Cecil Lee

Dear Anon, Currently, the best units atGardens are those facing the main gate (pool) such as Blocks 3 or 7. These blocks are not affected by the temple. For example, the units under these blocks (facing Sin Ming Walk) are NE facing and very auspicious under current Flying star. If possible, avoid Block 1. And Block 9 (Winter) because of the afternoon sun. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Master Lee...Once again I turn to you for your honesty on the subject of feng shui. I've written in the past and respect your advise...... Thank you. Sincerely, Lee Waterman 25 February 2004 Respected Sir, Thank you a lot for this informative forum through which I have gained knowledge of trying to balance the elements in sector through flying star fengshui. I was fearful of flying of stars to period 8 but going through your forum eased my worry. Jagmukesh, 5 February 2004 " Found out this site not too long ago. Thank you and i really like your web site."Cindy Wong, Singapore, 20 September 2004

Dear Michelle, 1. Yes, looks like both units are affected by the afternoon sun. 2. Generally, usually it is the physical look at the prison that makes some uncomfortable. For example, the ballota park condo, where, the access road to/out ofthis condo is facing the prison "gate", even to the extent that I have clients asked me whether it is acceptable to have a prison so close-by. 3. To be truly honest, this is not a major issue. However, it is wise to choose an apartment that does not have a view of the prison. For the simple reason that future re-sale of this apartment can be pretty bad or no takers at all. 4. Otherwise, living close-by to a prison is of no issue. 5. For lower units, one has to extra careful of the landscaping of the condo. There are instances where palm tree(s) are planted such that when one looks out of the balcony or bedroom(s) facing it, there should preferably not be 3 palm trees. 6. As this is symbolic of holding three joss-sticks as those found giving respect to the dead - bad luck, here. 6. It is often very difficult to get the developer or Management corporation to remove it. The only last resort (I do not want to seem cruel is) to buy a bottle of bleach, and poison one of the trees. 7. Another cruel method but has severe repurcussions is to attach termites to these trees! (Joke). 8. Generally, these are my comments (without looking into the specific layout plan nor flying star chart of the specific home). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Pam, 1. Given the unique nature of each home, it is inaccurate to generalize that all foreclosure homes have bad Feng Shui. 2. Unfortunately, business problems may not always be directly related to the Feng Shui of a home. Issues such as a flawed business model, poor marketing, or planning can also contribute. 3. Therefore, it is not always the case that foreclosure homes are the root cause of an individual's problems. 4. When dealing with a previously foreclosed home, it may be necessary to apply Feng Shui remedies more assertively to address any negative energy. 5. Even in homes that have not been foreclosed, it is important to check for significant structural issues that could impact Feng Shui. 6. Personal luck periods and the presence of multiple major leaks in a home can often lead to problems, based on my observations. 7. Some common major leaks include sloping land, unfavorable toilet locations, and negative Flying stars during qi transitions. 8. Pay attention to the centerpoint of the home, as the presence of certain elements like a staircase or toilet can have negative effects. 9. Additionally, it is essential for the Feng Shui of a home to align with the Ba Zi of the occupants to avoid financial distress caused by uncorrected major leaks. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Ovidiu, Holistic Feng Shui takes into account many various factors which also includes the external environment. Primarily, a Feng Shui practitioner should use various tools or techniques to access the home. For example, often, most of us think that the most critical factor is the interior 4 walls of the home-itself. But a proper Feng Shui audit would include:- External environment assessment using Shapes and Forms Feng Shui: The landscape and the site The site and the building or home Here, both Shapes and Forms and Compass Schools: Eight House and Flying star is used. Thus, it would generally be naive for us to come to a complete conclusion after only using the Eight House theory. The above and other factors need to be taken into consideration. Other things include: checking for "leaks" in a home e.g. a main entrance door open directly to the balcony or opening etc... Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear CJ, Frankly, there is no right or wrong answers, here. On a macro level, often, a developer or owner of the entire building may have it checked. Thus, a macro level Feng Shui is done e.g. the facing direction of the complex. Especially for landscaping of the surrounding land area of the complex e.g. water feature, landscaped rock / formation. In many instances, if one is merely a tenant, and hires a FS practitioner, then often, a FS practitioner may perform a micro level Flying star analysis instead of just taking the facing direction of the entire building. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Cecil, Thanks for being a wonderfully helpful guy that you are! Really appreciate your patience! Amy Forum User 24 August 2004 Dear Master, I was studying feng shui for the past four years from various books written mostly by western authors. When I went thro' your website I realised that whatever I learnt was not accurate. Many of my doubts were cleared by information from your site and the promptly replied e mails. I am grateful for the assistance from you. Thank you once again for this wonderful site. Thnking You, Yours sincerely, Sulochana Iqbal 31 August 2004

Dear Michelle, Since you had mentioned that although the roof was put in Dec 2003, however, since the internal organs of the home have yet to be ready by then i.e. ready in 2004, it would be best to use the Period 8 chart. As you have also not even moved-in yet. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Pam, 1. In my opinion, what you had mentioned is not exactly true in all situations. 2. Since no two situations (or homes) are exactly the same, therefore, an appropriate term should be " It depends". This is also called situational approach towards reviewing each homes. 3. For example, I know of many homes in a cul-de-sac that has been properly "configured". For example, even if it is at a cul-de-sac, the frontage is usually a long driveway towards the "inner" part i.e. the main entrance or home is right "inside" this cul-de-sac. 4. In the past, I had posted a sample case study of a home at the cul-de-sac - somewhere close to Woo Mun Chew Road, Siglap, Singapore. 5. It is always best never to put a number behind each significance eg. T junction = 1 etc... 6. Becareful! This seems to be very common such as all Chinese are Yellow (chicken) or all blacks are..... 7. For example, I know of many cases in the educational field: for example, this boy at age 14 frequently fails his English paper. But one cannot simply place him last all his life! His boy later, works hard, and came out tops later in life! Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Robert, Thanks so much for replying to my E-mail, all the advices and insights are worth much much more than the minimal money I paid. Thanks again for your help, and I will keep you posted for my progress. Yours Sincerely, Michelle Guo September 11, 2004 Hi Cecil, " Firstly, you have a very comprehensive website that is packed with so much info. It is very informative and it must have been a challenge to do so much.... " " Thank you so much for your reply to my questions. I am grateful to you for sparing your time our of your busy schedule to be so precise in your answers." Warm Regards Janalin Tan freelance writer Home Concepts Magazine, Singapore 18 June 2004

Dear Pam, Please refer to my previous message on this. Yes, Feng Shui does not know which is the facing direction. But rather, as mentioned in the earlier message, suppose if the living room or areas of activity are concentrated here, or there is a patio opened out from the living or even family room. These sort of activities, that make it pronounced that the home is facing the back. And where imagine, once we close the main entrance door, literally, we are not over looking this part of the home. But, concentrate our family activites at the "back". Usually, this should be planned inadvance when developing the home. But once developed and if happens that the living room etc.. are not placed here, than no-need to talk about it anymore. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Pam, Please see below:- Generally, based on your description - i.e. comparision between these two homes, I would say your description of the gold-dust or the second home seems better:- Under commonsense approach to Feng Shui, also, this is quite rare, but -- remotely, if something do go wrong such as a land slide, then, such a home is not ideal. Land slide may never happen here, but there is always a remote possibility that cannot be discounted. Another sha qi or not favourable aspect of a home is to make sure that it is not exposed to elements - or "gale force" or strong winds. The wind coming to the property should in most cases, be "gentle type" as opposed to continous strong winds. Hope, you can understand what I mean, here. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Danny, 1. The key to applying Flying star Feng Shui is to see where is the "mouth" of the house. Or the location where there is e.g. most light coming into the home. Or if one has a habit of often opening the main door, sometimes, this can be the facing direction, also. For example, SW1 under period 8 enjoys very good sum-of-ten Flying star feng shui etc... As usual, you must find out or learn more about this theory to benefit when you do up your home. Or do consult a fs practitioner on this matter. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Pam, From looking at the Pepperwood, personally, I would not buy this home since the entire facade is fully "exposed" . In my opinion, I personally feel uncomfortable - if I were to buy this home even if the poison arrow i.e. to me it seems low traffic but, if it is a road leading towards other homes, then, I would seriously think twice about it. Since there are limited choice i.e. you have asked me an opinion as to whether this or Ashwood, I would personally feel more comfortable (last resort) purchasing Ashwood instead -- BUT, if given the choice, I would not do so unless the lamp post is relocated away from the house. The lamp post is a "stubborn obstacle" - which I really feel uncomfortable, looking at the picture. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Pam, Yes, generally, Pepperwood is considered at a 'T-junction". But the good news is that it is like a "hello kitty" type of t-junction. Or a very mild - poison arrow. Since relatively, it would seem that few cars other than the owner vehicle pass thru this road. Especially if vehicle traffic is minimal, there is no major issue since as you had mentioned, the main door is set deep in. For the Ashwood, it is better to view the top-view or helicopter view of the homes vs the cul-de-sac. (I cannot fully grasp the situation as I cannot see where most of the home's main entrance/ windows if any that are facing the cul-de-sac "knife". To side track a little: In my country, all homes have literally either a fencing or brick walls and a locked gate! As mentioned above, the greatest threat to a home is thru "openings" such as the window(s) and/or main door. And if the main door or windows are away from the cul-de-sac shaped like a knife or blade, then it would be safe. Recently, there is another question on cul-de-sac with pictures of house no: 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5 etc... and whether are they inauspicious or not. Perhaps, you can do a SEARCH in this forum to look at the illustration and my comments on each of the house. Once again, many thanks for posting the pictures. They are very useful in understanding what you had written Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear All, We will be increase the file size attachment limit to allow users to upload pictures more easier across all the various forum topic conferences, soon. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Pam, I am glad that you find the resource in this forum useful Thanks for posting the pictures. It makes it very easy to understand the situation, on hand. Part I reply: For the picture: ASHWOOD2.JPG One good thing about the layout of this home is that the main door is "protected" as it is further in as opposed to having a main door right in the middle "exposed" to qi flow. Try to stand at the main entrance looking out. As from the picture, I do seem to see that the lamp post may "cut-slice" into the main entrance. Is this so? If it is, this is a poison arrow - much like a butter knife slicing into the main entrance. Do check on this. Warmest regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Please check out this resource:- http://www.geomancy.net/resources/art/art-cecilcompass.htm Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Sonya, I would recommend that you can consult Robert Lee, who has done numerous Chinese Name analysis to select a name. He uses the various authentic traditional methods to look for a good Chinese name. Feel free to check out this link, which shows generally the scope of work done: http://www.geomancy.net/consultation/consult-others/nameanalysis.htm Warmest Regards, Cecil

No matter how, just to take note that even for a Period 7 home, under Period 8, a period 7 home's chart would already lose some of its energy epecially if these were once auspicious under Period 7 e.g. double 7's etc... Since your layout is like it is, if you really need to use the stove, there is frankly not much choice unless one has a wet or dry kitchen or could bear buying a simple burner stove etc.. to be placed at another identified location. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear William, Thank you for your layout plan. I have added comments under the attachment. Can either click on or open either the file: proposed-change.pdf (PDF format for printing out the illustration) or proposed-change-gif (gif format) Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Sarah, Based on Shapes and Forms Feng Shui, where possible - it would be best for a stove not to be placed at the centrepoint of the home. This can be considered as ONE major leak for the home. This is especially not favourable especially also if it coincides with #5 bad yellow earth star under Flying star within this location. Since fire element can further fuel bad earth. Leading to financial misfortunes for certain homes under certain Period(s). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, After taking a second look at your sketch, althought the sketch is not to scale, but based on your sketch, the stove seems to be close to or at the centrepoint of the home. Based on one criteria of Shapes and Forms Feng shui, where possible, a fire position should not occupy the centrepoint of the home. Should the cross lines of your compass marking (thru scale) does not cut into the centrepoint = stove then, it is ok. This is especially true especially where a toilet bowl should where where possible not be at the centrepoint, also. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, To be truly honest, I don't have all the available information. Usually, a master relies often on the female (women of the house) ba zi to orientate the stove position. Since for practical reasons, because of the main electrical circuit as well as (from the picture) it looks like stove may not fit the area especially if it has 3 or 4 hobs. This position looks more like one small table hob type of arrangement. It is good to quickly call up the master for further advise. In Feng Shui, I believe there are still alternatives e.g. the use of mirror to correct the situation. From classical Feng Shui point of view, fortunately, your stove is not at one of the worst position i.e. "Fire at heaven's gate" or NW. But at compass sector West. Therefore, without considering the family ba zi, it can still be within tolerable limits - generally speaking. Often, when we are asked to change position, frankly, it is always good to ask the master, the rationale for doing so. Hopefully, your master can share some light to it or give you further practical alternatives -- since Feng Shui should not be too rigid without considering other external limitations. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Actually, in my opinion, charity always begins at home It does not need to be real money but rather, good family bonding and relationships are often the key success factor which is = the human luck factors. Of course, I don't want to sound so cruel as to say that we must always give to charity. But, what I meant that we do all sorts of charity work (already for free) for our immediate family, First. All those things about not giving to the temple etc.. or having repercussions are more of "threats" than anything else. If people are good, generally, don't curse at others. Especially if they are good monks. There is no harm praying but as mentioned above, it should not be because of induced "fear" that we go to pray. Warmest Regards, Cecil