Skylight in Center of House

[myfs_74938]

Hi Cecil,
I got around to going to my rental to check up on the landscaping work done which you had recommended. I had that bare tree replace and centered on the 1st story window with a more hardy tree that doesn't lose leaves. I also had boxwood hedges planted along the front of the house. Both the hedges are tree are not mature yet but hopefully within a 1-2 years the tree will fully cover the front window and the hedges will grow knee high. I also placed a bagua mirror above the window (Not the red/green with double door but one my mother found. What does double door look like?). You can see from the attachments. I haven't been able to convince (haven't dared asked) the tenants (chinese and caucasian couple) to let me place cannons or keiloons in the front. I'm not sure how to ask them because I don't want them to feel uncomfortable about the house. I should have done it before I rented it out. But they do seem like nice tenants, paid on time and hasn't called to bother me yet.
Question:
1) If you look at the roof, you can see a skylight in the middle. It is positioned in the middle of the second floor. I remember reading that it is not good feng shui to have a staircase in the middle of the house. But what about a skylight? My guess is it would be similiar but I'm not sure.
2) The front door faces South (fire direction) and the front door has oval glass in the upper middle portion of door (water element) It's painted green (wood). I know that fire and water clashes. What do you recommend? Replace the door with no glass and leave it green or paint it red OR not to worry about it since it is secondary in importance to the being at the end of the street.
Thanks

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Ben,
Thanks for the recent photos.
Overall, a Bagua (Pakua) mirror above the window should be ok since you are unable to implement the rest of the other cures. It should be able to neutralise the sha qi. (It would nice to have more - but OK.)

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Question:
1) If you look at the roof,
you can see a skylight in the
middle. It is positioned in
the middle of the second
floor. I remember reading
that it is not good feng shui
to have a staircase in the
middle of the house. But what
about a skylight? My guess is
it would be similiar but I'm
not sure.

The skylight in the middle is acceptable. In fact many of the older Chinese houses do have skylight coming in to the middle court yard.
However, if it would not be acceptable if there is a tree exactly in the middle of the court yard. As in one of the recent mail, I mentioned that it is inauspicous to do so.
Ideally, the staircase, should be avoided at exactly the centrepoint - and also it should have one or two or more turnings (depending on the height of the building and landings)

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2) The front door faces South
(fire direction) and the front
door has oval glass in the
upper middle portion of door
(water element) It's painted
green (wood). I know that
fire and water clashes. What
do you recommend? Replace the
door with no glass and leave
it green or paint it red OR
not to worry about it since it
is secondary in importance to
the being at the end of the
street.

It is common to have glass on the door.
There are subjective views on glass. Some say that it is `water element' while others say that it is of the metal element. While crystals, is thought to be either water element or earth element.
In my opinion, glass is made up of tight structures and I personally consider it as the metal element.
Frankly, I feel that there is'nt any issue with glass fixed to wooden doors.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 2/21/2002 1:23:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Hi Cecil,
I got around to going to my
rental to check up on the
landscaping work done which
you had recommended. I had
that bare tree replace and
centered on the 1st story
window with a more hardy tree
that doesn't lose leaves. I
also had boxwood hedges
planted along the front of the
house. Both the hedges are
tree are not mature yet but
hopefully within a 1-2 years
the tree will fully cover the
front window and the hedges
will grow knee high. I also
placed a bagua mirror above
the window (Not the red/green
with double door but one my
mother found. What does double
door look like?). You can see
from the attachments. I
haven't been able to convince
(haven't dared asked) the
tenants (chinese and caucasian
couple) to let me place
cannons or keiloons in the
front. I'm not sure how to ask
them because I don't want them
to feel uncomfortable about
the house. I should have done
it before I rented it out. But
they do seem like nice
tenants, paid on time and
hasn't called to bother me
yet.
2) The front door faces South
(fire direction) and the front
door has oval glass in the
upper middle portion of door
(water element) It's painted
green (wood). I know that
fire and water clashes. What
do you recommend? Replace the
door with no glass and leave
it green or paint it red OR
not to worry about it since it
is secondary in importance to
the being at the end of the
street.
Thanks