Can I place a fish tank at the North wall?

[jezzy]

Dear Cecil,
I understand that in the Year of the Rabbit, the North area of a house is being considered as a luck area. In my house, I have a fish tank with a turtle inside and above that is a picture of a whale diving into the ocean with its tail upwards. Is this good for this area? What can I substitute to bring better luck. Thanks.
Jezzy

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Dear Jez,
Traditionally, the North of the house `belongs' to the Water Element and
placing a "water element" at the North wall is favourable.
You can continue to place the fish tank in that area.
In addition to this:-
1. Do take note that this area should not be a bedroom but instead the
living room or other utility room.
2. The fish tank MUST not be at the centre of the house. As Water in the
middle of the house means that one will be `burned' with problems as water
in the ancient book of I-ching (or Book of Changes) means " difficulty. "
3. Between a fish tank or a fountain or water fall, a fountain is preferred
than say a fish tank. This is because a fish tank is usually used more as a
`cure' for sha or `poison arrow'. While a fountain is considered to provide
favourable "beneifical ch'i." Another point considered unfavourable by
many Feng Shui Masters is that:-
(a). What happens when the fish or tortise dies?
(b). The need to do maintenance of the fish tank. For example, these Masters
say when you pour " water " away from the fish tank, you are actually
pouring away wealth.
4. I mentioned earlier in a few messages in the forum that in general, Hong
Kong Feng Shui Masters/practioners usually advise the placement of fish
tanks to counteract `bad sha'. For example, outside the main entrance
window, there is a lone lamp post. As a lone lamp post is symbolic of the
fire element; under the " http://www.geomancy.net/fs/5element.htm " The
Destructive Cycle of the 5 elements, Water element
destroys Fire. Therefore, you can now know why the FS Master ask the house
owner to place a fish tank (Water element) at that particular location and
usually of " black coloured " goldfish.
I do not intend to `scare' you or discourage you from rearing fishes but the
above are `real' issues that many Feng Shui Masters.
From my own personal experience, I did once own a fish tank. Had bought alot
of goldfish and many varieties of them. (More as a hobby than as a Feng Shui
cure). I found that most of the goldfishes do not last more than 9 months..
maybe I am lousy at rearing the fishes but I found they have " shorter "
lifespan.
Currently, I do have a pond of koi fishes and they are not only `loving'
i.e. when it is time for food, they will come up to you to feed from your
hands... OK enough of this!
In fact, I had written a short article on " Fountains / waterfalls and fish
tank ". For those who have not read it here is the URL:
http://www.geomancy.net/fs/fountain.htm

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From: "Jez Tan"
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Dear Cecil,
I understand that in the Year of the Rabbit, the North area of a house is
being considered as a luck area. In my house, I have a fish tank with a
turtle inside and above that is a picture of a whale diving into the ocean
with its tail upwards. Is this good for this area? What can I substitute to
bring better luck. Thanks.
Jezzy

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On 1/29/99 1:56:32 PM, Anonymous wrote:

Yes, Cecil, you were right about rearing fishes. It is a hustle to clean it too. I was told some time ago to place 6 black fish in a fish tank in my kitchen window and another one in a spare bedroom. From my understanding after reading your site is that fish tank should not be placed in the bedroom. I am going to convert the spare bedroom into a guest room. Is it Ok to still have the fish tank there if someone is sleeping in that room? Also, I forgot to mention that outside the North area of my house is my backyard with a swimming pool. Is that good or back. My front door faces East.

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Dear Jez,
Thanks for your reply. I like to share with you what is the rationale for
not having a fish tank in the bedrooms. The main reason is that a bedroom is
suppose to be a YIN location (or for `peaceful' rest). A fish tank is
considered to produce `yang' energy e.g. the fishes swimming in the tank and
the air bubbles etc...
Similiarly, many Feng Shui Masters also say that plants should not be placed
in a bedroom as plants grow and thus produce `yang' energy. For children's
room however, it should instead be more `yang' but also should not have fish
tank or plants but rather, bright coloured walls, musical instruments, hi-fi
etc...
You asked the question whether is it OK to still have the fish tank there if
someone is sleeping in that room. Well, it should not be a permanent
solution i.e. it is ok to have it in a guest room where guest occassional
stay but avoid `permanently' sleeping in this room.
It is quite common for houses to have a swimming pool at the back of the
house. This is still acceptable. What is more important is that preferably,
there should be a protective barrier at the back of the house (after the
swimming pool). You can plant creepers or use brick walls etc.... to create
the `tortise' effect.
Cecil

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On 1/29/99 1:56:32 PM, Anonymous wrote:

Yes, Cecil, you were right about rearing fishes. It is a hustle to clean
it too. I was told some time ago to place 6 black fish in a fish tank in my
kitchen window and another one in a spare bedroom. From my understanding
after reading your site is that fish tank should not be placed in the
bedroom. I am going to convert the spare bedroom into a guest room. Is it
Ok to still have the fish tank there if someone is sleeping in that room?
Also, I forgot to mention that outside the North area of my house is my
backyard with a swimming pool. Is that good or back. My front door faces
East.