Cecil Lee

Dear Anon, Usually, this has more to do with "commonsense approach" to Feng Shui. As it is felt that a bedroom is a place of privacy and in that respect, ideally; the bedroom door should not face the main door. Otherwise, usually, other than "commonsense"; it has more to do with our own comfort (or feel good-feel-bad) type of situation. Especially if we open the main entrance door most of the time and if it is an apartment, someone walking past our home could peep into or peer into our bedroom. This is even more so, if the door looks directly into the bed! One approach is often to avoid having our bed placed against the wall visible to the main entrance door. Often, at this wall, we could place the wardrope or leave it "clear-space". The main idea is not to allow our bed to be seen directly from the main door. Warmest Regards, Cecil Anonymous wrote: Hi, my bedroom door is directly aligned with the main door. Is it bad? If yes, any remedy for this? Appreciate your professional advice. Thanx!

Dear Sophie, Further to what I mentioned; besides the ba zi element i.e. Heaven chart of a child, the most important consideration has to be biological! Usually, doctors would advise women to give birth as early as possible as when we turn 35 years old (unfortunately) some (women) may have difficulty conceiving. And sometimes the older we get the greater the risk of having children. Above, is just food for thought! Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Sophie, This is an interesting question! Actually, this has nothing to do with Feng Shui. But belong to the "Heaven luck" category or Ba Zi! Many of the information relates purely to the Chinese rather than applying universal to everyone else. For example, 2010 or between 14 Feb 2010 to 2 Feb 2011, this is suppose to be the Year of the Tiger. And in the past, many parents gave away a "baby-tiger-girl" child and place the child at the front steps of this convent:- http://www.lovesigns.net/astrology/amenu/amenu.htm In local culture, sometimes it ain't bad to have a child born under e.g. the tiger year as often; because of the lower birth-rate, many of such child could get into "better" schools because there are fewer birthrate for that year. Contrast this to a child having to compete both going into a school: getting a place and competing academically with others for future places in secondary and even high schools. However, locally, many people still consider the Year of birth as important thus popular birth signs include: the dragon, ok years include the rat, the pig, rabbit etc... From a Ba zi perspective, when we determine the birth-sign of the child often, it goes down to the DAY of birth. Thus, each day will see a different birth element that covers a ten-day cycle: Thus, for example: today could be a Metal day. Tomorrow can be the water day etc.... We do get parents who intend to undergo cessarian birth requesting to check which day / and time for the birth of their child(ren). Warmest Regards, Cecil sophie corcoran wrote: hi there, my bday is 2 oct 1982 my boyfriend soon to b husbandis 31 jan 1976 when would b a good time 2 plan 2 have a baby so that they will b born at a time wen they will benifit from the feng shui in the same way we will and so that weall getalong? wewant 2 children, but not untill 2007/2008, 2009/2010/2011? i kno u cant predict exactly when the child will b born but could u give me an idea or way 2 work out if the child will b water,earth,metal etc and wat chinese horoscope will be best 4 us and the baby? thankyou

Dear Anthony, I hope I get your question correctly. If you are using the Luo Pan; there are many different types of Luo Pan out there. But no matter which type it is; the traditional Luo Pan has it's needle (always) pointed towards the magnetic"south" and the opposite side facing north. Warmest Regards, Cecil Anthony Lau Weng Loong wrote: Under this feng shui their is the early heaven arrangemt in luo shu & later heaven arrangement in luo shu rite. But the later heaven arrangement in the luo shu is different from the Luo Pan that I have so how am I going to get the direction rite??? And using the Luo Pan which is the rite direction should I look for and the needle should pointed at which direction usually??? I very confuse ???????????

Dear Dharmawan, Wow! This is certainly new to me! In my opinion, I would consider this as simply "hocus-pocus" type of linkage or consideration. Imagine, if some of us were born in the year of the rabbit, then, we MUST rear rabbits? Or if we are born in the year of the tiger? How do we rear a free roaming tiger? Hmm... In addition, for many Malays especially in Singapore or Malaysia, have never touched a "dog" or had not rear one as dogs especially their saliva is considered "dirty". More importantly, I would consider this area that you had mentioned as belonging not so much as to Feng Shui (EARTH luck) of the home but rather: Human or man luck area. Here, often especially in Singapore, you get to see: 1. Just married couples: Often, it could be the wife that reared a pet e.g. a pet dog prior to their marriage and thus when the husband married her, they literally inherit the pet! But often, once this couple starts a real family, they often have no time for their pet! 2. Married but do not have children at all: There is quite alot of people who fall under this category. And these are the people that rear one or more pets e.g. dog(s) etc... The other question is: Rearing a pet for the sake of "Feng Shui (FS)"? Often, if one has only motivation to rear a pet in the name of FS? Then often many would find it a CHORE to do so. But of course if one falls in love with the animal, then it is often another matter totally. But, often if we are just "tolerating" the animal; we may even end up with more quarrels e.g. who is going to feed, wash and worse -- clean up on the dog's pooh! Therefore, it is truly unbelieveable that we must literally rear an animal linked to our animal sign! Worse still again, Malays find pigs unclean and ..... Warmest Regards, Cecil Dharmawan Halim wrote: I was born in a metal dog year. Just heard from a fortune teller in Indonesia that people born in the Dog year are advised to rear a pet dog at home to significantly improve their luck. The dog is expected to enhance the Feng Shui balance and harmony, and therefore improve their luck. Is this true? I have never heard about this before and have never reared a dog. My daughter, however, was born in a Dragon year. Would a dog conflict with her? Would a dog conflict with the turtle that I have been rearing for a year in the North sector (with no significant improvement in my career luck). Thanks

Dear Yen, In a general question, such as this: "It depends!". As no two homes are often the same, like you have mentioned: one has to be extra careful of neighbour's pointed roof(s) - especially if they are aimed towards the perspective new home. In addition, things like lone lamp-post(s) slicing into the windows / main entrance of the home are also considerations of Feng Shui threats. Other considerations also include where is the drainage from / into and out of the property as this will affect the wealth of the home. Thus, some homes, it is OK to face the corner lot, while others, it may not be good especially if the corner of the opposite home or roof is aimed wrongly at thehome under consideration for purchase. Warmest Regards, Cecil Yen S wrote: Hi, I couldn't find the same question in your website. Therefore, I thought, maybe I just post it here. I'm currently looking for a house. I'm wondering, what's wrong with a house facing a corner lot. And of course, u can see the triangle roof right in front of the front gate. (landed property). The house has a sliding door, facing the front gate. And another door facing the left of the house. Hope to see the answer. thanks.

Dear Sean, Frankly, so far, I have not read or known of any relationship between Feng Shui and `manipulation' of weather. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Many years back, I had written on the issue of "long houses". For example, many years back, the long house e.g in Sarawak is pretty unique and quite similar to your case. However, their long house can even be longer than the 120 ft long as you had mentioned. Yes, unfortunately, between the pie and the grid, if it is a long house than the grid method is often preferred over the pie in your case. Thus, no choice, long and thin would be the better way to analyse the home vs the pie which is difficult to apply in such a type of home. Warmest Regards, Cecil Anonymous wrote: I live in a house that is 18 ft wide and 120 ft long. When I use the Flying Star Pie method, it seems that the centre of the piehas occupied the width of the house. Therefore, I have lost 4 sectors totally. Someone said that I should use the Grid method instead of the pie. However, eachsector will be so long and thin. Anonymous wrote: What is you expert view? If I were to use the pie method, will losing 4 sectors be bad for the house? Thanks!

Dear Gary, 1. Please click the attachment for the "centrepoint" of the apartment and facing direction. 2. In order to Fly to Period 8, in addition to painting the ceiling, one also MUST have several (2 or more) celebrations in the home, also. Warmest Regards, Cecil Gary Thay wrote: Dear Master Robert Lee 1. I have painted all the ceiling of my house since 2004 and now is 2005. Does that mean my house Qi has convert to period 8 ? 2. I am confused of finding middle point of the house.Could you pls mark the middle point? 3. From my understanding that the door is not always the facing direction. Currently I am living on the 20 floor, could you pls confirm the sitting and the facing from the photo? Please advice Best Regards Gary Thay

Dear Elena, Oops! I am sleeping on one myself! Yes, this is a very common type of design! Many of us (or the likes of us) have slept on such a bed / bed-head frame... for many years! Why not... let's start burning all those books that says that it's bad! Cheers! Cecil Elena Oldham wrote: It is a very popular style for the bed head board to be in the form of a half circle or "hill" I call it. It is low on the sides and rises up in the middle. After the fact, I read in one of the books that it is bad to have a head board in the shape that resembles the chinese coffin. Is this true and can any remedy be applied?

Dear Anon, For "fire-at-heaven's" gate, another remedy is the use of "earth" at the fire-gate-area. For example, earthenware or do add some pottery pieces at the location. Here, under the Five Elements concept: "Earth" element helps to draw or reduce the "Fire" element. Warmest Regards, Cecil Anonymous wrote: Hello -- Just bought my second house with, what I now beleive is fire at heaven's gate. In first apartment, I actually had a feng shui practitioner fail to mention the problem to me before I purchased and before I did renovations-- however, I discovered it when I began doing research on wealth remedies because I couldn't keep or bring in any money in while I was there. Low and behold, I used a cheapo compass when viewing my current home and again -- it's uncanny, I can have a potential client ready to send me a check and, at the last minute, the deal falls apart, or in another instance, the company that I freelance for is having cash flow problems, checks have been lost in the mail -- it really is pehnominal. At this point, I'm selling my stove and replacing it with a butcher block cutting board counter(I'm a raw foods vegan so I won't miss the stove) But wondering what else I should do. Also wondering about my stairs(not a full flight but more of a landing in a split level home) which face the front door.

Dear Olivia, I have sketched out the basic good designs on the wall behind the head-board. Generally, the worst kind of head board is in the shape of "tomb-stones" & "circle" shapes. Quite similiar to the attachment - inauspicious wall facade design. Please click on the attachment. Olivia Kim wrote: Will it be possible to tell me if there are certain head board design types that are considered more auspicious than others? Can you share which of those are?

Dear Sophie, To be honest, even in the "east", Far East, when we set to do space clearing, we simply go ahead to clean-up the home. - The quick and easy method! I did not know that in the "west", for some, things sound so ..so.. complicated! Wow! In my opinion, more like hocus-pocus to me! Therefore, the quickest easy method is "JUST DO IT!" Cheers! Warmest Regards, Cecil sophie corcoran wrote: hi there how do i space clear and clense my small flat, ive read someroutines that r very precise and long including bells, candles, chanting, smudge sticks etc!i just want a quick, easy method! sophie corcoran wrote: i have nag champa incense!! is this enough??

Dear Master Robert and Master Cecil, It is certainly a welcome news for the frequent user and i am impressed that GEOMANCY NET had taken the effort to provide the better improvement for the user to have better understanding on FENG SHUI. You guys had done so many wonderful things, Bravo!!!. Keep up the well done things! Warmest Regards, Alvin Niap West Malaysia 17 October 2003 Respected Sir, I have been a regular visitor of this wonderful forum & have learnt lot from this. Thank you for this forum. Jag Mukesh India 1 April 2004 To Geomancy team and Masters. Excellent site. The best for beginners and for more advanced "amateurs". Hopefully, I will continue learning from it, and eventually become a premium member. Keep it up and prosper.... (I am learning that myselffrom my slow progress in I Ching and Fengshui). J. E. Seco October 11, 2004 Master Cecil, Thank you very much for advices all along. We appreciate it a lot. You are a rare Feng Shui Master who give practical advice and explain in detail. Jason Chua Telok Blangah Crescent, Singapore 6 September 2005

Thank you SO much Master Lee. This has been a very confusing area (Flying Star chart numbers) for me during the 3 years I have studied tradtional Chinese feng shui. No one, until you, has explained the process of choosing a remedy (first Productive then Destructive). It is such a simple and basic point, yet if a student is not aware of it, it becomes quite a large issue. Once again THANK YOU!! Best Wishes, Oliv Sullivan 9 February 2005 Dear Master Cecil Lee & Master Robert Lee Thank you to your forum once again, ...I manage to get the answers from the forum. Guess one have to do some homework one needs to know feng shui. I still have notfinished reading the forum it's too much to read. But you bet I will complete as much as I can. I enjoy the forum very much. Thank you With Warmest Regards Sophia Chia, Malaysia 14 February 2005 Dear Master Cecil I had enjoyed every minutes touring your website. Indeed, I had learnt much about myselfusing some of the free analysis. Forum User Posted to Free Advice Conference on 12 February 2005 Thank You Master for your quick response. I would highly recommend your site to my fellow friends and relatives as I find it so enjoyable and resourceful. it open my eyes to the world of fengshui and develope an interest which makes me considering taking up a course in it. Any good recomendations,sir? Forum User Posted to Free Advice Conference on 17 Aug 2005

Dear All, Further to what I had mentioned, nearly in some developments (or site) there can be possibly plot(s) of land that are either: 1. Front-wide ; back-narrow or 2. Front-narrow ; back-wide On the attached layout plan, I have already marked two plots of land: one plot in blue outline and another in pink outline. Please check out the attachment. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Maggie, Sorry, what I meant was that in general, "it-depends" such as is the plot of land flat? -OK Or is the back sloping downwards a hill? -Inauspicious In particular, how the home is constructed on this plot of land is equally important, inclusive of water course (such as drains etc...) Thus, generally, there is no right or wrong answers: it depends on Location, location, location. Each plot has to be reviewed on it's own basis since there can be different interpretations of how wide or how narrow.... But generally, other than what I had attached earlier "an entrapped" home; I have known of many homes which have been constructed, stayed in such as "front wide-back narrow" or "front narrow-back wide". Therefore " IT-DEPENDS!". Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Maggie Lua wrote: Thank you for your advice. Just to clarify your reply. You mentioned that the "opposite" of Front Narrow Back Wide is "true". In this situation, the word "true" mean Front Narrow Back Wide is inauspicious or Front Wide Back Narrow is bad?

Dear Thoa Le, Yes, if the home flies to Period 8 N1, then the water tank can still remain at SE particularly to help drown the MS#2 and WS#5 at this sector and also reduce the effects of the palace (base star) #7 - loss / robbery/theft star. However, please take note that other than having double 8's at the frontage; and good sectors at North-East and East sectors; other sectors do not have very goodflying star numbers under Period 8 N1, you should do a bit more homework to see if some of the bad #'s do not come into other sectors of the home or need to neutralise, them. Thus, flying to Period 8 N1 - needs closer study since it can be a "double-edged" sword.. Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Thoa Le wrote: We're currently living in a N1 period 7 house, we have a 20,000 litres of rain water tank 3x3m in our south east. We are thinking of renovating our house to better accomodate our needs and bring it to a N1 period 8 house. Is it ok to have the water tank there? We have been using it intensively for 2 years to water our big garden. If harmful what can be done ? Thank you very much for your help.

Dear Maggie, It is very common to find a plot of land which is wide at the front and narrow at the back. Under Shapes and Forms Feng Shui, the "opposite" is true i.e. the plot of land is narrow at the front and wide at the back. What is more important are: 1. where is the location of the water course (if any) such as water course coming into the home and draining out of the home. 2. what is the contour like etc.... For example, take a look the attachment -- at this "entrapped" home in Singapore -- Very inauspicious home! Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Maggie Lua wrote: I just bought a house and the land is front wide and the back narrow. This is not auspicious? If yes, what should I do?

Dear Kalvin, The two "cures" are: 1. use of earth elements e.g. pottery or clay objects at the NW sector. Or the use of water (bottles) to reduce the effect. What sort of renovations are you going to do: Major or minor? Generally, minor renovations would not change the period from 7 to 8. Do take take note for this year 2005 (upto before the next lunar 2006, year), it is best to avoid reonvations at: 1. West (Tai Sui or grand duke's location) 2. NW (Deadly Yellow or #5 location)

Yes, some Feng Shui practitioners would view the development as unfavourable -- mostly because it is just right at the door steps of the main gate of the army camp. In addition, many army camps, do have stories of -- soldiers commiting suicide in the past. But nowadays, this camp is more into logistics.. And mostly because of this reason, it is why some FS practitioners view it as inauspicious. Otherwise, in my opinion, not a major issue. Quote: Alan Kwang wrote: My wife and I are seriously looking at a second 3 rooms unit at the Forrest Hills Condo recently. However, my wife told me that a Feng Shui master told her that this piece of land that the condo is located on is very bad. The unit that we are looking at is on the second floor and has north(main door) &south(living rooms and all rooms)facings. The rooms' windows are all facing the pool and directly at the main entrance of the condo.Both my wife and me are Gua 7 & 6 respectively. I am told that my best facing is West but why would I want any condo facing that direction? Overall, this is a very small lowrise condo and many go for the ground units with PES. Yes, it is indeed true that even if one is a west group person, it is totally ridiculous to have the unit facing West or living /balcony or majority of bedrooms facing such a direction! In your case, a more suitable unit is one where although the main door is facing north, it would be better if the bedrooms located in the westerly parts of the home (given that it is not the corner unit) but sandwiched in between so that it will not be affected by the afternoon sun. So far, I have a few clients who had stayed here and so far,there are no major concerns if any with regards to "bad Feng Shui". Warmest Regards, Cecil

Quote: Sophia Chia wrote: It's strike me all of the sudden, that one of my relative place alarge mirror at the dinning table facing the altar table. As one believe that it's give doubling.The kidsbelieved feng shui in buyingitems to their home. It's seem there is cluttersafter not in use. As theyattend Lillian Too's talked once and I did advice the kids in certains items is best to buy or to their likingand fromthe day I donot want to interfer. Yes, it is not advisable to see a reflection of an altar in a mirror. Normally, it is a common Cantonese dialect group's perception that it is good to have a mirror at the dining area as it can "double" wealth / food on the table. For mirrors, it is best not to use a two piece mirror as it is symbolic of a split or separation. The rationale for contractors to do so is that often for an apartment, they simply push the mirrors for installation into the lifts (rather than manually bringing it up the stairs). Because of the limited size of the lift, often, a one piece mirror cannot go in thus the two pieces. If two pieces of mirrors are to be used, then it is best to go for three pieces instead of two. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, To be truly honest, unfortunately, there is no specific "cure" under Feng Shui. Wishing you all the best! Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Anonymous wrote: My condo has been on the market for 5 months now. So far there has been no offers due to the fact that my condo is next to a train. How can I attract a buyer to want to purchase?

In addition to what you have mentioned, another major key issue is to look out for water coming in or flowing outwards of the property. EXAMPLE 1:- ========== For example, please take a look at this attachment illustration: water-entry-exitpoint-A.gif In this illustration, assuming the property is facing "SOUTH" compass direction and in addition, there is a drain with water flowing directly towards south into the property:- Please take alook at the first heaven trigram (top most trigram). Here, South represents the"Heaven trigram". And assuming that when we investigate this property, water flows out of the land at NW . Which is also the "Heaven trigram" - Of the Later Heaven sequence. Here, this is considered a very inaupicious property since water enters from the "Heaven" trigram and exits the "Heaven trigram". It would not be that inauspicious if water exits North "water element". in this example. EXAMPLE 2:- ========== Here's another example: water-entry-exitpoint-B.gif In this second example, the facing direction of the property is still South. But, in this second example, you will notice that there is a drain or water course flowing into the property from SW or "WIND". (First heaven sequence chart) In this second example, water must not flow out of the property or exit at SE. Which is "WIND" under the Last Heaven sequence chart. In Feng Shui, there are so many considerations for a landed property and water in-flow and out-flow is another thing to look at. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Terry, Frankly, it has more to do with symbolism than to find a gourd that is opened or closed. If it is placed in a toilet environment i.e. lots of moisture, then, ideally the material in which it is made of should be able to "withstand" such an enviroment. Whether it has an open "mouth" or closed one should not be a major issue, here. Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Terry Yuen wrote: Regarding hanging a gourd between the toilet and the master bedroom, can you elabotate the gourd should be opened or closed at the top since they are sold hollowed out with the top as a stopper.