Daily Feng Shui Tips 11/4/09

Forget Steve Martin’s whimsical '70s salute to King Tut, this day celebrates the energies of that ‘Boy King’ without any special dance steps required.

The tomb of this short-lived Egyptian Pharoah, Tutankhamen, was actually discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter, who was the first to find the mummified remains of the teenage ruler inside.

As legend has it, the curse of this mummy began after many terrible events began recurring after the opening of this tomb.

It’s said that the Lord who funded the Carter’s expedition, a man named Carnavon, took strangely ill directly after the discovery and immediately died, thereby sparking the lore that surrounds this archeological find even to the modern movies of this day.

It’s too bad that Tut himself or all of those who came to be fascinated by these findings in the centuries that followed didn’t follow an old Egyptian ritual that prevents illness, accident or even death.

You see, this Egyptian rite says on the seventh day following the birth of any child, olive oil, salt and onion juice should all be blended together in a natural or earthenware bowl.

Into this mix a feather should be dipped and, then, it should pass, without actually ever touching the baby, over the child’s open eyes.

This is believed to make them beautiful, smart, sharp and healthy, and, most importantly, immune to the “accidents” that can befall young men who inherent powerful positions.