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QuoteOn 1/25/99 3:36:19 AM, Anonymous wrote:
We are in the process of
redesigning our kitchen and,
as I have just become
interested in feng shui, I
thought I would try to
incorporate some principles.
I have worked out my own and
my husband's Pa Kua (mine is
7, his 6). After trying a lot
of possibilities we have come
the conclusion that the only
place for our eye-level stove
and microwave is facing south.
Yes, you did the right thing. In Feng Shui, it is always best to have the stove face the Fire element direction.QuoteWe will have a separate hob,
which will be on an island
unit running N-S. From what I
have read this is not very
auspicious for either of us,
but there are really no other
practical possibilities.
Yes, this is not ideal but it is better than having it next to a water element e.g. wash basin or refrigerator.QuoteAlso the stove will face the
refrigerator, which I also
believe is undesirable. Is
there any thing that can be
done to counteract this?
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!
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QuoteOn 1/25/99 8:03:09 AM, Anonymous wrote:
A well know FS practitioner
states that the deadly five
yellows will be in the south
for the year of the rabbit
bringing great misfortune. The
advice is to hang a 5 rod
windchime in the south or fill
a large urn with water and
place it in the south.
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.QuoteDo you agree and what are the
"deadly five yellows" ?
It is best to clarify with her as there are many Feng Shui theories plus a mix of Chinese Astrology and even divinity methods.
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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 ".
CecilQuoteOn 1/25/99 8:06:05 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Is it true that a globe of the
world placed in the NE corner
of a childs bedroom activates
their study ability and the
globe placed near the entrance
of a business enhances good
turnover.
Look forward to your reply.
Glyn
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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.QuoteOn 1/22/99 4:29:42 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Hi!
Two things here in Sweden
seems to be new in interiors;
and I am curious what you fine
Feng-Shui people have to say
about them.
The first is called
"stove-island" in direct
translation from swedish, and
is exactly what it sounds
like; namely having the stove
standing alone in the middle
of the kitchen floor in a
small bench for pots and
similar. Naturally with the
same ventilation as if its in
the wall. The rest of the
kitchen is traditional, with
sink and kitchen benches along
the walls. Is this good or bad
feng-shui?
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).QuoteThe second is having the
heating of the house put into
the floor - either
watercarried or by
electricity. This means of
course you are walking on
either running water or
electric currency, which I am
curious of about how healthy
that is?
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.
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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....
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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 LeeQuoteOn 1/22/99 11:31:51 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear Cecil/Robert
I placed a fish-shaped
earthen-vase with an
open-mouth at SE facing main
door(South) looking out. No
particular purpose here except
as a decor piece and to
strengthen my weak Earth
element
Having read your reply in this
forum, is this advisable? shd
I totally remove or relocate
the decor?
Thanks
Eve
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.
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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 LeeQuoteOn 1/21/99 4:36:27 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Hi,
I have been collecting dragons
for many years. I have about
20 of them - mainly ceramic. I
am also a dragon in Chinese
astrology. Is there any
particular place I should have
my dragons, or do I have too
many?
Also, because I have a very
small house, my computer is in
my bedroom. Are there any
'cures' for this?
Thanks for your help,
Carol.
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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!
CecilQuoteOn 1/21/99 4:18:46 PM, Anonymous wrote:
I would like to apply Feng
Shui principles to the caravan
I am travelling in. Can
anyone help?
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QuoteOn 1/21/99 11:51:11 AM, Anonymous wrote:
I have a few questions
regarding the Flying Star
Theory:
1. Once a FlyingQuoteStar Chart (with nine grids)
has been drawn for me, can
I
use this very same chart (up
to year 2003) to assess any
houses that I may
considered
buying or is chart different
for different houses ?
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.QuoteCan I use the same chart to
assess my office environment
?
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....QuoteDesmond
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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!
CecilQuoteOn 1/21/99 11:12:01 AM, Anonymous wrote:
I am considering purchasing a
house which I like. However,
I know I am of Fire sign while
my fiancee is of Water sign.
Prior consultation with a Feng
Shui practitioner mentioned
that we would be better of
getting a place with the main
door opening towards the East
or South East.
This place has the main door
opening to the North-North
West. The main bedroom is on
the South-East part of the
house, and the window opens to
the East, which has a view of
the main driveway leading into
the condominium. The main
door opens into the living
room and faces on the opposite
end of the room, a ceiling to
floor window which overlooks a
swimming pool. The kitchen is
in the North of the house.
1) Should I even consider this
house at all?
2) Is the master bedroom
location...kitchen and other
main living areas location
also important?
Your speedy feedback is kindly
appreciated.
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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.QuoteOn 1/20/99 11:29:07 PM, Anonymous wrote:
2. Besides the base star being
" very inauspicious "... Are
there any mountain or water
star to activate?
Not that I know off. How do I apply the
Flying star chart ? Should I just put
the chart on top my house layout as is
without consider the actual compass
direction.
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..
No. How do I applied the Shapes and Form
School ? At the moment, there is no
poison arrow(s) that I know off, other
than a roof top ^ point toward my house
about 20 feet away.
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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.QuoteOn 1/20/99 5:24:39 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Hi,
What would be a good item to
place at the CAI WEI??? I've
seen people put a small water
fountain with flashing lights,
some placed plants, others
placed frogs-with-gold-coin
etc.
Thanks
Toh Da Jun
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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.QuoteOn 1/20/99 12:14:31 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Cecil,
I just check my house
direction on the Flying Star
chart using your web site. The
result was that I am living in
a very inauspicious house. Is
there anything I can do other
than moving out from the
house. I just recently moving
in.
Thank you.
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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.
CecilQuoteOn 1/19/99 6:44:48 PM, Anonymous wrote:
What I am slightly befuddled
about is how to assess the
direction of the main front
door. The Eight houses webpage
says "the direction which the
main door FACES" whereas other
pages tell you to determine
the direction of the main door
standing from the centre of
the house and draw a line to
the middle of the front door,
which can give two different
directions altogether.
I am thinking of installing a
new front door which will face
NOrthWest in addition to the
current front door faces
NorthEast - does that change
the entire orientation of good
and bad location of the house?
In any event, my masterbedroom
is in the southeast part of
the house which is the
irritation/spook/death/etc
line. What is your advice?
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I have already replied to you on this forum as I understand this is a duplicate message.
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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 helpsQuoteOn 1/18/99 7:12:55 PM, Anonymous wrote:
I HAVE A WIND CHIMES THAT IS
MADE OF CLAY.
IT HAS BIRDS ATTACHED TO
STRINGS.
I HANG IT AT MY BALCONY DOOR(
BALCONY DOOR IS FACE TO FACE
WITH MY MAIN DOOR).
DOES IT HAVE ANY ADVERSE
EFFECTS?
THANK YOU.
SHARRON NG
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Dear Chris,
Please see below:-QuoteOn 1/19/99 5:35:47 AM, Anonymous wrote:
I live in a basement flat where the front door is actually beneath the steps
which lead to the flat above me on the ground floor. The front door faces North whereas I am a North-East person. By
my assessment, the death line runs through the front door. The house faces a road straight ahead of it and it also has a huge tree right outside in front of the house.
I realise that there is very strong shar chi >from the straight road and that a tree
in front of the house blocks the flow of chi >flowing into the house. Question is whether
the tree blocks the shar chi from the >straight road or whether it is double >whammy having the shar chi from the
road and the big tree as well?
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.htmQuoteAnother question is that as it is a >basement flat, the living room window looks out unto a half wall which is where >the front garden is. The back of
the flat also looks onto a
half wall. I appreciate that it is good for >the house to back unto a wall but what is
the remedy for the front window looking unto the half wall?
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.
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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!
CecilQuoteOn 1/18/99 3:25:10 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Living in the US and in
California my first contact
with Feng Shui was finding the
book "The Western Art of Feng
Shui". I liked the book it
made a lot of sense and I
realized that I had been
practicing Feng Shui without
even realizing it. Then I
found Thorstons "Principles of
Feng Shui" which was harder to
read and comprehend but a good
reference book. I picked up a
video on Feng Shui and have
watched that a lot and find it
helpful. The author shares
some of his experiences with
his consultations shows the
changes he suggested. What do
you think is the best book to
read?
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1. To clarify, that means that the back of your house is a hill instead of at the `left hand corner' of the house.
For a house, it is good to plant trees to the back of the house (especially if it is sloping). As for trees on the side of the house, provided your garden is large, you can plant some trees. But do avoid planting too many trees or large ones at the West or North East or South West part of the house. Trees should ideally be planted on the East (at the Green Dragon or Yang side).
The reason for avoiding planting trees at North East is because under Feng Shui, it is considered the `Devil's gate". To find out more about the Devil's gate go to this URL: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/gate.htm
At the same time, the South West area is considered the Devil's backdoor and planting too many trees or large trees could inadvertenly attract ghost spirits to `live' there. While the West side is considered a Yin location or (the White tiger) and planting too many trees may create a `too' yin environment again may also attract `spirits'.
It is also not too auspicious to plant a large tree in the front (main entrance) of the house as this may affect beneficial `ch'i' from entering the house.
For houses on a hill it is best not to have the house at the top of the hill but rather in the mid-point of the hill. Too high and without protection (trees for example), the house is at the `mercy' of the elements. While houses just below the hill may be affected by soil erosion (should there be `deforestation' or heavy floods.QuoteOn 1/18/99 3:05:42 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Hello!
I am a new student to Feng
Shui. We purchased a house
last year. The site we chose
is on a hill overlooking our
town facing north. The
property slopes to the
north/downhill and is
surrounded by a chain link
fence. Should I plant some
trees in the left hand corner
of the property to enhance the
wealth and prosperity? I have
chosen "Silver Dollar
Eucalyptus" for that corner.
Also should I plant bushes,
trees, and or shrubs along the
back of the property to keep
the chi from flowing down hill
or is the chain link fence
enough?
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If you have the time, do visit this link:
http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm
Go to the " Year of Birth " and find out the KUA.
Alternatively, create a Free Account under geomancy-online.com.
Next, select the Free 8house theory and key in each account and follow the instructions.
Hope that helps!QuoteOn 1/16/99 10:38:36 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Could anyone tell me how to
calculate the kua for the
following dates?
31st December 1932
11th May 1945
4th April 1958
12th March 1966
18th March 1975
Thanks!
Ellen Maria
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Pleas
Please see my comments below:-QuoteOn 1/15/99 3:39:34 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Hi,
my name is Anon (of
Sweden). I am born 1966, dec
6, (Fire-horse, month of the
rat, hour of the snake).
According to 8-house, I am a
west-house person, but we have
a south-apartment. I sit and
work in the SW-sector, which
is health-sector for a
west-house.
Yes, since you are a WEST House person, South West sector is indeed your Health sector.QuoteQ: Is it still health-section
in a south-apartment?
According to the Ba-gua
sections, it is knowledge, and
I sit in the marriage section
of that room (SW corner),
however I am facing north
which is disaster in
west-house.
When you use the 8house theory you should follow these steps:-
1. Determine your " 8house ". In your case, you had found out that it is the WEST house.
2. Prepare a template of it. For example, if you have tracing paper or better still, a transparency, mark out all the 8 sectors pertaining to the WEST house.
3. Next, obtain a copy of the layout plan (preferably on an A4 sized paper), find out the North to south direction of your house and mark it on the layout plan.
5. Determine the centre of the house.
4. Lastly super-impose your WEST house template onto the layout plan by placing the intersection (mid-point) and aligning it to the North to South direction of the layout plan.
For you, as a West house person under the 8house theory, all the 8 intangible forces will not change: e.g. North is Disaster; North East is longevity; East is Death; South East is irritation and so on...
You can continue to use the 8house layout plan to any house.QuoteQ: Is it a bad idea facing
north (abit hard to change
direction and still follow
form-school in placing
furniture) ?
You may have to ask yourself two questions:-
1. What is the frequency of you sitting facing North in that location? Is it a long time or short period. E.g. if you do sit there for 7 or more hours, it is considered a long period.
2. If you do not sit there for more than 7 hours, then you can safely follow the shapes and form school of feng shui. But if you spent more than 7 hours, are there any other locations you can sit or try to relook (where possible) another angle to face. For example, turning your furniture 45 degrees instead?
In the last resort, if the above is really not possible, then; there are two possibilities:-
1. Use the Flying Star theory to find out the what location the North is. For example if the house chart shows that North is a very auspicous location or has a " mountain star " or both, you can activate this sector by placing objects like a solid piece of paper weigh.
2. Alternatively, if you know your `true element' e.g. strong metal, under the Pillars of Destiny, you could apply some enhancements there.
Hope that helps.Quoteat the west wall of the room
there is a large window , and
the door is at the eastern
side of the northern wall.
I am a student of literature,
and wish to launch a career as
an author as well as an
academic career.
Q: Am I sitting in a good
spot/direction?
Best and thank you beforehand!
:-)
-Vincent
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Thanks for your file attachment:-
1. As there are two files and both looks familiar i.e. plan.doc and
plan1.doc; I updated plan.doc and revised it to " centre.doc".
2. I still have difficulty visualising the layout plan as it looks like it is not
proportionate. For example, the stairs leading to the second floor looks
quite large as compared to the area I marked in Red. Therefore, I hope I
got it right i.e. the space I marked is large enough to be your living room.
3. Normally, we try to leave out the garage that is why, you see that I only
marked out the rectangle area (in red). And once you have the rectangle
area, it is easy to find the center of the house. In the revised ms word doc
" centre.doc "; I had marked the centre of the house in blue color.
Hope that helps.
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Dear Jody,
Thanks for taking the effort to explain in detail. It can be very hard to visualise.
Perhaps, you could either scan a layout or draw a `rough' one and sent as an `Attach file' to this forum with your next message.
Ideally, it should be in gif or jpg format and not more than 0.5 K in size.
Thanks in advance!
CecilQuoteOn 1/15/99 1:36:04 AM, Anonymous wrote:
The house I live in is
rectangular in shape, a 3
storey house with an an
integral garage built into the
ground floor of the house.
There is only a back garden
room on the ground floor. I am
experiencing difficulties in
determining where the centre
of the house is as the garage
takes up most of the ground
floor and leaves an "L" shape
and the front door is at the
end of the corridor is where
the long arm of the "L" is and
the garden room is at the back
on the shorter arm of the "L".
If I divide the "L" into two
parts, one part where the
corridor is, from here, the
front door is facing North
East. If I stand in the middle
of the garden room at the
back, the front door is almost
north facing. So what
direction is my front door
facing?
Many thanks
Richard Webster's Feng Shui for Beginners
in General Help
Posted
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