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The Worst Feng Shui Direction in 2013 Year of Snake

According to Feng Shui theories, the good and bad directions rotate every year. A good direction this year may become bad in the next year. This is exactly the case for 2013 Year of Snake. A direction that was good last year would become awfully bad in 2013.

This bad direction is East. It was a direction good for job promotion and study in 2012. However, it becomes the source of disputes and troubles in 2013 due to the presence of Flying Star 3. If the main door of your flat or office is located in this direction, chances are you would have much tougher times in the coming year.

A real case is the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (consider this position as the mayor of a big city with over 7 million citizens). Some of you may remember that I live in Hong Kong, a city in Southern Asia. In 2012 the main entrance of the Chief Executive’s house is exactly where the Flying Star 3 locates. It turns out that the original Chief Executive Mr. Donald Tsang and his successor Mr. CY Leung who replaced Mr. Tsang since July, faced great challenges in this year. Scandals happened on both guys, and the Legislative Council initiated two Motions of Non-Confidence against them. Mr. Tsang was investigated by the authority for alleged acceptance of advantages.

Bad Entrance Direction of Gong Kong Government House

Hong Kong Government House – Residence of Chief Executive
(Image source: Wikipedia)

Now you see how terrible this Flying Star 3 is? No only this, the East direction is also occupied by an extra thing, San Sha (三煞). San Sha is not a flying star, but it nevertheless brings bad luck. It literally means three killings. It would not affect you if you don’t touch it, but if there is any building works, even as small as a general repair of your flat, it could affect the health of the occupants. Illness and bodily injury may happen.

East could be regarded as a terrible direction in the coming Year of Snake. My advices are, (1) do not carry out any building/repair works in this direction, and (2) place a big object in red in this direction, such as a big red lamp or a red carpet. This method could reduce the bad effects of the Flying Star 3.

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3 Types of Good and 7 Types of Bad Feng Shui House

As you know Feng Shui is a system with long tradition in Chinese society. All Feng Shui practitioners learn their skills from books written by renowned Feng Shui masters hundred years ago. The role of modern Feng Shui designers is to interpret old Feng Shui theories in the modern day context.

In this article, I’m going to show you what good and bad Feng Shui house are according to a very famous old Feng Shui book, 八宅明鏡. Although these theories were not new, they are very applicable to nowadays houses.

3 Types of Good Feng Shui House

(1) A house with a regular footprint, preferably in square or rectangular shape, with support at the back and a space in front of the entrance door. There should also be buildings or hills on the left and right, preferably the left hand side is higher. The rooms inside the house are properly sized. This is the best type of house which brings good wealth and health.

(2) A house with regular footprint and a full height solid fence wall. This creates an artificial boundary which serves as the support.

(3) A house with flat and rectangular foundation, the house sitting in the center, not too high nor too low. The height of a house matters, if it is too high while the footprint is small, the house is not good (see paragraph 5 below).

7 Types of Bad Feng Shui House

(4) A house with disproportionate room sizes. For example, while the living and dining rooms are very large the bedrooms are extremely small, or vice versa. In Feng Shui the active areas are Yang (陽) and the sleeping areas are Yin (陰), we need a balanced house with properly sized Yang and Yin areas.

(5) A house with a small footprint and a few or more storeys, without no supporting houses nearby. It looks like a narrow rod standing up on the ground. This kind of house could not provide support to occupiers.

(6) A house with defective foundation. This is certainly not good because if the foundation is poor the walls and floor slabs above would not be stable. People living in this house may have body conditions and illness easily.

(7) A house without insufficient lighting, wide and deep rooms but only small windows. Sometimes even if the house itself has big windows, there won’t be sufficient daylight if there are many trees surrounding the house. This kind of house is easy to attract spirits (ghosts).

(8) Defective house with broken window, poorly maintained walls and finishes, looks like an old man without care. This kind of house would never bring wealth to the occupier.

(9) House with improperly high foundation. Usually a house’s foundation should level with the surround ground. However, some houses have high foundations which looks like a plinth underneath the house. So the house’s entrance would be above the surround ground. This makes Chi difficult to go into the house, so as wealth and good luck.

(10) A small house with small rooms and narrow corridors. Chi could not flow smoothly inside the house, affecting the health of the occupiers.

You see all these concerns the form and shape of a house irrespective of the directions. In fact, Feng Shui is more about the living environment. If you could manage to build a house with good size and shape, even if you don’t know anything about Flying Star or Ba Gua, chances are your house would have not bad Feng Shui.

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While the above are more relevant to houses, in the next post I’ll teach you how to distinguish good and bad Feng Shui of multi-storey apartments. Stay tuned!

Is Feng Shui Science?

Is Feng Shui science? This is a question frequently asked by people. If we consider “science” as something accurate, predictable and measurable, Feng Shui may be unale to qualify as scientific, because we cannot precisely predict the improvement some Feng Shui measures could bring. However, if we read between the lines of Feng Shui books and examine the rationales behind, there are traces of “science” behind Feng Shui.

Let us look at an example here. Below is the configuration of two parcels of farmland, A and B. With the river running in this shape, A and B receive “embracing water” (環抱水) and “sickle water” (反弓水) respectively. According to Chinese Feng Shui theories, farmland A is better than B in terms of wealth growth, why?

Let’s consider this from geographical point of view. As time goes by, sediments in the water naturally accumulate along the perimeter of A while the soil of B would gradually be washed away by the movement of water. It turns out the farm land size of A would grow and that of B would shrink. In the past farmland is the source of income, so the income generated from A would increase while that from B would drop.

If you want some proof about this natural phenomenon, the following photo downloaded from Wikipedia shows the accumulation of sand and mud on only one side of the river at Mississippi River. The soil on one side is eroded by water while the other side has a sand bar formed.

Now you know why a house with an embracing road is good according to Feng Shui! Do you think this theory makes scientific sense? Is Feng Shui science?

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Feng Shui Office – 3 Essential Elements

A lot of people want to work in a Feng Shui office. If not the whole office, at least the own seat is preferably be Feng Shui optimized. I have seen people, mostly of executive grades, employing a master to adjust the settings in their room in hope of boosting their luck in career.

You don’t actually have to pay for Feng Shui office design. In this article I’ll introduce 3 simple yet effective ways to optimize the Feng Shui in your office. There is no special accessories required, and you don’t have to do difficult calculations. Want to learn how? Let’s start now!

#1 Feng Shui Office Element – Back Support

No, I do not mean chair back support, I mean the backing of your seat or desk. Traditional theories believe that the back of your seat is related to the support you receive from colleagues and your boss in the office. With a big backing behind your seat, you would have support by others.

So the best seat is one that is backed by a wall. In contrast, most home office workers sit in front of the wall with a walking space behind the seat. This is not a Feng Shui office.

What if your seat do not have a wall at the back? Well, many modern offices are built with plywood or MDF board partitions. Although these partitions are usually not full-height (from floor to ceiling), if there is a partition like this at your back, the higher the partition is better the support is.

Now if your office does not even have such partitions? Try hanging a jacket or coat in brown on the back of your chair. Brown is “earth” (土) according to Five Element (五行) theory. Putting “earth” behind your chair is to simulate having a mountain at your back (靠山). Of course the effect of this is far less than having a real mountain or wall, but still it helps a bit.

#2 Feng Shui Office Element – Plant

Do you have small plants in the office? Plant belongs to the “wood” (木) group according to Five Element theory. Wood is good for study and career but you need to know the correct type and quality to place on your desk or in your room to create a Feng Shui office.

From 1 to 9, the number that brings good study and career luck is 4. If you have a flower pot in your office, put only 4 flowers in it, nothing more nothing less. That is why many gurus recommend accessories of 4 for Feng Shui office setting.

For color, green is the color of “wood” so ever-green plants are more appropriate. If not, you can put colorful flowers which are good for interpersonal relationships. Do not use plant with spines and prickles, e.g. cactus.

Photo by mark_y_goh

#3 Feng Shui Office Element – Always on the Left

Most of us have a messy desk with piles of documents and books that the bookshelves just could not accommodate them all. Beware of how you place and pile them on your desktop because it could affect Feng Shui.

A good Feng Shui office should be high on the left and low on the right. By that I mean if you pile up books and documents have bookshelves on the desk, those on the left should be higher than those on the right. Why? It is because the left hand side means people who help you and the right hand side means challenges. This is a less known Feng Shui office tips that not many people know.

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