Writing a story with some Feng Shui `ingredients'

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I am currently writing a freeware sci-fi series to to be posted to the net. It's a mixture of Babylon 5 and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and is a comedy. The series takes place on the giant space station
Lungfish Alpha, which is a gigantic
orbiting kumquat. Very late in the
series, it's going to be revealed that
the designer of Lungfish Alpha designed it according the principles of Feng Shui, however mistakes were made in construction and the scrambled energy flows are responsible for the all the strange
things that happen on board. What would some of the visible signs of the Feng Shui manipulation be? How would the corridors be designed, where would they place furniture, etc. I just need some general stuff, enough to drop hints so that when the final revelation comes there's buildup.

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Michael,
Your plot sounds so interesting:)
For the corridor, you could perhaps add spikey walls e.g. thorn shaped (for those who know what a durian looks like, it has spikes). Alternatively, those four sided triangle shaped cones like those found in a music chamber to absorb echoes would be good.
Usually, bad `Feng Shui' corridors are straight, narrow (and not curved). If you can add lots of windchimes to create the ultimate, metallic influence (inauspicious) but I believe good for your story line).
You can also hang emblems of crossed swords on the corridors.
For the furniture, if you can have beams over the chairs. Pointed objects aimed at the chairs. Use a triangle fish tank for decorative piece.
You can also either create a very Yin environment e.g. dark, damp environment at the chairs or alternatively use the two colours Red and Blue as the sofa set. Where Red = South and Blue = North.
All the above are I believe hallmarks of `extreme' or bad Feng Shui.
Good luck on your story line.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 12/23/99 10:18:28 AM, Anonymous wrote:
I am currently writing a
freeware sci-fi series to to
be posted to the net. It's a
mixture of Babylon 5 and
Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy, and is a comedy. The
series takes place on the
giant space station
Lungfish Alpha, which is a
gigantic
orbiting kumquat. Very late
in the
series, it's going to be
revealed that
the designer of Lungfish Alpha
designed it according the
principles of Feng Shui,
however mistakes were made in
construction and the scrambled
energy flows are responsible
for the all the strange
things that happen on board.
What would some of the visible
signs of the Feng Shui
manipulation be? How would
the corridors be designed,
where would they place
furniture, etc. I just need
some general stuff, enough to
drop hints so that when the
final revelation comes there's
buildup.

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The feng shui isn't actually bad, just skewed a bit. Instead of bringing good luck the station, like it was supposed to, it instead brings randomness and weirdness.

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On 12/23/99 11:11:18 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear Michael,
Your plot sounds so
interesting:)
For the corridor, you could
perhaps add spikey walls e.g.
thorn shaped (for those who
know what a durian looks like,
it has spikes). Alternatively,
those four sided triangle
shaped cones like those found
in a music chamber to absorb
echoes would be good.
Usually, bad `Feng Shui'
corridors are straight, narrow
(and not curved). If you can
add lots of windchimes to
create the ultimate, metallic
influence (inauspicious) but I
believe good for your story
line).
You can also hang emblems of
crossed swords on the
corridors.
For the furniture, if you can
have beams over the chairs.
Pointed objects aimed at the
chairs. Use a triangle fish
tank for decorative piece.
You can also either create a
very Yin environment e.g.
dark, damp environment at the
chairs or alternatively use
the two colours Red and Blue
as the sofa set. Where Red =
South and Blue = North.
All the above are I believe
hallmarks of `extreme' or bad
Feng Shui.
Good luck on your story line.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil
On 12/23/99 10:18:28 AM, Michael Beck
wrote:
I am currently writing a
freeware sci-fi series to to
be posted to the net. It's a
mixture of Babylon 5 and
Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy, and is a comedy. The
series takes place on the
giant space station
Lungfish Alpha, which is a
gigantic
orbiting kumquat. Very late
in the
series, it's going to be
revealed that
the designer of Lungfish Alpha
designed it according the
principles of Feng Shui,
however mistakes were made in
construction and the scrambled
energy flows are responsible
for the all the strange
things that happen on board.
What would some of the visible
signs of the Feng Shui
manipulation be? How would
the corridors be designed,
where would they place
furniture, etc. I just need
some general stuff, enough to
drop hints so that when the
final revelation comes there's
buildup.

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I'm interested not so much in bad chi as chi that's just a little bit off. The designer of the station secretly made the plans too create the most powerful feng shui site in the universe. However, growing two-hundred mile diameter kumquats isn't an exact art, and though his plans were almost exactly followed things were just enough off to ensure that craziness and randomness were the results instead. I'm especially interested in how the rooms would be generally arranged, but I'd also like to know about decorations and decor.