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Wedding day is always one of the big days for many. Many want to have it on an auspicious day and engage professionals to select an auspicious day for the purpose. But strangely enough, I always have the following request: “Can you kindly choose an auspicious day for my wedding? I only want the day to fall on Dec this year. I think more people will attend my wedding dinner and tea ceremony if it is on the weekends, so please only select a day on the weekends. And again, if it can be on Saturday, all of us can rest on Sunday and get ready for work on Monday. So, let’s narrow it down to Saturdays only.” AAAAAA!!!! Usually, after hearing the above, I almost want to say to my client that “out of 365 days, you would like me to choose an auspicious day from only 4 days which themselves may or may not be auspicious”.
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Many people simply do not understand that date selection for wedding dates, we do not only consider the birth information of the couples, we also have to consider usually six people’s birth information: the bride, groom, bride’s parents and groom’s parents. Assuming that all of them are born on different days, we already have to eliminate 6 different types of days that would be in conflict with them. So, we are only left with 6 possible types of days to play with. And looking at a month, there are about 4 weekends only, and 4 Saturdays. Beside this, there are auspicious dates as well as bad days for weddings as stated in the Almanac. These days are not governed by whether is it a Monday or weekend. Out of four days, how much luck am I going to get one auspicious day that can suit all six people? I simply cannot understand the mentality of wanting to engage a professional to do their job, yet wanting everything their way. If there is really no auspicious day according to their criteria, I have to tell them honestly about the results of the mission impossible and they usually will give me the “are you sure you can’t find an auspicious day look”. Sometimes, I am placed in this struggle that should I lie to them in order to make them feel that they are getting their money’s worth. Because there are many professionals who face such irritating situations, would simply give them one date according to their liking. Make the client happy and be done with it…Anyway, who is to know that without even looking at whether these two people are compatible, the date chosen of the wedding itself is in itself a wrong starting point….. |
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