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I recently bought a Kuan Yin for my house and I would like to know where the best place to put her at? Location A faces the front door but it is offset. Location C is where the living room will be but she will face the kitchen and location B is where the dining room will be . Thank you

Dear Mrs Sachi, Please check out the conference: Samples that will not receive a proper reply. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, The Finding A Good House report has three dimensions: 1. Breadwinner's Eight House (East/West group) or Gua analysis 2. The specific Flying Star chart of an apartment. 3. Ba Zi of the breadwinner. Here are some important considerations: 1. Where possible, the ideal `house' or main door is where: in all three cases: Best choice is where all the above THREE CRITERIAS (Para 1, 2 and 3) is auspicious to the breadwinner. 2. What happens if it does not? Then, it is best to use this advice: 1. Eight House Analysis 1.1 DEATH OR DISASTER AT MAIN ENTRANCE? 1.1.1 Where possible, the main door SHOULD not be the DEATH or DISASTER to the breadwinner. 1.1.2 If so, this is al…

Dear Michele, In Feng Shui, it is not favoured to have too many pipes running below the house for two main reasons:- 1. Having too much water or `water running' especially at the floor area is not ideal. As water is considered `difficulty'. 2. This point has to do more with commonsense approach:- `Wear and Tear' - since pipes often expand and contract, there are often known cases of some of these pipes that perhaps due to poor quality control or wear and tear. I heard of some homes (not sure if they are true) that often have leaks. In fact, in the past, one or two of the members had mentioned this. Para 1, has more to do with 2. If the pipes do not leak or water condense …

Dear Hoa, In my opinion, it is best to consider this house as "constructed" or "built" or completed in Period 7 as opposed to Period 6. (Please note all the past -tense). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Louise, 1. In a duplex home, it is still best to also look at the Shapes and Forms of your house in relation to the landscape and site of the house. 2. For a duplex house, you can still find the centrepoint of your duplex unit. And from there, look at it in relationship with compass direction found in each of the rooms. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Please check out this resource:- http://www.geomancy.net/resources/art/art-cecilcompass.htm Warmest Regards, Cecil

Hit d, In such a house, you will have to divide the house equally in the eight pie. The apply the cures that fall within that sector of influence. If possible try to see whether how much the sector falls under that sector. Usually the bigger sector will have greater influence. Put the cure in the center of that sector of influence based on the Eight Pie division. Just placed one cure in that sector. Meaning that if the cure placed falls in the Master bedroom and Bedroom, you place the cure on the wall between the bedroom, then it will then correct the influence for that sector. Sometimes it can be hard to explain. If you have a layout, I can tell better advise you what…

Dear Regina, Yes, lighting is a better alternative especially if one is in the room - turn it on. But, if no one is in the room, I strongly feel that it is not necessary to leave it on 24 hours. If no one is in the room try not to draw the night curtain, but let natural light filter into the room, will do. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Beng Swan, 1. For Feng Shui in business, the most vital question asked is: 2. Is my business doing as well as those IN the SAME industry? 3. For example, if one owns say a provision shop in a neighbourhood. One shop is doing well and the other is not doing as well; Feng Shui can help. 4. But if one's company is e.g. in the Dot Com industry; where there is a high rate of `cash burn'; no amount of Feng Shui can help in such a situation. 5. For businessess, it also involves many factors e.g. 5.1 Marketing / Competitiveness of the good i.e. pricing 5.2 Is your market a niche market? or entry into the market is easy/difficult? 6. Is your marketing channel adequate? Adve…

Dear Anon, To be truly honest, it is better to check on other means, than Feng Shui. As I have often mentioned, that Feng Shui is not a cure all. The rationale is because, often, we hear that for banks, they would prefer one to use a signature for an account especially if one reaches a certain age. Here, the implication is that when we reach a certain age, we already almost have a fixed style. Here, our temperment, outlook and even how we relate to our family members have already firmed up over the 17 years. And, it is difficult to directly change it from a Feng Shui point of use. Lest one becomes accused of becoming a Quack Feng Shui practitioner. Given this understa…

Dear Kirsten, 1. Frankly, if we are personally not too sure where to place these items ourselves, then, try not to buy them. 2. For the `normal' homeowner; they would purchase items as part of their decor for the house and it should be treated this way. 3. Unless you can get hold of a good professional FS consultant to do a full home audit for you then, I suggest that it is more worthwhile spending money elsewhere or keep the money or save it for a rainy day. 4. Another concept that one should consider is " if it ain't broken, don't fix it. " This is very true in many instances where some of us, for example buy not one but several windchimes or other objects and start pl…

Dear Max Rosen, Happy new year to your too! Generally, the main door should be where your house number is located. However, for landed properties sometimes you have a choice of two entrance. Thus, it the main door becomes the one which you frequently use, as that is where the Qi enters and exit the house most frequently. Which one you should choose should depends on:- 1. Is that main door direction suitable to you (ie North-West, is it a good or bad sector for you - prosperity or diaster based on your Eight House Suitability) 2. Next depends on which has a better overall Stars (ie. which main door has overall better House analysis by the Flying Star report) Usually y…

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Dear Stan, Frankly, I believe many people would agree with me that we should use the words " It depends". This is because, in Singapore, there are all sorts of "failures": For example: 1. Some people are greedy and dabble into stocks and shares beyond their means. (Not all, but some) 2. Some Singaporeans, go into "silly" businesses or unimaginative business. For example: into bubble tea business or business that they think will work - but often, cannot. 3. Singapore is such a tiny country. With a small market share. And I believe there was some report that a large percentage of business failure in Singapore due in part to this small market and other factors e.g. hig…

Dear Rosen, 1. Do you have a sketch (even a simple outline) will do of your plot of land in relation to the highway and the `enclave' of e.g. teh business district. 2. Describe, what is at the frontage, back and both sides of your plot of land:- 2.1. In general what is the road that leads into your building. 2.2. What are the height of the neighbouring buildings. 2.3 Is this an industrial (manufacturing) or business (commercial area) and are the neighbours (manufacturing or commercial). 3. Usually if your plot of land is `enclosed' within a district meant for business; it does not imply the same as what I mentioned earlier i.e. the residential area. Apologise for asking s…

Dear Anon, In Feng Shui, where the kitchen door face the front door, it is good not to expose cutlery e.g. forks or knifes (if there is a kitchen table top) facing the door. Otherwise, there is not much one can do here. A stove can still face the refrigerator. However, hopefully, this is not the north part of the house or the kitchen is not at the north compass direction. Where, fire element is quite weak. Overall, such a senario you mentioned: cannot be undone unless there is a renovation involved i.e. there is no `magic' involved unless there is physical renovations involved here. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Tony, Usually, in most instances, each home or sector can be influenced by `seasonal' Feng Shui. Here, most probably, the wrong set of `stars' either congregate at your bedroom or a combination of some bad stars are around. Most likely this is the case. And depending on the combination of stars, it may be the monthly or yearly star combinations. Or alternatively, it has been a known fact that watercoures or even water close-by could emit minute traces of e.g. positive ions. Which is not beneficial to the body. We call this `invisible' vapours. While negative ions are beneficial, positive ions, similar to this situation in the long term may not be ideal:- Reference: …

Dear Hoa Luong, 1. Besides Shapes and Form Feng Shui, the other form of Feng Shui is the Compass School Feng Shui. 2. In this aspect, the Compass School Feng Shui consists of both Eight House and Flying Star Feng Shui. 3. Usually, when applying Feng Shui, as mentioned earlier, both Shapes and Forms and the two compass schools i.e. Eight House and Flying Star Feng Shui is used. And usually and for practical reasons, how suitable the hosue is to a person (in general) should be based on e.g. the Eight House. 4. After having covered all the above points of consideration under Feng Shui i.e. Shapes and Forms and Compass School; we often then use Ba Zi for the interior of the h…

Dear Steffi, 1. Thanks for bring this interesting question. 2. In fact, I had previously posted some information on this issue. 3. In 1986, when I first developed my Chinese Horoscope site:- http://www.lovesigns.net 4. I was trying to find an appropriate information for the first page of this site. 4.1 I found this quote:- " If we want to be loved we must disclose ourselves to the other person. If we want to love someone they must permit us to know them. " Dr. Sidney M. Jourard 4.2 When young many of us have either being told or discovered our personal English zodiac signs. E.g. Gemini, Libra, Cancer etc... And there were (are) untold number of such books describing our c…

Dear Anon, 1. The concept: "If it cannot be seen it is no longer a threat" applies here. 2. Therefore, IF, your unit or apartment is higher than the water tank which is often enclosed in a metal container; this is often not a threat to you. 3. But if your unit faces the water tank; often, we perceive this as an 'ugly sight'. Thus, the sight of such tanks - often has to do more with "Human or Man" factors i.e. our visual perception, than actually Feng Shui. It is not like the tank is going to burst open etc... 4. On a commonsense approach to Feng Shui, it has to do more with the idea that if the roof is inadequately reinforced, there may be a situation that it could collap…