#12. To catch Qi, place a pail of water?

Water is one of the elements that sustain life. Like Air, water is made up of 2 components, 2 part of hydrogen gas and 1 part of oxygen. Air gives us breath, water gives us sustenance.

#11. Clear and Bright… the Door of Earth opens!

Today is Qing Ming, the day of ‘Clear and Bright’, in the past, a drizzle and some thunder can be heard in the early or late afternoon. A gentle breeze blow from the southeast. In Feng Shui ‘HSIA’ calender, this is the day of spring

#10. Walk along with the dragons, till you find the breath…

You have to be fit as a fiddle when you are a Feng Shui consultant. As a consultant, you’re not only doing profiling study of your clients and their homes, you must also do case studies on mountain trails, rivers and topography. I remembered when a prominent Feng Shui old master from China came to KL for a brief visit, I had made a special request to ask if I could join him to walk the mountains (dragons) and search for the QI spot (Dragon’s breath). The old man was delighted and said to me let us start at 6 am in the morning.

#9. Seasons and their significance…

I recently got an update from one of my masters about timing and seasons. Seasonal changes also indicates changes in QI. He mentioned two most important seasons to conserve energy, activate and enhance it. They are the Chinese solar Winter Solstice and Qing Ming (Clear and Bright).

#8. Centre or Door, Grid or Pie Chart…

One of my clients popped me a question, do you use the centre of the house or the main entrance or facing to determine the direction of the house. My answer: I use both depending on the circumstances. There’s been an argument amongst Feng Shui scholars and lineages as to ascertain which is the right technique to determine the direction of the house. 

Some lineages use the centre the house as it correspond to the theory of the TAI JI, the universe being the centre, some lineages use the main entrance of facing particularly the main door as the door is the mouth, where the Qi comes in. From my experience, I prefer to use the centre of the house to take the direction. Why? Simply because when I take the centre of the house, all the 24 mountains are identified immediately and I can superimpose the BA GUA to the house plan. Once you have accurately determined the centre of the house, you can stand and take the direction, Then the audit becomes very clear and simple. However, not all houses are shaped in a square or rectangle, so this is where a bit of judgement is put to use. And with experience, the consultant will be able to gage ‘X’ marks the spot. 

After determine the direction, next is to create the 9 palaces, so which one do I use? Pie Chart or Grid? I use Pie Chart for terrace house and Grid chart for stand alone properties like Bunglows. why? Because it will be difficult to use the grid chart for linked houses. There’s no proper demarcation for linked houses to establish boundaries, just the front facade and fencing. By using a PIE chart, I’m still able to gage each mountain or each cardinal points and then use the necessary or suitable formulas, be it 8 mansion, flying stars, triple harmony or triple period to conduct the Feng Shui audit. 

In most cases, Feng Shui masters will use a variety of formulas to check and audit a property. So it doesn’t matter whether the master use the door or centre, 9 grid or pie chart, all of the above methods can be used.. It all depends on situation and circumstances.