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Dear Cecil, Why are there no double 5s in a period five? Since the period controls the element of the period, like period 5 controls the 5 stars, does it also control 2 and 8 since they are all earth? Thanks, Cheui May

Dear Cecil, I know that it is not good to have a water feature in the back and it would seem that a spa in the back porch would be bad Feng Shui. But since the water is only in it when you are in the spa, would it still be considered a bad thing? I wasn't looking for one in my house searching, but some of the houses I've looked at already has one there and I don't know if I should just pass these places or request that the spa be moved or sell them? Cheui May

Dear Cecil, Thanks for your explanations and monumental attempt to educate me. You have infinite patience. However, it really made me laugh when after all your technical points, you ended your message with, "I have a bad FEELING about this kind of house." So feeling is after all is the final deciding factor. :o) Shui May

Dear Cecil, Since I've been house hunting, I saw some houses on hills that have the entrances on the highest level and the rest of the house nestled lower on the hillside. This has raised some questions about clear view in front and a mountain in the back. 1. Since the highest level is at the entrance and the view is at the back of the house, would the part with a view become the front and the entrance become the back? In one of the houses, the road is running through the very top of the hill and there are houses on both sides of the road. 2. If the the road is considered the back of the house and at the very top of the hill, would that be considered bad feng shui since there is no mountain supporting the back? 3. The house across the street is a two story house, could that be considered support in the back since it's taller than the house I'm looking at, or would that be also bad because it is taller and would have a tendency to dominate the smaller house? I also saw a two story house where the road is on the same level as the door to the top story, but the bottom story is below the road and you have to climb up a set of very steep steps to reach the road. Since the house is on a steep hillside, the other side of the road is part of the steep hill. Now, again, if you consider the front of the house, the part that has a view, then the entrance, would be the back. My question is: 4. Even if the entrance is now the back of the house, it still is the main entrance and would it be bad feng shui to come out of the door and have to face a steep hill every day? Thanks again, Cheui May

Dear Cecil, How far away does a poison arrow have to be to be considered not dangerous? Example, if there is a lone lamp post in front of the main door, but it's 50 feet away. Cheui May

Dear Cecil, Is an attic bedroom bad feng shui? This room has a ceiling that is about 15 feet high on the center of the room and slants down on both sides to about 4 feet to the walls. Is there any remedy for uneven ceilings? Thanks, Cheui May

Dear Cecil, Thank you for this wealth of information. I can see that the flow of Qi can be a very illusive thing and why it takes many years to develop into a functioning Feng Shui practitioner. My dilemma is choosing a good frontage for both my boyfriend and I since we are equal as breadwinners, unfortunately he's an east facing person and I'm a west. Since we both have 0% water, I guess a N, W or NW frontage with good Shapes and Forms would be the answer. Cheui May

Dear Cecil, Thank you for all the information on how to find a good house. The discussion on main doors has lead me to another question. Some Feng Shui practitioner describe the front of the house as the section that has the most activity, for example, the section that's facing the street or a beautiful view. It is not necessarily the sector with the main door, but it's obvious that it is the front, because it has a clear view. My question is, in a case like that, would you use that section as the front to cast a Flying Star Report even though there is no entrance from the outside from there? Cheui May

Dear Cecil, If the main door is not suitable, but a side door is good, could you call the side door as the main door in a Flying Star Report? Also if you can use any door as the main door, and if two people have different facing directions and one door suits one person and another door suits another, which chart would be the right one for a flyings star? The reason I'm asking these questions is because I've found a house that has the main door in the South East at 130 degree, which is death to me, but there is another door in the North at 340 degree. Now this house has had a major renovation recently and in the period 7, there is a double 7 in the North where this other door is. So my question is, even though this is not the original main door, if I use it instead of the main door, could I consider this to be the main door in the Flying Star Report? Thanks, Cheui May

Hi Cecil, How do you determine what period to use for the birth of a house that has been remodeled? I read that the year the roof goes on is the birth year of a house, but when a house has had a major renovation, the birth date changes to that period. My question is: How major must the renovation be before you change the birth date of a house? Cheui May

Dear Cecil, Thank you for the generous offer again, but I don't want to waste it on something that I may not move into. Also, I've been able to pay off a lot of my bills and would like to purchase my next chart when I finally decide on the house. Now that you mention it, this house does have a feeling of being on a slant as you walk in certain parts of the living room. I didn't think it had to do with the foundation since that room happens to be on the second floor, but maybe the supports may be built incorrectly and that would be another issue. Now that I'm looking at the eight characters Feng Shui Chart and putting it together with what you told me about my elements, I realized that every door of the house that I am presently living in is in a very bad element for me, earth. No wonder I had such bad luck since I've been here. Things really started changing when I placed 6 coins in almost every room. The house that I'm thinking about moving into has a door in the north, which is good, but the other two doors are not so good, so maybe I should look some more. Cheui May

Hi Cecil, Thanks for your input. Many of the points that you mentioned are problems that I am having in the house I live in now, example, top of the hill with no protection, soil erosion with no plants to hold the soil. Please see below. I'm sorry I don't have pictures since it isn't my house yet. I'll try to get some before I commit to moving in. Is there any guidelines to what to look for in analyzing whether the dragon is in harmony with the tiger? I'm very excited about your new topic on how to interpret the charts. I'll be looking forward to learning a lot from that. Thanks, Cheui May

Dear Cecil, Thanks! This really gave me a lot of insight on how to use the elements. For my boyfriend, since he has 60% earth, he should definitely enhance with metal. But for me, I have 0% water, 13% wood, 13% fire, 34% earth and 37% metal. Since I have the most metal, would that be enough for me to control earth and at the same time produce water, or shall I enhance water since I have so little of it? If I enhance with water, how much would I need to produce wood to produce fire without producing more earth? Cheui May

Hi Cecil, I am finally getting out of this Feng Shui nightmare house. I have found a house that I feel very comfortable in and I am considering moving into it. You said in many messages that if you have good form Feng Shui, the battle is half won. I've carefully looked over the house and made sure that the there are no missing sections. The toilet, stove and sink are not in the center of the house and the stove and toilet is not near the entrance, the toilet is not facing the dining room or the master bedroom or against the same wall as the headboard of the bed. I know no matter what, I'm sure any place will be an improvement over the house that I'm in now. But as you said, good Form Feng Shui is a very illusive thing, so I have a lot of questions I would like your opinion on. 1. The house is situated on a side of a very steep hill over looking the city. The road goes uphill from right to left so the house on the left side is sits higher on the hill than the house on the right. My question is would that be a problem, since according to good Feng Shui, the dragon, on the right should be higher than the tiger on the left and this house is the opposite. If it is bad Feng Shui, is there a remedy for it? 2. The back of the house has the backing of the hill and the front has a view of the city. There is a lone telephone pole cutting through the front door from across the street about two hundred feet away. I don't know if it poses a threat in this case, since the house sits so much higher on the hill then the pole that only the top few feet of the pole is visible from the door. Also all the houses in the front are way below this one so there would be a clear view except that there are tree branches from both the left and right that covers the view slightly from the front door. They're over fifty feet away and they are not directly in front of the door, so would they still be considered a threat? 3. All the trees are far away from the house so the house has a lot of light, but there is a tree in the North side that is about five feet from the house. Although it's tall, it doesn't keep the sun out, so would that be OK? 4. I'm still confused as what entrance would be good for me. In the eight house theory. The main entrance of this house would be very bad for me since it is in the South East, and my Kua is Ken, but it is great for my boyfriend since his qua is Li, but that is based on the element of the year of our birth only and not the true element. Now even though the main entrance is in the south East, there are two entrances in the back, one in the North, one in the West. Since we are both weak water: 1. Would the back entrances be better for us? 2. Would it remedy the problem for me if I just never use the South East entrance? 3. When you analyze an area, in relationship to your pillars of Destiny, do you consider the imbalances in the chart? For instance, my boyfriend has 0% water, so I would think an entrance in the North or North West is good, but he has 60% earth, so maybe a South East entrance would be better to control the over balance of earth. Please let me know what you think. Thanks, Shui May

Hi Cecil, You mentioned in a previous message not to change my name to metal because I already had two much metal in my chart. Does that also apply to entrances and bedroom? For instance, would it be bad for me to choose a house with a West or North West entrance because I have a lot of metal in my Pillar's of Destiny chart? After looking at my boyfriend's chart, I'm really confused as what to do. He has 0% water, 0% fire, 8% wood, 60% earth and 34% metal. Being that we both have 0% water, ideally, I would choose a metal entrance, except that we already have too much metal. So should I choose a North entrance or would it be better to choose East or South East since that destroys earth and we both have two much earth? Thanks, Cheui May

Dear Cecil, Thank you for the clear directions. There is one area I would like clarification. You mentioned not to use Shui Shui because that will unbalance my name with too much water which raises another question. I was thinking of changing it to silver water or Ngun Shui Heui. That would add metal to make more water, but since I already have 37 percent metal in my pillars of Destiny Chart, would adding silver to my name unbalance it also? Cheui May

Hi Cecil, Thanks to all your Feng Shui recommendations, I've finally gotten my bills under control and am planing to move in November. I'm sure I've learn enough from reading your entries to choose a better living situation than I am in now. (Actually, as you know, even if I was blind folded and did not applied any Feng Shui at, it would be hard to find a place with more negatives than the one I'm in now.:) But I'm still confused as the best way to choose a place that is both beneficial for my boyfriend and myself, since he is an east facing person and I am a west. In one of the entries that you've sent to me, you said, to look at the Ba Zhi Feng Shui principles, our element and strength and relate it to each sector. The sector that is not in harmony with us should be noted. Ba Zhi Feng Shui is more specific and should be considered more important then the Eight House Theory. Since both my boyfriend and I are weak water, our Ba Zhi Feng Shui charts had the exact same good and bad sectors, so shall I go by this theory in looking for a suitable house? Thanks, Cheui May

Hi Cecil, Is the phonetic method of changing a name as effective as the other more complicated methods? And do they have these Chinese name changing books in English? This does sound like a ridiculous question since I plan to change my Chinese name. Maybe doing it phonetically is the only way. Cheui May

Hi Robert, In one of the discussions in the free advice conference, Cecil mentioned that his brother was lacking the water element, so he was given a name with the word water as one of the characters. I am a weak water and would like to know where I could find information on how to choose an auspicious Chinese name for myself. Thanks, Cheui may

Hi Cecil, Thanks for your reply, but I still am confused as how to choose a house. For instance, I am a weak water according to my pillars of destiny. In the Eight house theory, NE and SW are both good directions for me, but both of these are earth and earth destroys water. So it just doesn't seem logical for me to choose a house with an entrance in either of those directions. I'm sorry to be so insistence, but I'm really trying to understand this point. Are you saying that once the imbalances are neutralized through shapes and form and the flying star analysis, it would not matter where I spend my time? But still why would I specifically choose an entrance in a direction that is earth? Cheui May

Hi Cecil, Haven't participated for a while... Been very busy working. Remember the job that I got about a month ago and I was asking advice on the best place for me to sit? Well, I should have know that the job was not suited for me as the main entrance was in the South East section, which is death for me. I ran into a lot of unexplained bad luck and ended up losing the job before I had a chance to do a flying chart and correct the imbalances. But because of the corrections that you helped me make at my home, I was hired for another job just two days later and have been working there ever since. The new place has the entrance in the North West and it's working out very well. In analyzing my true element, I do have some confusion that I would like your opinion on. In the eight house theory, a person has 4 good directions and 4 bad. For instance, my boyfriend is a Li, fire. According to 8 house, his good directions are E, S, N, SE, but in the Pillars of destiny, He is a weak water. Out of the good direction offered, I know that the North is a good direction because water adds to weak water, but the S, E, SE are not really supportive elements for weak water, as E and SE are both wood and can drain weak water. According to the elemental theory, Metal creates water, but neither W or NW is a good direction for a Li person according to the 8 house. So which theory should we follow? As soon as I get my bills down a little, I plan to look for another place to live. I want to know should I choose a house according to the 8 house theory to fine one with a good door facing one of my auspicious directions, or shall I choose a door with metal because metal supports weak water? Looking forward to hear your views. cheui may

Dear Cecil, Sorry it took me so long to get this layout to you. I couldn't find the center because I don't know if I should include the shipping area or not. The cubical with x marked on it are the ones that are opened to me. I also know in a month or so, there will be three other people leaving. So if you see a location that is best for me, please note it even though there is no x there. Thank you for your generous offer to help me again. I don't know if I would need it though. Because if the shipping area is included in the analysis, then the compass reading of the main door from the center of the building is almost exactly the same as the reading of my home. The two structures are both built in the same era, so I assume that the flying chart will be the same. But if the shipping area is not considered part of the building, then I would need another chart. I realize that the main entrance is in the SE which is death to me. I am using a side entrance from the parking lot that is in my Longevity or Health sector depending on whether the shipping area is considered or not. Do you think that is good enough to over come the bad front entrance? Thanks. Cheui May

Dear Cecil, How are you? Hope you and Robert are well. I haven't participated for a while, because I placed the cures that you recommended and my attitude seemed to have changed and now instead of being sick and depressed, wondering how I'm going to get out of debt, I've started working. Thank you for all the help that you have given me. I am working as a phone rep for a company that sells computer supplies. Being a weak water, would that be a lucrative business for me? My new manager is very kind to me and have agreed to let me choose any desk that is available. I would like to choose the best location for my element and have drawn a layout of the building. It is about 75 feet wide by 200 feet long. In the front 2/3 are the offices and the back is the shipping. My question is shall I include the shipping area in the analysis? Thanks, Cheui May

Hi Cecil, In one of your messages, you mentioned that in the order of priority, if you can't have both, it is better to be in an auspicious location rather than just facing it. That brings up another point that I would like your opinion on. In the 8 house theory, I am a Ken, which is earth. The auspicious directions are SW, NE, W, and NW. I can understand SW and NE being auspicious since they are also earth, but why is W and NW considered auspicious, since they are both metal and metal drains earth? Why isn't the South auspicious, since fire creates earth? Instead the South section is disaster to a ken person. Following this train of thought, in the Pillars of Destiny, my true element is weak water. It would be logical to me that a weak water person would prosper in the metal sector or the the West or North West section if the section was balanced already through the flying star. What do you think of this rational? Cheui May

Dear Cecil, Please see below. It is the corner of a closet. The edge of the closet is 10 feet away and aimed directly at my head and shoulders. I do cover my body, but my head is exposed. I have developed rashes on my face and eyes, allergies, a cough and sunburned my shoulders since the beginning of April when #5 star entered the bedroom. #2 star is the yearly star there this year. Come to think of it, my boyfriend use to sleep in that position, but since the room is not auspicious for him, I gave him the better spot in hopes of improving his luck. Just before we changed places, he had fallen twice and injured himself, once on his left eye and once on his upper back. He also had to have cataract surgery. Another question I have is the entrance to the bedroom. It is about 15 feet away from the bed, but it is situated in the center of the wall so no matter where you place the bed, the line of chi from the entrance will cut across the bed. I hear that is not good for health. Is there anything I can do to remedy that? Thanks, Cheui May