Master Hanz Cua: The Do's and Don'ts during Ghost Month!

with Master Hanz Cua

One rainy Saturday night, the last Saturday before the start of this year's Ghost Month, I visited Master Hanz Cua for a Tarot Reading session and to learn about Ghost Month. I'll tackle the Tarot Reading in a separate post, but for now, we'll focus on the upcoming Ghost Month.

Master Hanz Cua is the resident psychic at Umagang Kay Ganda so you might already be seeing him everyday giving daily forecasts on luck, love, money, and health. But this time, Master Hanz will educate us about Ghost Month -- the do's and the don'ts. So let's start.

WHAT IS GHOST MONTH
I haven't heard of Ghost Month before and my impression is that it is similar to Halloween. It sounds scary but gladly, Master Hanz clarified what really it is.

Based on Chinese belief, Ghost Month is the time of the year when the hell's gate is being opened allowing hungry ghosts to roam on the living world and cause misfortune.

WHAT ARE HUNGRY GHOSTS
Hungry Ghosts are souls that are not yet reincarnated or those who haven't reached heaven yet. They can also be those people who have done a lot of bad things while they were still living, or have caused pain and suffering to other people. Hungry Ghosts are not visiting the living world to scare us, but more of to remind us of our past loved ones and to give prayers to them.

WHEN IS GHOST MONTH
Ghost Month happens every 7th lunar month of the Chinese Calendar. As with Chinese New Year, there is no specific date for it, but for the year 2017, it would fall on August 22 to September 19.

Now that we have covered the basics of Ghost Month, the next question is "how do we deal with it?". Master Hanz gave some tips on what to do and not to do during Ghost Month.

THE DON'TS

DO NOT open new business as it might not be successful
DO NOT get married as your relationship might be prone to conflict and jealousy
DO NOT move to a new house as this new property might not be lucky
DO NOT go on swimming at night as hungry ghosts might pull you
DO NOT drive late at night
DO NOT engage in risky sports as you might get into an accident
DO NOT travel
DO NOT court someone
DO NOT breakup with someone as it might be more difficult to move on
DO NOT whistle at night as it attracts the hungry ghosts

THE DO'S

DO wear red clothes or bright happy colors such as orange and yellow as these drives away the negative spirits
DO make your house bright
DO go to church to pray for the past loved ones
DO make them Happy Ghosts by offering incense or food such as pork, chicken, water, etc

And there you have it! For reference, below is the Facebook Live of Master Hanz Cua with me as guest, where he discussed Ghost Month. I had fun here reading the questions and greetings from Master Hanz's audience.

Master Hanz cleansing the bracelet

At the end of the session, I got my very own All-in-One charm bracelet. It is called "All-in-One" as it is for all aspects of life. Master Hanz cleansed it as well and so I hope for good fortune coming my way.