Cecil Lee

Dear Maria, The main thing to remember is that if the house is already (for example, a period 7 house i.e. 1984 to 2003), it does not matter if renovation works is carried out, last year or next year as it will still have the Period 7 influence. In my opinion, there are many varied interpretations of what constitutes a missing corner. Some examples are: 1. You can apply the 33.3 percent ruleset where if a renovation is major only if it is equal or greater than say 33.3 percent of the floor area of the entire house interior. For example, if your house has a floor area of 1,000 sq. feet, then if there is a renovation that is equal or greater than 333 sq feet, can be considered a `major renovation'. This can include changing of the floor tiles as mentioned by you below. Usually, painting the walls, should not be included as a major renovation. But some FS practitioners may consider the repainting of the entire roof (or ceiling) as -> major renovation. Usually, in my opinion, adding a swimming pool (is to the exterior) of the house and should not be considered as part of a major renovation. As it does not affect the interior (of the house). However, it should be looked at in relation to Shapes and Form Feng Shui to see how the new swimming pool (water) affects or may affect the house. As for re-furnishing the fire-place, I would consider using the 33.3 percent rule set as mentioned above. What is more important is that when analying say a house e.g. built under Period 6 or earlier, do remember to draw to Flying Star chart(s) i.e. that of Period 6 and Period 7 and use it analyse the house. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Kim, Traditionally, even if the Front door is never used, for Feng Shui audit purposes, both this door and your `other front door' should be analysed. Especially if one is applying Flying Star Feng Shui. The purpose of this is to compare the two charts to see which is more favourable to the owner. And at the same time, the charts can be used to look at which is more accurate. Usually, by definition; the main door is one where the house number is placed onto it. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Collen, For a more accurate definition of the significance of a missing corner or protusion, you can look up the url below:- http://www.geomancy.net/fs/building.htm Here are the interpretation of sectors with missing corner:- 1. North : Will meet with an accident. 2. North-East : Occupant will have poor planning. 3. East : Will be easily discouraged or suffer from low morale. 4. South-East : Daughters will not be successful in love affairs. 5. South : Will mix with bad company or be cheated. 6. South-West : Have constant bad luck. 7. West : Will frequently flirt around. 8. North-West : Will have frequent quarrels. For an apartment, Feng Shui cures with regards to apartment are as follows:- To symbolically extend a missing corner:- a. Place a mirror on each side of the wall of the missing sector b. Hang a windchime between the corner. For a landed property, one has a better chance of curing it as one can simply create an outline of the missing corner outside the house (garden) by landscaping and placing a lamp to brighten the corner. Otherwise, since it is an apartment, there are limitations to `curing' missing corners effectively. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Erika, Feng Shui of the home is also like a `test' or examination. Where there is 100 marks. This is where, there are many principles involved in Feng Shui and we can try to allocate marks to each category. Feng Shui is all about increasing one's luck. In my opinion, the score or breakdown of scores in Feng Shui is as follows:- a. Shapes and Form of the House = 60% b. Compass School Feng Shui Eight House Theory = 20% Flying Star = 25% Total = 100 percent From the above example, one should consider the amount of luck derived from Shapes and Form Feng Shui. Homes that can accumulate luck and/or have poison arrows neutralised can have better Feng Shui in this area. Under the Eight House theory, for example, it accounts for say in the above example 20% of the total house luck. Therefore, in your case, having an unsuitable house may not necessarily be the main concern. You could look at what is the intangible influence in the bedroom. If you can increase the Feng Shui luck say in Shapes and Form and/or Flying Star; would help. For changing the main door, this can be done, however, a FS consultant should be consulted as it would normally require him/her to do a detailed study of your birth chart / look at the flying star chart e.g to compare the existing main entrance with that of the proposed new main entrance to see if this would be more or less beneficial to you. On your own, you could try to enhance the Shapes and Forms of your home as I feel that this has a major impact on your home. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anamika, 1. Some of us are more sensitive than others with regards to the placement of a mirror facing the bed. 2. If the mirror is not facing any part of the bed (of the bedroom) then this is still considered OK. 3. If there is an attached bathroom in the master bedroom, a side table with a reading lamp can be used to act symbolically to shield the bed from the bathroom (door). 4. As mentioned by you; for mirrors, if it is placed in the bathroom door, it should preferably be placed on the inside of the toilet door (facing the bathroom) and not on the door facing the bedroom. 5. In my opinion, it is not compulsory to place a mirror on the inside of a toilet door for an attached bathroom. Especially if we take note of Para 3 above and or simply close the toilet door when not in use. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anamika, For application of colours, it is advisable: 1. If one is not sure what colours to use, then neutral colours can be used. For example white or pastel shades (light shades) should be used for both interior and exterior walls. 2. It does not matter if the exterior wall is facing east and therefore, we assume that the inner wall is facing west. We should instead consider that sector as being in the `east'. Here, we should look at both this external wall and interior wall as located in the east than to say that one side face east while the other faces west. 3. If one uses, Feng Shui, the colour of the room walls should preferably be painted to suit the element of the person staying in the room. 4. However, if one does not have the above information, the best advise is to paint the walls white or off-white. In such situations, avoid painting the room in bright colours especially `red' or `blue' if one is not sure of one's element and strength. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, In my opinion, it sounds more like the wishes, one hopes to receive - similar to chain e-mails. If one really has the time to do so, there is really no harm .... then the time / ink ... (I am not encouraging this but...) Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Users, Thank you for your patience if you have posted messages to the forum. Next week, I will try to catch-up on many of the messages posted to this forum i.e. to verify and post them into the forum. So, if you had posted messages recently, please wait for me to review/moderate them before posting it into this forum. I will review more messages next week and provide a response. Please be patient. By tommorrow, you will notice a full revamp of the website. The new Flying Star course will follow this update and it will be launched within a few days time. Once again, thank you for your patience. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon Frankly, there is really not much one can do but to apply the concept `if it no longer seen it will not become a threat'. Thus, close the toilet door, when not in use. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, It depends. Perhaps the mirror was installed before you moved in. If not, one good starting point is.. what was one's rationale for placing the two mirrors are. Is it because, it is part of the decor or is that it was because; an advise or suggestion that mirrors are good for the home. It is particularly interesting to note that not all but quite alot of Chinese epecially Cantonese dialect group, love to place a large mirror facing the `dining' table. It was felt that, a mirror facing the dining table was good especially if food or fruits are placed on the dining table as they `reflect' twice the number food i.e. symbollically representing `abundance'. In Feng Shui audits, assessment of whether mirrors are `favourable' at a sector or unfavourable is based on assessment of each sector. If a particular sector is an inauspicious sector, it was felt that a mirror at that location could bounce back twice the bad luck. Thus if both the sectors mentioned by you are good sectors, then, in FS assessment, this is considered good. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Kim, Apologies, this site does not discuss BTB methods. As far as I am aware, there are no practitioners in the Far East and in Hong Kong or Taiwan practising such things. It is felt that BTB is a modern marketing invention by one man. If you are apply Compass School methods i.e. The Eight House or Flying Star Feng Shui, then, do look at how the main entrance door is been surveyed using the following example/link:- http://www.geomancy.net/fs/cecilcompass.htm Under Flying Star Feng Shui, this is the method used:- 1. Even if one does not make use of the main entrance door, so long as the door has a house number, one should also try to draw a Flying Star Chart to analyse the house vis a vis one's Date of Birth. 2. One can also draw a second chart to the most commonly used door to analyse whether which `birth chart' of the house is better. If so, one can then, make this the main entrance. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Santosh, In my opinion, and the many audits done locally, the placement of shoe rack is only of secondary importance or really not a major issue for most of us. Although, some FS practitioners may feel that there is lots of `hipe' in wanting less clutter or felt that `bad qi' if one places shoes/sandals or shoe rack at the front main door. In Feng Shui audits mainly by professionals, assessment is usually based on using the Compass School and particuarly the Shapes and Form of the site and the home. Which is considered the `bigger' picture. Already, within these two schools of FS, there are really so much assessment to be made here. For the garbage bin, especially for landed property, it is usually placed accessible by the garbage collectors. We can play our part by making sure that these bins can prevent animals from taking out the contents. Therefore, in my opinion, if we properly use FS, these two areas i.e. garbage and shoe racks are not a major issue. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Users, I am currently concentrating on completing the final review of the materials to the course before it is launched. I will be active in the forum after it has been completed. The expected date of launch of the course is on Friday, 12 October 2001. Do be patient with your forum messages as, I will review them immediately after, I have completed the course materials. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Say Pew, Yes, for charting a Flying Star analysis; one vital information is the date of birth of the house i.e. the date the house has been built or when a major renovation has been done. For example, you can visit this link:- http://www.geomancy.net/fs/calendar.htm Period 7 is between 1984 to 2003. While Period 6 is between 1964 to 1983. Especially if the house was built say in 1989 and currently does not have any major renovations done to it. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Nurit, Frankly, if Traditional Feng Shui is being applied, there are many principles involved in accessing both the home; the `fit' of the home to your parents (breadwinner); the birth chart of the house and even Pillars of Destiny of each family member. Another instance is that a North-East house (main door facing) may need additional attention especially since this is the (NE = devil's gate). For a start, you could try to apply the Eight House Theory using the steps shown under http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm Or use the free Eight House report available under www.geomancy-online.com At the same time, you can try to apply Shapes and Form Feng Shui. In particular, stand at the main entrance looking out of the main door and from the various windows in your home to look out for any poison arrows in the form of `threats' such as a single lamp post `slicing' thru the main door or window. Or pointed objects facing these areas. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear SL, Yes, I will discuss with Robert Lee on it:) Currently, I am tidying up the final touches of the course. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anil, In Feng Shui if hte knobs face skywards, then this is considered a `neutral' position. If we are facing the stove and the knobs face our body, then the direction the knobs face is considered the location it is facing. In Feng Shui it would be auspicious if the knobs, for example face inwards away from the main entrance door. Here, it is symbolic of the `warmth' retained in the home. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear SL, 1. In the past, where the landscape is much easier to "view"; one can certainly during those days, find landscapes that have a profile of a dragon embracing say a tiger. 2. It is thus much easier to locate these landforms in rural areas. 3. However, with urban development, it is much harder for most people to discern Dragon/Tiger sides of a home. Where, one may have difficulty locating the dragon and tiger. 4. Therefore, nowadays, I have introduced another concept " wealth retention " where; it would be good to find sites that can retain wealth. There are a qualities (not necesssary to be present together):- 4.1 If one lives in a landed property; one should find a good home. For example:- http://www.geomancy.net/fs/grandpa1.htm Here, if you take a look at the old bungalow (landed house) one can see that it has a shape e.g. a well proportioned head and a body. In several of the old pictures, the head is protected. 4.2 Sites that `receive' wealth:- For example if one looks at some of the past messages under the conference: Photo Tours with interest and SEARCH for info on e.g. The Sterling Condo; The Meyer Place and 4.3 Case Study of an excellent site:- http://www.myhome.com.sg/tropica/fengshui.shtml In the above review, find out more of:- The auspicious dragon-tiger gate and The horse-shoe effect. 4.4 Protect, protect and protect All houses should have `protection' of the main entrance and windows from poison arrows and sha qi. Houses mentioned above are examples where one can already achieve " Quantum Leap " in Feng Shui. 5. What is Quantum Leap in Feng Shui? Here, without doing anything already can gain Luck in-excess of 60 to 80 percent " Feng Shui " Luck without doing anything else or have the home feng shuied. Do note that the amount of LUCK would depend on individual units that can `receive' much greater luck. 6. I feel the above are good principles as opposed to the difficulty of locating the dragon/tiger for the lay person. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Momo, 1. If you are using the Flying Star House Number report, this is meant for apartments/flat and not landed property. 2. Usually, basing on house number may not be a good idea or a direct basis to determine how good or bad a house is. In Feng Shui, an audit based on Shapes and Forms and other Compass School methods, would be a better option to help increase or improve one's luck. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Xtine, Lava which has been cooled, should in my opinion not be considered any longer as `Fire element'. This is similiar to other materials that had cooled down. For example, ceramics which has been `fired' in a kiln, has cooled down. Ceramics is in my opinion considered as earth element. The lava you spoke off, should be considered (in my opinion) earth element also. However, if it contains a high percentage of metal or metal oxide, then it could be considered as the metal element. Another interesting to note is that even if it is considered as the earth element; in the past Chinese geology, each grain is inspected to find out what is the actual element. Example, if the grain is smooth and round, then it is considered of the metal element. If the grain is spiky, then it is considered as the fire element etc... Please see below:- However, I am personally `worried' about the way you practise the use of the five elements especially if it does not have any relationship with the home/building such as the Flying Star of the home. This is because, one should check on each sector for any imbalances and sometimes, our application of certain elements may unduly make it `worse off'. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Steven In reality, one should consider the entrance towards the home even if the frontage seems to be the North. At your `second' level, the entrance to your home should be the location of the door. In my opinion, it should still be South. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear SL, Frankly, in the past, there were no aircon. And we therefore, cannot rely on the past for any information on this. Overall, based on "commonsense" it would be best for airconditioning to blow "from the side" rather than blowing towards our face e.g. aircon behind the bed headrest or flowing towards our legs towards our face. This can be quite uncomfortable and may affect our breathing... Well for wind = money flowing out of the aircon, there is really no harm if one placed coins on the aircon. Coins which represent metal is one of the `safest' materials to use as most of us know that metal element can help to cure `bad earth' elements and `bad wood' elements. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear SY Wong, In general, the best days for changes or doing things e.g. moving is either the 15th or the 1st day of any lunar month. (Note: Chinese usually avoid the 7th month.) Another method is to llok at one's Ba Zi e.g. element and strength and choose dates that auspicious to one's animal sign. Also under www.geomancy-online.com there is an Auspicious date module. Which is based on an individual's element and strength and the best dates for him/her. You can also make use of the Tung Shu or the 100 year calendar to look for auspicious dates. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Feng Shui and other Chinese divinity methods is all about trying to improve one's luck. It is a holistic method of trying to improve luck in many areas:- 1. Feng Shui For example 1.1 Shapes and Form 50 marks 1.2 Eight House Theory 10 marks 1.3 Flying Star Theory 40 marks ------------------------ Total 100 marks ======================== Like mathematics, we should try to improve the above luck. 2. Some of us look to sector Feng Shui to improve our luck and simply concentrate on this only. Thus if for example, it comes under Flying Star Theory and the total marks allocated to it is 40 marks. If there are 9 sectors in the home, this means that 40 marks is divided by 9 = 4.4 marks per sector. So, if we assume that SW needs to be enhanced, we may get full marks here 4.4 marks out of 40 marks. Which mean that we still FAIL !!! in getting say 30 marks over 40 marks for Flying Star. Thus, it is not realistic to just concentrate on doing right for one sector. Therefore, a holistic method is needed here. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, It is interesting to find out the survey results under http://www.geomancy.net/polls/ for this poll under the above link:- Are you comfortable sleeping facing a TV set (mirror)? A short simple 3 questions survey. (The third last poll) One can find that not all of us are `affected' by mirror facing the bed. However, one simple method is to either use opaque film over the mirror or place paper over the mirror e.g. tape plain paper over it. Warmest Regards, Cecil