Published Articles by Kartar Diamond on Feng Shui
Once a client finds out about the “locked phase,” some wonder how dire this phase is.
A Locked Phase is a cycle that every house or apartment will go through at some time or another. This cycle, for the Money Lock, can undermine financial luck of the […]
Back in the 1990’s, when Feng Shui started trending in the Western world, this mysterious practice of Feng Shui was commonly referred to as “the art of placement,” most notably by New Age practitioners. This description used to annoy me because it seemed to diminish or ignore […]
When I began the self-inflicted project to review Feng Shui books in my personal library, I knew I would be critiquing many books published at the end of the 20th century and early 2000’s. There will be some books where I disagree moderately to significantly with the […]
Back in the late 1990’s when I took a Feng Shui class with Master Joseph Yu, he mentioned casually that feng shui is “all about mountains and water.” This was in a workshop for the flying stars, where the permanent hosts in each directional zone of […]
From a Feng Shui standpoint, we can consider the impact of preserving an older home’s architecture versus changing it. There are a number of reasons why a home may need remodeling: to include expanding for more living space. As well, what we now think of as awkward […]
Takeo Mori and Dragan Milenkovic collaborated on this little book, published by Tengu Books in 1993. Secrets of Japanese Astrology: The Science of Kigaku gives a brief overview of the historical connection between Chinese and Japanese culture, which paved the way for Chinese Astrology to become part […]
Before I dive into a review of Feng Shui Step By Step by T. Raphael Simons, I want to state that the book was written decades ago. As a teacher and practitioner, it is possible, that like me, he may have changed some of his opinions or […]
Feng Shui Secrets That Change Your Life by Li Pak Tin and Helen Yeap is the latest installment of my Book Review Project. As I wade through my personal Feng Shui library, this book, like others, presents a buffet of interesting, though sometimes contradictory applications.
Most of the […]
While walking my dog one day, I saw several examples of “feng shui in action.” The first photo in this post shows a house with a second story design that demonstrates a poison arrow on a large scale. The angled corner of the top floor points […]
