Art of Fengshui

The Art of

Fengshui 

Aligning the Human and Natural Realms

Stephen L. Field, Trinity Trinity University

Introduction The Correlative C orrelative Worldview… …is the belief that the world is a syste where everythin! is related to everythin! else. Correlative thin"in! was the universal worldview until replaced by the scientific ethod. It is the basis of etaphorical lan!ua!e and is thus hardwired in the huan brain. Ta"e superstitions for e#aple.

In ancient China, the answer to the t he ontolo!ical $uestion of what constituted the cosos was answered by a coplicated correlative cosolo!y and several interestin! i nterestin! coso!onies. %ne of the ost faous ori!in yths was the story of &an!u….

'ree" (leental Theory of the Cosos ELEMENT

HUMOR

TEMPERAMENT

EMOTIONAL QUALITY

ELEMENTAL QUALITY

SEASON

AIR

blood

sanguine

assionate

hot ! "et

sring

#IRE

$ello" bile

%holeri%

hot&temered

hot ! dr$

EARTH

bla%' bile

melan%holi%

deressed

%old ! dr$

)ATER

hlegm

hlegmati%

sluggish

%old ! "et

summer   (all "inter  

Chinese Five (leent Correlations Elements

*ire%tions

Planets

#la+ors

Internal Organs

Animals

,olors

)OO*

East

-uiter

Sour

sleen

s%al$ .sna'es/

green

#IRE

South

Mars

bitter

lungs

(eathered .birds/

red

EARTH

,enter

Saturn

s"eet

heart

na'ed .humans/

$ello"

METAL

)est

0enus

a%rid

'idne$

hair$ .mammals/

"hite

)ATER

North

Mer%ur$

salt$

li+er

shell&%o+ered

bla%'

The ,hinese ,orrelati+e Uni+erse 12 Hea+en The Astrophysical Environment  )the ori!in of fengshui theories*

32 Earth The Geophysical Environment  )the basis of For School fengshui *

42 Man The Metaphysical Environment  )the basis of Copass School fengshui *

&art I. The +strophysical (nvironent

eolithic Tob in -enan province, China

ote the for of the tob…

… and the fi!ures that e#ist within its walls.

 + The circular -eaven covers the s$uare (arth 1. KANYU, the ori!inal nae of the divinatory art now "nown as FENGSHUI , eans /Canopy of Hea+en and Chariot of Earth5

0. + -an dynasty divinin! instruent called the Coso!raph was constructed of a doe1shaped Hea+en disc that sat upon a s$uare Earth plate

2. The -eavenly bodies circle the stationary (arth

3. + -an dynasty funereal chest with celestial ornaentation

0. The Chinese 4odiac

5. The orthern Ladle, or 2i! 6ipper 

 + view of the northern heavens

The coso!raphic view.

C. The circular -eaven falls to (arth

3. The Water Lord battles the Fire Lord

Mid-May 

Mid-June

0. The Fli!ht of the 6ra!on

Mid-August 

6. Loo"in! for  -eaven on (arth

*ragon 0eins

&art II The 'eophysical (nvironent

+. What is Qi 7 The 6ao be!an in the ebulous 8oid. The ebulous 8oid produced spacetie9 Spacetie produced the priordial qi . . . . That which was pure and bri!ht spread out to for -eaven9 The heavy and turbid con!ealed to for (arth. . . . The con:oined essences of -eaven and (arth produced yin and yang . The supercessive essences of yin and yang  caused the four seasons. ; Huainanzi. See