Cecil Lee

1. To clarify, that means that the back of your house is a hill instead of at the `left hand corner' of the house. For a house, it is good to plant trees to the back of the house (especially if it is sloping). As for trees on the side of the house, provided your garden is large, you can plant some trees. But do avoid planting too many trees or large ones at the West or North East or South West part of the house. Trees should ideally be planted on the East (at the Green Dragon or Yang side). The reason for avoiding planting trees at North East is because under Feng Shui, it is considered the `Devil's gate". To find out more about the Devil's gate go to this URL: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/gate.htm At the same time, the South West area is considered the Devil's backdoor and planting too many trees or large trees could inadvertenly attract ghost spirits to `live' there. While the West side is considered a Yin location or (the White tiger) and planting too many trees may create a `too' yin environment again may also attract `spirits'. It is also not too auspicious to plant a large tree in the front (main entrance) of the house as this may affect beneficial `ch'i' from entering the house. For houses on a hill it is best not to have the house at the top of the hill but rather in the mid-point of the hill. Too high and without protection (trees for example), the house is at the `mercy' of the elements. While houses just below the hill may be affected by soil erosion (should there be `deforestation' or heavy floods.

If you have the time, do visit this link: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm Go to the " Year of Birth " and find out the KUA. Alternatively, create a Free Account under geomancy-online.com. Next, select the Free 8house theory and key in each account and follow the instructions. Hope that helps!

Pleas Please see my comments below:- Yes, since you are a WEST House person, South West sector is indeed your Health sector. When you use the 8house theory you should follow these steps:- 1. Determine your " 8house ". In your case, you had found out that it is the WEST house. 2. Prepare a template of it. For example, if you have tracing paper or better still, a transparency, mark out all the 8 sectors pertaining to the WEST house. 3. Next, obtain a copy of the layout plan (preferably on an A4 sized paper), find out the North to south direction of your house and mark it on the layout plan. 5. Determine the centre of the house. 4. Lastly super-impose your WEST house template onto the layout plan by placing the intersection (mid-point) and aligning it to the North to South direction of the layout plan. For you, as a West house person under the 8house theory, all the 8 intangible forces will not change: e.g. North is Disaster; North East is longevity; East is Death; South East is irritation and so on... You can continue to use the 8house layout plan to any house. You may have to ask yourself two questions:- 1. What is the frequency of you sitting facing North in that location? Is it a long time or short period. E.g. if you do sit there for 7 or more hours, it is considered a long period. 2. If you do not sit there for more than 7 hours, then you can safely follow the shapes and form school of feng shui. But if you spent more than 7 hours, are there any other locations you can sit or try to relook (where possible) another angle to face. For example, turning your furniture 45 degrees instead? In the last resort, if the above is really not possible, then; there are two possibilities:- 1. Use the Flying Star theory to find out the what location the North is. For example if the house chart shows that North is a very auspicous location or has a " mountain star " or both, you can activate this sector by placing objects like a solid piece of paper weigh. 2. Alternatively, if you know your `true element' e.g. strong metal, under the Pillars of Destiny, you could apply some enhancements there. Hope that helps.

Thanks for your file attachment:- 1. As there are two files and both looks familiar i.e. plan.doc and plan1.doc; I updated plan.doc and revised it to " centre.doc". 2. I still have difficulty visualising the layout plan as it looks like it is not proportionate. For example, the stairs leading to the second floor looks quite large as compared to the area I marked in Red. Therefore, I hope I got it right i.e. the space I marked is large enough to be your living room. 3. Normally, we try to leave out the garage that is why, you see that I only marked out the rectangle area (in red). And once you have the rectangle area, it is easy to find the center of the house. In the revised ms word doc " centre.doc "; I had marked the centre of the house in blue color. Hope that helps.

Dear Jody, Thanks for taking the effort to explain in detail. It can be very hard to visualise. Perhaps, you could either scan a layout or draw a `rough' one and sent as an `Attach file' to this forum with your next message. Ideally, it should be in gif or jpg format and not more than 0.5 K in size. Thanks in advance! Cecil

Yes, the bedroom is a Yin location (especially for adults). In Feng Shui the reason why many FS Masters suggest not to have plants is because plants are GROWING and do create some form of Yang `activity'. I guess a small plant is acceptable. What usually is no good are larger potted plants with large leafs. As for fresh "cut-flowers', there is no problem in placing them in a bedroom.. Most flowers do smell nice:) Water in the form of an aquarium or a fish tank is not good to be placed in a bedroom. This is because fishes swimming in the fish tank do generate yang ch'i and again as the bedroom is a place of rest (yin) it is not ideal to have a fish tank in the room. Even symbolic paintings such as a scenery of sea waves, or water `hitting' against coastal rocks are best left out in the bedroom. However, if you have a Children's room; as they are growing up, it is good to have radios, musical instruments and bright coloured walls etc... Try to create abit of yang environment here. Do take note of this:- Fountains, artificial waterfalls (man-made) or otherwise are excellent ch'i enhancers. However, fish tanks/aquariums are usually meant to correct `sha' (poison arrow). To counteract adverse `sha', Hong Kong Feng Shui Masters usually prefer to use a fish tank. For example if the window at the main entrance faces a `lone' street lamp, a Hong Kong FS Master usually ask the house hold to place a fish tank in `full view' of the street lamp. As the lamp post being tall and thin, represents the `Fire' element, the fish tank has an element of `Water' to put out the fire. On the other hand, a Taiwanese FS Master usually prefer to use plants instead of fish tank to counteract adverse `sha'. Both are not wrong, just that they are used to using what they had been taught by their Masters to use. So, next time if you see a traditional FS Practioner use either one, you will know where they learn their FS from.

On the topic of Feng Shui Books, I have another link with the graphic on the book covers of some of the books I mentioned earlier to the reply on basic Feng Shui books. Click here to view the book covers:- http://www.geomancy.net/fs/books.htm For those who are interested in finding out if Feng Shui is for real or hocus pocus, you may like to read this book:- Amazing Scientific Basis of Feng Shui by Dr. Ong Hean Tatt Phd. This book although does not have richly illustrated graphics on Feng Shui but has many research work on topics that really show that Feng Shui is for REAL! The book cover can also be seen under the above link (bottom right hand side of the page). Warning: This book is not a practical guide on how to apply Feng Shui to real life situation but more of a research work into many topics e.g. Feng Shui and water dowzing, sun spots, ancient stonehenge, other cross cultural similarities etc.. and MORE!

Dear Tam, One good source is the geomancy.net's pages full of feng shui information: Under this URL : " First time here? " http://www.geomancy.net/fs/map.htm There are many good books on Feng Shui for the beginner:- Author: Lillian Too 1. Complete illustrated guide by Lillian Too 2. Basic Feng Shui Both books have `rich' information on Feng Shui for the beginner. (However, these books are not meant for those who wants to know more about the history of feng shui but rather the practical side of it i.e. Applied Feng Shui. These two books are more on the Shapes and Form School with a dab of the 4 good and 4 bad directions. If you want to apply Feng Shui immediately, you should get her books. Author: Eveyln Lip 1. Geomancy a Layman's Guide Her books are all `academic' books i.e. a with a rich history of Feng Shui and some basic information of applied Feng Shui. Her books are more for those doing research into the history of Feng Shui. Doctor Evelyn Lip is a trained architect. 3. Derek Walters Derek Walters books were written quite sometime back. But his one book titled " Feng Shui" is richly illustrated graphically and makes interesting reading for those who wants to know in general all about Feng Shui. In this book, he also gave a template of a English version of the Chinese Luopan or compass. Although this book cannot meet the new recently published books by authors like Lillian Too, it is a truly beautiful illustrated book... with a balanced look at both the history, understanding of what a dragon hill, and more... 2. His book " The Feng Shui Handbook " gives very good `solid' grounding in the Five Elements concepts and the application of it. 3. If you want instead to apply `9 Star Ki' you can obtain books like `9 Star Ki' by Jon Sandiers which will teach you how to apply the mathematical `side' of Feng Shui to your overall living. By the way `9 Star -Ki' is also Feng Shui but practised widely especially in Japan. (It does not include the Shapes and Form School of Feng Shui) There are many more new books out each day by different authors. If your local book store has books of Feng Shui, I suggest you do some browsing and you may most likely find some other books not listed here but are equally good or interesting. I have written a summary of a few Feng Shui authors and their works under this URL:- http://www.geomancy.net/books/books.htm If these books are not found in your local book store, you can easily go to any of the good internet book websites e.g. Amazon.com or Barnesandnoble.com and do a search for these authors. You will find more books by them. Good Luck!

Feng Shui - Tip I currently wear a yin yang ring on my right hand ring finger. Which side should the darkened side be on, either the left or the right? Does this affect you if I have it on the wrong way and if it does what could it affect? The correct way to wear the ring should be (if you are looking at your own fingers) " Left = white and Right = Black. " For a graphic representation of how the symbol should be correctly used, do check out this page:- http://www.geomancy.net/fs/yinyang.htm On the top of the page you should see the correct `white (left) to black (right) Yin and Yang Symbol. This is also the same way one should also hang the pakua (bakua) above the main entrance door. This applies ONLY to uses who need to use it as a `cure' against adverse `sha'. E.g. a lone lamp post facing the middle of the main entrance door. Another way of looking at the yin and yang symbol is that when we rotate it, we rotate it clockwise. Each quarter turn e.g. 3 O'clock, 6 O'clock, 9 O'clock and 12 O'clock represents a season e.g. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. However, like the yin and yang symbol on the Pakua, one should still use it showing white (left) and black (right). Cecil and Robert Lee www.geomancy.net

Thanks for your information. Please see my feedback below:- then your main entrance door is `North -- 10 degrees '. Thanks for the information.

-> Dear Cecil lee, -> -> I have been working hard for the past week trying to understand the -> different methods of looking at feng shui. I am slightly confused -> when I read the few books. There seems to be more than 1 method of -> looking at the ba gua/trigram. -> -> Method 1 : Using the software that you have put up with on the web. -> Method 2 : using the 3 door trigram whereby the door should always -> located at the kan,chuan ... -> -> Method 3 : using the compass to locate the direction and the center -> of Chi. -> -> To be very frank, I am not saying that your method is incorrect. But, -> I am just puzzled why there are so many methods used. -> -> Please advice me, which method should I follow. 1 . For individuals new to Feng Shui, I aim to provide insight into the response given to the aforementioned question via email. 2. It is essential to note that each method within Traditional Feng Shui practice serves a distinct purpose, and when combined, offers a comprehensive understanding. 3. To illustrate, a Professional Feng Shui Master, varying in experience, employs specific steps to analyze an individual and their home effectively. Initially, the Master determines the homeowner's 'true element and its strength' through the Pillars of Destiny, advising accordingly based on the findings. 4. Subsequently, the Eight House Theory is utilized to identify the most suitable house for the individual, with each family member undergoing a similar assessment. 5. Additionally, the Flying Star theory is recommended to evaluate the 'fortune' of the house, culminating in a comprehensive Feng Shui audit that considers various factors for an accurate analysis. +++ In Summary 1. The primary goal is to promote positive energy flow in our lives and living spaces. 2. When necessary, it can assist in remedying negative energy or harmful influences. In addition, it is important to incorporate principles from the Shapes and Form School of Feng Shui. Many of these principles are available on geomancy.net.

A Feng Shui master would normally advise a person (where possible) not to have the toilet facing North or West. This was because in traditional Feng Shui practice, the North faces the cold and if the toilet faces the North, one may get digestive problems. If facing west, one may get `aggitated'. Unfortunately, it may not be possible for you to shift it. perhaps you could in your diet take more `cooling' food. Not cold food but food that relieves heatiness.

Feng Shui Tip - Where is the best position for the air-conditioner in your bedroom? It is best not to sleep with the air-conditioner blowing towards your head from behind you or in-front of your bed. (Opposite direction) The best position for an air-conditioner is for it to blow from the side of the bed. Cecil Lee www.geomancy.net

Dear David, Thanks for this interesting view. So far this is not mentioned in any of the `ancient/traditional' Feng Shui books/practises but you may never know, and it may work as besides the dragon (the most Yang of all creatures, the tiger is considered the opposite, the most Yin of all Feng Shui creatures... and is on the `dark side' or .. viz a viz gambling? Well, anyone tries this and work, do let us know:) Cecil

Feng Shui Tip - The Master Bedroom with an attached toilet Most master bedrooms come with an attached toilet and it is often that the position of the bed directly faces the toilet door. What can we do? Here are three ways to overcome this:- Install a screen between the bed and the toilet door. If this is not possible then, you may consider any of the following alternatives:- - Close the toilet door when not in use or - Place a lamp on the side of the bed between the toilet door and the bed.