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Feng shui says Snake year to bring market gains, disaster risk

Thomson ReutersFebruary 7, 2013 01:30

By Grace Li HONG KONG, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The coming Year of the Snake will see financial markets slither higher as optimism grows, although the risk of disasters and territorial disputes in Asia also looms, say practitioners of the ancient Chinese art of feng shui. Believers in the Chinese form of geomancy maintain the universe is made up of five elements -- earth, water, fire, wood and metal -- that define the collective mood in the world.

CORRECTED-Year of the Snake may smile on Psy, but health woes could bite

Thomson ReutersFebruary 3, 2013 23:15

(Corrects to fix date of lunar New Year in second paragraph to Feb. 10) TAIPEI, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The coming lunar Year of the Snake is likely to smile on South Korean rapper Psy with increased prosperity, but he will need to leave Korea to make money and could risk exhaustion. As Chinese communities around the globe prepare for the lunar New Year on Feb. 10, which ushers in the Year of the Snake, a Taiwanese fortune teller predicted a mixed bag of luck for famous "snake" people around the world.