From the balcony of my house, two smoke duct perhaps from a factory can be seen from far. This looks like the joss-stick that Chinese used for praying. I read from a book that this is not good for Fengshui. Please advise on the method to counter-act. Thank you.

Dear Anon,
1. For those who stay in a landed property, a Ming Tang or semi-circular water position at the frontage radiating outwards would be a good cure against such twin `joss-sticks'.
Here, the `water' symbolically put's out the "fire" or "smoke" of the `joss-sticks'.
2. As you live in an apartment, it would seem not appropriate (or impractical) to place a water position at the balcony.
3. If you are living especially in the Far East, one may use the Ba Gua mirror placed above the balcony (mid-point).
4. Alternative cures include:-
4.1. Placing two forks (as in forks and spoon) where each fork is placed on each side of the balcony pointing towards each `joss-stick'. Be sure to use metal i.e. stainless steel or other metallic forks. Here, these forks (METAL) element are used to neutralise the Fire element symbolically from the `joss-stick'.
In addition the METAL is used to `cut-down' the `joss-stick' shape which is thin = representing the WOOD element.
4.2. Alternatively, a more offensive cure is to place a pair of cannon on each side of the balcony aimed at the joss-sticks. Here, they (cannon) should be made of metal and representing the metal element to slice and neutralise the joss-sticks.
5. Do not that the above especially para 4.2 is meant more for close range `defence' such as the smoke stack/joss-sticks at close range of say no more than 5 to 10 km away.
6. If you live in an apartment, avoid placing a water position at the centre of the balcony. This is because, usually the balcony is `small size' and there is difficulty in the height of the water (avoid creating a mountain effect at the frontage of the house... clear space is needed).
A Ming Tang effect or semi-circular water position radiating outwards is (in my opinion, quite difficult at the balcony area). And the size if small has little effect to cover the frontage. (There will be `leaks' occuring and this would hardly seem a good defence against it).
If you are using curtains, it would be good to have curtains at both sides of the balcony (if possible to hide the "joss-sticks").
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 3/9/01 9:27:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
From the balcony of my house,
two smoke duct perhaps from a
factory can be seen from far.
This looks like the joss-stick
that Chinese used for praying.
I read from a book that this
is not good for Fengshui.
Please advise on the method to
counter-act. Thank you.