Depending on its use, your home office should be either close to the front door or in a secluded area of your home. If you receive clients or customers, the best place for your office is close to the front door. Because a home-based business that receives clients and customers, or traffic, is yang by nature, it should be located in the most yang area of your home, namely, in a front room. Also, a home-based business that receives clients should be kept completely separate from the more private areas of your home. If your work requires quiet concentration—if you are a writer, artist, or researcher—your office should be in a secluded area of your home. Read the rest of this entry »

Sha is a destructive form of chi that is generated by various configurations of objects, roads, buildings, and so on. Sha, sometimes called secret arrows, literally meaning “killing force,” undermines luck and causes losses of money. In feng shui, sha is one of the most important things to look out for. If the main door to your workplace opens directly to the outside of the building, stand in the doorway looking out, and search for any of the following causes of sha. Read the rest of this entry »

Your doorway faces one of the eight compass directions, which corresponds to one of the five elements. The element to which your door is aligned is the element that rules your space. You need to take a compass reading of your doorway to determine the element that rules your space. To do this correctly, stand in your doorway facing squarely out. The direction you find on the compass indicates the door’s element. Read the rest of this entry »

Easy position. Be self-possessed and cooperative to achieve success. You may be promoted to a high position.

Easy position. If you are adaptable and broad-minded, you will find many good opportunities for advancing.

Difficult position. Unless you exercise self-restraint and courtesy in the face of opposition, you could be unduly discredited and suffer losses. Beware of envious colleagues. Read the rest of this entry »

Uncertain position. Unless you can put aside selfish motives and work for the benefit of all, you will be inviting trouble. If you can act impartially, you will ultimately make substantial gains and be promoted. Consider this position a stepping-stone.

Uncertain position. Persevere in the midst of fluctuating circumstances. Beware of trickery. If you are resourceful, you will be successful. Read the rest of this entry »

Uncertain position. If you overreach your limits and go to extremes, you will run into trouble and suffer losses. If you calmly persevere while remaining flexible, you will have success.

Easy position. You may benefit through seemingly unfortunate or difficult circumstances. Be cooperative and sincere.

Easy position. You will make significant progress, gain recognition for your good efforts, and win the favor of your superiors. Read the rest of this entry »

Difficult position. Be meticulous at work, and take care to refrain from entanglements and quarrels. Do not take the goodwill of others for granted. Sincerity will lead to success.

Difficult position. Be flexible and patient. Stubbornness will cause you to lose the support and respect you need from others. When facing hardships and obstacles, seek expert help. Read the rest of this entry »

The following causes of sha, or secret arrows, when visible from your windows, can have subtle and negative effects on your nerves and contribute to your professional and financial problems.

• A road or driveway that runs directly toward or away from the window
• A sharp object, such as a spire, that is directly in line with or points directly at the window
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The way to neutralize, or remedy, any of the secret arrows you may have found when looking out your windows is quite simple_; it involves using the compass and applying colors. Colors correspond to the elements: black and deep blue to Water_; green and light blue to Wood_; red, pink, rose, and purple to Fire_; brown, beige, orange, and yellow to Earth_; white, gray, and silver to Metal. We are about to select and use a color as the antidote to the element that contains the secret arrow you found outside your window. Read the rest of this entry »

A space with the southeast area protruded can give rise to confusion, loss of focus, and overexertion. Ventures led by the inexperienced working here may result in financial loss.

• Use a lot of red and/or purple in the protruded area. For example, paint the walls with a tint of red or violet, put a red or maroon carpet on the floor, use bright or dark red furnishings (rosewood is fine), use red or violet window dressings, or hang pictures with lots of reds and/or purples on the walls. Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s look now at the meanings and remedies for the various protruded and indented areas. There are three remedies for each. You can apply any one, any two in combination, or all three together.

A space with the north area protruded attracts many friends as well as theft. Ventures led by the inexperienced working here are in danger of failure. Read the rest of this entry »

A space with the southwest area indented is generally unlucky but is especially unlucky for women and businesses that involve women’s interests. Ventures led by the inexperienced working here will encounter serious obstacles. Read the rest of this entry »

A space with the east area indented discourages growth and expansion. Ventures led by the inexperienced working here will result in financial loss.

• Use green and/or light blue around the indented area. For example, paint the walls green or light blue, use green or light blue window dressings, or hang pictures with lots of greens and light blues on the walls. Read the rest of this entry »

There are two remedies for each indented area. You can apply one remedy alone or both in combination.

A space with the north area indented invites accidents. Ventures led by the inexperienced working here are likely to fail. Read the rest of this entry »

Check your money and power points for the following trouble spots:

• A bathroom at the money or power point is unfavorable. The yin energy of the bathroom will drain your space of energy and the power to attract and accumulate money. Read the rest of this entry »

Once you have looked at your money and power points and corrected any problems, you can enhance your luck in the following ways:

• For the money point, cut out Chinese money writing. Mat and frame it with one of your lucky star colors, and hang it at the money point of your personal work space. If you work at a desk in an open area with no partitions, place the lucky money talisman on the upper-left-hand side of your desk. If your desktop is covered with glass, place the talisman, unframed, underneath the glass. Read the rest of this entry »

Dowsing with the Pendulum

Once you become comfortable with it, the pendulum can help you in all sorts of ways. You can use it when choosing tarot cards, for instance; shuffle the cards and lay them face down in front of you, then use your pendulum to choose which cards you should read. Put it in the search position over the first card, then ask ‘Is this card significant for me today?’ Move the pendulum, still swinging, over each card and choose the ones to which you get a ‘yes’ response. Make a note of the cards you’ve selected and how apt they are. Read the rest of this entry »

Practice Makes Perfect

Like all the other predictive techniques, it takes practice to use the pendulum. Sadly, when you start you may get more wrong answers than right ones — you need to train yourself to use it properly. That’s especially true if you plan to use the pendulum as a predictive tool for other people. Although when using other techniques, such as cartomancy, you can refer to the text if you get stuck or forget what something means, you can’t do that in the same way with the ‘pendulum. The link between it and your subconscious instincts and intuitions is too direct for that, so you must strengthen this link before you can use it to give guidance, to other people. Otherwise, you may mistakenly give them the wrong information. Read the rest of this entry »

Asking the Right Questions

One of the most common problems for people getting accustomed to using a pendulum is that they ask it the wrong question. Always remember that it can only answer ‘yes’, ‘no’ or ‘maybe/wrong question‘, so there’s no point in asking something like, ‘Should I buy the pink scarf or the black suit?’ It will either refuse to co-operate at all or give you the ‘wrong question‘ response. Read the rest of this entry »

As pendulums become increasingly popular methods of divining the future, so they’re becoming more widely available. Traditionally shaped pendulums are most commonly made from brass or wood, and are usually shaped like plumb-bobs suspended from a length of cord. Alternatively, you can buy pendulums made of rock crystal or some other semiprecious stone. If you prefer, you can create your own, perhaps using a wedding ring, a favourite piece of jewellery or a door-key — even a large paper-clip if it’s the only suitable object that you have to hand. It really doesn‘t matter what you use, provided it is not shaped in such a way that it can only swing in one direction or tends to veer off to one side. Read the rest of this entry »