Year of the Pig bad for Trump

Hong Kong: As the Chinese zo­­diac turns into the Year of the Pig next week, feng shui masters are predicting turbulence and division for world leaders at home – not least President Donald Trump, who risks having past secrets revealed.

Sitting behind a large wooden desk stacked with books and divination charts, Taiwanese fortune-teller Tsai Shang-chi explained that the pig can be a particularly bad year for those born in the year of the dog – which includes America’s divisive president.

“All bad things done by people who were born in the dog years could be exposed and made public,” he said.

“There is a chance he might be impeached.”

Hong Kong feng shui master Thierry Chow concurred.

“For Donald Trump, I foresee there would be quite a lot of energy focusing on getting himself out of trouble,” she explained.

“There will be a lot of issues that will surface that won’t be very good for his career.”

But Alion Yeo, another Hong Kong-based feng shui master, said Trump’s opponents will need to time their moves carefully.

“The only chance to successfully impeach Trump is between Dec 6 and Jan 6, 2020,” he proclaimed.

This week’s Lunar New Year welcomes the arrival of the “earth pig”.

Fortune tellers had predicted claws out for geopolitics in 2018, an “earth dog” year that saw the world’s two largest economies em­­bark on a trade war and a bitterly divided Britain barrel towards lea­ving the European Union.

Yeo said there should be fewer tensions between nations this year – but there would be little respite for politicians back home.

“Pigs represent water, and when water adds with earth it becomes muddy, which means people will lack clear thinking and their decisions will be problematic this year,” Yeo said.

Using his I Ching or “Book of Changes”, the ancient Chinese divination book used by many fortune tellers – he alighted on the hexagram of “thunder”, which he said represents shock and quakes.

“It indicates that every country will be very busy dealing with their internal problems, although international conflicts will be lessened this year,” Yeo explained.

Not good news for Britain’s Theresa May, who has had a rough year trying to get her own party behind her deal with the EU.

“The hexagram shows only by relying on the EU will Britain be prosperous and lucky, and develop smoothly and steadily,” Yeo said.

“A ‘hard Brexit’ would lead to riots and protests.” — AFP