Bedroom door facing stair cases

[wendy_90503@yahoo.com]

Hello Cecil,
A popular belief in asian cultures that a house with an entrance door directly opens into stair cases is a bad house. First of all, is that true? If it is, how about a bedroom door directly facing stair cases? In a friend's house, one of his bedroom doors looks out directly to the top stair cases (It is on the 2nd floor). So does that bring bad chi into the room? Or is that not a concern?
Another question that has bothered me for a long time is that, if the bedroom door faces a bad direction but the garage door where one comes into the house all the time is facing a good direction, is that still a good house? Does the direction of the bedroom door matter? How about if the main entrance door which is not used often faces a good direction but the where you come in all the time (e.g. garage) faces a bad direction? Is that a bad house then?
According to the free home analyses you have kindly provided, my good directions are those of a east group, but strangely west, northwest, southwest and northeast "sectors" are good sectors for me, and the other four (4) sectors are bad sectors for me. So I think I have been very confused about what are good or bad for me as far as trying to purchase a dream house.
-Wendy

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Wendy,
Please see below:-

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On 5/5/2002 1:35:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Hello Cecil,
A popular belief in asian
cultures that a house with an
entrance door directly opens
into stair cases is a bad
house. First of all, is that
true? If it is, how about a
bedroom door directly facing
stair cases? In a friend's
house, one of his bedroom
doors looks out directly to
the top stair cases (It is on
the 2nd floor). So does that
bring bad chi into the room?
Or is that not a concern?

Yes, in Feng Shui, it is considered inauspcious to have the entrance open into stair cases.
Here, the rationale is because, beneficial Qi that is suppose to come into the house, will be affected by e.g. the vortex of unsmooth flow e.g. such as the steps of the stairs.
In your second question, it is more of "commonsense approach". Not so much of Feng Shui.
For example, one worry is that when one walks out of the bedroom, although it may be highly unlikely, e.g. guests may not be aware and walk further and `fall' down.
This may seem highly unlikely, but it may happen not in every home but it may just happen.

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Another question that has
bothered me for a long time is
that, if the bedroom door
faces a bad direction but the
garage door where one comes
into the house all the time is
facing a good direction, is
that still a good house? Does
the direction of the bedroom
door matter?
Usually, a bedroom door does not matter or is secondary to the greater picture.

What is more important is where the bedroom door is situated. For example, it is best not to situate the bedroom door at the middle of the room. It is always better to situate it on one side of the wall.

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How about if the
main entrance door which is
not used often faces a good
direction but the where you
come in all the time (e.g.
garage) faces a bad direction?
Is that a bad house then?

So long as the main entrance has e.g. the house number on it, this should be considered as the main door.
For purposes of compass school Feng Shui, compass readings e.g. under Flying Star Feng Shui for a home is taken based on the direction of the main door. Alternative assessment can be done on the garage door to see which is better.
If the garage door is better, than, we can relook at it to see if this can become the `main door'.
There are various schools of Feng Shui and some FS practitioners would take into consideration, the frontage of the house i.e. the locations where most light comes in. And in such a situation, this facing is known as the `facing direction' and the `sitting direction' is behind it.
Usually, this is still analysed base on the traditional approach of finding the main door direction. And then any enhancements or `cures' done, based on the birth chart of the house.

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According to the free home
analyses you have kindly
provided, my good directions
are those of a east group, but
strangely west, northwest,
southwest and northeast
"sectors" are good sectors for
me, and the other four (4)
sectors are bad sectors for
me. So I think I have been
very confused about what are
good or bad for me as far as
trying to purchase a dream
house.

I like to emphaise that a good grounding of Feng Shui and divinity methods are the best defense against uncertainty.
Three easy steps are:
1. What is the aim/purpose of the concept
2. What is the strengths and weakness of each concept.
Here, what you mentioned relates to two separate theories:-
a. Four good sectors or East/West group is based on the Eight House concept.
b. While "west, northwest, southwest and northeast "sectors" as good sectors belong to the Flying Star Feng Shui.
Therefore, it should not be taken as `strange' that the two does not tally.
Para a. is personalised to self. While para b (Flying Star) is about the birth chart of the house).
Looking at good sectors for self, therefore, does not automatically mean that the birth chart of the house must match your 4 good sectors.
As mentioned above, go for the three easy steps to find out the difference between Eight House East/West group vs Flying Star Feng Shui. And one will know that it is like comparing an apple with an orange.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil