This case study, Feng Shui Controversies, Part 1, was the first of a three part “Controversy” series which deals with controversies within the classical Feng Shui community.  Styles and approaches differ, separate schools have their own priorities. By “schools,” I am not referring to physical locations, but historical traditions which evolved as Feng Shui evolved.

Controversies, and claims of “fake feng shui,” are not new to the field.  These claims were being made hundreds of years ago. What started out as an Addendum to my books, about 10 pages in length, morphed into a 44-page case study with greatly expanded commentary and resources, as well as the mention of a few more controversies thrown in for good measure.

This expanded essay aims to satisfactorily answer the questions any serious student or practitioner may have, once they become aware of these controversies.  The main topics in this Case Study deal with the “female gua” and the debate between theories of how Qi distributes directional energy within a floor plan.

EXCERPT:

“Anyone can challenge this concept about how the qi is created and how it moves. I just assumed that the energies came from ground below and sky above and that the flying stars would then be held inside the structure, contained by walls and ceiling.  The expanded notion is that the structure is positioned in a certain time and space to continually receive qi (including the flying stars) from outside to inside.

Heluo Hill gave a perfect analogy for this by saying that this pattern of qi flow might be like a radio (house) which can pick up a frequency based on how it is tuned.  Let me continue that analogy.  If a house faces “X” direction and built in “Y” Period, it will be tuned to a certain radio station or frequency and therefore receive the same signal, the same sound, the same energy. It will continuously receive the same Flying Star chart. Then the walls and ceiling will contain these flying stars, like the sound of your radio playing. The walls and ceilings will contain some or all of the sound.

Once the flying stars are inside, they become “timely” or “untimely.”  It is the phenomenon of the stars going into a structure that makes them subject to timeliness.

When the stars are in a wang or sheng cycle they are considered timely.  When they are in the Shuai or Si (death and decay) phase, they are called “untimely.”

Otherwise, outside the built structure we can say that the flying stars are all timely and have no agenda. This might be like the human soul: timeless without a body.  But once the soul is housed by a body, it becomes subject to time and space, cycles of growth, maturity and aging.”

The Qi as the flying stars have intelligence. Qi moves in predictable ways and the flying stars settle into directional zones. Once fleshed out, we can see the more compelling reasons for using the pie-shape method for assessing the floor plan. This method is more in accordance with the movement and circular division of space depicted on the compass, as well as the larger planetary movement.

Author: Kartar Diamond

Company: Feng Shui Solutions (R)

From the Feng Shui Theory Blog Series