The information in most feng shui books focuses on the details in our homes and businesses and this makes a lot of sense since: a) we are affected more directly by our immediate environment and b) we generally have more control over changing our immediate personal surroundings […]
When reviewing a flying star chart, we try to interpret the impact on occupants. A flying star chart is a template for interpreting energy in a house based on when it was built combined with compass alignment. We compare the mountain star and the water star, noted […]
We have that funny saying, “Happy Wife, Happy Life.” The implication is that if a husband makes his wife happy, then everyone, including the husband, is supposedly happy. With Feng Shui in theory and practice, what is good for the parents is good for the children. This […]
When it comes to apartment buildings, they are often more complicated to analyze than a house. The house generally has one family inside or an extended family and the whole house is viewed as one unit, having one orientation. Then, each room can be micro-managed as […]
Periodically, clients ask me questions about the difference between magnetic North and True North, which is also sometimes called Geographic North. I now routinely direct people to the National Geophysical Data Center Website and other sources of information on-line, for a more thorough and scientific explanation of […]
The word common to both terms sheng qi and sha qi is “qi.” This word is sometimes written “ch’i” and is pronounced like “chee.” While qi is often described as “energy,” we learn in deeper studies of Chinese metaphysics that qi is beyond the concept of “energy” […]
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.
The […]
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 […]
