One of the great secrets to the power of feng shui lies not in the arrangement of the space but in the essential tuning of its chi. Chi from the heavens and the earth pervades any given space the same way chi pervades your body. Chi has yin and yang phases. Chi from below ground is predominantly yin. Chi from heaven is predominantly yang. In your body the left side is yin, and the right side is yang if you are right-handed. If you are left-handed, the left side of your body is yang, and the right side of your body is yin. Read the rest of this entry »

Libra, seventh house, Venus

Part of body

The bladder, kidneys, lumbar region, haunches to buttocks, adrenal glands, lumbar nerves and blood vessels.

Potential ailments

Kidney and bladder disorders, eczema, lumbago, abscesses. Read the rest of this entry »

Check out the following list to see how the planets, signs and houses link to the different parts of the body.

This list will come in very handy when you want to examine the state of health of a subject on a progressed chart of any kind. The information here will be far too basic for those who want to make a career of medical astrology but it is enough for the rest of us. Think before opening your mouth when dealing with this aspect of astrology because the last thing you want to do is to alarm anyone or to plant the idea in a subject’s head that he is likely to become ill. 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 »

In Feng Shui, the house actually symbolizes the person. The door is the mouth, the rooms oneither side of the main door are the lungs, the center is the heart, the back door is the anus, the roof is the head, and the windows are the eyes and ears. The house should be symmetrical, like the human body.

When the house is awkwardly shaped, or if something is missing, it affects our well-being. If it sits on precarious or unstable land, the people inside are likely to feel unstable. lf we open the door every day and there is a wall or tree directly in front of it, we are constantly confronting an obstruction. Read the rest of this entry »

Longevity and a healthy life have always been of prime importance to the Chinese.

Hopes for, and expectations of, both have long been a part of their psyche and Chinese tradition is full of doctrines and techniques that address these aspects.

Many legends and folk stories describe the search for immortality. Ancient rulers were reported to have sent emissaries throughout the kingdom in search of the elixir ofimmortality. The emperor Huang Ti was supposed to have sent three thousand virgin boys and girls into the eastern seas to look for the islands where the peach of immortality grew. Needless to say they were never heard of again, but some believe the Japanese race descended from them. There are also many popular legends associated with the adventures of the Eight Immortals, characters regarded as saints whose faces appear in Chinese homes to symbolize long life for residents. Read the rest of this entry »

Classical textbooks onChinese traditional andherbal medicines usually describe disease and illness in terms of Yin and Yang, and it is diagnosed as being caused either by an excess of Yin or Yang energy.

Too much Yin or Yang, either in the atmosphere or in the food we eat, will result in aggressive energies attacking the body. Hostile energies in the environment are described as atmospheric, and when they are inopposition to the energy of the human body there will be astruggle between the opposing energies; illness often results from this struggle. For residents of a space to enjoy good health, the energies of that space must be in harmony with those of the physical bodies occupying that space. Read the rest of this entry »