General Help

Dear Brad, 1. It is good to see if the amount of plants is proportionate to the size of the interior of the home. 2. Currently, there is no fixed ruleset to the amount of plants. 3. As to the placement of the plants, usually they are placed at either corners or close to the edge of walls where they do not `interfere' with pedestrian traffic or create /or likely to cause accidents especially in the dark of the night. 4. It is always good advise to check with family members or hear their comments on the placement (or non-placement) of the plants. Getting family members to `participate' and provide feedback is, in my opinion, a good idea. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Freddy, Please see below:- Yes, this is based on the theory of the Eight Trigram or Eight house theory. However, the element used here is not used as your personal element partially due to the fact that eight house uses only year of birth which thus makes it less accurate to determining the personal element. Well, I believe this is not exactly a theory but rather that it is based on just the year i.e. 1976 is a Fire element. For a simplistic method of determination you can be considered a Fire person (based on the YEAR of birth i.e. due to the fact that you are a born in the year of the Fire. However, again for a year of fire, it does not mean that everyone …

For a strong water person, (other than taking into considering the season of strength) the best colours are: Favourable: Wood i.e. green and brown The reason here is that wood well help a strong water person exhaust the "strong water" i.e. control it. Or the use of " Earth " element to destroy water. Earth colour is yellow or square shaped. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Joanne, In a bedroom, it is quite difficult to change the layout especially the bed. 1. It is most important to make sure that the bed conform to Shapes and Form School of Feng Shui (FIRST). Here:- 1. Where possible the bed should not be on the same wall as the door to the bedroom. 2. It should preferably be on the opposite wall of the entrance door. 3. Where possible it should have a solid backing e.g. a wall instead of placing it against a window. 4. If the side of the bed is near a window, a gap e.g. by placing a side table or leaving some space for someone to walk is good. 5. Where possible it should not be on the same wall as the toilet. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Freddy, 1. Since you are occupying only a room (rental), you can still place decorative objects in your room. 2. I have known many who have done this. 3. One can still use the Eight House to divide the room into eight sectors but since it is usually a relatively small room can be considered not practical to do so. 4. More important consideration is to make sure that (or try) to make the room conform to Shapes and Form FS. 5. If it is difficult to do so, then, at least avoid having the bed on the same wall as the toilet. 6. If there is a window, check to see that there is no poison arrow aimed into your bedroom. 7. If possible, not to have the room become too clutt…

Dear Ryan, 1. Priority should be given to placing the bed in a `good' Shapes and Form position: 1.1. Usually, the bed is against a solid wall 1.2. Preferably it should not be on the same wall as the bedroom entrance door. 1.3. It should not be on the same wall as the toilet. 2. The above are the more important considerations for placing the bed. 3. Only after one has considered the `Shapes and Form' of bed placement, then should one consider, sleeping in a good sector or having the head face a good direction and not the other way around. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Kaushal, A member in this forum, I believe recommended " An idiot's guide to Feng Shui ". Although I have not read it, you can check it out. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Kaushal, 1. Some FS practitioners mentioned that to `energise' the centre of the house, some recommend, placing symbolically the 5 elements e.g. at this location. For example, it could be the use of colours e.g. a piece of string say in the 5 colours or use of other materials such as beads. 2. In my opinion, many excellent or good houses have characteristics of `clear space' or walk space at the centre-point of the house. Here, if there is `clear space' it would thus not be possible; for example, for a toilet to be at this location. 3. I believe that the centrepoint should have clear space as again many excellent or good houses or it is where Qi moves from one side o…

Dear Liz, Please email robert-lee@geomancy.net privately for a free paid credit to generate the new report. Based on what you had mentioned, you should generate a new report. The addition/descrition would in my opinion, change the birth chart of your house. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Hi Cecil, Please find attached the picture for your advise.

Dear Kaushal, You can go through the resources at: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm The above url explains the steps in using the Eight House Theory. You can also use the free computerised Eight House Report at http://www.geomancy-online.com Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Sasha, 1. This would be based on Shapes and Form School of Feng Shui. 2. From my personal experience, it would be better to avoid having the young willow tree at the front of the main entrance as I personally feel that such a tree is (indeed - my belief) to be inauspicious especially that it slices through the front door.) 3. In such a situation, if you still leave the tree, I seldom recommend a Ba Gua mirror but, it should help. Or if there are any religious charms of your religion, it can be placed there as an alternative. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear GA, Usually, the confusion arise because of two "concepts":- 1. Based on the `unrecognised' Black Hat Sect concept, according to this "method" which is not recognised by all Traditional Feng Shui Schools; the template used here is "fixed" i.e. the template is the same for every home. 2. If you mentioned about the Eight House template, you can visit this url: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm for a step-by-step guide in the proper use of the Eight House template. 2. Briefly, get a layout plan. Mark out the true compass direction i.e. North-South direction as measured using say an ordinary compass. 3. Next, align the Eight House template, using the North-South as a…

Dear Aj, 1. There is a reference to the interpretation of colours at http://www.geomancy.net/fs/colours.htm 2. Yes, there are many `ways' Feng Shui practitioners interpret the use of colours. 3. In general, the safest colours for say a house is white. 3.1 As white represents the metal element and is usually, Metal element is predominantly used as a cure for both `bad' wood and `bad' earth elements under the Flying Star Feng Shui. 3.2 Of course colours are subjected to many many interpretations: 3.2.1 Some practitioners apply or advise colours based on `feelings'. 3.2.2 While other practitioners or usually books on Feng Shui may say that since North = Water element and Wa…

Dear Aj, 1. It is very difficult to reply to all your queries in just one email. 2. I believe the following are key issues: 2.1 There are macro and micro Feng Shui considerations. In macro Feng Shui, we look at large areas such as a suitable location to build a city. For example, the city of Canton in China was found to have good Feng Shui. In general, it is good for housing to be sited in this city. Other macro considerations are plots of land. For example, condominium projects that have good shapes and forms generally benefit many people. 2.2 What I am trying to `impy' in the above is that macro FS is far more important than say the interior layout of the building. I am…

Dear Aj, The purpose of FS are two-fold:- 1. To neutralise Sha Qi and poison arrows. 2. To enhance beneificial Qi. From the above, it is good to understand what Sha Qi is and poison arrows. A. Poison Arrows. Examples are:- a. Another building with its corner pointed towards a house main entrance `posing as a threat' to the main door. b. Some FS practitioners believe that open bookshelves with books is a poison arrow. This is where the edges of books act like `knives'. c. Thus overall, one can imagine "poison arrow" as literally an arrow aimed at e.g. the main entrance door, through the window of the house or aimed at the person's body. d. In the bedroom, it can be the edg…

Dear Anon, 1. Pictures with bamboo as part of the background is quite a common feature. 2. For example a painting with Pandas invariably does have bamboo at the backdrop of the picture. 3. Other pictures such as a scenery of a man fishing and the backdrop of bamboo shoots in the background is equally common. 4. Some other pictures, also contain monkeys, birds with bamboo trees at the background. 5. I am not sure if I got what you mentioned correctly i.e. is the painting or picture soley on bamboos? No other objects or animals within the picture/painting. 6. Each picture or painting should be viewed on a case-by-case basis and it is difficult for me to comment on the short…

Dear Theo, 1. Frankly, the analysis that you mentioned is but only one of the many considerations before chosing a house. 2. Prior to what you had mentioned, there are other considerations to look at. Some are fundamental. 3. What you had described about is only micro Feng Shui. Or Feng Shui without first considering the environment. 4. I usually, consider this phase " Location, Location and Location " (the THREE Ls) as the most important factor. 5. When I mentioned the THREE Ls, we should more importantly look at the external environment: focusing on the site the house is located at and then afterwards look at the house (interior of the home). 6. The above are I believe …

Dear Kristen, Please see below:- 2. You can uitlize the 'former porch" as the sleeping area especially if it is a `proper' room even if it has lower ceiling. When I mentioned about a `proper' room, what I mean is that it should not be exposed to the elements or have a fragile ceiling. I believe this is not an issue here. 3. Next, the first consideration is where when we open say the bedroom door, can the bed be placed on the opposite wall and is this wall a full height wall. If para 3 is not the case, then, it should be placed (peferably) against a wall in relation to say the windows, attached bathroom ... Where possible, the windows do not cover an area of more …

Dear Sumtra, 1. Thank you for sharing with all of us your personal experience with your encounter. 2. It also reminded me of a similar situation i.e. in East Malaysia where, there were tribes who lived in "long houses". 3. These long houses are really, really long. And because they are so long, compass directions are difficult to be taken correctly. 4. Some of these tribesmen in the past are head hunters or cannibals. 5. They do display shurken human heads (usually the modern generation) use animal heads such as monkey heads and hang them outside their house. 6. Actually, what you mentioned also has a parallel in Chinese homes. For example, in one of the Pictures under my…

Dear Aj, Usually, poison arrows such as the corner of a table is considered more `important' consideration - to avoid. For bookshelves with books, this can be quite subjective as some of us may not feel the impact. However, if one is concerned with it, one could try to use doors on the bookshelf or covered with cloth (not sure how practical this is). I believe that as you had mentioned that it is above the bed, this should not be an issue as it is not aimed directly at any part of the body.. (on the bed). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Aj, 1. For a dining room table, it should not be placed against a solid wall. 2. This is because, placing such a table would not be good for social interaction of the family members. 3. In the Gua (Kua concept), one can see an arrangement of the various family member's position at the dining table i.e. father, mother, eldest son, youngest son, middle son, eldest daugther, youngest daughter and middle daughter. 4. For the couch it should also be arranged to allow for social interaction. The usual shape is to form a `circle/rectangle' around say the coffee table. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Carolyn, For painting red colour, it should be the "standard" red as found in the red/blue/green e.g. of TV sets. However, pink, purple can be considered in the spectrum of red colour. Red, is considered the most Yang of the `red' colour while pink or shades of it is considered `less yang' but still represent the fire element. As for pinkish orange, one may have to look closely or get a few persons to comment on the colour... Warmest Regards, Cecil