This is meant as a quick summary overview of
Feng Shui Aspects to show you how each of the aspects fits within the
whole that is Feng Shui.
Sectors of the Building
If the building has missing sectors, then all of the building will be
affected by what is missing. If the building is used for offices or
flats, then within each, the small tai-chi sectors may not be able to
compensate for the missing large tai-chi sector thats missing.
Assigning sectors and their significance, is usually a fore-runner
exercise before you then use methods that useinformation about each
identified sector.
I recommend the use of the wall-guided grid method. This is based on
the energy of the house being limited in its spread by the positioning
of walls. It means that sectors do not overlap partially into other
rooms. They either use the full room, or several rooms, depending on
the average size of sectors defining the larger rooms. Makes placing
cures easy.
The standard grid method causes sectors to become complicated. The
pie-chart method complicates the identification of sectors to a level
that causes much confusion. Complications usually come from having a
sector defined in portions of different rooms.
8 Aspirations
Much misunderstood, 8 aspirations or compass school, is a method for
asking for things to happen. Its primarily symbolism applied to fixed
sectors with fixed attributes defined by compass direction, as a means
of focussing intent for what we want. It does not have anything to do
with what we actually get, and is misunderstood accordingly mainly by
people frustrated that they didnt get anything. Alternatives are
praying (for the religious), asking within meditation etc.
Black hat
Black Hat is an alternative to 8 Aspirations, where the compass is
ignored in favour of a map aligned on the main door. Works well for
souls that evolved on a planet without a magnetic field, but fails
everyone else. Again, its only focussing intent for what you want. It
has nothing to do with what you actually get.
Hemisphere Flip 8 Aspirations
Identical to 8 Aspirations except the north and south directions
are reversed. This work well for souls that evolved on a planet with
the poles reversed, but fails everyone else.
Personal Directions (Kua)
This is a set of directions for a person to face, based upon a
calculation of the birth year. The direction you face, is the direction
energy enters your body, and the nature of the energy as it enters you
is defined by the chart of your Kua number. What is in the direction
you face is not relevant to using the Kua. This is particularly applied
to how you sleep, work, eat and relax.
Four Pillars
This is the Chinese Astrology chart based upon your date and time
of birth. Astrology is not Feng Shui, but is often practiced with Feng
Shui. But this is not astrology itself, but is an analysis of the birth
elements using other Feng Shui principles.
The chart of 8 elements present at birth is used to determine
balance in a person, and identify any imbalances. These imbalances are
then addressed in the environment around the person.
These charts often identify Karma and Life Lessons, and will identify
Indigo and Crystal children.
If you do not know the element balance Feng Shui of your birth, you
cannot hope to properly balance the elements around you.
Yang 8 Mansions
This method describes the character of the building in terms of 8
mansions mapped according to the facing direction of the building, with
the wealth-success mansion always in the facing sector. 4 good mansions
are enhanced to maximum effect, 4 bad mansions are exhuasted to no
effect, giveing a happy feeling building that helps you achieve your
desires. A building that feels terrible, is full of arguments and
people unable to fulfill their wishes, often has the bad mansions
enhanced and the good mansions exhausted. A repaint job will change
things within 2 days.
The method is based upon the LoShu square and balances the elements to
the extremes, in the same way 2 people on a see-saw balance each other.
This method is documented by Lillian Too in several of her post-2000
published books.
I recommend this method for all buildings occupied by people.
Yin 8 Mansions
This method describes the character of the building in terms of 8
mansions mapped according to the sitting direction of the building,
with the stability mansion always in the sitting sector. The resulting
charts are different. The method is more complicated, and documented in
the Idiots Guide to Feng Shui.
The method is based on the Ho Tu cross. It seeks to balance the
elements of the sectors to the center neutrality, as if you were
standing in the middle of a see-saw by yourself achieving a balance of
the whole see-saw. This method sees results slowly, in the order of 6
months to a year, and because of the nature of the center balance
point, the closer you get to balanced (the hotu has 5 in the center,
and 5 is chaos in meaning), the more chaos is generated until you
achieve the balance point. As such it can be extreemly difficult to get
this method to work effectively.
I do not recommend this method for buildings used by people, unless
neutrality is the desired objective.
East-West
This method imposes the Kua charts over the house and attempts to
match the person with the house using the same charts. It only works
when a single person lives alone. If east and west group people share a
house, enhancing the good sectors of one chart, automatically enhances
the bad sectors of the other.
I believe this method is the true "False Feng Shui" that was introduced
at the begining of the Ming Dynasty deliberately so that the Peasants
would never practice feng shui better than the Emporer.
This is the only method I do not use.
Yang Flying Stars
The flying stars charts are used to chart the nature of energy within a
building and to place meanings on the combinations that can be
manipulated by the practitioner. Each sector has a base star number,
mountain star number representing health and relationships, and a water
star number representing wealth. The charts change every 20 years in a
180 year cycle.
The yang methods use the combinations of the mountain and water
stars for analysis. These are well documented by Lillian Too in quite a
few of her post-2000 published books.
I recommend this method to everyone.
Yin Flying Stars
The same flying stars charts are interpreted differently using only
the base star and mountain star. This method is based on the HoTu
cross. It is documented by Eva Wong.
I do not recommend this method unless you seek to balance the energies
of the building to central neutrality. It is best used with the Yin 8
mansions method.
HoTu Combinations
The HoTu cross provides a series of combinations which we look for on
the Flying Stars Charts. There are a series of combinations in special
sectors that are really good, and a series of combinations in sectors
which cause really bad health problems.
Lillian Too documents the use of the Hotu in her Flying Stars for the
Master Practitioner book.
Eva Wong uses them differently, so do not confuse the 2 methods.
Chi Flow
This is looking at how the flow of chi travels through the building.
The usual mistake in modern buidlings is having the front door looking
directly to a back door or window, allowing the chi flow to rush
accross the house and exit, taking money flow with it. Chi Flow should
be slow and meandering.
Landscape
Looks at the environment around the house. Support at the back, open at
the front, equal on both sides. 4 celestial animals are used for
symbolism. Placement of the building according to mountains and water
with all sorts of effects.
Taoist Symbolism
Symbolic meaning attributed to many things accross all the methods
as well as looking at how things truely look and what they mean. Eg. A
building positioned in the middle of what looks like a wasteland, has
the symbolism of being in a wasteland exactly as it looks, and those
living there will seem to really live in one. Eg. When buying a house,
something wonderful happening as you are there is a good symbolism for
living there, something bad happening while there is telling you not to
buy.
The Feng Shui Consultation
A good consultation will cover everything here at some level, making
choices where there are alternatives.
I recommend (and consult using) an integrated approach using the
following :
8 Aspirations
Kua
Four Pillars birth element analysis
Yang 8 Mansions
Yang Flying Stars
HoTu combinations
Chi Flow
Landscape
Taoist Symbolism
This is in addition to basics like secret arrow removal, clutter
removal and electromagnetic stress removal.
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