Cecil Lee

Dear Linda, 1. For those who have not seen the write-up, it is at: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/face.htm 2. Face reading is an `intergral part' of Geomancy. 3. Looks like most of the moles mentioned are `inauspicious'. 4. Yes, it is my personal belief that removing the moles would invariably change the `fortune' of a person. It is only my opinion. However, I am not sure if there are any scars if if any on the face. Thus, I hope, you understand that I cannot be held responsbile for such an advise. 5. I remembered that some people have a novel way of removing their moles i.e. use one's hair thread and tie a nose and a knot around the mole using the piece of hair. Let the mole drop off and I believe there was no scars. Again, this is an opinion only. Warmest Regards, Cecil

(Apologies, as this message was posted twice, I deleted one too many and thus have to paste this `retrieved copy' from the backup. Please note that this forum is a moderated and once the message has been reviewed, it will `appear' for all to see. Thanks for the understanding.) Topic: Mole on face Conf: Free Advice (General Topics) From: Linda Yoth linda@arium.com Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 08:00 PM Hi, Cecil I'm very concern about these 4 moles on my face. I have mole #19 on the right corner of my eye, an #17 on my left cheek, #7 above my right eye and a # 5 above my right eye brows. If you look on my resources under "mole on face" it will have meanings "http://www.geomancy.net/geo/myresources/index.htm" Anyhow, my question to you is: if I remove these moles will it change my character or fortune? Thanks, Linda

Dear Anon, This interesting extract is taken from 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. Above: Source and Credit: Enclopaedia Britannica As to how would one call a perfect balanced Geomancer in korean language, apologies, I do not know korean so, unable to answer the question. As Korea and Japan is close-by to China, it is inevitable that Feng Shui spread to these countries in one form or other. For Japan, it is `9-Star Ki'. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Liz, Thanks for taking the time to post this message as it a nice thought. Feel free to participate activately in this forum and we wish you continued success! Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. From what I can understand, when I was young, my house used to have an urn i.e. collecting water and we used to rear turles. 2. I believe their bite can be quite nasty. 3. I have also seen large pools of turles e.g. in a public garden. 4. It is my belief that if they are not properly `fed' may tend to eat fishes. Apologise if what I said may be `silly' or whether, it is the truth... erh.. I am really guessing it could be because of the above reason. If I am wrong, please accept my sincere apologies as I have little knowledge of this. Have anyone any experience in this? Would love to hear from you:) Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. I am not sure, if this link is useful:- http://www.geomancy.net/fs/bedroom.htm 2. For those who are very observant, after Para 14. and " For the dressing table:- 1. It should not face the door of your bedroom. 2. It should not face another mirror or the bed." There are three images showing `favourable' bedroom positions, the last picture, should instead be inauspicious as it is on the same wall as the bedroom wall. I will be changing this later on. Otherwise, these series of notes and pictures apply to the bedroom. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, This may not be necessarily true. But it depends on the overall context. 1. If it is a tall cabinet and it blocks the windows or ventilation (especially) if it is on the same wall as an external wall. 2. It is quite normal for a bedroom to have a cabinet for clothings etc.. It can be a built in (full height / to the ceiling) cabinet. 3. Like evertying else, `moderation' is the best. One should not have too many furniture in the room. Normally, a `decent' cabinet plus a study table or a dressing table is acceptable. 4. Ideally, tall furniture should not appear on an `island' in the room but placed along a wall. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Apologies, is possible to describe further as frankly., I am not sure what it looks like. (Ideally would be a photo, if it is possible). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Ang, For Questions 1 & 2, you got the concepts correct for both:) Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Ang Chye, 1. Usually, it should not be linked to Feng Shui. 2. But to confirm, check for this year's Flying Star to see if the locations she spents time is not particuarly at Star 2 especially the bedroom. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Niki, 1. Usually, if a house is rectangular, the back is opposite the front of the home. In this case, based on your description, since the front of the house is `known' e.g. (facing street) at SE. Then the back of the house should be opposite this. 2. As I do not have a visual idea of the exact location of the pool of water in relation to the home, it would be difficult for me to comment on this. Perhaps, if you can upload a small graphic file under .bmp or .gif or .jpg, it would be more useful. 3. In general, a water position should best be at the frontage of the house. Where possible avoid a water position at the back of the house. 4. For the main entrance door: 4.1. Avoid shifting a door to the frontage if it will be affected by a poison arrow or sha qi e.g. a straight path towards it. Here, the front door is `not protected.' 4.2. A main entrance can be at the side of the house. If it is your irritation, you may not need to change the position as this is not as worse as the front door at the death or disaster sector. In such a suituation, the house is most unsuitable for the breadwinner. Or, alternatively, the door can be tilted to face a good direction. However, it is best ot consult the expert advise of a Geomancer for this. A good reason for shifting the door is especially if the main door is at the NE (devil's gate) plus facing an inauspicous sector for the owner. 5. If one really wants to spent money to change the front door, my most important advise is to look at the Flying Star of both the present and `proposed' new location. Here it is very important because, especially since the house chart of the entire house changes! Not sure for the good or bad unless, the Flying Star analysis is done for both senarios. Thus if it is better, then go ahead. 6. Since, the existing main entrance is your irritation sector, this is not as critical as the death/disaster thus, more importance or first priority is the Flying Star of the house. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Usually, this applies to family owned companies where the patriot e.g. founder believe strongly in Chinese astrology. Here, more importantly, new venture partners are checked discretely by their regular Geomancers. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. In the past, a large percentage of Chinese do not have tatoos. During the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's, tatoos especially elaborate ones are found on Chinese gangsters or secret society members. 2. You can really see lots of tatoos on their bodies, hands and legs. 3. It was not difficult for the Police Secret Society Supression unit to run them up. 4. Even in the 1980's, tatoos on these youths but lesser. With the advent of model `equipment' or status symbols, at one time, many of these youths or secret society members carry instead at one time `expensive' Motorola `brick' handphones of the 80's. Suddenly, handphones, from my personal observation became the status during the period. (Not that every other person carrying a handphone looks like a gangster). But this was what, I believe, occurred. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, It is true that some Chinese consider it inauspicious to keep caged birds. The significance is based on `symbolism'. Where it is cruel to keep the birds. Rather, they should not be `imprisoned' but to be allowed to fly freely in the wild. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Many of the bones come from dead animals. Bones range from elephants to buffalo and other animals. 2. Bone carvings are intricate carvings and a unique art. In my opinion, thus there is relatively no specific reason other than creating `art' on the bones. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Usually, these coins are replicas and `tons' are made. 2. If you are in Asia, these coins are plentiful especially in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore etc... 3. In the internet, there are now many Feng Shui emporiums. Use a search engine for Feng Shui emporium and you should easily find one of these companies selling `ready' made or tied coins. Do compare their pricing. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, In my opinion, the soil should not be an issue especially under your condition. As there is a real need to keep the plants `alive'. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Dylan, 1. As the cooking stove is considered an important part of the house i.e. providing fire and food, some Shapes and Form School believe that it is important not to have a beam above it. This is similar to having a beam above a person sitting e.g. at a seat. 2. Where possible, try to avoid it. Else, there is nothing much one can do here unless the ceiling is even (false ceiling). 2.1 But, a false ceiling is not recommended in a kitchen as it may catch fire. 2.2 If the ceiling beam is made of concrete, it is equally not practical to use two flutes as they are made of wood and may also catch fire. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Users, 1. An interesting jade piece carved to look like a Chinese cabbage. 2. A tea-pot that has a fishing net (mesh) 3. Bone carving, with a male and female on each side. Often the bone used are e.g. elephant, buffalo and other animals. Click on this link: http://www.geomancy.net/pics/amoy/index.htm Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Yes, this is a `strong' Chinese belief. 2. It is said that when one is pregnant, one should not move house or even change the bed position or any other furniture in the room. It is said that the consequence is to suffer a `miscarriage'. 3. I believe, in the past, there was no electricity and it could be (I am only guessing) that if one changes the position of furniture, and unwittingly, the wife (who is pregnant) may `accidentally ' bump into them or trip over them. Well, I am only guessing here of a `possible' senario. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. I agree with you that lots of Singaporeans have no more space in their flats for a shoe rack inside their house or it is too inconvenient as there is no second door. 2. As I mentioned, ( it is only my opinion and `habbit' as I believe that for now, shoe rack placement is secondary. Not much research has been done in this area). 3. Usually, it is preferred that shoe racks have ventilation holes and a cloth would be an equally good alternative. 4. This area has to be looked into further. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Debbie, Unfortunately, there are few books on History of Feng Shui:- 1. Dr Evelyn Lip For history, one of the few books are written by Dr Evelyn Lip. So far, she has written three books. You can try to find it out e.g. in the library or do a search at amazon.com 2. Dr Ong-Hean Tatt He wrote a good book on Feng Shui. See below ? For the serious reader or researcher who wants evidence that Feng Shui is for real! You can also check out:- Doctor Stephen Field's FengShui Gate You must visit this site especially if you are doing research on the origins of fengshui. Information for the most part available no where else in English, written and maintained by a professor of Chinese and scholar of classical literature and history. Warmest Regards, Cecil Lee

Dear Anon, Please see below:- It certainly made sense for babies to wear old clothes especially their own siblings clothes. I remembered at the time when pampers were not `invented' yet. Once upon a time, we use to use cotton nappies. It does make sense to `re-use' those that were purchased for an earlier sibling. Or even those given by relatives. In my personal opinion, this makes practical sense. As an adult, if you were to ask me, I would prefer to wear those that I bought because, we are not growing so do not need to buy clothes so often. Anyway, the only belief is that one should not wear torn clothes even if it is one's personal clothings. Frankly, being small, we should treat them as small decorative pieces and usually no impact. No offence, but I would treat it like buying a toy from Mcdonald's and leaving it at the TV area. There should not be any impact. For the serious person, one should use the Eight House and Flying Star. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. The most common colour associated with Jade is green. 2. Many people believe that the darker the colour of jade, the more valuable it is. 3. In the past, it is common for a lady to wear a jade bracelet around their wrist. 4. Sometimes when they grow `fatter', it is difficult for the jade to come off. But usually soap does the trick. 5. Many believe that the longer the jade is worn, it turns a `darker' colour. Perhaps, it is due to the jade being porous and absorbing the contaminants surround it? 6. For those who have noticed, the Free resources on the website, (under Chinese tombs, The Landscape Feng Shui) there is a body covered entirely with green jade. To save users the trouble of locating it, the url is: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/burial.htm Did you see the body in full Jade suite? 7. Other jade are less `valued'. But each piece differs in its age and quality. 8. As there may be many contaminants e.g. a jade piece with different colours, the artisan making the Jade piece must use his imagination in crafting the piece. 9. For example if you check out the pictures under this URL: http://www.geomancy.net/pics/jade1/index.htm 10. You can find pieces like: 10.1. Jade Monkey piece 10.2. Jade leaf piece 10.3. Jade horse piece You will notice that all these jades comes in various `contaminants' colours. 11. But with the imagination of the artisan, they became `great' art pieces which uses these `contaminants' or shades of different colours to good use. 12. Can you spot more examples in the above link where the Jade pieces are of non-uniform colours? 13. For example under the link below:- http://www.geomancy.net/pics/teacups1/index.htm You will find an interesting piece called " Jade White Buddha ". http://www.geomancy.net/pics/teacups1/image11.htm One can see how, a Jade of partially white jade and yellow (gold) and Red coloured piece of jade has been transformed so beautifully into the image of Buddha `wrapped' in the appropriate Buddhist Yellow and red. Warmest Regards, Cecil