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Introduction Classical Feng Shui is a field of depth, complexity and many layers of knowledge preserved and passed on by generations. At the same time, it is also simple, engaging and practical. So what do you need to know in the effort to learn this timeless art? An insight on the big picture, as well as the minute details of formulas.
FOUR KEY FACTORS OF FENG SHUI The foundation of Feng Shui is the four key factors that make up and determine the outcome of an analysis. FACTOR 1: ENVIRONMENT • Qi •The Internal Environment • The External Environment
FACTOR 2: BUILDING DESIGN • Main Door • Kitchen • Master Bedroom
FACTOR 3: RESIDENTS • Career • Health
FACTOR 4: TIME • The Feng Shui Time Period
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Qi
Factor 1
Environment
The External Environment
The Internal Environment
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Environment : Qi Generally, where Feng Shui is concerned, every Qi that flow into a property comes from the environment. The rule is simple. Qi is created by natural environment, therefore it has to come from the mountains and the like. So what is Qi? Simply said, it is the energy that is emitted by the natural environment, through the fusion of Yin (Mountain) and Yang (Water). Qi is referred as the blood bl ood of the Feng Shui, where its flow and direction matters in order to ensure the prosperity of a place. In other words, if Qi is tapped and managed efficiently, the benefits are obvious. The basic is simple: you must first have Qi circulation to be able to tap it into the environment. At the very basic, there are two types of Qi: Sheng Qi (Growth Qi) and Sha Qi (Killing Qi). In normal situations, Sheng Qi is preferred over Sha Qi. So the action plan for a Feng Shui analysis is win the Sheng Qi over and avoid the Sha Qi. But as said before, it is important to know that Qi is created and circulated by natural formations only. There is no way artificial or man-made structures can emit Qi. But to err on modernisation, evolution of mankind has brought in the existence of more man-made structures than natural ones. Therefore classical Feng Shui has slightly taken into accounts the man-made objects that may affect Qi flow.
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Classical Feng Shui only considers large objects; not in the size of the decorative rocks at your lawn, but in the size of a skyscraper. To identify the movement of Qi, we first look at the natural mountains and waters; before taking into account man-made structures.
The attributes of Qi is easy, actually. All you have to do is think of the characteristics of water. Qi is akin to water: • It moves from high to low • It can move slowly like a stream stream or ferociously like a gushing gushing river • Qi can be accumulated or distributed • It can be compressed or expanded • Slow moving Qi is known as the ‘sentimental Qi’’ or the Sheng Qi; and • the forceful Qi is the Sha Qi or the ‘Merciless Qi’.
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Environment : The External Environment External formation is linked with landforms. It is what you see outside of your property, in the forms of nature, like real mountains and real water. The external environment is the source of Qi in a place. It is literally where the Qi is born. Therefore, if there is no external formation or lack of it, the Qi would be either stagnant or non-existent. But almost every places in the world has some form of contours in the land. Even if there is no obvious mountains or hills at the vicinity, the uphill and downhill of the roads are also considered as landforms. So all you have to do is go for a drive and you will surely notice some ups and downs on the roads. In order to effectively assess the mountain forms, the concerned information are the locations, the classifications, and the identification of the Gua; the number that governs your favourable direction. For the Water formations; the locations, the type and the Gua they accumulate at are calculated. Mountains are considered Yin whereas water is Yang. The harmony between both aspects must be achieved so as to receive a holistic Qi.
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Environment : The Internal Environment Internal landforms relate to the sharp corners, beams and features in the interior of a property. property. Or in other words, the attributes of the interior of your house. Inside a house or a unit, what we look for is missing Gua, possibilities of additional features, weak areas, the residents’ affinity to certain areas or the property as whole and the location of the doors. But as the ‘outside-in’ concept go, it is important to analyse the external forms of a property first before assessing the interior. After all, you first need to know the Qi that flows in before you attempt to tap into it. The three key internal factors that Feng Shui consultants prioritise in their assessment are the Main Door, Bedroom and the Kitchen. What is of utmost concern is the flow and accumulation of Qi in all those areas. In modern days, the study room is also a lso included as many people either bring in their work to home or actually work from home.
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Environment What can you do? RULE NO. 1
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RULE NO. 2
Qi are always descending. This is why active areas like living rooms are located in the ground floor where Qi is more active and the bedrooms are located upstairs where Qi is passive.
RULE NO. 3
Having a good Internal Bright Hall (the area right after the Main Door) in your house doesn’t mean putting lots of lights in the area. It actually means ensuring the area is i s broad and spacious for the accumulation of Qi.
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Building Design Now that you know where to find the Qi in your vicinity, the next step is to bring the positive ones in and the negative ones out of your property. But remember, every property, regardless of its functions and purposes, is unique in its own way. By plotting the Natal Chart of the property, the viability can be deduced and applied. To plot the chart, the needed information are the time the property commenced or occupied, the Facing Direction and the location. As mentioned before, the most important parts of a property that need to be paid foremost attention are:
MAIN DOOR
KITCHEN The most important part of a property that needs to be paid foremost attention
BEDROOM
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Building Design : Main Door The main door is the primary entrance of the property. Because of this, it is also the Qi mouth, or in other words, the path where Qi from the external factors flow into the property. Therefore as a rule of thumb, a property facing the right direction and located at its best place would receive positive Qi into the house via the main door. It is important to identify and analyse the internal and the external forms from both sides of the door. This could either show that your main door as favourable or otherwise. By now, you know that there should be an open spacious area or a Bright Hall just outside your door to accumulate Qi. But did you know that it is equally vital to have a Bright Hall on the interior side of the Main Door so that you can pull in the accumulated Qi from outside? To summarise this, any a ny obstructions of the outside view would disrupt Qi flow into the house.
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Building Design : Kitchen So what happens in the kitchen? Food, of course! Having nutritional and nourished food supply is important because it gives the occupants of a property the strength and energy to go about a bout their lives. Therefore having a favourable kitchen is of utmost priority. Remember the ‘outside-in concept’? The same rule occurs here as well. First check the external forms. These include pylons, huge trees or junctions that can harm the flow of Qi in the kitchen. As the kitchen is a Yin structure, any Yang features like busy roads should be avoided. Two important parts of a kitchen are:
Sink
Stove
The location of the stove is also in relative with the position of the sink. The stove is represented by Fire and the sink is water; therefore, placing the sink and stove side by side would ‘Fire and Water Clash’ or Shui Huao Xiang Chong. You can avoid this by not placing them opposite or adjacent to each other; or by placing an obstruction between both features.
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Building Design : Bedroom Research indicates that an average person spends a third of his life in a bedroom; either sleeping or resting. Therefore it could be said as one of the most important parts of a property. The bed should not be aligned to the door, or underneath a decorative beam. This will bring in Sha Qi, or the Killing Qi, and disrupt the occupants’ rest and subsequently health. Instead placing it against a hard surface like the wall would allow a perfect balance between Yin and Yang in the space.
A few rules to play by: RULE NO. 1
Avoid having negative forms such as lamp posts, pylons etc. facing your house as the Qi flow could be obstructed. RULE NO. 2
If you have to position the sink and the stove opposite of each other, place a barrier between them to reduce the effect of the clash. RULE NO. 3
Avoid many windows or doors in your bedrooms. The bedroom is a Yin Structure; therefore having too many windows and doors will increase the effects of Yang.
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Residents Every individuals are uniquely represented by his/her Life Gua (Ming), in the context of Feng Shui. The trigram is calculated based b ased on the person’s date of birth and gender. It is largely used to identify career and health prospects of the person, among other things.
Career To have better prospects in career related endeavours, activation of the Facing Stars is required. The Facing Stars represents wealth and career, and is the mastermind behind the type of jobs and industries each of us should be looking into for better prospects.
Health As for health related issues, the Sitting Star is employed. This is because this star comes under the category of ‘People’. One of the important stars is the Tian Yi Star, which is the Earth element. It represents noblemen, people of status; and health related concerns. That being said, the Tian Yi star is commonly used to facilitate rest and ensure healthy lifestyle. It also helps with the power of speech and persuasiveness, subsequently their charisma and respect.
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Residents A few rules to play by:
RULE NO. 1
Identify the Sheng Qi (Growth Qi) in your property and its Facing Star. If it is at the right time and positive, you can tap into it to generate prosperity.
RULE NO. 2
Put a body of water at that sector, as water stimulate Facing Stars.
RESIDENTS
A FEW RULES TO PLAY BY
RULE NO . 3
Tapping into the Tian Yi if it is Tapping present in the bedroom is advisable. This would give the double effects of a good location and direction.
RULE NO. 4
Place a water feature in the area with negative Sitting Star,, as this will weaken the Star effects of the negativity negativity..
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Time Perhaps one of the key determining factor of Feng Shui is the time factor. What does the time factor means? In Xuan Kong Kong Flying Star, qi moves in cycles of twenty years. There are nine periods involved, therefore they are named Period 1, Period 2 and so on. After period 9, period 1 is repeated. Simply said, Period luck is a classification of Qi movement in a property since its inception. Below is the time period cycle in use now:
THE FENG SHUI TIME PERIOD PERIOD 1
1864-1883
PERIOD 2
1884-1903
PERIOD 3
1904-1923
PERIOD 4
1924-1943
PERIOD 5
1944-1963
PERIOD 6
1964-1983
PERIOD 7
1984-2003
PERIOD 8
2004-2023
PERIOD 9
2024-2043
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Qi pattern changes in relation to time. Perhaps that is why time is considered a deciding emphasis of Feng Shui. The flying star chart for each of the 24 Mountains is different for every cycle. Here is how it works. With regards to classical Feng Shui and the flying star charts, the construction date of the house doesn’t matter; the moving in date matters. Technically, two different houses on the same row, built at the same time, but first had residents moving in at different times would have completely different Flying Star Charts. The move in date is the date the building build ing was first occupied. This also includes apartments and any other sort of high rise residency buildings. An apartment is counted as one building instead of many different units. Therefore, the move in date is the date the first unit was occupied.
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A few rules to play by: RULE NO. 1
If a house has been occupied and vacated within a single luck period, the flying stars do not change. RULE NO. 2
If the house has been left vacant for more than six month in which the periods have changed, then the flying stars chart would change as well. RULE NO. 3
If a house is occupied by the same owner since inception, but major renovations have taken place in the span of the years, a period change might have occurred as well.
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In a nutshell... Feng Shui is a body of knowledge that explores nature and how it needs to be obtained (or in some cases, avoided) to derive the best results in health, wealth, relationships, business, career and generally, life. All in all, it would be an enlightening and engrossing experience as learning Feng Shui isn’t only about your property; it is ultimately knowledge about you and your affinity to your immediate environment. Here is what you will need to remember throughout your journey to learn and master Feng Shui. What matters when it comes to practising the art of Feng Shui is the ability to engage to the energy in the environment. If this is made possible, one is all set to reap the benefit of positive Qi in his property; and eventually in life.
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About Joey Yap Dato' Joey Yap is the celebrated and global bestselling author with more than 166 books published and counting. His literary work has been translated and published in every continent of the world, making it to the local best sellers list on numerous occasions and sold more than 4,200,000 copies. Some of the bestsellers published have also earned The Merit Award from The Asean Book Publisher Association. He is a passionate and internationally renowned speaker who is highly sought after in business communities and corporate events. His talks have an appeal that transcends barriers of age, culture and occupation.
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