Product Description

Nine Star Ki is an ancient, practical view of the world based on an astrological understanding of the way yin and yang interact to produce all the changes in life. Its companion philosophy, Feng Shui, applies Ki principles to your personal home and work environments. When combined as they are here, Ki and Feng Shui offer a fresh way to understand your personality, enhance your relationships, and develop a more fulfilling lifestyle. As in all astrology, you start with the month, day, and year of your birth (but not the exact time). A chart helps you use the ancient Chinese calendar to calculate your personal Nine Star Ki numbers. From there it's a simple matter to select from various wisdom collections the particular traits that apply to you, from health suggestions to love life to spiritual desires. Bonus: how to develop charts for family members, friends, and lovers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1568036 in Books
• Published on: 2002-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
Robert is one of the pioneers of Nine Star Ki study and practice in the West. His years of experience, valuable insights and wisdom shared in this book will give you new perspectives of yourself, your health and your relationships. -- Jon Sandifer, author of Feng Shui Astrology

About the Author
Robert Sachs has studied oriental disciplines for over twenty-five years. He has a Master's degree in Social Work and is a trained counselor working as a stress management and lifestyle consultant. He uses Nine Star Ki successfully for diagnosis and recommendations for individuals, groups and organizations. He lives in San Luis Obispo, California.

Customer Reviews

well organized, some questionable content
This book is well-organized. The reader can jump right in and almost immediately begin analyzing their nine star ki chart. In terms of clarity and accesibility I would give it five stars. For a newcomer to oriental astrology who wants a fun and largely insightful introduction, this book may fit the bill. The potential reader should note that the author approaches the subject with somewhat of a "Japanese" bias. My background is in Chinese philosophy and traditional Chinese medicine. Most of the concepts the author discusses agree with the philosophy of the Chinese systems but there are a few peculiar deviations which troubled me. One of the most basic elements of eastern philosophy is the theory of yin and yang but the natures the author attributes to these forces are sometimes the exact opposite of what is accepted in Chinese philosophy. The author describes yin as 'expansive' and yang as 'contracting'. This is the opposite of what is widely accepted in Chinese philsophy. This may seem like a minor thing but since these basic forces shape the rest of the reading, having it backwards could have a significant impact on a reading. Some of the information in the appendix appears to be reversed as well - absolutely backwards in terms of Chinese philosophy as well as all the contemporary Japanese medical texts I've studied. The system may be accurate and revealing but until I see an explanation for these seeming contradictions, I am afraid to invest too much time in the book. It may all be a matter of semantics.

Nine Star Ki
I arbitrarily assigned 5 stars because my submitted remarks are essentially a response by the author, Robert Sachs, to a review by someone identified as Anderdog. (I have not read the book. I merely pointed out Anderdog's review to Mr. Sachs, who sent me a reply.) Following is the author's comment regarding Anderdog's perceived contradiction in Mr. Sach's description of yin and yang:

Perhaps whoever made the comment will eventually contact me. To explain, all phenomena have yin and yang aspects and these aspects differ even at the level at which one is perceiving phenomona. Thus, something that has a yang structure can have a yin function or energetic pattern. When I studied with Michio Kushi, indeed Japanese, the emphasis was more on function rather than structure. The result:a seeming contraditiction with how things are identified in more static systems. Thus, at the level I am addressing in the book, reflect on the accuracy,not based on classic static description, but by the movement implied.

the best book on 9 star ki
A fascinating book easy to read informative concise highly recomende