INFLUENCE OF THE 24 MOUNTAINS
To further investigate the luck of the year and the fortunes of the twelve
animal signs, you can look at the compass stars of the 24 mountains also besides
the Flying Stars.
These change every year, so their influence on the luck profile of the twelve
animal signs also changes from year to year. Different lucky and unlucky fortune
stars fly into each of the 24 compass sectors, bringing energies that either
improve or decrease the energy of the twelve animal signs.
The Stars
bring auspicious or harmful influences, but they vary in strength and type each
year. The 24 Mountain stars that affect the twelve signs in 2025 are illustrated
here. Note that the 12 signs occupy every alternate direction of the 24
directions around the compass. Inside each animal sign location is the mountain
star on which the sign sits on, such as the
Big
Auspicious Star for Horse or the
Natural Disaster Star for Rabbit.

Feng Shui Masters of Hong Kong and Taiwan have great respect for the effect
of these stars, and they always take into account their influences not only when
doing the physical Feng Shui of houses but also when updating the readings of
the luck prospects of the different animal signs.
The effect of the
24 Mountain stars, whether good and bad, is felt by the 12 animal signs
because each of the signs' home location on the compass lies within the 24
Mountains. Thus every alternate one of the 24 Mountains is the home location of
each of the 12 animal signs.
Sometimes, the effect of the 24 Mountains
stars is so auspicious they can cause windfalls to occur when one is blessed by
good stars. But other times, the stars can be afflictive, bringing risk of loss
and misfortune.
Your luck prospects for the year are influenced by the
24 Mountains Star that your animal sign sits on. Your luck is likewise affected
by the stars flanking your sign's location e.g. the
Big
Auspicious Star and
Yearly
Conflict Star for the Snake.