Cecil Lee

Dear Anon, Apologise for the late response. The peacock symbolises beauty and dignity. Its feathers were used as decorations ofr meritous deeds. Often, the picture of a peacock with a full spread of its tail is part of a congratulation message on the opening of a shop. Under the Manchu rule in China, peacock features were used as an insignia denoting a rank. In paintings it is denotes an official of the court. To both the Chinese and Christians, it is said to be able to drive away evil spirits. It was later that the peacock with wrongly asociated with pride through its beautiful plume and love for displaying it. Warmest Regards, Cecil Christians

Will remember to take a picture the next time I pass that house:) Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, So far, I do not believe that anyone has painted their walls black. Black creates a dark environment. Contrast this with a white wash house that looks bright and clean. Therefore, there is some truth in the statement. Applying the 33.3 percent ruleset, other black objects or items should not be an issue here. For example, IBM products are all black. Their excellent IBM thinkpad notebook PCs, some high end PCs are all encased in black. Robert and myself, do use these black machines without cause for concern. Overall, one can also apply the 33.3 percent ruleset where less than 33.3 percent is not going to affect a person. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Users, This is based on a request to find out more about " bungalow " houses. Basically a bungalow is actually a complete house. While a semi-detached house is one where there are two units but each house has a fencing at the middle and perhaps owned by two different owners. I will attach more pictures once I take more of these houses. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. I do not believe that the subject is taboo. Sorry if it seems to make one think that I find such subject taboo. Let me share with you my personal views on the above issues. One reason why sometimes, I do not reply these messages is because, it is difficult to give an advise without knowing more or as I believe, other avenues would perhaps offer a better solution to Feng Shui. So I have "procrastinated" answering these questions. To those users, sorry about it. I do intent to reply the few questions on these issues. I also do not like to give advise if I believe it cannot work (although it can raise hopes! Which is the lesser evil?) Should I then give false hopes? May be it will work? i.e. the power of suggestion? 2. It is my personal belief that improving relationships is based more on external influences rather than Feng Shui. 3. Thus more success is attributed to other reasons e.g. maturity of the couple, understanding etc.. 4. For example, when a person reach a certain age, under the law it range from being 16 years, 18years or 21 years of age. At this age, our `habbits' and characters are already deeply ingrained in us. 5. I personally find that one should not place too much hopes in Feng Shui for the issue of improving relationships. This is because, it depends on both parties that need to work together e.g. understanding, commitment to each other etc... And even attend workshops or go for counselling sessions. To discover about themselves and their partners. 6. I always believe that we should only use the best tools of e.g. Feng Shui, Destiny or Bazhi. But in my personal opinion, there is no direct link between these theories to `improving relationships' nor fertility. If there is a direct relationship, someone would have written, or followed up by many Feng Shui practitioners on this topic. Even Bazhi Feng Shui has no DIRECT connection with these two issues. The end result you will see an endless stream of books written on the above. Have many of us come across such a book? Think about it. The closest and most common advise is to locate the "relationshop" corner under Eight Aspirations which is based on "kindergarden" Feng Shui. 7. Current tools like Flying Star can locate sickness sectors. For example, if one is constantly sick, and if it is due to the sickness or misfortune star, `curing' it helps. But let me emphasise that there is no direct relationship with fertility or improving relationships. Most of the cures or claims for cures would in my opinion be partially based on " Chinese beliefs ". For some people, it is beliefs like, before the wedding, the couple invite a healthy baby boy to roll over their bed etc... Do you find it logical for this practise? Does it come under Feng Shui? But in my personal opinion, as I mentioned above, both parties for example must make an effort to make things work between themselves. 8. I do not like the idea of giving false hopes that e.g. placing a object at a location or even changing bedrooms e.g. from master bedroom to another room would automatically improve one's relationship. 9. I understand that Feng Shui can in someway help in the issue of relationship and fertility but nowadays, it is more complex. For example, we have developed the module on Pillars of Comparison to determine the binding element for two persons. More software will be developed once we can find something useful. The rationale is because of the complexities of clashes, elements etc.. computing power is the obvious choice for such analysis. Chinese astrology also provides the compatibility and degree of compatibility of two persons (Year of birth) under www.lovesigns.net This allows one to understand our personal `characteristics' or `traits' and other people's charactertistics. By doing so, one can then better understand each other's `faults' and imperfections. However, these Chinese signs like its Western Zodiac sign cousins can tell us what it is like or `predict' week after week but unlike e.g. Flying Star analysis, is unable to offer a `cure'. For example, if there is an imbalance of fire element.. what to do. 10. Therefore, we have always considered Chinese Astrology (Year of birth only) as found under lovesigns.net more for `fun'. 11. In the past, we do not have so much preservatives in our food, all types of genetically modified products, greater pollution, new diseases e.g. AIDs, hole in the ozone layer and many more modern problems, issue of whether Handphones are safe etc.. 12. I believe one should place more emphasis into the research to all these areas under science or medical research and not rely on Feng Shui under this area. It is easy to say that relationship or fertility has been improved through Feng Shui but the question is what is the success rate like or could it be due to other reasons? 13. Scientists and medical people have recently developed new methods to test fertility and even other break thrus in artificial insemination. It would be best left to experts in these areas to help the poor couple. Rather than relying too much on `Feng Shui' for such things. 14. I rather concentrate (for now) on what I believe i.e. things that work in Feng Shui e.g. identifying key problems such toilet at the centre, poison arrows aimed at main entrances and all other more focused research into Feng Shui. Some of us find it ok to have a mirror facing the bed while others are sensitive to it. Issues similar to these have to be addressed under topics such as fertility (are concerns for us). For one, I do not like to give false hopes to couples on improving relationships or to solve their fertility problems. 15. In our modern world, as I mentioned there are too many external factors that influence our relationship e.g. financial problems, stress in their jobs etc... 16. As the saying goes, " action speaks louder than words." Please prove it. Talk or making claims is simple but for most of us, we need to see some evidence or proof that it works effectively for most of us. 17. We must also try to measure the success rate. If the success rate is only 1 person out of 10,000 persons that find it effective. Can we say that it is a good `cure'? Would you "buy" or swallow such a claim? 18. As we do more research and study of Feng Shui, we hope to share things that really work. Anyone who wants to make claims, feel free to make them. The truth will ultimately prevail especially if claims cannot be fullfiled. Warmest Regards, Cecil P.S. For info, Bazhi Feng Shui refers to Pillars of Destiny. So far the best most reliable is the comparison of two persons to find their binding elements.

Dear Users New Additions to this forum! 1. Edu-Polls and Surveys Edu, refers to Educational Polls. You can now participate in interesting polls and surveys. The objective is to add depth to the understanding of Feng Shui and the results of the polls add interactivity and new knowledge to each of us. You can now find out how many people are comfortable sleeping with a mirror facing their bed. Or make a guess whether a building is auspicious? Do you know whether we should buy a decorative lamp or a chanderlier made of glass or crystal only? Can subsitutes like plastic or ceramic be used? Lighting is considered beneficial Qi Since lighting is considered beneificial Qi, does it matter if the lamp has to be glass or crystal. Can it be other materials like plastic? Yes, I think so. No, it has to be glass or crystal I give up! Current Results 2. Fun with Chinese Characters This new conference is an easy way to learn Chinese characters in a fun way! 3. Participating through a mailing list? For existing members participating thorough a mailing list, you can login to the forum, check the boxes to add these three conferences to your mailing list. Wishing you a Happy and Prosperous New Year! Warmest Regards, Cecil Lee

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Majority of Traditional Feng Shui practitioners will agree that light plays an important part in generating beneficial Qi. Do you know whether we should buy a decorative lamp or a chanderlier made of glass or crystal only? Can subsitutes like plastic or ceramic be used? Participate in the poll below:- Answer will appear at a later date under the conference: Answers! to the Fun Edu-Polls. Lighting is considered beneficial Qi Since lighting is considered beneificial Qi, does it matter if the lamp has to be glass or crystal. Can it be other materials like plastic? Yes, I think so. No, it has to be glass or crystal I give up! Current Results

Dear Anon, Usually, the advise is to "go slow" with Feng Shui. It has also to do with what is the level of Feng Shui one is prepared to go into? The quickest way (but cost money) is to go for a Full Feng Shui audit by a competent FS practitioner. Else, if one wants to `learn' (learning is not good enough) but rather applying Feng Shui, one has to spent time and effort like any other disciplines. Like I mentioned, there are lots of resources available both e.g. in this website. Starting point: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/theory.htm or get yourself books on Feng Shui. For calculation under the Eight House, I recommend you spent sometime to browse through http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm or use the computerised version at www.geomancy-online.com to generate your personal Eight House Theory. For more resources, do a SEARCH in this forum. The Free Advice (General Topics) already has 2213 messages (half of them are replies and responses). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, If one frequently falls sick in a home. Most likely if one does a Flying Star analysis, the `evil' 2 (sickness) or 5 misfortune star is at the location e.g. the bedroom. The proper Feng Shui tools should be used correctly to analyse or fine tune the situation. " What you see is not what I see ". Under the Shapes and Form School of Feng Shui, each of us have different levels of understanding. Some of us see nothing at all while others can pin point to the problem. One excellent example was what Evelyn Lip mentioned in one of her books. (Credit goes to her for this) I believe she brought out an example of an owner of the house, who faced difficulties with the home. I forgot what happened but it is a worse case senario where something like he nearly went bankrupt etc... Even after consultation of a Feng Shui expert, the problem was still not solved. Until one day, a Feng Shui Master went to the house and at low tide, saw a figurine or rock in the shape of a frog with its mouth open facing the house. Here, he finally found the problem! The mouth of the frog has to be placed with e.g. an object to symbolise it having something in it. Only after, this then things returned to `normal'. As human beings, we prefer to try to look for quick fix solutions. Anything that we consider can bring us luck, some of us may just go and buy it. Here, if we relate to purchasing such objects with the purpose of enhancing our `luck', wealth etc... Is it fair for me to say that will we have good feng shui as your question asks: How do we know if Feng Shui is working? In the first place, these are not Feng Shui! So, it is anybody's guess. But if one asks question like, I am frequently sick, and if the analysis done is that there is indeed a sickness sector. Perhaps the recommendation, is to move to another room more (taking into consideration, eight house etc..) This is related to Feng Shui and the results should be expected.. that it will work once a person moves room or place a proper cure. Hope you understand the " Garbage Feng Shui IN, Garbage OUT. " This is one reason why some lose faith in Feng Shui. Can we blame Feng Shui or regard it as a Quick Fix, Catch all solution? Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Recently, there are quite alot of discussions on statues and objects. For those who have been in this forum for quite sometime will know that I am going to say that this is related to Chinese beliefs. Some may not even be Chinese beliefs but believes of various people or simply decorative art works. The most common statues found outside Chinese buildings or homes are a pair of lions on each side of the main entrance. It is common to find these statues nearly everywhere. It can be at the main entrance of a restaurant or at the stairs leading to the restaurant. It is found outside Chinese shops and buildings. If one looks at the statute carefully, it is standing solidly at the entrance with the purpose of guarding the main entrance. Here, symbolically, we can see the relevance of the main entrance being very important location of the building house. Nowadays, I see even a pair of pigs, lazying on top of the pillars of a house. Each pig carrying an umbrella. Here, we should understand that these are decorative pieces. My saying goes instead of What you see is what you get, rather " What you buy is what you get ". True traditional Feng Shui is about checking whether there is an imbalance of the Five Elements. Simple and common cure is the use of the 6 coins (which is cheap to get and serves the purpose). It cannot be helped if you go out and buy rare antique ancient Chinese coins to place it at that location. Alternatively, say you get a pure gold ingot and place it at that location. There is thus a question mark as to the effectiveness of purposely purchase statues in the hope?...... Wealth? Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. A recent message has provided the colours for all the various elements. Reference url: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/colours.htm 2. Overall, one must remember that colours is secondary to Feng Shui. 3. Although it is quite important, but I have to emphasise that it is second to other more important points. For example, if one's house has a toilet at the centre of the house. The most likely effect is a drain in finances or problems with `retaining money.' 4. Other bad Feng Shui include a poison arrow aimed at the main entrance of the house. 5. More scary ones include the description of recent house where death will occur twice (I believe this is shown under the conference: Photo Tours of Interest (with attachments) 6. The above two examples show that the Feng Shui of the house has to be corrected first. 7. The above relates to the Feng Shui of the home. The influence will be on those who stay in the house. 8. Under Pillars of Destiny, it is more on the individual. Here we can still apply the 33.3 percent rule set where if it is less than 33.3 percent the influence is `neglible'. For example, it does not really matter if you wear a diamon ring or a sapphire ring. Wear what you enjoy or like. 9. For clothing, since it can cover 33.3 percent or more of our body, you can, in my opinion, wear colours that suits a person. 10. Alhough one can say that Blue and Red are opposite spectrum, but if we look at these two colours in another perspective, we can say that they are instead Yang colours. The three primary colours: Red, Green and Blue are Yang colours. Some include Yellow also. Therefore, colours are not really like a stove and a water element. If one wears a bright red and blue the two colours do not really mix but it implies "Yang". Take for example, the comic book, tv series and movie series on Superman. If one notice the Superman character, he wears an outside Red `underwear', over blue clothing and has a red cape. Overall, the significance is the `youthful', yang person. Other than Christopher Reeves which had an unfortunate horse riding accident, I believe it is not related to him wearing the the superman outfit as he is not doing filiming when it happened. Superman series both in comics, films etc.. are a commercial success. Similarly, some companies e.g. Advertising companies or companies which wants a `loud' voice / presence may use red and blue logos. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Chew Chin, For a beginner of Feng Shui, the easiest to `pick' up is the Shapes and Form School of Feng Shui and the Compass School: Eight House Theory. For advanced audits, Flying Star Theory is used to determine the birth chart of the house. Pillars of destiny: element strength and season of influence is used especially to understand a `bigger picture' and to further analyse the various cures/enhancements and its effect on the individual. For those who do not have the patience or do not want the hassle of reading endlessly about Feng Shui can get a professional help from FS practitioners. Please see below:- I believe that you are very new to Feng Shui. It is best to get books on Shapes and Form Feng Shui or go thru the materials at http://www.geomancy.net/fs/theory.htm You can also generate a free computerised Eight House report at www.geomancy-online.com or http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm to generate a manual report. There is a Flying Star House Number Feng Shui at www.geomancy-online.com You are correct. Flying Star Theory takes account only horizontal analysis (8 equal sectors or 9 pie chart sectors). The Flying Star Number Feng Shui, takes into account the Vertical analysis or house/building more than 1 level high. You can do your own homework about Feng Shui or get a Feng Shui audit done by a competent FS practitioner. Once you get your key, determine the amount of renovation work to be carried out. Nearer the time, it is also good to get an auspicious date for the move. Do remember that Feng Shui is `fast food' where one can within a day, pick up the knowledge. It also depends on how one wants to be `involved' or non involment with Feng Shui. Serious students of Feng Shui can take many years of learning, practice and more importantly understanding. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Members of www.geomancy-online.com can make use of the Pillars of Comparison module to check the relationship of two parties. You can check out the various combinations. For example:- Compare Husband and son Husband and daughter son and daughter Wife and daughter Wife and son etc... It would be interesting to do so:) This is to take advantage of the computing power to analyse in detail the various relationships, clashes etc.. of true tradtional Pillars of Destiny. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, The correct colours are reflected under this URL: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/colours.htm The following are the correct representation of the various elements/colours:- Water = Blue, Black, grey. Metal = White or Gold Wood = Green or Brown Fire = Red, purple, pink Earth = Yellow Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. One view point is based on the symbolism of the two symbols: Circle represents the Metal element Triangle represents the Fire element. Under the destructive cycle: Fire destroys Metal. One interpretation of wealth creation is where if Fire is strong, it can destroy Metal to create wealth. 2. However, since the metal is surrounded by Fire, another point of view is that Fire is used to control metal element. Under Para 1, it is `wealth' creation. While under Para 2, it is used as a controlling element. For example, when we use 6 coins to represent Big Metal, it is good to use Red string to control the metal element. (Where Red represents the Fire element). Therefore, one should thus understand that we can look Fire and Metal elements under different perspectives. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Ideally, good buildings have the `water' facilities away from the offices. Here, pumbing can be concentrated at the corner of a building i.e. the pantry area, the toilets (both male and female). 2. Since most of us are not going to spent so much time at the toilet area, the male and female toilets can still be next to each other. Usually, the centre area or a walkway for maintenance (housing the pumbing) for both toilets) is between the male and female toilet. 3. No matter how, the above is still a better choice rather than the toilet in the middle or at one location where it does not at least share one external wall. Here, some office main entrances may be facing these toilets. For example, I recall seeing such a building i.e. Fortune Centre building in Singapore. This type of `configuration' is best avoided if one can. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Sorry, can you clarify what you mean. Anyway, the page for the site has undergone a revamp. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Normally, a water star implies a flat surface. A fish tank need not necessary "comply" with the water star i.e. clear space if it is tall. 2. The usual advise is not to place a fish tank in the bedroom. Here, bedrooms should be more Yin than Yang. However, this depends on the tolerance of individuals. It is like the mirror facing the bed. Some of us may feel uncomfortable while others do not feel anything at all. 3. A mountain star has to be located and cannot be activated at the window location. In my opinion, as the fish tank is most likely to be `tall', it is not necessary the equivalent of a water star in this case. Contrast a true water star e.g. a pool of water in front of the house (not stagnant). Warmest Regards, Cecil However, activating a water star

Dear Anon, Sorry, hope you can clarify futher as to where you had read where the phoenix and dragon are `kept' in the bedroom. So far, as I recall, I have not made the above remarks other than mention that they are symbols that some married couples use (embrodied) on their pillow covers. However, as the phoenix represents the Female and the dragon Male, they are sometimes embroided on pillow covers for `luck'. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. If there are different `Gods' one should place them with a gap in between the altars. 2. The altar can be on the same level and simply leave a gap e.g. 1 or 2 inches between the `Gods'. Alternatively, another method is to use support to raise the `Gods' and leave them at different levels. The more important `God' should be highest and preferably in the centre of the alter placement. Do note that `raising the level of the Gods is not compulsory but just another consideration (instead of leaving a gap between the figurines). 3. Ideally, these figurines should be displayed `out' of the house. For example, avoid having it face into the bedroom or a toilet. 4. Other `taboos' include:- Not on the same wall as the toilet, Not placed in the bedroom 5. Ideal locations are those where they face the main door area. They need not face the main door but rather face the area or vicinity of the main entrance door. 6. It is acceptable for them to face the frontage of the house or a window (located at the frontage of the house). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Closing the lid of the toilet sit is secondary to Feng Shui. Here, the chief consideration is to try to locate imbalances e.g. using the Flying Star analysis for the house. If there is an imbalance, we need to `fix' it. As for closing the lid of the toilet, in my opinion, it is better to simply close the toilet door. If so, one do not need to close the lid of the toilet sit/bowl. You have brought up an interesting perspective thou:) Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Yes, as Try these Fun Edu-polls is a new list, existing users has to click on the link Mailing Lists (Either found on the main page of geomancy-forum.com or click the ICON MORE icon on the top frame and select Mailing Lists. Once you are under the Mailing Lists ==================================== Click on the check box next to the "Try these Fun Edu-Polls" to subscribe to it as a mailing list. The Answers! to Fun Edu-Polls can also be subsribed also. I have also added the Photo Tours with Interest (to allow users to subscribe to it as a mailing list). {Due to several requests for this to be included as a mailing list option. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Thanks for your understanding. I am equally concerned of privacy issues. This is why we believe in continuing to allow users here to use the anonymous feature of the forum. I have always kept the information in the forum private. The polls will certainly add interactivity in the forum and all polls are subject to privacy considerations. Do expect to find a Fourth Generation site, which we are working on, for next year also. Warmest Regards, Cecil

The picture below shows the open `slate' staircase. It is better if the staircase is enclosed to allow Qi to flow more "smoothly." Below, Picture size = 4k Credit and Source: The Straits Times, S'pore, 25th December 1999, Pg 8 Life!