Qi TechLab: Are You An Empath?

I love all things energy, the answers are all there as long as you are willing to listen to it. Today I want to talk about a special group of people called the Empath because I am meeting more and more of them. A lot of common people still misunderstand this term as "someone who steals other people's energy" or "energy vampires" … maybe? But there’s more to it than just that possibility.

So what is an Empath and are you one?

An Empath is someone who, willingly or not, are able to feel the energy around them be it people, places or objects as if it was their own. Hence there is a huge problem if you do not know you are an Empath as you will not know how to separate the feelings/wellbeing of others from your own. You will also gradually take on other people's personality. Which is great if you so happen to be standing next to Oprah, Tony Robbins or Robert Kuok for awhile. But what if you were standing next to (or living with) the grouchiest, saddest, angriest thing on earth no matter how smiley they are? You'll suddenly wonder why you're so upset for no apparent reason. What if they are liars? Fraudsters? You become someone's mirror but in a trained Empath knows how to control this efficiently and even help the upset person to solve their issues because they know exactly how they feel. In my line of work I’ve always had the privilege to meet a lot of them. Some I can see, handles it well. Some allow this to make them cold, cut throat and mean. Most of them end up being our Qi Men Dun Jia students. Some of them who can glimpse into people's past lives or suddenly tell you things no one in this world would know. Some find that scary but I actually find it amazing.

The best thing is that, you'd think someone like this ends up an incredibly sensitive and high strung person when in fact almost all of them are not. Being sensitive to energy doesn't mean you have a sensitive personality, and having a sensitive personality does not mean you are sensitive to energy, you’re just sensitive to your needs and it doesn't correlate.

10 Signs You’re Highly Sensitive to Energy

1. You don’t just hear people, you read what’s behind what they say

2. You can tell when something is off, even when everything looks “fine”

3. You pick up shifts in energy before situations unfold

4. You feel drained not by people but by misaligned environments

5. People open up to you quickly, without you asking

6. Your intuition isn’t random: it’s consistently accurate

7. You are naturally pulled to fix, guide, or stabilise others

8. Your state changes depending on the space you’re in (not just mood)

9. You can sense intention: who is genuine and who isn’t

10. You observe energy patterns, not just behaviour

I've done a lot of studies on this to try to see if I can identify Empaths using Chinese Metaphysics. I did come up with some findings to support this although there is no 1 clear method to confirm:

1. Having a Death and Emptiness in your Bazi chart (DE): Having a DE anywhere in your birth chart (Not luck pillars) automatically makes you more 'sensitive' to energy and the feelings of others, especially if that DE is an Earth element. So far, everyone I've asked with 2 or more DEs can see entities or have some sort of 'spiritual gift'.

2. Having a Death and Emptiness in your Qimen Destiny Palace: Same effect as the above.

3. Having the Qimen Guardian of Destiny of (or high level) Surging Snake or Black Tortoise (sometimes 9 Earth too) : Both are highly susceptible to energy like they somehow have a built in radar. Both, if not controlled or made aware of this, will constantly be affected by or take on the character/energy of everyone around them. How they use it is entirely different matter though, as I have encountered high level Snakes or Tortoises who uses this trait to unapologetically plagiarise another person’s work and ideas without creating substance in themselves. They are not very creative, hence the need to copy so creators around them may need to build better boundaries against them too.

4. Sensitive Day Masters: While this doesn't automatically qualify you as an Empath but if you're any of the above + you are Gui or Ding day master that is not too strong (40 to 70%), there's a strong chance you might be an Empath.

Awareness, meditation, grounding and cleansing is not only important, it is absolutely necessary. Certain boundaries and having alone time to 'recharge' are also necessary. Grounding activities like Breathwork, Mediation, Qi Gong or Reiki also really helps in learning how to disconnect from and ground all Qi that is not yours. The people you keep around you is as important as having a clear sense of yourself so that you're aware when you're acting out of character. In time, you will be able to manage this way better and interact without bringing anymore energy with you.

So are you an Empath?

Disclaimer:
The information in this page/blog is meant to supplement, not replace, proper metaphysics training. Readers should consult a certified consultant for proper diagnosis of their entire chart/life issues. Past events, locales and conversations may have been reconstructed in order to maintain anonymity. Any resemblance to an actual person, living or dead, or actual events (unless specified) is purely coincidental.