Friday, November 28, 2014

How to solve missing corners in feng shui

Feng shui remedies for “missing corners” [缺角風水] in the house

Due to many physical limitations, it is very difficult to have a “perfect” feng shui house, and one of the most common problem for many houses is missing corners which will cause adverse effects to the occupants. Here I want to discuss some feng shui remedies to solve this problem:

Missing NW corner

In feng shui, if a house is missing the NW corner, we believe it will affect the health of the male household especially those eldest male members in the family. They will most likely have legs, head issues, high blood pressure or stroke.

Feng shui remedies: round metal items or metal dog figurine to counteract the ill effects

Missing SW corner

Since the SW [坤方] is associated with the female household, that means the eldest female members in the family will likely suffer poor health, stomach and skin problems.

Feng shui remedies: ceramic lamb and monkey figurines

Missing NE corner

When a house is missing the NE corner, it may cause poor wealth conditions, skin diseases and if serious, it means the absence of male members in the family. However, it has little effect on the females in the family.

Feng shui remedies: round ceramics, ceramic cat/tiger figurine or embroidery

Missing SE corner

When a house is missing the SE corner, it will cause poor marital relationship and upper limbs problems, if serious (completer missing the corner) it will cause separation and absence of descendants in the family.

Feng shui remedies: round green bonsai, dragon painting or wooden dragon figurine to counteract the ill effects

Missing South corner

When a house is missing the South corner, it implies the opportunities of heart disease or stroke, eye problems and bad temper. This is especially affect the female who born in the year of the horse.

Feng shui remedies: place metal horse figurine, purple crystal ball, red color glassware or horse figurine at the South wall of the house

Missing North corner

When a house is missing the North corner, it may cause urinary, reproduction, kidney and myopia health problems.

Feng shui remedies: place fish tank/aquarium, water features or Mickey Mouse figurine at the North wall of the house. If available, hanging the Chinese painting of “Zongkui zhao fu tu” [鍾馗招蝠圖] or “Hundred offspring” [百子千孫圖] at the North wall will also works.

Missing West corner

When a house is missing the West corner, it will affect the marriage and health of the female members in the family. They may have skin, respiratory or oral disease.

Feng shui remedies: place metal rooster figurine at the West wall

Missing East corner

When a house is missing the East corner, this will bring liver, gallbladder problems, limbs and head issues.  Furthermore it will affect the growth and marriage of the eldest son in the family, and most likely the female is running the house.

Feng shui remedies; place round green bonsai or wood rabbit figurine or painting at the East wall

One thing I want to add is when the house has protruding corner, it means very strong chi at the particular corner, it does not means that it is not auspicious in any way. For instance, in the case of protruding SW corner, it implies female dominance in the house.




Thursday, November 20, 2014

2015 (乙未年) Annual Flying Star Forecast



Due to the many request from my clients and readers of my blog site, it is about time that I will present the 2015 Annual Flying Stars Forecast. In 2014, we have seen many unfortunate things happened around the world, for examples, natural disasters like typhoon/hurricanes, landslides and warfare as I have predicted in my forecast:



Therefore, this year I sincerely hope all my readers will take note and apply my suggested feng shui cures for the 2015 annual flying stars in order to protect us and our family from any harm caused by the inauspicious flying stars. One thing I want to stress is under the authentic Chinese feng shui, the entrance door is referred as the “mouth of chi”, therefore, every shop or residence where the main entrance and bedroom door is located at the respective sector of the inauspicious 2015 annual flying stars shall apply the appropriate feng shui cure to ensure that the occupants can enjoy a safe and prosperous 2015!

9 purple fire star 九紫右弼星 – SW

In 2015, the 9 purple star will fly to the SW sector. This star will bring marriage and fertility luck. Since it is also referred as the “future sheng chi star”, it is good to have long term planning for the future.

However, the fire element of this star will enhance the earth element of the base 2 black star at the SW sector, the strong energy of the fire and earth element in this sector will cause gossips, conflicts, accidents, skin and lung problems. Also, it will affect the study of the children.

Another important thing to take note is the 2015 Tai Sui 太歲 star is also located at the SW, therefore, it is important to avoid any major building works or digging of ground at this sector. Any renovation works that need to be done must commence on an auspicious day and time and commence first at the auspicious sectors to avoid any serious accidents or health issues.

Feng shui recommendation:

- Place a metal ba gua or a pair of metal Chi Lin at the SW sector to counteract the effect of the Tai Sui star

- Place red carpet and 8 white pebbles in a ceramic bowl at the SW sector to enhance the 9 purple star

6 white metal star 六白武曲星 – NE

In 2015, the 6 white metal star will fly to the NE sector which will enhance by the 8 white earth base star of the NE sector and this will bring career, property and nobleman 貴人 luck. The 6 white star is associated with the chien kua 乾卦 which represents the father in the house, this implies good chance of fatherhood.

However, try to avoid red color or large plants in this sector because it will enhance the opportunities of accidents caused by sharp metal objects and loss of money.

Another important thing to note is the 2015 “year break” star (歲破) is also located at the NE sector, therefore, major construction works or digging of ground is not recommend at this sector, otherwise, it may cause accidents.

Feng shui recommendation:

To enhance the 6 white star:

- Place either 8 pebbles in a small bowl with water; or yellow color ceramic flower vase fill with water, carpet, or crystal at this sector to enhance the auspicious 6 white star.

8 white earth star 八白左輔星 - North

This is one of the most auspicious flying star in Period Eight (2004 – 2023). In 2015, the 8 white star will fly to the North sector, which means that this will be the wealth sector of the house in 2015. If your main entrance, bedroom door or bed is located at this sector, you will enjoy good money luck especially in the property market.

Nonetheless, since the 1 white water base star is located at the North sector, try to avoid having too much water element colors or features at this sector as it will “wash” away the wealth 見財化水!

One thing we also need to be cautious is the [8, 1] combination will likely caused mud slide; thus be careful when travelling to the North places.

Feng shui recommendation:

- Feng shui enhancement items at this sector to enhance the 8 white earth star: grey color carpet, yellow color crystal or 8 white jades.

1 white water star 一白貪狼星 - East

The 1 white star is one of the 3 auspicious stars in Period Eight (2004 – 2023). In 2015, it will fly to the East sector.  This star will bring social and scholar luck. Thus it is auspicious to have the study desk located in this sector. Since the East sector is associated with the eldest son in the family, it implies good scholar luck to the male members in the family. 

Also, the 1 white star will bring “peach blossom” luck 桃花運. Furthermore, under the Xuan Kong Flying Star feng shui, when the 1 white star fly to the East sector, it implies the opportunities of moving, long trip and bad temper.

Feng shui recommendation:

- Place metal element like 6 old Chinese coins or a pair of metal Chi Lin and water features at this sector to enhance the 1 white star

4 green wood star - 四綠文昌星 – NW

The 4 green star is referred as the "scholar star" in Xuan Kong Flying Star feng shui. In 2015, it will fly to the NW sector. It is auspicious to have the child study desk placed at this sector to enhance their study ability. Nonetheless, since there is the conflict of wood and metal element in this sector, it also implies the possibility of poor career and people luck. Therefore, feng shui cure are required to neutralize the conflict between the wood and metal element.

Furthermore, the combination of [4, 6] implies "stagecoach star" luck 驛馬星 which is good for moving, changing of job and travelling; but it is not auspicious to the female member in the family.

Feng shui recommendation:

- Place water features like fish tank (6 nos. of black color gold fish) or “feng shui wheel of fortune” 風水輪 (http://imageshack.com/a/img538/9612/er0K2R.jpg ) to neutralize the conflict between the wood and metal element

- Place 4 Lucky Bamboo in water or a green jade scholar pagoda 碧玉文昌塔 (http://imageshack.com/a/img540/7141/qBcRcc.jpg) at this sector to enhance the scholar luck

- Place a pair of metal horse figurine at this sector to enhance the "stagecoach star" luck

3 jade wood star - 三碧䘵存星 – Center Palace

In 2015, the 3 jade star will fly to the center palace. This star will bring conflicts and fights. Therefore, keeping a low profile in things will avoid unnecessary conflicts with others which may lead to lawsuits; it also implies the opportunities of skin, stomach and nervous health problems.

Since there is a conflict between the 3 jade wood star and the 5 yellow earth base star in the center palace, this indicates the opportunities of earth quake. Therefore, I will caution those readers who is planning for vacation trip in 2015.

Another thing we have to be careful is the combination of the 3 jade wood star and the 8 white earth Period star [3, 8] at the center palace may cause illness and accidents to the small children and infant in the household.

Nonetheless, when a flying star fly to the center palace, it is referred as “imprisonment” (入困) under the Xuan Kong Flying Star feng shui. Simply put, it means that the energy of the flying star will be subdued. In other words, as long as the appropriate feng shui cure are applied, things will not be as serious as it is indicated.

Feng shui recommendation:

- Place feng shui items like red carpet, red color sculpture, or red light at the center of the house to counteract the effect of the 3 jade star

2 black earth star - 二黑巨門星 – SE

This is considered as one of the most inauspicious stars in Xuan Kong Flying Star feng shui, second only to the 5 yellow earth star. In 2015, the 2 black star will fly to the SE sector. This star will bring serious illness or even death to the family, the opportunities of gynecological disease to the female in the family. When joining with the 2 black and 5 yellow monthly star at this sector, the household will very likely experiencing serious health problems that lead to operation. Therefore, it is very vital that if your main entrance door, bedroom door or bed is located at this sector, feng shui cure must be applied to counteract the ill effect of the 2 black star.

Since the base star in SE is the 4 green wood star, it will have conflict with the 2 black earth star. This call for the chances of earthquake. Again I will caution those readers who will travel to the SE part of the world.

Feng shui recommendation:

- Avoid clutters and digging of ground in this sector

- Avoid having fish tank, plants (especially in 2 numbers) and red carpet in this sector

- Place 8 old Chinese coins with metal Wu lo or wind chime, black color carpet at this sector to counteract the effect of the 2 black star

- Place salt water cure at this sector when the monthly 2 black star or the 5 yellow star also fly to this sector

7 red metal star -七赤破軍星 – South

In 2015, the 7 red metal star will fly to the South sector. Since this is an untimely star in Period Eight (2004 – 2023), it will cause conflicts, arguments, thefts/robbery; car accidents or accidents caused by sharp metal objects.

In addition to the fact that the 9 purple fire base star at the South will destroy the 7 red metal star, it implies the opportunities of respiratory, mouth, teeth, head and heart problems. It will most likely affecting the female members in the family. 

Furthermore, the [7, 9] combination (http://netgent1-creativelife.blogspot.ca/2013/11/the-eighty-one-81-divinations-in-xuan.html) also call for the opportunities of fire hazards if the main entrance door, kitchen is located at this sector.

Feng shui recommendation:

- Avoid red, orange or purple colors in this sector

- Place water features like fish tank, a container of water, brown or yellow color at this sector to counteract the ill effects caused by this annual flying star

5 yellow earth star - 五黃廉貞星 – West

Under the Xuan Kong Flying Star feng shui, the 5 yellow earth star [正關煞, 瘟神] is regarded as the most vicious and potent star. It is responsible for all kinds of disasters, epidemic and cancer diseases or even death. 

Many feng shui practitioners believe the presence of this untimely star is responsible for haunted houses. This is the reason why I always emphasis the importance of applying feng shui cure to counteract the 5 yellow earth star in my professional consultations and advice to the readers in feng shui forum. 

I will soon write an article regarding how to counteract this inauspicious star in my blog site. Please stay tune.

In 2015, this star will fly to the West sector. Since this earth star will enhance the effect of the 7 white metal base star at the South sector, this implies the opportunities of food poisoning, respiratory, stomach and skin diseases, especially affecting the youngest daughter in the family.

Another important thing we need to know is the 2015 “three sha” star (三煞) is also located at this sector. It is important not to have major construction works or digging of ground at this sector, otherwise it may cause law suits and serious accidents.

Feng shui recommendation:

- Avoid green, blue, red, orange or purple color objects especially in total of 5 numbers in this sector

Also, I will not recommend to have any plants at this sector in 2015. If there are urgent repair works that need to be done, it must be perform in an auspicious day, and the work must start first from the auspicious sectors.

- Effective feng shui items to counteract the 5 yellow earth star:  6 old Chinese coins, metal wind chime, copper clock or sculpture, metal Wu Lo or a pair of metal Chi Lin and place them at the West sector of the house especially the bedroom or any room that used most often in the house

This star will affect particularly the following group of people:

- Male born in 1921, 1930, 1939, 1948, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1984, 1993, 2002, 2011

- Female born in 1920, 1929, 1938, 1947, 1956, 1965, 1974, 1983, 1992, 2001, 2010

I will recommend these people to wear metal ornaments to improve their luck in 2015.

Conclusion

I want to emphasis that the 2015 annual flying stars are only effective for one year. That means as long as we apply the appropriate feng shui cures, we and our family will be protected. There is no need to make major changes around the house like moving furniture or repainting the house or rooms which I have seen many so-called feng shui “experts” have been telling people to do!

Another reminder is the effect of the 2015 annual flying stars will start on Feb 4, 2015, therefore, it is very important to complete the feng shui cure before this date. One important thing to keep in mind is any feng shui cure must be applied on an auspicious day in order to be effective. In order to assist my readers in this matter, I will suggest the following two auspicious dates to apply the feng shui cures:

- Jan 29, 2015 (not suitable for people born in the year of the pig)

- Feb 1, 2015 (not suitable for people born in the year of the tiger)

To conclude, I wish all my readers a Safe and Prosperous 2015!




Nov 20, 2014
Toronto, Canada












Sunday, November 16, 2014

Feng Shui Effects on Rebuild Houses


I have come across an article in Toronto Star dated Nov 15, 2014 reporting a common phenomenon in Toronto’s property market, i.e. renovation/ restoration/ rejuvenation or in many cases rebuild old houses especially the single-family market. Very often, it has increase the value of the house tremendously. As quoted in the article, a single family house in Roncesvalles/Parkdale area was listed for $649,900 in January and is now listed for $1.5 million after going through major rebuild works!

One of my student have asked me does it change the feng shui of the house. My answer is it all depends on the new natal chart of the house after the rebuild because it has now changed into a Period Eight house (2004 – 2023). Under the Xuan Kong Flying Star feng shui, there is a procedure named “the replacement of the heart of heaven” [換天心], which is mostly applied by people who want to change the Luck Period, in order to improve the feng shui of the house (refer to the following article).


For example, a Chen (SE) facing house which is enjoying very good feng shui in Period 7 (1984 – 2003) will become a very bad feng shui house in Period Eight (2004 – 2023) due to a complete new natal chart of the house.

Beside the effect of the new natal chart will change the feng shui of the rebuild house, its relationship with the surrounding houses will also affect the feng shui of the house. For instance, after some expansive and massive rebuild works, the house will easily experiencing the “lonely tall mountain” sha [ 孤峰獨聳煞] which will cause conflicts with the surrounding neighbors (refer to the following article).



Therefore, although it may seems that most of these rebuild houses will increase their property value, I will strongly suggest those people who are going to purchase or living in these types of houses to seek the professional feng shui advice from the consultants who are practicing the Xuan Kong Flying Star feng shui. This is very important!


Monday, May 5, 2014

Where to place feng shui fish tank to enhance the money luck
















Fish Tank in Feng Shui


Nowadays, it is very common that people like to keep a fish tank in the house for hobby and decoration purposes. However, under the feng shui perspective, having a fish tank at the wrong places in the house may cause problems and misfortune to the household.


In feng shui, keeping a fish tank/aquarium at the house or the office is an effective way to enhance money and career luck. In some cases, it is used to counteract the sha chi. In my professional practice, I will use the activities from the running water and fish to activate the auspicious chi and dissipate the sha chi. In this case, it is not proper to put a cover on top of the fish tank!


In order to ensure that the feng shui fish tank will work properly, the first and foremost condition is it must place at the correct sector of the house. Basically there are two methods to determine the proper location of the fish tank. The first one is based on the “luan tao” feng shui which is referring to the layout of the house and the second one is the “li chi” feng shui which is based on the calculation of the eight sectors of the ba gua; namely East, South, West, North, SE, SW, NW and NE.


1. “Luan tao” or Form feng shui


-  Based on this type of feng shui, the front is referred as the “ming tang” [明堂], if there is water at the front, this is referred as “ming tang water” [明堂水] which denotes good money luck. Therefore, fish tank/aquarium will represents water. If there is a fish tank beside the front entrance, it will bring good money luck. Now people will ask what if the entrance door is not in the middle front of the house, it is either to the left or right of the front of the house. How can we know which is the proper placement of the fish tank?


Before I go any further, I will like to introduce the Four Celestial Animals concept [四靈山訣] in “luan tao” feng shui. First, let assume we are standing at the center of the house facing the entrance door and divide the house into five (5) sectors:


- Front Red Phoenix [朱雀] (wall, window and entrance door)


- Rear Black Tortoise [玄武] (wall, window at the back)


- Left Green Dragon [青龍] (wall, window at the left side)


- Right White Tiger [白虎] (wall, window at the right side)


- Middle Gou Chen [勾陳] (the sector that we are standing)


So, since the Front Red Phoenix is the “ming tang”, therefore it is auspicious to place a fish tank in this sector. If the door is opened to the right or left front of the house, then the fish tank can be placed at the middle front wall of the house. However, if the entrance door is located at the middle front of the house, the fish tank shall be placed to the left side which is the auspicious Green Dragon side, or we can place the fish tank near to the entrance door but set back a few feet from the entrance door.


2. “Li chi” feng shui


There are different ways to determine the auspicious placement of the fish tank in this type of feng shui, but here I will use the Xuan Kong Large Gua [玄空大卦].In this method, it must first conform to the Law of movement and Yin Yang [動靜陰陽法] which states that the fish tank must place at the facing sector and not the sitting sector of the house. Secondly, it must coordinate with the Xuan Kong Luck Period [玄空氣運].In this way, the fish tank can only be placed at the “ling shen” [零神] and “zhao shen” [照神] sector which are auspicious for money luck. I will list the “ling shen” and “zhao shen” sector form Period One to Period Nine for reader’s easy reference:


Luck Period                                   “ling shen”                “zhao shen”                “zheng shen”


Period One (1864-1883)                 South                              NW                             North


Period Two (1884-1903)                 NE                                   West                           SW


Period Three (1904-1923)               West                               NE                               East


Period Four (1924-1943)                  NW                                 South                          SE


Period Five (1944-1963)     First 10 years “ling shen” at NW, last 10 years “ling shen” at SE


Period Six (1964-1983)                      SE                                   North                           NW


Period Seven (1984-2003)                East                                SW                                West


Period Eight (2004-2023)                  SW                                  East                              NE


Period Nine (2024-2043)                   North                              SE                                 South


Period One (2044-2063)                    South                              NW                              North      


 Note: Under this type of feng shui, “zheng shen” is the auspicious direction and it must avoid water as this is referred as “mountain dragon shen, going down into water” [山上龍神下了水]


This will cause poor health, loss of money and job. On the other hand, “ling shen” is the inauspicious direction, it is good to have water as this will enhance money luck [水排龍點位装, 積粟萬餘倉].


As to the “zhao shen” direction, since this is also referred as the inauspicious direction, therefore it is also auspicious to have water which will also bring good money luck. Based on the above, we can see that the “ling shen” and “zhao shen” are the two sectors which are suitable for placing the fish tank/aquarium in the house based on the current Luck Period. For example, we are now in Period Eight, therefore the SW and East are the two auspicious locations for fish tank based on the above.


Guidelines for placing feng shui fish tank in the house:


1. An empty fish tank is not appropriate to put in the “peach blossom” location in the house, because this will cause extramarital affairs.


2. It is not appropriate to place the fish tank below the altar or above the feng shui deities.


3. It is not appropriate to place the fish tank above our head, this is referred as “shower head sha” [淋頭煞].


4. It is not auspicious to place the fish tank on top of the bed as stated above, this will cause loss of fortune and metal fatigue and head ache.


5. It is not auspicious to place the fish tank at the end of the bed. This is referred as “cut feet water sha” or [割腳水煞]. This will cause bad fortune, exhausted, hard working life and the difficulty of gaining wealth.


6. The water in the fish tank must keep clean all the time, because clean water is referred as “beautiful water” [秀水] which will improve the wealth luck.


7. If you want to enhance the money luck for the whole family, you can place the fish tank at the “ling shen” and “zhao shen” location in the house or the “big tai chi”.


8. If you want to enhance the money luck only for yourself, you can place the fish tank at the “ling shen” and “zhao shen” location of the bedroom or the “small tai chi”. Just make sure that the fish tank is not too close to the bed; it is best to have a screen to separate the fish tank and the bed.


9. Of course, the fish tank can also place in the “wealth sector” [財位] of the house, this will also help to enhance the money luck.


How to determine the appropriate number of fish in the tank based on the Lo Shu Square:


1 fish – associated with the auspicious 1 white tan lang star [貪狼星] which will bring money luck but also peach blossom luck.


2 fish – associated with the inauspicious 2 black jumen star [巨門星] which is not good for money luck and will easy causing conflicts and poor health.


3 fish – associated with the inauspicious 3 jade lu cun star [祿存星] which is not good for money luck and gossips.


4 fish – associated with the auspicious 4 green wen qu star [文曲星] which will bring scholar luck


5 fish – associated with the inauspicious 5 yellow lian zhen star [廉貞星] which is not good for money luck and will cause serious misfortune.


6 fish – associated with the auspicious 6 white wu qu star [武曲星] which will enhance the money luck.


7 fish – associated with the inauspicious 7 red po jun star [破軍星] which will cause poor money luck and loss of money


8 fish – associated with the auspicious 8 white zuo fu star [左輔星] which will bring good money luck especially from real estates.


9 fish – associated with the auspicious 9 purple you bi star [右弼星] which will bring good money luck and increase status and authority.


NOTE:


- It is not auspicious to have two (2) fish in the tank because this will cause poor health to the household.


- It is not auspicious to have three (3) fish in the tank because this will cause gossips and conflicts.


- It is not auspicious to have five (5) fish in the tank because this will cause accidents and bad luck.


- It is not auspicious to have seven (7) fish in the tank because this will cause loss of fortune especially for business operation.


Colour of feng shui fish:


- For fish in either gold or white color are associated with the metal element. Since metal generates water, they are most effective in enhancing the money luck.


- For fish in black, blue or grey color, they are associated with the water element.  They are also very effective in enhancing the money luck.


- For fish in red, purple or orange color, they are associated with the fire element. Since fire drains water, therefore, their effect of enhancing the money luck is weak.


- For fish in yellow or brown, they are associated with the earth element. Since earth destroys water, it effect of enhancing the money luck is very weak.


Lastly, when we are using fish tank as feng shui remedies in our house, we also have to consider the shape of the fish tank/aquarium. The general guideline is the shape of the fish tank must be beneficial to enhance the water element of the fish tank:


- Circular or round fish tank – this is associated with the metal element in feng shui, since metal carries water, it is auspicious.


- Rectangular fish tank – this is associated with the wood element in feng shui, this type of fish tan is also appropriate to use.


- Irregular shaped fish tank – this is associated with the water element, which is also good to use.


- Triangular shaped fish tank – this is associated with the fire element which will conflict with the water element, therefore, this type of fish tank is not auspicious.


- Square shaped fish tank – this is associated with the earth element. Since earth destroys water, it is good to avoid this type of fish tank in feng shui.