Free Feng Shui Tips
These are meant as "screens" and general principles to guide you in looking at property. There are exceptions. Many challenges can be remedied. Consult a practitioner for final evaluation and remedies.
What to Look for on the Exterior of a Property
The exterior of the property is the macro Feng Shui or big Tai Chi. If it is good, the building and occupants will benefit. Positive external factors can override some negative interior problems.
YIN YANG. Yin is the quieter receptive side of a property. Yan is the more energetic side of a property. Generally, the back of a property is the yin side which gives influences to health, relationships. The front of a property is the yang side which influences wealth and prosperity. There are some exceptions. Think of the Yin Yang as you evaluate the landforms around a property. The Four Celestial Guardians
Look for a supportive armchair or horseshoe configuration around the property with support on 3 sides.
Black Tortoise Look for the Black Tortoise at the back of the property. This is a real or virtual mountain for support and financial backing. Virtual can be trees or a dwelling equal to or taller then yours.
Green Dragon As you stand inside, looking out the facing direction of the property, the left side is the Green Dragon, or yang side. It affects wealth, career opportunities and new beginnings. It is associated with the male and should be more energetic and taller than the right side. This can mean more activity (i.e a park or traffic flowing from the left), a hill smaller than the property, another building, water, streets, higher ground, trees or a fence.
White Tiger As you stand inside, looking out the main facing side of the property, the right side is the White Tiger, or the yin side. It affects heaven luck, spirituality and nurturing. It is associated with the female and should be quieter or lower ground than the left side. This can be a hill smaller than the Green Dragon side, another building, small trees or a fence.
Red Phoenix The front of the home should be completed with a footstool. This is the Red Phoenix. It can be a low-lying retaining wall, some bushes or flowerbed where the Red Phoenix can take flight and bring back opportunities, fame and recognition.
The configuration of these celestial guardians brings great good fortune indeed.
It is best to have the property on flat land or slightly elevated from the road or waterway versus in low-lying land or sunken in a slope.
A square or rectangular lot is optimum. If the plot is uneven, there will be missed and uneven opportunities. Use landscaping to square it off.
Topography to Avoid
- A hill that slopes away from the back of the home can mean missed opportunities for the area of life that the slope travels. For example a slope away from the southeast represents money flowing away from the dwelling. Ravines and drop offs can be very problematic. There are some exceptions.
- A house built with a steep slope or ravine behind suffers from lack of foundation and stability.
- NOTE: Some compass directions built in certain periods are better with slopes in the back. Or, if the back of a property has an unencumbered view, a beautiful scene, lots of doors/windows, and is clearly the stronger energy side of the property, this can make it the yang or "facing" side of the property. In which case, the slope may not be a problem.
- A building at the dead end of a road (w/few exceptions) receives the full impact of oncoming chi, unless it is rarely traveled.
- A curved shaped road or overpass in front of the dwelling becomes a blade aimed at it.
- A house on top of a hill has no support from the swift elements that often swarm at this level.
- A pie shaped lot with the point in the back cannot contain chi and also represents the fire element, which too strong for a dwelling.
- A property that faces a T shaped road or a Y junction receives the brunt of oncoming chi that cars bring.
- NOTE: For the above, you can build a four foot fence, plant trees or brush, or use a concave Bagua mirror* to block some of the negative chi.
- Bodies of water, low lying land, drainage ditches, etc, are complicated and require professional evaluation. Generally you want to avoid these in the West, Nortwest and in the back of the home. Having said that, there are exceptions.
Structural Configurations to Avoid
- A house or building built on a steep slope using stilts. The dwelling suffers from lack of foundation and stability.
- Being near a church, hospital, police, or fire station. These buildings contain sadness, sickness, and violence or fire energy.
- Being near a funeral parlor, cemetery, or dumpsite. This brings too much death, sadness and decomposed chi.
- High-tension power lines or freeways passing near the property lots of EMFs (electro magnetice fields). Electric power poles and wires can upset our body chi. Use trees, place bark chips, sandpits, or a pile of round stones in the area. These element absorb some of the negative chi. It is best avoided.
- Sharp corners of another building pointing at the front door are like 'arrows or knives,' aiming at a property and convert positive chi to negative (roof peaks, corners). Use concace Bagua mirror, trees, fences or brush to block.
- A small dwelling between two over-powering buildings becomes dwarfed and oppressed.
- A tree or pitched roof directly in front of an entryway door splits energy or becomes an "arrow," at the building.
- A fence higher than the dwelling overpowers it and becomes a blockage.
*The Bagua is the 8 sides of an octagon, which represents the 8 compass directions and associated with the 8 aspirations of life; Children/Creativity, Benefactors/Mentors/Heaven Luck, Career/Travel, Knowledge/Wisdom/Scholarly Pursuits, Family/Health, Prosperity/Wealth, and Fame/Recognition.
*Bagua mirror - is an 8 sided mirror commonly used in Feng Shui. It contains the 8 triagrams of the I Ching that correspond to the 8 life aspirations in Feng Shui. It is used to deflect negative chi.
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