Cecil Lee

1. I can think of many factors - for or against doing annual audits:- 1.1. Many experienced Feng Shui practitioners try their best to do a Feng Shui audit "balanced" for the 20 year range of a home. Thus since we are close to the begining of Period 8; good Feng Shui practitioners would give advance based on their best "solution" for each home. Thus any Feng Shui audit done between 2004 (now 2009) to before 2023 should be the best "bet". 1.2. As the 20 Year Flying Star chart suggests it looks at three variables: the Mountain# the Water # and the Base (Palace)#. And it is this relationship of the three stars at each sector is where most practitioners are concerned with. 1.3. Many people cannot afford to call for YEARLY Feng Shui review. In addition, many popular Feng Shui practitioners cannot really, really afford to do annual reviews for a large percentage of their existing clients. It is not for the money matter (fees) but rather, imagine the multiplier effect:- 1.4. For example, a Feng Shui practitioner who is in this business for 10 years. He would normally may have at least 1,000 to 5,000 customers (clients). And if every year, he needs to do annual reviews than.... imagine his/her work load! 1.5. Perhaps, it would be different for a start-up practitioner who may be "hard-up" for $$$ and would then emphaise the importance of annual audits. I have seen this trend more towards practitioners overseas... 1.6 In Singapore, nearly 1 in 20 ro 30 believe and seek Feng Shui consultation.Imagine, you are not in San Francisco, where there is a high concentration of Chinese. And you are a practitioner in New York. Naturally, you would wantmuch needed business. Since many New Yorkers are not into this Feng Shui type of thing. Thus, this in general may be aHIDDEN AGENDA. 1.7"IF IT AIN"T BROKEN DON"T FIX IT" Often once a proper Feng Shui audit has been conducted, many don't need annual check up of their home. IF they need to, it is based on "is it broken? If not.. just leave it". 2. As mentionedunder Para 1.2, majority of sectors for a home hasalready been "preempt or" analysed based on the average of the 20 year flying star. Majority of homes, don't need annual reviews. 3. In fact, those who call for Annual Reviews are usually the less popular or (no business) type of Feng Shui practitioners who are hard-up for $$$. Why only stop at Annual? If you are a firm believer of annual reviews, then, this is NOT correct. In fact, there are the MONTHLY flying stars and even the Hourly Flying stars. Might as well put your house on wheels and place it on a turn table! 4. In addition, please note that Flying Star and Eight House is but only half of the real Feng Shui luck. Shapes and Forms also has a high weightage for a home. And Shapes and Forms is fixed. You cannot simply feel that because a neighbour's home is blocking your view, ask your neighbour to demolish their home. Those that engage in too much Flying Star activities, serve you right as one will be unneccesarily worring about cures for yearly, monthly ..... Don't you have better things to do? 5. For example, even as a Feng Shui practitioner, myself, I don't carry out a Feng Shui audit for my home: What I do is at the begining: Finding a good home with favourable shapes and forms and in Period 8, find a good home that has double #8 stars at the frontage. Full stop. 6. Many silly fools, think that putting this or that or trying to squeeze luck, can bring their "run down house = car" e.g. if your house is just like a 1000 cc 10 year old Hyundai car, you cannot expect a miracle, afterwards. But rather, I would invest in a house which already has "Mercedes benz" or "BMW" qualities. And maybe perhaps, activate the #8's and that is all! 7. The rich, gets richer because, they buy quality stuff, and anything else is, go enjoy themselves. While the "poor" is always looking at ways to "enhance" their house (car). 8. For example, in many car conferences, e.g. Renault car clubs..... this guy purchase a Renault 1.6 cc Megane and asking around how to make his car more powerful: Sprintbooster add on? Re-tuning etc... Go get a life and if you want power... go for a 2.0 ccMegane, simple! 9. Even in the recession, the rich is always... there because they buy recession proof (or at least some value) cars like BMW or Mercedes. They don't go and buy Volvo, Renaultor Audi. As although these are still reasonable cars (in Singapore), once you buy them the value will become "scrap value" plus mercy over-trade amount, that's all. 10. Thus imagine, many common people simply look at the grass. And no choice but to eat it. Or trying to squeeze as much as they can from the grass! While the rich, goes for Quantum Leap in Feng Shui. (Search for the term Quantum Leap, and you can find cases where the rich - homes already have quantum leap, before they step into it.

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I hope, the relationship would NOT deteoriate until this:- http://forum.geomancy.net/phpforum/article.php?bid=2&fid=29&mid=24466&new= And it may get worse!

1. Honestly, it is simply ridiculous for a married couple to sleep separately! 2. Feng Shui or Earth Luck is but just 1/3 of the other luck! 3. For example, under the Chinese Holy Trinity of luck, there are three types of luck:- 3.1. Heaven Luck or (born with) = 33.3 percent 3.2. Feng Shui or Earth Luck (of home or office) = 33.3 percent 3.3. Human or Man Luck factors = 33.3 percent 4. What you are trying to do, here is trying to squeeze a square peg into a round hole. And totally discarding or throwing away 33.3 percent of Human or Man Luck factors. 5. Sometimes, theoritically, even if a home is not suitable to home owners, it does not mean the end of the world. Many people, also don't have much Heaven Luck. Thus, relationships are or is equally important! Thus, when you say to sleep in separate bedrooms, then, this will definitely affect your "Human or Man" luck factor! 6. Eight house analysis is usually meant more for those who have not purchased a home and try to "work this into" the home. Not the otherway around. 7. This concept can be applied to your master bedroom:- http://wiki.geomancy.net/wiki/Master_Bedroom:_Which_side_must_I_sleep_on 8. Frankly, your over-concern is truly an OVER KILL! 9. Such thoughts often lead to both: AUTOSUGGESTION and SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY! 10. There are other higher weightage or key concepts that can easily transsend over just simply worring unnecessarily about the Eight house concept. For example:- http://wiki.geomancy.net/wiki/The_Concept_of_Maximizing_Marks Human and Man luck makes a whopping 33.3 percent of the overall luck!

OWNER: What? How can your heavy mountain star that weighs 30 Kg go missing?? Please?? DESIGNER'S WORKER: No, it is made of lead! No one will ever want to steal it, please? OWNER: How about Lex Lutor? The villian of Superman fame?

Says who? Says who? Says who???

1. Do you know when Fast Food Feng Shui, began? 2. Is Fast Food Feng Shui, with us now? in 2009? or has it completely exhausted itself? What do you think?

All fools started as innocent persons. But thru their GREED, they soon become FOOLs of themselves! Leaders are born-with? Fools will always be fools!

1.The 2-dimension view (top-down) layout plan, shows that most likely the frontage is at West. This is often the case as the Living Room cum Dining room shares the stretch of the window at the West. 2. Sometimes, the frontage MAY be a the side with the four trees cum road. But perhaps, most likely, this side of the road may be noiser as the garden here is narrower (than that at the West). 3. Thus, based strictly on the layout plan, it looks more likely that the frontage is at West.

1. The "sweetest" or the most popular words in the English dictionary are: I or me. 2. Do you know that for every forum message (in this forum) that appears on-line viewed by the public, there are approximately 60 percent that were left "UNVERIFIED". 3. This forum is only a GENERAL Advice forum and not a SPECIFIC we do it for you forum. 4. Thus, if the message has to you with "I" or "Me" type of questions, then, it will remain there forever.... At least of few thousands of message are left in that folder. 5. There are some messages that were moved to either the: Sorry, In-depth Review Needed or Samples that were not replied to. In general, these questions should follow the guidelines below:- http://forum.geomancy.net/phpforum/article.php?bid=2&fid=54&mid=22816&new=

1. The Rich gets richer, and the poor is always getting into a vicious cycle of poverty! 2. Ignorata: The Rich invests in quality analysis. Even in Feng Shui, they, employ the best available methods and techniques. The Poor? Not only asks, but demand answers! Many stay in a tiny home and yet, pile their homes with "junk" commercial products... No wonder, they always get into a rut or vicious cycle of poverty! Even squeezing out their last hard-earned money to enrich sellers of useless commercial products! Serve them right!

1. At the clear space location, avoid having a plant or too many plants or a small plant on your table. As a plant under the Five elements concept is considered as a wood element. And too much "wood" at the frontage would draw out "water (water wealth). Quote: Doris T. wrote: Back of me is window with blinds. How should I activate mountain star if the backing is not very strong? 2. No harm in activating a mountain. But do check the Flying Star numbers at that sector. For example if the mountain star at that sector is particularly nasty #5 (strong bad earth). Quote: Doris T. wrote: Also, another doubt, if the scenario happens to be back of me is my other colleague's workdesk (a back-to-back, four in one cubicle), does it mean there is no backing at all? And how to have it cured? 3. Often, in such a case, just leave it.

Doctors may need to examine a sick patient and conduct some tests. And only after the test findings can the doctor, understand your health problem(s). With Feng Shui is the same thing. Even a Feng Shui practitioner needs to gather as much facts and even chart out the "birth-chart" of a home to understand better the situation, before they can "prescribe" cures or enhancements for a home. Thus many good Feng Shui practitioners doing professional audits would:- 1st Visit to clients home or office: Use their Luo Pan (compass) and scan the external and internal environments. And get a copy of the layout plan and all relevant personal particulars of the family. (The Feng Shui practitioner, will go back and study, and propose recommendations. Usually, the practitioner would draft out a detailed report with recommendations) 2nd Visit: Usually the 2nd visit is conducted a week later, after the practitioner has gone thru his findings, analysis and recommendations. He will then go thru his findings and recommendations during this 2nd Visit. Contrary to popular belief, a proper professional authentic Feng Shui audit takes much effort and is not a random decision making. And the practioner relies on tools like the Flying Star Feng Shui etc.... This barging into a doctors office demanding an explanation, even before the doctor examines the patient is more TRUE!

1. Please note that the dates are based purely on the way we Chinese calculate auspicious dates. 2. By tradition, the Chinese in the past and even now, don't see Friday 13 as bad!For example, the saying goes.. one man's meat is another man's poision. Even in the western world, there are some who says that Friday 13 is lucky for them, while perhaps, majority fear it. 3. For the Chinese, especially the Hokkien Dialect group, the no. 6 is considered a lucky number. As the phonetic sound in Hokkien dialect : "6" means LUCK. Especially for Christians, many don't like "666" - devils number. But to Chinese Hokkiens, 666 means LUCK, LUCK, LUCK. 4. Thus, what is suppose to be good for one race may not be good for another race (country or creed). Thus, IF YOUR CULTURE, feels that Friday the 13th is bad, then don't choose that date, simple! 5. In my country, perhaps, influenced by the west and for some who may have seen movies like Friday, the 13th, could just "fear that date". But touchwood, so far during my life-span, I had seen or heard many Friday the 13th come and past-by me.... 6. Thus, the auspicious dates reports ONLY takes into consideration Chinese cultural - good or bad dates. But we don't include, western inauspicous dates/days - clash with the western culture. Now we, mark "13" as an unlucky number.

1. Yes, the Initial Opening Door Procedure, is meant more for the very (very) first time one becomes the owner of the home and enters it for the first time. 2. The procedure is technically non-religious. And if one were to view the procedures, it has more to do with "sowing wealth" into our new home. 3. Unlike condos, or some premier Housing Board flats, where the floor tiles/ cabinets and even kitchen cabinets and stove are ready; for homes (apartments) that are totally empty; the items as per "Para 8" should be placed on the floor. Roughly, at the spot where you may at this moment consider having a stove or simply place it in the middle of the kitchen. (There is no hard and fast rule, here). 4. Yes, the tea leaves are often purchased in packets. Not those "lipton tea bags" or grounded tea. Best that it should be "tea leaves".

1. Thanks for the illustration sketch. However, there are usually a few more considerations before, one can decide for certain where is the frontage of your home. 2. Please see attachment. 3. In general, from a totally flat 2D perspective, IT MAY look like the frontage is "West". 4. Definitely, you can rule out the frontage of the home as North. Since although the main door is located facing north, it is facing another unit. And the window(s) width looks not as large as those found at the entire stretch of West. 5. If your Living Room and/or even Dining Room is located at BLUE Marking 3 &/or 4, much the better and if your kitchen (back yard area or linen area) is at Marking(s) 5 or 6, again, much the better. As this will boost the idea that your frontage is at West. 6. You did not mention, what is found under BLUE MARKINGS: 1 and 2. (Another home? or Future home at Marking 1? At Marking 2, is it the backyard of your neighbour's home. 7.Frankly, even if we are examing a 2D perspective, it would be best to ascertain what are these Markings 1 to 6. This is only being responsible - to do a proper evaluation. Anonymous wrote: Dear Master Lee, Thank You for this forum! Can you tell me which way this house is facing? The main door faces north but on the west is the front garden, the road and the entire west wall is windows. Thanks Again

1. I am not going to discuss on your current M1, W4 & B6. 2. #8 being the current prosperity star - SE sector. Here, often, it can be activated with "mountain support" and water - clear space. 3. For example, when we discuss on Double #8's, usually what happens is that a water feature could be used in the area. The rationale for a water featureis that if there is a water postion at the frontage, there will not be a wall or mountain blocking this double #8 qi. 4. Thus, the clue is that how do we welcome, "wealth"? Do we build a mountain in-front of the #8 (wealth) to block it or do we encourage it to flow in? In a confined space, it may not be practical to place a water feature. 5, We can also consider "virtual water". For example, in a high rise building, when we look out of the window or balcony (if it is an unblocked view) then, this is considered as "virtual water. 6. Not withstanding the 20 year flying star numbers, the best way to activate a SE #8 is to have "both" water and moutain. For example, if one's work space is located at SE, usually in-front of the workspace (walk-area) is the clear space = water star. And we may correspondingly activate a mountain, say at the back of one's cubicle. Quote: Anonymous wrote: If I am sitting in a SE sector of M1, W4 and B6 in the office, with Wealth Star 8 coming into SE sector this year, what Fengshui cures do I need? Should I activate the Mountain Star or the Water Star for an office to stimulate the good stars?

1. Feint ignorant of the Flying Star Feng Shui and end up applying Trial and Error Feng Shui. 2. What is Trial and Error Feng Shui? It is simply like throwing a coin: Heads or Tails! Statistically, you end up with 50-50 chance of getting it right / or wrong!

1. A home is much like buying a car! 2. Imagine, you have a family of 8. And you own a China mini-cherry car or a 4-door saloon. No matter, how, you cannot squeeze all your family members into this 4-door saloon. You can, but you may have to tie two family members on the roof, and squeeze two more in the booth! 3. Some homes are like a run-down 20 year old hyundai car. No matter how much you Feng Shui the home, it can only run as bad as this gass guzzler and always break-down car! You cannot imagine that after the Feng Shui of the lousy home, your home or car can become a Ferrari or Mercedes S class!

I can think of thousand and one examples. The clue, here is that if you "pay peanuts, you get? PEANUTS!" A. The Barber and the Dentist 1. In the past many people with toothache, approach their barber to have their tooth pulled. That is why, the additional "RED" stripe on the barber pole represents "blood". 2. Nowadays, who do we visit when we have tooth problems (tooth decay, tooth ache etc.?) 3. Here, approaching a barber for our tooth woes is equivalent of practising "Trial and Error" Feng Shui. 4. Today, when we have tooth problem, the dentist would definitely, take an X-ray photo of our mouth. (This X-ray is akin to a Feng Shui practitioner, maping out a home's individual sector charts.) 5. Can you draw a parallel between then (the barber cum dentist) and a modern day dentist from this illustration? B. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI Scan) Vs An X-Ray Unlike x-rays and computed tomographic (CT) scans, which use radiation, MRI uses powerful magnets and radio waves. An X-Ray, although is helpful, but it is a pure 2-D flat image. And often, difficult to see body tissues. More helpful at looking at bone structures. Even lung X-Rays, can only show a hazy or cloudy image e.g. of a person with TB. Here, the modern MRI machines are in colour, and can map out any parts of the human tissue, in three-dimension. A doctor or trained technician can even "slice" off any part of the body to view cancerous growth etc... Thus, the question asked is: Given the choice, do you want to rely on the equivalent of Trial and Error Feng Shui: the result is often 50-50 right or wrong (the X-ray) or the MRI (a full picture - equivalent of the Flying Star mapping of say a home). The saying goes, if you pay "peanuts, you get peanuts". The poor will always be poorer because they go for cheap things. Or want everything that is cheap but not necessarily good! Think about it! The full write-up with many illustrations are consolidated and can be found, here:- http://www.geomancy.net/wiki/Trial_%26_Error_Vs_Flying_Star#Flying_Star_As_A_Diagnostic_Tool_Vs_Trial_.26_Error.21

1. Thanks for the illustration. 2. Yes, moving the kitchen to Bedroom 3 (SW) is a double edged sword! As you had mentioned the stars at SW ain't good. In addition, in general, SW is considered as the "indirect water wealth" spirit location (up to the year 2023). Thus it can affect one's wealth. 3. Based on the layout plan, the "good thing" is that NW is not directly within the compass cardinal point of NW. You can still have especially the stove (if possible) closer to the North sector of the kitchen. Quote: Anonymous wrote: Dear Master Cecil, We finally received our new apartment and currently planning for the renovation. As you can see from the attached file,the current location of the kitchen is between N and NW sector. We know this is bad for the breadwinner, and thinking of shifting the kitchen to bedroom 3 (not using) at the SW sector. However SW sector is afflicted by 1 5 3 stars and accordingly having a kitchen here will make the stars worst. Please advise whether to shift or remain at NW. Or is it better to move the kitchen more towards the N sector though it is beside the entrance? Thank you in advance most gratefully, Anon

1. A white collar worker's office is in a cosy air-conditioned office. 2. A blue collar worker's office is at his work-site. 3. A cook's office is in his kitchen. 4. An army officer's office is usually at field training. 5. A housewife's office is her home. 6. A swimmer's office is his swimming pool.....

1. Many years back when vehicles (cars) were not so sophisticated, many experienced Automobile Association (AA) vehicle break-down technicians could most likely, help to "revive" a vehicle, especially if the vehicle had battery problem, alternator and even fuel (pump) and many other common faults. 2. Today, most likely if we were to call the AA for breakdown assistance, other than battery problems, their technicians would tell you... "we will arrange to tow your vehicle to any workshop that you specify!" So far, only one country I know: Germany does have a great on-site vehicle break-down service support for their autoban. 3. Here, again, opening the bonnet of a car, does not guarantee one that the car can be repaired! As nowadays, the fuel system is not so simple, some with sophisticated injection system, and others like flywheel sensors and other systems. 4. Times have changed! Thus, maybe, if one asked a question like: "is the water feature suitable for my marriage?" 20 years ago, the Geomancer will tell you (depending on a 50-50 chance), he will say, yes or no! And then cross-his fingers. 5. Today is different! For those who are ignorant of readily available tools that can most likely give more information, much like the revised software diagnostic tools, then we should be using it. The cave-man approach is "this Flying Star" is greek or latin to me! Again, too-bad! 6. In-car Entertainment system (I.C.E) Car Installers Sales, services and installation of complete car stereo systems, securities and accessories. In the past, adding or changing in-car radio systems was a breeze. Nowadays, even experienced such car installers would not want to touch especially a BMW! As they are worried that tapping the wrong wires may even explode the various air-bags. Worse! Normal installers don't have the hardware/software to activate on/off a feature! For example, if we were to fit a bluetooth or additional factory approved car alarm for a BMW, you still need to go to an authorised workshop with the necessary software to "turn" on that feature - thru the software. Things have changed. In the past, without additional professional tools like "Flying star", statistically, all decisons are "trial and error" 50-50 percent right or wrong some of the time. And today, there are so many readily available info on many of the Feng Shui tools etc...

1. This two sample illustrations combine the two major Compass School Feng Shui:- 1.1. The Eight House Concept 1.2. The Flying Star Feng Shui 2. Professional Feng Shui practitioners use both concepts. (Of course in addition to other concepts like the Ba Zi of individuals, and Shapes and Forms Feng Shui, missing corners, external threats such as angles of other buildings). 3. The Eight House Concept has more to do with "Nice-to-have" sleeping in a good sector/ good direction and also which is the good direction for study or work. 4. The Flying Star Feng Shui This "proper diagnostic" tool can help to:- 4.1. Enhance sectors e.g. if detected and feasible to be applied. 4.2. Help to understand whether a sector can or cannot place a water feature. 4.3. It is used to understand "wealth" leaks and help to guide what "cure(s)" to be implemented. 6. In authentic traditional Feng Shui, these are some of tools, that we need to: do the homework with and then draw conclusions from these analysis. And there should not be an excuse for some to "demand" an answer when all these information are not available to a practitioner. 7. If these tools are not used, then the word "Sorry" apply Trial and error, please. 8. Attachment: 8.1 Flying-Star-Diagnostic-Tool.gif Is an example of a "worked" example of not only simply placing Flying Star numbers but the need to individually analyse each and every sector of a home. This sample is meant for a home that was built and constructed between 1984 to 2003. 8.2 Flying-Star-Diagnostic-Tool-1.gif If there is major renovations done on or after 2004, the qi may change to this sample.

Further to what I had mentioned about the example of a modern car, diagnostic using computer software... if the above still sounds greek or latin, this is the second example:- The message can be found, here:- http://forum.geomancy.net/phpforum/article.php?bid=2&fid=1&mid=24431&new= Partial extract from the above link:- 6.1. Again, I had quoted another example:- The senario is like this:- This man walks into a 24 hour Accident and Emergency clinic. He immediately by-pass the triage (mursing diagnostic questions and check-up or screening by a nurse). He enters the doctors room: "Doctor, what iswrong with me?" I DEMAND TO KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME??? The Doctorsaid to him "I won't know! Youdid not even go thru the screening.You are being unreasonable to ask me what is wrong with you. Without even me looking at your case file, blood tests and or x-ray information. " GET THE HELL OUT OF MY ROOM! And be reasonable! Go now.. and get a number and wait foryour turn!