Many years ago I read a book by a Feng Shui author, who wrote that it could take a decade to know if one got an accurate Feng Shui audit. Why would this author say that? This is because of that saying “Time will Tell.” […]
It was brought to my attention by one of my Newsletter subscribers, that another practitioner’s website is denouncing the use of a compass in Feng Shui!
One of her website articles puts forth the argument that since the magnetic declination is always changing, that using a compass cannot […]
The term “chong” alludes to opposition. And the Chong Day can be a day when your personal energies are not as strong as other days. This day will repeat every 12 days, perpetually, and you can refer to a Chinese Solar calendar for those repeating days.
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Feng Shui is usually described as an ancient practice that is several thousand years old. And yet lately I have heard of at least two Chinese practitioners who are now saying it is not as old as people generally think it is. One man’s article on the […]
The Fu Mu San Gua house is also referred to as the “3 Period” House or the “Parent String” house. It is a special house type that is often taught as its own case study course in classical Feng Shui curriculums. We have 144 different flying star […]
(Photo by Joao Jesus)
I just got through reading a Houzz.com article about stepping back and leaving certain spaces alone, from a design stand point. This also appeals to my organizing sensibilities. Not every nook and cranny needs to be filled or used functionally. The article […]
When I first started studying feng shui, I was living in a house that indicated strongly a propensity for the occupants to argue. That we did. It also indicated based on the location of our bed, that I would be vulnerable to a miscarriage, which I did […]
The term “Grand Duke” refers to a negative type of energy which comes to certain directions and it can make an area of a building or property accident-prone. It is volatile energy, the Chinese term for it being “Tai Sui.” It’s pronounced like “tie sway.” […]
The Sui Po Direction changes from year to year and it is always a direction which opposes the direction known as the Tai Sui direction for the year. For example, in 2011, the Year of the Rabbit was associated with east. And the direction that opposes […]
When we think of a “locked” house, the image of a literally secure house comes to mind; one that you can only enter by breaking a lock to get in. This term “locked” house or “locked phase” has a totally different meaning in feng shui theory.
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