Cecil Lee

Dear Anon, You will be `surprised' to learn that there are lots of books on Chinese culture. Especially before the communists take over but unfortunately, many are in Mandarin. This is why, they are hard to find. If one were to walk into a Chinese book shop, there are lots of titles and topics (Mandarin books). In Singapore, there are several good Chinese book stores devoted to selling Mandarin books on a wide range of topics. Many Chinese classics such as the Four Scholars etc... have been interpreted in English .... Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, No, this is not true. China, does have its own commercial airlines. Like in the US, there are domestic, regional and international airlines. A few Chinese commercial airlines have offices in Singapore. In the past, it is quite `scary' to take their domestic flights because of the poor reputation of maintenance. Especially the poor safety. But things have improved today. For international flights, these are generaly safe as they conform to the International safety standards. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Colleen, 1. The best way to enhance a house is not to `pay homage' to a few corners of a house. 2. Like an animal or a human being, it is never wise to `corner' someone at a corner. The human or animal becomes extremely threaten and can become `dangerous' or very dangerous. I mentioned this to illustrate how bad `CORNERS' can affect our lives. This is just an illustration. 3. In fact, if one wants to look at `corners' it is more fruitful to just simply look at it from Shapes and Form Feng Shui. Here, look out for `threats' to the main entrance door or windows. Check to see if the house and interior such as position of beds etc.. conform to good Shapes and Form. 4. The above is usually `good enough' for a home analysis. 5. If one truly wants to use proper Feng Shui to look at corners or sectors, then apply Flying Star. Analsyse each corner or sector for imbalances. If there are imbalances then neutralise or cure it. The above would be a more sensible approach to use traditional Feng Shui. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Greg, Certainly glad to hear from you again. 1. My advise is to `stick' to three most popular Feng Shui methods: 1.1 Shapes and Form If there is one theory which should be given priority, this is it. In my opinon, if one wants to do minimal Feng Shui and yet yield a quantum leap in `luck' this is the most important single Feng Shui theory to use. 1.2 Flying Star If we are talking about a Feng Shui practitioner and their audits, some FS practitioners with a feel for the `land' can do without this theory. But for those, who do not have a `feel' of Shapes and Form can use this to analyse a building or houses. As the calculations are "visible" to them. 1.3 Eight House One can either use this to look at how suitable a house is to them (based on their Year of birth). A better subsitute is to use their Pillars of Destiny element and strength. For example, if they are a weak water person, a house with the main door facing North is acceptable. As a North facing house represents the water element. Or a metal house e.g. West facing is good for them. As Metal helps water grow. 2 The use of bagua in the home is the near equivalent of kindergarten Feng Shui. 3 If the book merely say to use a bagua, this can be quite shallow analysis. We should then question: Why use a bagua? At which location? for what purpose? If, the above is not answered satisfactory, then those who wrote it, in my opinion should be equally `hazzy' or `blur' in how it should be applied. 4 The Grand Duke: Usually, this is applied during renovations to a home. Or roadworks diagonal to the Grand Duke. If you are not doing renovations or there are no diggings around the home, then, in general `ignore it'. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear LM, For the garage, at the moment, I feel that it is not necessary to use the Bagua mirror. You mentioned that there are the corner of the house two doors pointing at your SE sector. What is this sector is it a door or a window? For the imbalances, at SW and SE, it would be best to neutralise this sector. The most simplest is to paste a red packet (or use red item within the house to neutralise them. As I do not have the full facts, it is just a general advise. Perhaps, you can further elaborate on each sector's imbalances in detail. And the cure advised. If possible, also this year's FS advise. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Feng Shui practitioners can be divided into several categories or specialties. 2. Nowadays, it is not often one can find a Feng Shui Master or Grand master `tasked' to look at large sites. 3. In older times, there are few Feng Shui Masters especially Imperial FS Masters tasked at looking into huge sites for cities etc... Some of them are even geologists etc... They are schooled at determing sites. 4. Nowadays, this form of Feng Shui is `rare' and without practise, it is in my opinion a dying art. We seldom if ever hear of new cities being built thus many FS practitioners especially the better ones are not planning for smaller projects. These smaller projects are mini-cities or skyscrapers. As more people, are keen to look at their homes, the focus or `specialty' for most FS practitioners are more in this area. 5. Hong Kong FS practitioners because of the small island and mostly sky scrapers, are more specialised on FS of such buildings and flats, offices. While Taiwan FS practitioners have more speciality in `landed' property. But again this depends on where they stay. If they stay in cities, then they would be more inclined or `specialised' in FS of high rise buildings. It is the frequency of doing FS audits, that provides `experience' to FS practitioners. Without the opportunity to do FS projects of large cities since most are already established today, this is indeed a dying or a `dead' art. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Ching Hsia, 1. To be frank, it is always easier to consult a reliable Feng Shui practitioner to do all the legwork for you. 2. But of course, you can do it on your own but would have to consider all the bits and pieces and like a zig saw puzzle piece them together. There are occassionally, the OOps! I think I have made a `mistake' in one or the other. Mistake may happen such as not considering a fundamental situation and the Oops turn up. For example, the house looks perfect but suddenly, without realising `oops' I forgot to check that the toilet is at the centre. Something like this. Please see below:- Each house has its own birth chart and a 3 year old house or older could even have a better Feng Shui then even a new one. Here, mostly the Flying Star chart is used to determine the house. And Shapes and Form is equally important too. As each house is not the same, each house has to be analysed on its own merits i.e. giving a full audit. The reason why South (was) or is considered good e.g. for houses in China e.g. in Beijing is because it is not ideal for houses to have doors or windows facing north because of the cold winds, yellow dusts. But if you are not in China, it does not mean that a house facing south is the best. It depends. In Feng Shui, it is good to look at a house in relation to the three main theories: 1. Shapes and Form - A good shapes and form will bring a quantum leap in `luck' of the home. 2. Flying Star - to determine the birth chart of the house 3. How suitable are you to the house. For example, for the breadwinner, where best, try to avoid death or disaster sector at the main entrance door and bedroom i.e. locations where you spent most of the time such as bedroom. I am not sure where to begin as this is usually based on Shapes and Form and one must be onsite to look at the plot of land. Even if the plot of land is found auspicious today, in a few years time, the Feng Shui can change because of developments next to the plot. There is no fixed formula to looking at a piece of land. No amount of words can be put across here. Again, one must look at the house in its entirety. Here, the fundamentals must be correct e.g. a good layout plan without missing corners etc... This is not the most important factor in Feng Shui. One should instead pay attention to more important priorities based on the several schools of Feng Shui I mentioned for the entire house i.e. Shapes and Form, Flying Star... Where possible, the bedroom should not be above the garage. And if it can, be, occupy one side (or at the side of the house). In past messages, I have drawn a few layout plans of staircases: 1. Where possible, it should not be immediately visible from the main door 2. It should not be a spiral staircase. 3. It can be on the side of a wall and it should have a landing or a turning and not be a one long stair case. A good house does not appear overnight. Some consult FS practitioners and work with them to create a good house. Most houses are `average' houses (some not so perfect) but can be `fine tuned' further based on FS guidelines. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. It is very often to hear the phonetic sound of a word and relate it with being auspicious or inauspicious. It implies: "Hey, you want me to go `quickly' to my death is it?" Unfortunately, the pear in Mandarin is called `li' which can mean separation. 2. Thus it is inauspicious or considered inauspicious for married couples to cut pear in halves. Which symbolically implies separation. 3. There is some truth in what you have mentioned. 4. The Chinese dread the `7th month'. This is the month where it is said that ghosts are let free to roam on earth. It is far worse to give pears on the 15th day of the 7th month as it is said to bring more sadness to loved ones who had lost a close relative... much sorrow... 5. As mentioned above, `li' implies separation and some Chinese consider it very inauspicious to give pears to sick or the ailing as it symbolises `li' or separation. Here, separation can mean death. Thus what you have said has some `truth' in the belief of some Chinese who dread the word `li'. Hope that helps. Warmest Regards, Cecil

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Dear Anon, I do agree with you on the goldfish. Personally, I tried rearing goldfish, and they die mostly around 6 months. I am not sure, like your friend, whether this is a common occurence or not ie. do they live not more than 6 months to a year? I wonder myself. But, for kois, they can last for several or more years. I have reared kois and the ones that I bought 3 years ago (from 6 to 7 inches) have grown, I mean really grown to 2 or more feet. I believe, kois can last more than 10 years or more (I guess so) maybe I am wrong. Must go and find a copy of Encylopedia of Koi Fishes, which I placed somewhere to confirm this. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Gines, Before, I can assist you to determine the centrepoint of the house, can you go thru the diagram you had drawn: 1. Where does the kitchen end? I cannot see the outline of the kitchen. 2. There seems to be a sketch of `rooms' and a passage leading to the door at the `right' side of the house. 3. Appreciate if you can draw a full picture e.g. an outline of the house as the picture is very unclear and hard to figure out. Waremst Regards, Cecil Lee

Dear Peter, 1. When determining the centrepoint of the house, it should still be measured from the centrepoint of the house to the centre of the house. 2. Goto this Link It shows the method for evaluating a home where the main door is `off' the compass. Draw a rectangle parallel to 2. Where 1 then becomes the centrepoint. 3. The slanted door is usually considered `separate' to finding the centrepoint. Usually, this is used for one reason: The `theory' that ghosts can only move along a straight line. This is why, you can now understand why many Feng Shui practitioners, advise clients where the main entrance door is at NE to tilt the door. By tilting the door, it implies that "ghosts" who can only move in a straight line has `difficulty' entering the house. This `theory' on ghosts moving in a straight line can thus help everyone to understand by it is always prefered to have winding pathways etc... In your situation, the tilt in your main door serves more of the above then "anything else". Hope the above helps. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. For an initial start, try to check the Shapes and Form of your new home i.e. are there any missing corners in the home. Do check out this url: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/building.htm 2. The most serious causes of accidents are: - Under Shapes and Form - a missing North sector. - Under Flying Star School of Feng Shui: an uncured Misfortune sector or other imbalances in the home. 3. For now, in my opinion, I would tend to believe that there is some imbalance in your home rather than the hospital. 4. Stand at the main entrance and each window of the home i.e. stand at the main entrance facing out of the house. Check for any poison arrows (if any). For example, a poison arrow refers to a sharp edge of another building or a single lamp post slicing the main door or window(s). Usually, if there are any, this has to be cured. Please feedback on the above first. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Kolsan, If the first floor file is too big, please upload it ot the "Conference for attaching layout" which permits larger uploads. Will review your layout i.e. first and second floor together after it (the first floor layout) has been uploaded. Thank you. Cecil

Dear Anita, It is good to `properly' examine the `missing corner': 1. Normally, it is not considered a `missing corner' if the area of the missing corner is not greater than 33.3 percent of the entire sector. A sector implies cutting the entire house into 9 equal squares. Within each of the squares, please examine if the missing corner exceeds 33.3 percent. If not, it is quite safe. 2. For a landed property: You can outside of the house, `draw' an outline of the missing corner. For example, using landscaping such as a grass outline or use plants to `create' this border. Normally, at the corner of this sector, many FS practitioners would advise having a lamp to light out the `corner'. 3. For an apartment: You can only enhance the interior of the home. Here, the most common known `cures' are: 1. Using mirrors on the side wall to create the illusion of depth to neutralise the missing corner. Here, it should be looked at inconjunction with the Flying Star analysis. Where possible, if this is an inauspicious sector, it is said that adding a mirror may double the bad luck at the sector. 2. To keep the location `bright'. To be frank, the above are some of the `known' cures. Otherwise, in my opinion, it is a fallacy to `dream' or think of other cures. Unfortunately, the best cure is not to have such sectors. More evidently, if one has true missing corners, it is best to lessen the impact, by doing a Flying Star chart to `check' or neutralise any imbalances at all sectors of the house. Here, you can increase your `luck' and help to "reduce" the effects. This is much better than leaving it as it is. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anita, 1. Usually, an item or a `small object' will not have much influence over our lifes. For example, a swarovski crystal, will remain a crystal. This is because, it has no magical properties that can help `change our lifes'. 2. For better part, it dwells more with being a decorative piece or a `belief'. Decorative pieces such as the crystal in my opinion, is similar to any other objects or furniture in a room. 3. If we look at it as a `belief'. And if we ourselves belief that it will benefit us, then, it may change our outlook or even make us happy. Thus, for such objects, it is best that you personally feel that it (in the first place) it looks nice and then think in terms of where you want to place it in your home. 4. Crystals tend to look well in (light places) and it is thus natural to place it close to natural light. Frankly, because it can be considered `varied' elements depending on how one looks at it i.e. water element, earth element or because of its pointed shape (Fire element). It is hard to place it specifically as one main element. Thus, it is not often used as cures unless, the shape has been defined. For example, some FS practitioners or FS stores sell crystal dragons and thus, consider it a `dragon' rather than it's material component i.e. crystal i.e. water or earth element? Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Cheui May, Indeed, Glad to hear from you!:) I was equally busy, during this period with many FS audits, locally and overseas. Perhaps, you can attach the sketch for me to look at. I would have to base primarily on Shapes and Form. Unless you can do a Flying Star chart of the office. If you want ot do a Flying Star chart, please e-mail me privately so that I can give you a free credit for it. Other than physically present, on site (which is quite impossible) a Flying Star chart can help to map out your office and from there, find good sectors for you to be in. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Tervino, 1. It is good that you asked this interesting question. 2. As far as `cures' are concerned, it is always `safer' to use objects or items that are certain to `conform' or belong to a specific element:- 3. For example, 6 metal coins is `confirmed' to be a metal element and 6 represents `big metal'. 4. A water fountain or a water position is `confirmed' to be a water element. 5. Fire element is represented by Red, pink or purple. A triangle object is also considered as a Fire element. 6. For earth, pottery, ceramic or clay e.g. vases because of its `earth' contents are earth element objects. 7. Plants or wood based objects usually belong to the wood element. 8. I mentioned "usually" because, a decorative piece of Triangle or pyramid shaped object made of wood, can be `argued' as a Fire element object because of its shape. 9. Thus, what one can understand here is that an item can belong to either of the elements depends on: 1. It's color. 2. It's shape. 3. It's content. 10. Usually where content is concerned, as mentioned under Para 8, it can be made of wood but because of its shape or color it may represent some other elements. 11. A wooden sofa, painted red, can be argued to represent the `fire element' rather than its `content' wood - or wood element. 12. Book authors are not wrong to consider crystal as: 1. Water element 2. Earth element or 3. Metal element depending on what one visualises the object. 13. Crystal, especially if it is wavy shape or because of its clarity and `watery' look could be `argued' as belonging to the water element. 14. On the other hand, some feel that because `glass' or silca came from the earth, it can be considered an earth element. 15. As many crystals contains `metal' e.g. lead, to make it `sparkle', it is not wrong either to consider it a `metal' element. 16. Some people, if they are "too involved" may argue endlessly about which element it belongs. 17. Rather than `waste' time over `petty' arguments, one lesson learned here is to avoid using elements that may cause ambiguity when applying `CURES'. 18. When applying cures, try to stick to conventional objects or cures with little ambiguity. 19. For `ENHANCERS', for example, if one lacks water element or that water element is beneficial to the person, then try to `stick' to the use of water positions than using `crystals = water element?'. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Kolsan, If you can draw a sketch of the layout, or scan a copy of the layout of both the first and second floor. Attach it to this forum, I could help u determine the centrepoint. Usually, in addition to the garage, it is best to look at the entire house especially the locations of entrances in relation to the garage to find the centrepoint. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anna, As a weak earth (assuming that this is your true element), wood is not good for you. Metal (especially strong metal) is not good for a weak earth as it exhausts the weak earth. However, if your true element is strong earth, then this would change what was mentioned above. So if we take the above as your unfavourable element. Thus it means that this period is not a favourable period for you in your Pillars of Destiny. If you translate into events this means that things you like to do may end up not as what you wanted. However, take note that by your reference to a period dominated by strongest metal, I am assuming that you are refering to say the 10 year period. If so, during this 10-year period if you do not enhance yourself with fire or earth, according to your Pillars chart,you will meet with many problems. If the period refers to a 5-year or 1-year period, then the effect last for 5 or 1 year respectively. As for the house. Generally based on Ba Zi Feng Shui, if you are weak earth, a wood house is generally not good for you. However, you can always overcome this by having Fire element `cures'. For example, more Red/pink or purple colour clothing (personal cures etc.). Here it is good to know how suitable the house is to you (or the breadwinner). Whether a house is good or not for you as a whole also depends on whether the main door is represented by your 4 good directions or 4 bad directions under your Eight House report. If it represents 4 any of the 4 good directions, then even if the element does not suit you, the best house for you. Also, whether or not the house influence is good or not, depends in the Stars (Flying Stars) in the various sectors of the house. If happen that say the bedroom which you sleep in is not auspicious for you, then it will make the house even more unfavourable for you. Lastly, not to forget, these are tools which can be calculated, however, sometimes these rules can also be overruled by Shape and Forms influence. Again, Feng Shui, if properly applied must be looked at a holistic way. Here, one should not use `tunnel' vision but use all the best known Feng Shui methods to assess the house. One should not place too many eggs into one basket. Such as paying attention to a CORNER and forgetting the rest. I feel too much obsession or paying homage to one CORNER of the house is to turn a blind eye to proper Feng Shui. In fact, if one has a myopic view (narrow minded thinking), then it is better off not knowing Feng Shui at all. For those who have read thru the various forum messages should try to use those tools or concepts that has a `good chance' of working and to discard `bad practises'. Traditional Feng Shui, if applied properly need not cost money. It is our greed to improve that costs us money which may simply go into a perpetual `blackhole' and empty our pockets. It is better to save for the rainy day or to save for our children than "donating" the money to commercial enterprises for a `hope' of making more money (without any guarantee) of success. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Lance, 1. Although the Eight House Theory is one of the three main Feng Shui theories, it should be given less priority over: 2. How they ar Ranked 1 Shapes and Form 2 Flying Star 3 Eight House 3. If you can see the above, Eight House should be ranked after good Shapes and Form. 4. For Flying Star, it depends on your level of participation or non-participation. If one wants to utilise Flying Star, then, try to do a Chart and check for any imbalances. 5. The main concern under Flying Star are: sickness and misforune sectors. 6. If there are such sectors and if these sectors are imbalance, priority should go to `curing' these imbalances, FIRST. 7. Majority of the time, Flying Star provides `real' problems. 8. I have ranked Shapes and Forms (first) but generally, it can be `ranked' equally together with Flying Star. 9. Do remember that it is far better to have the bed placed in a good Shapes and form then to have it `avoid' the death/disaster of an individual in a bedroom. For example, it is far worse to e.g. place the bed (because of the death sector) on the same wall as the toilet. 10. Overall, use the Eight House as a guide ONLY. 11. If you do not intent to use the Flying Star, only watch out if anyone in the home frequently gets sick or have `accidents'. If so, a Flying Star analysis is a good option. 12. In general, if you have good shapes and form house e.g. no missing corners and externally, it has good shapes and forms and you feel comfortable in the house, then, we may not even need to `bother' much about Feng Shui and continue to enjoy... or live life to the fullest. 13. It is never wise to instill fear or be fearful after reading on Feng Shui or its `scare tactics'. Thus use the Eight House as only a guideline. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Tervino, 1. Eight Aspirations or Eight Associations or Life Associations. It is based on the interpretation of each of the STATIC Kua trigrams into e.g. SW - Romance sector etc... This is similar to the `Black Hat Sect's ' use of STATIC templates. 2. I mentioned in earlier forum messages that the Eight Associations or Life Associations are too generalised to be of any effect in Feng Shui. For example, in earlier messages, I mentioned that if three of us are trying to `woo' a girl. And if we understand the Eight Association concept clearly, we need to ENHANCE our SW sector. Given some imagination, each of us would try to enhance this sector. Perhaps, the three of us have discussed this earlier. In order to over do your colleagues, you placed 999 stalks of rose on your SW sector of your table. This is because, you heard that your "closest" rival had placed 99 stalks of rose on his table while your other colleague placed 888 stalks of rose. So, we should examine what happens if everyone one tries to do this? Is it logical to out do each other at our South West Sector? Worse of all, someone else may in the end, `marry' the girl instead. 2. Under the Shapes and Form School, there is also personalisation. For example, we understand that if there is a threat e.g. a sharp corner of a building, we need to neutralise this at our main entrance. But if there is no poison arrow, we do not need to `neutralise' something which is not there. 3. For the Eight House theory try not be confused with is this our death corner or career corner. It is nice to think interms of corners. But why get `cornered?' by all these? Being " cornered " is not an appropriate concept. 4. I mentioned that many of us, only think of enhancing e.g. a sector. But what is the use if the entire `boat' is sinking? It is no use to spent too much time or money looking after a corner and neglecting the fundamentals. One has to make sure that the ENTIRE Feng Shui of a house is OK first before going over `luxuries' such as enhancing a corner. 5. In order to enhance luck, and if one applies Feng Shui, do it in a holistic way. Try to score as many `marks' in each category as possible. One can still fail an examination if one answers 3 questions but left out the 4 compulsory question. For example, each question is 25 marks. If we left out the last question, our maximum score is 75 marks assuming we get good marks. But what happens if we get only 35 marks in total. If we had answered the last question, and may have got 15 marks, we could have got 50 marks (where the passing mark is 50). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Tervino, I `sympathise' with the "confusion" of the 8house and flying star. 1. For the Flying Star: 1.1 Priority should be given to look at imbalances within a specific sector. 1.2 For example, even in a very auspicious sector, there may be an imbalance caused. Once the imbalance is `neutralised', this would generally under the 20 Year Flying Star period, can range from good to auspicious or very auspicious sector. 1.3 After knowing the above, then you can `superimpose' the Eight House of an indiviual "over this ". 1.4 If it is a very aupicious sector under Flying Star and equally, it is an aupicious sector under Eight House e.g. Prosperity, Health etc... all the better. Take it as a `BONUS'. 1.5 You can still find that it is a very aupicious sector under Flying Star yet it is an inauspicious location for you to spent time at i.e. deathline under Eight House theory. If you look at it this way, the `effects' are lesser than say it is your deathline under Eight House and e.g. the sickness sector at the Flying Star. Here, the `bad effects' are said to be compounded. Overall, we cannot have the best of both worlds and there are situations where the Flying Star sectors are auspicious but are not auspicious for a person under Eight House. Priority should always go for the Flying Star analysis. By looking at the 20 Year Chart and at the same time the Yearly star chart. For the Flying Star, it is always best to remember to neutralise any imbalances. For example, if there is a bad earth or 5 yellow (earth), you should cure the room of it eg. hanging 6 coins. Assuming that the bedroom has this bad earth coupled with the deathline, it could be `worse'. For the Eight House, it is good to be aware that it is at one's death sector but nothing much can be done here except sleep further away (if possible) from this sector). If one frequently falls ill at this room, most likely, try to analyse using the Flying Star and most likely there is a sickness or misfortune sector or there is some other imbalances at this sector causing the problem. Again, neutralise this. Do remember that between the Eight House and Flying Star, Flying Star should take precedence over the Eight House. This is because the Eight House is a static model and based on a person's Yearly chart. Eight House can even be further fine tuned e.g. Bazhi Feng Shui etc.. but generally, the reason it is very popular is that it is easy to understand and apply. Mostly, it is like an easy to understand introduction to the world of Feng Shui due to its simplicity and ease of use. There are more complex variants of Eight House which incorporates the Flying Star but as it is not static, it may not be easy to follow. For the Eight House Theory, take it more as a `reference' point and not to "digest fully" but KIV of it. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Judy, It is interesting to note that Feng Shui cannot be done by `remote-control'. You have to stay in the house in order to enjoy it's influence. For example, if you have another property and it is rented. If it has good FS properties, the tenants will get to enjoy it instead of the owners. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Under the Shapes and Form School of Feng Shui, it is best to look at the entire area and the interior of the house. Considerations such as: 1. Not only the creek but in general how is the plot of land. Does it measure up to good Shapes and Form. 2. Where possible, there should not be a water position in the house. This is one of the major `flaws' of the house. 3. In addition, think of the scoring in an `examination'. 4. Here, look out for the frontage of the house and neighbouring houses. Are there any poison arrows? If so, can they be cured. 5. Similarly, are there any vulnerability of the windows facing a poison arrow(s). If so can it be cured. 6. Since you are investing in a `costly' home, you may want to see how suitable you or your family `fit' the home. 7. Here, you can easily use the Eight House Template to look at the main entrance and the bedrooms in relation to each family members. 8. Professionaly, FS practitioners do use the Flying Star charts to analyse the `birth chart' of the house. To see how good its birth chart are. 9. As you can see, if we look it from a macro point of view, we can then see generally how well, the house `fits' us and whether it is worth buying it even if there are `flaws' in the house. At the same time, bring along the whole family to have a feel of the location and get their opinion. Warmest Regards, Cecil