Cecil Lee

Dear Steven, As our information on the matter is `piecemeal', we do not have all the facts or conduct a full audit, in general: 1. Some Feng Shui practitioners consider the huge fish tank `wealth' creation or alternatively, 2. To neutralise Sha Qi. Thus, with the little information, we do not exactly know whether it is more for 1 or 2. Some Feng Shui practitioners, have advised on placing Fish Tank even in the toilet area. To either achieve above Para 1 or 2. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Carina, Please see below:- It is very diffcult to comment on an apartment based on few sentences especially without looking at the location. Can you elaborate more of what are these poison arrows and are they aimed from outside the house thru the windows or are they in the interior of the house, placed there. And thus caused the poison arrow. If you can elaborate what the poison arrow is. If it is inside the house, then what is the object and what is the distance. Do u often sit on the wooden bench. Yes, the intensity of the heat does affect Feng Shui of the home. Some FS practitioners even consider this `inaupicious'. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Durelle, I do not do manual calculations or matching #'s to look at combinations of water to avoid or enhance. This forum is a `self-help' forum. I have stated many times that it if one person provides me with general information like: Please see below:- Since you have already painted the wall, and you personally like it, and through either sixth sense or trial and error Feng Shui, everything is fine, then generally it is OK. On a Feng Shui perspective: 1. As you mentioned, red or bright colours general make the location more Yang. 2. Flying Star Feng Shui can be used to analyse if the colours clash with the sector e.g. whether it is neutral to the sector or it aids an auspicious or inauspicious sector. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. There are some new resources under this URL: http://my.geomancy.net/mypictures/cgi-bin/imagefolio.cgi?direct=Homes/Finding_the_Centrepoint You can find examples of how centrepoint are determined. 2. The above is a new site using another specialized software to manage graphics. 3. While this forum is good at new postings, it does not concentrate on handling images. Thus, you may need to search between text and graphics. 4. Thus, the idea for a site completely dedicated to images was born. Images can be posted there and there is a Search engine for this purpose. The main URL is: http://mypictures.geomancy.net Currently, there are already more than 1,200 images on the site alone. It will continue to grow and compliment this forum. For an `L' shaped house, it is best to divide the house into two rectangles and whether to use one or two FS charts depends on the practitioner. Thus usually, many people leave it to the practitioner to do an audit for them. Each house and layout plan has to be considered individually and on its own merits, thus I cannot provide you with a specific answer on this. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Steven, Usually, when applying cures: 1. We first look at the sector and determine the `true' compass degrees especially, N, NE, NW, S, SE, SW, W and E. 2. It will be easily if the orientation of the house is aligned to the North-South or compass directions. 3. Here, the wall, or window areas are within the same `sector'. 4. But of course, in real life, this is not always the case. We may have the compass degree e.g. SW partially on one wall and another angle. 5. Here, judgement and analysis on this. 6. If the compass degree of that sector falls e.g. on the cupboard area or a frontage that one cannot place e.g. a pedestal, there is not much that can be done other then if partial sector has space. If it is hanging 6 coins, it can still be hang on the cupboard. If there is `free space' and something can be placed there, then if it is a wooden object, see if there is any decorative piece in the home that one can use. For example a wooden decorative piece i.e. it can be something `nice' such as a fish as a simple example. Alternatively, a table lamp that is made of wood. It can come with a bulb and e.g. straw lamp shade. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Please see below:- More importantly, I usually choose a house in my opinion, that has excellent Shapes and Form and the same time matches me. I look out for poison arrows aimed at my house and make it a point to neutralise it. In some of the photo Tour pictures, I use a gift dragon aimed at a poison arrow near-by. Even houses with `excellent' Feng Shui may have poison arrows aimed at it. So, `protect', `protect' and protect vulnerable areas. The only other consideration is to take note of `sickness' sectors or any other sectors that are out of balance. For pants, I prefer wear especially black or blue. I avoid wearing pink or Red. In fact, I do not have any of these colours. I used to have or even worn `red' ties but, by coincidence, I seem to encounter problems wearing red ties... I am not sure... but... have avoided red ties now.. In some of the older forum messages, I have wrote something about my home encounters. Like the time, when I changed floor tiles and had to remove the `dragon' figurine pointed at a poison arrow. Again by coincidence, I felt something would happen, before this and true enough... something did happened. Only after I `restore' or place back the neutralising object. As mentioned above, even `excellent' houses are not totally free from poison arrows etc... It is best to do environmental scanning occasionally especially if new buildings come up around the home or office. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Kaushal, 1. In my opinion, if possible, especially the common areas, create a `bright' environment. 2. In the past, I try to relate the floor tiles more towards the 5 elements i.e. see if can match the house. 3. But this is very difficult to do. For example, do we consider the House element and match it with the house (flooring) or to the various individuals living in the house? It is difficult to find a `binding' element for more than two persons. 4. Thus nowadays, I would consider it more practical to look at if from the Yin and Yang Concept. 5. Here, in the common areas e.g. living room etc.. choose a floor tile that looks clean and bright. Avoid, black tiles unless it acts as a decorative side pattern etc.. 6. The living room should be bright. Thus it should be complimented with pastel colours on the walls. If undecided, white walls and ceilings are the norm. 7. In my country, many homes use paraquet floor tiles in the bedroom i.e. small pieces of blocks of wood, joined together and lacquerd. 8. Here the floor tiles is either brownish giving more warmth and making the room more yin. 9. The Chinese believe that bedrooms should have less conductive floor tiles e.g. when you step on it, it does not suddenly feel cold (especially if one just wakes up from sleep) like marble, or homogenous tiles. The alternative for some is carpets. But, again, it depends on your taste, especially past experience with it and considerations like cleaning... 10. Thus, wood based tiles are more suited here. 11. The only consideration, is if one stays in a landed property and termites need to be controlled, then the choice would be to use ceramic, marble titles. 12. Generally, when choosing floor tiles it is best that all family members staying in the house gets to (if possible) provide their comments and inputs to enable you to make a `final decision' Warmest Regards, Cecil It is good to use

Dear Steven, I believe that there are several `factors' to consider: 1. It depends on the space in the home. Some homes are small or as small as studio apartments especially those in Hong Kong. Thus, it is difficult to find a good location for an altar. 2. And if the family insists on an altar, then, it is best to come to a general consensus on this within the family. 3. Where possible, if we can, this should be avoided but based on some of the above considerations. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Cheui May, Please see below:- It is difficult to solve a `poison' arrow aimed at the bed. Usually, if the `corner' is aimed at the feet, this is still ok. As for the use of wind chime, it is quite difficult to hang it. Even if you hang it, you may have to hang it at the level `between' you and the `corner'. Since your bedroom is quite big, the option is if you have any simple `partition' that can be placed standing like those `standees' would be acceptable. Otherwise, frankly, at the moment think of any thing that can neutralise the corner without looking odd or sound `practical' or feasible. Warmest Regards, Cecil Yes, this layout is not good. The only thing you could do is to close the door and not leave it opened especially if you are on the bed. Alternatively, if you have an existing `linen' cupboard or those with drawers and up to waist height, see if it can be placed at the foot of the bed. So that there is a `barrier' or partition between bed and the door. But this an optional consideration.

Dear Anon, 1. In fact, all scenery paintings have a touch of Yin and Yang. 2. In my opinion, I have not heard that it should only be displayed at the center or at the South West particulary the center. Thus, I personally believe that there is no `fixed' locations other than commonsense would say it it should not be placed in the toilet or kitchen. If one has a large painting, it would be best to hang it on a larger wall where it does not cover the entire wall, but sits there nicely. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Fish Tank is more of a `modern' "invention". More commonly in the past, we talk more of a pond. 2. Yes, if you have a water position, the advise is not to cover the top of the tank. As a fish tank lacks the `power' to generate a more `vibrant' Qi than say a fountain or waterfall, in my opinion, it does not matter anyway. 3. If one own a `landscaped' pond inside your house, you will notice that it is not only open, but even if you are as far away, locking the bedroom door, you may still hear the sound of water from the `artificial' waterfall. It is the sound and the open concept that is considered generating `vibrant' Qi as compared to a fish tank where the filter has only a short distance to spout the water into the surface of the tank. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Perhaps, if you have a sketch of what the `L' shaped house, you can upload to us to look at it. Warmest Regards, Cecil

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In managment studies, the familiar term is: Situtational Approach. Here the familiar word `It depends' is used. Under the above management concept, it is said that not all situations are the same. Thus it depends. We can easily apply this concept to Feng Shui and when we replace the word `management', we get the " Situational Approach to Feng Shui'. And the key word is `It depends' Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Elena, 1. Where possible, if we can reduce the concentration of Yin elements than this is fine. 2. Here, the children are themselves belonging to Yin elements. More importantly, the sector itself has too much concentration of Yin elements. It is the combined effect of these two factors that create the situation. Furthermore, amongst all the rooms, this room is `dark' as compared to the rest. 3. When I walked into the room, I can immediately feel the coldness of the sector and this is confirmed by counter-checking with the Flying Star analysis. 4. As not all situations are the same, it need not necessarily mean that all SW sectors are not good for children. Similarly, the other sector i.e. North East or devil's gate can easily be prone to this. 5. Thus, we can say that usually, if there are too much concentration of Yin elements especially at NE or SW, we have to be more careful. 6. Thus if there are a balance or more of Yang concentration in NE or SW, it should be fine. 7. This is why, placing trees or too many trees especially NE, is believed to increase the Yin of that sector. 8. On our part, if we are not sure whether it is too yin is to keep the room `bright'. Do not install thick curtains or pull them all the way. Where possible, such rooms should have natural sunlight... 9. Thus, where possible, we should avoid, having a `fixed' rule and label the rooms. It depends on the situation and circumstances. Plus keep in mind, the `sensitivity' of NE and SW especially when giving advise or placing enhancements such as advising a homeowner to place metal windchimes. 10. As mentioned earlier, it is usually the `unfortunate' concentration of Yin elements that will create an inauspicious event, and very often it is firstly under NE and on occassions SW and even West (Yin sectors). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Kaushal, I hope you will find this resource page useful: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/pakua.htm Warmest Regards, Cecil

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Dear Cheui May, Please see below:- Wishing you all the best. Is the poision arrow a table or an edge of the cabinet. What is the distance between it and the bed. What part of the body (imagine) that you lie down on the bed on your usuall sleeping position. Do you cover yourself with blanket or sleep without one. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Further to what I mentioned earlier: 1. In real life, our inclination is not like extremes: hot or cold continuum. 2. Most of us are somewhere within the continuum. 3. For persons (or those who want to be FS practitioners) who are more abstract, or love more of drawings or graphics, can build on Shapes and Form and closer to this area. 4. For those who are more `mathematical', logical, should go for e.g. Flying Star Feng Shui. For example, one Western School Feng Shui, if you read the `Masters' credentials, he graduated from Bachelor in Mathematics or this close to this area, for quite sometime practises only Flying Star Feng Shui. If you were to visit the site, the site eats and sleep only on Flying Star Feng Shui. 5. In my opinion, sometimes, these people have difficulty or totally no feelings with the use of more abstract Feng Shui like Shapes and Forms and Sixth sense Feng Shui. 6. So, my advise is to examine yourself closely. To see if you are more Right or Left brain person. 7. I am fortunate because, in this site, we have the best of both worlds: While my specialisation is Shapes and Form and `sixth sense' Feng Shui, Robert is highly skilled in the mathematics of Feng Shui. 8. I usually use his very advanced programs as a counter-check when doing Feng Shui audit. Thus we use both `Shapes and Form/sixth sense' and the mathematics portion of Feng Shui. 9. To me, all I am interested in is the final analysis. To be provided with the facts and what are the imbalances caused as a counter -check of my surveys. Here, it is an excellent use of both tools. 10. I am not interested in how the calculations are done but the final results. So, I hope many users can understand why, I really `hate' it if users start to reproduce Flying Star numbers like those freely generated on the site and expect me to go and analyse for them! Hey, I do not even want to do calculations even for myself yet, someone expects me to do it for them. 11. Thus, all the highly evolved charts on this site which have been pre-analysed and laid out for me to look at the entire picture and provide the final comments. So, for those who simply wants to reproduce charts like 1 5 3 and expect me to analyse or comment, would understand my situation. I hope to be very frank with you on this. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. My speciality is more of Shapes and Form and through feelings. 2. For example, if I visit a site, I can generally, have a feel of the various sectors e.g. good or bad. When I compare my findings with e.g. the Flying Star Charts, they are usually quite close. 3. The only time when I have to fully depend on a Flying Star chart is if the units are side-by-side, especially commercial shops of hte same shape and design and usually the main doors are of the same location. But a Flying Star chart, may differ in the degree of compass direction. Here, since both units are close, I would have to depend more on the charts. 4. Thus it relates more to feel. Futhermore, I am a weak wood element person and my senses are more yin and perhaps, for sometime, have developed more of the senses and feeling. Sometimes, I can feel it can be physically draining after analysing a not so good house or building. I am not sure why. If the house is quite bad, and if there too much yin elements, I do have this `problem'. This year, I was evaluating a house, and it happens that the main door is at the NE or devils gate. It happens that the two children in the diagonal room are at SW or devil's backdoor. Out of curosity, I had this feeling that something had happened in the room. And true enought something had happened there. Thus, to be frank, I do not have the ability to see the future. Being of the Yin element, I tend to in my opinion, have acute senses and use it more for FS audits. 5. It is also my belief that everyone has their strengths and weaknessess. Like the right and left brain person, certain tools are more useful to one group than the other. 6. In the past, I have mentioned that even in the US, Harvard University speciality is in the Arts or Humanity area. While those in Berkely or University of California etc.. specialises in the mathematics side. Thus, if one is more inclined to mathematics would most probably use e.g. the Flying Star Theory. One reason because, if they were to access a site, some do not have the acumen or feelings related to the use of the Shapes and Form School. Thus they have to fall back on analysis based on mathematical models for example. Warmest Regards, Cecil

To help better understand the relationship of Korea and China, here is another extract of Korea-China relations. Credit and Source: Britannica.com Yi Dynasty also called CHOSON DYNASTY, the last and longest-lived imperial dynasty (1392-1910) of Korea. Founded by General Yi Song-gye, who established the capital at Hanyang (present-day Seoul), the kingdom was named Choson after the state of the same name that had dominated the Korean peninsula in ancient times. But the regime is also frequently referred to as the Yi dynasty, after its ruling family. General Yi established close relationships with the neighbouring Ming dynasty (1368-1644) of China, which considered Korea a client state, and Chinese cultural influences were very strong during this period. Choson's administration was modeled after the Chinese bureaucracy, and Neo-Confucianism was adopted as the ideology of the state and society. Under the previous dynasties, ownership of land was concentrated in the hands of a few high-ranking bureaucrats, but Yi Song-gye and his successors redistributed the land throughout the various levels of officialdom, creating a new aristocracy called the yangban. Scholarship flourished under the Yi dynasty, and in 1443 the Korean phonetic alphabet, Hangul (han'gul), was invented. By the time of the Yi ruler King Songjong (1470-94), a bureaucratic system for government administration was established. In 1592 Korea suffered an invasion from Japan. Although Chinese troops helped repel the invaders, the country was devastated. This was followed by the invasion of northwestern Korea, in 1627, by the Manchu tribes of Manchuria, who were attempting to protect their rear in preparation for their invasion of China. Many cultural assets were lost, and the power of the central government was severely weakened. By the reigns of King Yongjo (1724-76) and King Chongjo (1776-1800), the country had largely recovered from the destruction of the wars. With an increased use of irrigation, agriculture was in a prosperous condition, and a monetary economy was burgeoning. In an effort to solve administrative problems, a school of learning called Silhak, or "Practical Learning," arose. Korea maintained an isolationist policy until the 1880s. Starting with the conclusion of a treaty with Japan in 1876, doors to the West were opened for the first time in Korea's long history, and the country soon became an arena for competition among the powers. Japanese influence in the area became predominant, especially after the Japanese victory in wars with China (1894-95) and Russia (1904-05). In 1910 Japan formally annexed Korea, bringing the Yi dynasty to an end. Credit and Source for the above article: Britannica.com Warmest Regards, Cecil

An interesting thing is that Koreans love tigers. Their peninsula or country has a profile of a tiger i.e. one can literally imagine that the image of a tiger fits into the entire island with the two paws at the top of the peninsula and the body and tail flowing downwards. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Yes, Koreans do practise Feng Shui. Please read the article extracted from: Credit & Source: Britannica.com p'ungsuchirisol (Korean: "theory of wind, water, and land"), in Korean religion, geomancy, a belief that the natural environment of a particular location can influence the fortune of its inhabitants and descendants. It derives from the Chinese notion of feng-shui ("wind-water"), which developed from observation of chronic catastrophies wrought in China by winds and floods. Also implied is the Chinese concept of yin-yang (two contrary but complementary principles that explain all change) and the doctrine of the five elements that constitute all reality. According to p'ungsuchirisol, each plot of land possesses two of four attributes: that which has wang ("prosperous") and son ("right"), for example, is fit for graves, houses, and important buildings; that which has shoe ("decay") and yok ("reversion") is propitious for temples. A good site for buildings and graves is marked by a majestic mountain linked to smaller mountains trailing off into the distance. The site also should be flanked on the left by a mountain shaped like the Blue Dragon (protector of good fortune) and on the right by one shaped like the White Tiger (expeller of evil). Finally, a mountain behind the site should face another distant mountain. A hill that resembles a cow lying down to eat fodder will secure a life free from worry about food and lodging. A site resembling a hen sitting on eggs will be the birthplace of great men. Three types of sites are to be avoided: a place close to a road with heavy traffic, a town whose ditches overflow during the rainy season, and a spot where dragon- and tiger-shaped mountains come together. Yi Song-gye, founder of the Yi dynasty (1392-1910), moved the national capital to Seoul because the site was said by a monk to fulfill all the requirements of p'ungsuchirisol. (End - Credit, Britannica.com ) Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. I agree with you on your definition of more than one water position below. 2. What I find highly unusual is not so much of what you mentioned below, but I literally understood or thought that the earlier posting to mean that there are two water positions outside the main door i.e. on each side. This is what I felt. 3. The context of water positions so close-by side-by-side is in my opinion highly unusual. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Roxanne, 1. Thanks for sharing with us information about yourself. 2. Since, the store has always been there and if you have already choosen a house, my advise is that, you can at your own pace, `incorporate' Feng Shui into `your life'. 3. I am not familiar with any Feng Shui practitioners within Chicago. Perhaps you have to check around and the best is to hear from friends or word of mouth. 4. Since you have been always kind with your grandmother, I am sure, you will always be blessed and carry on with her work. 5. In several of the postings, you can always move in and later `catch' up on Feng Shui as it will go not `go away'. Frankly, many people, have not even heard of it and are doing just as well. Do take your time to digest Feng Shui. Overall, if all the fundamental concepts are in place e.g. good shapes and forms, this is acceptable. 6. In my opinion, time should be well spent on adjusting to the new environment etc... Wishing you all the best! Warmest Regards, Cecil