Hello. I've read that the front of a stove where the oven door is located should face a favorable direction based on the trigram of a house and should sit in an unfavorable direction.

For a Xun house (315 degrees facing NW), there doesn't seem to be any really good directions. F1 = N, F2 = E, F3 = S, F4 = SE, H1 = NW, H2 = W, H3 = SW, H4 = NE. The only ways the stove can be placed (based on the particular floor plan for this Xun house) is sitting NE (H4) facing SW (H3); sitting SW(H3)facing NE (H4); siting NW (H1) facing SE(F4). Which is the most favorable choice?

Also, is there any objection to placing a stove in acenter island in a kitchen?

Thank you for any help.

Oliv

Dear Oliv,

Actually quite alot of concepts on the stove position comes from the interpretation of the 8 tigrams.

For example, the two major concerns of many Traditional Feng Shui practitioners are:-

1. The North-West.

The North-West is suppose to be the represented by THE FATHER or HEAVEN.

Thus one may come across this often used term " Fire at Heaven's gate".

Although you selected NW = H1, many FS practitioners consider it inauspicious to have a stove at NW. Since this is like having a fire at the Heaven's gate. Or letting the father or this is suppose to be the head of the house under fire!

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F1 = N, F2 =

E, F3 = S, F4 = SE

2. Generally, these facing directors are a better choice.

Also, is there any objection

to placing a stove in

acenter island in

a kitchen?

3. Yes, due to culture, this is very common in the west. Often, many Chinese is not used to it. But, overally, there is no major issue unless, in this position, the stove faces the sink or fridge.

In a western kitchen, especially, the stove should preferably not face:

3.1 the sink
3.2 the refrigerator
3.3 the dish washer

Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 7/22/2004 9:52:46 AM, Anonymous wrote:

Hello. I've read that

the front of a stove where the

oven door is located should

face a favorable direction

based on the trigram of a

house and should sit in an

unfavorable direction.

For a Xun house (315 degrees

facing NW), there doesn't seem

to be any really good

directions. F1 = N, F2 =

E, F3 = S, F4 = SE, H1 = NW,

H2 = W, H3 = SW, H4 =

NE. The only ways the

stove can be placed (based on

the particular floor plan for

this Xun house) is sitting NE

(H4) facing SW (H3); sitting

SW(H3)facing NE (H4);

siting NW (H1) facing

SE(F4). Which is the

most favorable choice?

Also, is there any objection

to placing a stove in

acenter island in

a kitchen?

Thank you for any help.

Oliv