Be lucky in love: How charms could help

Beware of burnout: that is what feng shui master or geomancer Patrick Fernandez warned everyone about this Year of the Fire Horse.

“Because the horse…it’s fast-moving, so independent, meaning, people who tend to do things on their own versus waiting for other people to go with them. So it’s going to be a little bit more unilateral, and then we put that together. The umpire horse is going to be very energetic, more like sprints rather than a marathon. Short bursts of energy versus long. So that means there’s also a risk of burnout,” he told DAILY TRIBUNE in an exclusive interview during New World Makati’s recent launch of its new Lunar New Year menu at its luxury Chinese dining concept Jasmine.

To take care of your health, especially the health of your relationships this Valentine, lucky charms could help, said Fernandez.

The bracelet for love and relationship is a combination of love stones, some imprinted with LOVE, “signifying the love energy and vibrations,” said feng shui expert Jen Yu Chua of Dragon Phoenix Ent.

At Dragon Phoenix Ent., there are different charm bracelets for men and women: more jades for men, and more rose quartz for women. 

Green jade symbolizes prosperity and balance, while rose quartz signifies “love, peace and deep emotional healing by opening the heart chakra to foster self-love, compassion and harmony in relationships,” according to health news site Healthline.

“You can buy it for your own if you want to attract love energy for personal intention. Then, you can also buy them as a pair, for example, for those in a relationship, you want to strengthen the bond, like a couple bracelet,” Chua asserted.

Apart from bracelets, she recommended putting Mandarin Ducks as “cures” to improve love at home. The male duck is the blue one, while the one for females is the one with a white accent.

“For the house or home, we have the Mandarin Duck. So you can display it in the love corner. For this 2026, the love corner is in the northeast sector. So if you want to attract, maintain or have a good relationship this 2026, you can search the northeast sector of your living room or your bedroom. You put these Mandarin Ducks to symbolize the love energy,” Chua said.