Head or foot of bed pointing to the direction of the street/main gate

[stelle123]

Greetings, Master Lee,

I understand the importance of positioning a bed in relation to bedroom door, windows and mirrors. However, a friend just commented that even though a bed is not facing a bedroom door, it is still bad fengshui if the head or foot of the bed points to the direction of the street/main gate/car port. My bed is in the middle of the house, not at the front side, which will understandably be noisy. Is my friend's comment true?

 

[Cecil Lee]

What is the coffin position?

1. Historically, when a deceased person passed away and was brought home before the funeral, the head would be brought into the house through the main door.

2. Consequently, during the funeral, the legs would be the first to be taken out through the main door or main gate and onto the streets.

3. This is the significance and origin of your friend's remarks.

4. Furthermore, many new ECs and condos now have full glass panels in the bedrooms. Therefore, even if the legs do not face the bedroom door, but rather the windows, it can still be considered a coffin position.

4.1. What I mean to convey is that Paragraph 4 is based on common sense and holds some truth.

4.2. For instance, if someone's home is on the ground floor and the second floor, and the curtains are not properly drawn, one could see into the bedroom. It is undesirable to be able to see a person's underwear, especially if their legs are wide open and facing the windows.

[stelle123]

Thank you very much for the explanation, Master Lee. 

Fortunately, my beds (both in first and second floor) are not in direct alignment to the bedroom door. Each is perpendicular to the bedroom door. So the legs are already correct in that they don't point to the bedroom door.

However, my friend says that even though the legs don't point towards the bedroom door, it is still bad fengshui if the legs or head is in the direction of the street or main gate. It doesn't make sense to me, but some people seem to be very sure about it. I'd love to hear your expert opinion.

Edited August 12, 2019 by stelle123

[Cecil Lee]

3 hours ago, stelle123 said:

Thank you very much for the explanation, Master Lee. 

Fortunately, my beds (both in first and second floor) are not in direct alignment to the bedroom door. Each is perpendicular to the bedroom door. So the legs are already correct in that they don't point to the bedroom door.

However, my friend says that even though the legs don't point towards the bedroom door, it is still bad fengshui if the legs or head is in the direction of the street or main gate. It doesn't make sense to me, but some people seem to be very sure about it. I'd love to hear your expert opinion.

Yes, it also does not make sense to me. (Based on pure common sense).

But everyone is always entitled to their opinions. 

[Cecil Lee]

Case Study: Option 1 is preferred vs Option 2 where when sleeping the "legs" can face the bedroom door = Coffin Position

 

 

[Below:} Option 2 - Legs face bedroom door is considered inauspicious

 

[Cecil Lee]

More. Actual Real Life case studies of Feng Shui situations:

 

[Cecil Lee]

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[Cecil Lee]

Hi Cecil, sorry to disturb. ask u something very quick. when u say avoid a split in the middle of the bed. does this count?

[Cecil Lee]

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