The exterior environment is the macro Feng Shui. Landforms and structures bring positive or negative chi. Good macro Feng Shui can override some interior negatives

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WHAT IS FENG SHUI?

Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese geomantic science of living in harmony with the environment. Feng Shui energizes one's life to enhance prosperity and abundance.

Feng Shui interprets the influences of the heavenly forces on human life and earth. The cycle of the seasons and movement of the planetary system create natural laws and energy patterns that affect our well-being and fortune. These energy patterns are associated with the five element phases of Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal.

The balance of element energies and how they act and react to one another helps make life smooth, harmonious, and joyful, or if out of balance, it brings harm, conflict, and disharmony. This difference greatly affects success, creativity, innovation, and growth in individuals and companies.

The Way of Chi

Feng Shui literally means Wind and Water. CHI, or life-force energy, is manifested through the movement of wind and water. The art of Feng Shui is the proper siting, orienting, designing and placement of buildings and interiors to be in alignment with nature's laws. Aligning ourselves with the natural laws of the earth increases prosperity during the good times and reduces the impact of negative forces during the hard times.

FENG SHUI IN THE WEST

We know the power of CHI when entering buildings that make us feel good, or when taking a vacation in Hawaii or the Caribbean. We know it when unexpected good fortune drops in our laps. In western terms it is, "Hit the Jackpot....Going with the flow...The Gods are with us...The stars are aligned..... " The extreme side of CHI is Katrina, the Tsunami and earthquakes.

On a scientific level, the discipline of Feng Shui is called Geomantic Science or Quantum Physics. In modern day it translates to computing weather patterns, using scientific equipment to foresee earthquakes, calculating hurricanes, and estimating the outcome global warming. We prepare by building structures and shields to withstand turbulence and protect ourselves.

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THE FIVE ELEMENTS

WHICH ELEMENT ARE YOU?

The 8 Mansions Formula & 8 Aspirations of Life

Who Uses Feng Shui in the West?

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THE FIVE ELEMENTS

Chinese people believe the universe evolves and reacts, based on phases of the five elements, Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal. Each element manifests life-force energy in different ways and affects everything around us. The elements produce, control or destroy one another depending on their balance or imbalance. This interaction brings positive or negative influences that help or hurt human life.

The life-force energy of the elements is at the core of Acupuncture, Qi Gong, Tai Chi, Kung Fu and Feng Shui and it is the thread that ties them together.

Three kinds of luck influence our lives. Heaven Luck is determined at our time of birth when the elements exist in varying degrees. The balance of each element defines our personalities and degree of success in life. This is our destiny DNA or code. Earth Luck is the Feng Shui. Human Luck is determined by our values, virtues and character.

My goal with Feng Shui, is to align the trinity of these luck planes -- Human, Earth and Heaven.

WATER

Water represents the cold of winter. Winter rain seeps into the earth, replenishing water tables for spring's vegetation. As water penetrates, it becomes denser and pressure builds. You can feel barometric pressure doubling when you dive 8 feet into water. Water chi is descending.

Water is dissolving differences, movement and equalizing, flowing and floating energy. It is fluids, rivers, streams, floods and the ocean. Water can be gentle as misty dew or turbulent as a hurricane. Water nourishes living things. It can also rust metal and wear down rock.

Water represents the colors black/dark blue, wavy shapes, North, winter, midnight and the final years of old age.

Water feeds and produces wood. Wood consumes and controls water. Earth absorbs and sullies water. Water puts out and destroys fire. Metal catches condensed water or melts and becomes liquid.

WOOD

Wood represents the warmth of spring. Spring begins the regeneration of life. The roots of trees and plants reach deep down, searching for the nourishment of stored water. Plant life emerges through the soil and expands. Wood chi is expanding.

Wood is upward, outward, germinating, sprouting, and penetrating energy. It is organic growth, origins, and new beginnings. Wood can be flexible like young bamboo or strong and unyielding like an oak tree. Plants feed human life. It can also consume all the nutrients from the earth.

Wood represents the colors medium blue/green/brown, rectangular shapes, East/Southeast, spring, dawn, birth and early childhood years.

Wood burns and produces fire. Fire controls wood by turning it into ashes. Wood penetrates and breaks up earth. Metal chops and destroys wood. Water feeds and produces wood.

FIRE

Fire represents the heat of summer. Summer is brightness and illumination. Nature reaches its zenith and becomes luxuriant. As wood and air fuel fire, flames rise. Fire chi is ascending.

Fire is enthusiastic, expanding, explosive, and consuming energy. It is burning, heat, light and flames. Fire brings joy and warmth. It can also be destructive by burning and destroying.

Fire represents the colors in the red family, sharp/angular shapes, South, summer, noon and the growing years before puberty.

Fire burns and turns ashes into earth. Earth absorbs and diminishes fire. Fire melts and liquefies metal. Water puts out and destroys fire. Wood burns and gives birth to fire.

EARTH

Earth represents late summer and between seasons. Earth chi is rotating, producing a stabilizing magnetic force called gravity which is the basis of all matter. It provides stability and transforms. Earth chi is stabilizing and transforming energy.

Earth is yielding, producing, sowing, reaping energy. It is crops, harvest, soil, ground and ashes. Earth is nurturing, loving, patient and methodical. It can also be smothering and demanding.

Earth signifies the color yellow/ochre, square/stout shapes, the center/ Southwest/Northeast, late summer, between seasons and the teen years.

Earth produces minerals into metal. Metal drains earth of nutrients as minerals are created. Earth absorbs and sullies water. Wood penetrates, uproots and destroys Earth. Fire turns ashes into Earth.

METAL

Metal represents the coolness of autumn. In autumn, when the harvest is done, the soil is depleted. Trees shed their leaves and return to the earth. Metal chi is condensing.

Metal is contracting, concentrating, controlling, crystallizing and coagulating energy. It is minerals, ores, hard metals like gold, silver, bronze, copper, etc. Metal makes tools to get work done. It can also be destructive, like a sword or a knife bringing injury through violence.

Metal represents the colors white, grey, gold, silver, metallic, round/arch shapes, West/Northwest, autumn, evening and the adult years.

Metal melts to liquid and catches the dew. Water rusts, decomposes and controls metal. Metal chops and destroys wood. Fire burns, melts and destroys metal. Earth creates minerals and gives birth to metal.

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WHICH ELEMENT ARE YOU?

WATER PERSONALITY

Water people either have bubbly personalities or are deep and reflective, with no middle ground. They are receptive, easygoing, philosophical, superficial and passionate.

REN (Yang Water)

Yang water people are willful, adventurous, astute, wise, responsible, adaptable, generous, expressive and emotional. They are romantic, but can be unchaste, organized and well planned, and full of action and unpredictable like the Ocean. They can be unstable, lack courage and be indecisive.

GUI (Yin Water)

Yin water people prefer communicating gently and indirectly. They are intuitive, wise, imaginative, sensitive, patient, adaptable, romantic, introverted, and detail oriented. They are principled and can be susceptible to fear.

Water relates to the media, travel, literature, communications, learning and the arts. Artists, actors, healers, communicators and writers have a lot of water element.

WOOD PERSONALITY

Wood people are extroverts with lots of people around them. They are high-spirited, can easily get into difficulty but can also get out. Full of optimism and youthfulness, they live for pleasure!

JIA (Yang Wood)

Yang wood people are straightforward, self-confident, courageous, bold, positive, progressive and helpful. They are practical, love initiating projects and turning ideas into reality. They can handle lots of pressure, but can be scattered and spread themselves too thin. They can be temperamental, lack skills to adapt to their surroundings and become rigid like a tree trunk.

YI (Yin Wood)

Yin wood people are benevolent, compassionate, idealistic, soaring, happy and alert. In the face of change, they are resilient like bamboo. They dislike restrictions, but are unassertive. They can be too gullible and undisciplined.

Wood relates to nourishment, probing, research, examination, innovation, creation and initiation. Teachers, researchers, investigators inventors and students have a lot of wood element.

FIRE PERSONALITY

Fire people are leaders, motivators, driven, passionate and always look for something new.

BING (Yang Fire)

Yang fire people are charismatic, righteous, quick, gregarious, and brave warriors. They are attractive and love to look gorgeous. They are impassioned with speech but don't have the patience for delving into profound knowledge. They ignite action and leap into things with out thinking. They have a tendency for bad company. They can be arrogant, quick tempered

DING (Yin Fire)

Yin fire people are bright, intelligent idealistic, passionate, and impulsive. They are spontaneous and sensitive polite, obliging. They are more introverted, helped by inner fire, artistic with a large sense of proportion. They can be irritable and be taken advantage of. They can have difficulty finishing things.

Fire relates to entertainment, electricity, sports and fast moving things. Leaders, politicians and sports figures have a lot of fire element.

EARTH PERSONALITY

Earth people are stable, nurturing, and are practical about the realities of a situation. Fairness is a predominant quality. They move slow and make up for it with loyalty and longevity and are prone to worrying about everything under the sun.

WU (Yang Earth)

Generally they are great supporters, conventional and conservative, gentle, pleasing, obsessive regarding details, indecisive, tactful, and dedicated to the public and service. They make great managers, organizers and assistants.

Yang earth people are trustworthy, practical, down to earth, unassuming, stubborn, just and noble. They are great implementers, but can have tunnel vision which hinders seeing complexity. They may lack understanding and become obstinate.

JI (Yin Earth)

They can be great defenders of human rights with an inner strength. Some are fatalistic gamblers and always do things the hard way.

Yin earth people are just and noble, kind, flexible, accommodating, appreciate the goodness in others. They can also be unpredictable, indecisive, procrastinators, stubborn and unyielding. Abrupt change disturbs them.

It relates to real estate insurance, mining, agriculture, chemicals, legacies and the pivot of the day and night. Assistants, organizers, healthcare professionals, parents and caretakers have a lot of earth element.

METAL PERSONALITY

Metal people are good motivators and can succeed at almost any profession. They rally people around goals and meet them. Metal people tend to be loners and withdrawn.

GENG (Yang Metal)

Yang metal people, can be great leaders, dominate and conquer, are constantly active with high ideas, ambitious and egotistical. They hate to lose, are very self critical, strongly materialistic and can be stubborn and overly ambitious.

They are focused, driven, aggressive, and confident. They are always ready to fight for righteousness, justice and truth. They enjoy the limelight, are determined and bold, unpolished, tough, and very particular about reputation. They can turn inward to find solutions to problems and find it hard to communicate their inner feelings.

XIN (Yin Metal)

Yin metal people can be great orators, tactful, elegant and well liked by others. They like to be free, dislike supervision and hate to be ignored. Metal is determination, the ability to manage, be strong yet malleable, gentle yet assertive, cultured, patient, sentimental, too conscious of status and power, snobbish, polite and gentlemanly. They don't care what others say and can be susceptible to sadness, grief and longing.

Metal relates to melting and casting into forms, long-term wealth, turning inward, strength and determination. Managers, military and law enforcement personnel have a lot of metal energy.

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8 Mansions and 8 Aspirations of Life

Under the 8 Mansions formula of Feng Shui, the 8 compass directions have associations to life aspirations. If there are life issues or objectives, corresponding corners of the home are evaluated. Feng Shui recommendations address client concerns. If there are any imbalances, we can tell which family member will be most affected.

EAST - Family Harmony and Health

Southeast - Wealth and Prosperity

South - Fame and Recognition

Southwest - Love, Marriage, Partnerships

West - Descendents Luck, Creativity

Northwest - Heaven Luck, Quality of Benefactors, Mentors, Helpful People

North - Career Opportunities, Travel

Northeast - Scholarly Pursuits, Wisdom, Knowledge, Spirituality

Center is considered the Heart Palace and impacts all areas of life.

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Chi Inside the Home

How does Chi move inside the dwelling? Chi reacts to color, light, sound, temperature, smell and movement. It is like the senses, it follows activity, what you see, feel, hear, smell and taste. If you watch a party, you will see how people move. They move according to what draws them to a certain spot --- to eat because it nourishes them, to drink because they thirst, to meet people because they want to be social or meet a partner, to hug a friend because they want to be touched, to follow the beauty of a woman or the handsomeness of a man because it pleases them, to smell a rose because of its fragrance. Decorate your space with this in mind.

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Who Uses Feng Shui in the West?

Donald Trump

Rob Lowe

Virgin Atlantic CEO

Dreamworks

Universal Studios

Creative Arts Agency, Beverly Hills

Centex Properties

Microsoft*

AT&T*

Borders*

Hilton Hotels*

Four Seasons Hotels

MGM Grand Hotel

Bank of America*

Citibank*

Bank of Canada*

Merrill Lynch*

New York Life Insurance

Giants Stadium, San Francisco

White Sox Stadium, Chicago

Nordstroms*

Body Works

Coty

Aveda

Boy George

Madonna

And the Rest of Us!

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