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Hi,
Thanks for your posting. I glad to be able to share real life information especially my former grandfather's home.
Both my grandfather's home and the next door neighbour which also followed suite by knocking off the `head' of the house.
I have not sure if you have seen the pictures of an old refurbished bungalow house but this house has distinct Feng Shui features e.g. water position at the north, a study room at the south. (The roof is pointed representing fire)...
URL: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/photo1.htm
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/4/99 2:01:16 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear robert and cecil,
I am interested in seeing a
picture of house and layout
which is built according to
feng shui principle and later
on when you have time would
like to see layout of the
houses
according to pillar of destiny
and other methods so that the
readers who are interested in
buying and building a house
can
have a rough idea where to
locate kitchen and stairs etc.
And it will help them to
recognize the structure which
are bad from the pictures.
Since I saw saw the pictures
of your grand father house and
it made me understand the
importance of location of main
door. Thanks
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Hi,
I do aim to write a book of cures for apartments. However, this would have to coincide with a busy schedule.
In fact, there is much to do and am now drawing a schedule for the next year listing the priorities and target setting.
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/12/99 12:42:59 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cacil,
I wish you would write a book
of cures for
apartments. Since people
living in apartments
can't change their main doors.
Cant even change the color of
walls. Are not allowed to hang
mirror outside their main
doors and cant
plant trees to make up for the
missing corners. And most of
the apartments are feng shui
nightmares. Hope you would
offer some
new cures which will be
suitable for apartments.
Thanks.
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Hi,
So far there is no evidence to say that a ceiling fan or light bulb is bad. One reason is because most ceiling fan or light bulb do not have `poison arrows'.
Therefore in my personal opinion, both are generally ok.
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/19/99 12:42:05 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
Is having a ceiling fan or
light bulb in the middle of
the bed bad? Thanks.
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Hi,
Thanks Glyn for sending me a private mail to inform me that the Keiloon is similar to a Fu Fu Dog.
This morning before going to work, I passed thru the memorial for Lim Bo Seng, a celebrated World War II hero of Singapore.
The memorial had the Keiloon facing different `compass' directions guarding it.
I have seen the similar Keiloon at my grandfather's grave ie. guarding his grave on both sides.
The Keiloon figurine is not Feng Shui but more of Chinese customs. In my personal opinion, it would be better for this `creature' to guard a Yin location e.g. grave , memorial site rather than a home or office.
The more common figurines to use at home is the Fu Fu dog on both sides of the pillars on both sides of the gate.
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/15/99 12:38:20 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
What is a Keiloon? Thanks.
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Hi,
You can still use your backdoor. However, in Feng Shui, the frontage is equally important in the assessment of the house.
The frontage is where this is generally the front of the house. The main door may not be at the front of the house. It can be at the side.
The analysis here is to go into the home to see the natural lighting conditions. It would be ideal if natural light filters into the house. The house should thus not be totally dark all the time. (What I mean is that during day light hours, it should have some light going into the house.
Many people in Singapore who live in " Government Housing Board Flats " would realise this: Light filters in most of the time from their windows rather than from the main door. Here, some Feng Shui Masters may at times consider the window area/wall e.g. the living room area as the `main entrance' where Qi comes in rather than the main door.
Here, it is good to understand the above. This is where, one advise is to have alternat e or diagonal windows opened so that Qi do not flow in and immediately exit out thru the kitchen windows but rather allow it to meander or circulate in the house.
For Feng Shui audits, it is normally the tradition to still consider the actual main entrance door when e.g. using the Flying Star analysis.
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/15/99 3:42:46 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Thanks for your fast response
on my mermaid question. I am
also concerned about the
problem of water in your back
yard. I live on a rectangular
shaped tidal basin of about 13
acres. It is very pretty- like
a big reflecting pond. My
house faces south,and the
basin is attached on the far
side to a canal that drains to
the east (right to left
looking from the back door).
Street access is from the
north side,and guests enter
from that side too. We enter
through the garage,but use the
back door probably the most
going out to the garden and
for pets. What do you think?
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Hi,
I guess there would be an effect from these features especially in the construction of the `bulding' and the elements that go into them e.g. metal wheel etc...
1. Most of the time, these objects are far away from city areas or homes.
2. So far, I cannot recall any books on such features in Chinese books or no reference on them.
For now, I am unable to comment on this subject matter. Perhaps, if I do come across any or users who are Dutch may like to share their experiences.
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/15/99 1:36:58 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
Is there any significance of
windmills, wind mobiles and
wind sock. Thanks.
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Dear Randy,
I just came across this message under the conference: Like to share your Experiences (in this forum):
---- cut and pasted message---
Dear forum members,
I would like to share my feng shui nightmare with you. Since I
want to warn other members
not to install water features with out first
doing a pillar of destiny chart and flying star chart.
Last year I installed a water fountain outside my house and
installed a fish tank inside and lots of other cures on the advise
of the BTB feng shui consultant. And need less to say it was
disastrous. I lost my job
got involved in a accident and developed severe health problems
and financial problems. So instead of removing few minor
problems which I was facing at that time it
created enormous problems for me.
But luckily, I came across this site and did
a pillar of destiny and flying star report.
And found out that I was incompatible with water and removed
all the cures(including fountain and fish tank) after consulting
with robert lee. And I was told that all my problems were due to
the excess
of water and those extra cures which I did not need. And things
are improving for me.
My health is 80% better. So I think feng shui
works if done correctly.
Hope my experience will help other readers and hope they would
not hire a BTB consultant
and would not install any water feature or
make any drastic changes in their office or
home environment before consulting a proper
traditional feng shui master or if they are
interested it doing feng shui by themselves
then they should do a proper pillar of destiny and flying star
report and consult
with robert lee or cecil lee.QuoteOn 8/18/99 1:38:48 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear Cecil and Robert,
I am planning to built a water
fountain (3 feet in diameter,
round) in the front porch of
my house. I also plan to
create a small water fountain
and hang a water picture in
the north corner of my living
room. Will this be too much
water for the house? If yes,
which should I choose to have.
Is it better to have water
outside the front of the house
or inside.
Thanks.
Randy
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Dear Joe,
Thanks for your comments.
So far, other than hiring a good consultant, one do not need to spend more money than is necessary especially in a home environment.
As you also mentioned, we should go down to the basics of Feng Shui and always have an inquiring or questioning "mind".
It is good always to ask questions what and why do a practioner say this or that. Ask for an explanation. And make your own personal judgements.
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/18/99 5:55:07 AM, Anonymous wrote:
The scary thing is that with
"fast food" FS, magazines,
talk shows, etc., tell you do
this for luck, never do that,
etc., without explaining the 5
elements and balance. Before
I discovered this site, I had
read a magazine article about
how to use FS to improve my
wealth, health, etc., using
metal and mirrors. I was all
set to start doing this, but
then I was told about
Geomancy.com
and I'm very grateful I didn't
use metal, wind chimes or
mirrors!!!
I wonder if, as we grow
knowledgeable about
traditional FS, should we
attempt to explain that
"cure-all" or
"one-size-fits-all" approach
doesn't work? For example, a
magazine says do this and
that... should we write to the
magazine and try to explain,
or let uninformed readers deal
with the consequences of fast
food FS? Does anyone have
thoughts on this?
--Joe
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Dear Glyn,
Glad to hear from you on actual happenings in Perth.
Just to share with everyone: Currently a few users have used the " Anonymous " feature when sending mails in this forum.
Here are the plus and minus points of sending mails Anonymously:
1. It is ok if you are sending many individual questions on each specific topics as the message will not be sent out thru the mailing list unless it has been replied.
This is ok as, many users will then be able to read only the replies rather than the question first.
2. If any users do see " Anonymous ", it does not imply that it is only one person who sent it.
As the adminstrator of this forum, I am able to see who sent the message. Unlike all of you reading it.
3. We will continue to have the " Anonymous " feature (although) it can be disabled.
4. It would be `friendly' if you have only one or two questions each session to use your `real name' as registered with this forum.
It would be nice to reply to a " face " than to an unknown (for many users reading it).
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/18/99 11:22:35 AM, Anonymous wrote:
For Anonymous - glad to hear
things are on the up for you.
And, Joe. I too have read some
great FS mags, but like you
said, everything is so
generalised, it is
frightening. I dont believe
you would get anywhere talking
with them and explaining your
point of view because that
would be a threat to them.
Heaven forbid if their
circulation dropped off.
Last week on one of our radio
talk back shows a guest was
one of the "top" FS
consultants here in Perth.
People rang in to ask
questions etc. and would you
believe she could not give
them any advice as her "book"
was in her car !!!!!! And,
this woman is highly regarded
over here. I could have done
the show far better than her.
Makes one wonder......
I'd love Cecil and Robert to
visit here and run a weekend
workshop. Raymond Lo is here
this weekend. AU$550 per
session.
Cheers
Glyn
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Hi,
As mentioned in a recent message, Chinese Astrology uses only the Year of birth of a person.
Chinese Astrology based on just the Year of Birth although do give a general `profile' is less accurate than analysing `clashes' undertaken by the powerful Pillars of Destiny which analyses not only the year of birth but, month, day and if possible also the time element.
A `small' horse figurine in the south should not pose any problem even if you are a mouse/rat unless, it is a warrior riding the horse with weapons such as a spear, or gun etc..
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/18/99 1:39:44 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
Is keeping a horse figure in
the south bad if
one was born in the year of
mouse. Does it cause health
problems. Thanks.
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Dear Elizabeth,
In a classroom, priority should be given to the Shapes and Form School of Feng Shui:
1. Usually a classroom is rectangular in shape.
2. Normally one side of the classroom has windows. The opposite side usually are the entry and exit points.
3. If the classrooms are airconditioned and there are blinds at the windows, it would still be best to arrange the tables tangent to the windows so as to avoid glare.
If we use the above `formula', there is really not much we can change the placings of the tables (other than to avoid glare).
The traditional placement of tables in uniform rows and columns is still the preferred method.
As a teacher, one would have to sit facing the students and usually one cannot control the direction that you sit.
For the classroom, it is good to display e.g. art work or asignments of students done on the display boards in the classroom to create a more yang environment for the students.
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/17/99 7:19:10 AM, Elizabeth
Stoughton wrote:
I am a teacher with a
classroom whose door faces
west. Where should I put my
desk and how should I arrange
the desks of my students to
improve the learning
environment?? Thank
Bettyboop
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QuoteOn 8/17/99 7:19:10 AM, Anonymous wrote:
I am a teacher with a
classroom whose door faces
west. Where should I put my
desk and how should I arrange
the desks of my students to
improve the learning
environment?? Thank
Bettyboop
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Dear Marc,
It is usually ok to have the kitchen with the open concept in modern times. If you had consulted a true traditional Master of the past, they may not approve of it.
However, so long as there is `symbolism' e.g. as you mentioned a divider such as a serving counter. This is alreay symbolic of a kitchen environment.
In the past, the kitchen can be quite dirty especially if one uses charcoal stoves etc...
Nowadays, we have to be practical especially with modern equipment such as air ventilators above the stove; the use of microwave ovens.
A conscious effect to use less oil in the kitchen.
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/18/99 1:16:08 PM, Anonymous wrote:
hi cecil,
is it ok to have my kitchen in
open concept, which meant
without door and wall, may be
just a serving counter? and my
kitchen is at the left side of
the main entrance, will the qi
comes in and goes direct out
from the kitchen window? or
should i have a blocking at
the left side of the entrance
to avoid that?
regards.
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Hi,
This is an interesting question. I guess this is not based on Feng Shui but as you have mentioned many single portaits do use women as they are more `graceful' and since most of these vases are delicate, a portait of a women would be nice.
The above is not my believes but a comment on your statement based on quite alot of vases and even hand painted plates I also own. I for one do not want to be labelled a Male C. Pig.
However, I do have large vases at home that do have male figurines e.g. the legend of the Eight Immortals where pictures were drawn on the vase with them crossing the sea. These Eight Immortals have both a mix of male and female figurines.
So, it may not be entirely true that all vases or figurines are of the female gender. I do have a collection of Chinese Antiques such as the famous " Four Scholars (male) ", the 9 sages etc...
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/18/99 1:06:59 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
Why all the chinese decoration
stuff whether it is vase or a
screen or head board has
pictures of ladies never men.
Why? Thanks.
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Dear Randy,
There are two ways one can take with regards to deciding on whether to build a water fountain:
1. One way is go with your feelings and in general, a single fountain outside the house is generally acceptable.
2. For a more exact `science' of Feng Shui, if you do know your element and strength, it is best that one is a weak fire or strong water person to avoid having water in their life.
Another analysis is to look at all the components in your Pillars of Destiny chart. Early this year, this person had 6 water elements out of 8 in her Pillars of Destiny Chart. This is really too much water and in such a situation, I seriously would advise the person not to have too much water positions.
I really do not know your purpose of having a few water positions both inside and outside your house.
I hope that you do not do it as a result of reading books that say water is good for you. For example, what is your purpose for hanging a water picture at the North wall?
It is always wise not to overdo Feng Shui. If you really must, I would suggest at least one one's lead time between making all these changes at one go.
You can if you like, place the fountain and if you are only using your feelings or doing trial and error Feng Shui, do not add other enhancements or made changes for around a month. " If nothing " happens, it would be ok. (Under Trial and Error FS).
My advise is usually as far as possible to avoid Trial and Error FS if you can but in reality, I have to concede that some of us do it.
Well.. good luck:)
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/18/99 1:38:48 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear Cecil and Robert,
I am planning to built a water
fountain (3 feet in diameter,
round) in the front porch of
my house. I also plan to
create a small water fountain
and hang a water picture in
the north corner of my living
room. Will this be too much
water for the house? If yes,
which should I choose to have.
Is it better to have water
outside the front of the house
or inside.
Thanks.
Randy
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QuoteOn 8/18/99 1:38:48 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear Cecil and Robert,
I am planning to built a water
fountain (3 feet in diameter,
round) in the front porch of
my house. I also plan to
create a small water fountain
and hang a water picture in
the north corner of my living
room. Will this be too much
water for the house? If yes,
which should I choose to have.
Is it better to have water
outside the front of the house
or inside.
Thanks.
Randy
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Hi,
The `secret' ingredient for Garden Feng Shui is always -> Plants/Trees. This is because with surrouding Plants/Trees, you get birds coming to the house.
It is good to have birds around the house and this is considered auspicious.
In general, it is equally good to have a bird feeder so long as:
1. It is not of an " odd " shaped that may represent a `monster', or any unknown figurine.
2. It does not have pointed arrows that point towards the main entrance door or a window of the house.
3. Any objects or figurines with open mouth pointing towards the house.
I remembered reading one of Evelyn Lips book where there was this "frog" with an open mouth facing a rich man's house.
There were lots of problems he faced and it was only discovered late when a Feng Shui Master checked the surrounding during low tide and found the shape of a frog facing the house. By then it was already too late, if I am not mistaken death, etc...
The remedy was to place an object in the mouth to `satisfy' the frog e.g. symbolic of food in it's mouth.
Here, you will understand that symbolism in Feng Shui is important as shown by many earlier examples.
Thanks.
CecilQuoteOn 8/18/99 12:30:22 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
I learned that the symbolism
is important in the feng shui.
Does keeping a small gazebo
shaped bird feeder in the
garden means that we are
situating a gazebo in the
garden.
So will it considered a bird
feeder or a miniature gazebo.
Thanks.
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Hi,
This is because, the stove is a very important part of the home. If you reason it this way, one should not have the stove in an inauspicious location.
One cannot burn away `auspcious' or inauspcious luck by turning on the stove but rather, since it plays an important part of the home, one should have it at a good location.
It is a tradition to try to have the stove at an auspicious location for the spouse and best that it suits her `Ba Zhi'.
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/18/99 12:25:29 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
I read your advise on the
location of the kitchen. That
it should be located in the
good sector of the bread
winner. But according to the
Applied Pa-kua and lo shu
feng shui by the lillian too
the kitchen should be located
in the one of the bad sectors
especially death sector to
press down on the bad luck.
And it should never be located
in the good luck since it
burns the good luck. Why the
conflicting advise? Thanks.
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Hi,
Most of the readings taken from the Chinese Astrology uses only the person's Year of birth (element) only.
If you have not visited my Chinese Astrology site, feel free to do so at http://www.lovesigns.net
In general, one should not display ferocious animals e.g. tigers with hungry mouths open etc... in the house. Even for everyone. Generally, under the Chinese Astrology sign, the Tiger and Horse can be an excellent match.
For the Dog and Tiger.. perhaps, drop-in at http://lovesigns.net
Warmest Regards,
Cecil
P.S. A more accurate assessment is to use the Pillars of Destiny that analyses: the Year, Month, Day and if available the time of birth.
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/18/99 1:44:23 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
I read that the tiger pictures
affect the health and fortune
of those born in year of Horse
and Dog, making them prone to
litigation and accidents. Is
there any truth in this.
Thanks.
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Dear Joe,
Sometimes we have to go with our feelings totally.
Overall, when a house is considered not suitable for the person and if you have the correct Feng Shui e.g. the exterior Shapes and Form Feng Shui is ok, this is fine.
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/17/99 8:30:14 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear Cecil,
I studied your book "Applied
Fung Shui Made Easy." I found
that my kua is 1. My front
door faces almost directly
west. Since the house is a
Metal house, and I am weak
Fire, this house should be
"wrong" for me. Also,
according to the Eight House
theory, the house is
unsuitable because my front
door occupies the Disaster
line, my bedroom occupies the
Death line, and my workroom
(where I spend a lot of time)
the Irritation line. Yet when
I examined the house, before I
knew much about FS, I liked
what I saw and I felt that it
was "right" for me. The rooms
that are supposedly "bad" for
me seem perfectly fine. I
don't care to spend much time
in one room that is supposedly
"good" i.e., the room with
Prosperity line.
I think what I am wondering
is, how strictly should the
Eight House theory be
followed?
In past forum discussions, you
and Robert reminded us to
follow our instincts. May I
have your thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance.
--Joe
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Dear Kristinna,
In general, if you are using the Eight House Theory or East/West Group theory; it is a very general theory to find out your general best direction(s) or a good intangible location.
Other than that, if the location is considered inasupicious under the Eight House, the only way is to stay further from the line of inauspcious influence. Other than this, you cannot do much if you continue to `occupy' this location.
Other more advanced Feng Shui techniques such as the Flying Star are usually used together. The Flying Star can be used to `trouble-shoot' or fine tune the Feng Shui Audit further.
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/17/99 3:26:49 AM, Anonymous wrote:
I have a small room for a
study. My kau no is 3, but
the only way I can
ergonomically get a desk in
the room is to put it in an L
shape. West being the corner,
sw to my left & nw to my
right. All being horrid
directions for myself. The
only other option would be to
move the doorway...which is
too costly.
How can I make the desk
position beneficial?
Kristinna
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Dear Sandra
Please see below:-QuoteOn 8/16/99 10:11:01 PM, Anonymous wrote:
I am so new to Feng Shui, but
I'm trying
to learn as much as possible.
The main
entrance opens directly to the
staircase.
I've read this is not good FS.
Yes, it is inauspicious to have the entrance open directly to the staircase. The best neutralizing `agent' is using a partition or decorative partition `shielding' the staircase from the door. Other than this frankly, other methods are not effective.QuoteWhat are
the remedies? I now have a
console with
a mirror above with a floral
arrangement
sitting on the console. The
staircase is
opened to the dining room only
slightly.
So sorry, can u elaborate this portion as I do not quite understand. Do you mean that you placed a console below the stairs or at which specific location. Is this related to the top question.
Thanks
Cecil
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Hi,
Here, we should classify knifes or sharp objections into either:
1. Display items
2. Kitchen Ware
Under display items, we should never display swords or knifes directly facing a main entrance door. This is indeed inauspicious. Similarly we should not display these in our bedrooms.
For Kitchen ware, it will be a more commonsense approach to ensure safety in the home especially if we have very young children.
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/15/99 1:33:31 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
Are there any negative effects
of placing of scissors
casually around the house and
is there a right and wrong way
of positioning the snout of
the teapot or the kettle.
Thanks.
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Hi,
The Traditional understanding is that only when one uses the `entire' formation of the Eight Trigrams based on Fu Xi or The First Heaven sequence Trigram than can it be said to be `activated'.
For example, the Tai or Peace symbol used by Geomancy-u.com cannot be said to be `activated' as it does not represent a formation i.e. Heaven to Thunder etc... where the entire First Heaven Sequence Trigram also represents a Family unit.
Reference: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/pakua.htm
We may activate the Earth element i.e. the Five Star by painting e.g. the room yellow representing the Earth element.
It is still acceptable to paint the backdoor blue but this is best avoided. Symbolically if you look at it at another angle, the back door usually is usually a solid piece and often for protection against thief, it does not have a frame for glass panels etc...
The solid back door is equavalent of representing a solid backing.
Warmest Regards,
CecilQuoteOn 8/15/99 1:30:02 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
What is the purpose of
inscribing the Kun - -
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and the che'in ____
____
____
symbol of I-Ching on the walls
of the house. and can one
paint the walls of room with
malicious star 5 a light
yellow color. Can we paint
the back wall of our house a
light blue or will it be
considered having water at the
back of house. Thanks.
Cure for kitchen in the center of the house
in General Help
Posted
Hi,
A clock represents activity. If your kitchen is at the centre of the house:
1. Ideally, try to keep the centre-point of the house clear. This is because this is the location where all the intangible force merge or congregate. Best to keep this location neutral e.g no stove, water element etc...
2. Usually a pendulum clock is symbolic of the metal element especially the `metallic ticking sound'. Here a pendulum clock is akin to elements like a wind chime to enhance " the metal element ".
3. For a regular clock, it generally signify activity and the best locations are next to a TV set. A TV set also is considered an `activity'.
4. For a wall clock, avoid hanging it above a door e.g. the door above the kitchen or any other doors in the home.
5. Otherwise, it is acceptable to hang the wall clock above a wall at the dinning room. A location which you `feel' that is `useful' i.e. a practical location where you can check the time easily in the home. No point placing the wall clock at a location that is seldom seen. Here, we have to be practical to our daily needs.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil