Wongsentian: Brighter than the Feng Shui’s Stars

An interview with the Philippine’s finest feng shui expert. By Jeffrey R. de Castro.

What is so exceptional about Bayani Street? It has nothing but a classic street in Quezon City. This can be brought of the regular passerby. But who would suspect that in this very simple area, crowded by really simple people, resides a shining star, a star that shines brighter than of feng shui, Rev. Victorio Hua Wongsentian.

One of the many lasting influences of China, the art of feng shui has long been practiced here in the Philippines. And this Taoist Minister of Sheng Lian Shian Cho Temple along Araneta Avenue area is one of the finest, being one of the go-to-guys of the top political, business, and entertainment figures in the country when it comes to luck matters. So, since the stars are consulting the stars, it can be assumed that he’s definitely brighter.

“I have been in the Philippines for quite a long time now. My father used to go here for business. I visited the country for the first time during Martial Law. And just like the Chinese community here, I decided to stay.”

Master Wongsentian, as he is fondly called, came from a generation of feng shui masters. Born in China and raised in Hong Kong, his interest in feng shui was discovered and developed between cybernetic study and serendipity. Since then, he has been practicing the art of feng shui for more than almost forty years.

“The talent in feng shui is not really a gift. It is actually a skill that has developed in order to be perfected. Although it’s not really 100% science, it is only the gift of ESP that adds brilliance to it,” he reveals. This is to the fact that he has been using his unique great psychic ability in his counseling that makes his predictions credible enough to be trusted. There is no doubt why people keep on coming back.

To have all the skills he possesses now, he went into an extensive course of experience that elevates his level from the rest of the Chinese astrologers. He has been into a very rigid training and studied the ancient art of geomancy under the Taoist masters in China. Strong-minded as he is, this path that he has taken is actually in fulfillment of his childhood dreams, to be a feng shui master someday.

“Our family skills in feng shui have been passed from generation to generation. However, my father did not want me to pursue this. He wanted me to be a businessman like him,” Master Wongsentian cited. But this opposition did not hamper him. Using his persistence and his gift as springboards, he has climbed the ladder of fame and recognition. Hailed as China’s best; now, he is a big shot here in the country and is also recognized all throughout Asia.

According to Wongsentian, everything that’s going wrong with the Philippines nowadays stems from our really bad feng shui. He cites as the Malacańang Palace as an example: it’s situated along the curve of the Pasig River, which is oriented towards the direction of the west where beautiful sunsets happen. The Chinese believe that this is a symbol of death and that no good could come from it.

The author of several feng shui books, including the best sellers “Authentic Geomancy Solution”, “Popular Feng Shui“, and “Feng Shui Digest”, Wongsentian has also written articles for leading Chinese newspapers, magazines such as “Women’s Today” and “Home Ideas”, and contributed for the “Weekly Comics of Punsoy.” As a professor at the Oriental Research Center, he hopes to develop new experts of his caliber. He has also involved himself to charity works, one being the founder of the Sheng Lian Charity Clinic.

“I love meeting people. I feel good whenever they come to me and seek for my advice on what to do in order to have a good luck and as well to avoid back luck. I love helping people,” he confides. In return for the good things he does, he has received a number of Santo Nińo images that he displays with the usual Taoist saints in the Chinese temple where he stays. This is solid proof that he has not only won the confidence of his fellow Chinese but also of the Filipinos, and in the same way, the Filipino people have also won his heart.


About the Author: JEFFREY DE CASTRO is a psychology graduate of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM). This article is an excerpt from his partial requirement for his undergraduate course last 2006. Due to the unrelenting persuasion of the editor, he was able to recover and rewrite some parts of the paper to share on this very special issue of Manggagaway.

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