Cecil Lee

Dear Joy, In my opinion, `corner' theories or concepts are usually not used in more professional Traditional Feng Shui practises. Paying `homage' to a corner is not an ideal way to apply Feng Shui. Usually, this is too general to be of any use to anyone. I believe the proper way is to increase one's Luck by looking at Feng Shui from a holistic way i.e. priority goes to Shapes and Form and the use of Compass School methods. Look at it this way: How are we to know that the SW is always the `commitment' area of a location or house? Even if it is for some of us, it cannot be the commitment area for ALL of us. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Cheui May, In my opinion, as this is not a permanent water feature, this type of house can still be considered in your house hunting. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Freddy, For Nine Star Ki application, you can perhaps purchase books from Nine Star Ki authors. John Sandifier's book is `more technical' and relates to 9 Star Ki (calculation). You can perhaps purchase books by Simon Brown on Nine Star Ki applications. I believe his titles are like Feng Shui for the Home / Feng Shui for the Office. Do search eg. amazon.com for these authors. In general, although you are considered 6 White Metal Element, in my personal opinion, doing or just concentrating only on a specific sector such as the bedroom does not necessarily yield `positive' results. The Key Success Factor in the use of Feng Shui and other disciplines such as Pillars of Destiny is to collectively increase one's luck. Feng Shui of your house is only about Earth Luck. And one considers only the bedroom area, this is only a percentage of the entire Feng Shui of your home. Questions such as:- does not fully increase one's luck. These are subjective questions and of secondary importance to Feng Shui. In Feng Shui of the home, one seeks to balance the Yin/Yang of each room and neutralise any imbalances. The proper method to do so is the use of the Five Elements Concept. Here, it can be applied to each sector of the home (Flying Star) and Pillars of Destiny (for personal self / mapping out one's Heaven Chart). Paying " Homage " to a corner of the house e.g. the bedroom may bring false hope and ultimately.. perhaps disappointment that and lead to the conclusion that " Perhaps.. Feng Shui is of no use as I do not see any results ". The other alternative in not wanting to use the above methods is to rely on one's intuition: `I like the orange coloured light". Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Yes, in Chinese belief, it is not auspicious to use a black lamp shade. As for a throw pillow, this can be quite subjective. If you have a picture of it, perhaps you can post it here. Overall, having black furniture is not necessarily considered bad. For example, many leather seats for the living room are black in colour. Equally, nowadays, many furniture e.g. TV set stands and TV sets are in black colour. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Agnes, Yes, you should take the Flying Star of Period 7 instead of Period 6 due to the renovation work done. Whenever possible, it is also good to look at both Period 6 and Period 7 chart. Usually, one chart is better than the other. And try to match your personal experience with it. For the Period 7 chart, it may take a while for the chart to show its characteristics. As mentioned earlier, it is good to look at both charts. Yes, usually, Period 6 chart, may continue to be applicable for a while. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Overall, in Feng Shui, it is best that a mirror not be placed on a wall where this could be inauspicious sector as twice the bad luck would bounce back. 2. However, if you feel that it is OK, then you can try to place it above the fireplace. But the mirrow should not be larger than the diameter of the fireplace. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Wasis, In such a situation, frankly, the essence here is that the bed should not be on the same wall and particularly, the `waste pipe' should not criss-cross or next to the bed. The only option is to leave a gap between the bed and this wall. This is perhaps the `lesser of the two evils'. Where it is not ideal for the bed to be away from the wall but this is much better considering the above. Warmest Regards, Cecil Regards, Wasis

Dear Wasis, 1. In Feng Shui, the Chinese Loupan can be used as a `ghost' detector. Especially if the middle compass `swings'. 2. Under the Flying Star analysis, by looking at the 9 grids where there are #mountain #water and base numbers with a high concentration of YIN elements, this is most likely a case where there can be a haunting at the sector. This is particularly so, at the sectors North East (Devil's gate) and South West (Devil's back door). The interpretation of the Flying Star numbers can sometimes contain e.g. rope, young lady and red. Here, the interpretation could be a possible suicide e.g. a Young lady dressed in red hung herself. 3. Other methods is based on intution. For example, a person sleeping in the bedroom feels a sudden cold draft and becomes unconfortable. Warmest Regards, Cecil Regards, Wasis

Dear Wasis, 1. In general, Feng Shui analysis of a business or office building is similar to that used for audit of the home. 2. For example, the Flying Star analysis is used to analyse the birth chart of the office. 3. Shapes and Form Feng Shui is also used in an office environment. 4. One's Personal Gua or (Ba Zhi) is also used to match the person to their office. Warmest Regards, Cecil Regards, Wasis

Dear Judy, One good example is the double happiness chinese character which symbolises a `pair'. It is considered good for objects to be in pairs (a couple) in the bedroom. The belief is that it is not auspicious to have ferocious objects in the bedroom such as the tiger, lion and very yang objects such as the dragon. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Alex, Sorry to learn about the problems faced by both of you. Please e-mail Robert-Lee@geomancy.net for him to provide you free Paid credits for reports to help analyse your home. You need to do some homework like, using an ordinary compass and entering the inputs as requested. Take Care! Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Valeria, 1. The key to understanding the Eight House Theory is that one must be physically present at that location or spent more time at these sectors. For example, if it happens that your bed is at the South (disaster) sector, here, you are spending time at this sector. 2. This theory does not mean that one need to place a `cure' at the South-East (death sector). If one does not spent some time there, this is fine. 3. Contrast this with the Flying Star analysis where each sector has three elements i.e. #mountain star #water star and base numbers which is represented by an element each. Here, if there is an imbalance caused at a specific sector, then a balance or cure should be used. 4. It is similar to an overhead beam. If your seat directly below the beam and if one spends time at this seat, then it is advisable to use a cure. But if there are other overhead beams in e.g. the living room and one does spent time below each of them, then it would not be necessary to `cure' all these beams. Warmest Regards, Cecil Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Steven, Please see below:- Here, I am referring to either using the Eight House Theory or for advanced users, their Ba Zhi i.e. if they are a weak water person than, relate it to the location e.g. North = water element (which is not favourable to the weak fire person). For example, where East is the Sickness sector (for a period 7 house). Here, if this sector is considered inauspicious, one could inadvertently bounce back twice the `bad luck'. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Elena, Yes, in such a situation, you can place a cure for the beam and another for the Flying Star `deficiency'. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Steven, Here again, it would depend:- 1. On the distance of the living / dinning room wall ie. facing the main door. 2. The Ba Zhi of the breadwinner in relation to the house. 3. The specific sector the mirror is placed. (Flying Star analysis). 4. The size of the mirror. 5. The size of the living / dinning room in relation to each bedrooms. A sub-analysis is that if the living room is `over-sized' in relation to the other rooms, it implies that the breadwinner would be a `castle builder' or very ambitious. As a mirror `helps' to extend or give an illusion of more spaciousness... let us imagine what it will do... Well some of us say that perhaps this could be a `plus point'? Usually, physical audit or one has to be present at the site to look at all these. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Steven, It would depend on each case as no two situations are identical. Overall, when we talk of a waterfall, it can either be manmade or natural. But usually, it should be looked at a macro level i.e. the site. For example if it is a plot of land allocated to a condominium, the whole condominium project can be looked at (or must be looked at in total.) Good shapes are e.g. the horseshoe design layout; the U shape where your units are at the base of the `U' etc... I am afraid to give a standard answer to this as I mentioned, one has to look at the unit / house, the distance to the waterfall, the angle of the waterfall, the size and activity of water generated by the waterfall, the `Dragon-tiger' at the site. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Steven, 1. Shapes and Form is usually the most common method in analysing a plot of land: 1.1 Using the four symbolic animals concept i.e. of clear space at the front and solid support behind. 1.2 Yin and Yang concept 1.3 The Five elements concept such as the surrounding buildings. Are they generally e.g. earth element? fire element? etc... 2. For a plot of land, it is analysed usually with a built up area. 3. This is because under the Flying Star Feng Shui there are 24 directions or (mountains) or compass degrees per 24 sector at 15 degree increments. 4. For a Flying Star Chart, it is essential that the direction of the main entrance door is taken. Without this fundamental direction, no Flying Star Chart can be `drawn'. 5. Since the Flying Star Chart has the `water' star and `mountain' star or the facing (water) and sitting (mountain) position, this form of Feng Shui closely resembles Shapes and Form School of Feng Shui. 6. This is where under Para 5, the Flying Star `water and mountain' or facing and sitting' can be used to analyse a plot of land. 7. Here, if one notice carefully, it is really similar or actually is infact "Shapes and Forms" minus using the compass. 8. Therefore, when we applying the " sitting and facing " used under Flying Star, it is the same as saying that at the main entrance, one should have clear space or a water position representing clear space as water is flat. While the `sitting' position usually would require a solid backing or wall. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Elena, 1. For metal beams, the most important consideration is the time spent at that sector. 2. If the beam happens to be above one's bed or the sofa, we can try to neutralise it. 3. But if the beam is on it's own and one does not spent much time below it, then this is usually not an issue. 4. Yes, the idea is to use 6 coins. Alternatively, some FS practitioners advise to use 6 stars. Some people prefer not to use 6 stars because of the pointed spokes of the stars. But this is still considered a cure. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. There are indeed many (many) methods of calculations under "Numerology" and variants to it. 2. Furthermore, numbers are quite subjective and there are many interpretations. 3. It is very difficult to be accurate with simple analysis like what you had mentioned. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Yvonne, 1. Contrary to popular belief, it does not necessarily follow that if the door faces south, it should be painted red. 2. Or if the door faces North (blue); East (Green or brown). 3. If one is not sure what colour to paint the door, neutral color e.g. natural wood grain color or white is the most acceptable color. 4. If Flying Star Feng Shui is considered as red represents the fire element, the sector at South is checked to see the interaction of the three #mountain + #water + base number to check that they are in balance. After the above evaluation, then one looks at whether painting the door pink or red (Fire element) is either beneifical; neutral or may do more harm at that sector. 5. If one does not want to use Flying Star Feng Shui then should based on personal feelings. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Chee Kiat, Please see below:- No, under Shapes and Form School of Feng Shui, unless one is going for `battle' or in an era, where, it is used for self defense, one should not place the steel sword. This is because, objects such as this if displayed is considered `sha qi' or bad qi. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Under Shapes and Form School of Feng Shui, many FS practitioners are particular about pointed objects in the couple's bedroom. If this bedroom belongs to a couple, it is advisable not to have a `pointed' headboard. This is similiar to NOT having a pointed or ^ shape above the door. A ^ shape e.g. especially above the door e.g. a triangular design above the bedroom door would lead to `divorce'. As you have not mentioned in detail the shape of the headboard - is it a triangle shaped ^ headboard? If it is, the shape is not ideal. For the moment, I can think of e.g. a cap to place on top of the pointed object. I know it may sound funny to some but the main object here is to mask the shape of the pointed ^. Using the concept, if one cannot see it it no longer becomes a threat is used here. If you have any other ideas as to how to hide it, can work equally well. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Judy, Please see below:- In general:- 1. Auspicious symbols e.g. each of the mandarin characters Fu Lu Shou can be carved a string of auspicious character as borders e.g. say outside the building or on a piece of furniture. I personally have a table lamp that has carved piece of "Fu" character table lamp. Here, these are auspicious symbols, that are part of the furniture or fittings. 2. The `taboo' or `superstition' is that if it is a figurine of one of the deities etc... it should be `treated with dignity and respect'. Thus, for objects that are `alive' or figurines, try to avoid placing them at locations I had mentioned earlier such as next to a toilet wall. Or If one has an ancestor altar, there should at least be a gap or separated by elevation or different heights should they be placed on the same table top. 3. For caligrapy symbols, it is preferred to be hang e.g. on walls or at staircase landing. Usually, these are hung in the living room or dining area. It can be hung in the study room. There is really no hard and fast rule with regards to this. But it is obvious that these should not be placed in the toilet or kitchen. 2. Besides water features, The double happiness symbol is very common and can be placed in the bedroom. Another `ruleset' is to remember this IN PAIRS. It is always essential that e.g. in a married couples bedroom, if we place an object it should be in pairs. This is why the "double happiness" symbol has to 'halves' that are in pairs. But this is not necessarily for a painting or picture. For a picture of the wedding, it is OK to place say the married couple's photo in the room. But for a group photo of family members, it should (preferably) not be placed there.

Dear Cynthia, In Feng Shui:- 1. Flying Star analysis Usually, if one falls sick often in a new house, assessment using Flying Star to check especially the sickness/misfortune sectors can help in this area. 2. Shapes and Form Check especially if there any poison arrows aimed at the bed? or through the bedroom window. Is the bed placed on the same wall as the toilet? 3. If you live in a landed property, is there any underground water running under the house close to the bedroom? http://www.geomancy.net/fs/under.htm (Under para 3, this is usually due to prolonged stay in such a house. The above are the three key tools used for checking on sickness. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Many thanks for pointing out the poll on the Fullerton Building. In my opinion: 1. Although the sloping roofs `accumulates' to a central point; if the frontage is not properly `protected' i.e. the frontage (is where it faces the sea); wealth in such a situation looks like it will drain off into the water. 2. For the tenants (housed under) on each side of the sloping roof; in Feng Shui, these shops would ultimately open and close. And most likely tenants would change. 3. Perhaps, the rent may then be reduced such that it becomes more or less office space at some of this premises. 4. However, I believe it would make a better choice for it to have a larger percentage of eatery outlets or coffee shop / food outlets especially the fluid lines `appeal' more to the water element such as Starbucks, Delifrance, fast food outlets. Warmest Regards, Cecil