General Help

Dear Anon, In my opinion, the question asked, may have more dimensions than what you had mentioned, below. For example, other major considerations like: 1. Is the stove facing a good direction (often should face a good direction suitable to the woman "head" of the home.) 2. Best to avoid placing the stove directly at the NW compass direction. This is known as "fire at heaven's gate" - considered by many FS practitioners as a very inauspicious location. For the stove as well as an oven or even a toaster oven, here. 3. If the kitchen is located at the South (fire element) compass direction of a home; it is OK to have the stove facing a water position. But if the kitche…

Dear Michelle, In my opinion, it is always (first choice) to place the bed based on good Shapes and Form Feng Shui. 1. Whenever one can, the bed should be on the opposite wall of the bedroom door. 2. If possible, it should lean against a wall. 3. If there are windows on the side of the bed; one should preferably leave a gap (or walking area) between the bed and the window. I am not too clear, about the position of the closet door you mentioned below. But you can `treat' it as a wardrope. Where there should be a gap (walking / movement) area between this location. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Auspicious/inauspicious dates are based on the lowest common denominator = the Five Elements. One's ba zi e.g. Element and strength also based on the Five Elements. Thus, one can apply one's favourable color(s) on that day.

Dear Velinda, velinda harjono wrote: My husband is the bread winner of the family. Unfortunately, our main door faces north-west which spells disaster for him in terms of his birthdate (1969). His lucky direction is south east. I feel there is always going on in this house which are uncontrollable and unfortunate and usually involves my husband. How can we neutralize the unlucky front door without changing houses (for now)? Are there ways to improve our situation? This point has been talk about many many times. Eight House is about suitability. There is very little you can do to correct a suitability of a home other than getting another that is more suitable to you. Thus…

Dear Eileen, A warm welcome to the forum! The key issue for a home at the end of a cul de sac is: protect, protect & protect! If you can draw a simple (to scale sketch) of your location plan and surrounding i.e. nearby houses and the back of the home. It would be good as I can have a better picture of your home as it is difficult to give advise based on the description. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Under Eight House theory, there is not much one can do. As this theory is particularly useful to select houses prior to moving in. If it is under Flying Star Feng Shui, this looks at the birth chart of the house. And since it is based on the common denominator i.e. Five Elements Concept, then if any of the sectors are considered `inauspicious' - it can easily be balanced or neutralised. Once this is neutralised under Flying Star, there is not much worry with the sector -- under Flying Star Feng Shui. However, it does not mean that it will automatically `cure' Eight House. Since, the Eight House has more to do with one spending time there. Warmest Regards, Cec…

Dear George, 1. In my opinion, we must be very practical in our lifes. 2. Under symbolism in Feng Shui, the closest to "auspicious" house number is as shown in the sample attachment. 3. Look at it this way: A house is not like a car in most parts of the world. This is because, how often, can we change our house numbers vs how often can we change cars and car plate? 4. Often, when we purchase a house, we are literally stuck with the naming convention of that specific street or avenue. 5. Even under numerology, there are so many ideas of what is or is'nt auspicious. The saying goes: "One man's meat is another man's poison". Even in the west, some people are supersitious w…

Dear Anon, Anonymous wrote: My husband and I are trying to have a baby and we realized that if I were to conceive in Nov05/Dec05/Jan06. The baby will most likely be deliveredduring the Chinese 7th month next year. Should we avoid this? We are worried thatour baby'sdestiny will be affected if he/she is born in aninauspicious month. Please kindly advise. Generally, a child's birth date is often less impact by the fact the month is Chinese 7th month or Qing Ming or etc. Each day will create a different luck for the baby. It is very hard to tell you how the luck will be unless you check the ba zi for every day within next year to see which day is better. Even that, differen…

Dear Wendy, Apologise for the late response, please see below:- Based on Eight House theories, there is very little change or fixes that you can apply. The only thing which I can suggest is that if you are staying in your bad locations sector, what you can do to minimize it is to make sure that you sleep facing your good sectors, that way, you can reduce the influences. Well, you cannot force someone to believe something. Just make "reasonable" changes especially those with good reasons. You know many Feng Shui advices are normally very environmentally friendly. Well, I guess that is a growing up phase which is cannot be explained by Feng Shui. So long as…

Dear Satori, To be honest, this resource is meant for one who is contemplating designing a new home. But once, the "steps are formed" or had been laid, there is not much one can do to change it unless -- one resorts to a major reno - which is not practical. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Diane, Since you do not use the main entrance, this should be ok. But if you are using the carpark entrance, try to relate the qi flow from this into the house. Is it possible for you to provide a sketch, for a better understanding of the situation. Warmest Regards, Cecil

1. Usually, for such instances, it is best to get professional help especially if you are uncertain whether it is True or not. 2. Sometimes, your measurement(s) are not accurate - i.e. false alarm. 3. If it is true that your home falls on the void line, then it is best to get professional help to assess the situation and provide further advise. 4. If you want to DIY, then one of the most common methods is to purchase a "copper" ruler; re-do the front door floor tiles and embed the ruler strategically at an angle from the void line. This is one of the most common methods.

Dear Susan, It is best that you do not include the non-living areas such as a garage when determining the rectangle of the house. The sink and windows of the garage should also be discounted since it belongs to this area. If one is having a problem, try to use the 2nd storey outline to determine the "rectangle" outline of your home. Here, you would have already determined the centre-point of the home. And use this to match the lower floor - while "cutting" out the excess fat (garage area). The idea of the centrepoint is to find the "centre" of gravity in a home. (but discounting the garage area) Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Michelle, 1. In many of the past forum messages, it is best to "slow down", perhaps take some deep breath before committing to what you had written, below. 2. The key success to anything we do is to understand the purpose of each concept and it's strengths and weakness. 3. Called simply "the three-step-approach": 3.1 What is the purpose of the concept / theory or idea? 3.2 Whatare it's strengths? 3.3 What are it's weakness? 4. For example, what you had mentioned is the Eight House Theory or 4 Good/4 Bad directions. 5. The purpose of this theory is to see whether a home fits the breadwinner or not. I re-emphaise again -- "whether a home fits the breadwinner". …

Dear Ovidiu, Holistic Feng Shui takes into account many various factors which also includes the external environment. Primarily, a Feng Shui practitioner should use various tools or techniques to access the home. For example, often, most of us think that the most critical factor is the interior 4 walls of the home-itself. But a proper Feng Shui audit would include:- External environment assessment using Shapes and Forms Feng Shui: The landscape and the site The site and the building or home Here, both Shapes and Forms and Compass Schools: Eight House and Flying star is used. Thus, it would generally be naive for us to come to a complete conclusion after only using …

Dear Davi, 1. Thank you for asking an interesting question especially since it involves your personal Pillars of Destiny "eight characters". 2. I have a very real concern not only with such " Four Pillars " software(s) as they can as you have seen for yourself, provide inaccurate information 3. Let me show you why the above computation is `flawed' or inaccurate:- 4. Your Date of birth: 7 Sep 1981 (This is based on the Western Solar Calendar) In the Chinese Lunar Calendar, your date of birth would be: The Lunar Year of: 10 Day, 8 month, Year 1981. In another type of calendar called the Hsia or Xia (or seasonal or Chinese solar calendar), your date of birth would be: …

Dear Anon, Feng Shui in many instances can "boost" the luck for conception. Frankly, it depends greatly on location, location, location. Many who had seen success are those where many good Flying star numbers under the "mountain" star can be activated. For any home, HDB or landed property, proper accessment can be made to determine and activate Flying star numbers: 1. #8- current prosperity star: Mountain Star #8 and or Water Star #8 2. #9 - future prosperity star (This star (if possible) should be activated for middle aged couples trying to conceive. 3. #1 - future prosperity star. Usually effective if the Mountain star #1 is activated. Thus, one do not need to …