Before embarking on learning the formulas it is fundamental to understand the importance of the compass. In the old days Feng Shui practitioners used the Luo Pan — the ornate and extremely complex master’s compass. Today, you can use a good modern compass. Select one that gives you readings in degrees — many of the formulas require very exact readings. These readings are usually related to the direction of the main door. The direction the door faces looking out plays a very big role in determining the suitability of the Feng Shui of the house for particular residents. Read the rest of this entry »

How to Determine Your FENG SHUI Boundaries

In addition to demarcating your floor layout plan, you also need to work out the best method of determining the boundaries within which you undertake your Feng Shui reading. While it is very easy to pinpoint the cardinal directions, in reality most houses never directly face any of the cardinal directions. This can create problems.When I am confronted with this kind of problem I “adjust” the Lo Shu square until I can fix the directions as perfectly as possible into the grids.The result is not always absolutely accurate but it does give me a reasonable base from which to undertake my analysis. Read the rest of this entry »

In the living room there are twomain types of poison arrows thatneed to be disarmed. The first type is sharp edges caused by freestanding square pillars and protruding corners. The second is the sharp edges caused by exposed overhead beams. These unlucky features must be dealt with if you want to feel good energy in your living room.

In the living room, the best way to deal with sharp, harmful edges caused by freestanding columns and protruding corners is to use a tall, leafy plant to block off the sharp edges. Creepers are also effective. Remember that live plants will not survive the onslaught of these poison arrows for too long; they, too, get hurt by the sharp edges and you will need to replace them regularly, perhaps every three or four months. One way of overcoming this is to use a fake silk plant. I often use these but I find I even have to change these once a year, because after a while they lose their effectiveness. Read the rest of this entry »

The colors of flowers play a part in the harmonious balancing of energies and the two most important colors are red and yellow, both of themYang. That said, the effect of colors should not be overstressed.

Red is particularly auspicious and is the color most frequently used and worn to attract good fortune. You can seldom go wrong with red flowers. Red is best placed in the south where the fire element rules. But red flowers bring good luck wherever they are placed.

Yellow flowers have the same effect but are best placed in the earth corners of the southwest and northeast. Orange, a combination of red and yellow, is an equally strong and beneficialYang color. Read the rest of this entry »

The flow of water in Feng Shui is said to mirror the flow of invisible chi currents that swirl around the Earth, bringing with it great wealth and prosperity. At its most simplistic level, water Feng Shui technology maintains that water flowing toward you or your main door brings you money, while water that is flowing away from your main door takes away all your money.

Under Compass School Feng Shui, the location and direction of the flow of the water takes precedence and the table opposite gives a summary of the water formula. It offers specific directions on the way water should flow past the main door and then the direction it would best flow out of your land. How the water should flow past the main door depends on the direction that the door is facing, looking from the inside out. There are 12 specific categories of door directions (with two further subsections) and each of these has three good fortune directions. These best exit directions relate specifically to the direction of your water course out of the home and land.All other directions result in varying degrees of misfortunes. Read the rest of this entry »

Perhaps one of the most effective ways of dissolving negative energy is to use artificially created bright lights. Apart from being an excellent source of Yang energy, which represents life, bright lights are also deemed excellent for dissolving hostile sharp corners and poison arrows. The energy of bright lights manifests the element of fire which is excellent for destroying anykinds of Shar Chi caused by intangible forces in the metal corners (west and northwest). In the same way, fire is also able to control bad energy in the wood corners of the east and southeast since fire exhausts the wood element. Listed below are some of the Feng Shui afflictions that can be cured by shining a bright light directly at them: Read the rest of this entry »