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I started learning feng shui in 1987. I graduated from college in 1992 and was a clerk in a law firm, fortune telling part-time. I became a full-time feng shui master in 1996.
 
My clients are usually important, from the international architectural firms and investment banks.
	 
I am a feng shui consultant and a TVB artist. At the beginning I hosted a feng shui show, later took part in some movies, and I recently tried my first attempt at a soap opera.
	 
So far I have been in more than 10 movies. While other people have different characters, my role is always me: Mak Ling-ling, or some well-off wife.

	Last September, the director of [TVB detective drama] “Officer Geomancer” asked me to provide a feng shui opinion of his drama. I said, “Can I get a role?”  So I got the role of Editor-in-Chief of a magazine. But sadly there’s no romance plot in my script—why?

	I rarely have romance plots in my roles. In “Man Suddenly In Love” (2011) I finally had Chapman To as my husband. Can I have more romances with handsome actors in the future?
	 
I am not the pretty type: there is a very limited role for me on the screen. That’s why I always take part in comedies.
	 
At a birthday party for Eric Tsang, movie director Patrick Kong asked to borrow a charger for his mobile phone. We didn’t know each other. I said, “Give me a role in your movie and I’ll lend you the charger.” So he actually did.

	The most challenging thing about making movies is shooting overnight. I have no idea why directors always work so late.

	I would like to write scripts in the future. I think a ghost story would be funny.
	 
Feng shui is all about science and statistics. It is also the connection between humans and nature. For example, people in northern parts always suffer from the cold during winter, and that is why people think that flats positioned facing the south have better feng shui.

	There is a rumor that every Year of the Goat is a bad year. The Cultural Revolution happened in 1967 and SARS broke out in HK in 2003: those both happened in the Year of the Goat!

	I foresee the development of the economy might not be stable this year: Be careful with your investments. 
	 
In the Year of the Goat, you have to beware of blindly following in someone’s lead. Also, there will be natural disasters.

	In 2015 if you wish to be lucky and have more money, you can put a sycee [precious metal] ingot in the north. If you want a better love life, you can put colorful flowers in the east of your house. If you wish to have a baby, put a red packet in the south-west to enhance your luck.

	I love acting, but fortune telling is my profession. If you let me choose again, I would still choose feng shui. 
	 
As a female fortune teller, I have an advantage. As you know, girls always communicate better. Clients like to chat with me.

	Some people think that feng shui is something mysterious and magical, but I am not a witch and I can’t read minds.
	 
I can suggest the way, but you are the one to decide where to go.

	Want more predictions? “Mak Ling Ling’s 2015 Year of the Goat” ebook is available on iTunes.


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Mak Ling-ling is one of the best known fortune tellers in the city. Besides her day job as a feng shui consultant and penning a yearly bestselling feng shui almanac, she’s also active in showbiz, having guest-starred in films, appeared on TV and even provided vocals for a hip-hop track. She tells Isabelle Hon about her lack of on-screen romances and gives her predictions for the Year of the Goat.
