General Help

Dear Anon, Thanks for your description. In my opinion, it is inauspicious under the Shapes and Form Feng Shui for the staircase to be seen from the front door. Since it is inappropriate to use a screen, the door facing the staircase should not be opened. Overall, if you have a choice, (if you can) try to find another better house. As the above is bad Feng Shui and since one cannot use a screen; difficult to cure. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Fran, Yes, usually it is not advisable to have a mirror facing a main door. For an L-shaped home, it depends. Warmest Regards, Cecil

1. In my opinion, it seems like there are a total of 10 steps.

Dear Kevin, kevin masboy wrote: Hi there, I'm new with Feng Shui then my wife & I about to buy a house that we like but the stairs is right in front of the door. I heard from my parents, stairs that directly face a front door is not good, we gonna spend a lot of money ? Is that true ? if it is, is there anyway to avoid this 'bad luck' ? Thanks in advance !! Yes, this is true. This is because wealth tends to flow from high ground down to lower ground. So if you have the stair facing the main door. It is like wealth flowing out of the house. That is why it is inauspicious. Probably, if you already bought it, then you need to see how you can put a partition between th…

Dear Ashwini, 1. Traditionally, for the Chinese, a better option with a staircase facing the main door is the placement of a convex bagua mirror. 2. Often the semi-circular mat is quite "mild" as compared a mild method to the above. 3. Another method is to add an optional grille gate as shown in the attached. Warmest Regards, Cecil

For such questions, it is good to make an effort to draw a simple sketch. Else, frankly, I don't really understand what u wrote.... Anonymous wrote: The house that we are purchasing has a stairs that face a window, next to the window is our front door. Should i be concern about this?

Dear Desiree, Thanks for your clarification. In my opinion, stairs leading down may not necessariy mean bad energy. However, it has to be looked on a case-by-case basis. For example, in Singapore's Business District, there are some office buildings where were purposely built such that every one has to walk down (as you have described) to the lobby. And here, they either have one of the e.g. three elevators or (stairs) to their office that is more than 18 floors high. An example is the `Tong Eng' Building at Cecil Street in Singapore. The rationale here is that contrary to popular notations; many developments or buildings are of this design for two main reasons: 1. Because…

Dear Anon, Introduction: 1. In Feng Shui, there are two traditional methods of determining the number of steps. 2. The first method is a 3 number combination. Where the first two steps are Auspicious but the last step is inauspicious. METHOD 1 - THE THREE-STEP CYCLE ======== 3. Thus under the `Three-steps formula' step No. 1 (Auspicious), Step No. 2 (Inauspicious) while Step No. 3 is considered inauspicious. Usually this 3rd step is known as the `death' step. 3.1 Thus:- Following this method, one should be able to work out the number of steps:- 3.2 Auspicious steps are:- 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 3.3 Inauspicious steps:- No. 3 is the third step N…

So long as one stick to the common handrail designs will be absolutely fine.

1. Thanks for making the effort to post the photos! Many Thanks! 2. In my opinion; I also personally feel that the zig zag staircase at the "frontage" does not seem to have good Shapes and Forms Feng Shui: http://forum.geomancy.net/upload/Staircase%20Zig%20Zag.JPG 3. The above can be considered as a or ONE major leak. And the above link is not common and in plain sight is considered "quite ugly" and contributes to bring down the "luck of the home/apartment. 4. In order usually to have bad Feng Shui, a home and it's surroundings combined often need to have around 2 to 3 or more major "leaks". Anyway, this is beyond this free general advice forum. 5. Things like the straigh…

Dear Viviana, Hope you can elaborate what you mean by "carrier zone." Are you refering to " Career ". Presently, there is no known effective cures for a staircase at the centre of the house. You may consider:- 1. One or two potted plants at the ground level. 2. This is optional and you may need to monitor but one can place a mirror a the staircase landing. (This is a traditional `cure'). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Carrie, 1. Ideally, a staircase ought to feature a turning or landing. If I am not mistaken, I observed a straight staircase in one of the layout plans shared in "Audit for Financial/Hardship Cases Only). 2. Should there be a landing on the staircase, some Feng Shui Masters recommend placing a mirror at the landing to deflect Qi upwards. This is optional and not mandatory. 3. Ideally, the stairs should not be positioned at the center of the house. If it is unavoidable, consider placing potted plants at ground level on each side of the stairway. If the stairs are attached to one wall, a plant can be positioned on one side. This is also not obligatory, a…

Dear Ashwini, For the use of plants, it depends on situation. If for example, the stairs if directly facing your main door, there is one situation where it is near impossible to use the plants. Here, one cannot simply place the plant(s) blocking the stairs or blocking your main entrance. But if the staircase is such that it is at the side or if there is a sufficient large corridor or you to place it, then this is fine. Warmest Regards, Cecil

In the general case, is it unfavorable to have stairs or a stair landing crossing above the front door? Here is a picture to illustrate such a case (not a real design, for example only): Thank you

Dear Sherri, 1. The most effective method is to use a screen (where possible). Otherwise, an `average' alternative is to use plants on both sides of the stairs. Or hang a beaded screen above the ceiling down (the effect is to screen the stairs from the main entrance 2. For the toilet above, close the door when not in use. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Mr. Lee, Thank you very much for your clarification and advice. I have learned a lot from your site andused it heavily to guide meduring the planning stage of my house. Regards, Earl

Dear Ana, Please refer to the attached. In my opinion, the love seat is inappropriate to screen the main door from the staircase. It is best that a screen be used between the main door and the staircase. So long as the stairs is not seen, this will no longer become a threat. A few months ago, I encountered a case where my client redo the second level such that the staircase faces the main door. This is not healthy. Ever since, they had done so, and with other problems i.e. main door facing windows, these lead to many leaks in the home. The end result is that they continously face finacial problems. Generally, a mirror at the staircase landing (say at Marking `C' under th…

Dear Huyen, huyen nguyen wrote: Hi, I'm just wondering...my bed is positioned daigonally from the door in a commanding position, so the dooris parallel to my bed and also there are two windows that are parellel to the other side of my rectangular bed and my bed's headboard is against a wall and my bed can be approached on all the other three sides of my bed, but when I open my dorr I can see the stairway though it is not directly lined up with my door. Is this necessariliy bad feng shui? Thankyou Generally, it should not be a big problem. Though, it is not the best idea to have the stair located close to the door. However, since the shape and form placement is most optim…

Dear Ken, Anonymous wrote: 1. My stairway locates at the center of the house and it elevates up from right to leftat the front door looking in. Ideally, the center of the house should be left empty as possible, as that is what we call the centerpoint where all the influence meet. There is really nothing much you can do about correcting this problem if the stairs is already built there. Sometimes, if the flying stars of the house is such that there is inauspicious stars at the center location that needs to be trapped. Then it is still ok to have like a stairway located there if there is like a stairway cupboard to help lock up the bad stars. Currently, you mentioned th…

Thanks for the layout plan. No, this staircase which is at the side of the main door is not inauspicious.

~> ~>1. Do you mean that there is a straight flight of steps from ~>ground level leading up to the main entrance door of the home. ~> ~>2. If so, is there a staircase landing? or is there a turn at ~>the staircase? ~> ~>3. Is the staircase narrow and dark? ~> ~>Hope you can help to clarify the above first. ~>Warmest Regards, ~>Cecil I am interested in that too. Mine is from the front door leading down, to a turn of the staircase. I live on the top floor of a three floor apartment. But it is pretty bright. (even at night). No too narrow, enough for two adults.

These are some considerations: 1. If a sector also has good qi especially those coming in thru a window, good to open such windows to allow qi to flow into the home and when doing so, it does help the centrepoint. 2. Usually after heavy down-pour; good to regularly air the entire home e.g. open all "openings" if possible for a short-while - for qi to refresh into the home. 3. Some homes at the centrepoint has clear space, this is good for #8 at the centrepoint. But this is meant more for a home with 20 year flying star and when one wants to built the home from scratch. 4. If a sector has good star(s); and if one can spent time or activity at that sector; that is good.…