Hello master,
I'm from Eastern Europe, I am a feng shui enthusiast and amateur and I have studied the art of feng shui for 8-9 years now. I came to understand a lot of things about feng shui, but not all of them, and I can't say that I know everything regarded to it and still trying to understand some aspects, that's why I wanted to ask for help from someone that knows this better, and verify if what I am doing is correct.
I’m practicing feng shui only for my family. I don’t do it and don’t talk about it with other people, because our culture is based on christianity and some look at feng shui with doubt, fear or skepticism.
I was raised by my parents in a different way and though I am a christian, asian culture always fascinated me and drew me in. I understood it and I believe that feng shui is about balance, energy, life.
I would truly appreciate your help and advice.
Me and my husband are going to move into our own apartment sometime in July, Till then the house is in renovation.
1. The house period
The building was build in 1974, so that makes it a period 6, but since we did renovations inside (breaking down a part of a wall to create a door, taking out flooring, etc.) did that means that we changed the apartment's energy to the period 8?
2. The front/facing of the house
Since the apartment belongs to a condominium, the main door of the apartment is in the building’s shared hallway (only one door to enter the house). In front of the door is the staircase going up to the next floor. Besides people going up and down the stairs, not that often, I consider this not to be the front of the house, because of the yin energy.
On the other hand I want to consider the front of the house the part that has the most windows, because that is the place where I can let the yang in. People are walking, sitting on benches talking, kinds playing, some cars moving.
The apartment has 4 windows on one side (2 bedrooms, living room and kitchen). The other window is from the bathroom and it is on another side, singular, very small and I will disregard that.
The side where the 4 windows are it is the front of the building where the main entrance into the building is located.
In this situation, is it correct to consider the front/facing of the apartment the one with the 4 windows?
3. Compass reading to determine the facing direction
I’m having trouble with this, because when I stay in the center of the house (the living room), pointing the compass at the windows, it shows me different results from 100 to 115 degrees. When I go in the other rooms to the left and right of the living room sometimes it shows me 90 or even 120 degrees.
The apartment is at the 2nd floor of a 5 story building and I took the directions inside the apartment.
Being that the compass oscilates above and below the line of 112,5 degrees where the line between East and Southeast is, I don’t know if the facing direction is E3 or SE1 and I don’t know how to accurately find the facing direction of the apartment.
I want to get this right because I know that the facing direction will influence the flying star chart with the water and mountain stars of the house.
In this situation, how can I get a good compass reading? Should I do a measuring standing outside the apartment in front of the building?
Thank you very much.