Good Day Master Lee,
In a W3 facing/E3 sitting Period 8 house, both the mountain star 8 and water star 8 are located in the West.
We know that the West symbolizes metal element. How can we enhance both 8 mountain star and 8 water star in the West, which symbolizes the metal element. We know that the metal element exhausts the earth element. How do we solve this?
Thanks in advance for the reply.

1. The Flying Star concept uses the "Five Elements concept". And each Flying Star number is associated with the five elements. For example: #6 = strong metal and #5 = strong earth.

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In general each sector (North, South, East, West...) etc has three numbers; MS# W# B# (Mountain, Water, Base or Palace star).

3. When applying the Flying star, one should be looking strictly on the Flying Star numbers. Thus even in the West sector, if there is a double #8 then the rule of Flying Star applies that if this is the frontage a "proper water" position can be considered.

4. For simplicity, can understand that strictly North = Water, East = Wood, West = Metal. But like you are trying to figure out? How do you co-relate this with the Flying Star! In general this is a very general theory!

5. If you have Flying Star chart and the west has flying star numbers then one should analyse it strictly from the Flying Star perspective!

6. For the more experienced, in fact, the other consideration is the Shapes and Forms Feng Shui.

7. In the past, many Feng Shui practitioners are like what you understand North = water, East = wood. And when the practitioner advise their client: they would "insist" that their client place a water feature at North (career and water position). This is KINDERGARTEN Feng Shui! Outdated!

8. If we really want to mix Compass School (Flying Star) with Shapes and Forms, then we may try to take note that West is the "white tiger" location. And it would be disadvantage to symbollically have a water feature IN THE SHAPE of a well (circular) as it is symbolic of a tiger's hungry mouth! That's All. If you read carefully a water feature (based on Flying Star Feng Shui can be used here) except trying to have an oval shaped water feature!

9. Your question is akin to bringing in VERY GENERAL concepts like West is metal. And then suddenly mixing this with Flying Star numbers like #8's. Really no common denominator.

10. Best not to turn reasonable Feng Shui concepts into some kind of a weird experiement or into some kind of a "rocket science".