While Landscape Feng Shui emphasizes the contours and shapes of mountains and the direction of flow of rivers, over the centuries Feng Shui practitioners realized the importance of also aligning the environment’s Chi to the human Chi of the people living with the environment. This alignment was considered important to man’s destiny and led to the development of specific calculations and techniques that were based on thesymbols of the Pa Kua and the number arrangements of the Lo Shu square. The connections between these two main symbols of Feng Shui were the eight directions of the compass, leading Compass School Feng Shui to develop into a distinct and different school from Form School Feng Shui. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

Practical applications of almost all Feng Shui recommendations require you to take the orientation of your surroundings. Before you can even start to analyze a plot of land or a dwelling place, you should be completely familiar with the orientations of your surroundings. You should know where all the main cardinal directions are and this should be a specific knowledge. The results of any Feng Shui youdo will be hopeless if you estimate the directions of the land or dwelling based on your recollection of where the sun rises (which you assume to be east) and sets (which you assume to be west). Estimates are usually wrong by as much as 30° to 40° on the compass. 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 »

Some Key Bedroom Taboos

Mirrors in the bedroom are generally regarded as a very major taboo. Mirrors that reflect the bed will cause the marriage or relationship between the occupants of the bedroom to sour — often because of infidelity and the entry of a third party. Mirrors situated in front of the bed or behind the bed are equally bad. It is strongly recommended that if you have mirrors in your bedroom you should cover them with a curtain or simplyremove them altogether.

• It is also unfavorable for the bedroom to be directly above a) the kitchen, b) the garage, or c) a toilet. Anyone of these three positions creates the bad luck of emptiness and lack of substance. You must never sleep above anything that is empty or harmful. For exactly the same reason, the door of the bedroom should not face a) a staircase, b) a bathroom door, or c) the kitchen.

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Your heavenly healthdirection can bedetermined through your Kua number. This is based on the Kua formula of the Eight Mansions school of Feng Shui which suggests that everyone’s personal health direction and location can be activated to attract excellent health luck. This means sleeping and sitting in a direction that allows the person to capture his or her Tien Yi, literally translated as the doctor from heaven or heavenly doctor direction. Capturing this direction implies enjoying a state of physical and mental fitness. This formula is ideal for people who are constantly tired and lethargic and it will also help anyone suffering or recovering from illness. Bear in mind that Feng Shui is more focused on prevention than cure. 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 »