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    1. If you want to apply proper Feng Shui, it is strongly recommended that a detailed analysis be done.


    2. Furthermore, some sectors may not be possible to be "cured". For instance if the toilet is there, it is there so no amount of "Feng Shui" may help in many instances unless the toilet is not there. So how, bang your head against the wall?


    3. Thus it is always recommended to try to maximise luck from all other areas, instead.



    1. You mentioned that you are a strong water person.


    2. Reference report:-
    http://www.geomancy.net/talknotes/talknotes.htm


    3. If you are considered as a strong water person, then your best elements (colours included) are:-


    3.1 Wood, Fire and Earth.

    As wood element will help a strong water person draw out excessive water.
    Earth and Fire elements are equally favourable.


    3.2 The above link will show what distinct shape each element belongs to and other characteristics of each element.


    Zhongqin Y. wrote:
    Dear Master Cecil Lee,
    very good answer LaughingMr. Green

    Actually I wanted to emphasize the question on material and/or color for fengshui, since I do not understand quite well the online paid bazi premium report, which link/access Master Robert Lee sent to me.Rolling Eyes
    The items in previous example actually were not important at all.

    I am sorry that my questions and examples were not clear enough.
    OK I try to rephrase my question and the example:

    Should I consider my true element, favourable elementsandtheir color, if I want to remedy fengshui in living room, e.g. furniture?

    Example 1 (material): I have choice: furniture (not round shape) available made from wood and from metal/aluminium. Which one should I prefer?

    Example 2 (color): I have choice: furniture (not round shape) available in white, green and yellow. Which one should I prefer?

    Example 3: I have choice: wood furniture in white color and metal furniture in green color. Both are not round. Which one is less unfavourable for me?

    Thank you in advance for your advice.
    I wish you a nice weekend.

    Warm regards,
    ZQ



    4. Generally, living room furniture usually are "small" items compared to the walls and things like curtains. (Never "play" with the ceiling colours like say painting it other than white, off-white or cream - as water in the I-ching represents difficulties and avoid painting the ceiling blue - of course it does not match a strong water person).

    5. Thus the most effective in applying colours are to the above in the living room. And for bedrooms: walls, curtains and bed-sheets are the largest items. Can forget about the bed frames since they are considered minimal.

    6. Certain colours can indirectly be also considered quite "neutral" so can be used as often as possible:-

    6.1 The most "neutral" colours are wood or wood tone colours. But if one were to avoid WOOD element: wood element comprise GREEN colour, brown or wood tone, then best if need to avoid, avoid green colour.

    6.2 RED is considered as the MOST YANG of all colours. And YELLOW is also associated with the earth. Under the four seasons, earth element is always on the rise in-between each season.

    Thus, if you chose BRIGHT RED or BRIGHT YELLOW, then, one has to seriously consider it's place or location vs the Flying Star chart of that sector of a home. For other colours e.g. brown, cream, beige, grey... no need to be so "religious" in terms of worrying which colour is best for the sofa(s). Since these are not the most Yang nor Yin colours.

    Furniture is bulky so shape should not be a main concern as with our "fat" bum majority of sofa sets are more rectangular rather than round. If the sofa has a frame, a frame such as stainless steel or wood is less of an importance.



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    http://forum.geomancy.net/phpforum/article.php?bid=2&fid=29&mid=23346&new=


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    Anonymous wrote:

    Dear Master Lee,


    My true element according bazi report premium isStrong Water.
    Should I consider my true element, favourable elementsandtheir color, if I want to buy fengsui items?

    Example 1 (material): dragon tortoise is available made from earth material/resinand made from bronze. Should I prefer the earth material to bronze?

    Example 2 (color): pagoda available in gold, green (jade) and yellow (jasper). Should I prefer the jade/jasper to gold?

    Or are there any other aspects that I need to consider?

    Thank you in advance for the explanation.


    Warm regards,
    ZQ




    1. Thank you for the sketch.


    2. There are three attachments in this message:-


    2.1. Your original layout plan
    2.2 ILLUSTRATION 1
    2.3 ILLUSTRATION 2


    3. As your living room and the bedroom 1 has the most windows, or often called the "most yang qi areas of "opening", the facing direction often follows the entire BLOCK.


    3.1 Thus under Illustration 1, if you look at it carefully, if although your unit is slanted but the majority of the block e.g. say forms a rectangle, then for such "slanted" living room / bedroom 1 layout, the facing direction is OFTEN taken in relation to the facing direction of the ENTIRE block.


    3.2 Please see Illustration 2. Under this illustration, the same principle also applies as under Para 3.1. If your entire unit is "parallel" to the entire block, in general, the facing direction is again taken from the entire block!


    4. Therefore, it depends on the "Top view" of a block of flat. If the block of flat is entirely a rectangular shaped, it is very obvious where is the faing and sitting directions. For others, have to further determine and evaluate the facing direction. Please see attachments.


    SOURCE & CREDIT: THE SINGAPORE STRAITS TIMES, 7 MARCH 2009

    Cellphones of hospital staff riddled with bacterial: Study
    Tan Tock Seng Hospital has launched a campaign to promote hand hygiene among staff, patients and visitors so as to cut down on hospital-transmitted infections. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN

    Attention: Disinfect hands before exiting

    What's wrong with borrowing a hosptial staff's handphone?

    PARIS: Cellphones belonging to hospital staff were found to be tainted with bacteria - including the drug-resistant MRSA superbug - and may be a source of hospital-acquired infections, according to a study released yesterday. Researchers from the Ondokuz Mayis University in Turkey tested the phones and dominant hands of 200 doctors and nurses working in hospital operating rooms and intensive care units.

    Ninety-five per cent of the mobile phones were contaminated with at least one type of bacterium, with the potential to cause illnesses ranging from minor skin irritations to deadly diseases. Nearly 35 per cent carried two types of bacteria, and more than Il per cent carried three or more different species of bugs, the study found.

    Most worrying, one in eight of the handsets showed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a virulent strain that has emerged as a major health threat in hospitals around the world. Only 10 per cent of staff regularly cleaned their cellphones, even if most followed hygiene guidelines for hand washing, the study noted. The researchers noted that more studies were needed to confirm their findings, which were based on a relatively small sampling. But they called for common-sense measures to help reduce the risk of contamination, especially frequent cleaning of cellphones with alcohol-based disinfectants or the use of anti-microbial materials.


    AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

     

     

    hospital-staff-cellphones.jpg

     


    1. Under Compass School of Feng Shui:-


    1.1. In many of my previous illustrations, the wall where the stove is; is the sitting direction and the opposite side is the facing direction.


    1.2. NW - Fire at Heavens gate

    Avoid stove at this compass direction - IF POSSIBLE!


    2. In general, Compass School Feng Shui is more concerned with the above. The above are ideal senarios where most likely if one wants to build an entire brand new home. For those who have an existing home, then the above are NICE-to have and cannot be a MUST-have.


    3. Shapes and Forms Feng Shui


    3.1. Traditionally, the stove is always "lower" than the sink. Thus, in traditional Feng Shui the depth of the kitchen cabinet is 2 ft while the height up to the stove is 34 inches. And the sink is between 34.1 to not more than 35 inches.


    3.2. However, as there are now more than 2,000 condominiums and many landed propertys included use 34 inches height of the kitchen cabinet - throughout the kitchen, para 3.1 is no longer an issue!


    3.3. Commonsense approach to the placement of the stove vs sink:-


    3.3.1 Attached toilet to the kitchen


    Many Singapore apartments have a toilet attached to the kitchen. Often, under commonsense, we don't like to have the door of the attached toilet facing areas like the stove.


    This is because, when we flush the toilet bowl, (worse if we place the toilet bowl flap closed, when we flush, high speed sprays gush out and splurts all over the toilet. And if we don't close the kitchen door, we don't want germs to fly towards the "cooking area".


    Thus, often, we don't like placing a fridge facing the toilet door also for such a reasons.


    3.3.2 Under your Pic 1, under Shapes and Forms Feng Shui, this is by far the best arrangement (not withstanding the Compass Feng Shui).


    Here, under Pic 1, there is good egronomics where after cooking, one can just bring the hot e.g. wok and turn towards the sink.


    This is far better than having the stove facing the sink. Where the stove sits on a wall and the sink directly behind you (facing the sink). Here, if we have children, we must like at the pedestrian cross, turn your head to the left-then right and check to see no one is behind you. And bring the hot items to the sink!


    3.3.3 Your Pic 2


    4. Your Pic 2 also depends on COMMONSENSE!


    4.1 This is because, of the such things a wind vortex. If next to the word Pic 2, there is a row of windows, and if do open the window, then, most likely sometimes the wind may form a vortex and even "push" the flame towards one's body!


    4.2 That is why, it is so much safer to have a single wall and the stove there as shown in our pic 1! As often under Para 2, there sure may be one side as a wall and the other side as the window area.


    4.3 It is more of this wind vortext issue that Pic 2 is not chosen. But of-course, if both sides are solid wall, then you may consider placing the stove at such a position = Pic 2. But another commonsense is that there is more area to clean the back of the stove and can be hard to reach unless one full flush this triange area!


    4.4 There are many more taboos e.g. avoid placing a reflective glass behind the stove. As under symboism in Feng Shui, it may mean that the husband may be involved in extra marital affairs!



    1. In my opinion, life is so short, and it is strongly recommended that all of us, spent a fruitful life than to worry unnecessarily. The more we worry unnecessarily, the more... our "Human / man " luck factors detoriate.


    2. Furthermore, we do not want to end up with : the self-fullfilling prophecy or from auto-suggestion.


    3. In general, for most people, (normal people) who have relatively no problems in their lives... should use this "Human or man luck" factor to one's advantage! Thus, will make one-self gloomy or affect family members with one's "prediction" or sensitivity of gloom!



    1. Frankly, we live in a REAL WORLD. And not a world of make-belief. Nor do we live in an utopian society. Or that we can command nature to do what we want.


    2. If we have already bought a home. We have to realistic! You can't change your house number, nor get the earthquake to shift your home to another good facing direction.


    3. If you can do all these than fine! If cannot, what can you do? There is nothing one can do, here. Unless, of course, you started by taking note of the not so good house number etc.. and avoid it before purchase. After purchase, it is near ridicious to ask someone: "Hey! forget about staying in this house".


    4. It is quite difficult to change to Period 8 as it entails more than what you had mentioned. Thus keeping it to Period 7 home is a blessing in disguise.


    5. In fact, the more one worry unnecessarily, it will ultimately bring down one's human luck factors and can make situations worse off!


    6. Many people, don't have fantastic Feng Shui but have good family unit - this is far better than any other gifts!



    1. For this month, you should not place the plant at the SE sector.


    2. The most effective way to neutralise #3 is to leave the light on say for a few hours e.g. in the night say from 7.30pm to 10pm. (Those who havea table lamp with a timer is best.)


    3. Alternatively, place some red coloured items at the SE sector to neutralise #3. (Assuming that there are no nasty additional #5 in that sector).


    Akay J. wrote:
    Hi first of all, i want to say that i appreciate your helpful advice.
    i just found out that monthly flying star 3 will land in southeast sector this month.

    this also happens to be the upper right corner from my entrance where i happen to have a plant as i wanted to enhance my romance and relationship luck according to pakua.

    i understand that generally different schools of feng shui don't mix but i was wondering,

    firstly,

    is it bad that the flying star 3, which is not good for relationship and romance, will be in the romance and relationship corner according to pakua?

    secondly, If it is bad, should i remove my plant from that area?

    thirdly, is there any cure for it (i'm not sure if lighting up the area as a cure for flying star 3 applies in every sector)?

    i'd like to do anything to remove the energy of the inauspicious flying star 3 for romance and relationship and enhance the romance and relationship luck further

    thank you again for your wonderful work


    1. Under Period 8:


    1.1. For N1, the only good stars are at the frontage. Otherwise, each and every other sectors (are like time bomb!) Lots of bad star numbers scattered all over the place!


    1.2. For S2, generally good qi's can be found at three main sectors: South, South-West and West. While other sectors does not have good stars or best to disarm them.


    Frankly, this is all I can share with you. Please note that all these are based on theory as I mentioned in the earlier message, other facts especially Shapes and Forms also have very high weightage!



    1. There are many factors to consider for an apartment:-


    1.1. Shapes and Forms Feng Shui
    1.2. Flying Star Feng Shui
    1.3. Eight House (East / West Group)


    2. The "unknown" factor, here is how good or bad the Shapes and Forms of the new apartment.


    3. Flying Star Feng Shui:


    What period is this apartment? Period 6 or 7 or even 8?
    What facing direction it is: S1 or S2/3 under Flying star Feng Shui


    It would be considered good Flying Star Feng Shui if the home isa Period 8, S2 or S3. But for S1, hopefully, the toilet or kitchen is not drowned at it's North side.


    Some homes that have better Flying Star can withstand "poor" Eight House of the owners. Since this overall luck is higher, than the individual Eight House incompatibility.

    For your previous apartment,both Period 7 and 8 only have good stars at the frontage, otherwise, they need to be disarmed or neutralised as other than the frontage every other sector has relatively nasty stars that need to be disarmed.


    4. Thus if apartment has good Shapes and Forms of both the external and interior laout, this would be a plus side!


    5. With these two major unknowns; it is a question mark, here. As especially NW Period 7; even ifit suits both you and your brothers may not equally have good luck as all Period 7, NWapartmentshave their water wealth (clear space) locked up at the centre of the home. And most of the time, even if one wants to try to activate water wealth #8 for such a home,itis only giving "small luck". In GENERAL, a west group person may considerNE or SWfacing homesas having better wealth (but need to disarm health issues).


    6. Usually if we single handledly consider just the Flying Star, in GENERAL,ranking of facing directions (excluding Shapes and Forms) are:-


    Ranking by Flying Star choice
    =====================


    Rank 1: NE orSWfacing (But beware of afternoon sun)
    Rank 2: South facing
    Rank 3: East or West facing (But beware ofafternoon sun)

    Not so fantastic facing directions are usually:-
    Last Resort 1: NW or SE (But if under Period 8, can consider)
    Last, last Resort 2: North

    Rank 1, 2 and 3, would benefit greatly if they are Period 8 apartments. However, again, individual layout plans has to be evaluated. As the above is a very GENERAL guideline based on "Academic" Feng Shui and does not look into the greater details of room layouts, living rooms (clear space) where are the kitchen / toilets etc....


    Anonymous wrote:

    I need your advise urgently, please!


    Me and my brother are West group house persons, W and NW. However, we've found a place which is a South facing unit. Should we move there?


    Before,we stayed in a North facing 4 stories house and after 6 months we had a lot of bad lucks like electric problem, relationship problem (with mom), financial problem and recently my brother lost his job....


    I'm not sure if it is dued to the house butI'm afraid we are heading for a worse house/problem...


    Please kindly advise, we are running out of time!

    Regards,



    1. Please check out past forum messages on the best placement of such figurines:-


    http://forum.geomancy.net/phpforum/article.php?bid=2&fid=1&mid=15799&new=


    2. You can also use the SEARCH feature in this forum and find out more on the best placement e.g. odd interior layout ... etc...


    Anonymous wrote:
    Also since i bought the statue I have found out that traditionally Kuan Yin holds some willow in her right hand. The statue I have doesn't - does that make a difference?

    3. In Singapore, very few who display the Guan Yin (Kuan Yin) figure ever place a willow in her right hand. So no issue if you don't have one i.e. it makes no difference.


    1. You can either go to wiki.geomancy.net link:-


    http://wiki.geomancy.net/wiki/Caricatures:_Laughter_is_good_medicine


    OR click any of the links in each topic, below:-


    Ba Zi (Four Pillars / Pillars of Destiny)



    Black Hat Tantric Sect (Fixed Template "Feng Shui")




    Business



    Chinese Customs & Beliefs



    Chinese Horoscopes




    Commercial Products



    Commonsense



    Eight House Theory (East Group/West Group / Ba Cai) Feng Shui




    Facts About



    Fast Food Feng Shui



    Fish Tank & Water Feature



    Flying Star Feng Shui



    Shapes & Forms



    Symbolism



    Quantum Leap Vs Poor Feng Shui



    Yin & Yang




    Dear All,


    1. I am glad to inform you that this project is completed:-


    http://wiki.geomancy.net/wiki/Caricatures:_Laughter_is_good_medicine


    2. You can now zoom intoa specific Topic and understand more about the specific topic. As caricatures is an excellent way of destressing yourself and find out more of certain concepts.


    3. Simply choose a topic and go thru the various links to them!


    4. I hope that you find the information useful!

    5. This new categorised resources will certainly help me to direct users that had posted some questions to the specific topic(s).


    Warmest Regards,
    Cecil Lee




    Dear All,


    1. Currently, there are over 406 individual caricatures under this forum's conference: Caricatures: Laughter is good medicine.


    2. While the forum is good for posting caricatures, by newest to the oldest posting; however, one draw-back is that it cannot sort the various caricatures into specific Topics: eg. Ba Zi (Four Pillars),Chinese Astrology, Eight House, Flying Star etc...


    3. I have just started to classify all the 406 caricatures into various easy to find links. Have just added only the first 50 or more caricatures under this link:-


    http://wiki.geomancy.net/wiki/Caricatures:_Laughter_is_good_medicine


    Do check, back in a month's time as I would be completing this project by then!
    Above is a sneak preview of the classification, for your ease of reading! And hopefully: laughter is good medicine!


    Cecil Lee
    Geomancy.net
    Research Makes The Difference!



    1. Definitely, commonsense dictate that if one calls one or more Feng Shui practitioners; you will definitely get different advice.


    2. As mentioned in many previous postings, there are many considerations when placing a fish tank and other matters like colours in the home.


    3. Your question to me is like: two practitioners, two different advise, and how?


    3.1 Frankly, I am this side of the world, even if Australia is close-by: not seen your layout plan nor anything else for that matter.


    3.2 You have to be realistic and even if you asked me how many fishes 8 or 9 is correct? without any reference to proper Feng Shui tools like: the compass directions, the flying star chart of sectors and even individual person's ba zi, I am equally in the blind, here! It is like the blind, leading the blind! (full stop).


    4. You may have to check out whether your practitioners practise Flying Star and how they derive your chart and other authentic Feng Shui matters.


    5. Simply placing a water feature at North, is a real concern, unless it is a water wealth location. And I would be concerned if a practitioner practises kindergarten type of Feng Shui. Where such practitioners may only have a ONE dimensional view of Feng Shui : North = Water , South = Fire .. That kind of Feng Shui mentality is "gone with the wind" type of case!



    1. Frankly, Feng Shui is not a cure all.


    2. If you have some knowledge of Flying Star Feng Shui, the best enhancements is to improve your water and mountain star #8 sector(s). And neutralise some of bad stars #5 and #3.


    3. The above is all one can do under proper Authentic Feng Shui. Anything else, is "crossing-one's-fingers'.



    1. In my opinion, most of us don't feel comfortable with pests coming into our homes.. especially since they are suddenly attracted to your home.


    2. A few months ago, a client who went to my one of my talks, call me to her home to do a Feng Shui. She was equally concerned as her home is always "plagued" with cochroaches! And she asked, why?


    3. Her situation certainly would be different from yours, as her apartment is right above a typical Chinese coffee-shop. And she mentioned cockroaches are more prevalent in the day and afternoon.


    4. Here, what I believed was that, during day-time when the coffee shop is operating, it can be very warm, uncomfortable (heat) from cooking vessels, stoves and human traffic. Naturally, the cockroaches took refuge in a cooler, quieter envirnoment, such as one floor, above. And in the evening, they would venture, downstairs for a bite or two!


    5. Sorry for the distraction! Of course, having cockroaches and crickets don't seem to go well with good qi or Feng Shui. At the same time, you certainly woudn't have a good feel about your own home (Human luck) factor.


    6. Maybe this is just one time... if worse, call the pest control people or buy those cockroach "sweet poisons" that may wipe out their family and relatives... when they return to their nests.


    1. In theory, or in general, the plot of land you described is considered inauspicious because it is wider at the front and narrower at the back. Based on Shapes and Forms principles, this is already seen as an unfavorable sign.

    2. Remedies for this are mostly about applying other Feng Shui concepts to maximize good luck, such as enhancing areas with positive qi and minimizing areas with negative qi.

    3. Since this shape is seen as a "major wealth leak" in Shapes and Forms Feng Shui, owners should be careful not to introduce more sources of wealth loss, as this can lead to ongoing financial decline.

    4. If you are unsure, it is best to review other lots first and consider this one only as a last resort.

    Wei L T. wrote:
    Hi Mr. Lee

    My husband and I are interested in purchasing a house which is in a new development. We are both west group people and the sitting/facing direction of the house is SW/NE. However, the house sits on a trapezoid lot which is wider in front and narrower in the back. Is there a cure for this? There is a 6 ft fence surrounding the house, does that help? Or should we just avoid buying this house because of the shape of the lot.

     


    1. Frankly, withoutdrawing a proper Flying Star Chart, all advise, here is based solely on "trial and error" type of Feng Shui.


    2. For example, under a Flying Star chart, one should have a clear picture of what are the star numbers # within that sector. And if that sector contains nasty stars like #3 or happen to have this star, then, in-deed a fire-place light would be useful to "burn" away this otherwise bad = quarrels, conflicts, legal entanglement star.


    3. Some Feng Shui practitioners advise to use symoblic items such as placing a couple of family photos at the "romance sector". Another common item by modern Feng Shui practitioners is a pair of duck. This is acceptable so long as it unlifts your spirits (hopes and aspirations) and that the items don't costs a bomb!


    4. Under Flying Star Feng Shui, of course it would be good if say water star #3 is present at the fire place area, IF SO, one can use RED color item(s) at that spot or turn on a low-consumption lighting to help burn away this bad star #3. (Just assuming, whether it is true or not, I am not sure).


    Anonymous wrote:
    Hi, thank you for hosting this forum. I rent a house with my soon-to-be husband and I am worried about a gas fireplace that is located inour love & romance bagua. The fireplace is very old and does not work because the gas pipe leading to it has been permanently turned off for safety reasons. We do not own the house so there is no way for us to restore the fireplace to working order. I am concerned that having this broken fireplace in our love and romance bagua is harming our love life. Is there a cure that I can try?


    1. To better understand your home Feng Shui, and if you are trying to DIY, then, you have to be serious about working out "charts" like the Eight House and Flying Star of your home.


    2. For this interior of your home, after you have done above, you need to analyse and find cures or if there are good locations for enhancements do so.


    3. You should also apply Shapes and Forms Feng Shui, more importantly to scan the environment for any threats such as lone lamp-posts or sharp angles of other buildings aimed at your home.


    Shashikant M. wrote:
    My house main door is south east facing. What has to be done for the positive and effects.

    4. Seriously if you want to do a properFeng Shui audit of your own home, the above are some of the most important MUST-DO and analyse kind of thing. It is not like posting a one line question. And waiting for the sky to drown down with positive effects.
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