There is a phrase in Feng Shui parlance called “the Power Position,” sometimes also called the “Command Position.” What does this mean or refer to? As you can imagine, this position promises to make a person more powerful and commanding in their life.
I have found that the way to achieve this power position can come from different applications. One reference has to do with the assumed pattern of qi flow throughout a room. Another reference comes from the personal, subjective details of someone’s birth data.
There is a branch of Feng Shui called Form School and in this School observations are noted and interpreted for how the air currents and energy in a room will move, in a predictable way. For example, there is a consensus that when a front door is aligned directly with a back door, that the qi flow will be direct from Point A to Point B. Within a room, a person will position their desk diagonally opposite from the door in the room. The ideal is to also have one’s back to a solid wall, facing the room and being at a viewable angle from the door. This allows the person using the room to have the most commanding position in relation to the door. When it is possible to do this, many feng shui practitioners will recommend it.
The other type of Power Position is determined based on the person’s birth year, most often coming from the Eight Mansion (Ba Zhai) School of Feng Shui. For example, someone born in 1988 has the direction of south as their Major Wealth direction. It is also called the Tan Lang direction. If the person born in 1988 can sit facing South and/or sitting in the South sector of a room, they can garner more success. The details needed to determine this direction necessitate having a to-scale floor plan to grid out and knowing the correct compass reading for the house, building or individual room.
Should you use the Power Position for anything else besides placement of a desk? Not so much. In fact, one client asked me if she should try to sleep in her Power Position and the answer is no or “it depends.” This is because the sleeping direction should ideally be a calm, peaceful direction. Here again, we can determine the more peaceful and calm part of a room based on Qi flow. In this case, we may not want to be diagonally opposite the room’s door. Equally, based on our birth year, we all have a couple of directions which can be more restful and relaxing (yin) which are ideal for sleep and for recharging. One direction happens to be better for the elderly or the sick, as it is a slightly more “yang” lively direction.
These concepts and applications are not rocket science, but they are often a multi-step process and that is why it is hard to dispense this advice without Table Charts and examples. My second book, The Feng Shui Matrix, focuses on directions that are good for the individual, based on birth year. This includes directions that can help a person attract financial luck on their own, financial luck with the help of benefactors, directions which can garner good will and trust, and relaxing directions for sleep and meditation.
We also have a series of good personal directions based on the Chinese zodiac sign and this is where we see a blending of Feng Shui with Chinese astrology. These are all part of my professional consulting repertoire and each client finds out what their best and worst personal directions are, so that they can capitalize on the positives and avoid or reduce the negatives.
Author: Kartar Diamond
Company: Feng Shui Solutions ®
From the Health and Personal Matters Blog Series
