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Thank you for your encouragement. This forumis indeed my passion = LOVE 1. This is a useful link tothe understanding ofEight House (4 Good/Bad directions) or Eight Mansions:- http://wiki.geomancy.net/wiki/The_Three-Step-Approach 2. As you have correctly suspected! This theory has it's limitations. And it is not about activating any item nor/or object(s). 3. What this theory simply implies is: either about (NICE-TO have and not a MUST-HAVE) "facing a good direction" and/or "spending time at a good sector. 4. Today, it is a popular tool to roughly understand what "facing" direction one may consider as a suitable or not as suitable home or apartment. 5. If you do more resear…

Dear Robert, Thank you for your patience andprecious time in replying which I am most grateful. I am sorry that I did not realise you needed the exact Year and Hour information which I have now obtained for you - 1955 and between 3am-5am. I do understand that EARTH is present thewhole yearround and is especially influential in the 3rd month of every season. What I do not understand is why the Month Pillar branch in the 4-Pillar Chart shows WOODinstead of Earthor Water as the season of birth isWinter (Jan 25 western calendar) and not Spring. Once again thank you very much for your help which is much appreciated. Best Regards,

Understand. I overlook on that. Just too eager to ask... I will seek your professional advice.

Robert, Thank you very much for that clear explanation! It makes a lot of sense now that I think about it. Four Pillars merely indicates what sort of heavenly luck one can expect given the combination of heavenly stems and earthly branches that influence a period in time. Sorry to sound obsessive and/or aggressive, but I've spent some time in trying to understand Four Pillars. Just one more question? My investigation has revealed that my Day Heavenly Stem is Yin Metal and Year Earthly Branch is Monkey. My lucky element is fire. My romantic star is Rooster. How do my Four Pillar components affect my relationship with somebody who has Yang Fire in his Day Heavenly Stem, Sna…

Yes, colourful wind chimes are never used in Feng Shui.

1. The true nature of what you mentioned or "the statement" has more to do with pure landscape. 2. Where the best landscape is not only the academic sayingof the entrance door where one sees the dragon and ??? where is the tiger? 3.What it really is suppose to be is a good site is where one can see not just the green dragon but a white tiger. And the key ingredient is thatboth are in gentle embrace. 4. This is the key success factorof a good site based on this concept of Shapes and Forms Feng Shui. 5. Thus: to be frank: "so what if thedragon is ... " but where is the tiger? in gentle embrace! Anonymous wrote: Dear Cecil Many thanks for this excellent site I have a d…

Dear Cecil, Thank you for the prompt reply. It's very enlightening. I guess this house is ok in terms of its dragon hill and tiger hill as the left side of the house is higher. The house direction I'm still not sure. Do you know of any reliable FS master who can help me out here? Thanks alot for the info. Regards, Ann

Dear Emily, 1. If you have a sketch, feel free to upload to the forum for confirmation. 2. Often, this is not a major issue since most (former 3-room flats) have their toilets at the `back' of the house) - Usually one attached to the master and the second toilet sharing the same wall and close-by. 3. 4 sets of such toilets does not necessary mean that it is inauspicious. 4. Often, the benefit of the older HDB flats are that it is mostly rectangular - a good shapes and form. As well as the exterior of he building is a `stable' earth element shape. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Anonymous wrote: Recently Idecided to place a 4-face Buddha in my garden &consulted 2 thai monks about the facing of 4-face Buddha. One said the main side (i.e. 2 legs)should be facing S-E, while the other said it should be North. Subsequently one Taoist priest say it should be West instead. Anyone can enlighten me on this. My house is front facing South with garden on the east (corner terrace). Frankly, it is unwise to seek advise from too many different people. As the saying goes, too many cooks spoil the broth. It is best you follow the adviseof the person you trust mostor the most reputablemonk since this is about the buddha. It is hard for me to advi…

Dear Anon, As mentioned earlier, it is illegal or it infringes copyright to simply "cut-paste" things like location maps without manually adding words like source and credit to the respective copyright owners. The easiest alternative is to create a hyper link to the source. For example:- http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/map.jsp?x=19672.4172&y=36180.1755&postal=659879&building_name=CALTEX+SERVICE+STATION&house_blk_no=50&road_name=BUKIT+BATOK+EAST+AVENUE+3&heading=CALTEX+SERVICE+STATION%3CBR%3E50+BUKIT+BATOK+EAST+AVENUE+3%2C+SINGAPORE+659879 The above is an acceptable convention, as it will bring us to the exact site to view the layout plan. W…

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In my opinion, all the above are acceptable EXCEPT for the Black Hat. There is always a rationale as to why Black Hat is not "welcomed" or acceptable. You can find out more of Lin Yun's confession at this link:- http://www.qi-whiz.com/confess.html Frankly, if one is determiend to achieve something, go for it. I believe, it is all in the mind. If one notes down on a notebook, perhaps, consciously, it may help some people in becoming focuse. I am not saying to do it, but, it is akin to some teaches who ask their students to write e.g. 1000 lines as a form of punishment. Therefore, there is really no harm doing so if one feels like it. Often, many of us, carry a notepa…

Dear Anon, As you did not provide your time of birth, I am not able to confirm what is your element (assuming the time of birth makes your element weak). However, based on that date of birth, you are a Strong Wood. Please use our free Ba Zi report to determine whether you are a weak or strong person. Our ba zi report isn't crippled in anyway, as such what you see in the free report will be exactly the same as our paid report. So please use that to confirm if you have the time of birth information. URL: http://www.geomancy.net/reports/free-report/freerpt-element.htm Anonymous wrote: I tried on the free report on following birthday information and I got "+Water" and "+M…

Dear Jaye, Jaye E wrote: How do you compute for the percentage of the five elements balance in the 10 year luck pillars please??? thank you. This percentage in every 10-yearly luck pillars was specially tabulated by us for our users. We make use of the different 10-yearly/5-yearly/yearly/6-monthly luck changes to factor out a weightage for each luck period. This value is then factored into the inital percentage to allow users to see howthe percentage changes during each 10-yearly luck. For example, inital luck period you may only have 10% fire. But in certain luck period where fire becomes much more, then percentage can increase to a much higher percentage. Telling yo…

Dear Emily, 1. The Five element concept has what is known as the binding element. 2. For example even if say two person who seems incompatible e.g. Strong Water vs Strong Water, there is always a binding element can help bind both. In the above example, the binding element for a Strong Water vs Strong Water person is = wood. 3. Therefore, when doing renovations especially in the couple's bedroom, the binding element is wood (brown or green). 4. There is a free report under http://www.geomancy-online.com known as " Comparison Report. This report can help find the binding element based on examples such as the above. 5. In fact, what is mentioned and many, many other concern…

These are some considerations: 1. The Three-Step-Approach 2. Although the lowest common denominator is the Five Elements concept; 3. No offence, your earlier question(s) are like asking about the climate in China and then suddenly, you are asking about where to fish in the Alaska. 4. If you really want to understand a concept or model; then be prepared to understand it under Para 1 above: the 3 step approach. 5. Flying Star Feng Shui, already is based on timely stars. And it has already a BUILT in mechanism to take care of the elements and it's strength. 6. For example, most geomancers would plot a 20 YEAR Flying Star chart. 7. You got to ask yourself why is there such a…

1. There are two sides of the coin, here. 2. In traditional symbolism interpretation, some of the older generation FS practitioners have written that if one keeps a (lone) horse figurine; it should be facing the main door. Here, under symbolism, it is said that this would imply that the breadwinner would have opportunities for travelling be it for business or pleasure. 3. Thus, if we use the above argument, then, check which direction the horse is galloping and see if the painting can face towards the door and "imagine that it goes out of the home". Some take this as getting the horses be it 5 or 100 - to gain "opportunities". As these horses are either wild or no one i…

Dear Tammie, It depends on the advice provided by various Feng Shui practitioners. 1. Usually, if the practitioner has `basic' Feng Shui knowledge and just because, under the Five Elements concept; he/she may consider or think that " 5 " is a nice number. In such a senario, this " type " of FS practitioner would advice that one place a 5 rod e.g. 5 hollow rod wind chime. 2. For a Feng Shui practitioner using Flying Star method to analyse the house, this "type" of FS practitioner would recommend the use of 6 hollow rod wind chime. Here, 6 represents `big metal'. And is used either as a `cure' or enhancement. 3. Therefore, you have to see why " type " of Feng Shui practitio…

Dear Pun, 1. In Feng Shui, the area of main entrance door should be proportionate to the external wall frontage of the house. If say 4 panels of the glass doors can be opened, there is likelyhood that the main entrance is considered larger than the frontage of the house. 2. Where possible, avoid opening the side of the glass doors which are directly facing the gate. More importantly, the glass door should not be on the straight line as the backdoor or open space. Where Qi would take a straight path out of the house. 3. If so, you may need to consider a screen or a display cabinet that does not have `holes'. 4. If your concern is the front yard gate pillar, then if you use…