Feng Shui appointments are usually scheduled at a time that is mutually possible for consultant and client. For a long time, my child custody schedule and Los Angeles traffic dictated when I would see a client back in the early days. And yet, are there objectively good or bad days to conduct a Feng Shui reading?  Is night-time a problem or during a waning moon? What about Move-In Day?

Let’s explore the concept of timing in relation to a feng shui audit, from the larger time cycles down to the time of day.

When it comes to optimal timing, we first look at the scope of the project. I can say confidently that it is never too soon for a reading, depending on the circumstances.  If you are looking for raw land to develop or house hunting for an existing residence, the sooner you get the feng shui reading, the better.  You can find out the essentials and make a feng shui-informed decision.

If you decide to move forward with the purchase (or lease), you could also consider the timing for signing a lease or purchase agreement. This ventures into the domain of astrology, but in a related context, the timing of breaking ground, starting a demolition or construction is the common practice of marrying both astrology and feng shui.

To review a property already occupied, having a feng shui consultation could be a very important milestone in a person’s life.  The information dispensed could cause an about-face in how a person relates to their home, how they use it, and make adjustments to the space which could change a person’s health, money or love luck.

For an event with this kind of momentum, should we schedule the appointment on a day that is particularly good for the client?  Should it be an astrologically ideal day for the consultant so that their powers of expertise will be heightened?  In theory, we could hope that both would intersect on the same day. And yet, the vast majority of people schedule a feng shui appointment for the most convenient time when they can be available.

Between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. is the double hour of the Snake. Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. is the double hour of the Horse.  Those are both good start time frames for me as a consultant, based on my birth year.  Lucky for me, as that also helps me avoid the worst of Southern California traffic.

On the flip side, a few times I have been in the middle of a consultation, giving advice, only to see the client pop up out of their seat and start following through with a recommendation. Fortunately, this does not happen often. To curb this behavior, I could genuinely tell the client that we should first look to the Feng Shui calendar to find an ideal day to install remedies or make changes (and it is never during the consultation).

If it is relevant to ensure that I have a client’s undivided attention, we may prefer to schedule on a day that is good for the client based on their birth year. We could also avoid certain days when the energy of the day is less stable, such as the Tai Sui Days. And for mundane reasons, I don’t like to compete with the Home Inspector during escrow or the professional movers, so those days are avoided.

Unfortunately, the client sometimes chooses a day when their spouse will not be home and that alone reveals much about the relationship, above and beyond the feng shui findings.

Some people who closely follow astrology will recoil at making any important decisions during a Mercury Retrograde period. There really is no such equivalent in the feng shui realms.

Putting this article together has reminded me of times when I was chronically over-booked, even agreeing to see clients on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s day. For some, those were their only days off work, or the only days when I could meet them at their business location without employees asking why I was there. Secrecy has been the criteria for scheduling some appointments. And I could have done a better job conveying that I have a personal life and family!

Most people prefer a day-time appointment. The client is less tired and more attentive and the feng shui consultant can literally see better.  If we are estimating a dominant color in a room, or noticing what the immediate exterior environment and neighborhood look like, then daytime is far superior to night-time for holding a consultation.  In more than 30 years in practice, I have only done evening consultations about a dozen times and they were only scheduled at night instead of daytime out of sheer necessity. We prefer the day time as the energy is more “yang,” compared to night time when the energies are more “yin.”

Author: Kartar Diamond

Company: Feng Shui Solutions ®

From the Feng Shui Theory Blog Series