Cecil Lee

Dear KC, Please see below:- For rearing of fishes, it would not be advisable for a person with the element " weak Fire element " as water can further extinguish a person with weak fire element. In addition, it is normally not advisable for a person with Strong water element to rear fish as it may further strengthen the strong water element. This may lead to e.g. sickness or competition at work for the party. This is OK. Other that what I mentioned earlier; you can place the fish tank next to a wall in your home. Since this is a smiling buddha, it is ok to place near the fish tank. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear KC, I hope you don't mind. Appreciate if you can elaborate further:- 1. What is the size of the two fish tanks. 2. How did you come about rearing the fishes. Are they, a hobby or reared more for `Feng shui'. 3. For the deity what is the deity and how high is the deity in relation to the fish tank. What is the distance between the altar and the fish tank. Thank you. Cecil Lee

Dear Maria, Please see below:- In this sector, there is star 2 and 5 making it extremely strong Earthly influence. Therefore, you can use both the Metal and Wood cure at teh same time to create more balance and reduce the earthly influence. Generally, Wood destroys Earth and Metal exhaust Earth, so either way both are cures that can be used. You can choose to use Metal only or Wood only or even both. But in your case, this has 2 & 5 so it would be better if you can use both for this year. In 2002, you need to review to see if what stars comes in to further fine tune it for next year. Generally, you need to first focus on the 20-year (particularly Water and Mountain Star). Once you have cured it, then you can analyse the yearly star to see if you need to add further cures or enhancement or sometime you need not need to put in much cures for that sector. However, the general rule is to focus on the 20-year, then focus on the yearly star. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. In my opinion, this concept is somewhat "outdated" or may be very difficult to apply i.e. to a lay person. In particular the dragon and tiger concepts. 2. For the back (tortise/ or you mentioned turtle ) i.e. solid backing and clear space (phoenix) is still relatively easy to understand and apply for most of us. 3. This is because especially for those who live in urban areas, roads, waterways or even buildings can represent the dragon and tiger. 4. What I find that is more important than Para 3 at this moment is this question: Does the site able to collect wealth? If a site can collect wealth, then this is the opportunity i.e. Quantum Leap in Feng Shui. In accessing your home, one should not be too myopic (or have a tunnel) vision by just soley relying on the four walls of one's house. One should actually look at the site. A site that can collect wealth is one where: 1. The plot of land need not necessarily be located at the highest ground. Many sites, are locations where they are in a `receive position' i.e. imagine holding your hands together (like a bowl shape) where it can not only collect wealth but retain wealth. 2. Sites where there is a solid backing behind and clear space at the frontage. 3. The buildings are relatively protected from poison arrows much like the horse-shoe shape or design. There are more considerations than what I mentioned above. Thus, today, even if (especially) the layman can locate the dragon and tiger i.e. in-embrace, it is difficult for the lay person to say for sure whether this can be good/excellent or even bad. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Yes, you can still activate the frontage of the house with a mini waterfall. 2. Yes, you can use the curtain to block the view of the staircase. 3. Do take note that if the frontage of the house e.g. the main entrance door and where there is also sliding panels at the front area, the cause for concern is i.e. family members especially children such as females in the house will have difficulty getting married. This is particular `true' if the main door entrance is large in relation to the frontage i.e. living room area i.e. it extends from one wall to the other wall. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Usually, the significance of a windchime is not related to the Kua (Gua Number). Under Traditional Feng Shui, it is particularly commonly used at locations with #5 (misfortune) sector of the home. Especially if it is made of metal. The generation of metallic sounds is useful to neutralise #5. In your case, if you do rely on the above, can, at your own preference, try to find a place, in your home to place it. Warmest Regards, Cecil Lee

Dear Victoria, The free Pillars of destiny report at www.geomancy-online.com has a free module for you to generate your birth chart. Warmest regards, Cecil

Dear Diane, It is good to hear that since you are a weak water person, water can help your element. However, for a weak water person, the best element that helps your weak water element is ideally Metal element. Under the Five Elements Concept, Metal helps to produce water. Adding water (such as a fish tank) can still help but will not be as productive as using Metal. But nevertheless, it can still be of help to a weak water person. For a weak water person, an element to avoid is the Earth element. As Earth, destroys water. Normally, an accurate assessment of where to place a fish tank should be undertaken by looking at the birth chart of the house such as the Flying Star analysis. Without these tools, here are my general comments:- Under the Shapes and Form FS, where possible, it is good to AVOID placing the fish tank at any of the following locations: 1. Centrepoint of the house. 2. close to the backdoor (as mentioned by you) 3. It is best to place the fish tank in the living room. Since it has a height e.g. with a fish tank stand, it should be placed around or close to a wall. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Rae, 1. I am glad that your fish is getting well. 2. Frankly, I am no expert on fishes /fish tank. Perhaps, I feel that (my guess) that it could be that there is high level of oxigent content in the fish tank. 3. Since everything is OK even with the green algae, try to monitor the situation. Let me relate to you an incident: 4. Many years ago, one of my friends related to me that their home (landed property) had a orange (clay) roof. After sometime, because of the fallen leaves on it, parts of the roof turned/covered with greenish material. At the time when the roof started to turn greenish, it seems that luck began to pour into their home i.e. his father was lucky in everything. However, regrettably, they decided to get people to wash off the greenish material on the roof. And the roof returned to its clay colour. Things too a turn. It is akin to the idea of a crab. This crab was gradually covered in greenish substance and looks prosperous (or signifies prosperity). But after washing off this green substance, it is like washing away luck. Here, it is another case of " if it ain't broken, do'nt fix it ". Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Kirsten, 1. Frankly, if we are personally not too sure where to place these items ourselves, then, try not to buy them. 2. For the `normal' homeowner; they would purchase items as part of their decor for the house and it should be treated this way. 3. Unless you can get hold of a good professional FS consultant to do a full home audit for you then, I suggest that it is more worthwhile spending money elsewhere or keep the money or save it for a rainy day. 4. Another concept that one should consider is " if it ain't broken, don't fix it. " This is very true in many instances where some of us, for example buy not one but several windchimes or other objects and start placing them within the home. 5. In a Professional FS audit, if it is only necessary; the FS consultant would recommend either a cure or enhancement. 6. Alternatively, one may not necessary want to consult a FS consultant or may not have access to one; you may then, use sixth sense or rely on you or your family's instincts and treat it more as a decor of the home. But do distinguish it with i.e. that I have read a book on FS and it says that crystals, windchimes etc... are good. It may not be necessarily true in all instances. With the economic downturn and after the September 11 ( 911 ) incident, we should all be more prudent in our spending. Else if you are still very keen to apply FS should apply or understand the two key schools: 1. Shapes and Form 2. Compass Schools: Eight House and Flying Star coupled with your Ba Zi (Pillars of Elements). The above can if properly applied give one a competitive advantage during this period. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Maria, Please take note of the following:- 1. No matter what, a 20-Year Star chart must be plotted as it is the only chart that contains the three # numbers i.e. Mountain #, Water # and Base #. These three information are normally used to look at each other using the Five Elements concept. 2. If you check carefully, the Year, Month or even Day flying star charts has only two numerals i.e. the base numerial and the `period' numerial. 3. The key point therefore is that the Year, Month and Day chart are to look further i.e. looking at seasonal influences or changes. Thus the 20 Year chart is still a must. And if we still want to plot a monthly chart, we can then use it to `watch' out for the ill effects of especially bad star numbers such as #2 sickness #5 misfortune etc... Thus if a particular sector has #2 or #5 or worse still a combination of both #2 and #5 and if so happens that the 20 Year; and /or Year chart has #2 or #5 and further still the month chart also has #2 and #5 falling in that particular sector i.e. it implies a really bad omen and some cure should be "seriously" be in place as it spells `one hell' of a trouble! Remember the key phrase " Year, Month, Day charts allow us to look deeper into the seasonal influence ". Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Mark, I wish you a warm welcome to this forum! In traditional Feng Shui, there are two major schools:- 1. Shapes and Forms 2. Compass Schools. You have correctly pointed out that Compass School Feng Shui is one form of Feng Shui that can be used to help increase one' luck. Basically, Feng Shui (earth luck) and Chinese Divinity methods and the use of Ba Zi (Heaven's map) have a single purpose i.e. to try and help one increase our luck. If you have the time to read many of the messages in this forum, one may come to the conclusion that: 1. Sector Feng Shui or paying homage to a corner... This does not bring significant luck or money to a person. I have given the illustration by way of examination results. Where the perfect score is 100%, Paying homage to a sector, could perhaps be part of one of the many sections in an examination. For example, section 1 - Shapes and Form FS = 50 % marks section 2 - Flying Star = 35 % section 3 - Eight house etc.. = 15 % Total = 100% Thus, trying to do up a sector or spending money trying to enhance one sector may perhaps be like answering one of the questions under section 3 - Eight House or etc.. and even if we answer all the questions correctly in this section without paying attention to the rest, our score can only be 15% out of 100 marks. Which means we can still fail the exam! Thus, I do not believe that Feng Shui luck can be achieved by buying more and more `goods'. The end result is that it becomes so commercialised and the only people that gain are the seller of the goods. This is not part of Feng Shui. But for those who sell these goods e.g. the three legged toad, the advise is to get the toad facing inwards into the house. The vicious cycle about such Feng Shui is what I often term `Credit Card Feng Shui'. For example, one pays all these goods by credit card and later incurr a huge bill with lots of interests. This vicious cycle never ends and leads one further into dept. In traditional Chinese method, one finds out one's element and strength and only from here, we can choose our best colour(s). For example a person who is a weak wood person can try to enhance him/herself with e.g. blue or green. For a person who is a weak fire person, should not have a fish tank in side the home as water can further extinguish him/her. Overall, Traditional methods is based on the common denominator i.e. the Five Elements concept and Yin and Yang concept. You should get books that teach or let you understand concepts. Never get books that promise the world or merely give and give recommendations. The root of our problems lie with our need for short-cut and if a book says that a figurine can do wonders... we go and get it. Thus we may pay e.g. US $100 for this item. But the end result is we are no richer but instead poorer. Rather should we save the money for the rainy day? For books, I would advice some of the older titles e.g. books by Derek Walters i.e. his Feng Shui handbook or his illustrative guide or Dr Evelyn Lip's - books on Feng Shui which provides an understanding but does not `promise the world' Alternatively, you can look at the tour of the free info on this site also. Overall, books relating to Shapes and Forms from many authors are still relatively safe as it has much to do with `commonsense' Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Carol, You are absolutely correct. 28 Jan 1960 to 14 Feb 1961 = Year of the Metal-Rat While:- 8 Feb 1959 to 27 Jan 1960 = Year of the Earth-Pig 15 Feb 1961 to 4 Feb 1962 = Year of the Metal-Ox 5 Feb 1962 to 24 Jan 1963 = Year of the Water-Tiger Source / References:- http://www.geomancy.net/love/a30-50.htm and http://www.geomancy.net/love/a60-80.htm Year of the Tiger only `arrived' on 5 February 1962. Therefore based on your partner's Year of Birth, she was born in the Year of the Metal-Rat as mentioned by you. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Dana, In my opinion, if it is a small table fountain, then you can safely consider it as a decorative piece. However, avoid placing it at or close to the centre-point of the house. You can place it e.g. at a corner particularly at the frontage of the house. For example, if you are living in a flat/condominium, it should preferably be placed in the living room closer to the balcony. This is similar also to placement for landed properties. Try to avoid placing it at the center areas of the house. Warmest Regards, Cecil Lee

Dear Balu, Please see below:- For the Eight House Reports, these are completely free reports. Some of the reports are: 1. Bed positioning 2. Best directions and the Eight House chart. at http://www.geomancy-online.com For step-by-step guide in using the report you can look thru at this url: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm With the above information, you should be able use the report. However, if your house is a North house (since u mentioned that it is a suitable house to you) then North should be considered as `Excellent'. If can confirm that North = Excellent then your most suitable house is a North house. Under a North House: East - Health SE - Prosperity S - Longevity Therefore, the best location for your bed is at the East or SE or South. But bear in mind that preference should be given to Shapes and Form Feng Shui. The main considerations are: 1. Where possible, the bed should not on the same wall as the toilet. 2. Your bed should not be facing the bedroom door. These are the two major considerations. In such a situation, try to close one of the doors. For the moment, if you are feeling unwell especially in your bedroom, this may suggest that there is a bad #2 (sickness) or #5 (misfortune) at the bedroom sector or a combination of both. You can try to place 6 coins to represent `Big metal' Ideally, it should be the i-ching coins with a square hole in it but, for cost effectiveness, you could first try to use six coins as shown under this sample:- http://www.geomancy.net/mypictures/cgi-bin/imagesearch.cgi?img=0&search=six+coins&cat=all&x=25&y=12 where you take a red rectangular paper and place six coins (you can use copper or coin of your local currency) so long as they are at least more than 2 cm in diametre. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Angela, Please see below:- Primarily, the Eight House Theory or the East-West Group should not be used to activate good luck sectors. It has more to do with: 1. How suitable the house is to the breadwinners ; 2. It has to do with the time spent at that particular sector. If you want a feng shui friendly method (without resorting to the use of ba gua mirror) then my suggestion is to use a semi-circular carpet radiating outwards of the main entrance door. Do take note of the following: What is the element of the beam? If it is mostly made of concrete, then, you should introduce the wood element. Thus, the carpet should be green. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Max, 1. It is most important to understand that your Ba Zi element takes precedence here. For example, you mentioned that you are a person with a weak fire element. 2. Since you are a weak fire person, it is best that you avoid the water element especially in your home. As water will further extinguish your weak fire element for yourself. 3. Thus my advise is that in whatever location in your home, it is best or strongly advised that you forgo e.g. a fish tank in your home. 4. As wood helps fire element to grow, you can have more of the wood element (instead of water). This can be in the form or colour. 5. In colour, you should try to avoid especially blue (water). Green and brown are good colours for yourself. 6. However do take note that whate one eventually tries to achieve is: given this senario: A weak fire person should try to make his weak fire stronger. A strong fire person alternatively can have water as water helps to neutralise the strong fire. 7. The element concept is all about balance and one should not have too much i.e. too strong or too weak. Ultimately, everything should eventually be balanced. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Leslie, 1. First try to check whether you had buried your deceased dog at 150 degrees sector i.e. from the centrepoint of the house to that sector be it inside or outside the house. 2. This is govern by the Tai-su or the Grand Duke's concept (or also known as Grand Duke of Jupiter)that the Grand Duke does not like to be disturbed or this may bring bad luck or misfortune. 3. Thus to-date this is the Lunar Year of the Snake and you must not disturb the earth at South-South-East or exactly 150 degrees be it inside or outside the house. 4. Avoid digging the earth along the 150 degrees i.e. if you stand at the centrepoint of the house, you should try to avoid digging earth along this 150 degrees direction. 5. You your wealth seems to decrease continously, even if it is not buried in this sector, in my opinion (it may be unfortunate) but, you may have to try to bury your departed pet further away. 9. Where possible avoid burying the pet closer to the house. Where possible, closer to the fencing especially closer to a corner. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Mimi, Please see below:- Of course, the other important consideration is that Water feature should be placed in open spaced area. Meaning it should as far as possible be placed in say the living room with a larger area, or preferbly outside of the house (especially the frontage of the house). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Jeffery, Please see below: I hope everything went well this round. Perhaps that was a bad day. I believe, otherwise, there should not be an issue. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Wasis, Appreciate if you can draw a sketch and let me have a look at it. Thanks. Cecil

Dear Elvis, 1. Please see below:- 2. If your floor plan is rectangular in shape, you should try standing at the centrepoint of the house and from there take the direction of the main entrance door. 3. If I read what you wrote correctly, and if you were to follow what I mentioned under Para 2. In this case I understand that the main door that you mentioned perhaps should be considered at North-east and not East. Alternatively you can use this as reference:- http://www.geomancy.net/fs/cecilcompass.htm In my opinion, there should not be an issue in replacing the single seat sofa with a bed. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Adrienne, In my opinion, there should not be a major issue as to where it should be placed as overall, it is considered as a `metal' element. Overall, since it is weapon, it should be safely locked up and if possible, the ammunition should be (where possible) kept separate from the gun. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, One can place a bedside table between the toilet door and the bed. Here, one also has to place a table / reading lamp on it. By doing so, it will act as a `partition' between the toliet area and the bed. For the sha qi i.e. corner pointing towards the bed, especially if it is made of wood you can use a wind chime. You can try this out. Since metal is overall quite a safe element to use and there should normally not be any `harm' doing this i.e. experiment. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Please see below:- For the Chinese, it is preferable that the ceiling fan where possible is not black. White or gold is fine. Do you find it uncomfortable? If so, you may like to change it. Purple represents the Fire element and it would normally depend on your Ba Zi. For a room, unless one has a need for the `Fire element' e.g. if a person is a weak wood person and staying in the room, can use the `Fire' element to help his/her weak wood to grow. Warmest Regards, Cecil