Cecil Lee

Dear Anon, This area has more to do with beliefs by some people or from advise provided by practitioners. The rationale for some people who do not view roosters is that: Roosters seems `picky' or combative. Quite often some get hold of two roosters to fight and wager on bets. And some consider the characteristics of roosters as `sharp' tongued. Thus, due to this symbolism, roosters (symbols) are considered not favourable in the home. As I mentioned, this area has more to do with beliefs than Feng Shui. Personally, I find placing a rooster figurine no harm. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Let me explain: Usually the main concern is the main entrance door or a window. A good example is Evelyn Lip's story in one of her books Geomancy. She wrote that the owners of a house faced calamity and even a FS Master could not find the problem. Only at a later stage where the Master stood at the door and looked out (during low tide) and saw a profile or figurine that looks like a toad or frog with its mouth opened facing the house. Here, he placed some objects to symbolically represent flies to mean that the mouth is full. From what we can learn here is to avoid letting objects with open mouth e.g. face the main door if we can. It is better to take the precaution even if it is facing outwards of the house. Other than this, one can still place open mouth objects but just becareful. If one finds problems after that, quickly remove the `offending' object. Thus it is borne out of precaution than anything else. For some of us who feel that this may be more of a belief, do not heed this message. We have to monitor this as few people place open mouth objects and thus not sure how effective or bad it is. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, More importantly, the purpose is to correct any odd shaped room to be a square or rectangle room. As square and rectangle are considered the best shape rather than a room with odd corners. Frankly, the issue of whether it is a separate room is less important or really not a issue. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Daniel, The key ingredient to the shop is the store-front. Pay more attention to the frontage of the fruit shop. As you did not mention the type of store, e.g. one at a Government Housing Block or an upmarket store. If it is at a Housing block, check the demography e.g. is it a new or old housing estate. The best trend is to have an inviting front e.g. open area at the front to display and extend the fruits out to the corridor (if this is permitted). As fruits themselves are colourful and bright, do remember to keep the store clean and bright e.g. white walls. Wishing you sucess in your venture! Warmets Regards, Cecil

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Dear Carina, Please see below:- This is classified under the Eight House Theory. Under the Eight House Theory, there are four good and four bad sectors. The key essence of the Eight house is: 1. How suitable the house is to the person. Here, you can have excellent Flying Star but it need not necessary mean that it is the most suitable house to the person. 2. Best to sleep in a good sector i.e. bedroom is at a good sector. Here, since we sleep more than 6 or more hours, it is best to sleep in a good sector. 3. Other uses include sitting or facing a good direction. This is secondary to Para 1 and 2. Many of us would love to `squeeze' more out of every conceivable `theory'. If the `terms' of reference is based on Para 1, 2 and 3, I cannot really imagine how are we going to make or (imagine) extracting more out of the theory? If the toilet is at the `health' sector, it simply means that if you spent more time at a location of `health' influence the better. But wait, does this mean one must find an excuse to stay or live in the bath tub? Is this logical. And many of us thing that everything has to do with Feng Shui. Is this being fair to FS? This has more to do with beliefs than Feng Shui. For example, some people find it taboo to walk under a ladder. (One logical reason is that something on top of it may fall down e.g. a bucket of paint) and spill over the person. This one can be considered under Shapes and Form. Where possible, try best not to clutter the main entrance door area. As the main door is considered the `mouth' of the house. This depends on the colours and thus could affect the element of the sector. Feng Shui is about the balance of the five elements or at a higher level the Yin and yang concept. If one talks about an element e.g. a triangle pyramid, it represents the fire element if we consider the form. We then see whether, e.g. under the Flying Star whether that sector is in balance or `out of balance' e.g. need to use metal to control earth (if the element is bad strong earth). Para 4 and 5 are secondary and it is best to get the basics right. Feng Shui is not or cannot become a taboo. If one has good Shapes and Form Feng Shui to begin with and relatively good Flying Star, one need not do more than that. It is just like a CEO of a huge company, signing petty bills. He should delegate such things to his subordinate and pay more attention to important matters. There are more important things in life (life is so short) to pay attention to petty or `peanuts'. As mentioned in para 1 and 2. The `terms of reference' of the Eight House is based on good sectors. If one uses other concepts e.g. Eight Associations/Aspirations or worse still using Black Hat Sect fixed template, imagine if everyone think the same way and try to boost their career path (not sure how did you deduce that it is at the south), would it work? We have to be sensible in our approach in the use of Feng Shui. And it is certainly not a `cure all'. The comments are not `aimed' you but I hope to be able to give a perspective that one must know the purpose behind each Feng Shui concept and use them based on their terms of reference. If it is a belief, be it a Chinese or other religious belief, it is not fair to pin-point it to Feng Shui. Currently, many practitioners consider the Flying Star Theory the `most powerful' theory because it relates closely to the Five elements. Here, the base star plus the mountain and water stars are analysed in total per sector. Each of these stars are themselves an element. Therefore, if there is a bad earth at the sector and it is aided by another element that aids it, Feng Shui practitioners would recommend anothe element to neutralise it. It is by looking at the relationship of elements at each sector is what real `cures' are about. If it cannot be related to the five elements or at a higher level yin and yang, it is hard to give advise. This is why each of us have our true element and strength e.g. weak fire person. All these are factored in to look at a person and his interaction with the environment. Not something out of `thin' air. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Generally, if one does not want to go further into `Professional Feng Shui' e.g. using the Flying Star to analyse the birth chart of the house: 1. The Main Entrance Door & windows at the frontage of the house The Main Entrance Door is the most important door to be `protected' from poison arrows. Where possible, the edge of a building should not be aimed at the main entrance door. The best `test' is to stand at the main entrance and take alook at the area. There should not be a lone lamp post slicing thru the main door (like a knife slicing through butter) i.e. tangent to it or perpendicular to it. You should also stand inside the house looking out of the window. Similiarly, there should not be any poison arrows aimed at the windows. 2. If you have two doors in the home, do analyse both doors in relation to the Eight House. Here, check what intangible force is influencing the sector of the door. If the `death or disaster' intangible force is at the main entrance, this is considered the most unsuitable house (especially for the breadwinner). What this means is that if the house has good or excellent Flying Star, which implies that the birth chart of the house is good. But the house is `average' or unsuitable for the individual. One way of viewing it is that this house would not generate great `wealth' but one live day-by-day or normally. This is why some people resort to tilting their main door to face an auspicious sector or to avoid the NE (devil's gate) or SW (devil's backdoor). Please see below:- Contrary to popular belief, a hospital has lots of activity. If it is a common corridor, you can see a flurry of people moving along it. If one notice, the hospital corridors are bright. It is in the bedroom where rest is encouraged that the rooms are `kept' quiet. One should not have a `negative' feelings staying in an apartment in the hospital. The only `worry' is to avoid staying close to the mortuary. Other than that, in my opinion, this should not pose any problems. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. It is my advise that if your family face so much problems and if they are not staying together but separate: 2. It is acceptable to exhume the grave but: 2.1 This has to be done by experienced grave diggers. I have a very short writeup at http://www.geomancy.net/fs/exhume.htm 2.2. Usually, once exhumed, it is best to cremate the bones. 2.3. Cremation is considered neutral and will accordingly, will not affect the `decendants'. A place can be found at a crematorium to house the ashes of the dead. Alternatively, the ashes can be dispersed into the sea. This is done by many cultures and symbollically, your grandmother can be close to your grandfather as the sea connects all lands. Perhaps, if the decendants are facing lots of difficulties, para 2.3 can be considered and it is not necessary to re-bury your grandmother with your grandfather. --- This is not Feng Shui --- 3. There are cases where some corpses did not disintegrate and the whole body was still intact. Usually, this is bad for the decendants. I understand that it is worse still are the display glass has been splintered onto the face of the deceased. After 30 years, the body should have turned to ashes. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. The true essence of Feng Shui is to: - correct any imbalances or sha qi/poison arrows. - enhance beneifical Qi. If one looks at the above carefully, there is a distinction between enhancing Qi and `beliefs' Chinese or otherwise. 2. We commonly hear that a rabbit's foot is `lucky' or hanging a horseshoe is `lucky'. 3. Since what you have mentioned do not directly relate to the `terms of reference' under Feng Shui, it is anybody's guess that any if all beliefs will work. Sometimes it is psychological. Which may result in one thinking positive and thus contribute to `luck'. 4. As the action e.g. is not tailored to an individual, one cannot say for sure that it will work for everyone. As I have given an example, of a person enhancing his/her romance corner. If every suitor does that, is he/she going to finally marry the person they want? A very simple case if how many of us want to try it out and see if it works for anyone. 5. However, statistically, if 1 person place the coin in his order book and gets a win fall, does it mean that 100,000 persons placing it in their order book will achieve the same results. I believe the odds are against this. To be fair, many people should try and see if it really works for them. 6. Another way of looking at it is, if it is a small object, and if it does not cost much, what is the harm of following every other beliefs. 7. As I mentioned earlier, one should not be `mistaken' that these advices are " Feng Shui " they are not. But rather, beliefs be it a Chinese, or other cultural beliefs. 8. One must remember that Feng Shui is actually both an art and a science at looking at a landscape e.g. at a macro level, planning an entire city to mico level, evaluating a site or land. 9. In the past the closest it get to a home audit was based on the 9 Palaces where the Emperor uses different rooms depending on different period of the year. This is the forerunner of home audits e.g. using the `Ba Gua forumula' or trigram. One thus has to deferentiate between what is Feng Shui and what is not. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Monique, 1. It is always good to begin a home audit by doing observations to locate any Sha Qi or poison arrows, first. 1.1. Some important things to note include, any `threats' to the maindoor, through any of the windows 1.2. location of the toilets, 1.3. whether Qi enters the house and exits immediately (straight path - bad) Besides the above, do a full Shapes and Form audit of each of your rooms (where possible) looking at the position of the bedrooms etc.. (There are many traditional books on Shapes and Form or read the resources under: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/site.htm ) 2. Most of the time, if the above is done and if the house has relatively (few problems) as analysed using the Flying Star, half or greater part of the battle has been `won'. 3. The next useful analysis is to use the Eight House Theory to find how suitable is the person (breadwinner) to the house. For example if the death/disaster intangible falls at the main door, this is the least suitable house. However, you should also check what influence is affecting the bedroom where one sleeps. Please see below:- It is best to use the Flying Star to analysis. But if you do not want to go further than that, then use your own feelings. But do not do so because you read somewhere. Usually when one uses his/her feelings, it is because one feels nice or `happy' about it. Frankly, if one practises proper Feng Shui, it is best to first, get the `basics' right e.g. as mentioned under Para 1 and 2 and using other `sound' principles. Proper Feng Shui does not mean that one has to spent money in order to reap rewards. Worse, if done too much, may cause an imbalance at a particular sector. It is similar to a case of over-eating or over-indulgence. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. I always like to "caution" everyone to accept information on a `total basis' and not on a piecemeal basis. What this means is that if one reads a book and follow the `method' used to derive the result, try to follow the method used `totally'. 2. It is not wrong for the practitioner to say that `sitting' should be the location to determine the front door. This is because, based on the original or traditional method, under the Eight House, if the sitting position is South-East, this house is considered a `South-East' house. Where else, if you take the `method' used under this site e.g. http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm Here, when we say a South-East house, it means that the main door is at the South-East (i.e. when u stand at the centrepoint of the house, and use the ordinary compass to check, the main door is at the South-East). 3. So which is right or wrong? As mentioned under Para 1, there is no wrong answers. Both methods if used correctly, will come to the same conclusions especially if the template used are similiar. 4. We must remember that under the `first' method based on the `sitting' position, this is usually done (sometimes) with a Luo pan or Chinese compass where there is a sitting and facing position. 5. However, I believe, practitioners must keep up with times. The reason why, I `devised' method used under http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm is to cater to those who use an ordinary compass and this model has been "copied" by several book authors and now becomes a defacto method. 6. If you have used the method first devised by me and posted on the website, it is simply the ease of use and one do not need to remember either a formula etc... This method has thus stood the test of time as it remains unchanged till today. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Sandi, Thanks for your New Year wishes. In general, there are three levels of analysis:- 1. Shapes and Form School 1.1. For the main door, check that there is no poison arrows aimed at the door or through the windows. To look out for: - edges of buildings aimed at the main door or window. (Here, you need to stand at the main door entrance facing out of the house. Similiarly stand inside the house looking out of the windows). - check that there is no lone or single lampost e.g. slicing into the house. 1.2. Position of toilets - where possible the toilet is not at the centre of the house, next to the main door etc.. - avoid having the bed rest on the same wall as the toilet. 1.3. There are more shapes and form to look at. 1.4. Is there missing corners in the house? 1.5. What is at the centrepoint of the house? 2. The Eight House Theory: How suitable are you to the house? 2.1 What is the intangible force at the main entrance and especially the bedroom? If you have `done' what you can under Para 1 and 2 and still face problems, it is recommended that you may need to do a more detailed anlaysis under Para 3. 3. More indepth analysis is the use of the Flying Star Analysis (to look at the birth chart of the house). To check for imbalances and neutralise them. It is best to do the initial check under Para 1 to 2. (Under Para 1, you should at least have some knowledge of the concepts of the Shapes and Form i.e. the site, the home and the interior of the home. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. It is difficult to look at Feng Shui from a micro view-point. This is often the `misconception' in Feng Shui. 2. If you are new to Feng Shui, it is best to consult a competent Feng Shui consultant to look at the site and advice on the layout of the interior of the house. 3. This is where the first `phase' is to look at the Shapes and Form School of the house i.e. the environment, the site and the plot of land. Here, this would help to identify, the frontage of the house, the position of the main door, any poison arrows and the back of the house. 4. You can further use the free tools available on the site e.g. the Eight House Chart to see which are the best directions for each person. What you should look at is: a. For the breadwinner(s), What "intangible force: e.g. death? disaster? health? is affecting them at the main door. What is the intangible force at their bedroom. b. For the rest of the family, What is the intangible force affecting them in their bedroom. 5. There are more Feng Shui theories e.g. Flying Star (to analyse the birth chart) and Pillars of Destiny (to further fine tune). As your `terms' of reference relates to finding the best directions, you can use the Eight House Theory and see how best each family members `fit' in the rooms. Bearing in mind, Shapes and Form School techniques: 1. avoid bad locations for the toilet (where possible it should have one exterior wall) this implies that it no longer can be at the centre of the house. For the toilet, it should not be at the frontage of the house or next to , or above the main door. 2. have a clear space a the centrepoint of the house. 3. where possible the stairs leading towards upstairs of the house should not be in full view of the main entrance door. It is best to have a turning or landing. There are more shapes and form as the above list is not exhaustive. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Normally, a water position is suppose to be on `ground' level and not suppose to be on a table. 2. Usually, one places a water position in a house for a purpose e.g. a small koi pond with water pumps where the fish swims around it. In Feng Shui, this is suppose to create Qi. 3. Nowadays with modern fountains, especially if they are placed on the table no longer can be considered activating the water star i.e. under Para 1, it is suppose to be activated at ground level. 4. The next question one asks is what is the pupose of buying a water fountain? If you want to "beautify" the house, than you would have to turn it on as once it is turned off, it becomes a pool of stagnat water. Warmest Regards, Cecil

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Dear Cheui May, Please see below:- 1. You have to first consider what is the purpose behind being `attacked' by a poison arrow. 2. If there is a pointed object e.g. like a pointed pencil or the edge of a building aimed anyway directly towards the main door, this is a poison arrow. 3. If it is a lamp post, look or imagine it as a knife slicing thru the main door i.e. tangent or perpendicular to it. 4. Otherwise, if you are standing on the main door looking outside and the lamp post is on the right side and does not `cut' the main door this is not a threat. 5. Is there a gate or fencing between the telephone post and the main door. Is there other `blockages' between them e.g. a hedge? 6. It is not so much of blocking `clear space' but does it slice thru the main door area? It is difficult to visual unless one has a picture. If there is some `obstructions' e.g. plants in clear sight of the telephone pole and the main door the better. Then, I would `pity' the owner especially if it on unstable ground (where landslides may occur). Unless the site has solid e.g. granite foundations and huge e.g. as many castles in Europe are. Frankly, what can one do in such a situation other than build a `prison' environment of tall walls surrounding the house. In reality, (unfortunately) sometimes it would be better off moving to a new house than to `try' and fix all the problems. Provided if they can be fixed in the first place. Warmest Regards, Cecil

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Dear Anon, 1. You can find out more about the Black Hat Sect Feng Shui from this link: http://www.loop.com/~bramble/fengshui/confess.html If you click on the above link, you will be transported Cate Bramble, Ultimate Feng Shui Resource site with an article called " Confessions of Lin Yun ". She is the strongest advocate against the practise of the Black Hat Sect. 2. An `L' shaped house does not necessary mean that it is `bad' or cause a `dilemma'. Even if both of you are `opposites'. 3. In this site, we normally leave it to the users to decide what depth or level of Feng Shui or `non-Feng Shui' they want to go into. This can range from simply applying Shapes and Form to the Eight House. Or more professioal analysis involving the Flying Star. Deeper analysis using Pillars of Destiny etc... 4. The module offsite home audit, is specifically tailored to zoom in on `problem' areas (if any). The original purpose was to aid those who have problems. It uses the same analysis done for each of the reports but the results are tailored to zoom in on the problem areas. While the rest of the reports are personalised to the person or home. 5. If you want to find out more, you can e-mail personally to robert-lee@geomancy.net as this forum is meant more on learning. Thus no more response will be made on further queries here. 6. In Feng Shui, each respective practitioner have their `pride' so it is quite understandable that a practitioner of over 30 years experience would get `upset' if one asks too much questions. Usually, it is whether a person trust them or not. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Frankly, I have this to say: 1. Users or practitioners want to `play safe' and advise to use more not less. 2. One must remember that everything is about balance. I have seen lots of cases where even some practitioners advise their clients to place so many `cures' or remedies that resulted in their clients going into problems. I do not wish to see users here `falling' into such problems. 3. I have also advised users to follow the Customer Engineer Concept, where if you are using `cures' to use them selectively or not to use too many at a time. Else you may not be sure of what to do next. 4. Under the Five Elements concept, wood is used to destroy earth (concrete). I am not sure what is your rationale or purpose of trying to use 6 coins? Do you know that 6 coins is `Big metal' and is used to destroy wood or wooden beams. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Name: Lu Dong Bin Key figure of the Eight Immortals 1. Lu Dong Bin's birthday is the 14th day of the fourth lunar month. 2. He was born in the Tang Dynasty. His father and grandfather were Court Officials. 3. He is said to have a tiger body, cheeks of a dragon and eyes of a phoenix. The lines on his feet were like the profile of a tortise. 4. Since young he was very clever and intelligent. 5. At the Lu Shan Mountain, he met the Fire Dragon Immortal. The Fire Dragon Immortal taught him advanced swords fighting skills. 6. Later on, he met his new master Zong Li Quan. Zong Li Quan placed several tests for him. The tests include tests on his attitude towards the poor, wealth and beauty. Zong Li Quan was satisified that he had passed his test and said that Lu Dong Bin is qualified for the `Way of a Toaist'. However, he was asked to perform 800 meritoriious deeds and after it is completed, he will become an immortal. After this, he became an immortal. 7. Legend has it that during the reign of the Song Dynasty, demons came to the Palace to steal gold and other valuables plus his many consorts. The Emperor dreamt that a Toaist priest came to his aid and peace again prevailed at the palace. Because of this, the emperor was very grateful and soon realised that it was Lu Dong Bin who had helped him. He thus ordered all temples to change their name to honour Lu Dong Bin. Today, the Toaist School known as Quan Zhen venerated him as their founder. 8. Overall, Lu Dong Bin is thus the key figure of the Eight Immortals.

Dear Anon, The (Lunar calendar) 5th Day of the 5th month is considered the most dangerous day. 5th month is the dragon month where one has to take extra precaution against sickness and diseases. The purpose of the Dragon Boat Festival is to ward off evil and to commemorate the start of summer. Reference: http://www.geomancy.net/calendar/festivals.htm For this year, the Dragon Boat Festival falls on 6 June 2000. The story: Around 300 BC,Qu Yuan who was a trusted counsellor of the King and served him loyally. Another counsellor Zi Lan was jealous that the King always listened to Qu Yuan but not him. Later on when the King was taken hostive and died in a prison a few years later, his eldest son becaome King and made Zi Lan the premier. The new premier Zi Lan banised Qu Yuan. Finally, the new King's empire was captured by the enemy. Qu Yuan was heart broken. He decided to commit suicide. Many concerned citizens and his daugther were worried that fishes would eat his body. His daughter suggested that rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves be offered to the many fishes in the river. So that they would not eat her father's body. Later on, to commemorate counsellor Qu Yuan, dragon boat races were held and eating dumplings on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month was held. This activity is a yearly event especially in Hong Kong and in Singapore. Warmest Regards, Cecil

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Dear Cheui May, Usually, one of the (first) most important consideration is based on Shapes and Form Feng Shui. 1. Here, where possible the exterior of the house should conform to the four symbolic animals concept: - Especially, the frontage of the house has clear space and the there is a solid backing. - Where possible, a house should not have missing corners. It is acceptable to have an `L' shaped house as this can still be corrected internally by a partition at one side of the rectangle, thus making two sets of rectangles. If Shapes and Form techniques are `followed' closely, more than half the battle is won. 2. Under the Eight House Theory: - determine who is the breadwinner. Usually, it should be the `male' or if both parties earn equally, it should still be the `male' to be taken into consideration with regards to the main entrance door. Thus where possible, the `death or disaster' intangible force should not be at the main entrance door for the breadwinner. In such a case, the house is `most unsuitable' for the breadwinner. Still under the Eight House: - It is equally important to find out what intangible force affects everyone in their bedroom. Where possible, the death or disaster intangible force should not be in the bedroom. 3. Since both of you are `opposites' should you be looking for a new house, in the future, do remember the above. Ideally, the death and disaster intangible force should not be at the main door for yourself but it is `less' important or of secondary importance or `ranking' if it is not the breadwinners `death/disaster'. 4. If one can follow the above, this would explain why sometimes a house has excellent Flying Star chart yet, is unsuitable for the breadwinner or family members. 5. Next, where possible, the Flying Star Analysis is important to map out the house's auspicious and inauspicious sectors and check for imbalances first (and secondly if say there are any mountain stars that can be activated). The above is a short summary of how one uses all the available Feng Shui theories to good use when finding a good house. Warmest Regards, Cecil