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This ancient Chinese art of Feng
Shui can dramatically improve your wealth, prosperity, happiness, harmonizing and
maximizing positive energy in your home, office and garden.
Many wealthy individuals and Hollywood stars achieve phenomenal results by using
the proven power of Feng Shui. What was once the secret of the Chinese Emperor is
now available to people everywhere.
Things that you should look out for in your own home and when buying or renting
a new home or office.
1: This will be the best advice you will ever have, the first thing you should look
at is the history of the home and also the previous occupants, this will tell you
so much. If you find the home has had many owners and only held it for a short time
and the fate of the previous owners has not
been good, i.e. divorce, bankruptcy,
health problems, problems with children, suicide and so on, I think you get the
idea. If it ain’t broken don’t fix it.
2: Check the surrounding of the property; is it supported in Form school Feng Shui?
Has it got a Tortoise behind you? This can be a mountain, another house, a row of
trees, a building, a fence anything that is considered support at the rear. Has
it got a Dragon to the left? (Looking out from the front) this can be another house,
tree or even a large fence line. A Tiger to the right (looking out from the front)
this can be a smaller house or tree etc. A phoenix to the front, open ground, road,
a roundabout even a circular flower border.
3: Are there any poison arrows directed at the property? Lampposts, telephone poles,
corner of house pointing at you, prison, hospital etc. If so you will need a Ba
Gua mirror. ** TIP ** Knickers, yes you heard right (not the sort of tip I would
normally give but so many people swear by it), they say if you wear red knickers
to a job interview, your chances are greater of being offered a position, even a
visit to your bank manager. Now I have to say this only applies to the ladies, I
don’t want any men saying to their partners, that Jo from the Feng Shui Store told
me to wear them. I suppose red Y fronts or boxers would have the same effect. Just
to clarify, you don’t just wear the knickers; it would be advisable to wear other
clothes on top, although maybe that’s why I am getting such good feedback on this
advice.
4: The back garden should be larger than the front, look for balance.
5: Try and avoid having a long narrow path leading to your front door, try and have
a windy path and not straight. Do not plant trees too close to the front door, this
will not let Ch’i enter the home freely. If you already have a straight path place
some plant pots or statues along the line to break up the line of the path.
6: Avoid a house or office with a spiral staircase, it turns positive energy into
negative, if you have one already hang a faceted crystal sphere at the top to try
and slow it down. It won’t cure it but it will help. A shame really because I really
like this type of staircase to look at.
7: Avoid swimming pools, gazebos, patios, ponds or any other structure in the garden
that dwarf the house, try and do everything in proportion to the house, garden or
room, having a fireplace in a living room which is far too big is not good Feng
Shui.
8: We recently did a consultation on a very large Manor house with 17 bedrooms and
6 reception rooms, the original part of the property dated back to the 13th century,
naturally the property was riddled with beams, these are not considered good and
although I love them to look at I would not like them in my home, they carry a lot
of weight and cause many problems in Feng Shui. You can hang a pair of flutes over
them to lessen the effects but you should never sleep or sit under them. Faceted
Crystals can also be used in place of bamboo flutes, i.e. hang under a beam to help
deflect the energies that have an oppressive effect on the people in the room. They
can be used in hallways to slow down or activate Ch’i. Crystals are ideal for energising
dark or lifeless rooms or areas of rooms such as alcoves, as they will encourage
more light and energy. Neither of these two cures will completely cure the problem
but they will help.
9: When buying a new house or office try and go for a regular shaped property, avoid
properties that have odd looking designs, the best shape is the good old rectangle
or square, if it has a few extensions sticking out here and there don’t worry too
much as they can be easily rectified. ** TIP ** Do not have clutter in your office;
desks must be kept tidy and clutter free. This is so important, an office in China
would not have paper trays on desks, and many UK and USA companies now employ the
same approach. I have just looked at my desk, oops, how does that saying go? “Practise
what you preach” that’s why I love writing these newsletters, it reminds me of what
I should be doing, I just had a good clear out.
10: Can you remember the last time you looked up at the clouds in the sky and saw
the shape of a tiger a dog or your Aunty Ethel; it is amazing what you can make
out of the clouds in the sky. When looking at a new home or office, try and look
at the building as if you were looking at the clouds, I see so many homes on my
travels that resemble creatures or certain structures (makes me sound a bit crazy
that statement), a house I saw last week in Essex reminded me of a ferocious animals
mouth, the brickwork around the two main windows in the centre gave the impression
that they were animals teeth, or a house recently I saw looked like a prison tower
on one side. Also check shadows that are cast on the house, do they resemble anything
hostile? Try and choose a regular shaped property and let your imagination run wild
when viewing it, try and look for any resemblance to anything bad in the shape of
the building but don’t forget to look for the good points.
11: Take a look at the ground around the property, a good house with good energy
will have healthy trees and plants around and plenty of wildlife, even if it is
in the City you will still see some birds in the garden. Obviously I am talking
in general as I am sure you will not see much wildlife in the middle of Bombay or
New York, or maybe you do I don’t really know. Don’t be put off though if you see
one or two dead trees or a couple of dead rose bushes, there could be any other
reasons just look overall. Look for any signs of Geopathic stress.
12: If you have trees at the front of the house or office make sure they do not
grow too high, a good height is about six foot, less than this is better although
I am aware some people would prefer higher as it offers seclusion to the home. The
reason it should be no higher than six foot is because not only will it cut out
valuable light it will also block Ch’i entering the home. The rule is the further
the tree from the house the higher the tree can be, the example above is for trees
that are approximately 15 – 20 ft from the front of the house. Trees at the front
should never be higher than the house though.
13: Avoid a house with a straight road running towards the front of your house or
the end of a T-junction, if you have one already you should hang a Ba Gua mirror
outside the front.
14: Another mistake many people make is to calculate their facing directions using
the front door. Because your front door faces east this does not mean you have an
east facing Tui Trigram house. As an example our front door faces east, on this
side of the house we have our main door and a small window, this is not the facing
direction, our facing direction is north Li Trigram because on the north side we
have the most windows, it faces the road, the street sign etc. If you follow this
link you will find more details on Sitting and Facing directions, this is so important
if you want to use Feng Shui and get results.
15: If you can see the back door from the front door (in a straight line), ideally
you should place something in between or if there is a door close it. This point
causes much confusion, it is only considered bad if the front door is in a straight
line with the rear door, if you can see your rear door from the front and it does
not run in a straight line that is OK. Windows or doors should not be too big or
small, look for a balance. Avoid ceilings that are too high or irregular shaped;
flat or domed ceilings are best.
The best example I can give is try and imagine you are Ch’i and you need to walk
about your home/Office and also round the garden. Can you walk freely without obstruction?
Do this little exercise inside and outside your home. Is the large storage chest
in the hallway slowing you down? Is the clutter in the office making you do a detour
around it? Oops did you trip over the books in the study? Remember Ch’i is like
air it needs to flow freely around a property inside and out.
There are literally hundreds of things to look for when buying a house or taking
a new office, the few I mentioned above are the obvious things you should look for
and believe me the perfect house does not exist (not unless you have a few million
pounds to spend and build from the dirt), and you will always find something that
is not right. Our house is L-shaped and it has a triangular shape rear garden, theses
are not considered good Feng Shui but by adding a few simple cures they can be easily
overcome.
** TIP ** If you own a shop try and place the till in your wealth corner, even your
petty cash tin. Order books can also be placed here with 3 Chinese coins tied together
with red ribbon (a very powerful cure we always use in our business). Your till
should have a solid wall behind it for protection and support and it is said that
if you place a mirror beside it, this represents a doubling of turnover, also hang
a crystal faceted sphere over your till. I was not so sure about the last two until
I spoke to a good friend of ours who tried it out in their jewellery shops and it
worked as far as they were concerned.
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