Cecil Lee

In such a situation, where possible close the main entrance door after use. At the same time, keep the area `bright' to maintain more `yang' or `vibrant' location. If this is the south area, the wall could be painted `neutral white' or pale pink. What can I do to

Dear Glyn, It is hard to provide a detailed set of `cures' without more details of: 1. Pillars of Destiny 2. Flying Star Chart As your friends are facing problems, I would like to help them as much as I can. If you could assist them in the Flying Star. Together, we hope to help your friends. Please confirm if the following is correct:- 1. 2 credits for Pillars of destiny. 2. 1 Flying Star report. Please e-mail me to my " private " e-mail address: cecil@3dmail.com Warmest Regards, Cecil

Two " Fu Dogs " are normally placed on top of the pillars of the entrance gate more for `luck' and to guard the house. It is still advisable to use other Feng Shui cures e.g. using a semi-circle carpet or pakua or even changing the direction of the door (for those who want to). Fu Dogs are used to `guard' the house and thus not really `cure' adverse sha.

Please see below:- For the master bedroom, let the other partner who does not have the disaster or the death line sleep closer to this line. As you have not mentioned both partner's Pillar's of Destiny information: e.g. husband = strong fire or wife, it is difficult to analyse further. For example if the husband = strong fire and the bedroom is at the south i.e. a " fire" room, being a strong fire,+ the room is also a fire element, this may lead to keen competition and work pressure etc.. Worse still if the bedroom is painted `pink'. In such an example, after anlaysing the wife's element and if it does not affect her, it may be good to even paint the room light blue to cool the husband down. This is one example. 2. Southeast (part Hope you can clarify? Do you mean it is a Death location for him? 3. East (partly For each family member's room, it is best to look at their personal intangible force in relation to the room rather than the breadwinner or the husband or wife. 4.North (living room) is Can you clarify who the spook area refers to which member of the family. Preferby for rooms other than bedrooms, it is best to look at the breadwinner's. 5. On top of it Here, do take a look at the breadwinner's luck pillar. For example if in the chart it says that between 1998 to 2003, the period is governed by Earth then, indeed this would be too `tense' a period for him and we could try to reduce the Earth element. However, if the period is a period of Wood element, then as Wood destroys Earth, this period, his Strong Earth is thus `neutralised' and there is no problem in having a house of the Earth element and even, getting a dinning table e.g. square or rectangle to enhance his Earth element. Therefore, the `trick' in using the Pillars of Destiny is that: (1.) It is used to find the " true element " of the person. Here, as you have correctly done, compared it with the element of the house. (2.) The second `trick' is to look at the period where we are now and look at what element is `affecting' that particular person. Eg. the report will say.. this period is "governed by" the Wood element of ABC. Please note that this will differ for each person. 6. Acc. to There are many good ch'i enhancers. This range from a fountain to use of crystals (suitable for some). Therefore, as the breadwinner's element is strong earth, do first try to determine which element is affecting him and check out the Productive and destructive sequence first and see if the element affects him or can help to enhance him during the period of 5 year intervals. To do so, go to http://www.geomancy.net/fs/5element.htm * Can Please note that it is very inauspicous to use a Pakua inside the house. A pakua must always be hung outside the house preferably above the main entrance door. * The NE,our front

In an article I wrote much earlier at http://www.geomancy.net/fs/photo1.htm there is a picture (Picture 3) where this house has it's back at the junction of a major traffic light junction. The owner went to the extent of erecting a high brick wall and he even placed two Chinese warrior statues and recently he even place a sign between the two Chinese warrior with the words " Fort Meyer " (Meyer refering to the side road to his house). At the foot of the two statues, he placed a wide variety of cactus. On the top of the walls he placed at roughly 2 feet intervals Chinese lamp to represent `lighting' up the place. Imagine, this person went to so much extent to protect his back yard. I am not asking you to do so. But to point out the it is equally important to `secure' the back of the house. The easiest remedy is thus to place a barrier at the back of the house. This can include: bushes, shrubs, creepers, trees lined up in an orderly fashion. Alternatively a brick wall with alternate spaces for ventilation. Please see below for other answers:- Should you arrange the bed, you have also to make sure that the bed is not directly facing the bedroom door. Between the two, if you can try to avoid placing the bed in direct view of the bedroom door. Alternatively, if you do so, you can place a side table and place a table lamp between the bed and the door or use a screen or a small linen cupboard between them. No, you should first get hold of a layout plan. Next, determine the North to South alignment of the house. Find the centre of the house. You should also correctly determine the direction of the main door. E.g. North 15 degrees. Once you do that and after completing the Flying Star chart and template; match the North to South alignment of the Flying Star chart and superimpose this on the North to South grid of the house. For more details please go to the topic on The Flying Star at geomancy-online.com A screen should by right need not be so tall and the purpose of a `good' screen is to allow good ch'i to meander or circulate in the house. Your door is infact `stopping' ch'i to flow in properly. You need to stand immediately at the entrance of your main door and look at the pointed roof top. Is it directly pointed towards the house i.e. infront of your main entrance. Just imagine shooting an arrow from your neighour's roof, does it seem to point at your entrance door? If no, then it is not a threat to your main entrance door. Do the same for the windows. Does the pointed arrow point directly towards the window, if so, you may need some feng shui remedy. E.g. using `heavy' curtains etc.. The question to ask is how long do you spent your time there? If it is a bedroom e.g. we usually need at least 8 hours of sleep, yes, it is damaging. Therefore, to answer your question, you need to ask whether what is the duration spent there. if you spent little time there, then the effect is not that great. It is still acceptable to spent time at the "Spook" area because there are more damaging intangible forces such as " death or disaster lines " to avoid. No, you need not do one for every floor so long as each floor does not have a main entrance door. Yes, in Feng Shui, it is best not to have the bathroom above the entrance. This is particularly true if the waste pipes are not covered up and when your gets walk in he/she sees the pipes. Worse still if it leaks it leaks on them and you!

Dear Pedro, Currently, there are quite alot books on Feng Shui. I have not heard of Richard Webster. It is great to hear that you found his books good reading for beginners. This would be of help to users in this forum wanting to buy one for the beginners. Generally, Feng Shui books can be classified as under:- 1. A Feng Shui Master or his student writting books on " Traditional Feng Shui practise " especially those whose Master had originated from Taiwan or HongKong, and the Asia Pacific and even from Canada (where HongKong residents migrated there). 2. Books written not by Chinese Masters but overseas e.g. not of Chinese origin: a. Some of these authors who are influenced by the traditional feng shui practise as in Para 1 will continue to write based on what they learned " traditionally." E.g. Derek Walters. b. Some of these authors under the influence of the Japanese model of Feng Shui called " 9 Star Ki " writes books based on this " method ". 3. Books written by authors who are under the " influence " of the Black Hat Sect School of Feng Shui. Many traditional Feng Shui Masters are `up in arms' and do not recognise the practise of the Black Hat Sect School of Feng Shui. Feng Shui sites are forever growing in the internet. You may like to explore sites under the Wind and Water Ring or go to websites like Feng Shui Society of UK where they keep a link of many Feng Shui websites. You can also check out " The Feng Shui Award " page at http://www.geomancy.net/fs/award.htm

Please see below:- Yes, you did the right thing. In Feng Shui, it is always best to have the stove face the Fire element direction. Yes, this is not ideal but it is better than having it next to a water element e.g. wash basin or refrigerator. The good news is that since you mentioned that your stove is facing the South, which belongs to the Fire element, it is acceptable to have a water position e.g. refrigerator to be facing the `fire' element ie. the stove to `cool down the Fire' element. Good Luck in your renovations!

Please see below:- A 5 rod windchime is equal to the technique of hanging a ceiling lamp with 5 bulbs each to represent each of the element. This type of "cure" is to `bring' all the 5 elements together at one location. It is best to clarify with her as there are many Feng Shui theories plus a mix of Chinese Astrology and even divinity methods.

So far, the traditional Feng Shui practise is based on this situation: If we look outside the window and on the right, far away we can see a pointed object on the `right' of the house, this means that the child will grow up to be good in academic studies. This is why traditional Feng Shui practioners advise to place a small pagoda e.g. made of porcelain on the right corner of a child's table (in the similiar fashion) as above. So far, it is not written anywhere taht a globe placed in the NE corner of a child's bedroom activates their study ability. Can `try' thou; may be the child will excel in " Geography ". Cecil

Dear Vincent, Thanks for sharing with us the information about the placement of stoves in Sweden. Yes, infact, I have come across this when a few readers e-mailed me about it quite sometime back. In Feng Shui, we normally try to avoid placing the stove in the middle of the kitchen and this is not practised in China. Most of the stoves are located on a wall. I guess, since this is quite a `standard' in Sweden, it should be ok because Feng Shui taboo is to avoid the stove next to the sink or the refrigerator. In this case if the stove is in the middle, it will definetly not `clash' with the sink. The only other consideration under Traditional Feng Shui practice is that the knobs of the stove should face a certain location i.e. inside the house (when you look facing the main entrance door). I am not sure if the purpose is to contain the heat into the house and if it is; this would be good practice for cold countries. Some Feng Shui Masters equate electricity to the " Water element ". Therefore, if a person's Pillars of Destiny is considered " Weak Water ", the running water or electric current would be beneficial to the person. Alternatively, under the 5 elements concept, Water support Wood and if the person is considered a " Weak Wood " person, the water or electricity running below the floor would benefit this person. If another person is considered a " Strong Fire " element person, it would beneficial to have addition of the water element to `cool him down". In the above instances, you can see that for some people, it is needed beneficial to have electricity / water under the floor.

Dear Michelle, I am pleased to inform you that contrary to what many people think under the Chinese numerology, No. 4 is an auspicous number. Let me explain:- Although the Cantonese (one of the Chinese dialects) say that no. 4 stands for " say " or die, Chinese Numerology and even the Jews Numerology all indicate that No. Four is auspicious. For example, the " powerful " Flying Star theory analyses number 1 to 9 either on it's own or a combination of these numbers and no. 4 by itself is always considered an auspcious number or even in combination with other good numbers like 1, 8 or 6. The number that are not auspicious are instead no. 3, 5 or 2 and if it is not the period 7, then no. 7. Therefore, it is indeed a blessing in disguise that your number 4 or 4444 are not what it seems.... I hope now that you do not regret having 4 or 44 or 444's etc...!

Dear Eve, My advice is not to have an open mouth fish-shaped earthen-vase even if it is facing the main entrance door. If you have noticed most of the objects e.g. some consider the 3 legged frog, also have a coin in the mouth of the frog and a `crystal' representing a diamond. It is preferred to have an object with a closed mouth and e.g. a coin or any other precious stones in the mouth. This is symbolic of obtaining wealth. Cecil Lee

The only thing that Feng Shui Masters advise is to place the dragon at the East wall. It should not " seemed " to be hungry (ie the dragon article you have ) as it will mean that you have problems feeding "yourself". However, in your case, you can collectilvely place all the dragons at one location. Preferably on the East side of your house and not the West side (yin side). A dragon can also be used to point at your entrance door `to guard it'. On the other hand, you can use it as an alternative to say a cannon to point at a posion arrow. Let me illustrative what I am currently facing:- When I first moved to my new house, it is a condominium with a swimming pool. Further away, there is a house with an octagon roof with a flag post on it. It had created a poison arrow to my house. I countered this by placing a wooden dragon facing this `posion arrow'. The dragon is on top of my display cabinet. It worked. Unfortuantely, because all the floor tiles that was layed by the builder's sub-contractor was inferior, many house tiles popped up... Ours nearly did so one week ago, we had to move all the furniture into the house and let our contractor re-do the tiles. I was very hesitant about removing the dragon but no choice as the tiles had to be laid. True enough, for the last week, since then, the subsidiary of geomancy.net: 3dmail.com had this spammer forging our domain name. What he did was to use a Canadian dial-up account and sent massive spams thru lots of unprotected UK servers which did not implement anti-spamming and allowed ther network to be used as a relay for sending spams. Worse still this spammer forged our domain and make it seemed as if the mails originate from our servers. We were thus bombarded with tons of mails. I really wish that the renovation is over and quickly place back the dragon to counter the poision arrow. Now we are defenceless! Cecil Lee

Dear Toni, In your case, there are three sets of principles you can apply:- 1. Interior layout of your caravan should follow some of the suggestions provided under the topic " The Home " e.g. the position of the basin in relation to the stove and the position of the bed/table. 2. If you know your true element and it's strengths (Pillars of Destiny) you can apply it to your van eg. if say you are considered a person with weak water: you could enhance your caravan by having blue, grey (as an example). If your element is Water, and you have some designs or logo, you could have a logo that is wavy to represent the Water element. 3. When parking your caravan at night, follow some of the principles applied to homes e.g. geomancy.net has a topic on The Site. You can also apply the 4 Symbolic Animals principle again the topic can be found under the geomancy.net. Wishing you the best! Cecil

Please see below:- 1. Once a Flying 1. The Flying Star chart is valid (can be applied to this particular home only). 2. If you do not make any major renovations; this same Flying Star Chart is still applicable after the year 2003 e.g. year 2030 etc... 3. Once you do a major renovation: For example in the year 2005; you did a major renovation, then the house comes under the ' Flying Star " of the Period 8. (Currently 1984 to 2003 comes under Period 7), where if you notice the flying star chart, 7 is in the centre. 2. No you cannot use the same chart to assess your office environment unless the main entrance door is EXACTLY the same location as your existing house. Thank you/regards....

Let me congratulate you on buying a new house. One of the best thing you should do first is to use the " Eight House Theory ". You can either use the `manual' system in this BBS to generate both your personal templates e.g. http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm or go to www.geomancy-online.com to get generate your free Eith House Theory template. What is the use of the Eight House Template? It is used to find which house is good for an individual or his family. What you can do here is follow the instructions on the above links and later superimpose your personal 8 directions (8 intangible forces) on your new house layout plan. Here you should see a clearer picture of where are the good and bad locations. Do look out for what are the intangible forces affecting the " breadwinner " in relation to areas like the main entrance door or your bedroom. Locations where you spent time at. Good Luck in your house hunting! Cecil

Dear Mark, It is good to learn that there are no `poison arrows' `aimed' towards your main entrance door. The purpose I asked you on this is because, I would like to at an overview of your `problem'. Therefore, we can then concentrate on simply looking at the ` inauspicious' main entrance door location. Another point I like to ask is besides this `inauspicious' area, you should also look at areas you spent most of the time at. For example, check to see which `reading' your bedroom also. To use the " Flying Star template " you need to do the following:- 1. Get hold of a copy of your house's layout plan (preferably to scale). It is best to work with an A4 sized sheet. Easier to handle. 2. Next, determine the North to South orientation and mark it in the layout plan. 3. Sub-divide your home layout plan into 9 equal sectors. 4. Determine the centre of the house. For more information on how to do so, please read this URL: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm 4. Lastly, super-impose your house's Flying Star Chart onto the layout plan aligning it to the North to South Direction. 5. The main thing is to look at the Flying Star Chart overall not just the main entrance door. At locations where there is a mountain or water star, you have to activate it inorder to benefit from it. For example if the chart says that there is a mountain star. You can activate the wall where the mountain star is `stated.' There are two types of activation: Either one will do: 1. You can hang a picture of a mountain scene (do not have a stream or waterfall). E.g. a Picture of Japan's Mount Fuji or the Himalayas or The Rocky Mountains etc.... 2. Alternatively, you can place solid immovable objects (without wheels). Examples are: A piece of smooth rock, a solid paper weight e.g. of a tortise, or any other heavy paper weight where you can place on a desk. This can include a crystal ware, bronze, metal paperweight. (Do remember that the object should not be hollow e.g. a porcelain decoration. As for the inauspicous main entrance door, usually the `cure' is to place a screen between the door and the house. It need not be full length. Alternatively, close the door when you do not use it. The walls at this area should be bright e.g. whitewash instead of dark or light up that location by not having heavy curtain blinds on the windows of the house. I will be glad to assist you further if you need help.

Do you know that a Chinese Loupan (Chinese Compass) can be used as a ghost detector? I have on a few occassions did Feng Shui audits and have to throw away the Chinese Loupan! What happened was that during my Feng Shui audits, if the Chinese Luopan's center needle moves round and round it means that it has detected a ghost! Usually, I notice that it occurs in the North-East part of the house or building! On occassions after this, I would fall sick and had to quickly throw away the Luopan. Take it this is part of the health hazard of a Feng Shui practioner! I think if my insurance company knows this, I would be have to pay a high premium or totally banned from taking up insurance. In the league of stuntman etc.... In case you do run out to buy a Chinese Loupan for your home, please do not use it as a display item as the trigram on the Luopan can be " overpowering ". It should not be displayed like any other object but kept properly in a `respectable' place. Wait! If you do not understand Mandarin, it is ok! If you intent to buy a new house, you can bring it along to check out the house just by looking at the centre compass on it for any unusal activities (if any. ) Alternatively, a good FS Master can also use the Flying Star method to look at the the combination of the two stars and the base unit. Usually, if a certain number is in combination to make the location too `yin' e.g. at the North East location, then the chances of that either something previously had happened there or chances are, your Chinese Loupan will detect some haunting activity! I will go into the Flying Star method in another one of my tips! God Bless! Cecil Lee

Yes, at the Cai Wei or Wealth location, you can place articles or objects that enhance beneficial ch'i. As you have mentioned you can place for example a water fountain as water fountains are good ch'i enhancers. Best to place a rounded water fountain as a square one has `sharp' corners and may inadvertently produce `sha ch'i' or poison arrows. Even a coin bank full of coins are equally good. Some even sell e.g. a tray of beads, ribbons and candle that represents the " 5 elements ". Some FS Masters even advise to purchase a hanging lamp with five bulbs. Each bulb to represent one of the " 5 elements ". Do note that plants are usually used to `absorb' sha ch'i e.g. placed at a sharp corner and usally not used to improve " Cai Wei " or Wealth. Therefore, plants are usually used by Taiwanese FS Masters as `cures.' Also take note that fish tank is also not usually used as ch'i enhancers but rather as `cures' and is popular with Hong Kong FS Masters. Some also say that: 1. what happens if the fish dies or 2. when you pour water away from the fish tank you are in fact pouring away wealth! Similiarly, some FS Masters advise that you tie three coins with red strings and place it on the main entrance door mat (either inside the house or outside the house). When you step on it, you are infact stepping on wealth. Caution: DO NOT place objects e.g. a frog with an open mouth or any pictures of hungry animails especially a painting of a hungry tiger as this is inauspcious in the house! An open mouth signifies that you will always be hungry! Do believe what I say here. I remembered reading Evelyn Lip's book of this case I am quoting it off-hand as I remembered it: In one of her books she mentioned that this house owner met with calamity and not even a Feng Shui Master could wonder why? Finally, one day a Feng Shui Master was standing in the house and as this is the low tide, saw a rock shaped like a frog with it's mouth open `looking at the house'. This signifiies that the frog was hungry and this accounted for the calamity that faced the family. If this was discovered earlier, a pearl or crystal could have been inserted into the mouth of this rock (frog image) and the problem rectified. So the morale of the story is never chose any statutes with an open mouth or point it in your house. You may face the same problem as the above.

Dear Mark, Can I clarify:- 1. When you mentioned your house is very inauspicious, does it mean that the location for your main door entrance is " very inauspicious "? 2. Besides the base star being " very inauspicious "... Are there any mountain or water star to activate? 3. Have you also used the Shapes and Form School to examine e.g. your main entrance door? Are there any `poison arrows' in the form of e.g. a lone lamp post etc.. Do let me know of the above so that I can help you further.

Thanks for bring this up. I guess it is the use of English. To clarify, you should first find the centre of the house. An example is shown at http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm. Next, you should use an ordinary compass and stand at the centre of the house. The direction, the main door faces is the direction of the door. At a later date, I will revise the page and `correct' the English so that is is no longer ambigious. Once again, thanks for hightlighting this information. Cecil

I have already replied to you on this forum as I understand this is a duplicate message.

Dear Sharon, Frankly wind chimes have TWO main uses:- 1. If say a particular corner of the wall is `radiating' poison arrow or sha ch'i, some Feng Shui Masters advice the householder to place a wind chime to negate this effect. Alternatively, they would ask the householder to place a potted plant at the corner to absorb `sha ch;i.' I mentioned earlier in another message in this forum that potted plants are mostly used by Taiwan trained FS practioners. 2. If the corner is of the metal element and say under the Pillars of Destiny, the owner of the house is a "Weak Metal" person, he may add e.g. a metal windchime at e.g. the West area to enhance or strengthen his Metal element. These are the two main uses of using a Windchime. There are a few caution here:- 1. As wind chimes do `vibrate' and give off a certain pitch... it may inadvertently attract `spirits' into the house or that location. One view here is that when a person dies, buddhist monks use to " call " the dead during the last rites for the person using cymbals or two metal claps .... making `noise' in the hope of attracting the spirit of the person. 2. Wind chimes can be made of many types of materials or even a combination of both and if one is not familiar, may inadvertently cause more damage than good to yourself. For example, if say the North is an auspicous location for someone and this owner decides to hang windchimes (triangle shaped and red) representing the " Fire element ". Under the destructive process of the 5 elements, Fire destroys Water thus this clearly shows that more harm than good may come out of it. The best advise I would like to give is that if you are not sure whether to hang a windchime or not, please don't do it. In your case, try not to hang the wind chime until you can be certain that it will `help you'. The reason I am unable to tell whether it is good for you or not is that: 1. I am uncertain of what type of element and strength you are. Eg. Netural Earth, Weak Earth or Strong Earth person. 2. Where is your front door facing? If say the front door is facing West, then overall, your house's main element is " Metal ". 3. Which corner are you placing the clay wind chime? As clay represents earth, by right, it could be used to enhance the earth element provided e.g. yiou are a " Weak Earth person" under the Pillars of Destiny. Hope that helps

Dear Chris, Please see below:- If you are standing on the steps of your main entrance door and look out and notice that the tree is in direct line `slicing' part of your main door, then this is considered sha chi. Currently there are four methods of dealing with this (not in any order of importance):- 1. Change the angle of the door to face one of your best directions i.e. tilt the door to one that faces one of your good directions. This is said to `kill' two birds with one stone. 2. If your main entrance door is elevated, you can have semi-circular steps leading to the house. This is one technique of `radiating' sha ch' away from your main entrance. 3. Alternatively, if your main entrance is level to your external of the house, you could consider a specially made semi-circular carpet e.g. of half of a sun with it's fiery sunlight (spikes) radiating away from the main entrance door. 4. Hang a pakua above the main entrance door. To find out more, please go to this URL: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/pakua.htm Sorry, I hope you can further clarify regarding what you have said " the front window looking unto the half wall ". My question is what is the half wall attached to? Is it because that your house is a basement flat that it overlooks the half wall? My next question is that above the half wall can you have a clear view outside or must you say climb up a ladder to see it. Frankly, a half wall is not so bad as it provides a certain level of privacy to the residents. In addition, if is better to use curtains for the window (if u not done so already.

Dear Leslie, Thanks for sharing with all of us your experience on how you got started on Feng Shui. I guess most users started `learning' Feng Shui from various sources. For those fortunate to live in countries in the Far East such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore or Canada (where some FS Masters have migrated from Hong Kong) these users, if they are lucky could study under a FS Master. Alternatively, if you are near to Feng Shui `centres' in US, England or Australia, this would be a good way to learn. However, the next best alternative are as you have mentioned Feng Shui books. Currently, there are so many good Feng Shui authors around and you can choose from a wide range. If your local book store has books on Feng Shui, it is best to browse around and look thru them to find one suitable for you. Depending on what books you are looking for, certain authors specialize in specific topics. For example: Lillian Too writes a range of Feng Shui books and most of her books are `applied feng shui' where you simply apply what you see in her books. If you want to write research materials for a school/college or university assignment, you could read books from Evelyn Lip who is a trained accountant. Her books always provide biographies. If you want to learn more about 5 elements, you could read the Feng Shui Handbook by Derek Walters. For books on Chinese Horoscopes, books by Ho Man Kwok. For books on 9 Star Ki (same as Feng Shui) but originate from Japan you can read books by Jon Sandiers or some other authors on this subject. For books on Pillars of Destiny, read books by Raymond Lo I guess, to be an all rounder in Feng Shui, you should not stick to one author but read lots of Feng Shui book. The earlier Feng Shui books written by Derek Walters: especially his work simply titled: " Feng Shui " makes interesting reading with a dab of rich history and applied Feng Shui. Nowadays, I do see many good authors coming up with equally good books on Feng Shui. Some have even created templates and easy to digest Feng Shui under the " 9 Star Ki". These authors are usually not from the traditional school of Feng Shui i.e. directly originate from Hong Kong, Taiwan etc.. but are just as good. The only caution is that if you ask lots of "Traditional" Feng Shui practioners, they still prefer the use of Feng Shui as `taught' to them (and myself). We normally do not use 9 Star Ki (friendly to use thou). Most `Traditional' Feng Shui practioners would like readers to steer clear of the Black Hat Sect Feng Shui. To find out more, you can browse thru: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/addsites.htm Under para 3. The confessions of Professor Lin Yun of the Black Hat Sect. I noticed that there are still quite a number of his followers who had written books. Where possible, get books written by either authors who are `Traditional' FS practioners or 9 star Ki practioners. Better still, if you understand Mandarin, books written by authors e.g Hong Kong ones in this language are really `Excellent'! Wishing You Success in your Application of Feng Shui! Cecil