The ceilings in both bedrooms of our new house are slanted on both the north and south sides of both rooms. There is a small portion of the ceiling that is parallel to the floor (about 2-3 feet in width running the depth of the room) where the slanted ceilings meet at the center. My question is how do we place our bed? There is a window on the East wall in the east bedroom and one on the west wall in the west bedroom. Would it be considered bad feng shui to place our bed under the window running lengthwise into the room under this parallel portion of the ceiling? I know it is considered bad to put the head of a bed against a wall with a downward sloping ceiling, and also to place it under a window. Please advise. Thank you.
Jennifer DeVos

Dear Jennifer,
Please see below:-

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On 8/31/99 9:52:02 PM, Anonymous wrote:
The ceilings in both bedrooms
of our new house are slanted
on both the north and south
sides of both rooms. There is
a small portion of the ceiling
that is parallel to the floor
(about 2-3 feet in width
running the depth of the room)
where the slanted ceilings
meet at the center. My
question is how do we place
our bed?
1. Priority should first be given to placement of the bed under the four symbolic animals concept ( http://www.geomancy.net/fs/four.htm)
Here you must remember to place the bed after considering:

- Where is the bedroom door and avoid placing the bed where it can be seen when you open the door.
- Avoid placing the bed with the headrest towards a window.
- Avoid placing the bed on the same wall as the toilet.
- Avoid letting any part of the bed face the toilet door. (Remedies can be applied thou).
2. Only after you have considered the above and check to see if the bed can be placed e.g. where you mentioned at the "parallel". If not, you really cannot do much with a slopping ceiling unless:-
a. Hopefully the ceiling is high. The higher the better as this will reduce the `sloping' sha.
b. Get a poster bed with four `pillars' on each side. Here, you can place e.g. a lace cloth material above it.
c. I guess false ceiling is out. But this is one remedy.
Other than the above, there is nothing much you can do.

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There is a window on
the East wall in the east
bedroom and one on the west
wall in the west bedroom.
Would it be considered bad
feng shui to place our bed
under the window running
lengthwise into the room under
this parallel portion of the
ceiling? I know it is
considered bad to put the head
of a bed against a wall with a
downward sloping ceiling, and
also to place it under a
window. Please advise. Thank
you.

Better the two sha positions, it is a better choice to place the bed like you mention under the window running lenghtwse into the room.
This is because there is no top down influence e.g. a sloping ceiling with sha qi supressing down. The only reason why both Feng Shui and (commonsense) suggest not to do so is more for privacy i.e. a thief or a peeping tomm. But look at it this way, if your house is of reasonable height e.g. two storeys, such things are rare.
I believe that the windows above are opaque and thus should be fine. If it is not, you can easily get a contractor to install an opaque film over the windows.
Under the concept, if you cannot see through the glass, it no longer becomes a threat. The opaque film is symbolic of a wall.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil