Cecil Lee

Dear Anon, There is truth in what you mentioned as one seldom if ever come across anyone printing red background business cards. 1. Most likely also because red background with black letterings is difficult to read. Red background with white letterings is considered not auspicious. White represents mourning or death to the Chinese. Maybe gold letterings can be used. So far, I have yet to receive or be given a red background business card. It is ok if the company logo e.g. is in red etc... and majority of the time, business cards are mostly white background or shades of white/grey/off-white/beige etc... Warmest Regards Cecil

Dear Anon, Thanks for bringing this up. Actually, I had in mind, at that time for those who worship e.g. Buddha and Goddess of Mercy etc.. Therefore, for those who worship or pray to them, should `separate' the figurines. Otherwise, if one purchased them for `display' then it is still OK to keep them together. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Tervino, Please see below:- Red items can be like what you mentioned a red cloth for example covering the table. Since the item is for curing wood, the best type of cure is a red packet with 6 coins. By default it is automatically determined that 6 is strong metal while 7 is weak metal. And it is often not very good combination to have these two elements together as it creates a natural clash of the metal like a big sword vs a small knife. do we use 6 coins or other metal? Usually, the most of the problems can be solved by the use of the 6 coins either tied with a red string or a red packet. This will usually do the trick. This has been proven to be a rather effective solution for users who had problems with these sectors. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Lisa, With your questions, one can write a book on Feng Shui. *JOKE* I like to firstly, look at your questions from a different perspective:- 1. Feng Shui can adopt parallel from other studies e.g. Management studies, HR, Organisation behaviour studies etc... So how are these related to FS one might ask? 2. Not so long ago, I mentioned that a practitioner or one studying FS and then `apply it' should practise Feng Shui based on your inclinations. Here, it is not about extreme ends of Hot or Cold. Based on the Right and Left brain concept, for example, some of us are more inclined towards mathematics or graphical. For example, those who like to express themselves using drawings are more graphical or alternatively, they may read the last few pages of a book unlike some who must read, Page 1, 2, 3 and so on.... 3. Thus when applying Feng Shui, if one is better off in intuition should go more for Shapes and Form. While those who have difficultly or `see little' under Shapes and Form can try to make more use of Flying Star. 4. I understand from below that most of your questions is based on conflict on the use of the five elements: 4.1 What you should do here is to understand the main objective in the use of each theory. For example, under the Flying Star, it looks at each sector and checks for imbalances of the water / mountain stars and base number. So what one should do here is to neutralise any imbalances at these sectors. Here is like the notion of a `leak'. If there is a leak, plug it first. The consider other things. Therefore, only after you neutralised any imbalances then should you look at other things like, e.g. the color for the room etc... Here, Pillars of Destiny is equally important to determine your element and strength. Not only must you consider your own element and strenght but your partners especially in a room. Here, find a color that can bind both parties. The free analysis is available at www.geomancy-online.com. 5. You should also try to understand the 5 elements concept clearly. If so, there should not be much confusion over the use of FS. Again, know the purpose of each theory or concept and their benefits and limitations. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Rochi, 1. If you want a `Quantum Leap' in finding a good home, it is not just about one issue i.e. the main door. 2. One should not be narrowly focused just on the location of the main door if all else are "so, so " or inauspicious. 3. I mentioned in some forum messages that we must maximise the `score' of the home. For example, I given an example about Examinations. Image that an examination paper consists of 4 sections and each section is compulsory. Here, it is ideal to maximise your marks in all sections. It is no point scoring high marks in Section 1 and failing Section 2 questions. 4. I hope you can see my point that one should not concentrate totally on just one consideration and `forgoing everything else'. 5. Ideally, a good home should have: 5.1. Good Shapes and Form. Such as no missing corners. Avoid water position behind the house etc.. Here, even if a house has good shapes and form, one should also look out for poison arrows to neutralise them. 5.2. How suitable are you to your home? Here, you can use the Eight House theory to look thru the home. Particularly, the intangible force affecting the breadwinner at the main entrance. Also look at the intangible force in locations where, one spends the most time. 5.3. How good is the birth chart of the house. Analysing using the Flying star and others. 6. Thus, we have to look at the whole picture and not just the main door. Ideally, find a home that is `auspicious' at the main door. It would be nice also if the garage door can also be at a good sector. Usually, some have bought a home and wanted to change their main door. They then look at which door is more favourable by analying both the main door and garage door. Since, you are starting out in finding a good house, try to find one where the actual main door is `auspicious' (first). Even if you use the garage door, if you do it right, the first time, usually, the door that has the number of your house can be considered the main entrance door. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear John, In my opinion, statues are more like decorative pieces and dwell on beliefs rather than Feng Shui. If one looks at beliefs, normally, it is placed firstly as a decoration at a location you personally feel comfortable with. Some Chinese family run (small) shops do tend to display either a figurine of it in their shops or just a picture of it. In my opinion, you can `play safe' by following the `standard' Chinese beliefs: 1. Do not place it in your bed room. As a bedroom is considered a `dirty' place i.e. you take off your clothes to change etc... 2. Do not place it on the same wall as the toilet. 3. Do not place it side by side with other Chinese deities such as the Goddness of Mercy, Buddha etc.. If placed side by side, where possible, use different height stands. Or place them further distance. Thanks. Cecil Your Thanks, John This www.hpa.com.au **

Dear Anon, 1. If one does a FS audit, it is good to look at `alternative 1' and `alternative 2'. The alternatives (1 and 2) refers to your analysis of `what if I use the garage door' or use an alternative door your actual main door. 2. Here, we normally, try to see which has better Feng Shui. We then have a bigger picture of the two alternatives. 3. In Feng Shui, many Feng Shui experts believe that it is usually, the door that has your house number. From past experience, you still consider the new door e.g. garage door if you use it more than the main entrance door. So, thus it is best that you do an audit based on the direction of each door first. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Yin Seow, Can I find out more from you: 1. Is there a main gate to your house or is your private compound an open area i.e. no fence. 2. If there is a main gate, where is the position of the main entrance door in relation to it i.e. is it at the straight path of the drive-in pathway. 3. When you stand at the main entrance looking out of the house, is the fire hydrant perpendicular or seems like slicing into the house? If so, please answer Para 4. 4. What is the distance between your main entrance and the fire hydrant (if it is perpendicular). 5. Is the driveway elevated i.e. is your plot of land higher than the road or is it at the same level. Sorry for asking so many questions. If you have a picture, this would even be better. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Liz, Thanks very much for sharing with us your advise:) Yes, ideally, (if possible), it will help. I remembered also in a recent Feng Shui audit of a house, the toilet bowl (Yes, the toilet bowl) is directly above the main entrance door. The owner also encountered `financial' problems. Fortunately, the house has several toilets and after the toilet bowl was removed and covered up, things did turn up well for the owner. Simple things like this may look trival but important. The lesson here is thus to `plug' the weakness of a home. Or I mentioned that if there is a leak, please plug it first. Many people, have the wrong notion and instead of first curing the `disease', simply look for ways to spent money to enhance a `corner'. But of course, for the toilet, the best way is to not use it or remove it - under the condition that you have `spare' toilets. For those who are new, it is interesting to learn that many traditional Chinese homes do not have a toilet. The toilet is far away from the main house. We know that this is not possible today. Once again, Many Thanks, Liz for sharing with us your real life situation. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Linda, 1. Usually, it is important to determine who is the `breadwinner' i.e. the person who earns the most money. If this is `clear-cut'; then it would be best if we are using the Eight House, to try to find a house that best suits this person. 2. If both partners are earning equally, then you should try to find a suitable house where: 2.1 if possible the death/disaster intangible force does not fall at the main entrance or the bedroom. It is acceptable still to have other intangible forces e.g. irritation at the main entrance door. 2.2 Thus look at the main entrance and especially the bedroom. Other than that, it is equally important to find a good home with good Shapes and Form. Plus it would be good to have a good Flying Star chart or neutralise any imbalances there. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Hi, 1. A good location is always on the wall of the `head' of the bed (headrest). 2. In modern times, we are less concerned with the dimension of the size of the photo. But some Feng Shui practitioners may want to consider this. In my opinion, what `feels good' should be acceptable. In my opinion, if you want to hang the wedding photo, my first preference is to hang it as mentioned under Para 1. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Gines, 1. Yes, I have used your layout plan provided to find out the centrepoint of the house. 2. The centrepoint looks like it is at the same location as what you had drawn. Please see below:- Please refer to attached sample showing, North, South, East, West, NE, SE, SW, NW. (every 45degree increment). The easiest is to use a protractor to draw the outline. You do not have to worry if the living room or dining room is `L-shaped'. By dividing as shown in the attachment, it will fit in different sectors. Under the compass school of Feng Shui: Eight House and Flying Star, you need to determine the direction of the main entrance door. Here, it is measured from the centrepoint of the house to the main entrance door. Do check out : http://www.geomancy.net/fs/cecilcompass.htm Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Gines, 1. Thanks for the attachment posted. 2. Yes, the attached layout where I had plotted the centrepoint is close to what you had plotted. (The balcony can be omitted.) 3. Overall, the plus point is that your house is a complete rectangle (exclude the protusion i.e. balcony). 4. Looks like the toilet is considered at the centre-point of the house. 5. Frankly, and honestly speaking, I have not found a proper cure for this. The only thing that has been advised is to keep it more yang or bright. Avoid, placing anything surrounding the toilet wall or the passage way. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Chan, 1. For a house, it is important to understand that the `overriding' consideration before even considering `directions' is the Shapes and Form of the site and the home. 2. Many people like the orientation of a house i.e. from North to South i.e. the frontage is either N-S or S-N. 3. If you are using the Eight House theory: 3.1 Check how suitable are you (the breadwinner) to the house) i.e. the direction of the front door. If it is at your `death or disaster' sector then, this house is the least suitable house to you. 3.2 Next, find out what are the intangible force affecting both of you in the bedroom. Other than the above, and to `face' a good direction, the Eight House Theory has its limits. You should not be too concerned about `harm' if both you and your wife are opposites. Under the Eight house theory, as it is also based the more time you spent at a sector i.e. bedroom. 4. I know that many of us are keen to immediately apply what we `picked' up. `Overnight' or Fast food Feng Shui can be dangerous. Take your time to understand more. For those who are in the Far East, Asia, and want to get their home Feng Shui-ed, should in my opinion consult one of the dozens or hundreds of Feng Shui practitioner. For those who are doing it on your own, try to understand more before `jumping the gun'. I recalled sometime back a very enthusiastic Doctor in East Asia. He bought a Feng Shui book, shortly, he painted his gate, main door a color as he `understood' his element was `xxx'. But subsequently, he felt frustrated that he got his element wrong. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Gordon, If space is a constraint, there is really not much that can be done. Some Feng Shui practitioners may recommend placing a windchime to `neutralise' the pointed edge. However, one should also take note that windchimes may not be favourable. You can do a search in this forum for more information of the `effects' of wind chimes (if wrongly) placed. Regards, Cecil

Dear Angelina, When the proposed solution is to make use of wood to destroy and control earth: 1. If it is the living room, you can use `wood' elements like a potted plant = wood element or use a decorative object made of wood at this location. 2. If it is in the bedroom, you can consider placing a side table and on it a wooden decorative item or a `wooden' lamp. Warmest Regards, Cecil ----- Original Message ----- From: "flying-star Listmanager" To: Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 7:07 AM Subject: flying star house no.

Dear Clarence Apply Metal cure to destroy 3 wood and exhaust 5 earth star while enhancing your good star 7 metal. Sorry, I think you have got the description or the star number wrong here. Please verify if the 8-1 should be refering to 3-7 instead? So Wood or Metal will help in this case. Here, you need to neutralise any imbalance. Shapes and form can also be looked at. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Clarence, 1. It is good for you to clarify with your friend further on what your friend meant by `reverse' house. 2. In my opinion, or my guess is that `reverse' may refer to the frontage of the house. Here, the frontage of the house e.g. where it looks at the bay or water, may for some homes be the `frontage'. But, it does not mean that when a house turns a certain age, it suddenly has a reverse frontage. Warmest Regards, Cecil

This article is quite interesting: 1. The article mentions that China was the only developing country that contributed to a 1 percent mapping of human genome. 2. How China is making an effort to map the genome of pigs or porkys. Warmest Regards, Cecil

This article on the use of traditional medicine to combat ageing is interesting... Warmest Regards, Cecil

In your case, 6 strong metal does already control the 4 weak wood. However, as mentioned the report analysis only two stars at any one time. 6 metal has to accomplish two task here, to destroy the weak wood and to exhaust the earth. So often in such situation more Metal helps it. And since in the current year the 6 metal comes in again, it does fullfil the need to help the other 6 metal to destroy and control the elements. This is because I had factored in the problem here that the Wood is a strong wood and not a weak wood. And usually for such case, we often prefer to use the exhausting element which is Fire in this case. It is a little more effective than Metal. Metal remember will do two things it will produce Water which later helps Wood, while at the same time it destroy the Wood. Thus, it is like a double edge cure, which helps and destroy. Thus negating the effects. Similarly, usually for Strong Earth 2 & 5 we often prefer to use Metal. However, sometimes the problems often comes in where say if there are 3 & 5 where, if we suggest Fire it will also help 5, and if we suggest Wood it activates the Earth. In such cases there is an alternative like Metal cure, or sometimes if say the 5 star is less important, thus Fire can also help. However, my personal recommendation is to use Metal which will help you solve this complicated situation as it does two things. Destroy Wood and Exhaust Earth. But, some little Fire is still required so often such a cure would be a 6 coins with a read paper or a red string. So depending on the situation, we may suggestion some more related cures. In Flying Star, from our experiences, most of the time the types of cures used are Metal and Fire, the two most common cures. So often I had programmed the system to choose the 2nd alternative if the first becomes a problem for the other star. However, Flying Star often deals with more than 3 or more combinations of stars, which makes suggesting cures difficult. So as you see if you need to consider all the various types of combinations as more elements needs to be taken into consideration, finding a suitable cure is extremely difficult as one cure may result in enhancing another bad stars etc. This is why, in most of the cases the system tries to narrow down to the nearest possible cures especially for 2 stars. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Tervino, Please see below:- Usually the report will tell you if there is a mountain star available and it is only found in the 20-year star. The rules to activating the stars is simple, mountain stars often is activated in the sector which is a solid wall (there should not be a window here otherwise you cannot activate this sector.) Also, the next rule is that it has to fall into a room, best to be a bedroom, study room. Living room can also be activated except often, if necessary the living room usually has another star Water star to activate with water feature. As the living room is often considered a large open space. Also the mountain star should not be activated in the center of the house. If you have conditions which match the above, then you can activate the stars. Usually, for most people, the 20-year chart should do. And occassionally double checking with the currently yearly influence helps you further fine tune. As for the Monthly Stars, you can usually use it to tell which month is the worst time which can affect you. However, it is rather ridiculars to keep changing the cures each month. (Although, I do know of some who really does these changes each month to get the very best). But, usually up to the yearly influence should be adequate. As you know no matter how good a period or a good luck, there are ALWAYS ups and downs. This is an example of the contantly changing influence from the House and your personal chart. Such changes are happening each hour, day, month, year etc. So it is rather impossible or at least extremely tedious to check every single hour, day, or month. So often, you only need to worry up to the current year or at least month. Usually, in most cases at any one go usually the analyse up to 3 stars, the 4th star and onwards like the yearly and monthly is used more to tell if that sector is good or bad. And if necessary only cures and influence between the 20-year vs year vs month. Anyway, there many many rules such as which has greater priority thus, more important for that analysis to be cured first etc. This is what makes Flying Star both powerful yet complex. Usually, in most of the cases, 6 coins seems to be the most effective and powerful cures as usually the 2 key stars are 2/5 earth and 3 wood which are the problem stars. So often 6 coin tied with a red string (Metal controlled by Fire) is used. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Jocelyn, Please see below:- Thanks for your encouraging words. Usually, by default, where your house has the door / house number that door should be the main door. However, in recent practices, many a times the main door may not be the door which most of the people use to go into the house, thus, as the owner or the person staying in that house, you do not encourage the chi or luck if you do not use that door. Thus, in such cases, you should then consider the use of the most frequently used door as the main door of the house. Also, usually, for those house owners which have two doors, they have an additional advantage of having two door choice (or two house facing), thus, they can choose to activate the one which they are best suited or brings the best luck. So in your case, it should be fine. Firstly both stars are good stars, secondly, if you look at it in the ten denties symbols. 8 is earth, and 1 which is water is the Wealth to (8), so destroying 1 bring 8 star wealth. Thus, it is considered a auspicious sector. Also, that number any way often results in good combinational effects. If you wish to help these stars, you can apply Metal to induce the triple combinations factor where Earth -> Metal -> Water. However, usually, our practice is to fix the problems sectors first, if you do that, it will automatically bring you luck already. So not really necessary to add such enhancers. Often, we find that if we suggest things like if you activate this star here, by using this item etc. Everyone who read the report always focus on doing such enhancement, and totally ignore the bad sectors. And if you do not fix the problem at the root, no amount of enhancements will help. Anyway, usually if the sectors are good, you usually do not need to do anything much. Usually in the report, we only specify one element, so as not to confuse users. Usually, the recommendation is made depending on the stars. It is usually the cure which is used to destroy the bad star without affecting the good star. In the above you can also use Metal for 5 Earth (Mountain Star) vs 9 Fire (Water Star). However, the use of Wood, does two things here it helps to destroy the 5 Earth and also it helps to strengthen the good star 9 fire. Metal is also another cure you can use. However, it is not identified partially because of the complexity of the multiple five element cures situation and many other complications. As for the other 3 Wood (Base Star) vs 5 Earth (Yearly Star). Here both element are bad, you can actually use Metal which helps to exhaust 5 and destroy wood. However, since 3 Base Star holds a more serious or important role, our objective is to remove its base influence which affects the 20-year period, while 5 yearly is an influence which comes in this year only. Also the 5 yearly is not as significant as 5 being Moutain or Water Star. The Yearly simply helps tell you whether that for that year what kind of influence it brings. Meaning to say that if general the yearly star is a good star, that sector say for example is a good sector, will be great. If say a yearly star for a bad star comes in, and that sector is a good sector, it means it is in a average good sector. Something like that. So usually the yearly star is like an indicator for how good that sector is for that year. It's star although important, has less impact. Sometimes the star can bring about good combinations or cover the missing elements which you are looking for. But remember it last only for that lunar year. Anyway, the use of the five element is very complicated, often there are more than one type of cure which can be used. So in such cases, in order not to confuse the users, only one cure is suggested, often it deals more with the problem star or sector. In most cases, what you need to be concerned with for the relation between the flying star and your personal elements is often with the main door of the house (whether the house is suitable to the breadwinner or not). And the next is where your bedroom are as you are often found in this room. Thus, the elements and cures you decide to use should not be your unfavourable element or inavertantly activate your bad stars. In these case, you have to apply a little of balance. Some definate cures must be inplace, and if they affect you, you have to enhance yourself a little with your personal elements. Remember that every person say weak / strong person, has at least 2 good elements and 2 bad elements, usually, you should be able to find a good alternative cures which helps that sector and also does not create much harm to yourself. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Sandy, It would be interesting for users in this forum to know, perhaps who has mentioned this `concept' that metal bed `draw away energy'. Frankly, in my opinion, there is no concrete proof of this. Nowadays, many beds also have many metal springs i.e box beds .... If we can understand more and what is the reason for saying that metal bed `draws away energy'... more of us can then make our own judgements about it. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Tonya, Usually, in selecting the home, emphasis must be placed on several *IMPORTANT* factors: 1. You should try to evaluate each house and their Shapes and Form. It is not good if the facing direction of the door is a good direction for you or your husband but subsequently, there is a major flaw in the Shapes and Form of the house. 2. Flying Star. There is an optional report under www.geomancy-online.com where it will advise you on all 24 directions of the Flying Star in relation to your Eight house. The Flying Star analysis tries to find a house with a good `Birth chart'. While the Eight house is to determine how suitable the house is to you. 3. Thus it is not so simple to say that because your husband is a East person and you are a west person.... " Please tell me which house is good for me ". This simplistic approach is not an advisable way to find a house that is both good and fits all of you. Warmest Regards, Cecil