Dear Cecil,
How important is the door of the main door? I read someplace that one should not have a safety door outside the main door. Because usually such adoor wouldopen outwards, away from the main door, so the energy gets confused. Thereby, the area intowhich it opens - career, relationship,gets affected.
* Also that such doors sometimes have a panelthat is kept shut. Which isalso badfeng shui.
* Another thing - a house with open space to thesouth will have too much expenditure.
Which is the correct fengshui? Please advise.
Thanks.

Dear Anon,
In Traditional Feng Shui:-
1. The main door is important as it is like the `mouth' of the house.
2. The main important thing here is that the main door, must be "protected".
"The mouth must not be hurt". For example, if a sharp corner of another building points to the house, it is known as Sha Qi or poison arrows.
Other common arrows include, a single lamp post that slices the main door (tangent to it).
Here, if one stands at the main door and looks out of the house, the object e.g. a lamp post should not slice the main door.
3. Besides, the main door, the frontage e.g. windows, should also be `protected' from some of the harm as mentioned above.
4. Traditional Feng Shui does not use `fixed' template theories. Thus, the mention that the main door energy gets confused ... etc.. is difficult to `prove'.
5. Shapes and Form Feng Shui is important, from the point of view of the external of the house and (later) position of the furniture.
6. It is best to `give' up the idea of career sector, relationship sector...
7. As mentioned above, and also the fact that how much we would want to go into Feng Shui.
8. If one simply only wants to use the more `basic' Feng Shui, go for Shapes and Form Techniques.
9. Even if the main door is closed or has a second door, outside, e.g. a grille, this is still acceptable.
Here, one do not expect to open the door all the time: Yet, how does Qi comes in?
10. Thus the frontage of the house or other windows, does allow Qi to flow in.
It is the nature of windows etc.. that Qi can also come in.
11. For more advanced techniques at looking at a house, the Flying Star theory is still the most important.
This `magical' mathematics, is still the most accurate for identifying problems and providing `enhancements' (if there are such as activating the water or mountain star).
12. Thus, it is best to differentiate `Kindergarten' Feng Shui such as `Fixed Templates'. These theories can be discounted totally. Some have no basis in Feng shui.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 4/18/00 7:36:00 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear Cecil,
How important is the door of
the main door? I read
someplace that one should not
have a safety door outside the
main door. Because usually
such adoor wouldopen outwards,
away from the main door, so
the energy gets confused.
Thereby, the area intowhich it
opens - career,
relationship,gets affected.
* Also that such doors
sometimes have a panelthat is
kept shut. Which isalso
badfeng shui.
* Another thing - a house with
open space to thesouth will
have too much expenditure.
Which is the correct fengshui?
Please advise.
Thanks.