Capricorns seem to grow young, rather than old. They are born thirty, and spend their youth and early twenties growing their body into its rightful age.

To be truthful, they would love to have skipped all those tiresome early years, having to be friends with immature brats and having no control over their destiny. The teenage years are especially painful for a Capricorn — rebellion holds no sway with her; she just wants to get out of school, so she can start earning a wage and take some control over her life. Read the rest of this entry »

Basic characteristics of the Pisces sign

Personal creed — I believe Negative/feminine sign Element — Water

Energy — Mutable

Psychological type — Feeling

Glyph — )-( represents two fish linked; refers also to the physical and spiritual sides of a person

Colour — Sea green

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Sagittarius/Sagittarius

This pairing may eventually fizzle into just good friends, but you value friendship as much as love and you will have a lot of fun on the way. Your lust for life is unparalleled, and you will have a wild time thrilling each other with the next spontaneous adventure. The camaraderie between you is infectious and if you ever break up, it will be to the moans of your friends who loved going along for the ride. You most enjoy travel and talk together.

Sagittarius/Capricorn

Optimism and faith versus realism and doubt are likely to be hot topics in this coupling. Capricorn will find Sagittarius‘ grandiose plans amusing, Sagittarius will find Capricorn’s reaction just a bit patronising. If your dissimilarities are not too extreme, you can complement rather than frustrate each other, with Sagittarius providing the energy and vision and Capricorn the steady hand. Read the rest of this entry »

The practice of Feng Shui intoday’s world differssubstantially from its historical origins. Today Feng Shui is freely available to everyone: it is used by rich and poor alike, as a result of which the practice is applied to individual residences and work places, and by individuals.

Secondly, Feng Shui is today being practiced in a dramatically different world. Because the physical landscape of the world has changed so much, Feng Shui today has greatly adapted old precepts. The growth of cities and the popularity of apartment living in an urban setting have necessitated a reinterpretation of the old texts. Read the rest of this entry »

Feng Shui has been practiced “I in China as a formalized technique of selecting auspicious sites since the Tang Dynasty, and probably the most famous Feng Shui master of his day was Yang Yun Sang, who is widely recognized in the old texts as the “founder” of Landscape Feng Shui as we know it today. Master Yang left a legacy of classics that have survived the centuries. As a leading figure at the court of the emperor Hi Tsang (888 B.C.E.), Master Yang’s books on the capturing and harnessing of the dragon’s breath were required reading in the Imperial exams. He thus exerted tremendous influence at court.

Master Yang’s books on what eventually came to be recognized as Feng Shui were also the basis upon which succeeding generations of practitioners set their knowledge. His emphasis was on the shape of the mountains, the direction of water courses, and most of all, on searching for the green dragon’s lair hidden in the undulating ridges and valleys of mountain ranges. Read the rest of this entry »

Feng Shui is not a spiritual practice which creates miracles. It does not bring overnight success. It does not change the circumstances of an individual’s life immediately. Feng Shui works according to the quality of the energies that surround any domestic or work space.Those who would promise instant wealth, winning the lottery and creating immediate gratification; do not truly understand Feng Shui.

Feng Shui cannot create good fortune on its own but it can create favorable energy around your home or office so that, when bad luck strikes, it tempers the ill-fortune and reduces the loss, making things easier to bear. Read the rest of this entry »

Feng Shui is an ancient science that goes back at least 3,500 years. The practice of Feng Shui has its roots in the Chinese way of viewing the universe, where all things on the Earth are categorized into the five basic elements (fire, metal, earth, wood, and water) and take on implications of positive or negative energy. This energy is known as Chi, or, more colorfully, the dragon’s cosmic breath, which brings good fortune for those who are surrounded by it. The five elements make up a central pillar of Feng Shui analysis and practice and each of these elements can have either Yin or Yang attributes. Read the rest of this entry »

Feng Shui practice can be applied to almost every facet of the living and working condition. It has to do with enhancing the energies of the surrounding environment as well as the immediate living and working space. It functions on the premise that if one lives — breathes, sleeps, sits, eats, and works — surrounded by healthy, vibrant energy, then one will be enveloped by an aura of good vibrations that attract excellent good fortune. On the other hand, if one is shrouded by bad energy, dead energy, or killing energy, the environment brings grave misfortunes. Read the rest of this entry »

In the old days, Feng Shui was extensively applied to Yin dwellings, which are basically ancestral burial grounds. Feng Shui treats Yin Feng Shui as a subject that is separate and different fromYang Feng Shui. Symbols and reference points for the purposes of calculations differ for these two types of dwellings.

The Feng Shui referred here is Yang Feng Shui, which isapplicable only toYang dwellings, or houses of the living.

This is not to say that Yin Feng Shui is no longer practiced today. In Taiwan it remains a very important branch of the Feng Shui that is practiced by many of its more prominent families. Read the rest of this entry »

Wilhelm’s I Ching was translated into German, and it was left to another scholar, Cary E Baynes, to translate it into English, thus making the great wisdom of the IChing available to a wider audience. Overseas Chinese, like the author and many of her contemporaries, whose knowledge of and exposure to so-called “authentic Chinese culture” is at best adapted and juxtaposed from a hodgepodge of secondary literature, superstition, and hearsay from the old folks, owe a debt of gratitude to both Wilhelm and Baynes for making this great work accessible for study. Read the rest of this entry »

The major source book of Feng Shui is the I Ching. The I Ching is a text rich with the wisdom of the ancients.

Meanings abound, some obvious, some hidden, all derived from the eight mysterious and deceptively simple three-lined trigrams that double up to become the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes.

Both branches of Chinese philosophy — Confucianism and Taoism — have common roots in the I Ching and its origins go back to mythical antiquity. As a book of divination or as a book of wisdom, the I Ching has occupied the attention of China’s most eminent scholars through the centuries. Read the rest of this entry »

Feng Shui finds beautiful expression in the flows of invisible energy that gently waft through the earth and the sky, floating on its waters, carried along by gentle breezes, bringing abundant happiness and prosperity wherever it circulates and settles. The Chinese refer to this intrinsic energy as Chi.

Chi is the unseen delicate force that moves through the human body and the environment, invisible and unnoticed, yet always potent. Chi can be compared to radio waves, telephone signals, radar, and magnetic vibrations Yoga practitioners allude to “Prana,” the inner breath that mysteriously energizes the human body, giving a strange sort of strength, an extraordinary kind of vigor. The Chinese regard Chi as the mysterious inner energy, which gives strength and soul to mankind. Read the rest of this entry »

Each trigram comprises combinations of three straight lines that are eitherbroken (— —) or unbroken (—). These trigrams collectively represent the trinity of the universe comprising the subject (man), the object having form (earth), and the content (heaven).The lowest place in the trigram is that of the earth; the middle place in the trigram belongs to man; and the top place in the trigram to heaven.

A global concept of the universe is fully expressed by the aggregate meanings of the eight trigrams. Another significant feature is that they intermingle when they become hexagrams. Read the rest of this entry »

Since Landscape Feng Shuiaddresses land contours, theshape and orientation of mountains exert a huge influence on the luck of homes built in their vicinity The Chinese have always considered mountains (shan) as desirable places in which to live. Convinced that celestial dragons nestle in elevated landforms, they shun flat plains, which represent the discarded droppings washed down from the mountains. Undulating mountains epitomize all that is best in Feng Shui.

Keeping in mind the cardinal rule of never allowing the main door to face or confront a mountain, there are methods of analyzing the auspiciousness of surrounding mountains. One method is to learn to discern five different types of mountain, categorized in accordance with the five elements, the shape of the peak determining elemental essence. Read the rest of this entry »

Metal

Energies of the metal element are both dense and inward-flowing. Metal is synonymous with gold and silver, and these precious metalshave always been the symbols of wealth and prosperity, but thiselement is also cold and lifeless.

Unlike the other elements metal is unbending. It is a manifestation of wealth and energizing its essence in the correct metal corners of the house will be of great benefit to the whole home.

A pot of gold is the best representation ofmetal. In Feng Shui allthings are symbolic, but placingyour left-over change coins in a metal container and theplacing it in the metal directions, the northwest or the west,magnifies the energies of these sectors and adds to the harmony and flow of energies moving within the home..

Anything metallic like coins and gold bars is suitable for metal corners. Those born in metal years or in rooster and monkey yearshave a special affinity with metal. The energies ofelements arenot static.

They interact with each other all the time in either productive or destructive cycles.

Understanding the way the energies of the five elements affect each other enables the practitioner to know how to achieve Feng Shui harmony in the living space. Study the cycles of the elements carefully as this will enhance your successful practice of Feng Shui considerably.

Earth

The earth element epitomizes the core of Feng Shui. Powerful earth energy moves sideways and horizontally, spreading its essence each time the seasons start to change, aiding the transition from summer to fall to winter to spring, and back to summer once again. Earth is produced by fire so those places that lack this vital energy are enhanced by the presence of bright lights. But earth is destroyed by wood to which it gives sustenance. In earth corners, therefore, reduce the presence of wood. It is also a good idea to reduce the presence of metal in earth areas since earth produces metal. This is why metal is said to exhaust earth. Read the rest of this entry »

The amateur practitioner is advised to learn how to recognize auspicious and inauspicious shapes, features and orientations, topography, and levels in the environment. Examine the hills and topography behind the home. This is usually defined as the part of the house that is opposite to the main door.

Some texts describe the back of the house as that part which is farthest away from the main road fronting the house, irrespective of where the back door is sited.

Others consider the place of the back door to be the back of the house. For practical purposes, I suggest that you use your own judgment to determine which part of your home you consider to be the back. If you are unsure, consider the place of the back door as the back of the house. Read the rest of this entry »

When looking for a place with good Feng Shui, be particularly alert to the contours of the surroundings. When the road is sloping, sites that are halfway between the highest and lowest point are better than those right at the top or at the bottom.

The top of a hill is said to be inauspicious since there is little protection from the elements.

Valleys are less problematic but in general look for sites at midlevel rather than at extremes. Read the rest of this entry »

The practice of Feng Shui always starts with location. If the whereabouts of your home are auspicious according to basic Feng Shui tenets, this alone will assure you and your family of a good life. Superb luck will accompany you and all you do will meet with success as long as you live in such a home. The natural environment is extremely powerful; even if the interior of your home might suffer from some negative Feng Shui features, the effect will be insignificant if the location of your home enjoys excellent classical Form School Feng Shui.

Landscape Feng Shui focuses initially on the physical surroundings of your home. If you live in an apartment, use the whole building in which your apartment is situated to determine if your location follows good Feng Shui landscape criteria. Read the rest of this entry »

All the energies of the Earth — which can be regarded as synonymous with the breath of the dragon, the Sheng Chi — are said to be either Yin or Yang in nature.

All the elements of the Earth too are said to have either a Yin essence or a Yang essence. The cosmology of these two opposing yet complementary forces is the conceptual way the Chinese view the universe. Yin and Yang have their own attributes and their own magnetic fields of energy. They are diametrically different but they are nevertheless mutually dependent. Each gives existence to the other; one cannot exist without the other. Read the rest of this entry »