Cecil Lee

Dear Hoa Luong, Yes, one alternative is to place a plant. Alternatively, if we frequently leave the wooden door open, one could consider a reflective grill gate e.g. stainless-steel gate that has a mirror effect that covers most of the side of the gate that faces this stairs. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. What happen if you do not think of it as a pie? 2. Imagine an apricot. If one cuts an apricot into half. There is surely a circular seed. And this circular seed occupies space within it. Does'nt this seed = your missing centre palace? 3. For those who had studied geography. We were told that the earth has at least a centre core. Does this not become your missing centre, piece. Anonymous wrote: under 8 pie wedge it produces only 8 cells missing centre palace

Please check out this link, first... An In-depth understanding of the Frontage of a home. Is it always the main door? Who are the Conservatives & the Modernist. What lead to the Conservatives use of the Main Door only? https://www.geomancy.net/forums/topic/16637-an-in-depth-understanding-of-the-frontage-of-a-home-is-it-always-the-main-door-who-are-the-conservatives-the-modernist-what-lead-to-the-conservatives-use-of-the-main-door-only/ Dear Corey, In my opinion, purchasing products are not exactly the best approach to authentic Feng Shui. Look at this way. Even in period costume movies or tv shows, seldom have we come across commecial products or items like pi xu etc... Spare a thought and try to recall the home where you, your parents or even grand parents lived-in. In the past, there are no such things as crystals, pi xu, 3-legged toads. The rationale why many Feng Shui practitioners or sites sell them is that they are cheap to manufacture, but through "demand" in the name of "sugar coated" Feng Shui, many of the sellers sell them at a huge profit. What happen is that our pockets are empty while these people gain from us. For example, does the seller of the pi xiu give a guarantee card. For example that says, within 14 days of purchase you are sure to touch lottery! No rite? If we pay by credit card, even worse if we do not clear the monthly roll-over debt. Frankly, all these should be considered as decorative items. One can place a three-legged toad in the home. Face main door, face into the home, face left, face right.. everything would remain status quo. NO change. Under traditional methods of assessment: 1. Our Heaven chart or ba zi. Our Ba zi chart usually can show or indicate which period when we do have "pian cai" or 4D (lottery luck) 2. Our earth luck Under Flying Star Feng Shui, mountain #8 can be activated for such kinds of luck. Such as placing a bowl of coin or boulders at the mountain star #8 In addition, the current set of Flying star numbers have equal significance in lottery luck:- #9 - future prosperity #1 - future, future prosperity Sometimes, if the sector purely has #9 our future prosperity. #9 happens to be a fire element. And if we wrongly place a water feature at this location, we may drown our "lottery luck". From the above, one can see that the worst approach is to buy and buy and buy products. The seller will be laughing themselves to the bank! While we the naive consumer will end up having a "black-hole" in our trouser pocket... The morale of the story: Buy the product if you like it as a decoration item. But, otherwise, leave them alone. Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Corey Khoo wrote: Lately, I have been 4D by a few digit the last one e.g. if I buy 9491 it will come out as 9493 etc. I have been advised by a friend to place a pair of Pi Xiu in my bedroom. As my main door is facing North east and my bed room window is directly on top of the main door. I have placed the Pi Xiu facing out of mny bedroom window also in the positon of North East. Then I read somewhere that Pi Xiu is not supposed to be placed in the bedroom, I am confused being new to Feng Shui. Please advise.

Dear Karen, 1. Honestly, there is not much that can be done in such a situation. 2. According to the Commonsense approach to Feng Shui, the primary concern is the increased likelihood of a fire originating from the kitchen. Therefore, it is generally not advisable to have a bedroom, door, or wall adjacent to the kitchen. However, in contemporary settings, the installation of fire sprinklers (or, if unavailable, the strategic placement of smoke detectors) is highly recommended. 3. If your residence is constructed with brick walls (or solid brick walls), it is preferable compared to having gypsum or wooden walls that separate the bedroom from the kitchen area. 4. Much of your concern is likely psychological in nature. It is advisable to set aside the aforementioned worries. I believe there are additional aspects you can explore to enhance your Feng Shui. Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Karen Call wrote: I have recently moved to a new flat. My bedroom shares a common wall with the kitchen and my head faces the kitchen wall. On the other side of the wall is the sink and water heater. When sleeping I face the NE which is my longevity direction. I have hung a tapestry on the wall, is there anything more or better I can do to make the bedroom better. The bedroom is in the w/sw of the flat with doors to balcony and balcony facing west. Thank you.

Dear Andy, An Advance Search for "beam" under this forumit will yield:- Posted in: Info :: Photo Tours of Interest (Pictures) Posted on: Fri, 11 Feb 2000, 20:42 PM, I have extracted the link from this old resource (Feb 2000 & later 2002):- http://forum.geomancy.net/upload/support-struts.gif (Many modern homes use the gypsum cornice and extend these struts to look more natural or blend in by widening it as shown in your attachment. This is fine or OK) http://forum.geomancy.net/upload/support-bamboobeam.gif http://forum.geomancy.net/upload/bambooflute1.gif http://forum.geomancy.net/upload/bambooflute2.gif The above are generally the three most common methods of "holding" up the protruding beams. If one has the time, go to the conference: Photo Tours of Interest and check out the above and two more articles on the above "beams". Anyway, if one is not standing or sitting under it for 2 hours per day per year, is no issue. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Firstly, a warm welcome! The common saying goes " Rome was not built in a day". Nowadays with easy access to the website, you try to begin exploring authentic Traditional Feng Shui. How to start? The Chinese Luck system is based on "the holy trinity" of luck. And one can classify most of the systems in general under:- 1. Heaven Luck - what one is suppose to be born with 2. EarthLuck - The Feng Shui of one's home &/or office 3. Human or Man Luck - self, relationship with others One useful start is to read the various articles in this forum classified under one of the three categories to better understand the three different luck systems. Other useful reads or classification are: 1. Shapes and Forms Feng Shui 2. Compass School: Eight House & Flying Star 3. Five Elements Concept It is not possible to list out a host of these and other concepts. But I am confident that if you can start to grasp all of the above, first, then it would be a good foundation stone for you to start a proper journey applying sound FS practises. It is a pity that Feng Shui is not too commercialised. And one key point is: Avoid buying PRODUCTS, PRODUCTS & PRODUCTS. Many sites sell everything under the name of Feng Shui (FS), I personally feel that what many consumers are doing is to throw away our money. The people that gain are those that sell such products! There are already many people who even purchased such products with credit card and had lots of roll over finance burden. Some case even leading to divorce as one partner secretly practise such "FS". So long as one keeps away or beware or "cavet emptor - let the buyer beware" of such acts which may lead to a vicious cycle of poverty, misery etc... Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Anonymous wrote: I have very much problems in my life,includes health,spirit,money,family and so on.I was verry pesimistic untill I discovered Feng - shui.The same moment I had some good feeling about it.In the last year agoI have read so much books,which are not easy to find here,and now I?ve been blessed to find your site.Now,I have so much informations,but don?t know where to start ?

Dear Chrissy, Not all 3rd day of each lunar month is bad. And many Chinese do celebrate some of the auspicious events on this day:- For example:- 3rd day of every 1st Lunar month Birthday of a Chinese Toaist God commonly called Sun. Many Toaist celebrate his birthday on this date. 3rd day of every 2nd Lunar month Birthday of the Chinese god of literature. 3rd day of every 3rd Lunar month This is the birthday of the God of the protector of the North 3rd day of every 8th Lunar month Birthday of the Kitchen God deity 3rd day of every 10th Lunar Month Birthday of General Mao Especially in the past, because of the birthday significance of such famous gods (deity or general) these days are considered auspicious for some. Thus, from the above, it does not look like all 3rd days are very inauspicious. It is like saying that because it is the Year of the tiger, one cannot get married. Based on our experience, the ba zi dates are personalised to the person. It has a basis of one's ba zi with five elements concept. Thus, if it is me, I will still stick to the same date. Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Chrissy RAdon wrote: I have read that the 3rd day of each lunar month (+ several other days) are very inauspicious "killing" days of the month and big events should be avoided on such days. Is this still the case if personally (based on DOB & time of birth) this is a very auspicious day? Should I avoid moving house on the 27th July and Move in on 28th?

Dear Anon, The rule of thumb here is to "visualise" each sector and also their specific star numbers. For example, in a bedroom, if there are two sectors that cut-across into the this bedroom, firstly visualise where the bed would be. Often especially the location of the bed and/or work/study table should be seriously considered as the major factor in determining which "sector" to use. In addition, where is the windows. One may also need to visualise which sector covers most the windows etc... In my opinion, with each experience, it is much easier to work on such plans. Another commonsense approach is that if say a room is located within two sectors and if one of sectors contain bad stars or a combination of #5 misfortune/sickness and or #2 sickness; then one should be more cautious and include these stars when considering "cures" to the room. Frankly, much of it depends on each layout as no two layouts are the same. Even in a 9 grid formation, especially if all rooms / floor plans are not of equal size, there is surely a situation where a room can also come into another sector. Well, see which method is more comfortable to you. Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Anonymous wrote: most of the time when using 8 pie wedge method the sector covers two rooms or even more and makes it difficult to decide where to place remedies.

Dear Lindy, Frankly, it is a good idea to rebuild the home entirely. Since your friend knows the history of the site; where there is no major history of bad qi other than she has no "feelings towards" the old home. As mentioned earlier, it is always better to rebuild totally or at least if rebuild partially not to touch the frontage of the building. I have produced a past link whereI told the story of how my grand pa, "chopped" off the head-of his home. No sooner had he done that and when work started on the new wing at the head-of-the house, he met with "calamity". The link is below:-http://www.geomancy.net/resources/art/art-grandpa3.htm Traditionally, if a geomancer has been engaged, a good date is chosen to do the inital start of piling or foundation work. In addition, your friend can take the opportunity to built a "Feng Shui" friendly home. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Usually, what you had described is considered under the category of "Commonsense approach" to Feng Shui. This is often considered inauspicious because that there may be a probability or "a higher risk" of landslide. Especially if there is unduly a heavy rain and plus soil erosion. Because of this reason, it is considered inauspicious under Feng Shui. However, if this is not a concern, then, frankly (in general) there is no issue. Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Anonymous wrote: could you please let me know if up hill back gardens (when the ground behindones housegoesvery steep up)could have anegativeeffect.

Dear Anon, In my opinion, although the main door facing may not be suitable to you; however, it is too premature to know for sure how it affects your finance. For example, this can be considered as ONE (1) leak. But yet, this one leak can be either: No or minimal issue (minor leak) or a major leak. From my past experience, many other factors need to be taken into account:- 1. External Environment (The landscape, the site, the building). This is strongly affected by Shapes and Forms Feng Shui. Usually, the rich get richer, is by building a home specific to draw wealth from the environment. This is not illegal as one cannot complain to the police to arrest him/her. Quantum Leap Feng Shui exists where we truly can "suck" wealth from the environment. One method is the design of the home. For example, if the close neighbourhood have buildings in rectangular shape, then this owner's Geomancer may propose a "taller" home in the shape of a tree. Under the Five elements concept rectangular shape belong to the earth element. Thus a building shaped like a tall structure is likea tree getting nourishment from the ground (earth). This is just an example. 2. Interior Environment The home / apartment. Here, a combination of Shapes and Forms Feng Shui with Compass School (Eight House and Flying Star) plus Ba Zi should be used effectively to either neutralise sha qi (bad qi / poison arrows) and /or to improve or enhance good Feng Shui. Whether this main door leak is major or minor could also revolve from an analysis under Flying Star Feng Shui. For example, if your home faces NE or SW; under Period 8, this is suppose to be one of the better homes. And if one applies Flying Star correctly, then, one can have a "quantum leap" of luck towards us. Thus, even if the home is considered inauspicious for us, but because it has better Feng Shui, then, your incompatibility with this home is reduced or negated by such better Feng Shui. Thus in general, it is said that the "leak" is minor. If your facing direction is say NW or North. Then, currently such facing directions may not have good Flying Star charts. If so, again in general (without taking into consideration other factors) this home already have not so good birth chart coupled with "death or disaster" for you may perhaps bring financial issues. As both the Flying star and eight house charts are not good. From the above, try to understand that we should not immediately "black-mark" a home just because we discovered ONE leak. We need to dwell further to find out not only is this a major or minor leak but perhaps can we: 1. neutralise or reduce any OTHER leaks? 2. can we enhance any other sectors to improve our luck? Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Anonymous wrote: Hi Master, if I'm staying in a house where themain dooris facing the death and disaster directions according to my ba zi, I gather that there's a possibility that I'llhave some financial problems. How do I remedy that, cosI can't possibly shift house right?

Dear Krisztina, Since you mentioned hat you flat-share; within your room, yes; you can still do a "little" of Feng Shui. There are two approaches and both can be combined together:- 1. Eight House Compass School Feng Shui Try to determine whether you are either an East or West Group person. If not sure, can use the free tools provided under http://www.geomancy-online.com It is recommended that you should generate the best bed-head direction and best work/study table direction charts. And if possible, invest in a small compass. Once youhave all these, you can then try to see whether you can position your bed / study in the best possible directions (not withstanding the restrictions of the current bedroom i.e. wardrope, windows). 2. Commonsense approach Many people all over the world don't even have a single notion of what "Feng Shui" or in India "Vastu" is all about. And the most natural is to organise the bedroom based on one's instict. For most of us, this is the most natural thing to do. In addition, feel free to decorate or place even things like for some girls (or ladies) soft toys, photo frame of family, friends etc... Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Krisztina Takacs wrote: I am new to Feng Shui. I live in a flatshare with friends. I'd like to decorate and organize my room for my best advantage using Feng Shui guidelines. It's a spaciuos square(door on SW wall, window on East wall) and I am a NE person (gua: 8) I'm wondering what would be an ideal arrangement for my basic furniture: bed, storages, shelvess, entertainment unit, sofa?

Dear Jack, Feng Shui can help in two situations: 1.Apply the Eight House Theory: Best study directions and Best bed-head directions (for sleep) 2. Yin & Yang; Yang & Yin Many other situations may have to do more with the food you take, your current "stress-levels"; "support-group" etc... 1. Try to generateyour own personal Eight House chart to see where your best work directions are. If possible, but taking into consideration; the bedroom layout plan; you should try to sit facing agood direction for study. It is also nice to have the bed-head facing towards a good direction. But often, like the layout plan that you had sketched out, usually it is much harder to place the bed-head. Based on your layout plan, there is I believe some room to try to manouvre yourstudy table to a good direction (again, nice to have).You can goto: http://www.geomancy-online.com 2. Yin & Yang Concept Since you do not have the luxury of having two separate rooms i.e. one for sleep the other for work, then like most people, have to work around this. For example, if it is time for study, make sure that the room is bright (yang) and all your study items placed closed-by. When it is time to sleep, you could perhaps draw down the curtains or make the room "cosier" for rest. As mentioned above, room layout and placement are based on Feng Shui. But in addition, there are other factors like good health (exercise) and in my opinion, it is very effective to have a good "study-buddy" group to encourage us as well as give us some "discipline". Wishing you success in your studies! Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, To understand better, we have to know that there are three kinds of Luck:- Based on the Chinese Holy Trinity of Luck, there are generally, three types of luck:- 1. Heaven Luck (What we are born with) 2. Earth Luck (The Feng Shui of our home and even office) 3. Man or Human Luck (Family, relationships and networking luck) What you have just mentioned is that your husband is considered a "weak fire" person. And this analysis is based on his bazi. Bazi is about Heaven Luck. We don't live in an isolated world. Although it is fine in theory to say that your husband is a weak fire, therefore, water (blue colour) may drown him. And thus wood (green is more suitable for him. And fire (red) is equally suitable. But as mentioned above, we don't live in isolation. For the home or earth luck or Feng Shui of the home, each home also has it's own ba zi. For example, when Feng Shui is used, here, there are even two acessments needed:- 1. Shapes and forms Feng Shui Usually our external environment has a strong influence on whether how good our earth luck is. 2. Compass School Feng Shui - This encompass both Eight House concept. Best directions and best sectors for the individual. - Flying Star Feng Shui Flying star Feng Shui is used in conjunction with ba zi to analyse each sector of the home. And often, it is acceptable to paint green unless the sector may have #3 quarrels, scandals, lawsuitsetc... Generally, other than to look out for #3 quarrels and sometimes #8, you may "take a risk" to paint the room green. But for the entire home, best or recommended to do a Flying Star audit. For a vehicle, there are two "issues", here:- In the west, some insurance companies did a survey and found that red cars had a higher rate of accidents. The next colour that has a higher rate is grey. Ba zi, aside, the above seems to imply that we should if possible avoid red colour car. Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Anonymous wrote: My husband is Weak Fire. He is driving a gold car. Is it true that the colour is not suitable for Weak Fire? Will it helps if we re-paint the car to red? Will red suit him more? Or can Master give a favourable colour him? Our bedroom is light blue. According to his bazi, will it helps him (to be more smooth in career and luck) if we paint the whole house to light green?

Dear Chrissy, Actually the Chinese 7th month has already started (25th July 2006). This year because of the intercalarymonth falling on 7th lunar month, there is an extra 7th month. Therefore, this year, the Chinese 7th month lasts until 21 September 2006. Traditionally, this is more of a Chinese custom of not moving-in during the Chinese 7th month. However, previously, when information flow is not as prevalent or as international as today, many non-Chinese still continue to move-in during (the Chinese 7th month). Thus, if you are not a Chinese nor do not stay in Asia, then, for practical reasons, you can still move-in during "our - Chinese" 7th month. As not all Chinese practices applies "across-the-board" to other countries. Warmest Regards, Cecil P.S. For the Chinese, often it common to do some of the things stated in the attachment - to bring in auspicious luck into the home.You may consider some or select some of the practises. Quote: Chrissy RAdon wrote: I am moving house on the 27th July (tomorrow). I have been restricted in my move date due to my job. This is a very auspicious day based on my birth, but is July or the 7th month a bad time to move and is there anything I can do to make the move as auspicious as possible?

Dear Anon, Usually, this (toilet at the centre) of the apartment is considered as ONE leak. But often, as mentioned, it is considered as ONLY 1 (ONE) leak. Furthermore, what is exactly at the centrepoint is crucial. If it is the toilet bowl directly at the centrepoint then this is considered1 major leak. But directly at the centrepoint is just the entrance or walk area, and basin, then this is not as bad as the toilet bowl at this direct location. Many homes can do with or afford to have more than 1 leak. And as no two homes or apartments are identical; it is best to "investigate" into each home to check for:- 1. whether there are further or moreleaks? 2. what we can do to reduce these leaks 3. whether there are any sectors which we can improve upon wealth? In general, good external environment equally plays a part to reduce or negate such a leak e.g. toilet at centrepoint! Under Flying Star Feng Shui, homes such as those with NE, SW under current Period 8 Feng Shui often have better qi then the rest of the other flying star sectors. And even if a toilet is at the centrepoint of such homes, they are lessen by say better Feng Shui from such (NE or SW) homes. In order to truly determine what is the degree that the toilet at the centrepoint may or may not affect as much a home is often to do a full Feng Shui audit to determine the degree of it's effect. Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Anonymous wrote: My toilet is placed in thecenter of the apartment,that is very bad influence,isn"t it?

Quote: Anonymous wrote: My main door faces my balcony window, and my friend advised me to put straight lucky bamboos (Dracaena)near the window. Facing the balcony from the main door, should I place it on the right or the left side ? How many stalks should I put ? Dear Anon, Under Feng Shui, the main issue, here is said to be " a direct - wealth leak as a result of a straight path from the main door towards your balcony window. Thus, I believe what your friend wanted you to do was to "block" this leak or direct sha qi. If not, it is said that it is difficult to keep money as "money comes and goes out of the home very quickly!". Therefore, the aim is notso much of how many stalks but rather, the idea is to "block" this wealth leak at the balcony area by placing sufficient numbers vs just how many stalks. Again, your question of whether to place the plant(s) on the left side or right side depends on where this direct wealth leak is? It should thus be placedin the direct-line-of-sight of the main door entrance. Alternatively, if you do have a sliding panel (at the balcony area) to prevent rain from pouring into the home, then, this sliding panel should be or act as a partition between the main door and the direct-line-of-sight of or towards the balcony area. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Marilyn, In my opinion, whenever I draw a Flying Star chart, I prefer to draw a "pie-chart" instead of the 9 grid. For your home, I strongly recommend that you use the "pie-chart". This is because, by using the "pie-chart" your analysis can even to extended outwards towards the garden area. Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: marilyn o wrote: my house is landed. the Lot is rectangle but the house itself (not including garage and open areas like patios) is not. should i also include them or are their considered outdoor?

Dear Jessica, 1. It is challenging to provide a comprehensive comment on apartments, as each one is unique. 2. Based on my experience with Feng Shui, I have observed that the layout of an apartment can impact the dynamics of a marriage. 3. Flying Star Feng Shui can be used to identify and address potential issues that may lead to divorce. 4. Certain factors, such as the placement of the main entrance door and the presence of star #3, can contribute to marital problems. 5. Star #3, known as the "quarrels and scandal" star, should be addressed by avoiding water features and using specific colors in certain areas of the apartment. 6. Misplacement of water features can further exacerbate issues related to star #3. 7. The placement of water features in certain areas of the apartment can impact the romantic energy of the space. 8. These are some of the major issues related to marital problems, and there are other factors to consider as well. In Conclusion In conclusion, the layout and Feng Shui of an apartment can significantly influence the dynamics of a marriage, with factors like the placement of the main entrance door and star #3 playing a crucial role in potential marital problems. Addressing these issues through Flying Star Feng Shui techniques can help mitigate the risk of divorce and enhance the romantic energy of the space. Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Jessica Tan wrote: I have just brought a HDB recently. I really like the house so I paid for the deposit. After signing the contract I realised that the owner were actually going through a divorce and that was the reason why they had to sell it. Is this going to affect my marriage too or is there a way to improvise the situation?

Dear Anon, Based on Flying Star Feng Shui, currently many homes that usually have NE or SW facing and that are Period 8 homes should enjoy better Feng Shui or earth luck. As to the perfect home, one chief concern is the external shapes and forms. As this has a great influence on the home. In addition, it is good that the home or apartment should if possible not be affected too much by direct sunlight. For example, we should avoid homes with critical areas "bathed" by the afternoon sun - especially if it is a wall "soaking in the" afternoon sun e.g. master bedroom wall or children's bedroom; living room etc... Such homes can be warm in the evening. The time where most of us come home to spent time. Quote: Anonymous wrote: i am looking for house now and i know that i should be looking for house facing NE. i found the perfect house which is facing NE and it is a designer house and i like it so much. Currently, it is difficult to say for sure whether red tiles are acceptable or may cause a problem. Under Feng Shui or Flying Star Feng Shui, if you do know how to draw a Flying star chart for this home; then you can understand whether red floor tiles may or may not be suitable for certain sectors of the home. If it covers the entire home then; it may be a wider cause of concern. In general, if one were to plot a Flying star chart and if the sector or location has one or a combination of these stars; then too much red is not favourable for that sector:- #5 misfortune or sickness = Earth (Yellow colour) #2 sickness = Earth (Yellow colour) if the sector has either #5 with or without #2 and with addition of #9 fire (RED) then ideally, it is best not to have red tiles. However, in many instances, extra carpeting can be laid on the floor to reduce the red tiles - without having to change them. In addition, try not to use further red furniture(s) or decorations. Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Anonymous wrote: since i born in yearv1976, understand my total lost direction is South, which means red or orange color. wht worried me is that the floor color of this house is in red color(i nv intend to change it i will hv to buy this house) . i am confused now.

Dear Anon, The consensus amongst many Geomancers are that there is no issue with the purchase of a home or apartment in the Chinese7th Lunar month. The rationale for this is that as you had mentioned, moving-in is physical. And renovations is noisy - disturb the "ghosts". Anything that is tangible or physical - may therefore affect the "ghosts". While purchasing a home or placing a deposit on a new (perhaps yet to be built or completed) home or apartment does not involve "physical" presence at the new home. Look at it this way, even if the "ghosts" knows where our new home is located, but since it has not been built nor completed, yet, how is he/she (ghost) going to go there? Even for those who had purchased a completed home, best not to go ino the home especially to eat / sleep or a combination of eat plus sleep, eat plus bathe or sleep plus bathe there. Warmest Regards, Cecil Anonymous wrote: Would like to ask if it is okay to buy a condo during the lunar seventh month? I know that renovating and moving into the home is not advisable, but not too sure about housing transaction.

Dear Anon, "From what I've read so far, every room is in the wrong place, lighting is bad, beds face wrong way - I am overwhelmed and don'tt know where to start! " My personal advise is that if you are doing Feng Shui on your own, not to do it in a real `hurry'. For those who want to do it immediately should consult a competent Feng Shui practitioner. Otherwise, if you want to do it on your own shoul spent time understanding at LEAST the following MAIN TOPICS:- 1. Shapes and Form 2. Compass Schools: Flying Star and Eight House. Alternatively, many people have lived without ever knowing what Feng Shui is and are equally successful in their live. Some people have also relied on their `sixth-sense' and are equally successful. For the colors, one can use neutral colors such as white or pastel colors for the home. (This is not considering Feng Shui). Warmest Regards, Cecil ----- Original Message ----- From: "free-advice Listmanager" To: Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 7:06 AM Subject: Colors for my house?

Dear Anon, There are two ways at looking into this:- 1. Human Luck Factor Some of us enjoy putting on jewellry or wear some jewellry. And perhaps, make them feel good or even confident of one-self. Drawing a parallel, it is akin to buying somedecorative itemsfor the home. Imagine, a home can orlook very dull without some form of decoration. 2. Under the Five Elements Concept Reference: http://www.geomancy.net/resources/theories/fs-5element.htm Under the Five Elements concept, if we take a careful look at the "destructive" cycle; one can see the "constant" Metal "destroys" Wood or Water "destroys" Fire or Wood "destroys"Earth or Fire "destroys" Metal or Earth "destroys" Water For example, Wood "destroys" Earth. Look at it this way: The roots of a tree (WOOD) crush the earth to get nourishment. While Metal "destroys" wood to gain wealth. For example, imainge we have a block of wood, which costs as little as $1. But if we can use metal implement to carve out an object, this can cost much more than the $1. Thus, here, metal adds value to the wood! The idea behind this concept of Destructive cycle is that there is one condition to this: one must be a STRONG element. Thus, if you are a STRONG wood person, then, the metal implement that helps to carve out an object of art will not "harm" the person. But if one is considered as a WEAK wood, person then wearing too much metal (gold) may not be too good. If we base on this Five Elements concept. Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Anonymous wrote: I would like to know if this is true that person belongs to wood element should not wear gold and silver.

Dear Anon, This is a very good question. Generally, in my opinion, this is very common in the West. Especially, if there is a "lovely" bay-window just behind the bed-head. But locally in Singapore, this is often not a good idea for the following reasons. And these reasons are often "common-sense". In Singapore, majority of the homes are apartments (flats) or high-rise and it is often not too good an idea to have the bed-head against the window:- 1. Unfriendly neighbours! There are occassions where inconsiderate neighbours throw out cigarette butts and sometimes it may fall down into an open window. And if are beds are close to or next to the window, there can be a probable chance of catching fire. 2. Failure to install grilles or lock the windows. The main concern about high rise living is that often, many may have young ones (a child that is 1year plus to 3 or 4 years old). Imagine if they see superman shows or accidentally climb up the bed and they may accidentally fall off the window. 3. Windy / Facing direct sunlight e.g. afternoon sun Often, in high rise living, there may be occassions that wind or rain or sunlightmay come thru the window. Unless of course we do not open the windows. However, if one lives in a landed property and if some of the safety considerations are taken into consideration - it is not a major issue to place the bed-head against the windows or "bay windows". Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Anonymous wrote: WIndow Behind a Bed - Is it good?

Dear Diane, Wow! Actually, it is not so simple as it seems. As, firstly the external environment of the home, also needs to be considered such as any open drains or canal outside, passing thru the home and other external factors. In addition, it is quite difficult to understand the "T" or is it proprotionate etc.. Warmest Regards, Cecil Quote: Diane Price wrote: Could you please advise me on the purchase of a T shaped home? It has had an addition added to the middle of the back of the house. Thanks, Diane