Using the metaphysical practice called Nine Star Ki, a complementary system to Feng Shui, we can see each year when people born in a certain year might have some noteworthy challenges. This doesn’t make others immune to challenges, but there is always at least one type […]
In the current Annual Update season, clients got a new section to their Update Report. I added to each section of the eight directions a brief notation on what NOT to have in any given location, as well as what is neutral to have. More on “neutral” […]
Simon Brown’s Principles of Feng Shui promises on the cover to be “the only introduction you’ll ever need.” Published in 1996, Brown’s offering clocks in at 125 pages and briskly covers some of the fundamentals of Feng Shui theory.
Brown uses a lot of analogies, such as describing […]
Sometimes a person loves their home and their neighborhood, except for one thorn in their side: an obnoxious or even litigious neighbor. The harassment can be enough to make a person want to move. And depending on how legalistic the feud has become, you may even have […]
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 […]
After recently advising a client about her 2025 Feng Shui Update, it became apparent that she was still placing a lot of emphasis on the 8 stars in her home. For the past 20 Year Period (2004-2024), the 8 Star in Period 8 was “king.” But […]
The Feng Shui Companion: A User-Friendly Guide to the Ancient Art of Placement was written by George Birdsall, published in 1995. In the opening pages, I felt like I was sitting down to chat with a colleague who I had not spoken to in decades. Reading how […]
Robert Sachs’ book, Nine Star Ki: Your Astrological Companion to Feng Shui, was first published in 2001. Interest in Feng Shui in the Western world was well-established, but hardly any Westerners had heard of Nine Star Ki. This is still the case in 2024, outside of Chinese […]
We now have 45 Presidents of the United States of America. We’re not counting Trump twice even though he will be the 47th President, like Grover Cleveland, due to non-consecutive terms. I became curious about the Nine Star Ki of our U.S. Presidents, given that I […]
I was listening to a podcast, where two famous men were joking about what kind of energy might be palpable in the home of “P. Diddy” aka Sean Combs. They both agreed that sometimes you can just walk through a space and feel residual bad energy, which […]
