afflicting the region. 2010 will not be any easier. There could be tensions in the South east and South sectors caused by disputes, and they could lead to war. All parties must exercise restraint to not allow disagreements to escalate into wars or armed conflict.

The West and East sectors will have conflicts of a different nature, namely monetary issues such as energy supplies. The tense situations here would be more of a case of one party bullying the other.

Baesd on I-Ching hexagram for the year, it is refered that a hidden problem lies in the Northeast sector and the catalyst for this comes from the North (water). As much as the world looks like things are under control and seem fine, it eill be marred by the water element of the North, which could disturb or ignite the Nrotheast sector. 

World Economy

The 2008 global financial meltdown changed the economic landscape drastically and spilled over to 2009. with the exception of a few countries, most recorded a contraction for 2009. This was projected in our 2009 outlook. What is in store for 2010? 

Many countrues suffered graet losses in 2008 and 2009. they learned some hard lessons and have taken steps (or at least tried) to stop the bleeding. Different countries adpoted different measures to overcome their respective problems. therefore, 2010 will have quite a different scenario. As each country differs from the other in terms of politics, economy, efficiency, culture and background, their economic stimuli and plans also vary. Thus, the results will differ significantly.

Overall, 2010 will be a very active year in the financial markets. Many will get a chance to recover their losses and there could also be millionaires created this year. The recovery would be due to two main components first, the fiscal injection promised by most governments in 2008 and 2009 to aid recovery ; and second, the effectiveness of such injections and the results they hope to achieve. From our calculations for both the year's Gua and the Nine Magic Square;s forecast, the outlook is quite similar. 

The Gua Forecast

On the surface, the plans look very good and promising, but there will be hidden hurdles and problems. The surface land looks solid with clouds hovering over it. There is hidden water. When the vehicle passes through the land, the wheels will get wet and muddled.

The Nine Magic Square Forecast

The main components are money and sickness. This implies that while the issue of money was already in place, the sickness of such money will hampen the whole intention. Though the intention, purposes and placement are there , the execution will afce hurdles and management issues and shortfalls that defeat the whole intent and purpose.

We shall see a surge in financial terms during the first quater and it looks like recovery is gaining momentum. Though the worst is over, the recovery is still riddled with hundles. The economy is like a sick person describe in a chinese Proverb- when sickness comes, it is like a falling mountain (sudden and quick); when one is recovering , it is like pulling a thread out of a cocoon (slow and gradual). When we analyse the sectors in detail, we discovered that through the major trend is similar, the end result differs from country to country. Each sector will face similar global issues; and yet have unique problems and domestic issues which must be handled differently, as we will discuss below.

Analysis by Sector

To determine the world's sector, we use Mount Everest as the centre point of reference. If you lay out a map with MT Everest in the middle and then draw a 3x3 grid over it, you will get nine sectors.

Each sector will correspond to a compass direction- North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West and Northwest. These are the sectirs referred to in our forecast. therefore, it is necessary to understand that the 'East sector' actually stretches East of the Himalaya up to the Western half of USA. Conversely, the 'West sector' runs through the Middle East up to the Eastern half of USA.


World Outlook 2010: The World by Sector

North of the Himalayas 

Northeast of the Himalayas

East of the Himalayas

Southeast of the Himalayas

South of the Himalayas

West of the Himalayas

Southwest of the Himalayas

Northwest of the Himalayas