Cecil Lee

Dear Anon, 1. In my opinion, it would be better to `fix' the leak. 2. Overall, using a metal windchime or metal at sectors are relatively safe: a. In past forum messages, I mentioned that metal element is a common cure for most of the Flying Star ailments. b. Therefore, there is relatively no harm using it. The only repercussion of using a windchime wrongly is or the result is problems related to sleep. It is felt that playful imps may give us nightmare and for those who cannot sleep properly afterwards, should remove them. 3. Even if North West is considered a good sector, windchime does not automatically become a good candidate. Usually, it has to be analysed within a sector. And if it benefits thru a flow of the Five elements concept, this is good. 4. For example, if a house has a double 7's at the main door. (Other than the base no.). Assuming that this is good; 7 represents metal element and water is good to have at the main entrance area. Thus, an analysis of such - resulting in placement of a water-postion, can bring beneificial results. 5. But, otherwise, what you may have considered is just a guessing game. Again, this is relatively safe. 6. I strongly believe that if there is a perceived problem of the home, it is best to look for `leaks' rather than to add enhancements. Such enhancements would usually be `exhausted' by leaks. 7. For a start, stand at the main door and look out for threats to the entrance. And at each window - look out for threats. Even if there are no threats here, one should still do so. 8. I believe, a holistic approach, or systematic use of the various tools; would be useful. This is a better approach rather than running in circles.. and one may inadvertently be trapped in a vicious cycle. And a year, two years or more, one may not know what was really wrong. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Niap Vun, Please see below:- The above is a stand method to usher in good luck to an office in the `Traditional' method. I am aware that not many people may want to practise the above especially if the office is situated in an open area (no privacy). And it can be rather inconvenient. Frankly, this is the only method. It is not possible to elaborate on Shapes & Form in a single message. But you may have to read more about it. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Hoa Luong, Thank you for the information. Please see below:- You should instead bring the 6-coin tied with red string and hang it in your mother's room instead. The windchime can either be brass or aluminium hollow rods (with wood clinger). This is still ok. For the windchime, it has to preferably be hung outside the room. As inside the room, there is relatively no wind and it would not be useful. However, you can use the 6-coin only. But if you are using the wind chime, it is best, as mentioned above, hung outside of the room. In such a situation, for this year you can still leave the 6-coins in the room. Only after the Year of the Horse, you should take down the windchime. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Niap Vun, 1. The concept of Feng Shui in the macro level is all about trying to `receive wealth'. 2. Overall, curcial thing about the prosperity for office/business is the locality. 3. Since you already have chosen an office location, it is good to favour Shapes and Form Feng Shui or give this priority. In an office environment, if `permitted' can may tilt the table if the tilting is not that drastic to a more favourable sitting direction. 4. Locally, it is very common for businessmen to consult a FS practitioner to `tilt' their tables to a favourable direciton - provided, the angle of tilt is as mentioned above not too drastic (an angle). There was once even a CEO was very angry with his staff - who allowed a telecoms personnel to shift his table! Perhaps, they were trying to reach a socket or plug. He paid so much for the FS practitioner's service and now..... 5. The tilting of the table is based on the Eight House Theory. And anyone here can do the same if you have a proper compass. And if the tilting is not too acute an angle - that makes the room become a space constraint. 5. The next best thing you can do is:- 5.1 Select an auspicious date & time for the Office Warming Day. 5.2 On this day, make sure that all windows, ventilation must be covered up - usually with black paper or cloth. So that when one enters the room, it should be in total darkness. 5.3 Hang a red banner across the banner of the business. 5.4 During this time, all electricty to the unit should be off. No equipment is to be turned on. 5.5 Before the auspicious time, the owner or manager would have to light up a charcoal stove. 5.6. Next, once the stove has been lighted up, the owner place it a few feet away from the main entrance door i.e. in the middle. And he raises his left foot then right foot and removes the red banner and opens the door. If he has staff, then all the staff do the same.. ie. raise their left foot over right foot and walk into the office. 5.7. Get help to peel off all the coverings to windows to allow light to come in. And then switch on the lighting in the room and all electrical devices there. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. A bedroom door should be proportionate to the same wall it is on. Overall, a larger door is not a primary concern unless, one sleeps with the feet facing the door. A sample of this inauspicious position is shown under the attached illustration. (File only avaiable for viewing thru the web-forum.) 2. Overall, so long as the bedroom door opens inwards, this is good. For sliding doors, then, one can control the `size' of the door opening. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Wendy, 1. In my opinion, for an office environment - it is common to find certain offices or sitting positions with a glass wall behind it. 2. Where possible, in such situations, have a back personal "side-table" along the glass panel. This is symbolic of a mountain effect. And makes the ratio of nearly 33.3 percent or more - with shelves and the upper half glass panels. It would thus qualify as a mountain support in such a situation. 3. Usually, many offices will try to maximise document space with such side or back shelving. 4. If the above is not possible, then curtain blinds either horizontal type or vertical type is still acceptable as a symbolic screen. 5. In many instances, due to fire safety regulations, if specific windows are e.g. marked with a RED triangle symbol, this means that that panel of glass is meant for rescue attempts in the event of e.g. a fire. And it is against regulation to block these. 6. In my opinion, the greatest threat from a window are `poison arrows' or angled building pointing into the office window area. Alternatively, if one's office windows use poor tinting (sun-x) then any reflection from neighbouring buildings are considered as Sha Qi. As reflections or mirror like external finishing of other buildings is considered Sha Qi. Here, use the concept: if it cannot be seen; it no longer becomes a threat. Thus using blinds would be effective. Overall, a building takes its Feng Shui luck on a macro level i.e. the entire site and building. And relatively less on individual units. Unless these individual units have bad Feng Shui themselves. For example, good building designs have toilets are are out of the building or away from entrance etc... For example: Good building design is like the DBS Tower 1 building, Singapore. Where the toilets are located at a sector together with the pantry. And it is never near any entrance or office area. Other good designs include some shopping centre e.g. Junction 8, Bishan Sinagpore. And even Sim Lim Square. Bad examples of office complex is the Fortune Centre building. Where the toilets does not the toilet area sharing at least one external wall. Here, some of the units are facing (even if they are hidden) from view, the toilet area. Which brings bad Feng Shui. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Stacey, 1. What you are looking at is only based on `micro' Feng Shui. Although it is nice to get micro Feng Shui right, it is just part of holistic Feng Shui. (External environment is equally important). 2. Usually, in micro Feng Shui, the entire house Feng Shui is looked at. Not just whether the main door is facing southeast or southwest. Do also look at intangile force facing the bedroom area. 3. If the main door is really needed to be changed: it can be tilted to `kill two birds' with one stone i.e. away from SW and facing a good direction. However, usually a good date is chosen and the precise angled calcuated for the owner (to benefit him/her). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Perhaps, you can elaborate more on the use of the rationale for placement of windchime at NW and East. Or for example: Is there a problem at NW that needs fixing or South. 2. Overall, a 6 rod metal windchime e.g. made of copper or brass or aluminum hollow rods with wood piece are OK. 3. But as to the 5 rod (hollow rod) windchime, this is less preferred. The rationale for using "6" as it symbollically represents " Big metal " or strong metal. Which is often used as a cure. 4. Likewise, 5 under Flying Star is not a good number and where possible be best avoided (if one can). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Piet, To be honest, the only thing is to relocate the toilet. But, may not be practical or allowed by the owner of the second floor. The only way is to relocate the toilets. Otherwise, thre is really nothing much one do. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Chinese numerology and even any other numerology can be very confusing. This is because, there can be varied interpretation. And the same number can be considered auspicious but can also be interpreted as inauspicious. For example: a number such as 5. Some consider it auspicious because, 5 represents `balance' or the Five Elements concept. While others may view it differently e.g. Flying Star number which is inauspicious as it is also known as " misfortune " or Deadly Yellow or bad yellow star. 2. In Chinese numerology, the phonetic sound is equally important. Especially numbers like 4 represents " die " in Cantonese. While `8' represents `fatt' or prosperity. While `9' in Mandarin represents longevity. Thus, some consider 444 or die, die, die as inauspicious etc... 3. Therefore, there is no standard basis of knowning whether a number or a combination of numbers are auspicious or not. As this is like a "50-50" senario. Where, it can be 50% auspicious and in another interpretation 50% considered as inauspicious. 4. To `offset' this, some people have `played' safe by aligning their house numbers in an upwards direction eg:- For example if the house number is 777:- 7 7 7 One may see something like in the above. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Usually, there is no impact on your home especially if it is an ancient or old site. 2. So long as it is not a location of mass masacare or tragedy; there is relative of no concern. 3. On the safe side, if your building is e.g. red brickwalls, this is considered most yang and is one of the `safeguards'. Alternatively, consideration is for painting the exterior of the main door (if it is facing that direction) red. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Yeow Leong, 1. Usually, 6 rod metal (or alumnium hollow rod) windchime can be used as a `cure' against Flying Star sectors which have imbalances such as numeral #5 or a combination of it. Or other sector imbalances 2. Thus, I would assume that your FS practitioner had identified that location or the two sectors i.e. North and North-West as requiring constant metal cure. 3. Where the metal windchime (6 rod) represents "Big metal" is used to constanly hammer on a bad sector. 4. From my opinion, if your house is built under Period 7 i.e. between 1984 to-date; usually (from my own analysis); two areas that can use windchime is East and South. 5. For me, so far, if the house is a Period 7 one, there is no need for e.g. 6 rod metal windchime. Usually, if metal is used 6 metal coins should be used instead. However, it is best to check with the FS practitioner - his rationale for using such a `strong' remedy. 6. It is good that you ask your FS practitoner more about the problem area. If possible, ask him to explain the sector imbalance at that section in relation to the Five elements concept. 7. This is because if he is using Flying Star Feng Shui, each number is related to: strong or weak and one of the elements e.g. Water, Wood, Fire, Earth or Metal. 8. If that sector has #5 or #2 or two or more of it, then, it is a strong candidate for a 6 rod windchime (in particular #5) to constantly hammer the bad earth. 9, Since you are paying for the service; you have a right to know more. Nowadays, as more of us are knowledgeable in Feng Shui and Five elements etc... as "consumers" we now have the right to find out more. And then, use this as a basis to judge the service. Especially this is best done prior to taking up a service. For those in the west; the litmus test is much easier. If the FS practitioner will not be able to use Five Elements; we can totally forget about taking up their service. Five element concept is the mininium requirement in everything relating to Feng Shui and divinity methods. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Piet, Frankly, there is not much one can do here. However, it is not an issue if:- 1. the toilet bowl is not directly above the main entrance. 2. sewerage pipes are not directly above the main entrance. If it is a toilet, usually, the proper water-proofing e.g. of the floor. So long as there are no sewerage pipes running down the main entrance area (e.g. covered by false ceiling) this is acceptable. The only "last resort" is to relocate the toilet. (Usually this is not possible). Otherwise, frankly, there is really not much one can do. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, In my opinion, this is considered a minor renovation and from my personal experience; I feel that (or strongly feel) that there is no change in the period of the house. Especially more so, if the house was built under Period 7 i.e. 1984 to 2003. And during this period, if a house was built anytime after 1984, it does not matter if renovation has been carried out many times from 1984 to 2002. The house will always remain a Period 7 house. Warmest Regards Cecil

Dear Yaoliang, 1. Frankly, from my experience, I do come across, clients who have previously being advised by a Feng Shui Master to place windchimes. 2. For this instance, the client was asked to place windchimes on all four corners of the living/dining room. 3. Subsequently, or by coincidence, this client met with problems. And, `damage' control had to be done i.e. undo what was done previously. 4. To this day, I am still quite puzzled by many Feng Shui practitoners who like to recommend windchimes in abundance. 5. Usually the `litmus test' is to relate or try to relate the placement of objects with the Five Elements concept. Here, a specific element is used to neutralise a sha qi or poison arrow. Or a combination of elements are used to do so. 6. Seriously, maybe you have to ask the Feng Shui Master, what is his/her rationale for you to place 3 windchimes. And specifically ask: what type of windchime: hollow rod / solid rod? metal/wood or combination of it? etc.. 7. Many of the current practises or fondness of using objects e.g. windchimes etc.. perhaps, is due to supersitition. 8. There is another school of Feng Shui, which is related to buddhism which talks about the eight lucky treasures of Buddha. 9. Here, this school, asks their clients to bury e.g. a plague of the eight treasures before laying the tiles. For example, an eight treasure plague is placed at the front door and at all corners of the house. In my opinion, this is more of a superstition. 10. When I have the opportunity, I would go to the various temples and ask their senior monk/chief, of what relevance (if any) of such placements. Or it is simply just the standalone work of the Feng Shui practitioner. 11. But, presently, I have doubts if any of the monks would advise on such matters as these are considered materalistic objects. Temples do not use them. Therefore, I feel that it is most likely of a commercial interest. 12. Last weekend, I was on my way to a Feng Shui talk.. and Robert pointed to me a monk carrying a handphone etc... Times have changed indeed. 13. In my opinion, therefore, if you can try to contact the Feng Shui Master -- as you have a right to know more of the purpose of placing them. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Benjamin, 1. I believe Feng Shui can use Feng Shui to help diagnose your problem. 2. Relatively simple situations like you had mentioned especially a staircase at the opposite flat may pose a threat to your home. 3. I hope you can understand that it is very (very) difficult for me to visualize what you are facing, here especially information like the distance the angle of the staircase etc... If you have a sketch and roughly indicate the distance of the rubbish chute and the staircase; and any other apartments close-by, I would be more than happy to take a look at it. You can either fax to me at: 065 - 64820570, or scan it, or take a picture or use any paint software to attach a sketch. Without the appropriate info, it would not be good for me to `rattle' a `cure'. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Daer Sridevi, 1. It is interesting to find out more about results of survyes onreflections especially from TV sets under the following links:- http://www.geomancy.net/poll/poll.pl 2. If you do not cover the TV sets, do you have sleep problems? 3. Do you have a TV set in the bedroom facing your bed? 4. And some other questions. 5. Overall, it is a commonly stated by many Feng Shui practitioners that when we sleep, our spirits wonder out of our body... and it would get a shock or get frightened. 6. For some of us, we are not too comfortable after hearing it. While others may have sleep with mirrors facing them and find this a non-issue. 7. Therefore, when it comes to actual mirrors; we can say that some of us are immune to a mirror facing our body. And thus, it does not matter for these people. 8. Usually, if we can, try to avoid having a mirror e.g. on a dressing table facing our body. 9. However, for TV sets, which is a form of entertainment; many of us, lived in an era when TV sets were cheap enough to be placed in our private bedroom. And in many homes, there are at least 2 or more TV sets. Depending on how many family members in a household. Usually, each bedroom may have one TV set. Modern TV sets have good tinted or `sun-x' type of non-reflective or minimal reflection screens. For those of us who are luckier and can afford LCD panel screens; there is really no reflection at all or very minimal. 10. We are on this earth for a relatively short time i.e. if we are lucky we live to a ripefull age of 90+. Thus, why should we deprive ourselves of e.g. TV sets. Many of even those who do not have one in their bedrooms, may have at one time or the other fallen asleep sitting on a sofa. Yet, we slept soundly. Therefore, it is felt that this is secondary and not a big or real issue for many of us. However, there will always be a small percentage of the population who may be more sensitive. But, I believe, many of us do not belong to this category. So enjoy our life! While we can! Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Under the Eight House or East/West 4 persons concept, priority should (where ever possible) be given to sleeping in a good sector. And only after this, then it is nice to have one sleeping in a good direction. Since, most of us have already moved in or impossible to change rooms etc.. there is not much more than what one can do or `squeeze' out this concept. To improve one's luck further, it is best to use other concepts - instead. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Diana, 1. If one is frequently ill or stressed, Flying Star Feng Shui can help to diagnose the `birth chart' of the house. And if there are imbalances in one or many sectors, this can be neutralised. 2. However, we are looking more on the `technical' side. And equally important is the Shapes and Form of the house. 3. Here, Shapes and Form is important because, it can be used to look at a house from a macro level and later on a micro level. 4. One should first apply Shapes and Forms first. And if necessary use other tools such as Flying Star to look at within the home. 5. The rationale for this is quite simple:- One classic example was written by Dr Evelyn Lip in one of her books. 6. Here, no one really knew why, there were so many calamity in e.g. this specific home. Even a Feng Shui Master intially could not understand the situation. 7. However, if I can remember correctly, it so happen that it was low tide and the Feng Shui Master peered or looked at a canal and saw a profile of a stone which looks like a frog with it's mouth opened facing the house. 8. Here, the Feng Shui Master had found the problem! The hungry mouth of the seemingly innocent looking figurine had caused this problem. One situation is to fill up the mouth of the frog. Or remove it. 9. Therefore, if there is a problem, and one cannot hire a competent FS Professional on-site, may have to do more `homework'. And this is why, in a forum type of environment, where advise is given without being on-site, I cannot really pin-point exactly the problems faced by many people:- 9.1 As no two situations are similar 9.2 One or two line descriptions or even detailed wordings may get mis-interpreted. Therefore, one has to be more cautious in providing advise. And it is always better to give more information. For example, frequent forum users like Mr Benjamin Jue and several other forum users have always tried to give as much details as possible. And with such information, one can expect better replies. I do not expect everyone to have digital cameras etc... or scanned images but... I hope to bring up that the more details given, the more confident of giving better advise. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Ben, 1. Further to what I had mentioned earlier, this house, which is in a good estate has `more elaborate' counter-actions against it being the corner house. 2. The Two Ba Gua mirrors is considered "minimal" by this owner's corner house at Meyer Road, Singapore. 3. Here is a top-view and picture of the house:- http://www.geomancy.net/events/CDL_FS_Talk/talk_1_slide_45.htm 4. The owner of this house further added high brick walls to his corner house:- http://www.geomancy.net/events/CDL_FS_Talk/talk_1_slide_46.htm 5. The above is not the end of it. In this picture, one can see a close-up of a symbolic old lamp (to provide light) to the house. The owner does not light it up but by installing it along the wall, it symbollical means to brighten up the wall area:- http://www.geomancy.net/events/CDL_FS_Talk/talk_1_slide_47.htm 6. This slide shows the main door is away from the corner of the traffic light:- http://www.geomancy.net/events/CDL_FS_Talk/talk_1_slide_48.htm 7. In addition of the high walls; lighting; you will notice a warrior with two tall pillars of lions guarding with him the corner of the house:- http://www.geomancy.net/events/CDL_FS_Talk/talk_1_slide_49.htm 8. In addition to the above, you will notice bushes providing double protection to the brick wall. And there are actually more but not shown clearly i.e. you can see a Ba Gua roof behind or next to the warrior on the right of the picture. The owner also has some other brass figurines. 9. Thus, one can imagine, in Singapore, these are some of the examples or extend that a homeowner would go thru to `protect' or `triple-protect' their homes! Therefore, it makes the two ba gua mirror you mentioned for the house - minimal as compared to such an elaborate work done. 10. The brick wall is in away also commonsense approach. Especially if it is there to `protect' the house in case, there are accidents along the busy intersection. 11. And should a vehicle veer into the house, at least, the brickwall would offer the first level of protection. 12. Ben, once again many thanks for sharing with us i.e. especially the effort to take the photos. 13. Yes, in some homes, where thre is a corner house and the `frontage of the corner' here is long or exposed, some may place Ba Gua mirrors. But frankly, no matter how many mirrors one placed: there is always a higher risks of accidents happening at road junctions. And cars, vans / lorries may go out of control. It is therefore, more prudent to have a solid wall. Or if there are frequent accidents, the government authorites should consider `highway' type of barriers to protect the home. This is a better, than to trust it to Ba Gua mirrors to halt the advance of a run-away vehicle. *JOKE* maybe, the owner should see the movie SPEED and SPEED 1. To get a sense of moving objects cannot be stopped by a `mirror'. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Sheue, Thank you for taking the courage to write in with your problems. Feel free to write to us directly at: support@geomancy.net - If you already have a online report account - please let us know the account login name or if you do not have an account, we can create one for you. Here, do let us know privately the password that you want. So that we can give you the necessary credits to help you truoble shoot your problems. We will be very happy to provide you and your friend with the necessary paid credits - FREE of charge for you to use `Feng Shui in a holistic method '. However, you have to do some homework e.g. take compass readings / generate the necessary reports and follow the advise within it. Wishing You, your husband and friend, a good turnaround this year! Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Ben, Yes, I had a few years back `documented' a similar case in Singapore. This house is situated at the junction. And the owners took great pains in `protecting' their house:- http://www.geomancy.net/photo/photo1/photo1.htm Please refer to the above links i.e. Pictures 1 to 5. I had other pictures, I think I had posted it to the Photo Tours of Interest (with pictures) Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Peck Wun, 1. Usually, it is good to have bedroom doors that are properly aligned i.e. good to have the doors:- 2. at a corner rather than at the centre of the room. Where the door opens unobstrusively into the room. 3. In my opinion, it is the general consensus amongst many FS practitioners that doors should not directly face each other. 4. Therefore, I share the same view that it is of secondary importance that two doors should face each other. The common consensus is that it would lead to arguments or friction between parties sleeping in each of the room. Therefore, it can be regarded as inauspicious. 5. If you are able to get or contact the author, try to check with him/her - if you can. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Thank you for drawing up the illustration. From what I can see, it is good that there is quite some distance between bedroom 1 and master bedroom. And from the sketch, it also looks like the master bedroom door is not directly aligned with bedroom 1 door. This is good. In my opinion, although, bedroom 1, 2 (with bathroom) and master bedroom are in the same corridor, because of the adequate space between e.g. bedroom 1 and masterbedroom and bedroom 1 and 2 doors also pose not much a threat here. Therefore, I personally feel that there is not much problem - here. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Flannery, 1. Under the symbolic animal concept, yes, the centre represents the Yellow snake. 2. Overall, we should not take the animals "literally". As the saying goes "a picture paints a thousand words". 3. Let me go off-track (first): In Singapore, when we started our first Singapore elections to elect representatives to Parliament, it was mandatory for political parties to adopt animal signs. 4. Thus, if one does not have or could not think of one; candidates can choose from the register a list of "party symbol". Thus one can find an independent candidate with e.g. an animal symbol as an example an elephant, or star etc... 5. Therefore, if (in a hypotheical case) if the candidate choose an Elephant symbol; it does not necessary mean that there is something unique associated with it. Here, the rationale why, symbols have to go with party names is because of the literacy rate at that time was very poor especially with adult voters. Therefore, when adult voters cannot or may not really read "romanised names" symbols are easily recognised by most of us. 6. Here, parallel can be found with pictorial representations: 6.1 When one sees a Phoenix: It is considered pink/red and represents in it's original form pink/red = South direction while a bird is akin to flying freely in a clear space environment. 6.2 A tortise with it's hardshell represents or looks like a hill/mountain. And one look and one can visualise it as a `solid backing'. 6.3 Similarly, we call the centre animal " Yellow Snake ". Here, the snake is again a pictorial representation of the earth element (which is the centre of the house). And it is also known as the "yellow snake". Where yellow colour represents earth element. 7. Therefore, in my opinion, there is really not much issue with your interpretation of centre as the `snakes' domain. Warmest Regards, Cecil