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 »

The Yin Pa Kua

Shown below is theYin Pa Kua, which illustrates the placement of the trigrams according to the Early Heaven arrangement.This is also the arrangement of trigrams used in the protective Pa Kua as an antidote to poison arrows.This is the Pa Kua which you hang in front of your door outside your home to counter Shar Chi caused by hostile structures which are hitting the main door. Study the placement ofthe trigrams carefully for the power of theYin Pa Kua comes from the arrangement of the trigrams. Many such Pa Kuas presently sold in Chinatowns all over the world and over the Internet have big mistakes in the placement of these trigrams, so do check carefully. Read the rest of this entry »

Feng Shui is essentially veryfamily oriented.The eightsides of the Pa Kua represent the essence of the family unit comprising the father, the mother, the three sons, and three daughters. Each family member has a designated direction and this serves as the first guide to indicating the specific location in the home most suited to each member of thefamily. Following from that analysis, Feng Shui masters usually go on to see whether each of these sectors is afflicted by physical structures inthe immediate environment and whether it suits the person, based on the individual’s date of birth, and by consulting the Eight Mansions formula. More advanced analysis from there involvesnumerological analysis of these sectors based on the Flying Star formula, as well as on the indication of the presence of malevolent and killing stars during specific calendar days, months, and years. The whole system of Feng Shui checking can thus be most complex. When you get a Feng Shui consultant in to “feng shui” your home, this is what he or she should do. For a really thorough investigation that will involve a lot of time and real effort, you do need a Feng Shui master. Read the rest of this entry »