There are countless articles and books about how Feng Shui applications can be used to help a person increase their income or find true love. But an interesting question that deserves an answer is whether or not Feng Shui can predict or influence intelligence.

I was once asked to speak at a Mensa Meeting and in preparation for the talk I thought this particular audience might be interested in how Feng Shui supports intellectual or academic processes.

In the Flying Star School, we calculate the magnetic field of a house based on when it was built in combination with its orientation. With these coordinates, it can be revealed if there are areas in some structures that might diminish a person’s IQ. In fact, these same energies can undermine a pregnancy and contribute to miscarriage or birth defects like Down’s Syndrome. I’m referring to one combination of the 9 fire star with the 2 earth star. These are the Li and Kun trigrams, which are known and interpreted differently throughout various practices in Chinese metaphysics. Additionally, In Period 9, the 2 and 9 star take on much more positive influences than in other Periods.

In other Periods, we have a combination which symbolizes fire (9=intelligence) being muffled or snuffed out by earth (2 star). A literal fire can be put out with dirt and lack of oxygen to fuel it. This is symbolic of the mind or intellect being diminished or held back. Once in a while, this can indicate that a child of reasonable intelligence might do “stupid things” including playing with matches.

There are also energies in most houses which can indicate a probability of obstacles or delays and this could impede someone’s study habits or scholarly performance if the person spends a lot of time in those areas where the “problem” energy resides. The types of energies I am referring to are not anything obvious that can be seen with the eyes or understood by tracking qi flow in a floor plan. However, these energies can be calculated. For example, a house which faces magnetic Northwest at 300 degrees and built in 2003 is a house type where the southwest sector of the house could cause intellectual struggles or poor performance for a child in school (in other Periods besides period 9).  Period 9 is from 2024-2044.

The adjustments for this area of the house have been to include adding a lot of metal weight or metal surfaces to the space. Metal is anything made of gold, silver, copper, brass, bronze or steel.

In contrast, there can be energy in a house which can predict that a person will be very clever and creative, including precocious and talented children. I have seen this so many times in my consultations with clients. I actually grew up in a bedroom with the 4 wood star and 9 star combination and in looking back, I’m not surprised that I wrote hundreds of songs as a teenager and was a straight A student.

Another variation of this energy can produce a person who is very bright but argumentative, (3 and 9 flying stars together). Still, another variation on that can match a person who is smart and creative, but psychologically unstable, as in the fine line between genius and insanity, (3 and 4 stars together). These “stars” that I refer to are just code for energy patterns and the original link between the literal stars above and their impact on human beings. The Xuan Kong calculations can be associated with the stars of the Big Dipper.

Sometimes a person can use a space uniquely to suit their own personal best directions (based on their birth data), to improve academic performance or artistry or even athleticism. The Wen Qu or Wen Chang directions can be used for study locations within a house. For example, for a person born in 1996, sitting in the sector of West/Southwest (Shen-Monkey Direction) of a floor plan, can help that person study more efficiently.

When I do a professional evaluation, if I see that the child cannot really use their bedroom or designated desk location for studying, there may be some other part of the house where they can study for better results. Sometimes the child naturally gravitates toward their “Good Study Habits” direction, be it a seat at the kitchen table or plopped on the floor in some other unexpected part of the house.

There are many more Feng Shui design examples, some of which are common sense, which can enhance a person’s ability to focus, concentrate and create. This can include a balance of yin and yang aspects to a living space, like balanced lighting, temperature, views, and sound. Other times we just see that the person naturally matches the personality of the house or the areas of the house where they spend most of their time.

Author: Kartar Diamond
Company: Feng Shui Solutions ®
From the Health and Personal Matters Blog Series