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Dear Anon, Anonymous wrote: I have placed a salt & coin in the west sector of the apartment for a month. Initially the water in the jar was milky with lots of bubbles. But recently the water is getting clearer and the salt has evaporated (almost completely). Is this normal? Can anyone please advise what I should do next? Should I change the water & add new raw salt in the jar or start a new salt & coin? Yes, it is normal as the various chemical process has already been used up however, how fast or slow depends on theproportion of the water containersize and number of coins. So, it is best to change it after a few months. Hope that helps. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Terry, Terry Yuen wrote: My house is having the a stretch of windows alongside inthe whole side of my Living Room wall. Death, Irritation, Disaster direction. Actually, the most important factor for eight house application is for:- 1. Ensure that the breadwinner (I presume yourself), has a suitable house facing direction ie if North is your facing and it falls under your death, irritation direction that it is deemed unsuitable for you home.So in long run, the solution to get a quantum leap is to move to a more suitable house etc. 2. The next important thing you use this concept is to locate the best room for you to sleep or work in. It should be a room that falls under the favourable sector of your eight house. 3. Last thing is to assist you to find the best direction to sleep or to work. This is usually what this concept is more for. The rest you do not have to fix unless it poses as a problem. Terry Yuen wrote: Will it be good to put a fish tank to block this angle? For fish tank/water feature, it is more important to place it where you can activate the auspicious water star in the flying star (ie in period 8, water star 8 or water star 9 are the better locations where the water feature or fish tank would benefit the rest of the house). So for fish tank placement, it is better suited to find the right position to boost the luck for the entire home. Hope that helps. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Wong Hong Heng, Wong Hong Heng wrote: I currently brought a well-known hand crafts Black Pi Xiuat Taipei from a Fs Master and was advise to place it next to my bed facing the bed door to enhance my luck. Eg. 4D, Toto, gambling Etc. To be frank, all these items are really more of decorative items ratherthan real feng shui. Meaning that no matter where you place, there will not be any mystical powers that will ensure that you will get a windfall. We often classify such items has improving the Human Luck (ie if it makes you feel better, by all means go ahead) Ever wonder why most of such items being sold as feng shui items never come with a guarentee that after using it you sure to get a windfall etc? Because they do not work. In fact, the manufacturers are the ones who will profit from the sale of such items . Such items can be bought in China for a small price, but often sold at high prices. True feng shui is nothing at all to do with items or products. It is more about getting to know your own luck, choosing the right career/business, the correct home, the best placement of furniture and colour scheme in the room. So true feng shui is about knowing your given heavenly luck (ie ba zi), getting the right house (Flying Star/Eight House), as well as relationship (ie Human Luck). Feng Shuireally does not depend on any items. Most of the so call feng shui itemswhich are often for decorative purpose. However, because some items often has some symbolic of something auspicious. It is often being branded as having Feng Shuieffect.Just like during chinese new year why do most people like to buy those auspicious couplet, it is just to seek a good beginning. That is all. You should notice why our website from 1st day it was up until today never ever sell any items except for consultation services. Simply because such items never really has anything to do with true feng shui. A successful person's house often does not have such items, except for decorative purpose. Feng Shui like I mentioned is choosing the right house facing, having the right colour scheme, best placement and a harmonious. If done properly into your renovation designs, one may not even know that there are feng shui enhancements done. And the result is a very comfortable home that the family will like to live in. If you sleep/enjoy better in your home, you will naturally be able to focus better when you work. And the rest depends on your own human effort. We have seen so many of our clients who will come back to us several years after theirpreviousaudit to review their new home or offices that they upgraded to. And none of them was advised to put any such items, yetthey can see good results simply by following the advice given on the right colour scheme and placement. Some even had feng shui so cleverly incorporated into their interior design that none of their friends or family member even know that the house had been feng shui. This is what true feng shui should be. So our advise is not to display such items. Wong Hong Heng wrote: I had see some details of placing Pi Xiu in the house listed by some Fs Master in the web listed that Pi Xiu should not place in the bedroom. Wong Hong Heng wrote: 1. So Who is correct ? This item should never be placed in the bedroom. So the one you read on other website is more corrcct. Wong Hong Heng wrote: 2. Which is the best place direction and location to place the Pi Xiu? Like I mentioned above, it is better you do not place such items unless you really like it as a decorative item. ie if it makes you feel good, go ahead. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Marilyn, marilyn o wrote: I dont really understand what the table means. Like Self and Spouse is Rabbit Metal. Does that mean something? Or on the earthly branch yin yang Wood column, there is Intelligence,Earned Wealth does mean something? The chart I extracted for you was simply to show you some of the combinations that occured and thus why your five element is like that. Which I included just to explain my previous point on why your percentage is like that. Those information like the relationship (self & spouse), can tell you about general relationship with your various family members. While ten deities can tell you about given characteristics. I do not expect you to understand the rest as it is a basic portion of a raw ba zichart. All these information will be explained in the full review. marilyn o wrote: I alsosee the DOG FIRE under the conception column. That represents the spouse for a male and child for female right? Im so excited! Maybe this is theFire Dog year,I can have a successful pregnancy and eventually a healthy baby! yipee! Not exactly, I believe I recently noticed that the explanation there was a little vague. But what it was supposed to be is that if the person being analysis is a male, the conception pillar helps to defines relationship with the spouse for children prospect. While if the person being analysis is a female, the conception pillar represents how easy or not will to give birth as well as the children factor. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Anon, Anonymous wrote: Could you please throw some advice on How to find the House Number and Cures for the Bad Numbers. Your advice will benefit all the members of geomancy. I won't go into the calculation details as it is all done by our free report. This report basically is an extension of the Flying Star concept. It's purpose is to assist users to determine which unit number is deemed more auspicious. This is especially useful when there are two units layout exactly the same, except one is one 4th level and another is on 7th level. So this report will be useful to determine which unit wil have better unit number Qi. Since this report is basically an extension of the flying star, the analysis results is more to tell you how good or bad the unit number would be like. As it is said that unit on different level, will have different luck as well. That is about all. As to whether or not the predicted effect will happen, it will depend a lot more on the actual flying star sector rather than on this unit number. So I won't worry too much about the unit number predicted analysis. Just use that description to gauge how auspicious or not is it. You should focus on fixing the flying star or shapes and form problems within the home. Hope that helps. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Marilyn, marilyn o wrote: Does Bazi Depends on Place of Birth?? I remembersome fengshui mastersask for my friends' place of birth before he do their ba-zhi. For example, im born July 29, 1980 at 2:16pm. My bazhi will be different if I was born in US from if I was born in HK. 1. Theorically, if you can factor in your exact place of birth (ie especially through theexact long. and lat. of birth), this would IDEALLY give you a more accurate analysis. But it has to be done via the exact long. and lat. of birth. Other methods that are currently used (ie the timezone differences etc) are not really good way to factor location due to the simplication of timezone and many reasons. 2. However, realistically there are many people who don't even know the exact time of birth let alone the exact place of birth. So if one really want to consider the long. and lat. factor, I personally find that you will end up with ahigher degree of error rather than being more accurate. So I find thisfactor does not necessary mean that you will get a more accurate analysis, in fact, it is more likely you may make the analysis less accurate if information are not 100% correct. 3. Furthermore, if you really know the mechanics behind the ba zi chart is derived, you will know that it was designed such that even if you leave the time of birth unknown, you can still get a fairly accurate analysis. Why? Thus, for those that attempted to factor in the timezone different, this factor really significantly affect much of the luck factor. Only the characteristics and breakdown of five element percentage will differ. The rest will have minimal impact except maybe the presences of like clashes/harms in different luck pillar which tells us whether you will have a difficult period or not. Essentially, not much will have much impact from the hour pillar. That is why you find that often when it comes to really famous personalities being analysed on their ba zi, you find that most just use the date of birth (without the time of birth nor location factor), and yet it is able to get a good forecast on that person. 4.The ba zi is only a heavenly given luck, so it is supposed to forecast only what is supposed to happen. A lot of people have the misconception that ba zi is able to 100% predict past events. This is actually not true. A ba zi can forecast the type of luck, assuming that there are no other external factors that influence you. However, in the real world, your home/your environment/your relationship with people around you/your education etc will have direct impact over your home. Especially your home (Earth Luck) and your relationship (Human Luck). It is these changes/factor that often result in difference in predicted luck and what you exactlly experience. For example, when your luck period is bad, but your home feng shui is good and your environment is good, your luck will often be better than your predicted luck. So it does not mean that having factor in the exact long. and lat. will mean that the ba zi will be more accurate. On the contrary, it is likely to make the chart less accurate if you do not get the long. and lat. correctly. 5. In fact the only way to get a very very accurate fortune told, is not just to focus on one single theory. The reason why feng shui when applied correctly is so powerful is not because it is so, but rather because of the numerous feng shui theories that work together to give a very well rounded analysis. Each theory has it's advantage and edge, so only when you really take advantage of it, will you really get a full and all rounded analysis. That is why to get a really accurate fortune, you cannot just depend on Ba Zi analysis. A really accurate analysis is done using several concepts such as a combination of (ba zi analysis, horoscope/astrology/zi wei dou shu analysis, palmistry analysis, face reading analysis, i-ching/oracle, etc). It is the use of all these concept together, that one can really get a really accurate analysis. This is because each theory will reinforce the other, and as the saying goings the more concept you use, the more accurate the analysis because each theory will cancel the weakness of the other. So to get a more accurate analysis, you should be using the different tools (taking the best analysis result of each tool so as to get the best possible reading). There is no way to get an accurate just by depending on one single concept. 6. So more important, I find that focusing on intepretating the analysis based on how the information balanced up is ultimately what makes ba zi so flexible and yet able to give a good prediction. It is how the chart balance up that gives us an understanding as to why this year is good or bad. This is why though there are different variations in concepts, when the consultant/master does a very good analysis of the chart, you will find that they will still be able to pinpoint what's wrong and how to correct them. So it is a good interpretation of the chart that tells a good forecast from a bad on. So it is for the above reasons and many other reaons which I haven't touch on that is why we DO NOT require the place of birth information. As we really find it unnecessary and only adds more room for error rather than making it more accurate. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Jason, Nntp Guest wrote: My Kua is 7 and my wife is 8. We are looking for new resale flat in this few months, can you advise what are the factor that we should look into it in this 8 luck cycle ? Given that both of you have same West group, therefore it should easy to find a house that will suit both you and your wife. The best period 8 (built in 2004-2023) facing house are North-East/South-West facing. So you can consider that in your search. In addition, beside the house facing, you should ensure the bedroom falls in one of your good sectors as well. Remember the house facing is defined as follows:- Other factors that you should look out for can be found in this talk notes we provide during our feng shui talks:- Hope that helps. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Khanh Diep Vu, khanh diep vu wrote: HELLO, I WAS BORN IN 1973 AND MY HUSBAND WAS BORN IN 1972. WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP US TO KNOW WHICH HOUSE FACING IS THE BEST FOR US. THANKS MILLIONS TIMES. You can make use of this free report to determine what is the 4 good and 4 bad directions. URL: http://www.geomancy.net/reports/free-report/freerpt-8h.htm I am not sure if the year of birth has pass the chinese lunar year or not. If so then you should be a Li Kua where your best directions are South/East, South-East/North. While your husband is Kan Kua, which allso have the same group, but his best is North/South-East, and East/South. Since he is likely to be the breadwinner, then go for North or South-East facing. Since it is also your favourable element, I don't think you need to worry about having oposite kua. Please check your the analysis through the full report by entering your full date and time of birth. As I am basing that you are born in the lunar year of 1973/1972. If your birth date haven't pass the chinese new year, then you may have different kua number. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Chun Da Lee, Chun Da Lee wrote: Thanks again for the god advice abaou the smoke detector, i'll immediately placing one with discussion with a fire security company. But my question still remain, does placing smoke detector change my feng shui??????? Does it correct my fengshui or do I have to do something else?????? A feng shui solution is whatever that can effectively fix the problem. So yes, the smoke detector is an effective solution to this problem. If the problem no longer exists or is minimised then of course it corrects the feng shui aspect as well. In any case, the problem you are facing isn't really one of the MAJOR feng shui problem that adversely causes big luck issue to the your. The solution suggested will correct the problem, but to have luck improvement you will need to make sure that your bedroom colour is the right colour to suit you as well as to enhance other areas of the home. Hope that helps. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Winnie, Chen Winnie wrote: I want to have harmony house and peaceful environment and feeing better after tiring working day and want to go back home to take nice rest and happy feeling. Why not you engage a professional interior designer/feng shui consultationto help you on creating a place you like. I think that is more suitable then just trying to do it on your own. Chen Winnie wrote: Please advise my Kua is 2 and My husband is 5, On which direction to place the bed, working table, wardrobe and toilet. If you already know your kua, then you should know that as a Kua 2, the best direction is to have your bed placed North-West/West and working table to be North-East/South-West. For a Kua 5, quite similiar West/North-West for the bed and workingt table to be South-West/North-East. For wardrobe, you don't need to check the feng shui as it is the bed and work position that you need to find the best location. As for the toilet, don't think you can do much as this is usually built along with the house. So ideally, if they can be located it should be located in any of the 4 bad directions sector. Beyond that, a detailed analysis on the actual layout plan, ba zi and flying star needs to be considered to be able to tell you more. Sometimes, it is impossible to get the best of everything so one need to know which is important and adjust accordingly. Which is why I said it is better you seek professional help to advise you. Then you won't have so much worry or drama on the renovation. Ultimately, the final result must be such that you like it otherwise, you will never feel comfortable. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Anon, Anonymous wrote: There is a brand new rental home that we are considering renting. However, this house is situated on the end of a T intersection and faces a short cul de sac street with 6 to 8 houses. Is this a bad homefor feng shui purposes. The original owner built the house but does not want to live in it per the advise of their feng shui advisor. I can send yousome pictures if needed. I am hesitant about renting the house because my father is in poor health and I don't want this to further affect health if he moves into the house. It is best if you can look for another house.As it is never a good house if it is at the end of T intersection and faces a short cul de sac street. Always remember that the reason why the previous owner sells the place can give you some indication if the house is god or not. If it is a good house, the only reason why the owner would sell is to move to a better one. So if it is for other reasons, then often it is not a good house. So I think you should skip it and find another one. Anonymous wrote: Also, the current rental house that I am living in has astairway that ends directly at my front door. This stairway also leads directly to the upstairs bathroom. And the upstairs bathroom (toilet)directly faces my bedroomand bed.What are the effects of thesesituations, and are there any remedies? Generally, this isn't the most ideal placement for the stairs and the toilet location. If you are able to put a screen the stairway and door, this would help to block the problem you are facing. If this is not possible, then probably keeping the toilet door close and toilet seat cover down would be the most pratical way to minimuse the situation. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Anon, Nntp Guest wrote: Flying Star vs 8 Hse FS... which is weighing more heavier ? Each concept is meant for a specific purpose. ie. Flying Star is about the luck of the house. ie. Eight House is about how suitable you are the house. Though, it is good to go for the best house luck facing for the period, but if the house is unsuitable to you then you will not be able to get the maximum amount of luck from the house. Most importantly, you should avoid getting a house that is not Death or Disaster at least. So it is good to get the best house luck, but you should make sure that it does not fall under the Death or Disaster. This I would believe would be the best balance. So at long as the house is not Death or Disaster, then you are free to choose the best flying star otherwise. The most ideal would be the best eight house direction and best possible flying star if possible. Hope that helps. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Chun Da Lee, Chun Da Lee wrote: Thanks for the advice about the water sprinkler and smoke detector, but don't you think that sprinkler and detector will be alarm if put directly above the kitchen because cooking will creat a lot of heat to trigger sprinkler or detector alrm. And the most important thing is that sprinkleror detctor can correct my feng shui or is it just for safety precaution???? The smoke detector would be most practical for homes while sprinkler for any larger complex commercial type building. There are some guidelines to the best placement of the smoke detector so you should follow those guidelines when installing it. So you should not just install it over the stove, but usually some location ie a room beside the kitchenthat does not get the alarm activated falsely but yet able to detect once a real fire get out of hand. Usually the manufacture ofthe smoke detector or even a comprehensivehome security and firealarm packagecompany can give you better advise on thebest effective placement. In any case, the main problem about the kitchen below the bedroom is due to the high probability of fire. With modern technological advancement, smoke detectors is the most ideal solution to this problem. At least it will be much better than using any traditional solution such as 6 coins or bagua mirror etc. All of which will simply burn in the flames, whereas the smoke detector will give you some warning to be able to allow you to escape. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Alicia, Alicia Tan wrote: If my wealth luck is againt me, what can I do to improve it? In general, most people either have big luck with them or against them. When luck is with you, things is likely to go in your favour whatever you do. If luck is against yoou, then things are likely not go favour you. There will always still be 5-yearly, yearly luck which will change in each period. So some years will be better others will not. In general, you will simply need to make sure that have more of your favourable elements that you lack. The more you have in as many areas of our life the better your overall luck. ie favourable colours/career/house/people around you etc. You can refer to the free report and this chart for example:- URL: http://talk.geomancy.net Hope that helps. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear D'Natalie, D'Natalie Smith wrote: Can someone explain to me how is it that someone with a strong metal element would need to use fire as a booster when I read that it should be earth? A strong Metal means that you are strong due to too much Earth and Metal. Therefore in general Earth and Metal are considered unfavourable. Water is the best solution to help Strong Metal given that is exhaust the excess Metal. Fire is also good because Fire destroy Metal. However, Fire is more a double edged sword as it also strengthen the Earth. Therefore, I mentioned that Water is most effective. Wood is simply wealth to Strong Metal. Therefore, in general Water, Wood, Fire are generally good. However, ultimately the percentage of the element is what you need to consider to know exactly what elements you need more or which you need less. For example if you have 40% Fire, then it means you already have quite a lot of fire, so more fire may not be good. D'Natalie Smith wrote: Since you are a strong yang Water, you don't want to be too overly strong otherwise, you will not be able to control yourself. D'Natalie Smith wrote: Thus, you should increase yourself with your favourable elements as follows. D'Natalie Smith wrote: D'Natalie Smith wrote: Favourable Elements Most Favourable Element Colour: green/brown Favourable Element Colour: yellow D'Natalie Smith wrote: Unfavourable Elements Most Unfavourable Element Colour: white/gold Most Unfavourable Element Colour: blue/black/gray D'Natalie Smith wrote: This is a very important concept for you to improve your luck. I am not sure what this has to do with the above question. But again as a Strong Water, wood and earth is favourable, while metal and water is unfavourable. Again, the exact percentage should also be considered in order to know exactly which element you need more. Hope that helps. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Anon, Anonymous wrote: Doeskeeping a picture or statueof a leopard or other wild cat carry the same significance as keeping a tiger picture or statue? When it comes to pictures, it is more the symbolic representation that matters. For example, picture of fishes/horses/flowers etc or non violent pictures tends to be more welcome thantiger/dragons which is often considered fierce. Ideally, you want a home to be welcoming and therefore keeping pictures of more harmonious pictures are often better. Pictures such as tiger/leopard can still be displayed but should be avoided. Or if you do wish toplace such sha qi, it should be used to counter some some poison arrow. Ultimately, it also depends on yourself. If you do feel confortable about it there should not be a major issue in displaying them. As mentioned, anything that has sha qi shuld be minimised if possible. Hope that helps. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Anon, Anonymous wrote: Based on the free Personal Ba Zi/Feng Shui Element Report that I hv received from yr website, I hv noticed that my Kua no.is 4 and wood element. Like it mentioned, Kua is 4 and the element of the Kua is Wood element. However, since Kua is based only on the YEAR of birth it does not give the most accurate breakdown of your birth element. Just like if one is born in 2006 (Earth Dog), if you based on the ba zi from the YEAR of birth then you are a Earth element. These is correct, but not the most accurate form of your true element. Depending on which day you are born, you can be a weak water/strong fire etc born in the Earth dog year. So that more exact breakdown of your element based on your day of birth is what we are more interested. Anonymous wrote: However, on the 2nd page, it stated that my Birth element isWeak Metal. So, I am rather confused - what is the difference between the Kua element and the Birth element? This portion of the analysis is the one that consider your day of birth. Therefore, this is the true personal element. In ba zi what we are looking for is the true personal element ie a weak metal person born in say a Earth Dog year. Like I mentioned, Kua number is useful as it gives you information such as 4 good and 4 bad directions, however, it is not the most accurate as it calculated from the YEAR of birth only. However, despite it's simplicity it is still one of the concpet in feng shui. You need to know which concept is important and how to prioritise them. Like I mentioned, there are several ways to determine a person's element, but the best is via the ba zi day's element. This gives the true ba zi element. Hope that helps. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Marilyn, marilyn o wrote: water2- wood-1 fire-0 earth-2or3 metal-1or2 (i forgot) marilyn o wrote: so he insisted so much that my lucky element is fire and to use as much as possible fire colors and do fire business. so when i told him about your site thatim a weak water and i should add use more water and metal. he simply wont believe me! because based on my numbers, i have enough water. is there any books/sites that talks about determining weak and strong element? Frankly, I don't wish to waste time debating who's right or wrong or to explain or support the resons for it. Like I mentioned, it all depends on the detail of the analysis. I will only show a portion of the paid report that I used on your profile that shows you why our site deduced it as weak water:- Pillar Animal Sign HS & EB Element Stage of Life Family Heavenly Stem (HS) Combination Join New Element Clashes Ten Deities Earthly Branch (EB) Three Comb Directional Two Comb New Element Clashes Harm Punishment Self Punish Romance Movement Nobleman Academic Arts Hidden Element 1 Ten Deities 1 Hidden Element 2 Ten Deities 2 Hidden Element 3 Ten Deities 3 Life Tiger Earth - - wu yang Earth - wu-gui Fire - zheng guan Authority yin yang Wood - - - Wood yin-shen - shen-yin - - Yin - - - jia yang Wood shang guan Intelligence bing yang Fire zheng cai Earned Wealth wu yang Earth zheng guan Authority Hour Ram Fire Old Age Children ji yin Earth - jia-ji Earth - qi sha Determination wei yin Earth - - - Earth - - wei-shu - - - Chou & Wei - Wei ji yin Earth qi sha Determination ding yin Fire pian cai Unexpected Wealth yi yin Wood shi shen Emotional Intelligence Day Rabbit Metal Middle Age Self & Spouse gui yin Water - - Water - bi jian Friend mao yin Wood - - mao-shu Fire - - - - - - Mao & Si Mao - yi yin Wood shi shen Emotional Intelligence - - - - - - - - - - Month Ram Wood Youth Parents gui yin Water - wu-gui Fire - bi jian Friend wei yin Earth - - - Earth - - wei-shu - - - Chou & Wei - Wei ji yin Earth qi sha Determination ding yin Fire pian cai Unexpected Wealth yi yin Wood shi shen Emotional Intelligence Year Monkey Wood Childhood Grandparents geng yang Metal - - Metal jia-geng zheng yin Main Funds shen yang Metal - - - Metal yin-shen - shen-yin - - - - - - geng yang Metal zheng yin Main Funds wu yang Earth zheng guan Authority ren yang Water jie cai Competitor Conception Dog Fire - - jia yang Wood - jia-ji Earth jia-geng shang guan Intelligence shu yang Earth - - mao-shu Fire - - wei-shu - - - - - - wu yang Earth zheng guan Authority xin yin Metal pian yin Unexpected Funds ding yin Fire pian cai Unexpected Wealth Element Strength Percentage 1 Water Extremely Weak 2 % 1 Wood Weakest 4 % 4 Fire Weak 27 % 4 Earth Strongest 46 % 2 Metal Strong 18 % There are many factors, ie combinations and joins that converts you original element, the season strengthen etc. So unless you computate all these impact, you will not know exactly what percentage is each of your elements. It is percentage that is most important as the number of each element does not really tell much as depending on seasons strengthen the element will have different percentage. What is important is you are a weak Water, and you lack more Water (2%) compared to Metal (18%). Wood, Fire and Earth are unfavourable for you. However, some portion of Wood is still acceptable for you because you have only 4% of Wood. While you should avoid Earth at all cost, followed by Fire. The idea is to have exactly 20% of each element. So those element that is too high in percentage you have as little as possible. Those with low percentage you can have more but should first cover your favourable elements first then unfavourable as last. That means you should first have Water followed by Metal, then only when you have sufficient Water and Metal then some Wood will do you good. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Marilyn, marilyn o wrote: but does that mean we wont handle it well? because we have no choice but to inherit the business. Im a weak water, will it help if i also work in their family business? I won't really know exactly until a detailed ba zi is done for your husband. I mean I am basing my advise on information you are provided. ie your husband is a Strong Water. Which means that Favourable elements are Wood, Fire, Earth. While unfavourable elements are Metal and Water. So if based on the above, yes it is not likely that he will benefit from this kind of business. However, there are other factors that will need be considered to be able to know for sure. For example, what is the exact percentage of the elements in your husband chart? ie is the Strong water due to a higher percentage of water or metal. I mean if your husband chart is such that there is maybe 5% water and 40% Metal, then I can say for sure that Metal career won't do him much good. marilyn o wrote: if Fire is good for him, its weird he had try opening up a small restaurant before but it closed because it didnt work out. There are a lot of factors in determining success of a business:- 1. Some people are just not businessman type material, that means heis better working for others rather than starting his own business. 2. Secondly, opening restaurant is more Earth (Food industry) rather thanFire element. Like I earlier mentioned, I have no idea what is the percentage of your Metal element in your husband chart. If it is too much, then earth may not be the most ideal element for him. So far the most suitable for him should be Wood simply because Wood exhaust Water. But again, it depends on the percentage of teh five element breakdown. 3. Location, Location & Location is often the most important factor for the a success of a shop/business. If the location is bad, then it is hard for people to come even if the food is good. The rest depends on your food, pricing and target market.ie you have nice food, but you target the wrong group of people etc=high failure. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Marilyn, marilyn o wrote: is zi wei the same as ba zhi? a fengshui who did our ba zhi before ( i doubt if accurate because he said my lucky element is fire while in geomancy. net my lucky elements are water and metal). anyway, he said that my ba zhi will harm my husband and so is my husband. but it is washed out because it clashed each other. Zi Wei is basically more Chinese Horoscope/Astrology. We often do not use it as part of Feng Shui analysis except for it's compatibility analysis. Thus, we even have a fun with horoscope site for this purpose. As the title Fun with horoscope means that it is more for fun. URL: http://www.lovesigns.net As for your previous master, I really do not know what method exactly did he or she use in analysing your results. I mean I have come across masters that use Eight House Kua element as your birth element. But this is only uses the YEAR of birth, so it is questionable how accurate this analysis can be. Some I seen using only Ba Zi Year of birth element (ie 2006 is Earth Dog so you are considered Earth element etc). However, in reality, different day will give you different elemnt. So like you can be a weak water or strong fire person born in Earth dog year. Thus, it is important that the day of birth be considered. Some do very preliminary ba zi chart so it is not able to deduce your weak/strong element properly. ie if the full ba zi chart isn't analysed in detail, you may find that a basic chart may be weak water, but when done in detail it is actually strong water. a weak water and strong water are two different type of chart thus having different favourable and unfavourable elements. So there are many ways to analyse your birth element. However, the most accurate method is the use of ba zi. Our website tool will give you the right deduction of your true ba zi element. So you won't go wrong if you use it. Like I mentioned, in my earlier reply to this post. There are some chart that can be considered not compatible, but often there are also ways to improve or harmonise the relationship to reduce any potential conflict. The rest depends a lot on the two persons whether they are willing to give and take to make the relation work. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Anon, Anonymous wrote: I visited a master recently and was told that my zi wei dou shu will harm my hubby, or what they say as "ke fu". I am very troubled over this but realised that the hour of birth given was wrong. Please advise if this is true. I am bornon 1975, 7th jan 1pm To be frank, fortune telling can be bad thing. I mean if you really believe it so much, you actually make it happen because you believe it to be true. This is why as far as our website is concerned, we never ever focused on fortune telling. I mean if a fortune teller is really that good, he won't be a fortune teller as he should be able to predict when he or she can have wealth etc. So really do not think you should worry too much furthermore information you provided was incomplete. I personally do not view much of such adverse reading such as a ke fu / die young chart etc. In any case, under feng shui especially, we believe more in understanding what is roughly your given luck, and how you can balance up your home, your relationship etc to make thing more smooth. We always believe, that if you can maximise the luck from your home, create the right environment to improve harmony, then rest depends a lot on your own effort. I mean if both of you put in the effort, you will be able to gain success and have a long and lasting relationship with the right environment. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Chun Da Lee, Chun Da Lee wrote: Hi, I'm born in a year of Wood Hare in 1975. I Heard from some people said that if you have an element of wood you must avoding having kitchen below your bedroom where you sleep. Because Kitchen is an element of fire and will burn the people who sleep above it especially if that people is from wood element. Is this true??? Actually, having a kitchen below a bedroom is generally bad irregardless of what element you are. I mean whether you are a weak earth, weak wood etc. This is because, the potential of a fire starting from the ktichen is always higher. And irregardless of what element you belong too, if there is a fire you may be burned by it. It does not mean that if you are a weak earth and fire is good for you, that if there is a fire, it will not kill or burn you. So kitchen below a bedroom is ideally not good. This is true. Chun Da Lee wrote: If this is true, how can I correct it? If there is a way to correct it, how to do it without me moving out to another room??? The most practical way is to install a smoke detector even a watersprinker. At least in case of a real fire, it will give you some warning and give you enough time to escape. This is much better than believing that by putting6-coins metal or other traditional feng shui cure to be effective. I mean if there is a fire, all these items will melt. Hope that helps. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Marilyn, marilyn o wrote: which is main door? the 1st steel gate of the whole property or the wood main door of the house? Since this is a landed property, then you should take the facing of your house. ie which is the frontage of your home. We do not take the steel gate because depending on the plot of land, sometimes where the gate is isn't exactly where your house faces. So you should focus on the house and which is considered the front of the house. marilyn o wrote: if its the actual door of the house, is it bad to have part of a post (the corner/edge is Not POINTING to the main door, just the side) is this also considered as poison arrow? Usually, it is the corner of the object that we consider the sha qi. Otherwise it is not.Also,we consider how big the threat in comparison to thehome. If it ismuch better than the house, then it is a great threat that should be corrected, else it is a minor threat and sometimes can be ignored if no way to fix it. Hope that helps. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Marilyn, marilyn o wrote: my husband is strong water and his family is into buy & sell of steel. is this ok or very bad? his dad is starting to transfer the business to my husband and if this kind is not compatible with his element. Is there something we can do since this is only our means of living? As a Strong Water, this means that in general your husband must already have either too much water or too much metal. So ideally buying and selling of steel (Metal element industry), won't be too beneficial for him. The only way to help balance his excess Strong water, is to have more Wood, Fire. ie staying in a Wood (East/South-east) or Fire (South)house. Or to have a job scope focusing on Wood (Distribution/Growth/Technology/Transport) or Fire (Sales/Marketing). More details can be found in this link:- URL: http://talk.geomancy.net Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research

Dear Roeland, Roeland de Looff wrote: Do you feel that such a transformation of the energy of the daystem can only happen as a result of a transformation with another stemthat is found withinthe chart or can it also happen as a result of a transformation with the stem ofa 10 yearsluck pillar or even a yearly pillar? In general, transformation can take place whether the day pillar combines with another pillar within the chart or with the 10-year luck pillars. Difference will be transformation in the 10-year luck pillars are not permanent. Meaning it will revert once the luck period change. And the effect will only last for that 10-year luck period. Same goes for the yearly pillar. Transformation in the main chart, will be more permanent unless it is a transforamtion but not havepermanent change. ie the original element still prevail because the conditions are not right for a permanent transformation. Hope that helps. Warmest Regards Robert Lee GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research