Cecil Lee

1. Frankly, it is difficult to comment on a just simple descriptions flat 1D (one dimension)perspective only. 2. However, these are major considerations:- 2.1. South facing slopes are preferred. 2.2. Ideal burial sites should be at a foothill (slope) south facing. 2.3. It should not be ground level but rather gentle undulating slop - as commonsense is that it may become water logged - thus inauspicious. 2.4. The best site MUST have a backing (or gentle slop) and thus must be backed by a hill. Thus the site should not be overlooking a slope. But rather, it should be sitting on a mild (gentle) slope. AND preferred facing SOUTH. Thus, North facing should be discounted especially if you are located at the northern hemisphere. East and West is usually not ideal because of the direct morning and afternoon sun (especially not good facing West - direct afternoon sun). Quote: Below ground burial Tortoise located on East,with milddownward slope, 2 small trees 200 meters away, small cemetery road 250 meters away, big mountain3 KM away Phoenix on West,with mildupward slope Dragon on South, mild downward slope, small cemetery road 50 meters away Tiger on North, mild upward slope, small tree 25 meters away 3. You can use the free report dates.geomancy.net or http://dates.geomancy.net to find a good date (especially use the birthday of the eldest son - to select a good date. Sorry this free report does not give a good timing. But best that burial be not later than 2.59pm (Yin timing). Best to hold the burial during Yang timing i.e. not later than 2.59pm will be OK. Phonetic sounding timing would normally end with .38 or .39 e.g. 9.38am or 9.39am or 11.38am or 11.39am etc...

Question: My dad has just passed away. I don't want to wait 1 year or 3 years (depending on individual family practises), later to get married. What is the earliest date to get married? Answer: If you want to continue with a waiting period of less than 1 year, than the wedding has to held within 100 days of the passing. Once 100 days has past, you must wait at least 1 year or more which is usually the mourning period. The duration(ie 1 year or 3 years) of the passing of a parentdepends on the individual family or clantraditional practice. Some families insist that the marriage cannot be held within 3 years of the passing of a parent. While others feel 1 or 2 years is adequate. It all depends, here.

A good write-up on the criteria for purchase of an Executive Condo (EC) in Singapore and all you need to know aboutit's rules and regulations and conditions.

Oh Boy! Do you really need a hair cut on this specific date? A cut of good luck This little boy doesn't look like he is enjoying getting his hair trimmed. But he is too young to understand that this aunty fussing over his hair in eastern Qingdao city is actually giving him a cut - for luck. Yesterday was the second day of the second month in the lunar calendar. Getting one's hair cut on this day is supposed to bring good luck. Source & Credit: The Straits Times, Singapore

1. In Chinese myths and symbolism, the turtle is not as prominent as the tortise. As the turtle is considered as a food item. Unlike the tortise which has relevance in stories like how the Luo Shu grid (Flying star 9 x 9 grid came about). 2. Overall, finding an animal can be "uplifiting" or feel good factor ... and more towards nice-feel 3. Based on general Feng Shui, generally is acceptable to have it placed at east or north. Quote: Anonymous wrote: I was just wondering if there is a meaning in finding a turtle or a turtle entering your home? A few years ago, i found a turtle at the north end of my home. and a couple days ago, i found another turtle entering my home from the east end (my back door). I live in those apartment communities so the area isnt near any turtle habitats. these turtles by the way are red ear sliders. So i was just curious if they have any special meaning? I keep them in teh back yard (east end) and thier tanks are located at the northend of the property. is that an okay place to keep them? thanks you for your time and help.

1. Ideally, in Feng Shui, it is best not to have blue-roof for buildings. 2. As a blue roof in the I-ching represents difficulties. Thus it is best not to have a blue roof i.e. nice-not-to have instead of must-not-have situation.

Picture showing money plant that has a characteristics of a vine..

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1. Please click this link for resources on the Ba Gua mirror and the different types of it:- http://wiki.geomancy.net/wiki/Bagua_Mirror 2. Never place a ba gua mirror inside a home. It has to face outwards of a home. 3. The above link will show the differences between a concave, convex and a flat mirror type of ba gua. 4. Usually, ba gua mirror is placed at "openings" facing a poison arrow or threat (sharp corner of another building or a lamp post slicing towards the main door or a window). 5. The bagua mirror in the middle is either flat, concave or convex. There is no combination of flat mirror and convex mirror - none in the market. Unless you are referring to flat as in the outer-ring shows the eight trigrams and say a convex mirror. 6. In general, a flat mirror with the eight trigram design is meant to "scare away evil spirits". 7. The convex + eight trigrams on the ba gua is meant for both para 6 and to deflect poison arrow. 8. While the concave mirror is meant to "suck" wealth e.g. placed at a missing corner area. 9. No house place so many ba gua mirrors. Else we call this a mad-person's house. In Hokkien is "SIAO LAH!". (Mad - exclamation mark) Quote: Fengshui C. wrote: Hi, I'm just wondering how many bagua mirrors can I use for one house?Does this depend on how manny "poison arrows" point at our house or one is sufficient enough? Where do I put the bagua? above the main or directly point at the "poinson arrow"? for example, if I can see a "poinson arrow" from my window, should I put one convex bagua there? Should I use flat bagua + convex bagua together to make sure? Is there any different between flat one and convex one? I tried to look through the galery link about mirrors but seems like broken. Best regards,

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Hi Master Cecil, Thanks so much for all your clarifications. As a newbie, this helps me understand the reasoning behind each cure better. I also appreciate the prompt responses to email. ( I know I bombarded you with lots of questions.) This is excellent service after the audit. Regards, Cathy Sunday, 8 February, 2009 USA Robert, Thank you verey much for the professinal business ethic. Regards & "Gong Xi Fai Cai" Mr Ch'ng Wednesday, Februay 4, 2009 Singapore Thank you so much. This is really very helpful. I'll definitely recommend this site to all my peers here in the Philippines. Jonathan Thu, 12 Feb 2009, 11:20 AM, Free AdviceForum, Geomancy.net Thank you so much Robert L. , The information is very clear and helpful, I understand it now. Best regards! Forum Member, Geomancy.net Thu, 26 Feb 2009, 19:35 PM

1. Frankly, if it is a bedroom wall, this (on it's own) is considered as an actual mountain vs a situation where it is an opened window. 2. Thus, the only person that you will make them happy by tiling or rock/stoning the wall is the contractor that does it for you. Here, they would be most happy to accomodate your requests as this means making some money from you. 3. Drawing a parallel, just this Tuesday morning, when I visited an existing client, as she requested for an annual review, she bought some Feng Shui articles from some shop. And the shop told her that she must not reuse certain items as the shop wanted her to buy more of it from them! 4. Actually, a mountain by definition can be a wall. Or sometimes you get to hear things like, it is good that the mountain is located at the back of the home (whether there is a back door or not) is in-material. 5. A mountain can be activated by having a safe or even something as crude as brick or brick wrapped in e.g. silver or gold foil. Or even a smoothen rock (those found at the sea side beach). No need to be as elaborate as a "purple amertyst stone" mountain. 6. Ideally, for health considerations, it is best that bedroom walls are easy to clean. And some of those rock walls trap dust, dirt, mites etc.... And often unpainted makes the room dark and gloomy looking! You don't want to live in a cave rite?? Or turn a bedroom into a cave-man cave! Anonymous wrote: Dear Master Cecil, With my apartment facing NW2 and sitting SE2, the mountain star falls to the back of the apartment which happens to be my bedroom. To activate the mountain star, I am thinking of using Rock/Stone tiles on the wall where my bed's headboard located. Is this good? If this is not acceptable, then what else can I do to activate the mountain star? Thank you in advance Anon

1. As mentioned, previously there are TWO differing views:- 1.1. One view is that ONLY when EXISTING foundation is demolished and a new foundation come up can the site (building change qi). 1.2 The other view point is based on symbolism. And there are many different view-points as to what may constitute a change. Thus I am only stating or collating the various view points:- The views range from:- 1.2.1 Entire building refreshed with coat of paint (and refurbishment)and the whole house gets refreshed with a coat of paint. 1.2.2 For an apartment, one view point is that since the roof cannot be removed, the ceiling of the home could be given a coat of paint - and this symbolises the hope that the qi can change... 1.2.3 Others comment that major renovations need to be done and there are differing views as to what constitutes a major renovation. This range from changing major floor tiles and others include the need to change windows / main doors etc... And there are more of this. 2. It is not an exact science and depends on how convincing one's argument is to others and how others may or may not accept the argument. 3. As majority of our average life-span today is approximately 60 to 70 plus, many only see this "20 year" change twice in our lifes (as many don't start early as anyone below 20's is most likely less aware of Feng Shui. Since this happens mostly twice or the most thrice in our life, there are few experts in this field -- i.e. I believe no one has a doctorate in this area of Qi change "theory". So can be anyone's guess!

It is SYMBOLIC of "GROWTH". The picture, in this link shows how this household did the procedure:- http://forum.geomancy.net/phpforum/article.php?bid=2&fid=19&mid=22648&new= Isn't the tray with the green beans which turned into bean sprouts, lovely? Please note that these are vegetables. And usually can last a week. Thus, if the green beans does not sprout like in the picture: 1.1 Make sure that it is placed in a location where there is light. As light and water is needed for germination. 1.2 Even after three days, you can still add some water. 1.3 Once it grows until as lovely as the picture, time to throw it away! 1.4. As vegetables are unlike plants where they don't strive for too long! But goodness me, please don't cut it or remove it and fry Char Kway Teow (Hokien Fried Mee ) with it, please!!!

Cashew Heights Condo at Bukit Batok, Singapore

1. As far as Chinese beliefs are concerned, so long as this is not the bed that one conceived the baby, then it is fine or OK. 2. Thus, if conception is on this bed - even thou it is not the master bed, then, better play safe and not move it. 3. In addition, you should not be around to see the removal of this bed. 4. Also make sure to take note of this year's bad sectors:- Sickness Star this year is at West Misfortune/Sickness Star this year is at North Disputes/Quarrel Star this year is at North-East Education/Romance Star this year is at South Grand Duke this year is North-North-East, 30 Degree. 5. In particular, AVOID renovating the specific bedroom if it falls at NORTH or North-NE this year! Simply removing the bed is fine. BUT avoid repainting work or any other work to the walls, windows or door in the two RED areas! Quote: Anonymous wrote: Dear Master, I am currently 5 months pregnant. I will like to move a queen size bed (not my own) and a huge wardrobelocated in a non-master bedroom, ie not inmy room. I will like to move this bed because I am preparing this room as the nursery room for the baby. Please advise if this is possible?

In my opinion, most likely your home should be a Period 7 home (or apartment).

Glad to hear your success! And the main key success factor in rearing fish is notjust for the sake of"Feng Shui -wealth" but rather, for human luck factors i.e. feel good and happy ... For example, some people may not have good heaven luck (bornwith) nor good earth luck (Feng Shui) but they have good Human (man) luck such as being happy, have good family bonding, happiness comes from hobbies like rearing fishes ora pet dog that waits for you to come home... ! All these - money cannot buy - happiness!

1. Whenever, one is trying to apply Flying Star Feng Shui, is always to draw two charts: one for the last period (or when the home was born) and another Flying Star chart for the "new" period. 2. Fundamentally, there are two different views of whether a home has changed period i.e. major renovations usually encompass what you had mentioned. 3. However, there are some who strongly argue that ONLY when the foundations of a home as changed, then, the home's period changes. As we all know, the only way to change the foundation is if we knock-down the existing home and re-built completely. Thus the very conservative will go for this argument - as this is as sure as 100 percent - certainty. 4. Thus, Para 3 is for sure! While the definition of major renovations is more hazy or not too clear. As major renovations may even include things like removing the roof of a home for 100 days (landed property) to symbolically repainting the ceiling to represent the "removal of the roof since for apartments there is no way of removing the roof. Or some say taht one must change all main entrance doors to new and even all window panes etc... 5. No matter, how, it is still best to plot both charts. In some cases the charts are "quite similar". For example, in some Flying Star chart you get the water wealth location at the same sector etc... Quote: Anonymous wrote: For those living in HDB flat, by changing the entire floor tiles, color of the house or tearing down the partition for just one unit, does it mean this unit of the HDB flat has changed to period 8? If not, how can the unit be changed to period 8?

1. You should be asking yourself the question: Are you using the fishes as a "cure" or just for hobby! 2. Under the Flying Star Feng Shui, another common method is to rear either: 7 goldfishes + 1 black or 6 goldfishes + 1 black Here the no. 6 represents big metal and 7 represents small metal. And black represents the water element. Thus this combination goes well with the Five Elements concept. 3. If is rearing fishes as a HOBBY, then no major significance in the number of fishes or colours. 4. In the earlier link I had provided 4 "methods" of interpretation of how some people apply "fishy" feng shui i.e. no. of fishes. And this para 2 is the 5th method. Since there are so many, many methods, just "enjoy" having the fishes! 5. Imagine maybe just because of this deep recession, one has nothing else better to do than count the number of fishes, daily! Or if one fish dies, go out and immediately get another one..! 6. In my opinion, most successful are those that rear fish as a hobby instead of one dreaming about money falling out of the sky ... after placing a water feature. The other side of the coin is that some Feng Shui practitioners say that everytime one chances the water in the fish tank, one is throwing away $$$!

You can find the information, from this "old" page of mine:- http://fountain.geomancy.net Scroll down to " Q 9: by earthworm " "In geomancy, is there a preferred number of fishes that we can keep? E.g. keep odd number of fish or even number of fish? What is e rationale? does e number of fishes refer to the total number of fishes in the tank or just e number of fishes belonging to a specific breed? Reply: 9.1 Currently the four most common methods at looking at the number of fishes to `rear' are: .................................... ......................................"

1. More importantly, the air-con (if it is turned on should not blow directly towards one's face = dryness of mouth, throat and nose as well as the cold "eats" into the cheek areas. 2. Try to swing the bedroom door and not let it hang half-way - slicing towards the bed. 3. For privacy, no point placing a partition. As this oftens creates a dead qi area. Or if the air-con were to be turned on, it will be further "trapped" within the bed area - making sleep uncomfortable especilly in the wee hours of the night when the air-con is turned on... 4. Because of the "fixed wardrope" and bedroom door / windows / toilet door, yes, you really don't have any further way of placing the queen-sized bed. Anonymous wrote: And If i switch the bed over to the direct opposite, the bed will be in the way of the toilet doorway. And the toilet do not have a door as it is to be easy access to my mum who have suffered from a stroke. Can anyone advice how do I able to improve the FS of this layout? fyi, nothing good or bad have happen since we stayed over for 5 years. But I do hope to be able to improve the FS in this room as it may help my mum recover faster if possible. I have thought of adding a partition in from of the door, or add in string curtain so as my dad will not face the door when sleeping. Or is the any better or beneficial suggestion? Please kindly advice. thanks and hope to get some positive advice here. regards,

1. From one of the Feng Shui concepts using the compass direction:- http://www.geomancy.net/reports/reports-list/perlist-workposition.htm 2. As you had mentioned earlier, if you are unable to change position, then this option is out! 3. The commonsense is to see how you can maximize your luck in other areas of your life:- The Concept of Maximizing Marks 4. In a situation, where as you had mentioned you cannot change position, then no matter how much you "bang" your head against the wall, you may have to maximize luck from other areas of your "life". Often, it can be your earth luck = home (& office) etc... 5. Factors like if there are any "wealth" leaks such as your home, then try to fix it. Fix-the-Leak, First! Viidhya K. wrote: Hello Sir, Currently my seating arrangement in my office is with my back to a big window(West) and I have door right in front of my desk. Is this is a good position to seat. Please provide some advice and also if I cannot change the position, some alternatives to maximize my success and growth. Please help.

In a full life pillar chart, there are many different areas or "compartments" that are reflected or could be analysed. Often, for such a "complex" system, it is best to be left to get expert advise. As in my opinion, it is much harder to DIY life pillar charts. But, in my opinion, avoid approaching those who sit on the road side and give such advice! Anonymous wrote: I would like to know what the life pillar represents in a Bazi chart and how I should interpret it. I have not been able to find any info on this.