Cecil Lee

Dear Tracy, Thank you for bring up this interesting question. 1. Stagnant water is always referred to as bad. For example, it is always considered highly inauspicious if one has a well at the front of the house. It is feared that a well (still water) is `host' for evil spirits. 2. Pagodas were built along water veins. And pagodas were built on sites to neutralise such Sha Qi. 3. Water Feng Shui also considers which direction the water flows. 3.1 In this example, url: http://www.geomancy.net/review/tropica/index.htm 3.2 You will find the statement " For example, two cities in China i.e. Amoy and Canton are situated at this Dragon-Tiger gate. This is where the Yang Dragon of the East is in gentle embrace with the Yin Tiger of the West. 3.3 The Tropica also has the Dragon-Tiger gate on its south-side with the protective hills represented by the apartment blocks at the north side. The clear space with water positions at the south side is in perfect harmony with the horseshoe wall of the apartment blocks acting as the hills. " 3.4 It is said that water flow can be auspicious or inauspicious depending on which direction it flows into the sea. Here, if the direction is favourable, then negative ions abound. Otherwise, it could lead to excessive positive ions. 3.5 In the above example, one can find a situation where the river flow is auspicious:- From the above site "In addition, it is auspicous as water flows from west to east to Sungei Bedok." 3.6 One should not take into context, a general statement. Because, as I always emphasised, no two sites are the same and we should not stereo-type one statement that fits all situation. 4. More importantly, what is the definition of front and back of the house? The main door can be at the front. But in many instances, the frontage (or the place where more light comes in) e.g. the living room or balcony can be facing the river you had mentioned. Therefore, in such a situation, it is perfectly acceptable to have this `frontage' facing the river. 5. The only situation is that in the past, depending on where the river is, upstream etc... it is also subjected to flooding (in times of heavy rain). 6. One therefore, cannot simply come to a conclusion or take a general statement and fit it into your model. In many instances, also a lake has a healthy population of fishers and eco system and in many instances there are also rivers connected to them. Even if they do not have rivers, rainfall, precipitation constantly fall into these water catchment area. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Users, 1. We have just published Free resources on Palmistry. If you are curious or want to find out what your hands have in store for you, you can view the various slides under this URL:- http://www.geomancy.net/events/Palm_Talk/palm_talk.htm 2. Which hand should I look at? There are a few ways at looking at it. But overall, the best results has been shown to be:- As a guide, it depends on whether you are right-handed or left-handed. If you are right-handed, then, it is best to review your right hand. If you are left-handed, then review your left hand. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Users, One of our new initiatives was to convert some of our fixed resources into Mandarin (Chinese) - the native roots of Chinese Geomancy. We had previously converted a few of our pages in 1999 to Mandarin (Simplied and Traditional Mandarin). But at that time, Mandarin speaking users were few. With the emergence of China, (where Geomancy was banned during the communist era); today, more Chinese are surfing the net. Many Chinese nationality have a thrist for Geomancy and have written in us to consider having simplified Mandarin. We will be converting gradually, some of our resources into Simplied Mandarin first. As our site is pretty huge, we will be converting the more important resources first. This project will be an on-going one. Warmest Regards, Cecil & Robert Lee Center for Applied Feng Shui Research P.S. For info, both China and Singapore uses Simplied Mandarin. While Hong Kong and Taiwan uses Traditional (Big5 Mandarin)

Dear Users, Reading Your Palm (Palmistry.net) Geomancy is a very wide topic encompassing Palmistry. In China, palmistry was widely practised since 3000 years ago. Although Palmistry or Chiromancy is not as popular as Feng Shui today, I have already created on-line website resoures which will help you to read and understand you and your family's palm better. Our approach to Palmistry is based on a scientific level incorporating all the major schools of Palmistry. Both Western and Eastern methods in a well proven method of understanding your Life, Health, Love, Courage etc.. I personally feel that Palmistry will help to compliment the understanding of your life better:- Major Lines Life: Vitality Head: Attitude & Career Heart: Matters of the Heart & Human Feelings Will I marry or travel? Major Regions Mercury: Health Related Apollo: Potential for Success or Fame Saturn: Fate, Career & Friendship Jupiter: Luck, Ambition, Pride & Leadership Money: Skills at acquiring money Other Regions Upper Mars: Aggressiveness Lower Mars: Moral Courage or Will Power Moon: Good Life, Enjoyment or Discontentment Venus: Generosity, Affection We hope that with more avenues in Geomancy, it will certainly enrich your life! We will be publishing this set of resources soon. And we will also add a new conference in this forum to discuss on this topic. Our website: Palmistry.net will be pointing to our major website Geomancy.net With more avenues, we feel that you can then enjoy understanding your life better. Warmest Regards, Cecil & Robert Lee www.geomancy.net www.palmistry.net

Dear Chloe Lin, 1. Thank you for making the effort to draw a sketch. 2. I have revised it using an outline of what you had sent. Please see attached. 3. I need to understand further:- 3.1 Is the cul de sac oval shaped? 3.2 As I cannot clearly see how the curve of the cul de sac is in relation to the road, I cannot fully comment on the impact on your house. But, based on what you had drawn, with the road coming into your front of the house, I would say that your house (based on this intitial findings) is a `direct hit' or threated by the road and cul de sac. 3.3 I have drawn the two way movement of cars based on American standard i.e. cars drive on the right side of the road. Is my drawing correct. 3.4 When you stand at the main entrance, facing outwards of your house, can you immediately see the road leading into and out of your home. 3.5 Are there any windows at this side of the road. And if so, where. Thank you. Warmest Regards Cecil Lee

Dear Users, A while back, I had constructed two additional FAQs. We just published this two pages yesterday:- 1. Worry Free - International Off-site Package Visit this link to find out more about this relatively inexpensive service:- http://www.geomancy.net/consultation/consult-home/offsite-consultation.htm Many users have been constantly asking us if we have an International Off-site service. And the above resources will help you find more. 2. House Hunting: Can or Cannot Buy? 2.1 This is a hot topic, locally in my country. 2.2 I find some of the resources in this page is equally relevant for finding a good house in your country. Especially what to look out for if one wants to have a `Quantum Leap' in Feng Shui. 2.3 `Quantum Leap' in Feng Shui simply means that once you can find such a house, you do not even really need FS consultations. Many people, in their life time have never used Feng Shui, yet, were lucky to live in such homes. Where they were blessed with `wealth' in the form of money and children. 2.4 This link also touches on the relevant fact on why many FS practitioners do not really like to be involved directly with you when you are at this stage of house hunting. 2.5 In fact, asking a FS practitioner on house hunting is more tedious than simply visiting your already purchased home. Nevertheless, I hope you find the resources below useful:- http://www.geomancy.net/consultation/consult-home/home-househunting.htm Wishing Everyone, Health, Wealth and Happiness! Warmest Regards, Cecil and Robert Lee Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Chloe Lin, 1. Currently, it is difficult to imagine how much threat (or any) with regards to the cul de sac. 2. Appreciate if you can draw a sketch of your house in relation to the cul de sac: 2.1. In particular, the location of the main entrance door. 2.2. Profile of the curve of cul de sac towards your house. 2.3. The rough distance between the cul de sac to your home. 3. One must understand that internal enhancements e.g. putting a basket inside the house etc.. to `catch' wealth should not be the first move - especially if the house is under an external threat. 4. Here, it is best to diagnose whether there is a leak somewhere. A primary way of doing this is FIRST fix the LEAK. 5. Frankly, imagine, we are now in a small boat. The boat has a small leak on it's side. It is not prudent to ignore this leak and concentrate on `enhancements'. 6. The boat will ultimately sink. I am saying your house may have this situation. But, let's look at it in a more scientific method. 7. If one can plug the leak, this would be a long term solution. Than e.g. paying homage to corners in a home. 8. On your own, this is best that you can do, first and urgently. 9. Perhaps, I would like to touch on how we trouble-shoot problems if any:- Again, this calls for a pragmatic approach in such a situation:- 10. What happens if one stays in a house and faced problem? Normally, on a professional level, the Ba Zi of each family member is looked at. In particular, the current Luck Pillars. If the breadwinner's current Luck Pillars is unfavourable, the advise given is to apply his/her favourable elements to help the breadwinner. On the other hand the house birth chart and environment is looked at. 11. There are two major senarios here: 11.1 The breadwinner's Ba Zi has clashes in his current period Luck Pillars. And the house has major leaks. This spells much `worse' trouble. And to fix the leak, both breadwinner's personal self and the house need to be fixed. 11.2 The breadwinner's current Luck Pillars period is auspicious. While the house still has a major leak. 12. From the above, you can see, that it is if one uses such tools properly, one can `scientifically' trouble-shoot to see what went `wrong'. And the key success factor is to fix as many `major' leaks or to reduce, them where possible. 13. Many of us instead, `look the other way'. Instead of fixing leak(s), we instead pay homage to corners. Which unfortunately yield very little results. And will still ultimately sink. This is unfortunately, a vicious cycle of not knowing what `hit us' or went truly wrong. Warmest Regards, Cecil

1. If you have the Pillars of Destiny Report, you can have a glimpse of what is your luck in winning the lottery. 2. Please refer to attachment:- File: Piancai.gif Under this illustration, you can find two items:- S/no. A - Unexpected Wealth (pian cai) 3. For this person, his pian cai is 5. A score of 5 to 7 means that one has a high probability of winning at lottery, 4-numbers or toto or loto or state gambling lotteries. 4. I personally have encountered a client who has unexpected wealth of a score of 7. Here, he often win in the lottery. Recently, last year, he own over $500,000 on the government allowed 4-digit game. Once a month, when he gets his salary, he would just buy one number. For example: 1234 (big and small). And he spents just on this number without buying combinations of it. He constantly wins smaller amounts. 5. I don't expect you to have pian cai or unexpected wealth or score of 5 to 7. But if you do, your chances of winning is great. Especially if you look at your pillars of destiny chart e.g. attachment piancai1.gif. In this example, in his luck period 4, he has pian cai in his chart and the probability is high for him to strike lottery frequently. 6. Another interesting way of using the chart is that one can compare the various family member's pian cai. For those whose score is between 0 to 4 have average chance of winning or striking lottery. But if one's chart has 5 or more `pian cai', this is great!, why not let him/her buy on your behalf (provided he/she is of age to do so!). 7. Under the attachment: piancai.gif, you will also find out what is known as unexpected funds (pian yin), this has to do more with inheritance. Although, for inheritance it is both unexpected funds and unexpected wealth. Hope that this will give you a better understanding of how you can make use of your Pillars of Destiny Chart. Good Luck in your Pian Cai!! Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Thank you for bring up an interesting question. A career related to fire element is always considered as your wealth element. Here, there is a distinction between whether you are weak or not. Even if you are weak, your career with wealth is still the Fire element. If you are in a career related with Fire, for a weak water person, you need to strengthen your weak water with metal element to benefit from such a career. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Please see below:- By definition, brown (and green) belongs to the wood element. For example, oak, teak, american cherry wood (dark or light) etc.. belong to the wood element in lieu that their colour is brown. Where it comes to pine, it is still wood element but an experienced Feng Shui practitioner would ask their clients to avoid this type of material i.e. pine ( sold in IKEA ) as it resembles closer to `yellow' or earth element. Therefore, if in doubt, a FS practitioner would normally, try to advise their clients to go more for other popular wook grains such as teak and the popular cherry wood type of colour. 1. For most shapes, colour takes precedence over the form. Thus, a wooden furniture painted red would represent the Fire element (red, purple or pink). 2. However, for `unusual shapes' or a pyramid type of object, the form precedes the colour. Thus, even if the pyramid object e.g a clock mounted on a pyramid should still be considered a Fire element because of it's pointed shape even if say it is black or white in colour. 3. It is never wise to post such a question in say an open forum. Here, the argument on the above would never end. 4. In my opinion, what I mentioned, therefore is based on my personal experience. I would say it is a `fair view'. 5. But, some FS practitioners may not agree with the view. I really cannot help it if they have their own comments. 6. Ultimately, you have to come to your own conclusions. 7. I find that if it is a small object e.g. a piece of decorative table clock encased in a pyramid form, it has miminal influence or very secondary type of Feng Shui. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Wendy, 1. Thank you for bringing up an interesting question. 2. It is also related to complexities of the human beings. Here, our up bringing and `tolerance' comes to play. And as we are aware, each of us vary in this aspect. 3. On a commonsense approach to Feng Shui, if we happen to live in an apartment, it is always preferred to have our main door at a private area. As opposed to facing a neighbours (more from a privacy issue). 4. But, let's say our neighours are the `untidy' sort and leave their shoes scattered around the common enclosed space. Sometimes even end up at our door steps. 5. Some of us may be tolerant, while others may not. Some neighbours are noisy and if one prefers quiet, then the chances of `conflicts' occuring here is more prominent. 6. For many of us, since our neighbours are not our immediate family members, we may not have a high tolerance level with what we may perceive as `their nonsense'. 7. For bedroom doors facing each other This is an interesting point. As we are now usually dealing with family members. There is a higher chance of family members not getting along well, if the two bedroom doors face each other:- 7.1. There is not much problem if one room is occupied by adults e.g. father and mum. If the child is young. But if the child grows older e.g. in their teens, there may be situations where this can occur. For example, I was recently doing an audit, and noticed that the parent's bedroom door faces the teenage child. Perhaps, by coincidence, the teenage child is at loggerheads with his dad. These are some of the more common `problems' that I encountered after auditing many homes of such nature. Perhaps, call it a coincidence, if you want to. Feng Shui is continously evolving. What we can do is to try to learn from similar situations. Those that most likely work, should be applied to many people. This is the best way to progress. Frankly, no Feng Shui Master can say that they have all the answers. It goes with experience and also `encounters' likely, not so often, encounters of the `third kind' - spiritual kind! Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Wasis, Please see below:- You can perhaps check whether your altar table meets this criteria. Apologies if it is in inches. But if you are using metric, then it is easily converted. The standard auspicious measurement for an altar is as follows:- For a lower altar table: height: Between 40.5 inches to 44 inches For a higher altar table: (This is the most common height) height: Between 49 inches to 52 inches Auspicious Width of table: miminum width: Between 15inches to 19inches other auspicious width/depth: Between: 32 inches to 36 inches or Between: 40.5 inches to 44 inches Between: 49 inches to 52 inches Between: 57 inches to 61 inches It is best to have the altar within the above auspicious dimensions. Do take note that it is preferred that the altar table is based on a higher height i.e. height: Between 49 inches to 52 inches. This is to ensure that children do not accidentally touch the items on the altar. Since they are not prayed to avoid letting them face directly the main door. They can be tilted to face inwards e.g. to the living room area. The present location is better since you are intending to tilt the door. If so, the present location is not an issue. Looks like the present location is better than this site. As it is not appropriate to have the altar next to the TV set i.e. this area is no good. It is best to avoid placing it on the opposite wall of the toilet bowl as in the present situation. It is equally bad to have it face the dining table or facing your altar. From what I can see, there is not much room to place it unless you can place it between this picture and the altar. Attached please find an alternative position (provided it is not facing the main door). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Thank you for your layout plan. From the looks of your building there is relatively no need for a Ba Gua mirror. Since your main door, behind it is well protected from any Sha Qi. If there is a need to place a Ba Gua mirror, I have attached the location marked by a red dot. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Hardjo, A poster bed is useful if there is a slanted ceiling. The four posts hold e.g. laced cloth. And with it, it will negate the sha qi. Enclosed please find a sample of a poster bed. Many poster beds does not have a roof as shown in the picture. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Peck Wun, Yes, it is preferred that an altar does not face the main entrance. Here, it is considered disrespectful as you are asking guan yin to guard your door for you. If you can, (if possible) although the altar can be located facing the main door, where possible, try to see if guan yin be facing towards a wall instead of directly, facing the main door. Avoid, tilting guan yin but as mentioned above, see if you can allow her to face e.g the wall next to the main entrance. Or alternatively, change the location (if possible) Warmest Regards, Cecil

This is a glimse of one of the most beautiful temple in Singapore. Warmest Regards, Cecil Lee

Dear Tammie, Frankly, if anyone ask me 5 or 6 years ago, I may think that way i.e. what you had mentioned. But since then, I have looked at many homes and do not see a correlation that a noisy place drives off fortune. However, contrary to this, under Flying Star Feng Shui, if a location has a combination of two specific bad #numbers that needs quiet at a location, then, what you mentioned, holds true. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear All, In this second part, one can also see how often, many FS practitioners get their Ba Zi wrong. In fact, these two case studies are real life examples, where, these two persons, were `mislead' to think that their elements were i.e in the first earlier example - strong earth. While in this second example, they were told that the analysis resulted in this case as a weak earth. This example shows how, this person especially due to double combinations of his element became a `strong earth' person. Depends on how comprehensive the analysis, most of the analysis takes only the basic 4 pillars. Thus the resulting elements would be:- 1 Water 2 Earth 2 Wood 1 Fire 2 Metal Given the seasons of birth Earth is Extremely Weak and he has 2 extremely weak earth, plus 1 Strong Fire against, 2 Strongest Wood and 1 Water which destroy Fire. This would seem at a glance that this person is a weak Earth. If you consider all the clash and combinations etc. 0 Water 1 Earth 3 Fire 2 Wood 2 Metal Again, if you consider the combinations and clashes, the resulting elements would change as above. In this case, the number of Fire would increase, decreasing the water which unfavourable for this person as there is now water now to destroy the Fire which is a Earth person's favourable element. Thus, this person is not as weak as it original seem. In addition, if you have the full blown chart with the House of Life and house of Conception, again, this will change as there is additional 2 Fire element added from his House of LIfe and House of Conception. In additon, there is an additional Earth element in the House of Conception. 0 Water - weak 2 Wood - strongest 5 Fire - strong 2 Earth - extremely weak 3 Metal - weakest No doubt, this person is a extremly weak earth, but it is strengthen by the 5 strong Fire which exhaust the 2 strongest wood to again give strength to the extremely weak earth. So under this circumstances, this person is a Strong Earth as opposed to a weak Earth as originally defined. Determining a person's element strength is extremely important as a weak earth is different from a strong earth. In our reports, we go all out to provide all the necessary analysis to determine this as we understand the importance and impact of having determined the correct element strength. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Every seasons lasts for three months. And the third month of every season, is considered the earth element. 2. What this means is that:- Spring comes, Spring dies (earth becomes strong) Summer comes, Summer dies (earth becomes strong) Autumn comes, Autumn dies (earth becomes strong) Winter comes, Winter dies (earth becomes strong) 3. Thus both authors are not wrong to say what you had mentioned. 4. However, in a Ba Zi or Pillars of destiny, the Year, Month, Day, Time, House of Life and House of Conception are looked at. (Where each pillar e.g. Year, month etc... has each a heavenly stem and earthly branch. 5. These elements are looked at in relation to the day of birth pillar. For example, if the day pillar has earth element. The free report by default only provides the birth element and default the strength to weak. 6. Attached, please find example 1: A person who is considered as a weak earth person. 7. The Ba Zi computation takes care of which season, earth is strongest or weakest as this will affect the element at the time you were born. Therefore, the report has taken into consideration many of the factors i.e. what is your season of birth, any clash, or combinations of your elements. 8. Many of us, may not be aware but, many practitioners fall short of fully analysing the birth chart of a person. For example, in this attached sample, one will see that some FS practitioners may mistaken the person born in that date to be a `strong earth' person. Here is how they could easily have mistaken the person to be strong. And this is an actual case where one practitioner had got it wrong as they not done sufficient work. The mistake has arisen to consider the person as strong earth element:- Most of the normal ba zi analysis will only consider the Year, Month, Day & Hour of Birth. If you consider only that, you can see from the example 1. The original elements in the chart will be as follows:- 2 Metal 3 Earth 1 Wood 2 Fire 0 Water This is assuming no combinations was considered and the House of Life and House of Conception was not taken into account. In the above, you can see that being a Earth person, he has 3 earth, plus 2 fire whichi produces it. This makes his favourable elements to be 5 out of 8 elements. Which is already a clear indication that he is likely to be a Strong Earth person (even if we do not yet consider the seasons of birth influence). However, if you consider the Combination which occur in Hour or Day Earthly Branch wei and Year Earthly Branch wu. This is a combination that will occur and because of the favourable conditions it will combine to change the original element from wei-wu (earth-fire) to Wood element. This change reduces the two favourable elements earth and fire and change it to 2 unfavourable element wood which destroy Earth. 2 Metal 2 Earth 3 Wood 1 Fire 0 Water Thus, if you consider the combinations that resulted, the final element summary would be different and thus, making it a weaker Earth than originally determined. Similiarly, because now the House of Life and House of Conception was considered, there will be further changes to the element summary which affects whether a person is weak or strong. All the analysis done in the computerised version takes into account every possible Clash,Harm,punishment & self punishment, and every possible Joins, Double/Triple combinations. Every additional analysis will have an overall impact on the final analysis. However, if any one analysis is yet to be considered, the final analysis deduced will never be accurate. Thus, we find that it is a pitty that many calculation done are often lacking in many of detailed analysis in order to do a complete Pillars of Destiny Analysis. Therefore, the environment earth strength has already being factored into the Ba Zi. Warmest Regards, Cecil Lee

Dear Pauline, 1. For a fountain, do not automatically regard the statemenst of North or SE for the placement of a fountain. 2. If your fountain is low level i.e. not more than 1 foot high, then it should be placed in a `clear space' area. The balcony area is the best choice for a fountain. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Wasis, If the altar is not for praying e.g. holding figurines, you can still leave it on the position you had proposed earlier. But tilt the figurines looking away from the bedroom. Here, tilt the figurines towards the living room area would be acceptable. But if it is an altar for praying, then, the figurines should not be tilted but an alternative location should be looked at. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Wasis, Attached please two additional alternatives. Appreciate, if you can further comment on what the altar is e.g. praying to. Please refer to my earlier comments under Part I on these two files. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Wasis, Thank you for your file attachment of your layout plan. 1. I have taken the liberty of also adding the bedroom layout plan based on Shapes and Form Feng Shui. 2. The two main attachments:- blueprint-wasis1.jpg - Option 1 with bedroom/wardrope layouts under S/no. 1, 2, 3, 4. And alter position Alternative 1. blueprint-wasis2.jpg - Option 2 with alternative bedroom/wardrope layouts under S/no. 1A, 2A and 3A. 3. With alternative positions for the placement of the altar:- 3.1 Alternative 1A 3.2 Alternative 1B 3.3 Alternative 2 3.4 Alternative 3 4. Comments Before we look at the various alternatives, my major concerns are as follows:- 4.1 Your proposed location is acceptable even if it is on the same wall as the toilet area since, this wall is `clean' and unlike the location where you had the 8 immortals picture placed. The altar should not be at that location (since it is on the opposite wall as the WC). 4.2 The main concern with your proposed location is that the altar will be facing `into' the bedroom. Marked as S/no 1. I tried to play with the various orientation of the bed in this bedroom and it seems that each way, the the bed will face the altar directly and thus inauspicious. In Part II, I will attach file attachments of :- blueprint-wasis3.jpg blueprint-wasis4.jpg 5. Comments on the various alternatives of the placement of the altar Alternative 1A is inauspicious IF it faces the main door. (From your past message, you mentioned that you may want to tilt the main door entrance. If so, this spot may be considered afterwards. Alternative 1B - this is a possibility. Alernative 2 - this is acceptable location. And it's distinct advantage is that the living room and dining room can be segregated into two `auspicious' rectangular shape. Alternative 1 - this is acceptable location. As it is similar to option Alternative 2, where the living room and dining room can be segregated into two `auspicious' rectangular shape. The only decision if this is chosen is either whether to face towards the garage area or pavement area. Alternative 3 - is a remote possibility. I say remote because, it would be inauspicious to have the altar face the dining table. If it does not and if the altar is higher than the basin opposite it, then this is a possible location. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Please see below:- Since your home is under renovation, a simple solution is the use of white e.g. white (to represent) additional metal element to neutralise #4. This is of secondary consideration. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Eleni, In my opinion, sector Feng Shui or paying homage to a sector is too general. "Paying homage" to a sector or even if the sector is missing may not necessary mean it is the marriage sector. It is best to look at Feng Shui from a holistic approach. Warmest Regards, Cecil